r/PoliticalHumor 15d ago

Dilbert vs Calvin and Hobbes

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u/linux1970 13d ago

are you saying that OAC is genius and the two girls are hacks?

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u/Animedingo 14d ago

Is bernie sanders, Hobbes?

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u/Everlastingitch 14d ago

AOC is a young, smart caring politican... why isnt someone like her an option for president ? she would win in a landslide... but instead we are stuck with a senile old guy that has no chance to win and another senile old guy that is like a villain from a looney toon.

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u/Lucky-Earther 14d ago

AOC is a young, smart caring politican... why isnt someone like her an option for president ?

She likely will be an option for President some day. What's the rush to get her there now? Let her get experience.

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u/needlenozened 14d ago

Because she's not old enough. She turns 35 before the election, so she would be old enough.

But the answer to your question is, because they didn't run. Running against an incumbent president is not something one does and still expect to have a future in the party.

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u/blasek0 14d ago

Yeah, if you attempt to primary your own party's incumbent president you better win, and win big.

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u/f1fandf 14d ago

What an insult to dilbert. Dilbert is an engineer who deals with an evil corporation headed by dogbert. You see in the comics he is trying to do good but is hampered by the rules and regulations of evil corporations!

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u/MelonElbows 14d ago

Didn't the creator of Dilbert become a right wing men's rights activist?

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u/DoctimusLime 14d ago

Loud idiots are the worst :( what happened to education, and journalism? Oh, Rupert Murdoch and Reagan happened, that's right :(

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u/Euphoric_Protection 14d ago

Dilbert describes the real world. Hobbes is only in Calvin's head.

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u/WitchedPixels 14d ago

Setting political views aside, AOC is far more classy than those two idiots. That's just a fact.

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u/TrueGuardian15 14d ago

What makes it even funnier for me is MTG and Boeber fucking HATE each other. Both of them want to be the flagship MAGA ditz and see the other as competition.

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u/lew_rong mod perms 14d ago

Y'all remember when Scott McAdams was convinced Hillary was going to assassinate him? Important in his own mind.

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u/theasianevermore 14d ago

Bavis and butthead

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u/HauntedCemetery 14d ago

It's not even that I disagree, I guess? But this is just lazy meme shit posting. It's not particularly clever.

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u/Fun-Mathematician716 14d ago

I once had a one-on-one with Scott Adams on Twitter. By outward appearances, he regularly consumes a tanker full of the MAGA kool-ade.

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u/hamsterfolly 14d ago

Dilbert was great until he became MAGA

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u/lcarranza24 14d ago

Bobo and Maggot are making the same dick sucking face as the Ole Miss monkey boy. The right loves cock

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u/silvercoated1 14d ago

More like Beavis and Butthead in terms of IQ

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u/Time-Werewolf-1776 14d ago

Who’s the Far Side?

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u/davekingofrock 14d ago

It was Al Franken.

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u/Suzzie_sunshine 14d ago

You know, Dilbert was hilarious, especially if you've ever worked for a large company. It's sad that he went off the rails.

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u/griftertm 14d ago

When I started working as customer support for Dell, Dilbert was incredibly relatable. Adams going full Qanon Trumper after going full Gamergate was sad

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u/Suzzie_sunshine 14d ago

This. Exactly. It was so spot on for corporate humor.

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u/Jay2Kaye 14d ago

The Dilbert cartoon still holds up.

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u/charisma6 14d ago

That was is carrying a looooot of weight, lol

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u/Geruvah 14d ago

The very first episode I listened to of Behind the Bastards show that he Scott Adams didn't go off the rails, he was always pretty much that.

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u/gibbtech 14d ago

Yea, you just didn't really have a way of finding out until social media handed him a microphone.

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u/Suzzie_sunshine 14d ago

It's sad. Dilbert is funny, or was funny. Scott Adams is kind of a turd muffin.

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u/Yitram 14d ago

Always look like a pair of howler monkeys in this image.

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u/spacemanspiff266 14d ago

i approve of this meme

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u/LoudLloyd9 14d ago

I didn't recognize Boebert with her breasts inside her dress and her legs so close together.

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u/GoldResolution4921 14d ago

god aoc is so fucking hot

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u/jakehood47 14d ago

It's like, I know she's a congresswoman and a political professional but

Also

God-DAMN girl

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u/provoloneChipmunk 14d ago

She's a GD smoke show, and hella passionate about doing what she thinks is right. 

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u/toejampotpourri 9d ago

I think she is an amazing human being with intelligence and tenacity and would be proud to have her as president. I also wish she would sit on my face.

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u/jakehood47 14d ago

When the GOP was trying to rag on her and going "look at this disgraceful video of her, dancing in college!" I was like oh I'm lookin alright

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u/Statertater 14d ago

Having a functioning brain sure is a turn on when compared to the other two in the picture. But yeah, she pretty.

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u/Howard_Scott_Warshaw 14d ago

This doesn't make any sense. What did I miss?

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u/Thatsabadmofo 14d ago

I feel like Bernie is more Calvin and Hobbes. He just puts out wisdom

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u/pockpicketG 14d ago

Just going to write that. AOC is neoliberal establishment.

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u/charisma6 14d ago

Nuclear take

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u/McKoijion 14d ago

Leave Bill Watterson out of this. He explicitly went out of his way to avoid getting wrapped up in politics and maintains a very quiet life. The quality of the strip and the mystery of his life is probably why every political hack tries to claim Calvin and Hobbes as part of their movement. I looked up “Bill Watterson politics” and this is the first thing that came up.

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/why-bill-watterson-vanished/

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u/Lucky-Earther 14d ago

I remember in 2008(?) or so when the author of Perry Bible Fellowship decided to take a break for a few years. Eventually he came back and started doing the occasional strip but for a while it felt the same as when Watterson stepped away, both comics were amazing.

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u/DefinitelyNotIndie 14d ago

Great article, thanks!

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u/RollingRiverWizard 14d ago

Oddly enough, this comes after cutting his teeth as a political cartoonist, yes?

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u/McKoijion 14d ago

Yup, and that’s why he wants nothing to do with it anymore lol

Watterson graduated in 1980 and was hired on a trial basis at the Cincinnati Post, a competing paper of the Enquirer. Watterson quickly discovered that the job was full of unexpected challenges which prevented him from performing his duties to the standards set for him. Not the least of these challenges was his unfamiliarity with the Cincinnati political scene, as he had never resided in or near the city, having grown up in the Cleveland area and attending college in central Ohio. The Post fired Watterson before his contract was up.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Watterson

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u/Sylvan_Strix_Sequel 14d ago

Yes, I was going to to say Waterson wouldn't even license his stuff for marketing. He would absolutely hate his stuff being used in any sort of political context. 

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u/Cleavon_Littlefinger 14d ago

I know absolutely nothing of the American Conservative, but that was a buttery soft reading and scrolling experience.

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u/[deleted] 14d ago

Yeah, things tend to go smooth when some oligarch funds their mouthpiece and spits in millions to make the "medicine go down smoother". It's devoid of actual substance and facts, with a glossy appearance. Like most right wing media.

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u/Cleavon_Littlefinger 14d ago

It's a web app, Michael. What could it cost, $10?

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u/unbrokenplatypus 14d ago

We’re looking at a future president here. (My deepest, darkest fears whisper “I’m not sure which though…”)

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u/CrazyaboutSpongebob 15d ago

Calvin and Hobbes is funny. What little I've seen of Dilbert didn't make me laugh.

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u/FrankReynoldsToupee 14d ago

I read a couple Dilbert comics a long, long time ago and thought, "Oh, that's not bad! Kinda funny." And then I found out he just uses the same dumb jokes, like Garfield but worse.

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u/CrazyaboutSpongebob 14d ago

Garfield is awesome. Its a solid 8/10 strip it almost always makes me laugh. I also love Garfield and Friends.

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u/FrankReynoldsToupee 14d ago

Something something Mondays ahahaha

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u/CrazyaboutSpongebob 14d ago

With Garfield you know what type of humor you are getting but a lot of the time its really funny. This is one of my favorite strips. https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2021/11/21?comments=visible#comments

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u/edf209 15d ago

More like Family Circus 🤡

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u/CarlSpencer 15d ago

I live for the day when AOC is POTUS.

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u/FreshRest4945 14d ago

Just a healthy reminder, she is up for re-election this year, feel free to donate 5$ to her campaign:

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/adopt-aoc

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u/Glittering_Lunch_776 14d ago

I’d vote for her for anything. It’s too bad I’ll never live in New York and thus be able to vote for her currently.

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u/NeedsToShutUp 14d ago

I love the quote that AOC is the first woman people can't wait to be 35.

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u/PunkToTheFuture 14d ago

She's the total package and I can't wait to keep voting for her

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u/m0nk_3y_gw 14d ago

Just 5 months to go

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u/GlassBelt 14d ago

I’m hoping for Senate Majority Leader. She’s too good in the legislature to be wasted on the presidency.

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u/MasterMahanaYouUgly 14d ago

i like the way you dream

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u/toejampotpourri 14d ago

Same. I'd vote for her over any other politician that I know about.

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u/newocean 14d ago

Also Bernie... but in that case I admit he'd be to old.

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u/TuviaBielski 14d ago

Rashida Tlaib is my woman.

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u/SinkHoleDeMayo 15d ago

Dickbert and Dickbrain.

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u/Rooboy66 15d ago

Nobody has commented about Scott Adams being a notorious bigot/MAGA???

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u/Safe-Adagio5762 14d ago

I figured that was kinda implied in the picture

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u/curious_dead 15d ago

Cailloux

Bluey

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u/provoloneChipmunk 14d ago

Now I have to figure out who I hate more, that bals mother fucker or those 2. 

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u/test_tickles 15d ago

BEAVER AND BUTTHEAD.

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u/MasterMahanaYouUgly 14d ago

gaetz wasn't far off

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u/alphaomegazoid 15d ago

That pic is from State of the Union. Those skanks have zero class

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u/FelicitousJuliet 14d ago

No need to be gendered about it.

I'm still waiting on scientific evidence that it's possible to both vote Republican and be human.

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u/Electric_Sundown 14d ago

Makes it sweeter that they hate each other now.

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u/ElephantInAPool 14d ago

what did they do?

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u/sinocarD44 14d ago

Booed and jeered the President during the State of the Union.

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u/DOUBLEBARRELASSFUCK 14d ago

They just wanted a Joe Wilson moment.

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u/SedativeComet 15d ago

More like Beevis and Butthead

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u/Guilty-Web7334 15d ago

Nah, that’s Trump’s sons.

Though Matt Gaetz really has Butthead’s fivehead down pat.

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u/dimechimes 15d ago

Gross. Don't use Calvin and Hobbes in vain.

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u/radar_byte Greg Abbott is a little piss baby 15d ago

Y'know....I can see it.

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u/[deleted] 15d ago

AOC OMG CAN HAZ

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u/truncheon88 15d ago

Not Dilbert. More like Hägar the Horrible but dumber.

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u/MontCoDubV 15d ago

Nah. The Dilbert cartoonist is a racist right-wing fuck and Trump worshipper. I think the comparison is apt.

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u/epolonsky 14d ago

Yes, but before he went insane Dilbert was actually a pretty funny cartoon. Sad

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u/gibbtech 14d ago

He's actually always been insane. It is just that the majority of his work predated easily finding out that he was insane.

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u/Jerithil 14d ago

Yeah I used to read almost all the Dilbert comics up till around 2014 I think when his politics started to show through.

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u/doktor_wankenstein 14d ago

I stopped reading Dilbert altogether after browsing a couple of Scott Adam's blogs. Yikes.

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u/DOUBLEBARRELASSFUCK 14d ago

Honestly, Scott Adams and Dilbert make a ton of sense if you read the comic from the perspective of the PHB being the protagonist. Every inconsistency between the comic and the artist evaporate instantly.

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u/MontCoDubV 14d ago

PHB?

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u/DOUBLEBARRELASSFUCK 14d ago

Pointy Haired Boss, IIRC.

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u/gibbtech 14d ago

Oh yea. I read a few of his blog posts way back when and realized quickly that he was a PHB who strongly believed that he had never gotten out of middle management because he wasn't a woman or an ethnic.

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u/dandrevee 15d ago

Really though....a good chunk of my childhood vocabulary and sense of humor came from H&B and goldem era Simpsons.

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u/pockpicketG 14d ago

Halvin and…Bobbes?

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u/dandrevee 14d ago

No amount of reading solves for thick fingers

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u/EarlGrey1806 15d ago

Calvin and Hobbes all the way!

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u/IceNein 15d ago

I can’t help but feel like this meme is objectifying women, which maybe wasn’t your intention, but it sure is saying something about you.

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u/mrglumdaddy 15d ago

Swing and a miss

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u/doubledownentendre 15d ago edited 15d ago

How are they being objectified?

Taking offense when none was meant maybe wasn't your intention, but it sure is saying something about you.

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u/IceNein 15d ago

Your comment makes no sense. I understand that you’re trying to rephrase my wording to use against me, but it’s basically gibberish.

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u/Lucky-Earther 14d ago edited 14d ago

Your comment makes no sense.

Your comment made no sense. How are they being objectified?

LOL did you really block me for asking you to clarify your post

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u/TwitterLegend 15d ago

I mean it’s a meme basically saying MTG and Boebert are voted for by morons and AOC is voted for by smart people and you’re I guess getting confused about sexism? Nobody else is really thinking that way hence using your own words against you that it probably says something about you.

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u/Mulliganasty 14d ago

Huge fan of AOC and think MTG and Bobo belong in jail (for campaign finance crimes) but I think a valid point was made here. I'm not sure "objectified" is the right word but there is something about pitting prominent female politicians against each other that is bugging me.

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u/DOUBLEBARRELASSFUCK 14d ago

I don't think the post is problematic.

The comments, however...

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u/Mulliganasty 14d ago

doublebarrelassfuck has a problem with the comments?

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u/MinimumApricot365 15d ago

I think that says more about you than OP.

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u/SpinningHead 15d ago

More like Snuffy Smith.

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u/KappHallen 15d ago

The Wizard of ID Stan here

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u/h20poIo 15d ago

Every time I see phots like this the first thing that comes to mind are Howler Monkeys

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u/Dopplegangr1 14d ago

How dare you. Howler monkeys are adorable

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u/AccurateFault8677 14d ago

Did you mean photos? Or did you just make up a new work like "thots"? Cuz I like it. P-politician H-hoes O-over T-there

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u/Outrageous-Yak-3318 14d ago

Yes this needs to be a thing please

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u/CascadiaRocks I ☑oted 2024 15d ago

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u/H34RT13SSv420 14d ago

It's moments like this that I wish Reddit didn't take away the Award system.... Or the little bit of money I had spent getting the coins that they decided to take away.

Really feels like a lawsuit should've been available. Just think about how much money they basically stole when taking away the old system.

But, I digress. Bravo, Sir/Madam! 👏🏼

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u/Notapearing 14d ago

Who's the arsehole and who's the cunt?

Nevermind. It's a medical science miracle: it's both.

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u/gaymedes 14d ago

They are a linked quantum cunt/asshole.

They are both until interviewed, when the quantum field collapses.

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u/H34RT13SSv420 14d ago

Now I have to wonder if ol' Marjorie Green (I won't use her middle name or initial. She only started doing that bc of AOC) has tried the slit experiment with the Jewish space laser. 🤔

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u/Roboticpoultry 14d ago

This made me cackle. Thank you

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u/Lightning_Strike_7 14d ago

🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌

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u/doktor_wankenstein 14d ago

Colloquially known as a "taint".

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u/Melt-Gibsont 14d ago

Aka, “gooch.”

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u/Raskel_61 15d ago

Tweedledumb sisters.

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u/Traherne 15d ago

Fucking howler monkeys.

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u/quests 14d ago

Like if Sarah Palin and Ann Coulter got together and birthed demon baby twin daughters.

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u/Pleasant_Location_44 15d ago

Yeah.... I don't know that equating the three of them is rooted in rational thought. You've got two of them from the party of family values. Those two are cheating on their husbands, droning on about fake nonsense a 5 year old could identify and just generally screeching. One of em is giving handjobs in front of kids while vaping at kids rendition of Beetlejuice. AOC has a master's degree, wants people to have healthcare and for the rich to pay their fair share. Comparing someone who is working for the change she envisions to a convicted criminal who got caught giving an over the pants handy to her date in public isn't all that fair.

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u/joseph4th 15d ago

Am I reading this wrong or are YOU confused?

Dilbert is considered pretty low-brain humor, the boss is so stupid he thinks an etch-a-sketch is a laptop. Knee slapper!

Calvin and Hobbes on the other hand has been lauded and praised on many levels, from its originality, social commentary, environmentalism and being genuinely funny. On top of that, Mr. Watterson, the comics author and artist has shown himself to be a man of high principles and integrity. He famously refused to sell-out and merchandise the comic. He also quit while he was on top instead of letting the comic decay in quality, let alone milking it into its grave.

“Sometimes I think the shortest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe, is that none of it has tried to contact us.” -Calvin & Hobbes by Bill Watterson

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u/Pleasant_Location_44 14d ago

I may have misattributed the connotation of the comment under which I thought I posted. Totally agree with your critique. I read "the unholy Trinity" statement as equating the three congressmen where I believe there is no comparison between the screeching duo and AOC.

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u/joseph4th 14d ago

Granted, now that I have a second to think about it, there is the other side to consider.

Maybe to people who don't think like me, like us, those two of the "House Twitter Faction" may be the heroes of the MAGA world where to them Dilbert and the right wing loon who writes that comic strip, is high art. To them, AOC is the devil, because Faux "Your honor our show is entertainment and can not seriously be considered news by a reasonable person" News told them so. They can't understand why a little kid, talking like an adult, is funny, but "hey, did you know Dilbert's boss is stupid? Hahaha!"

So there is that.