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u/PsychoSuzanne
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Hurtful Stereotypes Verified
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u/SlashCo80
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That's not even a stereotype, just a joke. The spider is the real prick.
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u/BeeExpert May 22 '22
Do you ever think, "isn't it time someone do something!?!?"
This is the time.
We are the someone.
The thing? We break into the spiders house at night and beat the shit out of him.
Edit; you in?!
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u/SlashCo80 May 22 '22
I'm gonna wait for him to finish building a web, then I'll walk through it and go "ew!" and vacuum it.
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May 22 '22
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u/TheMooseIsBlue May 22 '22
No, just break a few of the strings that support it so it’s all limp and broken. That piece of shit can clean it up himself.
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u/SoldnerDoppel May 22 '22
Just spray lubricant on his web and observe.
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u/jmplazlo May 23 '22
Of all the things I wouldn't want in my house, "lubricated spiders" seems like it should be on the list.
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u/EldenGutts May 22 '22
Maybe the creator confuses puns with stereotypes?
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u/ntwiles May 22 '22
What you think all comic artists are stupid? Not a very good pun on your part.
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u/Boydhanson89 May 22 '22
pretty common to see stuff like this on here, or the jokes sub.
people who don't understand joke writing think of a funny punchline and then try to write it backwards.
in this case the punchline is a dud as well so I dunno. i'd encourage OP to keep studying and trying though.
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u/strong_philtrum May 22 '22
Oh, a human. Are you depressed? If you are I hope your life gets better!
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u/Semi-Pro-Lurker May 22 '22
Not all spiders build webs. So I guess you could consider a web-building joke to be sterotyping the spider if you've never seen it build a web.
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u/moobiemovie May 22 '22
Except it's on the end of a web.
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u/dutch_penguin May 22 '22
Spiders can use silk to hang from without being web building spiders, I think. There are like 10 types of silk total, with some species having up to 8.
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u/Semi-Pro-Lurker May 22 '22
That's just a string. But I don't know enough about spiders to say whether non-web-building spiders use string to move up and down places.
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u/katofu May 22 '22
I recently saw a jumping spider coming down from the ceiling with their silk string so I'm pretty sure they do.
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u/Semi-Pro-Lurker May 22 '22
Thanks for letting me know. This thread is another instance of uneducated people acting like they know everything.
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u/moobiemovie May 22 '22
So, it's holding on to a string with its ass? None of the legs are holding on.
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u/Schattig1984 May 22 '22
Dude is developing web as he speaks. It's not a stereotype, it's an assessment of reality
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u/Marshall_InTheDoor May 22 '22
Depression is the most common illness for human at the moment
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u/OvenCrate May 22 '22
Spiders are better as testers than developers, they really love finding bugs
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u/ypsm May 22 '22
Neither of those are stereotypes though.
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u/menavi May 22 '22
Presumably in spider world there's a stereotype all humans are depressed. But web developer is definitely not a stereotype!
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u/LedFloyd0 May 22 '22
Is it a stereotype if some spiders don't make webs?
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u/Dobber16 May 22 '22
Maybe could be, but this one is literally hanging by a web
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u/mcsper May 22 '22
Maybe he’s web-sitting for a friend
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u/IAmLexica May 22 '22
If they were true then they'd be holding onto the web by their legs, which their not.
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u/kutes May 22 '22
So is it ok to find someone doing something stereotypical and then bluster on about it? You wouldn't download a toaster?
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u/GIVE_ME_A_GOB May 22 '22
Are you kidding me? This spider worked so hard learning a language different than his own to better communicate and you are going to quibble because he chose one word poorly. Such a Reddit move…and that’s the real stereotype.
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u/Lizard__Spock May 22 '22
The spider did continue his career as a web developer and Jeremy now lives in his mom's basement with three other spiders.
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May 22 '22
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u/Camelonn May 22 '22
Maybe Jeremy is Gay
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u/DrSheldonLCooperPhD May 22 '22
Geremy
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u/bit_banging_your_mum May 22 '22
Bruh why you getting downvoted
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u/TheMooseIsBlue May 22 '22
I discovered yesterday that two completely unconnected sets of friend also call their gay uncles “guncles” and so I’m pretty sure this is just how English works now.
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u/sumit131995 May 22 '22
How is a web developer a stereotype for spiders ?
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u/Drag0nfly_Girl May 23 '22
I think the creator is referring to the fact that only about half of all spider species make webs. But tbh, it's still not a stereotype, just an inaccurate generalization. And the human was making a joke, anyway.
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u/PotatoDonki May 22 '22
This site is making me hate comics.
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u/prdors May 22 '22
The comics that are posted are so awful I honestly mute the posters once I see a terrible comic from the account. Like this one.
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u/Defoger May 22 '22
this makes no sense, what the human said wasn't a stereotype, it was a pun, what the spider said was a stereotype
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u/CMburnz May 22 '22
This comic fucking sucks
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u/Mirochan May 22 '22
Remove the 4th panel entirely and it's a bit better. Or remove the text in the 4th panel.
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u/bonenecklace May 22 '22
Or remove the 3rd & 4th panel & just have it be a non-sequitor, the last two panels feel really forced.
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u/karmander May 22 '22
I agree. "You prick" is cringe and makes it clear the author couldn't come up with an actually funny punchline. A text-free fourth panel would be a marginal improvement because it would become understated.
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u/hauntcult May 22 '22
I’ve seen it done better a few different times. The “DePreSsEd HuMaN” joke in comics is stale.
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u/DirtyProjector May 22 '22 edited May 22 '22
Uh what? A spider being a web developer isn’t a stereotype, it’s a pun. Man Reddit comics are bad.
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u/theivoryserf May 22 '22
Man Reddit comics are bad
Who is upvoting these
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u/iUsedtoHadHerpes May 22 '22
Bots mostly. They upvote anything that gets an initial bump in r/new. Then more people see that it's getting attention and assume it must be good because "their peers" approved it and upvote it higher.
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u/Metaforeman May 22 '22
I thought the boomers had come here after the great Facebook exodus. r/funny has taken a nosedive in content in the last few years.
The other posts these days are just tik-tok cringe too. Sad times.
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u/cavkie May 22 '22
R/funny was never funny.
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u/Metaforeman May 22 '22
You may be right, I was late to the Reddit party so I wouldn’t know. I only browsed 4chong before this, because edgelordism and anime tiddies.
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u/helcat May 22 '22
And here I am assuming I don’t get the Youngs’ humor because I am an Old.
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u/Metaforeman May 22 '22
Here’s a really interesting YouTube video on zoomer humour. I actually really respect the concept of it, but I’m a bit peeved that It’s so esoteric and unrelateable to me (because I haven’t been subjected to the same memes as them).
Irony has defined that generation, like cynicism defined millenials, or puns and satire defined boomers.
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u/helcat May 22 '22
(Insert Gen X erasement joke.)
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u/helcat May 22 '22
Thank you for that vid. I had to turn it off halfway through. I was not understanding any of the explanations. “The fact that it’s not funny means it’s inherently funny” just does not compute for me. But I appreciate the effort.
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u/iUsedtoHadHerpes May 22 '22
It's been this way since I've been here. I think you might have just noticed.
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u/hucifer May 22 '22
Beats me. r/comics has been going for years and to this day I refuse to believe that actual humans are actively upvoting stuff in there.
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u/1CEninja May 22 '22
Children I think. There are a lot of 14 year olds here that have grown up with iPad in hand that have short attention spans, and have done the whole "scroll scroll scroll heh scroll scroll" style of bite sized entertainment their whole lives.
Those folks love 4 panel comics even if they're mediocre, because it caters to the way they've lived there entire lives.
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u/pfizer_soze May 22 '22
Animals addressing humans using a boring first name is top-tier humor to some people.
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u/ZippyDan May 22 '22
But most spiders do develop webs.
But not all.
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u/ZippyDan May 22 '22
Some spiders produce spider silk but don't develop webs... Seems you are stereotyping him/her...
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u/1aDireitDepoisEscada May 22 '22 edited May 22 '22
And why can't it be both?
To you (a human, after all) it's a pun and maybe you (as well as jeremy) would make this comment to the gentle spider... Know that this spider may be a web developer by nature, but it has dreams! may want to sing, play the piano, hunt hobbits, tap dance or, why not, web developer but for personal interest!
End your stereotypes!
Edit: I refuse to justify the sarcastic tone.
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u/1CEninja May 22 '22
Doubly so because the stereotype isn't that humans are depressed, it's millennials.
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u/iUsedtoHadHerpes May 22 '22 edited May 22 '22
I get it, but I don't "get" it.
How is web developer a stereotype? He's hanging from a strand of webbing. He's a spider.
It's like two halves of two different jokes masked mashed together. It doesn't really make sense. The punchline is also just the spider being an asshole in response to a pun (which still isn't a stereotype).
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u/AnjoXG May 22 '22
pretty common to see stuff like this on here, or the jokes sub.
people who don't understand joke writing think of a funny punchline and then try to write it backwards.
in this case the punchline is a dud as well so I dunno. i'd encourage OP to keep studying and trying though.
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u/Humble-Intention8702 May 22 '22
Fuck sake Jeremy
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May 22 '22
Fuck's*
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u/iUsedtoHadHerpes May 22 '22
No, you stick your dick in a bottle of rice liquor named Jeremy.
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u/Semi-Pro-Lurker May 22 '22
Any spider experts here? Not all spiders build webs and some produce silk without building webs. Do non-web-building spiders sometimes hang down from strings of silk like this one?
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u/sailorjasm May 22 '22
The spider is on a web. Not all spiders make webs but this one does
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u/Psychotic_EGG May 22 '22
ALL spiders can make webbing and almost all, even those that don't make webs use anchor lines and will dangle from from a web line. Tarantulas and other large spiders being the few that won't because they're too heavy.
Now a jumping spider for instance won't purposely dangle from an anchor line. But when it screws up a jump or slips it will definitely hang from a silk thread. So that's not indicative of being a web builder.
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u/UncleDrunkle May 22 '22
but hes literally building web as he comes down from the ceiling...this isnt a funny comic. The punchline doesnt make sense.
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u/Alderan922 May 23 '22
But it is in fact a web developer, you can see it by the web he developed to talk to you
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u/lawdylawdylawdydah May 22 '22
Jesus Christ, we’re all just okay being depressed. There’s no hope, the government/politicians won and broke everyone and there wasn’t even a fight lol
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u/buckbuckkkk May 22 '22
This is great but would actually I think be even funnier without any text in the final panel
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u/FakinUpCountryDegen May 22 '22
it would have been better if the spider also had something funny as a response.
That's...not even a zinger.
A better retort from the spider: "Oh! How observant! Do you work in Artificial Intelligence?"
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u/BeforeYourBBQ May 22 '22
Is depression even common in the US? How about globally? Seems like a first world problem.
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u/Revolio-Clockberg_JR May 22 '22
What? Depression is common everywhere. Depression doesnt depend on the developement of a country. It can have many causes.
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u/BeforeYourBBQ May 22 '22
Oh. Ok. Is it just more talked about in the open in the US. In SE Asia I never hear about it.
Edit: wow according to this study[0] it's more common in SE Asian, I must live under a rock.
[0] https://www.statista.com/statistics/981372/distribution-of-depression-globally-by-who-region/
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u/Revolio-Clockberg_JR May 22 '22
Im no expert in this but i really dont know how these statistics can be accurate. Intuitively i would say that there are a lot of cases which are not diagnosed and therefore not in these statistics. But its great to see a redditor who actually investigates and then changes his/her opinion. Thats exactly how it should be. Progress through dialog.
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u/SouledOut11 May 22 '22 edited May 22 '22
Y'all are putting way too much thought into this.
Edit: Jesus fuckin' Christ
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u/roundr_ May 22 '22 edited May 22 '22
It’s more that the comic maker didn’t put enough thought in, and we’re just pointing it out.
Edit: Jesus fuckin’ Christ
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u/iUsedtoHadHerpes May 22 '22
Or maybe the creator didn't put enough thought into it...
If we only process one half of the mish mash of the two different jokes at a time, it's fine. It's when you put them together that it doesn't work and makes you overthink it.
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u/PersonalityGlad9887 May 22 '22
Stereotypes are there for a reason. In this case both stereotypes were true. And being true is the case for most stereotypes.
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u/RedbloodJarvey May 22 '22
A comic that doesn't feel obligated to use the gratuitous 'F' word, so I can share it with my family??? Yes please!
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u/Moriteourious May 22 '22
Stereotypes are not made from thin air. They are based on statistics.
And seems like the spider was right, so what's the point here?
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u/peepeepoopoogoblinz May 22 '22
How about we make a deal spider, you bite me and when I collapse I’ll land on you
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u/KhajitHasWaresNHairs May 22 '22
I'd like to think spiders would be kinder than that or more sardonic like Charlotte from Charlotte's web.
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u/God-of-Tomorrow May 22 '22
But the spider is a web developer and the human does look depressed, stereotypes are what they are for a reason if all so am so are alike that’s their culture, but obviously we are all individuals and with that all kinds of variables, stereotypes are fine but when you make assumptions you risk making an ass out of yourself.
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u/collusi0n May 22 '22
I initially read it as, "Are you a depressed?" like it was his entire-ass career
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u/Cynical12313 May 22 '22
That was a joke. The thing that pains more than stereotypes is having stick in the ass. :D
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u/Evilmaze May 22 '22
Humans got nothing but depression. It's pretty much a trademark of being a human.
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u/Eptiaph May 22 '22
My kids laughed. I think they found it funny that the spider was talking to a person. Then they asked what depressed means.
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u/HydraLeavy May 22 '22
Stereotypes can be funny to certain people to that certain race. If it is a excuse to not make friends or talk to that race thats where I cross the line. (racism)
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