• Ephera@lemmy.mlEnglish
    8·
    12 hours ago

    It amuses me that the joke wouldn’t have really worked without that rather pronounced depiction of an ass.

  • manxu@piefed.socialEnglish
    6·
    17 hours ago

    I knew it! That’s why autocorrect constantly switches important word(s) to “duck”!

    • Doug@piefed.socialEnglish
      718·
      22 hours ago

      he’s going to get raped by a duck. that’s the joke.

      rape is funny, right? The Boys said it was. “retarded” is back, rape jokes are back, who said time is linear?

      • Techno-rat@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        32·
        21 hours ago

        Idk i generally agree but the joke here isn’t really rape but more the subversion of expectations, the joke couldve easily been ‘yeah i learned last week the magpie steals shit’ cut to panel of their keys getting stolen, instead of them learning it through a book. The rape part is of course to heighten the shock value, and is thus more of a prop than the actual joke imo. So it’s not like the underlying message is ‘rape is funny right guys?’, but i definitely also see the objectionable part of using such serious topics like rape as a comedic prop

        Also sidenote, this is cyanide and happiness, that’s kinda their whole thing

        • Doug@piefed.socialEnglish
          155·
          21 hours ago

          I mean switch the character to a woman and ask yourself if rape is taking a backseat to the subversion.

          not my kinda humor and I get I’m the buzzkill here but uhhh, just wanted to state my feelings on the matter to maybe help some other like-minded person feel heard.

          • DaGeek247@fedia.ioOP
            114·
            19 hours ago

            Changing genders does nothing to this comic.

            Despite the word being used, it’s not actually a joke about rape. This is a joke on the same level as a weiner dog humping someone’s leg. The perspective of an overly amorous duck with the main characters butt in frame add to the humor of it, but it’s still only a crappy joke about an animal trying to get it on with a person.

          • Techno-rat@lemmy.blahaj.zone
            8·
            21 hours ago

            No no i getcha, should’ve maybe stressed the ‘its still objectionable’ part a bit more. All respect for being a buzzkill btw, that shit is often needed.

            • Doug@piefed.socialEnglish
              72·
              14 hours ago

              I mean I didn’t conflate anything; the comic writer opted for the term rape. there’s a whole separate argument about how maybe rape isn’t the right word in the rest of the animal kingdom because it has weight among humans and saying it’s the same thing gets used in a rapists’ mindset that it’s natural and justified.

              But that’s a whole ‘nother thread.

              Anyways, yeah, I did kick off. You shared your comic with rape in it and I’m putting in my two cents. No refunds for either of us, eh? Have a good one. Moving on, as you say.

              Edit: OP deleted their original comment wherein they told me to “kick off” and that I took a comic too seriously 🤷 just uuuh, discussing humor… if you’re mad for me saying jokes with rape aren’t funny to me, that’s your prerogative just as it is mine to state an opinion.

            • Doug@piefed.socialEnglish
              4·
              14 hours ago

              Nah they put boobs on ‘em if they’re women; otherwise the default’s a man.

              Again I’ve moved on as OP implored me to do in their deleted comment, but uhhh, whatever drives engagement I suppose. 🤙

              • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
                1·
                14 hours ago

                that’s your interpretation of stick figures but okay. they put boobs on them when it’s important that they’re female. they put a dick on when it’s important it’s male. that’s how stick figures work. otherwise they’re genderless.

                • rat@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                  3·
                  14 hours ago

                  I think its the writers’ interpretations too. They really only put dicks on them when the joke is specifically about the dick. There are plenty of times when the character is the normal stick figure with no dick, but explicitly gendered male. But when the character is explicitly gendered female, they always have boobs or a feminine haircut. Also in the animations the standard stick figures are always given masculine voices.

                • Doug@piefed.socialEnglish
                  2·
                  14 hours ago

                  Ok, if that’s what you think is happening. 🤙 agree to disagree. have a great day bud.

  • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
    5·
    21 hours ago

    A duck walked up to the lemon cake stand. And he said to the man, running the stand…