Interesting take to say this could even be conceived of as an ad, as that's clearly based on like a 2009 Dodge. Interesting they used Bullet though, a company called Sterling used to make a heavy frame truck called the Sterling Bullet which would have been based on that body style of Ram.
Nah, Scott Adams is a hateful bigot. He thinks black people are a "hate group" - he truly went off the rails.
I don't really think this comic reflects its author's personal views at all. C&H has always been filled with shock comedy, black comedy, deliberate insensitivity, and silly puns, and everything is a target. This one doesn't really stand out as any different to how the comic's always been.
I don't really feel like there's ever really been a right-wing slant to these comics either. And I say that as someone who's ardently left-wing.
I mean, I remember it from like a decade ago when it first came out.
But before Lemmy it had been maybe 5 years since I saw one?
So maybe that's why it seems like a big change. Back then it was just dark humor, now it seems like it tries to piss people off and say "just a joke". Like, the quality isn't what I remember, even if it's trying to be the same thing.
Like comparing The Onion to Babylon Bee, they're both trying to do the same thing, the result isn't the same tho. There's a conservative slant that just makes it annoying. Like, both of those things are giant wastes of money, why are they the two options?
The only webcomic I kept up with was SMBC and xkcd
Pointless trucks, like in 90% of the cases. We are not talking about the people who actually use it for taking stuff with it on the field. We are talking about the assholes who drive it in cities "because it looks cool" or some shit.
In case you were just kidding, consider my comment null.
The conclusion that most trucks are pointless, or the conclusion that RAMs are garbage?
The former by living in a place where pretty trucks are everywhere, and there isn't a single scratch or dent on most of them (and they're usually lifted crew cab short box). The latter, personal experience. If you want a truck, get a Toyota or a Chevy
What I've gathered here is that you come from someplace weird with truck nuts who have definitely rubbed off on you enough that you make sweeping generalizations.
That said, I'm pretty sure Chevy is the only manufacturer I didn't see on the list of auto makers lobbying against right to repair.
Almost no one actually needs a full-size pickup. The only real exception is if you regularly haul heavy loads on trailers, but that doesn't apply to most full-size pickup owners. Most people buy them because it's part of an image they've been sold through the advertising industry.
I drive a 20-year-old mid-sized pickup with an extended bed and there has never been a single time when it hasn't been perfectly adequate for all my needs. It's also a 4-wheel-drive, but since I only ever use that feature on snow and ice and rough unpaved roads and am not an off-road enthusiast, it's not lifted and doesn't tower over other vehicles in traffic.
It's not an ad. The entire comic is setting up a pun around the male character feeling like he's dodged a bullet.
Its mocking overly-expensive weddings. It's mocking overly-expensive cars/trucks. It's mocking self-centred people in relationships who are oblivious to their partners' perspectives. It's mocking people who have no financial sense and see their wants as needs but are happy to dismiss their partners' wants as unimportant. It's mocking car adverts. But mostly, it's just a silly pun.
The joke here is "dodge bullet", as in "dodged a bullet". You can stop complaining now.
ITT: everyone missing the joke and whining about ad placement.
Good call. Big expensive weddings are silly.
Big expensive trucks are also silly.
But they're at least potentially useful.
Man vs Woman.
Wife Bad.
Big Car, Big Dick.
Man Leaves/Flees/MGTOW.
Women Expensive.
Showoff Wedding.
Eternal Bride.
The joke is that big trucks are just as frivolous as overpriced weddings, and both of these people are idiots.
No it's actually just a simple pun lol
It's both
Dodge hasn't even sold trucks in how many years
Huh? Is this like a secondary joke I'm missing?
Dodge trucks are all over the place round these here coal rolling parts. Most aggressive vehicles on the road.
https://www.ramtrucks.com/
Ram isn't Dodge
Ah. Today I learned.
Interesting take to say this could even be conceived of as an ad, as that's clearly based on like a 2009 Dodge. Interesting they used Bullet though, a company called Sterling used to make a heavy frame truck called the Sterling Bullet which would have been based on that body style of Ram.
They used "bullet" because the entire comic is setting up the joke about having "dodged a bullet".
Yeah, okay. But now there's two bullets flying about.
What is this garbage?
Came to Lemmy so I don't get advertising. Pretty sure infantile cartoon can be made without obvious product placement?
"Dodged a bullet". It's a brand name perfectly used to convey a joke.
Joke employed to feature product. Tomato, tomahto.
Ah yes, the dodge bullet, a totally real truck...
Except that Dodge doesn't make trucks anymore and hasn't for years. They're called Ram now.
What product do you think is being placed?
Careful, I just got down voted to shit for making the same mistake
It’s not a mistake. Creators need to be reminded product placement has zero role at Lemmy.
Just admit that you didn't get the joke. Now you just look petty.
I'm not sure when it happened, but the author of these comics definitely pulled a Scott Addams at some point.
Probably when he got enough money to start thinking Republicans make some good points about tax rates
Nah, Scott Adams is a hateful bigot. He thinks black people are a "hate group" - he truly went off the rails.
I don't really think this comic reflects its author's personal views at all. C&H has always been filled with shock comedy, black comedy, deliberate insensitivity, and silly puns, and everything is a target. This one doesn't really stand out as any different to how the comic's always been.
I don't really feel like there's ever really been a right-wing slant to these comics either. And I say that as someone who's ardently left-wing.
Classic case of the media not changing but the humor of the viewer did.
I mean, I remember it from like a decade ago when it first came out.
But before Lemmy it had been maybe 5 years since I saw one?
So maybe that's why it seems like a big change. Back then it was just dark humor, now it seems like it tries to piss people off and say "just a joke". Like, the quality isn't what I remember, even if it's trying to be the same thing.
Like comparing The Onion to Babylon Bee, they're both trying to do the same thing, the result isn't the same tho. There's a conservative slant that just makes it annoying. Like, both of those things are giant wastes of money, why are they the two options?
The only webcomic I kept up with was SMBC and xkcd
Oh, buddy. 2005 was 19 years ago.
Cyanide and Happiness has always been hit or miss. It's a collaboration between multiple cartoonists, and they're not all equally funny to everyone.
TIL it's multiple cartoonists.
For almost the first decade it was four.
There’s a conservative slant to The Onion?
No, to the Bee.
Wow, this is an absolutely wild take. What the fuck are you talking about?
It's a ripoff of a 30 year old bumper sticker joke...
I legitimately remember seeing them all over in the 90s.
And it's always been conservative assholes with the bumper sticker.
A Scott Adams? As far as I'm aware there's three authors.
Wife bad
That's not the joke. I'm amazed no one can get the joke here.
Big expensive wedding bad
(But pointless RAM truck also bad)
What's pointless about a truck? They're insanely useful and valuable!
Pointless trucks, like in 90% of the cases. We are not talking about the people who actually use it for taking stuff with it on the field. We are talking about the assholes who drive it in cities "because it looks cool" or some shit. In case you were just kidding, consider my comment null.
Most trucks are for looks, and don't actually get used for anything heavy-duty, and RAMs in particular are garbage
Now how do you come to that conclusion??
The conclusion that most trucks are pointless, or the conclusion that RAMs are garbage?
The former by living in a place where pretty trucks are everywhere, and there isn't a single scratch or dent on most of them (and they're usually lifted crew cab short box). The latter, personal experience. If you want a truck, get a Toyota or a Chevy
What I've gathered here is that you come from someplace weird with truck nuts who have definitely rubbed off on you enough that you make sweeping generalizations.
That said, I'm pretty sure Chevy is the only manufacturer I didn't see on the list of auto makers lobbying against right to repair.
True, Alberta
Probably also true
Huh. Interesting.
Almost no one actually needs a full-size pickup. The only real exception is if you regularly haul heavy loads on trailers, but that doesn't apply to most full-size pickup owners. Most people buy them because it's part of an image they've been sold through the advertising industry.
I drive a 20-year-old mid-sized pickup with an extended bed and there has never been a single time when it hasn't been perfectly adequate for all my needs. It's also a 4-wheel-drive, but since I only ever use that feature on snow and ice and rough unpaved roads and am not an off-road enthusiast, it's not lifted and doesn't tower over other vehicles in traffic.
Yeah this comic might be the worst I've seen. Like ad placement as well, wut?
It's not an ad. The entire comic is setting up a pun around the male character feeling like he's dodged a bullet.
Its mocking overly-expensive weddings. It's mocking overly-expensive cars/trucks. It's mocking self-centred people in relationships who are oblivious to their partners' perspectives. It's mocking people who have no financial sense and see their wants as needs but are happy to dismiss their partners' wants as unimportant. It's mocking car adverts. But mostly, it's just a silly pun.
Thank you for explaining the whole joke
...I don't mean that sarcastically, some people needed the explanation
Yeah, it's a meta bad humor joke. Wife bad and inconsiderate.
An ad for what? Dodge hasn't sold trucks for 14 years.
Not ok, Boomer.
Ad placements in Cyanide and Happiness? Things really are going to shit aren't they
There hasn't been a truck sold under the Dodge brand in over a decade at this point.
It's a pun, not an ad. Dodged a bullet.
Huh, I was about to call bullshit, but I guess Ram is now a subsidiary of Stellantis.
Same parent company but trucks were split off into the separate Ram brand after the 2008 recession.
Giant megacorp isn't going to spend product placement dollars promoting a branding they intentionally moved away from almost 15 years ago.
Oh shit I had no idea. The internet has made me so cynical
Everyone still calls it “Dodge Ram”
You forgot your /s