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  • Pennomi@lemmy.worldtoComic Strips@lemmy.worldRookie mistake
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    6 days ago

    The characters were drawn in a more stylized way in order to add some levity to the punchline panels. You’ll find a similar technique in anime when the characters become chibi during comedic scenes. This emphasizes the idea that a scene shouldn’t be taken seriously.

    The artist probably could’ve gone further with the stylization here to drive the point in harder. Right now it looks more “unfinished” than an obvious style change for comedic effect.







  • I mean, it probably went down like this:

    Accountant: I discovered a discrepancy in the payout system, we paid people too much!

    Manager: Hey Engineer, somebody (not me) fucked up and now I need you to fix it, get me the list of everybody who owes us money.

    Engineer: Yes boss! … Ok here’s the list.

    Manager: Ok now I’ll just have Marketing send out an email to everyone on this list.

    Engineer: Well some of these people owe us only $0.23, we don’t need to bother them, right?

    Marketing: Too bad already sent!






  • It’s not sexist, it’s threatening.

    While you may mean well, the vast majority of times a woman is complemented by an acquaintance or stranger, it’s because that person is trying to hit on the woman.

    You might think “shouldn’t that be flattering?” No, it really isn’t. Every single woman I know has countless stories about how they have been harassed by desperate men trying to get into their pants. If you could barely walk into a public place without random strangers harassing you, you’d be soured on the idea too. To further compound the problem, men are on average bigger, stronger, and more aggressive than women.

    So as an example, I was out with my girlfriend once, walking down a crowded street. There was a group of people we had to walk around so we went single file. In less than 30 seconds, she already had some shitty man cat calling her with loaded compliments. I shoved some people aside to make sure I was standing next to her again and he shut up immediately. This is just a fact of life for most women.

    Men may not understand this because they only very rarely receive random compliments, but it hits very different as a woman.

    There is an appropriate time to compliment women, and it’s after you have already built up a trusting friendship. Besides, a compliment means more coming from a friend than a stranger.