Pearls Before Swine

[Tony T]

Today's comic:

[thwart]

Reminds me how much I dislike Pastis.

No need to pour gasoline on a raging fire.

Nineteen cyclists dead in NYC already this year...

[joosttx]

Originally Posted by thwart

Reminds me how much I dislike Pastis.

No need to pour gasoline on a raging fire.

Nineteen cyclists dead in NYC already this year...

well said

[eddief]

we're next.

[Vientomas]

There is enough hate going around. I certainly don't want to see it in the funny pages.

[Burnette]

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.

[echappist]

Originally Posted by Burnette

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.

Of course it does, but what exactly is this mocking? And what exactly is the take-away message?

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.

[Burnette]

Originally Posted by echappist

Of course it does, but what exactly is this mocking? And what exactly is the take-away message?

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.

Read my post, he's not mocking all cyclist, he's mocking a zealot and again, per my post, they are among us.

[echappist]

Originally Posted by Burnette

Read my post, he's not mocking all cyclist, he's mocking a zealot and again, per my post, they are among us.

I did read your post. Except in this cartoon strip, that zealot is representative of all cyclists. There's only one cyclist in the strip, and his name is Jeff (the person portrayed).

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

[joosttx]

Originally Posted by echappist

Of course it does, but what exactly is this mocking? And what exactly is the take-away message?

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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[Burnette]

Originally Posted by echappist

I did read your post. Except in this cartoon strip, that zealot is representative of all cyclists. There's only one cyclist in the strip, and his name is Jeff (the person portrayed).

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

No, I think you're not giving people enough credit. To your point there are some small minded people, sure, but they aren't the majority of your peers.

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.

[Ken Robb]

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.

[Burnette]

Originally Posted by Ken Robb

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.

Something is wrong with both of us because I actually thought the same thing, Ha!

[johnniecakes]

Originally Posted by Ken Robb

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.

Not to be a stickler for details but his name is Jef, he dropped the second 'f' to save weight.

Now I am off to play a baseball game with a beagle in centerfield since I saw it in the COMICS

[makoti]

Originally Posted by johnniecakes

Not to be a stickler for details but his name is Jef, he dropped the second 'f' to save weight.

Now I am off to play a baseball game with a beagle in centerfield since I saw it in the COMICS

Beat me to it. Jef the Cyclist. A friendly poke at the creator of Frazz, Jef Mallett. https://www.stand-magazine.com/the-a...or-jef-mallet/