[–] -2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I mean, yeah?

EDIT: I want to elaborate b/c the situation is intentionally drawn to be generic so that it can use any text.

Think about this comic, what about the art would lead you to believe it has anything at all to do with oil? Nothing, but it fits just as well as just about anything else b/c it was designed specifically to be generic trash. That's like my whole point, man.

Also, yeah, "guy walks into a bar" jokes are ass. Puns, too. I'm on the fence about puppies.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago*

    Sure, how about,

    "We should have brought a bigger probe."

    Or how about,

    "I guess we'll see if they still fling their poop."

    Or for some topical flare, how about,

    "You sure about this? These guys have a terrible reputation with aliens."

    All of these slightly change the context w/o the need to change the art.

    I'm fairly certain a number of these cartoonists either "meal prep" a bunch of illustrations to caption later or maybe even sell the illustrations to the New Yorker who then have writers create the captions. I can't say but imo it makes for bland cartoons 9 out of 10 times.

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  • [+] -9 points 2 months ago (10 children)

    One thing I really dislike about New Yorker comics is the lazy, generic nature of the art that is totally divorced from the punchline.

    For example, this shitty comic could literally have any caption & it would make no difference. They even have caption contests where readers can come up with punchlines

    NY cartoons are factory farm trash fight me

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago* (2 children)

    I read somewhere (who knows where) Red Reader focuses on visual impaired accessibility features so Reddit Corp waives the api fees. I assume it's cheaper for them than developing accessibility features into the official app.

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    My understanding of Federation is that I should be able to migrate my .social account over to .art, so I submitted a request with a link to my .social & verified my email. Two weeks later I have not heard back. Not even a rejection email.

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    I'm used to ghosting from Dating app matches, but this feels bad, ngl.

     

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