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Art isn't created just to please our eyes; it also transfers ideas and provokes thought on social problems. Austrian cartoonist Gerhard Haderer has been producing satirical illustrations and cartoons for adults for decades now, highlighting the awful problems with society.

Gerhard Haderer had even faced the court for one of his brutally honest books, The Life of Jesus. It triggered violent reactions, because of the society problems discussed in it, in Europe, especially from the Catholic Church. The story culminated in 2005 when Haderer was convicted in Greece for insulting the religious community and was given a six-month suspended sentence in absentia. A few months later, however, this verdict was corrected on appeal, and Gerhard Haderer was acquitted.

The artist developed his realistic style when working as a graphic designer and illustrator for advertising agencies early in his career. It wasn't until a cancer operation in 1985 when Gerhard abandoned his commercial dreams and became a freelance caricaturist and satirical illustrator, mainly focusing on social issues. Scroll down to check out his unsettling and at times scary cartoons and vote for your favorites.

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EM
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7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Did you know that a couple of years ago, there were more selfie related deaths than shark related deaths?

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    stellermatt
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this happens so much at live concerts, just put the damn phone down and enjoy the experience!

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    Phil.
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually even a put-on smile can lift your mood, say neuro-scientists.

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    Ola Antosik
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This I do not understand. I like reading books in paper but there is nothing wrong with electronic editions. If anything, they are more eco friendly. It is still the same activity just different medium.

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    Daniel Losinger
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Timeline: Catholic Church's sex abuse scandals https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/29/world/timeline-catholic-church-sexual-abuse-scandals/index.html

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    Michelle Line
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, at least it looks like they're all getting along.

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    Mika N
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've heard it said, how ironic it is that often times today, family time is getting everyone to put down their small screens and all look at the same big screen for a while.

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    Phil.
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    same with our used clothes which we graciously "donate"

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    Sarah Miller
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm not seeing this as a "fast food/obesity" thing, more like a CEO or corporate leader just greedily eating funds. Fat in wealth kind of thing

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    stellermatt
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    you can roll a piece of s**t in glitter, it's still a piece of s**t.

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    EM
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "I thought that there would be more fish."

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    Hilliary Smith
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Could be several things: she got him something to entertain him, he got her something to entertain him. He got something to turn him into a ouch potato, she got something to turn her into a sexual object. Neither look like they got a well-thought out, appropriate-for-who-they-are gift, judging by their lack of enthusiasm.

    Craig Abbott
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They both wanted each other to look more sexually attractive. She bought him cleaning products, he bought her sexy lingerie. The sad things is that even after they both made the effort and they both sent out signals saying “i want you”, they ignored each other and went back to the TV.

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    Maria de Jesus Gutierrez
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They gave gifts to make the other more attractive, then continued to ignore them.

    Ko Zushi
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even on Xmas day with presents on their side, they still look fat and unhappy, doing the same s**t like watching TV all day.

    Signe Manat Hansen
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, material things don't make you happy. There's a new concept.

    Lee Wilson Bury
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That was going to be my answer. Material things don't change a thing.

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    Diana Hockley
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of me (exhausted) and my first husband (couldn't care less) - except for the kids, who always enjoyed Christmas.

    Ben S.
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He got something to clean himself up and look nice. She got some "sexy" outfit. And yet, they're just sitting there, watching TV, looking bored. Where's the passion? We're out of touch with each other and we've lost our connections.

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    Paris Crockett
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They each got a gift for themselves. She got him something to enhance his appearance and hygiene...for her benefit. He got her lingerie to increase her sex appeal...for his benefit. Neither one got a gift solely for the other person.

    Val/Malibu/Dante/Bob
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They both got each other stuff to make each other more “attractive” but then don’t care to see the result. Oh and btw I do NOT aprove of what the woman is wearing. There are others things he could’ve gotten her. But not that.

    Jacqueline Apicella De Dios
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's nothing you could purchase to make you look more attractive if you don't feel that way. It comes from the inside first.

    Maunty
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    them tits went their separate ways lol

    Beedoo Radosevich
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, he showered, so romance isn't entirely dead...

    Elizabeth Fanning Schultz
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What is this? Symbolizing white trash? Poor people? Maybe she wanted to excite her husband. This one I don't like, maybe I'm getting the message wrong.

    Sarah Kary
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She wished him better, he wished her worse

    Mona Skelton
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Someone forgot the wine and roses...

    Chijioke Onyemaobi
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She wished he was cleaner (smelly feet and armpit, no shave etc) and got him presents that would freshen him up for the x ms. He wished she was a sexier and got her presents to make her so but in the end, still no change

    Hanszl H
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    whatevver turns you on !!!

    Donna Bo
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *imagines Norelco Santa sledding down the snow

    Peta Hurley-Hill
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gifts touted for women are usually either slutty or a household appliance ...Occasionally other pointless "typically female" stuff like perfume... :(

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    Ben S.
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He can't escape his reality, even in his day-dreams...

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    Hilliary Smith
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I immediately thought that the commando in the middle thinks in black and white, and reality is all sorts of colors.

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    Meep
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh god I'm reading this on the toilet at work

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    Çalıkuşu
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    George Orwell- Animal Farm: ''Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike. No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which."

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    Chris Daemon
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Context, variation on Albrecht Dürer's Praying Hands.

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    Sykz
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Enough money you can do anything.

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    Vlad Horobet
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not sure how many people knew this, but there is a forth monkey in this series. See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil and do no evil.

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    Oli Wolfe
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No!!! How will you get the ball back now!

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    earringnut
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this would be even better with teachers.

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    Lua boots
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Holidays...so many people leaves at same time...so they get stuck on the road..,and they spend half of their vac waiting on the car...sad...reality

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