I am reminded of this banger of a song by They Might Be Giants:
I know politics bore you
But I feel like a hypocrite talking to you
And your racist friendhttps://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/theymightbegiants/yourracistfriend.html
Now, I agree with her, but the cartoon falls flat.
She’s not just being chill she is being 100% accurate.
It’s no different than going to a dinner and saying Adolf Hitler was a bad guy.
Tbf “We’re having a nice dinner, do we have to talk about the horrors of the holocaust, again? Can we talk about something nice for a few minutes?” is a valid want.
Especially in a world inundated with 24/7 news cycles constantly feeding news to make people scared for ratings, and an internet consolidated into six fucking websites full of those scared people posting about those same things, and all art being made by those scared people so it also contains allusions to the same sentiment, sometimes you just want to talk about that cute thing your cat did earlier, what fun book you’re reading, how cool salamanders are, whatever, and that’s fine.
A few times Ive had to tell my other half “Can we talk about literally anything else for the next hour”. I know what is going on because of the things you pointed out, and sometimes I want to exist for five minutes without hearing that the fbi is hiring puppy fuckers or whatever is happening today.
Guys come on, it’s christmas. Even Hitler had a family…
I mean… Obvious facts are pretty chill. The sky is blue at noon. Healthy grass is green. Genocide is happening in Gaza.
Her mistake was sitting at a table with anyone who would deign to disagree with that statement.
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I know it’s because the artist is Muslim but I really wish non-Muslims were saying this.
They do, a lot actually.
I’m aware, just want more.
Benjamin Netanjahu is a war criminal
Lots of us have been, way, way before the governments of Europe were willing to say as much. Trump, and most of Congress, is still a bunch of complicit assholes. We’re just not made out of cartoons.
I don’t get it. All I see is someone being chill.
I mean, its pretty common knowledge thats extremely agreeable, right?.. Right?
By now, yes. I remember getting into an argument shortly after Oct 7th because I already had an idea what was about to happen. I wonder what that person says now.
Yes, and a pretty extreme case; but so are most recent U.S. presidents.
It’s pretty chill that they said that
Yeah, seems chill to me.
she only speaks the truth
still chill
I know, I just can’t do anything about it. Would you please pass the butter?
…you already have, here’s some salt.
Things can be both factually true and bad dinner conversation at the same time lol
Meanwhile everyone else will just use vieled comments to punch down and instigate. But that’s fine because they’re “just telling it like it is”. Fuck that shit. Walk into every room decrying nazis and shame anyone who protests. It is impossible for things to be chill while fascist abound, they’ll make sure of it.
I mean, they probably didn’t say that out of the blue, right?
I have my reservations about the curly-haired one who expects friends to shut up in front of bigoted hosts.
