• sorrybookbroke@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    165·
    2 years ago

    We can’t do anything about the boat sinking gun, or try and take it away from the boat sinker, because that would be against good decorum. Don’t worry though, we’ve thrown that guy who called the boat sinker a fuckhead off the boat. We have to take the high road and follow the rules or who knows what the boat sinker will do next. We’ll calmly convince them to lower the amount of holes they put in the boat while cmpromising by understanding that some of those holes were needed.

    Vote for us, and we’ll only put a few holes in the boat

    • someguy3@lemmy.world
      54·
      2 years ago

      “I’m going to not vote in protest because I think they didn’t patch the previous holes fast enough! Better give the psychopath the gun again. Sinking everyone’s boat will surely send a message.”

      • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
        12·
        2 years ago

        they didn’t patch the previous holes fast enough!

        They didn’t patch the holes at all, which is why so many voted for the other party or opted not to miss a badly-needed day’s pay and didn’t vote at all. When you have the White House and Congress you have to appear to be trying to do what you actually promise to do.

          • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
            6·
            2 years ago

            The convenience to vote or lack thereof depends solely on your local and state jurisdictions. No blanket statements can be made.

              • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
                5·
                2 years ago

                That depends on where you live and how artificially inconvenient voting has been made on top of the complexities of one’s personal life to begin with.

                But, more importantly, if you lived through the last eight years and you’re a wage earner, you know with certainty that voting doesn’t make any material change in your life, so you’re probably not going to miss out on a day’s pay in order to vote for people that you know definitively do not care if you or your family starve.

        • EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world
          3·
          2 years ago

          “Them oars are made of different wood than the boat.” they explain, as they toss them away leaving the boat dysfunctional.

      • Corn@lemmy.mlEnglish
        4·
        2 years ago

        What are you gonna do, vote for the guy who wants to put 10 holes in the boat? No, you have to vote for me, I will only put 9 more holes in the boat.

        Don’t try to take away my gun or tell me to stop putting holes in the boat. What do you want Trump to win?

    • leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl
      19·
      2 years ago

      do not worry, the boat sinker is just having an irrational tantrum right now. surely, after seeing us calmly reason things out, they’ll retrospect and see the error in their ways!

    • Serinus@lemmy.world
      5·
      2 years ago

      What a heavy handed line that’s being pushed on Lemmy. And we’re not even near the election yet.

      • StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world
        30·
        2 years ago

        “Heavy handed line” AKA how the sane rest of the world sees US politics. You’re stuck in an endless game of good cop/bad cop and it’s so obvious to everyone else that we’re all flabbergasted at those who can’t see it. US propaganda is strong.

          • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
            13·
            2 years ago

            I miss Obama.

            We got the same economic impoverishment, endless money for cops and war (we were at war with 7 countries at once), civil liberties violations by cops, and he sprinkled in the kill list for flavor. It was inspiring watching Occupy and Ferguson protesters get the shit beaten out of them.

            …and the speeches were glorious. The man had the balls to walk into Flint and tell the people there that the water was okay. Just indescribably awesome don’t-give-a-fuckedness.

            /s

    • peregrin5@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      Damn you people who put Trump into presidency are so mad that we’re mad at you for putting Trump into the presidency. Accept the fact that part of the reason we’re in this situation is you letting the perfect be the enemy of the good and depressed voter turnout with your whining.

      • piefood@piefed.socialEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        or… It could be the Democrats running terrible campaigns with terrible candidates, who ran on the coattails of a terrible president that put us in this situation.

  • kerrigan778@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    136·
    2 years ago

    The most realistic part of this is the liberal just watching it happen and taking no steps to stop him or save the boat.

  • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
    51·
    2 years ago

    I would love to hear a response to this from a thoughtful and respectful Trump supporter but I haven’t been able to find any of those.

    Because to me it seems spot on but I wonder if I’m missing something.

    • octopus_ink@slrpnk.netEnglish
      28·
      2 years ago

      I think the current line is that “we have to go through a recdepression and then you’ll all see when it’s over what a great plan this was!”

  • LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.eeEnglish
    33·
    2 years ago

    What’s the democratic party leadership in this analogy? Are they suggesting we use a knife to cut holes in the boat instead of a gun?

    • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
      32·
      2 years ago

      damn i had a good microblog meme about this stored on my phone but i can’t find it now. i’ll try to replicate it from memory:

      republicans: minorities are evil. their destroying our country and we must take their basic rights away.

      democrats: (chuckles) *they’re

      • LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.eeEnglish
        12·
        2 years ago

        That’s a little too much effort. Maybe in 2017. In 2025 if feels like they’re all trying to make sure there is a place for them as politicians within our new fascist regime. Not sure where that fits into the analogy. But it’s seriously how it feels.

        The career democracts and “leaders” are staying in the background and gladly letting Bernie, AoC, etc be the inevitable political targets for the fascist. Later they can serve them up on a plate to offer to the fascist as a sacrifice.

        That’s the only explanation I have for what we’re seeing from the democratic party.

        Edit: Oh yeah and the absolute wet noodle that is Chuck Schumer. He makes a statement every once in awhile with the level of energy that Joe Biden’s rotting corpse would have.

    • djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      12·
      2 years ago

      You don’t have to get that deep into it. The DNC is the other guy on the boat; did nothing to try and stop the shooting, is doing nothing to stop the sinking, and is honestly so irrelevant to what’s happening that you can only see them in half the panels.

  • Snowclone@lemmy.world
    18·
    2 years ago

    So many about dudebro influences all ‘‘I didn’t think he’d fuck ME in the ass!!!’’ Fucking assholes.

    • Karjalan@lemmy.world
      10·
      2 years ago

      Even though he didn’t.

      Basically the covid insanity in a nutshell. “the vaccine and masks will kill you”, contracts covid and dies.

    • dmention7@lemm.eeEnglish
      26·
      2 years ago

      Do you leave a sarcastic comment on everything you don’t find funny / original, or just Pizzacake comics?

      It’s okay to just… not post if something isn’t up your alley.

      • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
        8·
        2 years ago

        There’s something in particular about their half assed art style and ham-fisted attempts at comedy that I find particularly annoying.

        And then people lap it up, not because there’s any humour in their content, but because it aligns with their views.

        • Monstrosity@lemm.eeEnglish
          14·
          2 years ago

          Pizzacake is capable of communicating complex ideas using maybe four panels, minimal dialogue, and does not rely on cheap gimmicks.

          They are one of the most talented cartoonists on the contemporary scene.

          I understand their style isn’t your taste, but Pizzacake has earned every bit of praise & respect they get, not just because people are sheeple who like anything they agree with.

          • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
            5·
            2 years ago

            Do you genuinely think this is a complex idea being communicated?

            And I’ve seen the same point made with just one panel, it’s not a new joke.

            • Monstrosity@lemm.eeEnglish
              7·
              2 years ago

              Is this the best comic PC has ever produced? No, I don’t think so.

              But I’m trying to help you understand why they are so respected.

              • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
                4·
                2 years ago

                Oh, I get it, I said so in my first comment. People post them because her comics share their views, not because there is any humour in them.

                Failing to understand that doing so here is like standing up in church and telling someone you’re a big fan of Jesus.

                • Monstrosity@lemm.eeEnglish
                  8·
                  2 years ago

                  I get it, but PC deserves the respect.

                  There are LOTS of cartoonists out there I will happily tear into for being lazy &/or lame (I’m going to refrain), but not Pizzacake, they’re legit.

  • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
    10·
    2 years ago

    This comic would be a great point if I hadn’t spent the last several months watching Democratic voters celebrate the owning of the conservatives.

    • qarbone@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      Yeah, that type of guy would definitely never allow anything to detract from his delicately crafted masculine image.