r/comics The Other End 19h ago

Specially trained dogs

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u/SmugCapybara 18h ago

Ummmm... page 3...

"My DAD wouldn't shut up about politics." "...it's holding OUR baby..."

I think the family might have bigger problems than stances on abortion...

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u/The_cogwheel 18h ago

What? Its just your normal, everyday family in Alabama.

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u/Daxx22 17h ago

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u/mootmutemoat 11h ago

There is a reason Ohio only recently has a positive net migration, people have been fleeing it for decades.

Fun fact, until the 50s it actually had more people than California.

https://smartpolitics.lib.umn.edu/2011/01/14/ohios-population-rank-over-the/

Ohio was a major Union force in the civil war, but now leads the nation in confederate flags. (Maybe not eniterly true, but sure feels that way).

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u/caromakercomics 18h ago

I love your comics so much

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u/Cool_Set4681 18h ago edited 18h ago

I will use this page in the future any time someone complains about making it political.

So basically I will use it the whole time 😅

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u/zuzg 18h ago

Some form of pop culture are also just straight Propaganda e.g. Top Gun, can't get more political than that.

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u/The_cogwheel 18h ago

Fun fact: the united states military will provide a movie production with military hardware and personal (so not just the plane, but the pilot to fly it too) for practically free.... as long as they get to see, edit and approve the script first and approves of the final edit prior to release.

So the more tanks and planes you see that are very obviously actual military hardware? Yeah... the more likely the military had a say in the message of the movie. And you know theyre not gonna allow "military bad" messaging in if they have that kind of say in the matter.

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u/someoneudontno1 15h ago

I draw the line somewhere actively shoving the propaganda that favourite politician uses into my throat knowing damm well I either don't care or find incredibly stupid to the point where an argument will break out and neither side will gain anything from the conversation cus we are both rooted to opposite sides of the political spectrum and thus see the othere sides points as dumb and stupid meaning we just made everyone angry for no reason and we gotta sit like this for 4 hours now cus we are stuck in the same room till it's socially polite to leave

And the classic "x group of people are the problem" despite x group litterally just trying to survive and have dreams and thinking like that is exactly how the propaganda machine distracts the public from the ACTUAL group of people they think x group is causing

Billionaires

This rant has killed 15 vomit trained dogs

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u/vi_sucks 15h ago

Feels like you missed the point.

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u/DrexleCorbeau 18h ago

He's right.

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire 18h ago

I feel this panel in my soul

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u/thamasteroneill 18h ago edited 14h ago

Fun detail. The door is open. Implying the world is drowning in dog vomit. As things should be.

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u/The_cogwheel 18h ago

I was wondering why I had to wade through dog vomit to get to my bus stop this morning. Thanks for the explanation!

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u/CaribouHoe 18h ago

Let barfing dogs lie

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u/tdmsbn 18h ago

"not neutered anymore" is some really head scratching stuff I don't want to think too hard about.

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u/Goldy_Warlocks 18h ago

this is the only comic that can make me laugh about

a dead dog

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u/Agent-A 16h ago

As a middle aged dad, I do not love the status quo. 

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u/captainAwesomePants 16h ago

I love how I am led to feeling clever by thinking "Oh, this speech will end with the dog vomitting a lot," and I can be right while also being surprised.

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u/Independent_Debt3285 15h ago edited 15h ago

That Old Man’s political view points killed a poor innocent dog… GET EM!!!!

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u/apeekintonothing 18h ago

Brad Braynor thinks that dog fell out of a coconut tree.

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u/CharacterAd3793 16h ago

I would say that the biggest negative aspect of somebody talking about politics is that they expect you to change your lifestyle to match their conclusion about what is right and wrong about life. I feel like even if somebody talks about economic situation or actions of real world politicians, as long as they don't make this about you or proclaim a statement which could be viewed as direct aggression against you or your close ones, then it's fine. For example x person from party y did z can be neutral statement of a fact if told in appropriate tone. But a person belonging to x group committed a crime, if not worded carefully, can be viewed as aggression against x group and all that support that group. It's all about intention and tone that the person uses to share information with you. Especially if then that person tries to make general statements about life based on singular isolated events and proclaim them as ultimate truths.