I once went to an exhibition of Hogarth’s satirical cartoons, I feel like the modern ones have managed to miss anyuthing about the style that made them good
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Caricature is one thing, this is somethign else!
Why are all political cartoons so damn ugly? Is it a competition between the cartoonists to draw worse and worse?
ReCursing@feddit.ukto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Is thinly-veiled political whinging really a question just because you used a question mark?English18·2 months agoWhinge is a perfectly reasonable word
ReCursing@feddit.ukto World News@lemmy.world•Liz Truss tells CPAC UK is ‘failing’ and needs Maga-style movement to save itEnglish1·2 months agoMany of London’s other rivers are underground now, and we could make it a nice scenic walk, or fill it with flowers and make it a bee corridor
ReCursing@feddit.ukto World News@lemmy.world•Liz Truss tells CPAC UK is ‘failing’ and needs Maga-style movement to save itEnglish12·2 months agoBecause they’re not conservatives, they’re radical regressives
ReCursing@feddit.ukto World News@lemmy.world•Liz Truss tells CPAC UK is ‘failing’ and needs Maga-style movement to save itEnglish5·2 months agoThe tories have any credibility? The government have any credibility? Hell, politics in this country has any credibility? Catapult every MP into the Thames, then p[ave the Thames.
ReCursing@feddit.ukto World News@lemmy.world•Trump calls Zelenskyy a ‘dictator’ as US rift with Ukraine deepensEnglish10·2 months agoNaah, cunts are warm, deep and desirable
Ah, I see. So not only not American enough, also not old enough
…I don’t get this one. I suspect it;s because I’m not American enough?
ReCursing@feddit.ukto Europe@feddit.org•MI5 lied to courts to defend handling of violent neo-Nazi agentEnglish4·3 months agoMI5 do domestic spying and MI6 do international spying
ReCursing@feddit.ukto Gaming@lemmy.zip•Fanatical have a great Special Editions Bundle and a Simulator Collection Bundle worth a lookEnglish6·3 months agoIs it worth playing Fallout New Vegas if I’ve never played any other Fallout games?
ReCursing@feddit.ukto Europe@feddit.org•MI5 lied to courts to defend handling of violent neo-Nazi agentEnglish7·3 months agoMI5 lied? The spy agency? They lied? What? No way!
They ain’t gonna argue in good faith so there’s no point talking to them, and just ignoring them doesn’t work. Humiliating them is the best option, and proving they are physically weak is one way to do that. The only other option is to destroy them by any means necessary
ReCursing@feddit.ukto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•How can I Legally Mess with ICE? [FALLBROOK: SIDE OF THE 395 ON RAINBOW GLEN, ~~ACTIVE~~ ICE RAID]English2·3 months agoI said throw them in a hole and then fill the hole in on top of them. I admit it’s not a plan that’s likely to be very successful
ReCursing@feddit.ukto Technology@lemmy.world•US and UK refuse to sign AI safety declaration at summitEnglish11·3 months agoAll regulation of new technology is pointless because the law is written by people who don’t understand it. And by “new technology” I mean anything invented after the year 1900
ReCursing@feddit.ukto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•How can I Legally Mess with ICE? [FALLBROOK: SIDE OF THE 395 ON RAINBOW GLEN, ~~ACTIVE~~ ICE RAID]English4·3 months agoThey wanna block the road, help them! Make the road completely impassable behind them. And in front of them. And under them. Just dig a big hole and chuck them in there. Then help your neighbours by refilling the hole to repair the road.
n.b. this may fail at the “legally” part
ReCursing@feddit.ukto World News@lemmy.world•Trump says Palestinians will have no right of return to Gaza under his planEnglish249·3 months ago“Ooh I have a choice between genocide or genocide with extra fucking awful fascist bullshit. Which shall I choose? I know, I’ll go for the obviously worse option because I’m a good person” <— you
Well yes, but they’re really fuck ugly awful caricatures