Absolutely, which is why the drawing is moronic, as it labels people who want lower prices as sickos.
You are not a sicko for being sick of things that suck. Sicko means something completely different.
Your flailing a bit here. It’s not making light of sickness or actually implying that someone is sick. It’s common that conservatives call anyone that thinks we should accept gays or trans people and treat them like anyone else degenerates or sickos. The same with legalizing drugs etc.
This is taking the piss on the accusation. Showing who the actually sick people are. The ones that find joy or safety in the persecution and exploitation of the vulnerable. Whom the war on drugs and many other societal norms focus on.
So this is an American thing, which makes it no wonder I find it unfunny, because we don’t have the “Republican” mental disease here to anywhere near the extend of USA. Republicans are insane, and if it’s making fun of them, I can see how Americans would find that funny.
But without a special social context, it’s just stupid.
It could just as well be understood as people who are happy about lower priced RAM from China, are sickos because they are happy China is selling RAM in the West. That’s the context I saw.
Hardly an “American” thing. I don’t know where you are. I know you have conservatives. If you’re in Canada, you have that mental disease. UK, Germany, France, Italy, Australia, Japan, Africa, Asia, Europe yup. The one place that’s relatively free of it is the Arctic.
Any humor outside of slapstick and pratt falls requires context. You were given it. It follows basic concepts and principles of comedy that are recognized everywhere. Subversion of expectations, ridiculing those with power. It’s plenty humorous. The problem lies with you not it.
It could just as well be understood as people who are happy about lower priced RAM from China, are sickos because they are happy China is selling RAM in the West.
They’re litteraly the type the cartoon is ridiculing. That’s the whole point of it. Many in western nations, not even remotely just the US. Will unironically 100% chastize and attack anyone expressing that sentiment. Because they are commies etc. Even though China isn’t even remotely communist. Even though the semiconductor cartels absolutely deserve no sympathy or defense. If not carrying water or defending abusive semiconductor cartels makes you a sicko I will wear the moniker with pride. And I think you would too. That’s all that was ever implied.
In this case, we’re watching the economy of inflated chip prices and are cheering on the number going down. We’re outside the norm for that. It’s hyperbole.
Except the actual meaning of sicko makes it not funny. Without that “detail” it would have been.
But personally I don’t care much for being called a sicko.
Ben Garrison is a satirical artist who portrays good things as being wanted by “sickos” in opposition to the hyper conservative characters in his cartoons.
This is tremendously funny, you just lack context.
Why would you be a sicko because you like lower RAM prices?
It’s from an old Kelly satirical cartoon.
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It’s an ironic label. American technocrats would likely call anyone celebrating this development as sickos. OP is jokingly self-applying the label.
Aren’t we all sick of this unnecessary price inflation? 😉
Absolutely, which is why the drawing is moronic, as it labels people who want lower prices as sickos.
You are not a sicko for being sick of things that suck. Sicko means something completely different.
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sicko
Am I a sicko for wishing torture and death on AI technocrats?
Your flailing a bit here. It’s not making light of sickness or actually implying that someone is sick. It’s common that conservatives call anyone that thinks we should accept gays or trans people and treat them like anyone else degenerates or sickos. The same with legalizing drugs etc.
This is taking the piss on the accusation. Showing who the actually sick people are. The ones that find joy or safety in the persecution and exploitation of the vulnerable. Whom the war on drugs and many other societal norms focus on.
So this is an American thing, which makes it no wonder I find it unfunny, because we don’t have the “Republican” mental disease here to anywhere near the extend of USA. Republicans are insane, and if it’s making fun of them, I can see how Americans would find that funny.
But without a special social context, it’s just stupid.
It could just as well be understood as people who are happy about lower priced RAM from China, are sickos because they are happy China is selling RAM in the West. That’s the context I saw.
Hardly an “American” thing. I don’t know where you are. I know you have conservatives. If you’re in Canada, you have that mental disease. UK, Germany, France, Italy, Australia, Japan, Africa, Asia, Europe yup. The one place that’s relatively free of it is the Arctic.
Any humor outside of slapstick and pratt falls requires context. You were given it. It follows basic concepts and principles of comedy that are recognized everywhere. Subversion of expectations, ridiculing those with power. It’s plenty humorous. The problem lies with you not it.
They’re litteraly the type the cartoon is ridiculing. That’s the whole point of it. Many in western nations, not even remotely just the US. Will unironically 100% chastize and attack anyone expressing that sentiment. Because they are commies etc. Even though China isn’t even remotely communist. Even though the semiconductor cartels absolutely deserve no sympathy or defense. If not carrying water or defending abusive semiconductor cartels makes you a sicko I will wear the moniker with pride. And I think you would too. That’s all that was ever implied.
lol it’s a funny joke.
In this case, we’re watching the economy of inflated chip prices and are cheering on the number going down. We’re outside the norm for that. It’s hyperbole.
Except the actual meaning of sicko makes it not funny. Without that “detail” it would have been.
But personally I don’t care much for being called a sicko.
Ben Garrison is a satirical artist who portrays good things as being wanted by “sickos” in opposition to the hyper conservative characters in his cartoons.
This is tremendously funny, you just lack context.
Apparently. Or maybe I’m just not in the: “It’s funny because it’s stupid” crowd.
Only sickos in that fuckin’ crowd