merdaverseWhat we get upset about
AlpacaChariotI know what the cartoon is trying to say, but those graphs make no sense
For real, why is the x axis labeled with the y axis label, and why is the y axis label at the origin?
Is this AI, or just someone that slept through high school math?
Expecting cartoonists to create perfect graphs is asking too much, I think.
There’s only one XKCD.
I don’t want perfect, I just want it to follow the rules that we all learned in middle school. I will die on this unimportant hill.
Why is the dog so concerned about gas prices?
samus12345The humans are upset at the big screen, so it must be some sort of threat.
BananaIsABerryThe average person is not personally impacted by the deaths of people on the other side of the world.
They are impacted and concerned when the cause of those deaths also results in consequences they personally feel.
What a tough concept to understand.
the average person is a selfish cunt.
I find the first panel very upsetting. I’m well aware that we have an extensive history of being warmongers, but this level of pure evil without even a hint of any sort of legitimate reason is beyond the pale. I saw a truck with a graphic of an American flag and silhouettes of troops on it the other day, and all I could see were soldiers of an evil bloodthirsty government. I lived in Germany for 10 years and grew up around the US military, and even though I’m not a fan of combat I know it’s sometimes necessary, but the mask has been fully ripped off now. Most of the soldiers didn’t sign up for this, but they’re meat for the grinder to commit war crimes just like in Russia now.
I don’t know a single person who is more upset about gas prices than the victims of this, and I live in an oil state. Yet I keep seeing memes like this, I can’t help but think there is some “America bad” going on here.
Ecco the dolphinAll I hear at work is complaints about the gas prices.
When coworkers or customers bring up the topic, I point out the school we bombed. Everyone agrees its evil. I wonder if complaining about gas prices is just the professional way to complain about the “war” in Iran. I probably missed that little social cue. I hope that’s the case; that most people are self-censoring and not just completely selfish.
But, have we Americans become such cowards we can’t just openly talk about how fucked it is? It feels like it.
SchmooThe workplace is an unnatural environment that causes people to behave in a very unnatural manner. It is so laden with taboos that a distinct ‘corporate’ dialect emerged that is made up almost entirely of euphemisms. That we collectively spend half or more of our waking lives in this setting fucks with us psychologically.