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Prak · Post by **Prak** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 9:55 pm

Panel 2- I'm not sure if this is just a gross over simplification, or Ishida's been constructing a strawman this whole time.

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 10:04 pm

No, pretty sure the feminists in that comic have been like that the whole time . . see altoids bomber incident . .

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Mon Jan 23, 2017 12:33 am

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Mon Jan 23, 2017 12:54 am

Old Jack Burton always says . .

nockermensch · Post by **nockermensch** » Mon Jan 23, 2017 7:23 pm

Prak wrote:
Panel 2- I'm not sure if this is just a gross over simplification, or Ishida's been constructing a strawman this whole time.

Ishida has been a slightly tamer Sophie Labelle for years now. They belong to the thankfully tiny group of "progressives who trigger the Poe's Law". As such, they end enabling the neo-fascists who can point to shit like this comic and gloat that "both sides are doing it".

Wiseman · Post by **Wiseman** » Tue Jan 24, 2017 4:58 am

Prak wrote:
Panel 2- I'm not sure if this is just a gross over simplification, or Ishida's been constructing a strawman this whole time.

This is 100% unironic. The whole comic's been that way for years.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Tue Jan 24, 2017 5:44 am

Oh, yeah, I've noticed the straw tendencies of the feminist characters for a long time now, but this seems more blatant than ever.

DSMatticus · Post by **DSMatticus** » Tue Jan 24, 2017 5:58 am

I could honestly never tell who early Sinfest was trying to make fun of.

Looking back at some of the very first shit, you've got the Blaxpoitation Funk Bible strip, which is a bunch of racist stereotypes dressed up as a parody of a film genre known for its racist stereotypes. I can't tell if I'm supposed to be laughing because "oh, aren't stereotypical black people just so funny" or because "oh, man, those films really are that bad, aren't they." It doesn't help that the strip isn't particularly funny, but really there's just no... deeper message there. There's no subversion. It's just a presentation of blaxpoitation entertainment as is, and if you retitled the comic something offensive like "if Jamal had wrote the bible..." I would 100% believe it was the unironic work of some racist shithead. And then there's Fall Lineup, which - again - leaves me completely unable to tell whether or not I am supposed to laugh because Hollywood's attempts to include diversity are sometimes exactly that offensive or because HAHA RACIST JOKES. Then the comic introduces Monique, who will immediately be used for a series of "aren't women fun to look at and also dumb and shallow" jokes - but there's also the shit like the Matriarchy strips, where the butt of the joke is very clearly antifeminists. I always got the impression it was just the generally sacrilegious ramblings of your stereotypical 90's guy; a vaguely egalitarian philosophy mixed with somewhat insensitive attitudes and an inability to square his own sexuality with what the media had taught him feminism stood for - i.e. the sort of person I would have thought could have been pushed over the edge into straight-up antifeminism through shit like the Dick Wolves debacle or the GamerGate clusterfuck. If you had told me Sinfest had ended up a heavily political comic strip, I would have said "oh, he finally went full MRA huh?"

At least modern Sinfest is much clearer on its messaging. "Free stuff for women because men are evil. Got it. Fuck off."

OgreBattle · Post by **OgreBattle** » Thu Jan 26, 2017 7:32 am

Longes · Post by **Longes** » Thu Jan 26, 2017 9:59 am

...whaaaaat is the implication here?

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Thu Jan 26, 2017 1:36 pm

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Thu Jan 26, 2017 4:12 pm

Shatner · Post by **Shatner** » Thu Jan 26, 2017 7:58 pm

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Thu Jan 26, 2017 8:55 pm

OgreBattle · Post by **OgreBattle** » Fri Jan 27, 2017 10:34 am

Longes wrote:...whaaaaat is the implication here?

He took some cute pictures

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Fri Jan 27, 2017 11:19 am

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Sat Jan 28, 2017 1:34 pm

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Sat Jan 28, 2017 9:12 pm

Omegonthesane · Post by **Omegonthesane** » Sat Jan 28, 2017 10:06 pm

Today I learned that Prevaricate means "lie" not "procrastinate". I blame Critical Miss for this misconception.

MGuy · Post by **MGuy** » Sat Jan 28, 2017 11:38 pm

I didn't understand what I was reading until the last panel. Apparently the word 'rump' is what gives my brain a wake up call.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Sat Jan 28, 2017 11:43 pm

...You get sprung/ Wanna pull up front...

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Sun Jan 29, 2017 12:03 am

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Sun Jan 29, 2017 12:13 am

They kinda look Monster Hunter-esque.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Sun Jan 29, 2017 6:37 pm

erik · Post by **erik** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 2:06 am