Stonetoss is a nazi.
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Submitted 3 days ago by Mickey7@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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HikingVet@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
Pebbledrop is a Nazi, and you aren’t mocking him. Congratulations on spreading Nazi propaganda.
HikingVet@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
Far too many people comfortable with Nazi propaganda.
DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
The last time this comic was posted, it was removed.
The artist of the comic, Stonetoss, is a nazi. The “hero” of the comic is the robot, and this is designed to make us sympathize with robot-hitler.
damnedfurry@lemmy.world 3 days ago
As someone who studies humor as a hobby, I assert:
It’s not that deep.
There is no “hero” in this comic. It’s just a joke that combines two simple/known things:
- Hitler was rejected from art school prior to becoming the infamous figure in all our history books (to put it lightly)
- AI has faced a lot of backlash from people who reject it being used as a source of art
So now the rejected robot artist is implied to be becoming like Hitler as well, by painting a Hitler-like mustache onto its face, after it was rejected from being an artist.
Though it’s worth stating that it’s already basically an existing joke that Hitler became who we know him all as, as a direct result of his rejection from art school in Vienna–obviously that’s correlation, not causation.
Not to mention that there’s nothing in the comic itself that implies the robot being angry at anyone other than those rejecting it–Stonetoss has in the past depicted a character as being Jewish conspicuously (drawing them wearing a Star of David necklace/jewelry, etc.), in service of that comic’s punchline, but no such ‘indicator’ is present on the human doing the rejecting here. That’s obviously a deliberate omission.
I think it’s a bit silly to interpret this comic as endorsing Hitler or the Holocaust or anything like that, and that your perception of him as a person, true or not, has warped your assessment of what ultimately is a straightforward and uncomplicated gag.
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Stonetoss is a nazi, but after the MechaHitler debacle, this is kind of funny.
damnedfurry@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I think it’s funny, and this particular comic isn’t pro-Nazi in any way (just referencing Hitler doesn’t make it so), so I have no trouble enjoying it.
It’s just a blend of ‘people reject AI in the role of artist’ + ‘Hitler was rejected as an artist’ + the silly correlation of ‘getting rejected as an artist makes you become like Hitler’, the latter being something no one really believes, but has become a meme once those two things were juxtaposed like that.
Not that deep, as I said in my previous comment.
krox@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Fucking grok
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
This one is actually good and with grok and tay (rip) this is fitting
Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Tay was legendary. So many lulz.
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
Tay. Rest in spaghetti, never forgetti #JusticeForTay
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Veedem@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Grok?
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
I wonder when we’ll have the “AI ain’t slaves” revolution.
lost_faith@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
Poor Grok
rowinxavier@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Hey Mickey7,
Stonetoss is a Nazi propagandist. The fact that a single comic does not contain a clear Nazi propaganda idea does not mean it is reasonable to share it. Anything from that source is suspect and the source itself should be considered dodgy. If storm front had a great breakdown of a current event it would still be a Nazi website and should not be shared.
Quill7513@slrpnk.net 3 days ago
shit like this is also how stonetoss finds new audience to attract to his overtly pro-fascist propaganda
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 3 days ago
He’s not subtle enough. You already have to be some kind of racist to actually get sucked in. I’ve gone through a bunch and found exactly one comic that was funny and not explicitly offensive.
cRazi_man@europe.pub 3 days ago
I one webcomics and I’m always in the lookout for more comics to subscribe to. Checked out this guy’s stuff and holy shit it’s so awful. when a dog whistle is loud and obvious then is just a regular siren.