Was it meant to be funny or meant to lampshade a problem?
IMO it was meant to lampshade
But again: not all comics are meant to be funny. Webcomics or otherwise. There’s a MASSIVE swathe of genres in all forms of media and creators are free to dance all over the genres as they wish.
“0/5 - Not funny. This is a COMIC therefore it is supposed to be comedic in nature.” It’s what you (and many others in this comment section) sound like right now.
To lampshade (or lampshading) as a verb means to intentionally call attention to an improbable, clichéd, or absurd element in a story to neutralize audience disbelief.
Most users on Reddit agree that the term comes from the metaphor of “hanging a lampshade” on something—making an awkward or glaring object even more conspicuous rather than trying to hide it.
The term has existed for a long long time and the concept behind the term even longer
If you wanna read more about the concept and see a nice list of examples in fiction over the years here’s a link to the TVTropes page on lampshading. Be warned though, TVTropes is a rabbit hole of learning about media tropes that can be like getting trapped in the gravity well of a star. Great adventures can be had, but your sleep schedule is likely to fall victim to it.
The birds will be chirping to the dawn and you’ll be wondering why you’re on a page about a show that you’ve never heard of learning the tropes it shares in common with works of fiction older than the country you live in.
10/10 - bring a warm drink, a soft blanket, and some cozy socks. It’s gonna be a wild ride.
Read it again. It means everyone who disagrees with you or doesn’t like your look isn’t a Nazi, you can also be wrong and bad looking with probably equal or better probability. Especially if Lemmy is your barometer.
What makes you think I’m commenting on anyone’s appearance?
Some people get worked up about dumb things, and some people absolutely ARE Nazis. At the same time “everyone and everything I don’t like is a Nazi” and “ugly people don’t exist” are dumb positions to hold.
My straight up position in all these comments is that, purely by statistics, someone calling you out for your looks (while being absolutely assholish behavior) is less likely to be a Nazi on the face of things than for you to not being a good looking fella or lady.
I don’t know the history of the comic and I can barely read the sub comic that one or the other is holding, but someone calling you ugly on only fans does not equate to naziism. Simultaneously, a person can be ugly and karma farm one topic (naziism here) without adding anything to the quality of general discourse. Some people are Nazis, some people are assholes, and some people are ugly bastards on OF that say “AI bad” and obviously anyone who is an asshole to me for any reason has a mom who’s a clanker.
I see your point very clearly. Do you see mine? Everyone is beautiful and everyone who is mean on the Internet is a Nazi are both false statements even when it is inconvenient to say so? OBVIOUSLY the point of this comic is Nazis are bad (I agree) and that they fire up for no reason (I have no experience to know if that’s true), but as feel-good as that is, it is a vapid response to reality.
The person who is being called a Nazi, is not being called a Nazi because they said someone else was ugly. They’re calling her ugly because she made a comic disparaging Nazi/fascist behavior and their response to said comic was to call her ugly. You have this backwards.
I’m gonna go out on a limb and say there’s some weird projection happening here because there is no way whatsoever that has anything to do with unattractive entitled people. Words mean things, and you need to review what it is you’re trying to cpmmunicate here.
Found the nazi
No, I hate Nazis and Fascists and I agree.
I like the message, but the comic isn’t funny. She’s a talented artist, however. I give her that.
Not all comics need to be funny
Yes but a webcomic that is meant to be funny like this one should actually be so.
Whatever, humor is subjective anyway.
Was it meant to be funny or meant to lampshade a problem?
IMO it was meant to lampshade
But again: not all comics are meant to be funny. Webcomics or otherwise. There’s a MASSIVE swathe of genres in all forms of media and creators are free to dance all over the genres as they wish.
“0/5 - Not funny. This is a COMIC therefore it is supposed to be comedic in nature.” It’s what you (and many others in this comment section) sound like right now.
TIL
The term has existed for a long long time and the concept behind the term even longer
If you wanna read more about the concept and see a nice list of examples in fiction over the years here’s a link to the TVTropes page on lampshading. Be warned though, TVTropes is a rabbit hole of learning about media tropes that can be like getting trapped in the gravity well of a star. Great adventures can be had, but your sleep schedule is likely to fall victim to it.
The birds will be chirping to the dawn and you’ll be wondering why you’re on a page about a show that you’ve never heard of learning the tropes it shares in common with works of fiction older than the country you live in.
10/10 - bring a warm drink, a soft blanket, and some cozy socks. It’s gonna be a wild ride.
Yes, everyone who disagrees with you is a nazi.
My wife is a nazi? I knew it!
I’m sorry you had to find out this way.
And I was wondering why the shower is suddenly hermetically sealed.
You better buy a gas mask and tell her it’s just some kinky stuff you wanted to try.
Found the conventionally ugly and entitled person? Congrats.
What does this even mean?
I was too afraid to ask, because I also have a hard time at understanding
Read it again. It means everyone who disagrees with you or doesn’t like your look isn’t a Nazi, you can also be wrong and bad looking with probably equal or better probability. Especially if Lemmy is your barometer.
Even if you weren’t a Nazi, what on earth about this post makes you feel a need to comment on somebody’s appearance.
“You’re presenting fascist behavior.” “Yeah? Well you’re ugly.”
Do you see how one of these things is like… Not an opinion? And the response to pointing out problematic behavior is just more problematic behavior?
What makes you think I’m commenting on anyone’s appearance?
Some people get worked up about dumb things, and some people absolutely ARE Nazis. At the same time “everyone and everything I don’t like is a Nazi” and “ugly people don’t exist” are dumb positions to hold.
My straight up position in all these comments is that, purely by statistics, someone calling you out for your looks (while being absolutely assholish behavior) is less likely to be a Nazi on the face of things than for you to not being a good looking fella or lady.
I don’t know the history of the comic and I can barely read the sub comic that one or the other is holding, but someone calling you ugly on only fans does not equate to naziism. Simultaneously, a person can be ugly and karma farm one topic (naziism here) without adding anything to the quality of general discourse. Some people are Nazis, some people are assholes, and some people are ugly bastards on OF that say “AI bad” and obviously anyone who is an asshole to me for any reason has a mom who’s a clanker.
I see your point very clearly. Do you see mine? Everyone is beautiful and everyone who is mean on the Internet is a Nazi are both false statements even when it is inconvenient to say so? OBVIOUSLY the point of this comic is Nazis are bad (I agree) and that they fire up for no reason (I have no experience to know if that’s true), but as feel-good as that is, it is a vapid response to reality.
The person who is being called a Nazi, is not being called a Nazi because they said someone else was ugly. They’re calling her ugly because she made a comic disparaging Nazi/fascist behavior and their response to said comic was to call her ugly. You have this backwards.
Ah well, thatll do it. I thought I was taking crazy pills. But in a way I guess I was.
I’m gonna go out on a limb and say there’s some weird projection happening here because there is no way whatsoever that has anything to do with unattractive entitled people. Words mean things, and you need to review what it is you’re trying to cpmmunicate here.
Cope