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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I like this comic because it highlights my consistent experience with arrogant parents acting as though I’m not truly mature or successful because I haven’t procreated.

That's not what the comic shows at all. It ends with a solitary burned out person pinning for the past.

There is no subtext of alienation or despair in my enjoyment.

Presumably because you're not the one who wrote the cartoon.

[–] kadaverin0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Are you blind? The first two panels show the female character pretentiously telling an adult male he'll understand satisfaction when he "grows up" and has a child.

You referred to the comic AND it's readers holding feelings of alienation and despair. Did you already forget what you typed?

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The first two panels show the female character pretentiously telling an adult male

With the implication that it's a lie, and the truth is in the fourth panel, yes.

You referred to the comic AND it’s readers

If you're sympathizing with the artist, you're buying into this dystopian fantasy of how the artist's burned out friend "really feels", yes.

But this is coming from inside the artist's brain.

[–] kadaverin0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago

With the implication that it's a lie, and the truth is in the fourth panel, yes.

"Dystopian fantasy"? It's a god damn internet comic not a polemical essay on the ethical superiority of antinatalism. It ain't that deep, bro.