Comic Strips

Political cartoons would be so much better if they did that instead of looking visually cluttered with all the forced metaphors being drawn into the scene. I swear, some of those things are like puzzles. You miss one or two small pieces of context and suddenly the whole cartoon makes 0 sense.

My post was downvoted after I had just posted it.

This god awful post covers it:

https://rdrama.net/post/312767/marseywomanmoment2-pizzacake-posts-are-now-banned

If someone has a better thread, please share.

Basically she made a misdarist flavored comic and sent mods to ban critics across subs, and threatened incredulous DMCA against parody sub bhj.

I appreciate the sentiment in this comic, but my resentment for her response still stands: she's THE comic Karen.

Normally, I'm the first to take the piss out of her, but this is an extremely reasonable thing for her to say.

I wonder if OP has taken the comic out of context?

Laziest apology comic ever. Didn't even think of anything witty or mildly funny.

Who is that?

This really isn't that profound as a man-to-man interaction. True friends are supportive. The big problem is when you show emotional sensitivity to a romantic partner. Too many men have been met with "the ick" when they open up to women.

i read "weak" in this context as "unmanly". as in, the concept of feeling things makes someone less of a man, that manliness is inherently tied to stoicism. which is a very common thing, and something that needs to be combated. using language that meatheads understand necessarily means losing some nuance and adding some bias.

Yeah kinda. But in the sense that having control over your emotions is strong and not being able to control them is weak. That does mean you are weak when you cry in public, but that is kinda the point of crying. Its a way to communicate to others that you need help or support or comfort or something. It also means that you are weak when you are unable to control your anger and punch someone in the face when you don't get your way. It also means that you are strong when you take time to talk about your emotions, since that helps you be in control of them.

Control does not mean suppress, it actual means control. Know when to show them, use them, hide them, the whole shebang. It's not an easy skill to master, so if you do, you're definitely strong.

I disagree.

A lack of feeling is also a kind of weakness - usually it's due to long-term suppression of emotion and leaves you out of touch with your inner self. Bottled up emotions tend to be rather damaging in the long term. Plus, you don't just lose out on the hurtful/bad emotions.

Acknowledging and overcoming negative feelings takes more strength than simply ignoring them.

I agree, I think in the context of the comic with „stoic and strong“ it does feel weird to say that they do not make you weak, because he is obviously struggling.

Like you I think the point should be more about generally building up to better deal with all our emotions - even unwanted ones - and be more comfortable while experiencing them.

But I also see how in the comic it‘s easier to say to a buddy that he is not weak to comfort him to open up and then later on circle back to his ideas of strength and stoicism. But I think we have to rethink standards and ideas about masculinity and emotions for sure.