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[–] [email protected] 260 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The Left and the Right feels like Feet Guys vs Cannibals chewing on a bunch of toes.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

"What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Chinese meal?"

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[–] [email protected] 143 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

Tolerance paradoxically demands intolerance of the intolerant.

[–] [email protected] 149 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

It was pointed out to me a while back that the paradox of tolerance is only a paradox if you consider tolerance to be a philosophical position.

In fact, we don't treat it like that. We treat it as a social contract, in which context it is no paradox at all to say that if you aren't tolerant then other people aren't obliged to tolerate you in turn

[–] [email protected] 45 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This here - the social contract view needs to be widely adopted

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's not really a paradox when you think about it. In fact, it's absolutely necessary.

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[–] [email protected] 140 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Had kind of a similar conversation with my dad recently. "I'm sorry you feel that way." "Well they're cutting Medicaid, so we'll see how that goes for you."

[–] [email protected] 57 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

‘I’m sorry you feel that way.’ He’s sorry you think people should have equal rights?

Your dad doesn’t have a political problem, he has a morality problem.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Even the non-apology "apology" is unacceptable!

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Please remind us in four years what happens

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[–] [email protected] 128 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

More often than not, MAGA tend to stab themselves in the back. They just don't have the self-awareness for it.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah now with trump them trans kids have to show them genituls at sports events.

What do you mean I don't have insurance anymore? I don't understand!

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

But they'll be happy about it if it hurts someone else they don't like in the process.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Isn't that the saddest thing? Imagine being motivated by hatred. Feels like such a shitty thing to live for.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 weeks ago

was thinking of saying the knife should be in the back but the artist is right. this is pretty in the front.

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[–] [email protected] 77 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

My trumpet sister has wisely stopped praising her false god in my presence when they visit at least

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago

Charisma increases by +10

[–] [email protected] 60 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (21 children)

I tried to support this artist on Patreon. Heard there were NSFW comics there. Well, yes, but mostly a creepy OnlyFans-esque collection of nearly nude sexy photos of the artist, with frequent calls for payment for explicit nudes.

(Edit from below, as I figure out what I’m trying to say) It’s a sort of emotional bait and switch. “Come support me, there’s nsfw comics.” “Ooh I love those, my wife loves those, I’m in.” “Whoops, actually there’s also these risqué photos. Maybe your wife will be ok with it, maybe not. You can choose to have the conversation if you want. But now I’ve handed you a problem, unless you want to just immediately unsubscribe. In which case I still keep the money but you get nothing. Thanks for your support!” (End of edit)

Only artist Patreon I’ve ever unsubscribed from for content reasons. (I’m married, intended to support an artist, not to gawk at an OnlyFans.) From what I can tell from kemono (Patreon content mirror - visit with Adblock on), she’s still doing it.

I’m genuinely not sure if I’m being too sensitive or if this is genuinely behavior that shouldn’t be supported. Comics like this one are really good. I’m torn.

[–] [email protected] 96 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

It is perfectly fine that you don't like the behaviour, but that doesn't mean the behaviour isn't valid.

I also think it is strange, but not something detrimental. You subscribe to her account, you get comics and nudes. I don't see a problem with that, but I can understand if it's problematic for you due to different surrounding circumstances.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's a valid point and complaint that they went to the Patreon page of a comic artist looking for comics, and got something entirely different to what they were looking for.

There's a lot more porn on the Internet than good comic strips.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 weeks ago

You have to pay at a certain tier to get the nudity. If you don't, then you don't get anything explicit.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

It's detrimental when low-effort, inane, late comics like the above get posted constantly and her rabid, parasocial-brain pay-masturbators proceed to harass any valid criticism.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I’m genuinely not sure if I’m being too sensitive or if this is genuinely behavior that shouldn’t be supported.

There's nothing inherently wrong with that content existing, and being something people can pay for, but you're also not being too sensitive for not personally wanting to pay that artist, if your surrounding circumstances would make the access to explicit content then seem a little unsavory in your particular case.

Ideally, that artist would let you pay for just the non-NSFW content, or simply send a tip/donation directly, instead of requiring the NSFW content to be bundled with any attempt at payment, but that doesn't mean that offering NSFW content itself "shouldn't be supported," even if it's not desirable in your case.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ideally, that artist would let you pay for just the non-NSFW content

They do. I don't know if this person just decided to grab the highest tier without reading or something, but the lowest tiers don't have anything explicit associated with them.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

It's pretty hard to miss too. I just went there from the link in their comic:

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

She is within her rights, and so are you.

Ironically, this is valid version of the above comic’s invalid application of agreeing to disagree. Neither of you are hurting the other by having differing opinions.

If you haven’t already, you should send a message to the artist voicing your moral support but explaining why you can’t financially support her.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 weeks ago

More power to them. And you did what you're meant to do on the internet, "I don't like that" leave and move on. Thinking about it and justifying yourself is a bit weird.

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 3 weeks ago

"Stop being intolerant that I'm a fucking asshole!"

[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 weeks ago (12 children)

This is my attitude whenever someone complains about there being too much 'politics' in everything.

Everything touches politics, but we only notice it when it adversely effects us. The people who take as granted that politics is it's own thing are usually the people who are the most privileged by it.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Is the “just because we disagree on politics we can still get along” frame of mind generally a conservative thing? Because on one hand, it makes sense. On the other hand, I find it very difficult, for example, to look past the fact that some conservatives want to stop aid to Ukraine (as a Ukrainian living in the US).

[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 weeks ago (20 children)

human and civil rights aren’t “politics”

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

We really need a deadly plague that's easy to vaccinate against.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago (17 children)

I'll take my downvotes, but while I agree with the sentiment in this particular comic I have no fucking interest in seeing shitty pizzacake and her no-punchline comics or her army of sycophants here on Lemmy.

I will never understand why some of you insist on bringing the garbage we left Reddit to escape over here to Lemmy. Let pizzacake have her tiny window of microcelebrity on reddit and please spare the rest of us this bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

"Why can't everyone else just hate the same things I hate!?"

Imagine being this worked up about a webcomic, shitty or otherwise.

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