Pearls Before Swine
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Reminds me how much I dislike Pastis.
No need to pour gasoline on a raging fire. Nineteen cyclists dead in NYC already this year... |
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can't wait for Trump to re-tweet that cartoon
we're next.
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There is enough hate going around. I certainly don't want to see it in the funny pages.
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It's Out There, The Toon And The People It Mocks
Art imitates life. Comedy exposes an inconvenient truth and finds humor in it.
There was even a guy on this board that was a fan of following drivers to their homes and arguing with them. His last escalation involved following a woman drive home and arguing with her husband in their driveway. |
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The cyclist is shown to be in cycling gear, even not on a bike, thus suggesting that he's some sort of an "other". That he suggests an outrageous (and unlawful) response takes the issue away from accidental swerving and into the territory of "look at how unreasonable these misfits are". The original offense is trivialized, and the cartoonist goes out of his way to set up a strawman. Just lazy, cynical, and misanthropic. |
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Jeff is a caricature for all cyclists. Any nuances about mocking a small minority of the group is lost, as the presumption is that this is how all of the group behaves |
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We can indeed joke about Cowboys fans and still know that they "all" aren't whiners :) I think the internet has given small voices a bigger audience than they deserve and the ability for like minded individuals to congregate has had some bad consequences. Mature people can differentiate a person from a cartoon caricature and the context for which it's applied. For anyone thinking or doing harm to a cyclist because of a cartoon, it isn't the fault of the cartoon, that person has issues. You'll have more impact on the image of a cyclist where you are by how you interact with people way more than a cartoon. |
The cartoon is so far off the mark! Jeff The Cyclist would NEVER carry a lock on his bike because its weight might cost him a win in the town line sprint. :)
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Now I am off to play a baseball game with a beagle in centerfield since I saw it in the COMICS |
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But those folks with 'issues' are more likely to go ahead and act out if their view of certain people is reinforced and encouraged by those with similar interests on internet sites, or popular cartoon strips, or media commentators... ... or even leaders of nations. |
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Not really related to this cartoon, but yesterday I passed a cyclist, giving him about 5 feet. Then came to a stop, and while I was making a right turn, this cyclist passes on my right within a foot of me.
Only takes one to give us all a bad name. |
Seinfeld, "Humans They're The Worst!"
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Control what you can control, how you interact with others will have more bearing on events if we're honest. And always have the ability to laugh at yourself. |
I think Pastis has the arrogant roadie prick down pretty well. Every time I see Jef the Cyclist, I am reminded of past or present riding buddies. My wife says I'm not completely innocent some of Jef's attitudes.
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It reminds me of the tongue in cheek Velominati rules. It's a joke but some cyclist actually adher to a few if them :) http://www.velominati.com/the-rules/comment-page-8/ When they started some 9-10 years ago, The Rules helped codify some of the unwritten roadie traditions while also mocking those traditions. It was a tongue-in-cheek joke. Unfortunately, irony and satire are often too sophisticated for the general cycling public. The pompous, self-righteous, self-appointed road cycling mandarins who imagined they were promoting road cycling by protecting its purity and excluding those who did not cycle according to the rules latched onto The Rules as proof that they were right. https://www.google.com/amp/s/getmytr...nce-begin/amp/ |
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"12,412 Replies to “The Rules”" |
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Which brings us to the bigger picture. Your take of the cartoon is by default different from that of the average audience. You, I, and other roadies see the cartoon and recognize that the person illustrated is a caricature. I'm not sure the average audience views it the same way; s/he may think that the phenomenon illustrated is so pervasive, thus causing the illustrator to dedicate a panel to it. Whatever nuances you and I may see gets tossed out of the window. This strip does nothing but to reinforce the stereotype of cyclists. No, it likely won't result in people coming after cyclists, but are you as certain that it won't result in people having a more negative view of cyclists? |
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There Were No Victims This Day
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It's a humorous cartoon, adults get it. |
OMG you guys it’s a friggin cartoon. It’s 1am and I just rolled in from a 10 hour search and rescue mission. I’m happy that we were successful, wasted because I was humping some 40 pounds of gear about 15 miles and I can’t believe you are arguing over a cartoon.
It’s lampooning and both my cycling and non-cycling friends recognize it. My cycling friends are the ones who really think Jef the cyclist is funny. We need to laugh at ourselves. Take a slow deep breath. I’ve had more friends die in the mountains than on a bicycle. They’re both dangerous we just do our best to minimize risk. |
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Exactly, it's a humorous cartoon, people!
Of all the things I have to fear as a cyclist, a Pearls Before Swine Cartoon in no way resides among them. I hope some of these aren't dentist or lawyers, they couldn't handle the jokes :) |
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But it's the internet. We have to argue about Everything!
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