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[-] steakmeout@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

I generally like Perry Bible Fellowship comics but this one seems like it’s either pandering to or coping with conservative messaging.

[-] sus@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

https://pbfcomics.com/comics/shocked/ clearly pandering to incels

https://pbfcomics.com/comics/puppy-wish/ clearly pandering to conservative fundamentalist christians

https://pbfcomics.com/comics/youll-be-ok/ clearly pandering to hypochondriacs

https://pbfcomics.com/comics/preserves/ incels again (and this one isn't even remotely funny, the greatest crime)

I'm starting to think this artist is a cryptofascist. Basically equivalent to rock throw

[-] Lupo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Who does this one pander to?

Asking for a friend

[-] sus@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It is a message that there is no smoke without fire. The "intellectual" (note the glasses) has a seemingly convincing argument, but is shown to be a fool. The suspicion of sinful, non-procreational sex (notice the falling leaves, which do not play a reproductive role in trees) turns out to be true.

This belief in smoke without fire feeds into the conservative tenets of anti-intellectualism, the tendency to assume guilt based on prejudice and fuels paranoid conspiracy theories. It is also a meta-dog whistle confirming that yes, those other dog whistles the comic uses are really what you think and not just coincidental.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

You don't seem very fun.

[-] BumpingFuglies@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago

Remember: on the internet, nobody can hear your tone of voice. If you want your dry jokes to land, you'll likely need to use "/s" to show that you were being sarcastic, otherwise people might think you're being serious about such an obviously absurd, irrational stance, because there really are people who would believe the things you joked about.

[-] theangryseal@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Is this one pandering to Christians?

https://pbfcomics.com/comics/lamb-of-god/

Thank you for the links though. I’ve spent hours going through these comics. I didn’t even know I could like comics this much.

[-] sus@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

you may have heard the phrase "god works in mysterious ways". This is clearly one case of such. Clouds do not normally behave like this, it's closer to what you might think of smoke. And where do we see white smoke? That's right. When the Papal conclave has come to a decision for the new Pope.

Pandering to Catholics. QED

[-] theangryseal@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

:p

You’re too much. :)

[-] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 1 points 2 years ago

for the love of--

they are sheep. how much more heavy handed is it possible to make a metaphor

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