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quindraco, (edited ) to comicstrips in Cargo [SMBC Comics]

STOP POSTING SMBC COMICS WITHOUT THE VOTEY!

STOP POSTING SMBC COMICS WITHOUT THE VOTEY!

franklin,
@franklin@lemmy.world avatar

Pardon my ignorance, what is this votey you speak of?

Windshear,

It’s a bonus panel viewed by clicking a big red button on the bottom right of the comic on the smbc website.

BreadOven,

Is there mouse over text as well? Or is that just XKCD?

Windshear,

Yes, there is.

deweydecibel,

Or…direct people to the website to support the artist?

Blackmist, to comicstrips in Cargo [SMBC Comics]

What the fuck are tube socks? Are they not just socks?

Am I supposed to be browsing TikTok and showing every cunt my ankles now?

MaxHardwood,

Tube socks don’t have a defined heel. They just conform to your foot shape mostly…

Blackmist,

Yeah, I read that. But when I searched for tube socks, all the pictures had a heel.

In any case you want the two layer anti-blister socks for wearing with my cargo shorts. Them shits is magic.

DrPop, to comicstrips in Cargo [SMBC Comics]

Men love pockets just as much as women. Cargo shorts for life.

zarkanian,
@zarkanian@sh.itjust.works avatar

Cargo skirts?

MajorMajormajormajor,

Cargo jorts!

DrPop,

Cargo glasses ®

Rodeo,

They exist and they’re called “utility kilts.”

zarkanian, (edited )
@zarkanian@sh.itjust.works avatar

I looked up cargo skirts. They are a thing. Utility kilts are designed for men, while cargo skirts are designed for women. The cut is very different.

Rodeo,

I did not realize that. And I also didn’t bother to look that up, so thanks for the info.

deweydecibel, to comicstrips in Cargo [SMBC Comics]

Was there a point in my young life where I was supposed to be against cargo shorts?

FenrirIII,

Only the ignorance of youth.

Diabolo96, to comicstrips in Cargo [SMBC Comics]

The dadification is almost finished . To complete the transformation please say your first dad joke.

Slovene,

He did. He said I’m dad in response to her I’m pregnant.

Risk,

Should have been “Hi Pregnant, I’m…Dad?” though…

brsrklf,

It’s funnier this way IMO, because it sounds first like a confused realization with the ellipse and question mark, and then the joke.

GratefullyGodless, to comicstrips in Unity | SMBC
@GratefullyGodless@lemmy.world avatar

It’s about time that someone pointed out how horrible those gratch are. Fucking gratch. I hate all of them.

Gormadt,
@Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Woah there bud, tone down the racism towards gratches a little bit. They’re people too you know and they just want rights.

HobbitFoot,

Fuck you, asshole!

Gratches took jobs from my family! It was hard earned money we hoped to get by not working hard until they came.

Kase,

(Just wanted you to know I only downvoted you to go along with the joke.)

What, so you’re saying you hate your country?? Or you’re really just a gratch!

FuglyDuck,
@FuglyDuck@lemmy.world avatar

they all have a stick up their but. they should chill out.

(also, props on the 2001 space odyssey reference in the cartoon.)

lvxferre,
@lvxferre@lemmy.ml avatar

I don’t understand, why are you calling the other poster racist? I’m so confused… everything that he said is true. Source: I’m a gratch.

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

My wife is a gratch, which is why I know that most gratches are stupid and lazy. Not my wife, of course. She’s one of the good gratches.

The_Picard_Maneuver, (edited )
@The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website avatar

Most gratch are so loud and rude too.

I can say that - I have a gratch friend.

naticus,

You’re friends with a gratch?? Are they at least one of the good ones?

blipcast, to comicstrips in Unity | SMBC

The alt-text panel hints at this, but the problem with making up a fake group everyone can hate is that racists and bigots will stretch the definition to include whatever they want.

We’ve seen it with “antisemitism” being redefined to include any criticism of Israel, and before that “pedophilia” being redefined to include drag queens and parents supporting their trans children. For that reason, hatred like this should not be encouraged, even if it’s imaginary.

toaster,

My interpretation of it was that it was satire and not proposing the creation of a fake group. In short, I perceived it as being in agreement with everything you said.

blipcast, (edited )

You’re right of course about this being satire. My fear though is that things like this can fall out of the author’s control very quickly, much like Pepe the Frog, and I really don’t want gratch to be a catchall dog whistle.

wildginger,

No one who reads these comics will turn the fake slur into a real thing. Smbc has made this point before in other comics.

lntl,

found the gratch! go back where you came from

lunarul,

Racism is usually “my race is the best,” not “that particular race sucks.” Another race wouldn’t change anything.

blipcast,

Do you have any examples of this? Because my experience is the opposite. It’s the perception that your group is normal, the “default”, and tearing down all of these other groups using phrases exactly like the ones in the comic.

lunarul, (edited )

You’re saying the same thing I am. Racists usually consider their race superior and all the others inferior. And in that case the solution in the comic would just add another inferior race to the list of inferior races.

It’s not like racists are racist against a single race and if you give them a new race to be racist against they’ll stop being racist against the first one.

smeg,

Different kinds of racists. They’re not all hardcore white supremacist types, plenty of otherwise-normal people have prejudices against specific groups for being lazy, smelly, deviant, whatever.

imPastaSyndrome,

What? two are equivalent. My race is awesome and also yours isn’t because it’s sub human in comparison

lunarul,

They’re not equivalent.

Case 1: Blue guy hates green people. Red and yellow are fine, but green people are sub-human and don’t deserve the same treatment as blue, red, and yellow. According to this comic, you just give them gray people to refocus their racism and then blue and red will both hate gray together.

Case 2: Blue guy thinks only blue people are true human. If you’re not blue you don’t deserve to be treated the same as blue. Giving them gray people to be racist against will not change anything, it’s just one more color that’s not blue.

I’m saying case 2 is what racism looks like in real life in 99% of cases. But even in case 1, I doubt the blue racist would suddenly be ok with red people just because gray are worse.

quindraco,

Even in Case 2, it satisfies the satirical robot’s definition of unity for blue, red, yellow, and green people to all agree that Gratches are the fucking worst. The comic simply does not claim that racism against Gratches will reduce racism against anyone else, that’s you adding meaning where none exists. All it claims is unity.

lntl, to comicstrips in Unity | SMBC

We need a Final Solution to the gratch question.

unreachable,
@unreachable@lemmy.world avatar

the answer is 42

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Oh no, not again.

quindraco,

The Gratch Question is What is 9 times 6?

Kichae,

9 times 6

  • Tilts head *
toaster,

Lowers right thumb

superduperenigma, to comicstrips in Unity | SMBC

I very much enjoy that the giant supercomputer has bendy arms.

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

I would definitely give any giant supercomputer I built bendy arms after reading this comic.

palordrolap,

Doctor Octopus inspires many.

can, (edited ) to comicstrips in Unity | SMBC

Alt text:

The header of the second panel really should be above most comic panels.

https://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/170422007620240102after.png

brbposting,

Thanks, where’s that bonus panel from?

leftzero,

Red button under the strip.

Revan343,

Both the bonus comic and the button are called a ‘votey’

EdibleFriend, to comicstrips in Unity | SMBC
@EdibleFriend@lemmy.world avatar

The liberal media will try to convince you we should let the gratches cross the boarder at will.

Daft_ish,

Gratches should be allowed. Just not in my back yard.

Ashelyn, to comicstrips in Cargo [SMBC Comics]

This is such a well-executed triple entendre, wow

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA, to comicstrips in Cargo [SMBC Comics]
@HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world avatar

fuuuuck. I built two decks as a teenager. Is that why they called me grandpa in high school?

jubilationtcornpone, (edited ) to comicstrips in Cargo [SMBC Comics]

Just missing some white New Balances.

Edit: I didn’t see the socks with sandals in the fourth frame. That’s an acceptable alternative.

Assman, to comicstrips in Cargo [SMBC Comics]
@Assman@sh.itjust.works avatar

The hairline change is too real

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