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Ammat The Ankh posted:Seriously? Have you not seen any of the many "look how dumb Obama is" chess cartoons Cagle has allowed published over the years? Just punch "Obama bad chess" into google and you'll get like tons. No, no, I get that. It's just, I thought that traditionally, CHESS was spelled with SS at the end, rather than ST.
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Captain_Maclaine posted:You're not much of a reader, are you? I think he's making a joke about me, dude.
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tacodaemon posted:I actually am familiar with both the Soviet national anthem and the song "Georgia On My Mind" (most famously recorded in 1960 by Ray Charles) and I can't figure out how in the gently caress to fit those lyrics to either of them. There are many controversial things that can be said about the Soviet union, but I think everyone can agree that they had one of the coolest sounding anthems in the history of the world. colonel_korn posted:
Drawing Obama looking smug with his eyes closed really kills the joke in this comic. He's supposed to be brain dead, so he should have a silly look on his or something. And where does the Obama = arrogant meme even come from? Has he ever done or said anything that makes him appear anymore egotistical than every other politician and president that came before him?
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Lance Streetman posted:I think he's making a joke about me, dude. Soon this thread will devour itself and we can all be at peace.
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:And where does the Obama = arrogant meme even come from? Has he ever done or said anything that makes him appear anymore egotistical than every other politician and president that came before him? He's black and thinks he can tell whites what to do.
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Necroneocon posted:Whenever people posts without comics (except myself, and you of course), I imagine Macklemore making every post: A bunch of pampered male white straight liberals sharing their bad opinions and rushing to point out Obama's big purple lips!!! Or this is Racist!! While ignoring the other -ists and -isms that these political cartoons have. I'm a black female and pretty much every time someone does a thing, it's annoying.  This is second time you've loudly sighed about stupid, white liberals in this thread, which is to say you're complaining about the painfully obvious and hardly adding anything more to the conversation than the posts complaining about racist Obama caricatures. The thread is always in dire need of more interesting viewpoints than tired memes, so by all means share with us your perspective on these cartoons.
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:And where does the Obama = arrogant meme even come from? Has he ever done or said anything that makes him appear anymore egotistical than every other politician and president that came before him? A frequently used photo of Obama in right-wing circles has him with eyes closed and head tilted back, looking vaguely smug:  This was exploited in the context of the "Barack-star" conservative memes during his first presidential run, and never really died away, since it plays into heuristic stereotypes of Obama as aloof, intellectual, egotistical, and uppity. There are now a variety of images of Obama, usually taken mid-blink or while he's emoting exaggeratedly in response to something, used to demonstrate this supposed lack of empathy or connection to real america.
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Necroneocon posted:Since you're on the topic of banning things, you should ban people PBF'ing cartoons and everyone that talked about Penny Arcade a few pages back that accused them of being terrible nerds (which they are) but for petty reasons, but didn't mention the ACTUAL reason why people hate them: The whole dickwolves raping thing and how they continued to defend it and be misogynist. Because, you know, male goons. Am I being trolled with this? What does Macklemore have to do with the content of peoples posts? Your a black female, so people pointing out obviously racist imagery is not ok? Huh? Hey guys, I'm gay, stop pointing out the rampant homophobia in Lester's comics, you pampered male white straight liberals 
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Necroneocon posted:Since you're on the topic of banning things, you should ban people PBF'ing cartoons The great thing about getting to the front page is that all the new meat in the thread are taking the AGCing at face value.
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Stevoblunt posted:you pampered male white straight liberals Its true, its really all my fault. Sorry about that guys 
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:There are many controversial things that can be said about the Soviet union, but I think everyone can agree that they had one of the coolest sounding anthems in the history of the world. He's black and that's pretty much it. Honestly superficial examinations of right wing pathos against Obama is probably best because you don't want to stare too deep in to that abyss.
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the_steve posted:No, no, I get that. It is a joke about Putin being shirtless in his image shots, while making a dominos/chess comparison, while pointing out that about every move Putin has made in the past 2 years to deal with former empire states has blown up in his face.
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Stevoblunt posted:you pampered male white straight liberals David Vitter's not a liberal!
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the_steve posted:No, no, I get that. Things we can't handle: Jokes about shirtless Putin
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Stevoblunt posted:Am I being trolled with this? What does Macklemore have to do with the content of peoples posts? Your a black female, so people pointing out obviously racist imagery is not ok? Huh? Hey guys, I'm gay, stop pointing out the rampant homophobia in Lester's comics, you pampered male white straight liberals Ugh. Her point was that shouting "purple lips, racist!" oversimplifies the problem and is really boring commentary for cartoons that could really use some harsher criticism, and I agree. But I'm not going to ban stupid posting, because that's impossible to do, especially in a thread with as big a readership as this one. I can still do my best to shame stupid posters, though. I remember a time where Umberto Eco got posted every single day in D&D until enough people got annoyed to say how boring that was.
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cafel posted:Soon this thread will devour itself and we can all be at peace. No Metroids here; don't get your hopes up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls5uo4xidwQ In the grim darkness of 2014, there is only hate and suffering. It only gets worse.  1 2 3
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Neremworld posted:I'm starting to get the idea that Muir learned how to write a parody from the guys who made Date Movie and Epic Movie. Come now, I think you're being unfair to Friedburg and Seltzer. ... Why did I type that? What is this thread doing to me? 
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So the Grail, which gives eternal life, is gun control, only it's full of Kool-Aid, but oh I guess that's the false Grail and so the real Grail is giving everyone guns, probably? But the false Grail is the one defended by the Templar, except now the false Grails are politicians? And Nazis are hipsters, but Hot Wife 2 is a Nazi, and the Southern Strategy is the Staff of Ra from an entirely different movie. Aha, so that means Ted Cruz is Marcus Brody and some guy named "Spazz Twelve" is Qui-Gon Jinn!! I understand. I understand now  What the gently caress is Harry Reid doing playing the piano.
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That picture doesn't really look smug to me; it looks more like he’s blinking during a nod or about to sneeze. But I understand what you’re saying. I’m not sure what I was expecting. I guess I was hoping that it was based on something at least partly logical. Examples: “Conservatives call Obama arrogant because he never stops bragging about his collection of faberge eggs” or “Conservatives call Obama arrogant because he refuses to drink anything except purebred chinchilla milk.” Space Cadet Omoly fucked around with this message at 07:37 on Mar 4, 2014 |
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:That picture doesn't really look smug to me; it looks more like he’s blinking during a nod or about to sneeze. But I understand what you’re saying. Of course, you can get both those things at most grocery stores, and I've seen Walmart-brand dijon, but still. Fancy names.
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:Examples: “Conservatives call Obama arrogant because he never stops bragging about his collection faberge eggs” or “Conservatives call Obama arrogant because he refuses to drink anything except purebred chinchilla milk.” There was this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQYHHklRBtY Yes, seriously.
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TVs Ian posted:There was the dijon mustard incident. And arugula, I think. When I was a kid I thought the Grey Poupon limousine commercials meant it was actually high-class stuff and I was convinced my family was rich because I found some in our fridge once after that. Given that conservatives are absolutely horrible at telling when things are sincere, maybe they think dijon mustard is only for rich people too based on the commercials.
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Stevoblunt posted:Am I being trolled with this? What does Macklemore have to do with the content of peoples posts? Your a black female, so people pointing out obviously racist imagery is not ok? Huh? Hey guys, I'm gay, stop pointing out the rampant homophobia in Lester's comics, you pampered male white straight liberals There's a certain degree of ironic humor in Necroneocon complaining about bad opinions given her tastes in video games, but I'm pretty sure her complaint is about how many posters just go "That's racist!" without anything more substantial than that.
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TVs Ian posted:There was the dijon mustard incident. And arugula, I think. The only clip of Duck Dynasty I've ever seen was this heavily staged bit of them going to a coffee shop in some godforsaken suburban mall & acting taken aback by obviously scripted dudes ordering "mochas" and "lattes", complete with a cutaway interview of one of the turdy sons making a horrifed face and saying "We don't belong here... I don't even know what a latte IS!". Of course these dudes raised by millionaires in the '80s and '90s know what a loving latte is, just like every suburbanite piece of poo poo Republican watching the show knows what a latte is. My mom lives in a town of less than 1,000 people in rural South Carolina and you can buy a "latte" at the lovely gas station for gently caress's sake. The whoel thing really summed up right-wing culture wars to me - a show about millionaire fake hillbillies pretending not to know what a latte is, watched by middle and lower class fake hillbillies pretending not to know what a latte is, all patting themselves on the back for this thing that isn't actually the case.
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Lance Streetman posted:There was this: Basically the richest black president we've ever had. I bet he doesn't even park in a carhole like the rest of us average Joes The Plumbers.
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Small Frozen Thing posted:There's a certain degree of ironic humor in Necroneocon complaining about bad opinions given her tastes in video games, but I'm pretty sure her complaint is about how many posters just go "That's racist!" without anything more substantial than that. I don't know this poster personally but I get mildly annoyed a lot of the time at some folks in this thread who obviously REALLY gleefully love pointing out the ugly, obvious racism of some of the thread's repeat offenders. I get the sense a big part of that is white dudes feeling proud about catching something undeniably bigoted & lovely without having to engage in the more difficult & complicated process of questioning their own thoughts or privilege or whatever. White liberals love to take examples of obvious bigotry and say, "here it is, we caught it, it's all contained within this Glenn McCoy cartoon of Obama with a bone through his nose, and I'm one of the good ones, so now lay off the anger on me okay??!!" Manufactured outrage about cartoons of Oprah's big lips or Gawker scouring twitter for people who disapprove of interracial marriage provides an easy way for white liberals to feel better about themselves. And that sucks, but considering 99% of the country is worse it's hard for me to really get too bugged about it. Y'all are mostly good, well-meaning folks.
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A HUNGRY MOUTH posted:So the Grail, which gives eternal life, is gun control, only it's full of Kool-Aid, but oh I guess that's the false Grail and so the real Grail is giving everyone guns, probably? But the false Grail is the one defended by the Templar, except now the false Grails are politicians? And Nazis are hipsters, but Hot Wife 2 is a Nazi, and the Southern Strategy is the Staff of Ra from an entirely different movie. Aha, so that means Ted Cruz is Marcus Brody and some guy named "Spazz Twelve" is Qui-Gon Jinn!! I understand. I understand now You've done it. You've solved the riddle of the Muir. Your reward is the sweet release of death.
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:There are many controversial things that can be said about the Soviet union, but I think everyone can agree that they had one of the coolest sounding anthems in the history of the world. Why can't we just make America the Beautiful our anthem or something, christ our anthem is lovely
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JT Jag posted:Kicks the hell out of ours. I vote for a lyrically-altered Battle Hymn of the Republic myself
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Hey, Ken Catalino's updating, once a week on Sundays. Lets him really put the effort in that his work deserves, you know? 2014-02-24  2014-03-02  Look at that, he drew/traced a running guy and only recycled everything else in just two weeks of work! What a good boy! The Soviet national anthem was pretty great, you guys. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thls_tMuFkc
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tacodaemon posted:I actually am familiar with both the Soviet national anthem and the song "Georgia On My Mind" (most famously recorded in 1960 by Ray Charles) and I can't figure out how in the gently caress to fit those lyrics to either of them. It doesn't fit the Soviet/Russian national anthem at all. It's a bit of a stretch, but you can make it fit Hymn to Red October, which lots of idiots think is the Soviet national anthem. I'd bet a decent chunk of money that Ramirez is one of them.
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Post 9-11 User posted:No Metroids here; don't get your hopes up. No joke I can get a box of 150 samosas for £12.50 down the road from where I work. West Brom is great for things like that.
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Rev. Bleech_ posted:I vote for a lyrically-altered Battle Hymn of the Republic myself Godiva's Hymn? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godiva%27s_Hymn
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Drone_Fragger posted:No joke I can get a box of 150 samosas for £12.50 down the road from where I work. West Brom is great for things like that. Samoas, not samosas. It's a Girl Scout cookie reference.
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