r/comics • u/paul2501 • 13h ago

This post may be about politics [OC]

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u/CrystalWolfX10 13h ago

Makes me think about how some Americans claimed that they voted for trump because he the "more entertaining" candidate.

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u/MaximumSyrup3099 13h ago

Those same Americans also watch cars drive in a circle for hours in hopes of seeing a crash, so... Yeah.

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u/Doctor2116 2h ago

Woah woah woah…firstly they drive on ovals, secondly please don’t drag nascar into this. Not all of fanbase are brainless 😭

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u/Altruistic-Beach7625 11h ago

Before Trump ever became president there were 4chan users who said they'd vote for him because they just want everything to fall down.

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u/birddit 9h ago

My old boss voted for Trump because he wanted the government to stop functioning so he could stop paying taxes. He honestly felt that everything that he accomplished in life was solely do to his own hard work. You know, it's the same way cats think.

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u/PopBulky7023 7h ago

Libertarian ass?

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u/birddit 6h ago

Remember when Obama chided conservatives who thought that they did everything by themselves? My old boss was one of those that seemed to conveniently ignore the roads that we all pay for and the system of governance that provides a (sort of ) level playing field for business.

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u/PopBulky7023 6h ago

Society dies when we stop celebrating what we accomplish and build together. And when we start celebrating toxic individualism.

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u/birddit 6h ago

We all do better when we all do better. Sen Paul Wellstone.

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u/cobgca 9h ago

I know people who were all “ he- he’s a big business man- give him a try” without realizing he was a big, horrible business man.

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u/PopBulky7023 7h ago

You don't want businessmen running a public service. It's like putting violent gang members in charge of a police department.

Oh...

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u/triotone 6h ago

My Grandfather actually believed he was a billionaire and I had to explain to him that the orange garbage was lying.

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u/UpCDownCLeftCRightC Never Safe From Wumbo 13h ago

I can see how it could be about politics. But I'm also see how it could be about celebrities who we gave a second chance to. It's very open to interpretation and that's what I like about this a lot.

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u/paul2501 13h ago

You're right

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u/Jackviator 12h ago

Browsers when you turn on private/incognito mode be like:

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u/Productof2020 11h ago

What do you mean?

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u/Jackviator 11h ago

All using a private mode does is making it so whatever websites you went to won't show up in your own search history. It doesn't stop Google or whatever other company from harvesting your data.

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u/Productof2020 10h ago

Oh, gotcha. Yeah, I never expected incognito mode to do anything other than 1) keep activity out of my search history, 2) prevent saving of new cookies, and 3) allow me to visit websites without them pulling from cookies or current logins in my non-incognito window (e.g. to see how something appears when not logged in - like whether a reddit comment in some stupid reddit argument has been removed or not, just to satisfy my curiosity)

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u/HumongousBelly 7h ago

Even if you never accepted a single cookie in your browser? And use different browsers for everything? And VPNs? And hide location data?

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u/Quaytsar 7h ago

That's why I use Bing when incognito.

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u/Captain--UP 12h ago

It's not about politics. It's about the Ninetails talking to his jinchuriki.

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u/dumnezero Art enjoyer 12h ago

https://thenib.com/just-a-joke/

le epic trolling

Studies point out that trolling is psychopath behavior.

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Really, it's just more advanced fascism compared to a century ago; fascism with gaslighting skills.

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u/Toutatis12 13h ago

As someone who plays a lot of ttrpgs I can completely understand this given the mentality of some players. 'Hey guys I know I am a literal murder monster that eats baby souls but I have changed and am rather goofy now.' and then go all surprised pickachu face when said monster starts eating baby souls again.

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u/GammaDealer 12h ago

Sigh. Someone get the site director on the phone.

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u/PopBulky7023 7h ago

Thanks, I hate it.

Edit: Can I just this kind of unintentionally touches on one of my hotbutton issues. We are worse than single celled pieces of our immune system at recognizing recurring threats just because they do the equivalent of moving a protein spike around a bit.

As a society, we have the survival instinct and threat recognition capacity of a rock.

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u/RedEyeVagabond 7h ago

It's about anything. It's acknowledging that there's something dark and destructive that needs to be quarantined from everything else and a slight slip could release it. It can be politics, it can be celebrity worship, it can be AI, affable people in power, your family, your own feelings. It's not one thing. It's evil that exists in everyone.

Also, it can just be goofy for the sake of being goofy.

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u/LifeShelter5646 12h ago

Yeah... maybe the warning was there for a reason