Oh wait, you’re even the same person who made the mistake? That’s even better then! And good on you for taking it with such humor. =)

Is this inspired by the “my son cooked me food” post from today? If so, well done crafting it into a joke!

It did in fact make me think and I thank you for that. You won’t like the outcome of that thinking, though.

First of all, I’m far far away from being “mobilized”. I do agree that you could call what the killer did “terrorism” though, as he seeks to influence behavior by mortal fear (terror). Wheter the end justifies the means (as some would argue for example for "eco-terrorism) I don’t know. But I see how some people may feel like all other, more civil, avenues to change their life and the system for the better have been blocked off. But again, I’m far from being “mobilized” as in encouraging such behavior or even picking up a gun myself.

Now why did I laugh at the response? Simple: It’s morbid and unexpected, which are two aspects that I often find humorous.

Do I feel bad about laughing? No. The reason and the main difference to the “hate speech” you refer to are twofold: First, this joke is punching up, not punching down, as hate speech usually is. Second, hate speech is usually about what people are (black, asian, transgender, gay). This guy in contrast was loathed for what he did. That’s a major difference, since you can’t change what you are but what you do is in your hands.

I would love to hear a response from you but the condescension and smugness in your tone of writing makes me think that this won’t make you think.

Holy fuck. Not saying I agree (also not saying I don’t) but I laught at that answer.

🥶🍑!
But no, that peach has been thoroughly thawed.

Thank you, this gets to the core of the problem. Exorbitant amounts of money and effort is spent to find where the letter of the law does not match the spirit of the law. Language is messy, so it never completely will. But in cases where the spirit of the law is so obvious I’m happy when it’s enforced instead of letting them off on technicalities.

Haha, same

I remember that in some episode of Digimon some kid had one of those and back then I thought this was the most amazing shit.

Also once you managed to get a napkin, they clean about as well as aluminum foil.

Now let the mathematicians fight over whether you should approximate that as a “let’s assume a perfectly spherical cow” or rather as a… cube? A prism?

Her argument for being vocal is that her and her generation will have to live with the consequences of our fuckups the longest and hardest. I think that’s pretty valid. Also, she wasn’t “elected by the central climate movement council to be their representative”, if anyone, the media “elected” her and gave her a platform. So maybe be mad at them for not choosing someone “better”?

There are plenty of old white men with respectable titles saying the exact same thing as her. If a “climate change laggard” wants to hear the same message in a deeper voice, they certainly can. For those who can be moved to action at all (and there are definitely many who are “too far gone” in some conspiracy bullshit) she can be effective for many, especially younger people who have to be shaken from their stupor. So I think it’s a bit critical to “tell the girl to shut up”.

I mean the scientists have been loud and clear. So have some politicians, but that’s not a special “story” for the media. So it just happened that a very vocal (at the time) little Girl got a lot of attention, because it seemed so special.

But how does what she is saying distract from the real issue? That’s not an attack, I’m genuinely curious what you think the real issue is and how she distracts from it…

See, it’s like when the pticher catches a five yard touchdown right after being handed an off-site yelow card. If he doesn’t tackle a goal in the next round it will never be a double-birdie and I know nothing about sportsball.

Let me explain: The humor in this comic strip lies in the absurdity as well as the “comedic timing” in the pacing of the individual panels. The symbol at the start clearly depicts a very minimalist version of a person on a bike. The comic however “takes it literally” and imagines a person driving around with only two wheels, one of which runs between their butcheeks (also a “funny part” of the human body). It doesn’t show this right away but contrasts two panels where “nothing happens” with the sudden appearance of this… Thing. It gradually reveals three funny things: First, the absurd thought that what is shown in the symbol is literally what is happening, as explained before. Second, the wheel running through the butcheeks, and lastly, that the person doing this is suffering. This means, there must be some even more absurd circumstances that lead to this whole situation.

I hope I could explain to you how this is funny. Although jokes notoriously die while being dissected.

Edit: aaaaaand the comment is gone.

Please never call it that again.

Absolute bullshit…

Is it different for the current generation?

Eyyy, wellcome to enshitification!

I’m doing my part!

That’s exactly what I thought when I saw this. Looks very “lying with statistics”!