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[-] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago

I’m out of the loop, what’s the pizza cake drama?

[-] [email protected] 44 points 2 months ago

pizzacake is a woman with opinions. misogynists hate her for that. One time, she didn't handle that very well. Lots of people got banned on reddit. Now people here mostly bitch about her comics being "low effort" and such, which mostly just reveals "I don't have a legit argument to hate this person so I'm going to pointlessly criticise her work instead."

As I've said in another comment, if some rando did the same scenario in ragemaker and posted it, everyone would be all over how relatable it is.

That said, it is possibly to simply not like the artstyle, or to not find the scenario relatable, or whatever criticism a person might have. Divorced of context, those criticisms sound valid. With context though, it becomes obvious that it is popular to persecute pizzacake.

[-] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago

persecute

Y'all have got to join us in reality.

Yes, there are some misogynists who hate pizzacake because she is a woman exercising her agency.

That is not the majority of pushback against her, just the most disgusting and vocal.

The vast majority of criticism of pizzacake is towards her lack of punchlines, constant strawmanning, the unbelievable sycophants who follow and worship her and have turned the relevant subreddit into basically /r/ChurchofPizzacake, and for pizzacake's pattern of poor behavior in interactions on reddit and elsewhere.

There is a lot of grossness surrounding the entire pizzacake topic, yes, that's undeniable. But to effectively chalk up all or most of the criticism as misogyny when a healthy majority of it sticks to the content of her comics or conduct in direct interactions rather than any extracurricular activities she may engage in, is just disingenuous as fuck.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I should clarify, I'm not claiming that everyone who is criticizing pizzacake is a misogynist. I am however saying that it is popular among misogynists to bully women artists and call it "criticism", thus, the presence of certain kinds of criticism indicates an increased likelihood that the "critic" is actually a misogynist, even if the criticisms at face value are legitimate.

I shouldn't need to have a law degree to write a comment in a comics forum.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Ah, I remember having these arguments about whether Star Wars 7 should have let Rey be a woman. Uh, I mean, a Mary Sue.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

The parallels are stark indeed. Divorced of context, it's perfectly reasonable to accept the argument that Rey is a poorly written character (because she is). Normal, well adjusted people were able to accept that the sequel trilogy sucks for numerous reasons, Rey being a poorly written character being one of them, and then move on. The problem with this criticism isn't the criticism itself, but rather the people who bang on and on and on about it reveal that they didn't have a problem with the writing, they had a problem with a female character having agency.

"Mind what people do, not just what they say, for deeds will betray a lie."

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

turned the relevant subreddit into basically /r/ChurchofPizzacake...

  1. I'm not on Reddit, I don't care what the subreddit is like.

  2. fans of [thing] are on the subreddit of [thing] saying how much they like [thing]?! I guess I should hate everything then!

Your grasping at straws here man.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

For some reason PCC:s supporters never mention that she threatened to sue a subreddit for making fun of her comics. "One time she didn't handle that very well" that's putting it very mildly. PC is just toxic

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Is that what the narrative is now? I think the critics would have mentioned it last time, they were very thorough and even cited sources.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Which tier of her patron do you subscribe to?

[-] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago

My dude, are you calling me a simp? I didn't know she had a patreon before today, and I wouldn't be a subscriber even if I did. There's infinite porn available for free. Everything I know about pizzacake is from the comment sections (and included links) of the last 3 times one of her comics made it into my feed. I have some basic reading and comprehension skills, so it's not hard for me to quickly see exactly what's going on here.

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[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

My apologies for calling you a dude against your will.

Also, Guy is my father, but that's besides the point.

The rest of my comment still stands.

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[-] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

her comics are mid and you will catch a ban if you say that in r/comics

[-] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I wasn't aware we're bringing Reddit dramas to fester on Lemmy

[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

That's her biggest platform by far, so I think what they said is fair game. Does Mastodon never talk about what happens on Twitter or BlueSky? The fact Reddit is a cesspool doesn't mean we should pretend it doesn't exist.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

It doesn't mean we should imitate them either

[-] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

But we're not...? Someone just asked "what's the drama?" and someone matter-of-factly said what the drama is. What makes you think anything here is imitating Reddit?

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

The rest of the comments under the post? Like half of them are recreating the same drama all over

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Calling her comics mid as fuck? I mean they are, but that isn't "drama".

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Bringing pizzacake to Lemmy and not expecting her sycophants to follow is like stealing a block of cheese from a rat and not expecting it to follow you.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I'll try not to let it happen again.

[-] [email protected] 30 points 2 months ago

To be fair “your comic sucks” is kind of a dickish thing to comment.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Excuse me, I thought mid meant something along the lines of mediocre, not suck.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

And you were correct

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Its kind of a dick move to start writing hate comments under a comic that you find mildy displeasing.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Yeah, if you have like.. actual constructive feedback go for it, but “this is mid/low effort” really isn’t helpful

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

All I know is she posts lewds to her Patreon and has lots of simps

[-] [email protected] 36 points 2 months ago

I fail to understand why posting a pair of tits is such a controversial thing to do. Maybe I'm too European to lose my marbles over some nipples.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

I fail to understand why posting a pair of tits is such a controversial thing to do

Pizzacake makes a lot of feminist leaning comics which heavily criticize the patriarchy, male objectification of women and "creepy" men who comment sexual things towards women.

In light of that, a lot of people find it hypocritical that she'd sell pictures of herself online for dudes to jerk off to when that's the exact opposite audience her comics tries to appeal to.

When the leak first happened, she presented the narrative as though her consent was violated and she was being sexually harassed by having private nudes released. When people found out that she was selling the photos publicy for money, suddenly it became aparent we werent talking about sexual abuse we were talking about piracy. It got a lot of people irritated for having been mislead, and then they started asking why the photos were there in the first place.

If she knows that she is the target of harassment campaigns, a lot of people are confused as to why she would post her nudes in a public space and not expect them to leak.

Given the fact she is a public figure who regularly makes comics out of her children, regularly gets doxxed and is targetted by hate, you would expect her to be a bit smarter about what she puts online. She's been online for years but seeks to lack basic understanding of cause and effect online (or else she understands it all too well and plays the victim perfectly to promote herself by baiting outrage incredibly effectively).

The part of it that bothers me personally is that there are kids involved and there is a 100% chance that all the kids at her son's school know and have looked up these nudes and her son probably gets bullied about it.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

She has children so she has to be a paragon of virtue?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

What?

A "paragon of virtue" is a person who is considered a perfect example of goodness and moral excellence. It implies they possess a high degree of admirable qualities like honesty, kindness, and justice, making them a role model of good character. The phrase is often used to describe someone who is perceived as flawless or exceptionally virtuous.

I never used this term sorry, I'm not sure what you’re reading.

She has ~~children~~ an online business so she has to ~~be a paragon of virtue~~ have basic OPSEC?

Yes, everyone should practice OPSEC, but a public "celebrity" who's sole business is online doubly so.

Operations security (OPSEC) is a process that identifies critical information to determine whether friendly actions can be observed by enemy intelligence, determines if information obtained by adversaries could be interpreted to be useful to them, and then executes selected measures that eliminate or reduce adversary exploitation of friendly critical information.

A parent should simply include their kids in the calculus.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Yes, everyone should practice OPSEC, but a public "celebrity" who's sole business is online doubly so.

She doesn't practice OPSEC because she has an OF that exists? I am not nearly as aware of her OF as the people that don't like her, so you'll have to let me know if there's something different she should be doing with it.

to determine whether friendly actions can be observed by enemy intelligence

I must be really out of the loop. What is her business that results in her having enemy intelligence? Is it being on OF that gets you enemy intelligence, or making comics?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

She doesn't practice OPSEC because she has an OF that exists?

If she didn't want her nudes to be publicly accessibly, uploading them publicly on social media could be considered bad OPSEC.

I must be really out of the loop. What is her business that results in her having _enemy intelligence?

Oh, I guess you are, sorry. Like I was saying in my last comment, there's a lot of "lore".

Her primary business is through her comics. She actually turned making a business into a comic itself.

https://www.reddit.com/user/Pizzacakecomic/comments/1jaby6v/comment/mqri41h/?context=3

I'll quote the enemy intelligence part from an r/outoftheloop thread. You can read the whole thing if you're interested about the events of her most recent hack/doxxing about a week ago.

Her account got hacked by users from soyjack party, an imageboard like 4chan. She has said that the hackers deleted her account. They found her password and email and caused chaos, including leaking private reddit messages and are likely testing other accounts as well.

I don't know what this current flavor of doxxing is, because her name has been known for some time. However, In January her home address became semi-public information based on her "Pizzacake Comics Inc." business licence in Canada. This was recently discovered, along with her current login details.

https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/1kio389/whats_going_on_with_pizza_cake/

From a recent comment, she has only now set up 2FA.

yes I have 2 factor authentication and finger print id setup for stuff now with a whole new number!

https://www.reddit.com/user/Pizzacakecomic/comments/1kipftd/comment/mrgpabo/

I really hate how much talking about internet security comes across as victim blaming but not having 2FA set up as a public celebrity who is constantly being attacked is once again bad OPSEC.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

not having 2FA set up as a public celebrity who is constantly being attacked is once again bad OPSEC.

Sure. But that sounds like her problem, not a reason for me to dislike her.

This sounds a lot like "there are duchbags attacking her because they are misogynists" which again, is not a good reason for other people to dislike her.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

You don't seem to realize she is the victim of horrific hate campaigns, having her personal information including address and kids school doxxed, her account through which she makes her income hacked and deleted, she's been stalked, threatened and harassed, etc.

I'm over here trying to talk about internet security.

If you're just looking for reasons to dislike her then go circlejerk somewhere else

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

If you're just looking for reasons to dislike her then go circlejerk somewhere else

I'm not, but if we look back to the top of this comment chain, we see someone complaining that the comments won't be about the comic but instead about how shitty a person the artist is for some reason.
We get a reply to that about how she has an OF, and then the comment you replied to:

I fail to understand why posting a pair of tits is such a controversial thing to do. Maybe I'm too European to lose my marbles over some nipples.

So one could be forgiven for assuming your response to that was part of the conversation about why it's so controversial and the artist being a shitty person.

If you are in fact over here just "trying to talk about Internet security" then it sounds like you've taken a bizarre tangent from the topic at hand in order to circle jerk about your topic of choice.

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Like the green knight, for example.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

She is a proud misandrist and a camgirl. Also the punchline of most of her comics is that impotent rage allows her to yell louder than any opinions she disagrees with.

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