Comment on Xitter Tanks

QuazarOmega@lemy.lol ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It’s a political comics thing that I believe originally started in England like 250 years ago. The comic is meant simultaneously to be funny and legitimate political propaganda. To ensure that the political propaganda message is not lost on the masses they label everything to make sure their message most clearly gets across.

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  • QuazarOmega@lemy.lol ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That’s actually cool to know, though I dislike the practice, they kinda look like previous century memes lol

    For example, see this political cartoon from 1903.

    That was lost on me either way, but I guess it’s just my lack of knowledge on US’s history 👀

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    • Phrodo_00@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The cartoon shows the US aligning with Panama separatist factions to break from Colombia so that they can permit the construction of the channel.

      Panama was a separate colony from Colombia, but they joined when becoming independent.

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      • MotoAsh@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I find it utterly hilarious that the cited purpose is clarity, but the referenced comic required explanation. Bravo.

        Also thanks for the explanation because I wasn’t picking it up, either.

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      • QuazarOmega@lemy.lol ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Thanks for the explanation!

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    • NathanielThomas@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Memes are essentially the same as political cartoons but done with less effort and intelligence.

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      • Phrodo_00@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I don’t necessary know about the intelligence part, I’ve seen plenty of braindead political cartoons

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      • QuazarOmega@lemy.lol ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I’ll have you know I put a lot of effort into my own memes

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• DharkStare@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  These sorts of comics have been captioned like this for decades. I’m not sure if they were ever not captioned.

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  • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    If anything I think they were even more obvious back then… The Troll would have had “Troll” written on their laptop and so on…

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    • Nacktmull@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Until I read your comment I was wondering about the weirdly drawn goblin … 🤦

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      • bug@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Definitely just a cute little goblin hanging out in the toilet, annoyed that all these chumps have rocked up and interrupted his computer time

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  • Papergeist@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Decades indeed. Thomas Nast made his first cartoon in like 1860 or something.

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  • GreenMario@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’ve seen some done in the 1800s. Captioned.

    At this point it’s a staple of the genre.

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• vimdiesel@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  That’s just the way political comics goes. It’s expected and common. It’s not a web comic, bruh; there’s a tradition to maintain.

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  • Obi@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Not all political comics are like that though, the best ones don’t need the labelling.

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  • QuazarOmega@lemy.lol ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Well, I guess so, wasn’t expeting a whole culture around these

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• eestileib@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This reminds me of a Ben Garrison cartoon. Way too heavy handed.

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• Sarcastik@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It’s just you

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• FormerlyChucks@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Ben Garrison does the same thing. It’s pretty common

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  • ikidd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Well, his audience seems to pretty obviously need things spelled out for them. In very, very short words.

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  • QuazarOmega@lemy.lol ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Damn, now that’s one that goes overboard!

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    • FormerlyChucks@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      At least when Garrison does it it’s so over the top it’s farcical and ridiculous which makes it funny unlike this comic

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