“Yes, But”: 28 Thought-Provoking Illustrations Showcasing Society’s Most Common Contradictions (New Pics)
Welcome back to the "Yes, But" universe, also known as our reality, since all of these hilarious comics are inspired by none other but our daily contradictions.
Anton Gudim continues to consistently create the illustrative two-panel comics that we all know and love by now. From thought-provoking to absurd, this creator will never cease to amaze us with his unique ideas captured in such a simple yet effective manner. So, without further ado, let's take a look at Gudim's newest releases!
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So true. Just give me 30 days for free and if i like it i will buy it. Honest!
That's exactly how it should work, but after finding out that at least some of them do this to make you immediately start a subscription once it's over, I've avoided all sites that do this.
Load More Replies...Same as for "sign up for newsletter" before I even spent 2 seconds on your website.
I hate this with a passion! If in 30 days I don't say Yes I want this and give you my credit card info then just have it expire. Other apps do it all the time. They have the technology!
Skillshare does this.Reason why I never take seriouslt youtubers that dare say "free trial" whenever they're sponsored for it.
This Moscow-based artist continues growing his fan base on social media platforms and now has over 1.4 million followers on Instagram alone. Gudim shared how it makes the artist feel that his account grows so rapidly.
“My comics are about what I see around me, about incidents from my life, about observations, and given that my life cannot be called "unusual", so I'm not surprised that many people face the same problems or situations. It's also very nice to see when you're not alone and when people around the world can feel the same way,” shared Gudim.
I feel like this should be all social media, not just tik Tok
Fair but tiktok has spawned more deadly "challenges" than other sites and more rapid fire due to the shorter video lengths and rapid fire change in trending
Load More Replies...I feel this should be all charismatic people without a degree.
Unfortunately, the expert talks over the heads of young people. So the dolt with a tiny bit of life experience appeals to the younger generation. Young people don't trust older adults mainly because a lot of the older generation push religious views over scientific understanding.
God is the master of all science, not the other way around.
Load More Replies...So true.People giving attention to those who make their skill just "be popular".Social media really ruined things through time and generations.
The "artist" left religious garbage out of the second. It's the worst fantasy because idiots try to make laws and kill people over it.
I'd consider certain bits like tarot cards and astrology to be religious, but yeah, I do see what you're getting at
Load More Replies...If my fantasy world takes me away from poor health, even if for just a short while, I'll keep it, thank you very much.
Tbh I think anyone who's hypocritical is a red flag
Load More Replies...The person whose room is on the left at least knows his stuff is fiction. There are people who actually believe the fictions on the right.
The artist consistently makes new comics and seems to never run out of ideas and energy. Gudim shared how many comics he creates on a weekly basis.
“A few years ago, I would have answered: about 2 comics a week, but now the situation is a little different. I have a second project (Yes, But (you could see it)), I still get commissions for commercial illustrations, and I also do some of my drawings in animation form (and since I have little to no animation skills, this process can take several days). Given all this, my answer would be almost every day. I draw something almost every day, I don't have clear days off, even during the holidays. I can draw something on the plane or in the hotel room. I can’t say that this rhythm is tiring because I feel that I can stop at any moment, but if I don’t draw for 1-2 days, I already want to draw again,” shared with his obsession comic artist Gudim.
Now I'm wonder, why they name it Miss universe whereas we just live in one planet
Same reason why the world series includes basically one country.
Load More Replies...Cool that you landed! Most aliens just lock the doors of their spaceships when passing Earth, like one does in bad neighborhoods.. 👽😆
Load More Replies...Why do they name it Miss Universe if we only ever base it off of our solar system?
Bullfighting goes beyond cruelty and cowardice. Just because it's wrapped up in a country's "culture" doesn't make it right and doesn't protect it. Slavery was once wrapped up in Africa's culture.
No kidding!!! I'm against any kind of cruelty, whether it be animals or humans (also unpopular opinion and def going to get downvoted, I would save animals before humans any day because of what humans do to the world)
Load More Replies...I say if you want to fight a bull.... don't wound it first. Fight a fresh one... let's see how manly you really are lol
People who engage in bullfighting perform inadequately in bed.
I still don't like bullfighting for this reason, you either bring in more and more animals to kill, until the person dies!
make it fair and go head to head and see how that works for you Mister fluffy pants!!
It is sad that hurtful things are covered with that tradition/culture cover. Not just this. But how to fight it? Do we just have to wait for the human race to grow up?
Gudim is very grateful for his fans all over the platforms. He also shared this message with the Pandas: “I hope that you will not be too critical of what I do. Although, perhaps, the Internet was created specifically for this. Comics/drawings/creativity is as much a part of our life as trees, sky, and birds, and I really like being inside it. All I want is to invite you to the world that I created, and maybe it will give you a little joy, distract you from problems, maybe make you think, or inspire you to some kind of your own creativity. Thank you for your time!”
Additionally, we humans can't even see more than one million distinct colours. Unless they're making these cameras for mantis shrimp, what even is the point?
Riiiight. And just where are you seeing that? Since Lindon outlawed coal fires, you don’t see this. More fantasy world
*looks at the industrial district near me that has factories pumping smoke out" It's not coal or power as far as I understand but its something
Load More Replies...It could just be winter in the northern countries. Looks exactly the same
I know that we don't use our nails to wipe our bits, but genuinely how DO people who get their nails extremely long wipe? Like, surely there's some issues because of the size?
How the hell do people with nails like this wipe their a*s!?!?!?!
People don't use their nails🤦🏾♀️. Don't you use your fingers? We/they do too.
Load More Replies...And that's just for contacts. Imagine a particular contraceptive 😳
hate those long fake nails, not attractive by no means at least to me anyways, but to each their own I guess!!
when I got my nails done, I would just turn my fingers and grab the contact with the sides of my fingers. granted I didn't get literal six inch nails, but still
I can't put em in with regular fingers let alone Freddy krugers fingers
Well, you clearly don't wear them. Glasses aren't comfortable in many situations, it's hard to bend down and if they break in the middle of the street... And mine fell off a ton of times.
Load More Replies...When I do have my nails longer than usual it isn't too hard to do. You get used to it and tasks just become easy to do. I do them myself. Way cheaper and much more fun then sitting in a salon.
The shiny things on the outside of the doors are called mirrors. Learn to use them, it makes life a lot easier.
You aren't supposed to use them exclusively though.
Load More Replies...I never use the backup camera. I learned how to drive using my eyes, not screens.
50yo man here, so did I but I've never had even a small oops backing up since the backup camera was invented. It's easily one of the best accident avoidance inventions in the last century. It sure makes backing up a pickup with a full bed MUCH easier and safer.
Load More Replies...But it makes sense, I was always taught to look around and I still do.
I do this. The camera is nice when absolutely needed, but I'd rather use my eyes and mirrors when I can. I use the cameras more for getting the car straight in the parking spot. 😆
Same. The camera is helpful before you start pulling out for stuff you can't see that's low, and it's great for making sure you're in straight, especially when you don't want to open the door bc it's raining. But it's not a great idea to use it exclusively.
Load More Replies...'Let's look forward while moving backwards!'...seems to be the theme in the US!
Oh man, I love my back up camera. Haven't turned around for years. The only thing I do is look out my side mirrors to make sure there's enough space on either side of me 😅
In my state you have to parallel park to pass the driving test. And you automatically fail if you do not turn around and look as you start to back up. You can use the backup camera when you want to adjust position at the end only.
I love it when someone makes a huge show out of how much they "don't care". The more loudly they insist upon it, the more desperate for attention they are. Especially when they're doing it while making a big show of leaving you and your stupid comments section forever!!!1
They can coexist? I don't eat green tea/matcha snacks because I think they're healthier, I eat them because I like the taste of green tea
That's me - salad, fruit, vegetables over the day - and too much chocolate in the evening.
It's like the old "I'll have a Double Whopper with extra cheese, large fries, a side of ranch sauce...and a diet Coke"
Okay, yes, but by switching from a regular coke to a diet coke, you are actually saving several hundred calories. and that can make a legitimate difference.
Load More Replies...I see it all the time. Some large person at a fast food restaurant orders burger fries and sundae but diet cola?
I don't get this one? edit: ohhhh I get it now. that makes a lot of sense. thanks pandas!
He blocks ads, but he's a walking billboard covered in ads.
Load More Replies...I wear a very nice jacket with Amtrak (incompetently run USA passenger rail network) on it, because I like riding the trains (in spite of the comment earlier). In Chicago was accosted by someone who insisted that I must work for Amtrak, despite my denials, because of the jacket. Finally, I asked him how it was up on the North Face. He looked totally bewildered as I pointed at his jacket, and walked away.
This one is stupid. I get it, he's a walking advertisement, but he's not wearing / drinking that stuff to advertise, he's wearing it because he likes it. Nobody like internet ads
I have never understood why ppl pay so much money to be a walking billboard of advertisements. The companies should pay us for promoting their brand not the other way round
He blocked ads but he uses brand food/clothing.
Load More Replies...It's ironic.... but at least he's choosing what companies he advertises.
I once had a sweatshirt that I purchased to support a business I believed in. It came with a label on the front of the clothing company that made it. I removed the label. I bought the shirt to support the one, not the other.
But 2 get 1 free, BUT I only have enough for one. I am not fond of these " Sales" where you have to buy a certain amount to get the sale price.
always; repeat; always check paper holder before you sit down to do your biz!!! Life lesson!!
Note that if this holder is properly designed, the flap is there to separate sheets. You pull down to get sheets, then up to tear. And the fact that the flap is hanging the way it is indicates the paper is empty or nearly empty.
Yes, the fact that it's flat against the wall apparently means nothing.
Freedom!! Car payments. Insurance. Upkeep. Gas. Emissions testing...yeah...freedom.
That’s the kind where you can just deflate your tire and it will fall off. They got smart to that, and now they clamp inside the rim edge.
Freedom? Ooh yeah! I remember that. Back before the gov blew up NY & blamed it on invisible terrorists we used to have that.
It’s a decoration to celebrate the baby. It doesn’t play with it smh
Eh, unreal comparison. That tag means not to let children play with said object.
I recently picked up a toy set I thought my nephew would like. It was one of those stacking puzzle things but then saw it said 5 yo plus...there are no 5 yos I know that would even give that a second glance!
The fact that they put those on products is just another sign of how dumbed down sheeple have become. It's like having directions on the shampoo bottle.
You have to stop and carve it into the cell wall before walking any more steps.
Load More Replies...You can get vegan equivalents to those whipped cream toppings. I have to use those. They don't contain lactose
Dear God, people really lost their shirts over my comment! I just meant that if you use a vegan alternative in the topping, the whole drink would be lactose free, if you wanted that. I was just offering a solution for people that wanted that. If you used lactose free milk, it wouldn't be vegan (unless you also used vegan milks which are lactose free)
Load More Replies...I am lactose intolerant but whipped cream is mostly the fat so I can usually get away with it as long as I don't overdo it. xD If I do overdo it then there's going to be a lot of farting...
This is me lol. I can handle a little whipped cream but not milk!
Whipped cream in a can is just that -full dairy cream that has been "whipped" by the gas as it comes out the can. Dairy free whipped topping like Cool Whip is the one that's mostly oils and doesn't contain dairy.
Load More Replies...most likely if it is that nasty on the inside then the outside will be the first clue!
It's not enough to love. Sometimes love needs to fight. NYC is becoming what it is today because those in charge stopped caring about their own citizens.
If you study the history of New York City - back to when it was New Amsterdam - you may find it hard to point out any era where those "in charge" cared about "the people".
Load More Replies...NYC is a lot nicer and cleaner than it was in the early 1970s. Also: My parents lived in NYC. I have a T-shirt with that "I heart NY" logo. When my dad saw the shirt he said, "if you love New York so much, why don't you visit more often?"
Who are those people you write about who do not care for themselves?
Load More Replies...lol. not only dogs- but cats, rats, spiders, birds, etc- all evacuate at will. Ignore at your peril.
Somebody said that the fragrance of flowers actually is what happens when flowers wave their genitals in the air, and I haven’t been the same since.. 🫣🌷😂
Famous society beauty to famous wit: we should mate, imagine a child with my looks and your brain. Ah madam but what if it were the other way round...
This one hits home. My mother actually said to my sister: "What if your baby has your nose & his ears"? She & her husband both had plastic surgery when they were younger, because they were so self-concious about those features, so there is no way they hadn't thought about it but come on. Some thoughts just shouldn't be vocalized.
Boys inherit from the Mother's father - girls from the Father's mother. it's pretty accurate!
This doesn't sit well with me. Especially in the current climate.. Love & sex shouldn't be chained to babies. We should be able to do all the romantic things & have relationships without wanting or being forced to have babies.
This one doesn't have anything to do with what you said. It's about genetics and that the child won't inherit whatever you want them to. Fir example they probably didn't want the baby to inherit their big nose and big ears, but the baby did nevertheless.
Load More Replies...It's almost like pedestrians can't kill someone just because they bump into them and aren't going 50 mph
When a pedestrian bumps into another pedestrian, they get a little bit annoyed, and move on. When a Car bumps into a pedestrian, the pedestrian breaks four bones.
Load More Replies...Yeah, we'd all be able to get through the mall or the Walmart or whatever a lot easier if we adopted the same "keep right" mentality whilst walking around.
Yes I hate suddenly-strafing people and phone zombies SO much.
More importantly, why is the car part so hard for people when they manage the pedestrian portion just fine?
Nasty habit, would never date a gal who smoked or let anyone in my car or house that did
Nope the problem is the atomic perfume bomb she is christening Jim with
Yes, but sometimes it's really important to have time alone together as a couple.
I think it's about the candle light, not that couple is out, child is home.
Load More Replies...The sad reality of the majority of households in South Africa due to loadshedding 😔
I am from India, so have done homework by candlelight sadly.
Load More Replies...And the kid has to suffer for their (I'm assuming the parents) indulgences...
Load More Replies...So because the kid has school work, the parents shouldn't be allowed to go out to eat? What? Or candles can be used for different things? I'm lost here.
Having candlelight dinner is an upscale romantic thing. But having to do your homework by candlelight, means you are too poor to afford or don't have access to electricity.
Load More Replies...This is also a dangerous one.. what is up with this batch?? Even if you don't have electricity you can still have date nights & leave your kid at home with a sitter unless their old enough. I'm not condoning neglect.
It's not their child, they use candles for dates while this poor child has no electricity to so he uses candles.
Load More Replies...Everyone have their own reason/motive...maybe they not comfortable enough to share ride or different workplace etc
The message is that riding the bus doesn’t make you a poor person. People judge people for using ride share more than the other way around. As is proven by the fact that all of the replies to your comment defend avoiding public transport.
Load More Replies...I think that's what it is. Guy in the car LOOKS like he has more money, but he really just spent it all on a nice, but unnecessary, car and has to live in a bad apartment as a result. Whereas the guy on the bus was smart with his money and used public transportation, so he could afford to live in a nicer apartment.
Load More Replies...The bus is a valid form of transportation, and doesn’t make you poor for using it. People who are afraid of “looking poor” will never get rich.
You probably won't get it unless you've lived in eastern Europe. The guy with a BMW lives in a s****y soviet panel apartment, or commie block. These are terrible s**t old buildings which you can distinguish by the white cement lines that connect the prefabricated concrete panels. The only thing missing is ugly yellow aluminium balconies.
maybe the one in the car works somewhere outside of reach of public transport or an worse conection or just an lot farder out
He's across the street in a smaller apartment from the guy on the bus
Load More Replies...Depends on the bus, the ones I've been on have been pretty clean lol. Also, a lot of people who ride the bus do it out of necessity
Load More Replies...What are you talking about? This is when people queue up, but someone's mate is at the top of the line so they feel entitled to skip the line and go stand by their mate
A massive physical flight started in my Costco because someone left their mom with a single thing in her hands in the line. Then 20 minutes later the guy shows up with an overflowing cart full of stuff and jumps to the front to be with the mom just as it's her turn. The people who were waiting in line behind them (rightly) got upset because they picked that line based on the fact that she only had one item, not 100 items in the newly appeared cart. They had to call the police to break up the flight and everyone involved got banned. I got covered in hummus someone threw in the fight and I was 2 aisles over. I wasn't thrilled.
Yeah, years ago Mandy Patinkin on _Dead Like Me_ went off on a woman who used exactly this scam to weasel herself ahead in the line at the post office.
The Spinal Association in the UK got these banned because of the harm they do (even at low speeds) to people with back/spine issues. I wish the rest of the world would follow suit.
When I was healing from multiple spinal fractures, I discovered that leaning forward slightly so my back wasn't in contact with the seat back made the bumps far less painful and easier to deal with.
Load More Replies...Every time I see these comics, I post the same thing. They all sound like they were written by a 12 year old who is going through an edgy phase of hating society. Ridiculous, trying to depict controversies that don't exist.
There are perhaps one or two that are relevant, but for the rest I completely agree with you.
Load More Replies...I agree with some of them, but I think a lot of these are just trying to find the worst in everything.
NO WAY THESE MAKE SOOOO MUCH SENSE!!! I HAD NOOO IDEA THAT SPEED BUMPS AFFECT GREEN LIGHTS!!!! but fr these make no sense and don't seem like things necessary to be pointed out.
Wow. I felt so inspired. Definitely thought provoking. aMaZiNg
Every time I see these comics I see comments like "oh you suck" "this is immature" "ur dum" and b******t like that, like, b***h you didn't have to read it, you are the one that took the time out of your life, not only to read these, but to make a comment to degrade them. I don't give a f**k who you think you are, you gotta check yourself, because you are one of the rudest m***********s ever. This is supposed to be lighthearted and a little funny, it's not made to please your every whim. Jesus f*****g christ.
And your post with that language (especially the last sentence) does not help in an way at all. Were you trying to get the record for the most rude words or something?
Load More Replies...I do not agree with all of these but what good drawings the artist does.
Every time I see these comics, I post the same thing. They all sound like they were written by a 12 year old who is going through an edgy phase of hating society. Ridiculous, trying to depict controversies that don't exist.
There are perhaps one or two that are relevant, but for the rest I completely agree with you.
Load More Replies...I agree with some of them, but I think a lot of these are just trying to find the worst in everything.
NO WAY THESE MAKE SOOOO MUCH SENSE!!! I HAD NOOO IDEA THAT SPEED BUMPS AFFECT GREEN LIGHTS!!!! but fr these make no sense and don't seem like things necessary to be pointed out.
Wow. I felt so inspired. Definitely thought provoking. aMaZiNg
Every time I see these comics I see comments like "oh you suck" "this is immature" "ur dum" and b******t like that, like, b***h you didn't have to read it, you are the one that took the time out of your life, not only to read these, but to make a comment to degrade them. I don't give a f**k who you think you are, you gotta check yourself, because you are one of the rudest m***********s ever. This is supposed to be lighthearted and a little funny, it's not made to please your every whim. Jesus f*****g christ.
And your post with that language (especially the last sentence) does not help in an way at all. Were you trying to get the record for the most rude words or something?
Load More Replies...I do not agree with all of these but what good drawings the artist does.
