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(warning: godmode) i'm not easily offended but WTF
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Branduil said:
Theres a big difference between tastelessness and deliberate offensiveness, anti-semitism is illegal in many countries (Including the UK, it violates our racial hatred laws), and this comes very close to being anti-semitic, thanks to the Jewish imigary, and the setting, not good.
robertsan21
Member
wow that was not funny!
but I am not offended I could care less if he jokes about the holocaust but if you do, try to make if funny idiot
but I am not offended I could care less if he jokes about the holocaust but if you do, try to make if funny idiot
What still strikes me about all of this is how much intended awfulness there was in the comic.
1) It's not funny.
2) The comparison of two forms of the 360 doesn't make any sense for a "joke" about genocide and such. Not that you could do that "tastefully", but it isn't even logical.
3) The current form of the comic seems to indicate that the author is saying the Nazis were right, in as much as he is saying that the Nazis:Elite::Jews:360, and since we know the Elite is a superior piece of hardware compared to a stock 360, the necessary implication of the comic is ...
It's creepy, unfunny, and weird. All at the same time. Point 3 is what REALLY irks me about this comic, although I don't give the guy making it to see that that is what the comic would necessarily imply.
1) It's not funny.
2) The comparison of two forms of the 360 doesn't make any sense for a "joke" about genocide and such. Not that you could do that "tastefully", but it isn't even logical.
3) The current form of the comic seems to indicate that the author is saying the Nazis were right, in as much as he is saying that the Nazis:Elite::Jews:360, and since we know the Elite is a superior piece of hardware compared to a stock 360, the necessary implication of the comic is ...
It's creepy, unfunny, and weird. All at the same time. Point 3 is what REALLY irks me about this comic, although I don't give the guy making it to see that that is what the comic would necessarily imply.
DavidDayton said:
Well, the only possible meaning is that he is drawing a comparison between Hitlers "Final solution", and Microsofts Sku strategy, which is deeply offensive, if anything I expect Microsoft themselves to officially complain about this, because tongue in cheek or no, this may actually be seen as a libellous attempt to bring MS into disrepute, but hey, maybe i'm reading too much into it.
Also, thanks for your fantastic insight into my (And many other) countries anti-racism laws, I'm sure you can think of a better solution that makes sure filth like this is not only discouraged, but ulitmately punishable.
Prime crotch
Banned
He meant Branduil.DavidDayton said:
Red Scarlet
Member
Has there ever been a good/funny Godmode? Don't link to more.
Red Scarlet
Member
Cool, sounds good to me. It's that bad.
MaddenNFL64
Member
And I finally saw Schindler's List for the first time 2 days ago... WTF 
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.Merovingian
Banned
Free Speech is a double edge sword people, don't keep shouting from the streets your right to it, just know that you have the right to it.
Manp said:well. i never even thought of that. i guess it's too clever.
i was thinking of that Garfield "go back to bed" picture but yeah, whatever.
i really don't want to laugh at the people who lost their lives.
Well it is not laughing at the actual Holocaust, the humor is the irony that things die no matter what happens. I am surpised that it hasn't been mentioned in the mainstream blogs yet.
Branduil said:
Dear me you're so missing the point, we have laws against racial hatred, which, this strip can easily be seen as voliating them, Free speech is overrated, and as you can see, its abuse leads only to trouble, anyway, we have different standpoints on this, we wont change them, so lets agree to disagree?
Matt_C said:
In no way is that strip that clever, at all.
I've only read the first page so far but insensitive and offensive is okay. He 100% has the right to do a comic like that. He has the right to offend people. And even those offended know it's a joke. They don't have to be amused, but it's a joke.
But uh, the thing is with dark/racist/vile humor, like ANY comedy, it has to.. you know, be funny.
That shit wasn't even remotely funny. LOL BLACK 360 IS BETTER. Okay?
But uh, the thing is with dark/racist/vile humor, like ANY comedy, it has to.. you know, be funny.
That shit wasn't even remotely funny. LOL BLACK 360 IS BETTER. Okay?
Battersea Power Station
Member
I thought the animation was pretty good.Mr. Pachunga Chung said:
typhonsentra
Banned
White Man's comic was pretty confusing, but I can't wrap my mind around this one at all.
What's even happening? I guess the guy's shiny head burned them while reflecting the sun, but what's any of that got to do with Halo?
What's even happening? I guess the guy's shiny head burned them while reflecting the sun, but what's any of that got to do with Halo?
JzeroT1437
Member
typhonsentra said:White Man's comic was pretty confusing, but I can't wrap my mind around this one at all.
What's even happening? I guess the guy's shiny head burned them while reflecting the sun, but what's any of that got to do with Halo?
I'm so confused right now.
Segata Sanshiro
Member
Free speech is overrated and only leads to trouble? Paging George Orwell, George Orwell to the courtesy desk.
Skiptastic
Member
Branduil said:
Yeah, free speech should be supported and I'm not for censorship from the government. But I'm completely for browbeating this insensitive bastard into oblivion.
Merovingian
Banned
typhonsentra said:White Man's comic was pretty confusing, but I can't wrap my mind around this one at all.
What's even happening? I guess the guy's shiny head burned them while reflecting the sun, but what's any of that got to do with Halo?
Bald space marines?
In this case...bald..guy in a beach, giving a tan to a topless chick!?
:Motorbass
Member
because he is so WHITE get it?typhonsentra said:
Only read the first and last page so probably repeating stuff but hey this is the Internet.
From a comedy POV I think it's poorly thought out. Perhaps with 20gb PS3s as they are actually being discontinued it would be slightly funnier. Even so the analogy just doesn't stand up.
I'm not Jewish, so can't really comment on it's offensivness, but it doesn't seem to be offensive to jews IMO. Unless we're on the whole "don't trivialise the holocaust" thing, which I don't really get. Besides Nazis are funny and I find laughing at skinheads really puts them off.
I am from the UK and can tell whoever thinks this would contravene religious (not racial) hatred laws is waay off the mark. When those laws came in comedy was specifically mentioned as an area that was off bounds.
On freedom of speech. I'm an all or nothing kinda guy. But then I'm a "Man up, Nancy" kinda guy on most offensive things, I just find it virtually impossible to be offended and when I am realise that my offence is entirely down to myself.
Overall, bad comic (although par for the videogame comic course), no need for panty twisting, IMHO.
From a comedy POV I think it's poorly thought out. Perhaps with 20gb PS3s as they are actually being discontinued it would be slightly funnier. Even so the analogy just doesn't stand up.
I'm not Jewish, so can't really comment on it's offensivness, but it doesn't seem to be offensive to jews IMO. Unless we're on the whole "don't trivialise the holocaust" thing, which I don't really get. Besides Nazis are funny and I find laughing at skinheads really puts them off.
I am from the UK and can tell whoever thinks this would contravene religious (not racial) hatred laws is waay off the mark. When those laws came in comedy was specifically mentioned as an area that was off bounds.
On freedom of speech. I'm an all or nothing kinda guy. But then I'm a "Man up, Nancy" kinda guy on most offensive things, I just find it virtually impossible to be offended and when I am realise that my offence is entirely down to myself.
Overall, bad comic (although par for the videogame comic course), no need for panty twisting, IMHO.
JzeroT1437
Member
trh said:
I can honestly say I never would've got that. I figured it was a reference to some obscure anime or something. Way to make tenuous, asinine connections, comic-creator.
ratcliffja
Member
typhonsentra said:White Man's comic was pretty confusing, but I can't wrap my mind around this one at all.
What's even happening? I guess the guy's shiny head burned them while reflecting the sun, but what's any of that got to do with Halo?
The irony is that he failed to make a connection between the first panel and the rest of the comic.
Prince of Space
Banned
It's just another way to bash Halo (which this guy must REALLY hate, given how many times he's referenced it) inserted into another poorly, I-wish-was-superior-Japanese-man written/drawn/shat out comic.typhonsentra said:
Keru_Shiri
Member
I think the comic was more of a combination of "let's take a random stab at MS" while making a "lol, Hitler" joke, rather than a glimpse of some deep seated anti-semitism people seem to think the author has.
Of course, the comic, much like others, was still wholly unfunny, visually uninspired, and the comparison of MS SKU strategy to Nazi Germany was completely inaccurate.
If anything, this comic is a textbook example of internet humor. For sites like 4chan, or ytmnd, (and I'm sure countless others) jokes like these are their bread and butter. Godmode may have made a tasteless joke, but in no way are they the first or worst offender when it comes to things like this.
I guess it's a neccessary evil for free speech, but hey, I'm happy with going back to ignoring Godmode.
Of course, the comic, much like others, was still wholly unfunny, visually uninspired, and the comparison of MS SKU strategy to Nazi Germany was completely inaccurate.
If anything, this comic is a textbook example of internet humor. For sites like 4chan, or ytmnd, (and I'm sure countless others) jokes like these are their bread and butter. Godmode may have made a tasteless joke, but in no way are they the first or worst offender when it comes to things like this.
I guess it's a neccessary evil for free speech, but hey, I'm happy with going back to ignoring Godmode.
Son of Godzilla
Banned
I think there's room in the world for a comic depicting videogame consoles as holocaust victims, but this seems like an awful waste of that space.