I’m starting to feel like more and more of these comics here are just political opinions not even intented to be entertaining.

I don’t think tax cuts alone are going to make it possible to live off single person income.

Male genital mutilation isn’t really a thing where I’m from so I’d say probably not.

No, I’m sure it’s probably that easy and they simply refuse to do so because they’re evil. I wish Lemmy would run the world so we’d have all things sorted out in no time.

In order to live off of one person’s income that person either needs to earn a shit ton of money or prices needs to come down significantly. That’s not something anyone can just make happen like that.

As if that’s something you can do just like that

My theory is that if we split people into two groups - those who hit snooze and those who don’t - and dropped them on a desert island to survive, one group would rebuild civilization while the other descended into chaos and perished.

Think about all the things you used to wish for that you now have. Did it stop you wanting more things?

Having things is not fun. Getting things is fun.

Shooting up a school is the easiest way to go from nobody to everyone talking about you the next day. Grim but true.

If I were a dictator I’d probably make it illegal to publish the names or any other information about the shooter. Even better if media wouldn’t report on the shooting at all but I feel like prohibiting that would be taking it too far.

And even if not, I’d rather be miserable on a cool bike.

When I was like three I watched the property maintenance dude plowing snow on our building’s front yard with a pickup truck and I thought that not only was it the coolest job in the world, but oh, how badly I wanted a truck like that too.

Fastforward 30 years and there I’m staring at one in the used cars parking lot at the local dealership realising it’s what I’ve always wanted and I can actually afford it too. Now I get to stare at it every single day because it’s mine. I even ended up starting my own business later so now it’s not only fun to drive and beatiful to look at but also useful.

For your emergency fund maybe but the interests are a lot higher when invested into something like S&P500. Failing to do so means leaving money on the table.

Exactly, plenty of genres to choose from in the spawn menu. I too chose to like niche artists only.

I hope you’re not keeping that on your bank account. Make it work for you. I’ve put all my savings into diversified, low-cost index funds.

I recently reached a point that I could pay off my house if I wanted to. I’m really tempted to, but I think I’ll just keep it invested.

I can’t imagine why they would have phones of any kind, let alone smartphones. If there’s any truth to this article I’d say it’s the Russians who went like ‘Oh, you’ve never seen porn before? Well check this out!’

That’s a really black and white way to look at it. These are complex issues. Any attempt to find a simple explanation to them is by definition going to be oversimplifying it massively.

the assumption that their compliments are all or mostly insincere

I disagree that this is being claimed here. Stereotypes don’t imply that everyone, or almost everyone in that group is like that.

That user is on my blocklist so I haven’t seen their comment and I was asking you anyway.

incorrect stereotype

I’d argue it’s not, in fact, incorrect. Sure you can say it is but that doesn’t really prove anything. Stereotypes stem from reality.

if you swapped either or both of the characters in the comic out for men, it would no longer work as a joke.

Ofcourse it wouldn’t. It’s a stereotype about women. If you made the same joke about men it wouldn’t be funny because it would be completely made up. Equivalent joke about men would be two guys being nasty and talking shit to eachother but neither actually meaning it.

You still haven’t explained what’s deeply misogynistic about this cartoon. Or was that a joke too?

Not all women, no, but some definitely are. Stereotypes come from reality. While they don’t apply to every individual, it does apply on a group level especially when compared to other groups. If this was completely made up nobody would find it funny. People find it funny because there’s a kernel of truth there. It’s not misogynistic to aknowledge that women as a group act differently to men.