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In a world where tragedy strikes every day, many of us like to take a break from the madness and retreat to our cozy safe spaces. For some, it’s TV shows or movies, while others love to delve into books. People also like to escape into social medias and other quiet internet corners filled with memes and cats, and there’s nothing wrong with that. We all need our time to recoup. 

Yet, it’s important not to forget the realities of our world. If we run away from them, we won’t solve anything.

Maybe that’s why Meaning In Pictures is such a popular X page. People want to be reminded of modern-day issues through not-so-funny gag cartoons. They explore the extensive use of phones, war, or the global climate crisis with clever insight. Scroll down to see them all.

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VonBlade
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Jokes on you, I'm rotten to the core.

Blondie23
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Man this is so accurate. I wish I could get my 13 year old to understand this!!!

LH25
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My niece calls it "Playing happy family". Her mom is always posting pics making it look like their lives are prefect. We all know better.

Jay the not okay
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

you'll only ever want to show the best side of yourself...

Jazmin
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Most social media stars are rotten to the core

Jared Robinson
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nah Advertisements started this trend a long time ago. they don't even use real food in most food commercials.

Why?
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mirror, mirror on the wall ...

Gardener of Weeden
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Change that to totally rotten on the inside and you are so much closer.

Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My!
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Whereas cats are so secure we can even wash our butts on camera. *proves it*

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Single-panel or gag cartoons are a fascinating medium. They hold a lot of meaning in a very tiny space. Their ingeniousness lies in their snappiness and ability to capture the essence of a problem and make it somewhat humorous in a single image accompanied by text.

The interplay between text and image is what really makes this art form stand out. The two have to work together to deliver the intended message. In fact, the perfect cartoon is considered to be one in which the picture doesn’t make sense without the text and vise versa. It’s all about their relationship.

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    Mimi La Souris
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the dad is in the house, upstairs, ok !!

    No Clue
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How is this "What's wrong with our society"? This shouldn't be here. Am I missing something?

    Starry starry night
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This surely is what’s right about our society? good parenting and longevity of trees 🌲

    Jill Pirolo
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I assumed that the son, who is now pushing his own son in a swing in the tree they planted together, is saying “Thanks Dad” to his father……in Heaven

    Jared Robinson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So the tree was the important part?

    Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My!
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They make oxygen, shade, and homes for animals. They also keep topsoil in place. They seem pretty important to me.

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    Debra Newell
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oxygen is necessary to live! Stop cutting down all of the trees!

    Maartje
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Boompje groot, plantertje dood." Dad never got to enjoy the grown -up tree.

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    VonBlade
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The bravery of being out of range.

    Bill Kubeck
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Old men start wars. Young men fight them. The old men get the medals. You can see what the young men get.

    Mental Liberals
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    War - a money making opportunity for the corrupt governments and elitists...

    Jeremy James
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🎶 But the band played Waltzing Matilda / As they carried us down the gangway / But nobody cheered, they just stood and stared / Then they turned all their faces away 🎶

    Michael Braisher
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's been getting less like that now. In a war, if soldiers killed are a drop in the ocean against World War 1 figures, it can be a scandal today. And I should think so too, with technology these days.

    Jazmin
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is really sad. Free Palestine by the way

    Donna Wyatt
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why are we sending our youth to be injured or killed for the powers that were?. WAKE UP PEOPLE

    Ronald
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    War in a nutshell 😥✌🏻

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    The history of cartoons is quite interesting. See, while humans have been drawing for millennia, the roots of a single-panel cartoon begin somewhere in the 18th century. That is when caricaturists, satirists, and other artists started publishing various vignettes in humor magazines and single-sheet publications.

    Back then, of course, they weren’t called cartoons. The word described the drawings that fresco and tapestry painters would make on a piece of cardboard before putting it on cloth or walls. In time, it evolved to describe preliminary drawings in general and in the 1840s, it was first used to describe a funny image published in a paper. 

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    River Markham
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    but if there are enough ladders he'd be able to- so it does matter

    Kevin the Manager
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is an incredibly apt observation! Plus, privilege means that the wall itself is not as high for some, an additional facet of the "lots of resources DO make life much easier" point.

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    Mell
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is soooo true! I read with my son, we read the same books, talk about it, etc. It bonds us, and it increases his vocabulary, his fantasy, empathy, etc. Please read with your kids!!

    Wombatish
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just waiting for him to get a little more proficient for shared books. Still reading to him/encouraging him to read for fun. Also audiobooks, and closed captions!

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    Daria
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kids are huge copy-cats. My whole family were avid readers, and so am I.

    Xitxarel•lo Panda
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not necessary true. None of my family reads when I was a child. I was an avid reader since I was 7 yo.i literally eat the books.

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    Jared Robinson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Read a book with them. I have never met a person that could read, that doesn't like it. Teach your children to read folks.

    Debra Newell
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In my life experience, it’s the peopler who have read a lot of books who are the most intelligent, and have a vast vocabulary.

    latonya rena
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Children do what we do more than they do what we say...

    Lee Banks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My little great niece just inherited all that's left of my childhood books (about twenty). It pains me that I didn't get to witness the exchange, but I was told she was So Excited. It gives me hope. When she outgrows them, they'll be passed on to my partner's (three years younger) nephew. Books are freaking rad!

    Jazmin
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Soooooo true. When I have kids they are reading.

    similarly
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was in elementary school, my Mom started reading books to me. She read us maybe 2 or 3 books, then told us if we wanted another story, we had to get a book from the library and read it ourselves. Been reading books constantly since then.

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    Mimi La Souris
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    action reaction, simple, effective. LEARN !

    Sans Serif
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Many of these trees were my friends. Creatures I had known from nut and acorn. They had voices of their own."

    Sean Sean
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yup, this is what happened to Ellicott City, Maryland back in 2018. So much development over decades changed the landscape and altered how water drained during heavy rains.

    The paper was a British magazine called “Punch” and on July 15, 1843, it published five satirical drawings about the government called “Mr. Punch's cartoons.” Over time, it spread to other countries and branched out in two major directions: political and gag cartoons. 

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    LeftEyedAsmodeus
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not every victim of abuse becomes an abuser himself, tho.

    KLo
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Very true! I was abused, and I vowed to never ever perpetuate that behavior onto my loved ones.

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    witchling
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Horribly thought provoking.

    GreenWick
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This infuriates me. Being a victim of abuse does NOT excuse or define why you grow to be abusive. This narritive needs to stop. It’s enablement

    WindySwede
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not excuse, just that it's to common? Could it also be an eye opener to some why they are the way they are, and why they also need to stop/change/get help etc? (not my downvote)

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    Nimitz
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My parents absolutely tried to turn me into an abuser like them. Very happy that the chain breaks with me.

    Donna Wyatt
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The pain I experienced made me never want to harm another. Never want anyone to feel the way I was made to feel.

    Andrea Smith
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It takes one to break the cycle of abuse, it's no use to hit a child over spilt milk.

    Jazmin
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not every person abused abuses their kids.

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    Son of Philosoraptor
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh I don't vote ... What do you mean abortion isn't a protected right anymore? How could that be?

    Anouk T
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you seriously still think voting changes anything… the system is just not working, it’s full of the same kinds of people and parties that just exchange seats and don’t care about people, it’s all circus, it’s all a show. They give society scraps to fight and vote for while major decisions are never ever in our hands. It’s all pretend, illusion that we have any type of power over their decisions. There’s no way to vote to seriously change anything.

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    Kankan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “No tyrant could thrive where every subject said no. The tyrant thrives when the first fu***ng fool salutes.” S. Erikson

    Nicole Scott
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish more humans would realise this!, if we didn't support them, glorify, follow them they would cease to exist. You have your own brain, stop thinking someone else's opinion!

    Andrei Marentette
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    Well in this case, the plank isn't gonna fall because the majority of the load is on the rock.

    Susan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, that's the point. If everyone decided to step off it would fall.

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    Curlz
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    YEs so baron ... nature was never considered

    Why?
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Like an Escher painting.

    Xitxarel•lo Panda
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I guess then ...I'm the mule......( See my picture profile before you down vote me please)

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    Panda Cat
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Every building should have roof top gardens. It's even better if there are multiple balconies on the way up.

    Allan Miller
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Las Vegas, Phoenix, and other American cities were built where there's not enough water to supply their needs.

    Bob Eckert
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's closer to the truth than you think, we must make sure it doesn't happen

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    The political cartoons were focused on poking fun at current day events and were the more popular of the two. They were used as covers of magazines and sometimes even sat proudly in centerspreads. The gag cartoons were more modest; just funny pictures that accompanied funny text. They didn’t depend on one another and usually hid themselves amongst other light-hearted stuff.

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    sabda niaga
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Of only all people like this harmony

    Lori T Wisconsin
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Trees are life. 🌳 "When great trees fall
 in forests,
 small things recoil into silence,
 their senses
 eroded beyond fear.

 " Maya Angelou

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    sabda niaga
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In these day, it's another way around

    Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My!
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This reminds me of Outsourced. An American manager moved to Calcutta to run the call center. His second is verbally abusive to the staff, particularly a woman of lower caste. The second and the lower class employee both had family emergencies at the same time, and were sleeping in the office. The second's situation resolved first. The woman wouldn't be able to get back in the building to sleep. As she was leaving, he demanded she read the handbook. She found a key for the building in it, so she'd have a safe place to sleep.

    Blondie23
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So true... I don't care how much money my husband and I have I will always try my best to be kind to everyone. It's the best way to be and it's how I want my children to be!

    Jared Robinson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a kind picture. Too bad I love the rain :)

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    Rohit Remesh
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    earth is like the titanic and we are playing the violin

    Why?
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Plastic production will increase by 40% in the next 10 years. If we don't do anything about the plastic soup, oceans will carry more plastic than fish (by weight) by 2050. The United Nations warns that marine life will be irreparably destroyed

    Bob Eckert
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I pray every night that Elon Musk will decide to go to Mars by himself.

    Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My!
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love outer space. I love the idea of terraforming Mars. I love the idea of finding ways to go farther. But while we're cooperating to "fix" other planets, couldn't we cooperate to fix the damage we've done to this one?

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    It was not until 1920 that the modern gag cartoon found its footing. That is when cartoonists started to use different methods such as visual puns to connect pictures to the words under the image. The joke was then not in the picture nor in the text, but in the connection between them. The reader had to ponder how they work together to get a giggle, which makes a greater impact.

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    Donkey boi
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I see this imagery differently. To me it seems to be more... 'step back from everyone else and save yourself'.

    Sunsfever83
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sometimes you need to watch the world burn.

    Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My!
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So it's preventing the other matches to reach their potential, to do the job they were literally created to do.

    Kevin the Manager
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Be the match that prevents the cycle of burning..."

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    Anony Mouse
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Shouldn't it be a bunch of children working?

    Lori T Wisconsin
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Have you ever wondered who made your clothes? How much they’re paid, and what their lives are like? https://www.fashionrevolution.org/about/why-do-we-need-a-fashion-revolution/

    Donna Wyatt
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We are all slaves to a program that keeps us all dull and full of the blame, without ever clueing into who the real enemy is. Also, I think what is going on with models is way more sinister than we can all imagine.

    Nimitz
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Replace the woman in the dress with Beyoncé and it's fully modernized

    CV Vir
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s men’s clothing as well, of course.

    Barbicute
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought it was the new hire

    Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My!
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like how the slaves--i mean the workers-- are wearing clothes from several different areas. Sweat shops are all over.

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    Over the next few years, the art of cartooning flourished, with the stars of Peter Arno and Harold Ross shinning the brightest. For three decades, from around 1930 to 1960, the medium experienced its golden days. Major weekly magazines were publishing from 200 to 400 cartoons a month. Some of them were printed in color and took up a whole page. The cartoons found their place on mugs and cocktail napkins. Everyone loved cartoons.

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    Auntriarch
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me and my dad. Its a heavy privilege

    Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My!
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My dad is on Hospice, and my mom is getting more and more feeble. I live two hours away, and even if I were there, I wouldn't be physically capable of helping. It doesn't stop me from worrying, though. Even when I'm at my worst, depression-wise, I know I can't leave. If nothing else, I'm her daughter, and even though I can't do anything for her, her knowledge that I'm there and safe helps her. I won't take that away.

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    COCO puff
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sorry but, humans should not make kids just to have someone to take care of them at old age.

    LH25
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I agree. It never should be the only reason. But as someone who cared for her FIL, MIL and now mother, it's part of being family.

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    LH25
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mom needs a lot of help as she ages. I do most of it, my brother moved out-of-state years ago and does NONE of it. I've said for years his daughter is watching and learning how to treat an aging parent...

    Jared Robinson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm going to have the good graces to die BEFORE I become a burden to my family.

    Chucky Cheezburger
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My dad needed more and more help with things around the house as he got older and it caused a little bit of resentment in me. He passed away a month ago, and I'd give almost anything to be able to help him at least one last time. I miss you dad.

    Kimbowa
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But is it love or obligation?

    Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My!
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This family took in the father's mother. The old woman was physically incapable of eating nicely. She was messy, took too long, and not a pretty sight. So the wife gave her a wooden bowl and made her eat in the kitchen, rather than in the dining room with the family. After the old woman died, the wife threw away everything that was her MIL's, including the wooden bowl. Later, she was surprised to see the bowl back in the cabinet, and mentioned it at the dinner table. The little boy said, "I saved it." His mother asked why. "So I'll have it when you get old." No matter how old, or sick, even if they're bed-ridden and no longer remember who they are, they are still people.

    My “in my head” Voice
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yup. My kids have been trying to put me in a home since they were 6 and 8.

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    Robert O'Brien
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep, that is a distinct possibility!

    Prince of Darkness
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Clearly the pproblem here is the neck. If he would turn it slightly to the left or right before mounting the ladder, then there would be no problem

    Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My!
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The man is the head of the house, but the woman is the neck. And she can move the head any way she wants.

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    sabda niaga
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh God i Miss my mum so much, cancer defeated her 2 years ago....f**k cancer

    Nat of Clan P
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm sorry for your loss hun. My mum also died of cancer. It was 14 years ago but I still miss her so much. Just remember her voice - she lives on in your heart and your memories and she loves you very much.

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    Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My!
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My grandma passed while I was in prison. By my actions, I stole the last years of her life together.

    Lori T Wisconsin
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can honor her spirit now by your actions today. You were "there" for your grandmother in your heart and soul. You would not have written your post or be feeling bad about her passing if you weren't there and your souls connected. You know this and your grandma does too.

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    But, of course, as the interest in weekly magazines declined in the '60s, so did the mass interest in cartoons. Soon, they found themselves in niche publications, where loyal audiences still appreciated their unique combination of visual art and text. 

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    Paul C.
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow! This hits hard, what with everything going on in the world.

    Bob Brezniak
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is one of the reasons why my wife (of 25 years) and I did not want children ... and the world today is sadly all the validation that we need.

    Kimbowa
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I fear I may be a parent that painted a pretty rosie world for my son as he was growing up -then for him to become aware as he grew older some of the harsh realities. I'm sorry Adam I didn't have the heart to tell you. It's not so bad, he says, that he understands why and this is my blessing.

    Jared Robinson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow someone is a glass f*****g empty broken and shattered on the floor kinda person. It's not that bad yet. Although as of this morning ww3 looks more and more likely. I hate it.

    PolymathNecromancer
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've been duped enough in 51 years to say: it's not pessimism, it's real.

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    Michael Braisher
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    2 years ago

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    I'd fear if the cartoonist did have children. 'We're so selfish for being happy about you' would seem an odd message for them to absorb.

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    Bender Bending Rodríguez
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    F**k Around and Find Out. Earth is entering Find out phase now.

    Jared Robinson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not quite but I see what you did there

    Karen Fischbach
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it is meant to be a sunflower, rather than 'The Sun".

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    Dave Nalesnik
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Book title : “Lock Picking For Dummies”

    WindySwede
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Written by LockPickingLawyer! Or the open one it just a MASTER lock who got bumped.. /s

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    sabda niaga
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Free your mind then you'll be free

    Lori T Wisconsin
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Open a book, and open your mind to the world around you. I love books. Real books. I especially love the feel and smell of old books and libraries 📚

    Bill Kubeck
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Call the "Lock Picking Lawyer"!

    Kevin the Manager
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Many of those "in charge" must similarly lock their minds to secure their votes. Criminals don't always wear convict orange...

    River Markham
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    2 years ago

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    reading won't get you out of prison lol. some of these make no sense

    Dilly Millandry
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Education, knowledge - these things can unlock your mind.

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    Hime
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought the eyes and the crowd meant the world is watching but no one is doing anything... the people represent watching with phones.

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    witchling
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mantra. Perspective is everything.

    Roger9er
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sometimes, nothing is what is seems like.

    Kevin the Manager
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Knowledge also helps a ton! If one is not aware that momma lions carry their young by the scruff, either image is one of "Oh no! That poor cub!"

    Epona
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Anyone who has been to a zoo, seen a nature documentary or owned a dog or cat that has had puppies or kittens while living with the humans (for example a barn cat that lived on a farm) would know that that is how the adult animal carries its young. Plenty of mammal species carry their young like that. I kind of thought this was common knowledge.

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    Captain McSmoot
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This applies to your point-of-view or how you formed you opinion, NOT to the truth itself. I state this because people have drastically confused their opinion with the truth: "my truth is..." No, your OPINION or POINT-OF-VIEW is, not the truth. There is only one truth. It's impossible in the universe we occupy for historic events to happen in different ways. There's one way it actually happened, but there can be multiple view points/perspectives on what was seen and how it was seen.

    sabda niaga
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Perspective and context for me

    jill clifford
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Everything depends on knowing all the facts

    Kimbowa
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Life is all about perspective and context.

    robin aldrich
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also applies to not looking close enough. Experts used to thinking mother crocodiles were eating their young, when in reality, they were scooping them up in their mouths and carrying them to the water from the nest.

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    River Markham
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this makes no sense if you regulate what you watch. it's like you guys act as if you can't just... turn the channel to national geographic or something

    Robert O'Brien
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not everyone has the money to pay for the better channels!

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    Adam Zad
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The T.V. is missing the Fox logo.

    Allan Miller
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't watch for news. I control Miller news intake by reading it online.

    Andrea Smith
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's okay, I stopped watching T.V a long time ago

    John George
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of the iconic Zappa image, with the straight pipe from toilet to TV.

    kazuha
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mum used to call televisions "shitboxes."

    Carole Reid
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's always been "The vast wasteland" Newton Minow

    Kayleigh haigh
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not all tv is rubbish i have learnt lots through tv infact even a teacher at school once asked me where i learnt about the subject she was teachin it was on greeks she was teaching about icarus and asked if any1 knew who he was i did so told her whom he was and the mistakes he made she asked me how i knew and i told her it was tv (legendry adventures of hercules) @that so bot even a factual programme but i did watch QI, how, and a few other factual things growing up but a lot of this helped

    Bill Kubeck
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The vast majority of today's society have lost that ability.

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    Isaac Nemo
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This trope is too often hijacked by fools. Musk, Bankman-Fried, and so many others. Just because something is new, it isn't automatically an advancement for humanity. "But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown." -- Carl Sagan

    Kevin the Manager
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Why do we still fear witches and not the people who murdered those poor women?"

    robin aldrich
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We could update that to show alternative energy sources being condemned by big oil and coal....

    Carole Reid
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is always someone willing to do the deed.

    TrustyMonkey
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How many candles does it take to hang a lightbulb?

    Kimbowa
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To calculate the lumens you first have to measure the...

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    Bill Kubeck
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pioneers are the ones with the arrows in them.

    Marie Frost
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    2 years ago

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    Biden, take a lesson.

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    Kimbowa
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not asking for much, just a little better.

    Kevin the Manager
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cardboard box? You were lucky! The 12 of us lived in a rolled up newspaper in the middle of the road!

    Maartje
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Upvoted because clearly, people are not getting the reference. (Think: Monthy Python)

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    Steven Hilgenberg
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Trickle down economic theory in action.

    John George
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A little less graphic than my interpretation...

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    Lori T Wisconsin
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Golf courses: now there is a huge waste of water and source of pollution.

    Definitely a Human
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do not, my friends, become addicted to water! It will take hold of you, and you will resent it's absence!

    Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My!
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nestle is putting a big bucket there and charging for that water.

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    Michael P (Perthaussieguy)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    'All the trees thought the axe was their friend because the handle was made of wood'

    v
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I take this to be speaking to indoctrination. The child at center is a small but true version of itself. The parent and all other children have been whittled into one of the same via indoctrination. Or, to take indoctrination out of the picture, simply starting life as true individual only to become one of the same through time.

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    witchling
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Flowers are red. Green leaves are green....

    Allen Packard
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Best thing I ever did was taking my kids out of public school. I wish I would have done it sooner. Public schools in the US are government schools. Cookie cutter approach for all students. Teachers are miserable and I don't blame them.

    GoofyGoober
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the most real one here

    Definitely a Human
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do people really think schools are like this?

    JM
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow. This is especially timely.

    Aidan Wardlaw
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    2 years ago

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    Dave Nalesnik
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not sure that staring at the real sun is an improvement…🤔

    Paul C.
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He is the Messiah! I should know, I've followed a few.

    Captain McSmoot
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sometimes the "M" is silent.

    Jared Robinson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Will you follow me into fire? Will you?

    J C Steel
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because the 'm' is often silent...

    Kimbowa
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You might miss the real thing.

    Adam Zad
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ...the "M" might be silent.

    Bill Kubeck
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Moon would have been a better icon. There are endless references in classic literature that talk about looking at the Moon and not the finger pointing at it.

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    Kevin the Manager
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "The last tree on Earth died in captivity last week..."

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    Mike Crow
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reality of war is not like in the movies and not all injuries are visible. BUT sometimes war is unavoidable (Hitler invading Poland, Denmark, Belgium Etc; Russia invading Ukraine).

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    Nerenahd Dhaneren
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Man, this cartoonist is pretty on point on most of his stuff. Hats off.

    Donkey boi
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Depends on how many steps there are. I imagine step 200 feel harder that step one.

    Soup
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the guy who made this meme? Bro it’s so funny. Look up sometimes in life carrot big leaf small

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    Lara Verne
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's not a different path. It's shortcut.

    Sue User
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Usually when you choose a different path, it' s harder not easier.

    River Markham
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    even though they still end up going the same way- these cartoonists need to step up their game tbh

    PolymathNecromancer
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Look closer: dude by himself can turn around if he wants... has value sometimes

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    EmbersAreOut
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    aww i love this one! Often you can't see the scars people carry, so be nice to everyone. you never know what someone is dealing with.

    Zedrapazia
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What's the dude with the bag holding?

    EmbersAreOut
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    medication. From the looks of it possibly depression medication.

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    Michael Braisher
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    2 years ago

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    Oh what the bloody hellfire now?? There's some waccy going on, isn't there!!

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    Capybara With a Cat
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One the camera,(for the public) it looks like he helps him, in real life he kicks him.

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    Elza Chi
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All for the viewers recommendation

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    Tobias Reaper
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    plants need rain so why is he holding an umbrella over it he is trying to kill it how evil

    Captain McSmoot
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's not raining in the picture. If anything, someone has watered the tree from the puddle below. The umbrella is providing protection from too much hot sun, which isn't good for young plants as it can burn their leaves and can kill them eventually. The tree then returns the favor by protecting the man.

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    Sunshine Lady
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not the best place during thunderstorm, otherwise cute :)

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    nachtinachtischachti
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The 1930s called. They want their comic back

    Andrea Smith
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't let your relatives hold you back just because you're a girl

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    Rayne OfSalt
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is stupid. If you're lost somewhere, staying put and making signs that you're there are the smartest things you can do.

    sabda niaga
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    sometimes action more important

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    Sue User
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Toxic positivity. I believe the world is in the state it is because people are not pissed enough.

    Purple light
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So from left to right: The first man loves writing, the second man is powered by rain and thunder, the third has an armadillo curled up on his head, the fourth has a flower on his head and is on his way to the doctor to get rid of it, the woman does balance exercises with her baby and we don't kink shame the fifth man.

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    sabda niaga
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    On my mind; that big guy already had plant his tree when he was young, and when he grown up, the tree grown big too and he can take his tree/log....OR he simply cut down tree for himself without plant anything

    axisgaymtf
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Basically he already has what he needs,but he wants more(greediness.)

    Kevin the Manager
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is this one about old vs. young? Older, bigger, slower, with more "tools" vs. younger, smaller, faster, with more hope/determination/fresh life?

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    Michael Braisher
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is inverted by the UK. It was one of the first to acquire and dispense the Covid vaccine to everyone, yet nutjobs like Labour boss Jeremy Corbyn could only whine about how the country was 'vaccine nationalist' by doing it so rapidly.

    Captain McSmoot
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the end, it didn't matter near as much as was shoved down our throats and in our faces.

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