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

    She can't even sunbathe in the privacy of her own backyard...

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

    My friend caught her jerk neighbours(who's kids threw a huge out of control underage unsupervised party and vandalized her home for calling the police). who harass her five adults staring peeping tom like at her through her kitchen windows they were standing right at the shared fence all looking a her like losers so she stripped down naked and mooned them, gave them the middle fingers, walked like she was marching. My husband and I offered to come put on a show for them too. We are middle age kinds chubby people, that will stop them looking in her windows 😂. That's what this lady needs a bunch of beer belly middle age naked men waking around her yard. They'll stop looking. Also a how to get your neighbors to pay for a high privacy fence too.

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

    In some parts of the US, someone might mistake that as an invitation for target practice...

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

    A bloke in Australia used a drone to buy a sausage sizzle from Bunnings once XD

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

    Can't get privacy!there's always one nosey wanker!

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

    There is no privacy anywhere now. Not even in your own backyard.

    Joseph de Nicola
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why at least shotguns should be legal - to blow drones out of the air.

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

    Not in Canada. Not a chance. The rules here are overboard draconian though.

    Sphinx905
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm in Canada and someone was flying a drone over our place a couple nights ago. Rules may be draconian, but no one follows them anyway.

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    Yet Another Thomas Moore
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If anyone runs into this image at this point and time and thinks destroying the drone is a good idea, it's not. Most drones of this size (in the us) are registered with the FAA, and destroying one would be a crime equivalent to a milder form of shooting down a plane. Even if the drone is too small to need to be registered, it is still illegal to destroy it. Side Note: drones are allowed to fly anywhere UNDER 400 ft, where they are not otherwise forbidden from flying. As long as it is not close enough to damage you or your property, you can't touch it.

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

    This is why there are so many drone laws, because of people like this. And I'm a teenager. Smh

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

    Buy a drone and see how he likes it

    Just JoLynn
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    I rhink is more of a fear people have than it is reality.

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

    Not really. Last summer, there was a guy using a drone in a public park / river beach where I live. He was obnoxious, first because the drone was super noisy in this usually quiet park, but more importantly because he was coming super close to people, including us. He was very obviously watching people and it made people feel very uncomfortable.

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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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