AtomikKrab posted:

Time to upgrade my avatar, its been uh... like a decade since I got Rolling, I think its time. I just need to get my personal computer again so I can download the image and... a new witty line

Fister Roboto posted:

Well, what is your interpretation?

Nenonen posted:

It's a current events gag cartoon.

Fister Roboto posted:

OK, and do you think that your interpretation is free from bias? And why do you think yours is correct?

The previous comic was pretty bad. But I think you're also correct that it's a dumb gag. Both can be true! Plenty of other comics ITT are current events gags and also really bad. He probably didn't do it out of intentional malice, but I think it belies a consumer-centric ignorance and uncaring for labor issues. And yeah, I'm pretty biased in favor of the strike. What's the problem with that?

AtomikKrab posted:

Time to upgrade my avatar, its been uh... like a decade since I got Rolling, I think its time. I just need to get my personal computer again so I can download the image and... a new witty line

Nenonen posted:

Who do you think is biased against the strike here? Me? Stahler?

Fister Roboto posted:

I'm not saying that you're against the strike. But everyone has their own biases, so accusing idonotlikepeas of inserting their bias isn't very fair if you're not willing to explore your own. There's no "neutral" standpoint.

quote:

CNN RATINGS HIT ALL TIME LOW
Cartoon published 09/29/2023

The left-leaning news channel, CNN, recently hit an all-time low among the 24-54 age group.

That’s the demographic most favored by advertisers, but CNN’s weekend political shows racked up a mere 55,000 viewers. There are many political commentators on the Internet who are currently receiving more views. “Salty Cracker,” for instance, attracts up to six times more viewers than CNN. That said, the big advertisers want nothing to do with truth-tellers such as Salty Cracker. CNN has globalist corporations who support the content CNN puts out. Average Americans don’t want to hear it, but the globalists want them to. When will those advertisers get tired of losing money? Probably never. The Federal Reserve and Black Rock support those who push the WEF’s ‘woke’ agenda—and they own a money printing press to back it up.

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The globalist cabal will be forced to widen their censorship against those on social media who are doing real journalism—the work that CNN will not do. People desire to hear the truth, though…so such censorship will most likely be met with outrage. CNN has way too much competition now, thanks to the Internet. If the Internet plug is pulled, perhaps we’ll go back to mailing out newsletters and such. The American Revolution lacked TV, radio, and the Internet. They communicated by mail and we have to, we can do that again.

The truth will prevail.

I don’t expect CNN to change. They will continue to lie and support Biden—a child molesting traitor who is bent on destroying America and especially its middle class. I recently heard one of CNN’s paid flunkies refer to Hunter in sympathetic terms. He said Hunter’s behavior was ’sloppy,’ but there was nothing illegal going on. He said the charges made by many Republicans were being made for drama purposes only and they had zero evidence to back up their charges. He said the baseless allegations have long been disproven. That isn’t journalism, it’s covering up real crimes committed by the Biden family. No wonder people won’t watch CNN. We’ve all had enough of their obvious propaganda.

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At the rate of their decline, CNN may end up attracting only a handful of viewers.

Anderson Cooper could end up talking to himself.

CNN: The least trusted name in news.

— Ben Garrison

L. Ron DeSantis posted:

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insane bullshit

Trapezium Dave posted:

Le Lievre:

Retired Victorian premier Dan Andrews.

DalaranJ posted:

Any particular reason to call the people of Victoria bridge trolls?

Nenonen posted:

Still, to me it's just a relatable joke. I get the feeling that it's nice to return to the reliable routine and steady income after being on a strike, but also the anxiety of having to deal with the stressful parts of the job. And everyone who has ever written something creative has probably experienced the writer's block sometimes. It feels to me far fetched to interprete that as Unironic Kelly Kartoon because I have had the same exact feelings myself when returning to work.

idonotlikepeas posted:

If it weren't for the previous cartoon, I might have felt more charitable towards this one. As it is, there are two in a few days implying that Hollywood writers just kind of suck; totally possible he didn't mean it that way, but it's certainly how it read to me.

It's possible some political bias is involved, if "tired of people saying stupid poo poo about striking workers" is a bias (since that's going to leave me more likely to see stupid poo poo of that kind even when it isn't necessarily intended).

the_steve posted:

Yeah, pretty sure it was Target this time.

idonotlikepeas posted:

Robert (R.J.) Matson

Guavanaut posted:

Doing this on the day when there's a bunch of Feinstein obits is pretty funny.

idonotlikepeas posted:

Carlos Latuff

Pants Donkey posted:

But my baby

idonotlikepeas posted:

Carlos Latuff

L. Ron DeSantis posted:

I know that nothing Latuff puts out is in good faith but "US destroyed Derna's infrastructure" is really quite a take. IRL Qaddafi hated the city for being a center of rebellion and deliberately shortchanged it when it came to infrastructure.

Apple Pie Hubbub posted:

4

L. Ron DeSantis posted:

Note that in Varvel's mind we're supposed to see the CEO as the good guy making a smart business decision.

idonotlikepeas posted:

Lisa Benson

L. Ron DeSantis posted:

skeleton warrior posted:

Not just that, but that if the union would just stop these silly strikes and stop demanding better wages they’d never be replaced by automation that works nonstop for no pay

Edit: gently caress, the more I think about this the more vile it is, it’s the mindset of someone who excuses domestic abuse, it’s “well maybe if you didn’t provoke the CEOs by asking for things, then everything would be all right and they wouldn’t have to replace you like they’re going to” it’s just loving disgusting

Edit2: Jesus, I just remembered that this pathetic gently caress got laid off from his cartooning gig when his paper downsized because it couldn’t compete with the internet, so he has literally gone through the process of having his livelihood yanked away from him in the name of better profit margins and he still churns out cartoons about how no one wants to lick boots any more

Pulsarcat posted:

The idea that CEOs are watching a number labelled "Minimum wage" slowly going up and once gets high enough they are going to flip a switch and instantly automate everything is hilarious, because it shows just how ignorant these geniuses really are.

They have no idea whatsoever the sheer variety of tasks a human performs in even the simplest job, and each one of these tasks is going to require a separate machine to automate.

And even if companies were willing to automate an entire building, you can't just slap a few machines into a sixty year old building, you have to literally build and design a building from the ground up to automate everything.

And then there's the maintenance , oh boy, the maintenance.

I work in an old rear end warehouse, the only automation we have a a simple conveyor belt that runs through the building, the most complex thing about are the barcode scanners that kick totes off the belt onto different rollers.

And it requires a ton of maintenance to keep it running nearly all day, and even then it still breaks down.
And when it goes down it's down for hours or days.

Unless it truly shits the bed, then it's down for weeks because you have to call in an outside specialist.

Sorry, but McDonalds isn't going to rebuild and automate everyone of their buildings, only to shut them down for a month while waiting for a specialist with specialized training and specialized tools to install a specialized part just because minimum wage went up three dollars an hour.

Apple Pie Hubbub posted:

8

Antigravitas posted:

Hero worshippers are helpless and naked when they no longer have a her to worship? A Good Cartoon?

I am baffled.

idonotlikepeas posted:

Robert (R.J.) Matson