I kinda liked the cartoon... the style is done in a slightly depressing depression-era style though, admittedly, but it's pretty clear.
― cod latin (dog latin), Friday, 26 June 2015 11:34 (eight years ago) link
feel like it mocks/patronizes/dehumanizes the people it's supposed to be "supporting"
― 2 jazz boys 1 jazz cup (Noodle Vague), Friday, 26 June 2015 12:32 (eight years ago) link
it's like 50 panels long...I don't think it "sums up" anything all that well
― frogbs, Friday, 26 June 2015 12:36 (eight years ago) link
iirc ppl who deny importance of class privilege do so bcos they are evil and malign not bcos the argument hasn't been put in simple enough form 4 them
― 2011’s flagrantly ceremonious rock-opera (Bananaman Begins), Friday, 26 June 2015 17:05 (eight years ago) link
Are those supposed to be babies?
I thought they were both senior citizens tbh
― Οὖτις, Friday, 26 June 2015 17:08 (eight years ago) link
it's a simple message, can't really complain about it; so painfully self-evident but we still routinely have conservative politicians using the bootstraps shit to get elected so....
― Nhex, Friday, 26 June 2015 18:24 (eight years ago) link
Content by TobyThe Pencilsword: Walk this waySome of us walk fast, some of us walk slow - what would happen if we all walked together, asks Toby Morris.For Richard, for PaulaThis time last week Toby Morris was nervous. He was putting the finishing touches on a comic he was working on, and wondering if he’d screwed it up.The Pencilsword: On a plateA short story about privilege. By Toby Morris.The Pencilsword: Inequality TowerHow do we fix New Zealand's inequality, Toby Morris asks. Maybe by acknowledging it.The Pencilsword: Flagpole bluesToby Morris wades into the debate over New Zealand's flag.The Pencilsword: Be here nowToby Morris takes a moment to look up from his phone and check out the world around him.The Pencilsword: Take a deep breath and dive inWeightless, timeless, debtless. Maybe going for a swim is what we all need in 2015, says Toby Morris.The Pencilsword: Revenge of the beach bodToby Morris has a confession to make.The Pencilsword: Like, like, like, what?Let's be honest - getting likes and retweets is an ego boost. But how does this affect the decisions we make?Past, present, what-the-future?Statistics that show us where we've come from and where we're at prompt some big questions about where we're headed next.The Pencilsword: Lights, camera, actionDo it yourself. You don't need a guy in a shirt and tie to give you the ok, and you've probably already got the gear.The Pencilsword: The most valuable vote in New ZealandNo matter who you are, or where you're from, all party votes are equal in this election.Picturing the impacts of povertyAddressing child poverty takes more than putting shoes on feet and food on tables.Preaching to the convertedSocial media makes it easy to confuse our friends' views with those of the rest of the world. Easy, and kind of dangerous.
The Pencilsword: Walk this waySome of us walk fast, some of us walk slow - what would happen if we all walked together, asks Toby Morris.
For Richard, for PaulaThis time last week Toby Morris was nervous. He was putting the finishing touches on a comic he was working on, and wondering if he’d screwed it up.
The Pencilsword: On a plateA short story about privilege. By Toby Morris.
The Pencilsword: Inequality TowerHow do we fix New Zealand's inequality, Toby Morris asks. Maybe by acknowledging it.
The Pencilsword: Flagpole bluesToby Morris wades into the debate over New Zealand's flag.
The Pencilsword: Be here nowToby Morris takes a moment to look up from his phone and check out the world around him.
The Pencilsword: Take a deep breath and dive inWeightless, timeless, debtless. Maybe going for a swim is what we all need in 2015, says Toby Morris.
The Pencilsword: Revenge of the beach bodToby Morris has a confession to make.
The Pencilsword: Like, like, like, what?Let's be honest - getting likes and retweets is an ego boost. But how does this affect the decisions we make?
Past, present, what-the-future?Statistics that show us where we've come from and where we're at prompt some big questions about where we're headed next.
The Pencilsword: Lights, camera, actionDo it yourself. You don't need a guy in a shirt and tie to give you the ok, and you've probably already got the gear.
The Pencilsword: The most valuable vote in New ZealandNo matter who you are, or where you're from, all party votes are equal in this election.
Picturing the impacts of povertyAddressing child poverty takes more than putting shoes on feet and food on tables.
Preaching to the convertedSocial media makes it easy to confuse our friends' views with those of the rest of the world. Easy, and kind of dangerous.
o_0
― soref, Friday, 26 June 2015 18:33 (eight years ago) link
i just like how this ends
http://jokideo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Suggest-serving-size-meme-resizecrop--.jpg
NO BITCH!...
this is the serving size that I prefer
― qualx, Saturday, 27 June 2015 04:47 (eight years ago) link
served
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Saturday, 27 June 2015 06:31 (eight years ago) link
Lots of people posting this, just seems mean, depressing number of shouty men and hacks jokes
http://uproxx.com/webculture/2015/06/ask-el-james/
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 29 June 2015 21:49 (eight years ago) link
it's mostly a default "how dare you pretend to be human, let's vivisect this fucker" bit that twitter does every time a billionaire tries to jiu-jitsu social media but it's a bit more acidically misogynistic this go round, yes
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Monday, 29 June 2015 21:55 (eight years ago) link
tbf, 50 shades is fucking horrible garbage and james appears to be the most lucky plagiarist in the world based on every account i've ever read
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Monday, 29 June 2015 21:56 (eight years ago) link
Is she a plagiarist in the copying-sentences sense (bad) or just for transposing the Twilight characters (which doesn't seem like a big deal)?
I understand the "vivisect this fucker" thing isn't new, just surprised seems to have gotten Facebook traction with (usually) non-mean friends
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 29 June 2015 22:13 (eight years ago) link
At this point I think you gotta be aware of what happens when you (a famous person) put yourself out there. Certainly doesn't excuse the behavior though. The only author I can think of who is somewhat immune to the internet hate machine is JK Rowling. Its there but gets drowned out by millions (billions?) of fans.
― Frobisher, Monday, 29 June 2015 22:29 (eight years ago) link
The comments section of GRR Martin's blog is hideous.
― Frobisher, Monday, 29 June 2015 22:30 (eight years ago) link
xxp she's a plagiarist insofar as i understand that she plagiarized the material, characters, verbiage and set pieces not just from Twilight http://www.adweek.com/galleycat/fifty-shades-of-grey-wayback-machine/50128but from the fanfic community as wellhttp://fanlore.org/wiki/Fifty_Shades_of_Grey:_The_Reddit_Origins_Essay
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Monday, 29 June 2015 22:31 (eight years ago) link
Yeah she basically turned her Twilight fanfic, many portions of which she lifted, into 50 Shades of Grey...Lots of hay has been made about what this says about the relationships portrayed in Twilight (like you need even more evidence they are creepy than the actual text).
― Frobisher, Monday, 29 June 2015 22:35 (eight years ago) link
i mean, i may well be wrong as to how much she's ripped this off from other fanfic types as i just have a surface understanding of the situation but i have paged through the book and wow, it is horrible so that in and of itself it should allow some dartboard treatment. it's the anti-woman ad hominem that's exhausting.
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Monday, 29 June 2015 22:48 (eight years ago) link
otm
― Frobisher, Monday, 29 June 2015 23:30 (eight years ago) link
For an exhausting (and exhausting, but very entertaining) look at why 50 Shades of Grey is so super terrible, see - http://jennytrout.com/?tag=jenny-reads-50-shades
― from batman to balloon dog (carl agatha), Monday, 29 June 2015 23:49 (eight years ago) link
Hah I read that... or the first three chapters/installments of it. Great snark.
― Frobisher, Tuesday, 30 June 2015 00:16 (eight years ago) link
it's the anti-woman ad hominem that's exhausting.
honestly not sure if you mean the twitter comments or the books here
― 2011’s flagrantly ceremonious rock-opera (Bananaman Begins), Tuesday, 30 June 2015 11:06 (eight years ago) link
False dichotomy.
― from batman to balloon dog (carl agatha), Tuesday, 30 June 2015 12:30 (eight years ago) link
does john oliver exist outside of facebook
― marcos, Tuesday, 30 June 2015 16:21 (eight years ago) link
as with amy schumer (whom he resembles only in social media propagation / meme-ability / thought piece proliferation), it's best just to watch the actual show he stars in and then avoid all the hot air in the wakei thought the trans segment on this week's show was excellent and timely fwiw
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 30 June 2015 16:24 (eight years ago) link
To get back to making fun of nerds . . .
https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/11667347_877751898946169_1481340019804211455_n.jpg?oh=2a0292fc2b02cade3d0dec5a6310b6be&oe=562E6C38
― nickn, Tuesday, 30 June 2015 17:33 (eight years ago) link
Gross.
― from batman to balloon dog (carl agatha), Tuesday, 30 June 2015 17:46 (eight years ago) link
SHOW DON'T TELL PEOPLE
what? no monty python references?
― Aimless, Tuesday, 30 June 2015 17:59 (eight years ago) link
https://scontent-fra3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/10599506_910263105707642_4859335783019106320_n.jpg?oh=4590be5d6e59f118a5b86730ddb82361&oe=5613D087
― tayto fan (Michael B), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 10:12 (eight years ago) link
http://i58.tinypic.com/2vs4ze0.png
― Nobody ever knows anything. (sleepingbag), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 15:48 (eight years ago) link
LOL what does Donnie Darko have to do with any of this
― Nhex, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 16:14 (eight years ago) link
was hoping that was young tom brady
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 16:15 (eight years ago) link
The American Public #StandsWithDonnie
― a chamillionaire full of mallomars (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 16:16 (eight years ago) link
The American Public sure is sarcastic.
― jmm, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 16:19 (eight years ago) link
That vegan one must have been made by trolls.
― Aimless, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 16:24 (eight years ago) link
"THE ANIMALS ARE NOT YOURS"
guess all those hours i spent branding them was a waste then
― 2 jazz boys 1 jazz cup (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 16:54 (eight years ago) link
All the animals are mine. All of them.
― Rouge Trooper (dowd), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 18:28 (eight years ago) link
All your beast are belong to me.
― nickn, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 19:53 (eight years ago) link
I'm sure I told this story before, but I was dating a humourless vegan who said me inviting him to my BBQ was "like asking me to come around while you lynch some n*****s" (he actually said the word).
So no, I'd take that shit on face value.
― I checked Snoops , and it is for real (Trayce), Thursday, 2 July 2015 00:06 (eight years ago) link
you should have played dumb and been all like "wait, so you think lynchings are bad, right? I don't get it"
― Upright Mammal (mh), Thursday, 2 July 2015 00:23 (eight years ago) link
Haw, I wish I'd thought of that.
― I checked Snoops , and it is for real (Trayce), Thursday, 2 July 2015 01:27 (eight years ago) link
https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/l/t1.0-9/11009111_771725119602628_8129628065996525044_n.jpg?oh=f979a1565e19562e5d6091ed142176b2&oe=562A698A
― how's life, Thursday, 2 July 2015 15:21 (eight years ago) link
i like it if the ad at the bottom is meant to be the solution to the stress problem.
― a chamillionaire full of mallomars (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 2 July 2015 15:44 (eight years ago) link
http://i62.tinypic.com/2uha9ap.png
^^^ ADJUST YOUR PRIVACY SETTINGS = I DON'T SMOKE WEED BUT I GET HIGH--> TAG YOUR GRANDMA IN A PHOTO = LEGALIZE ALL TEH DRUGS<-- START A GROUP CALLED "ZZ TOP FANS FOR A WHITER AMERICA" = THE NUANCES OF THE POLITICS OF THE DRUG WAR ARE NOT TO BE OVERSIMPLIFIED, IN 1954 TH
― i'm not a dogg (sleepingbag), Saturday, 4 July 2015 01:31 (eight years ago) link
http://40.media.tumblr.com/be8f4b27ee912b7e310441e8480a5cf7/tumblr_msd2aoijVm1r9ju7do1_500.jpg
wait what
"followed along blindly"
― qualx, Saturday, 4 July 2015 02:57 (eight years ago) link
jews were like "hm, this hitler guy, let's just see where this takes us before doing anything rash"
― qualx, Saturday, 4 July 2015 02:58 (eight years ago) link
lmaooo at sleepingbag's post
― got bent (mild cheezed off vibes) (s.clover), Saturday, 4 July 2015 03:32 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/XdCk4IW.png
― gr8080, Monday, 6 July 2015 04:24 (eight years ago) link
corporal punishment just for jokes and fun?!
― Aimless, Monday, 6 July 2015 04:54 (eight years ago) link