To give some context, this is the progressive era, which was a reaction to the excesses of the gilded age. Specifically: trustbusting was big under Teddy Roosevelt, attempting to introduce legislation to break up monopolies, and reform of the political system to make elections much more democratic (e.g. introducing direct elections).

So: this comic sits in the context of this political swing towards more open and transparent government and business, but before it was fully realised. Specifically, the date in 1909 is before the 17th amendment in 1912, which introduced direct election of senators, so the perception was of corrupt, unaccountable senate members.

I wish someone filled my mouth (with c*m)

'Sarah' by Thin Lizzy is one example.

This might bring you some joy

ballad of general ludd, in case it's of interest

I want to defend tragedy of the commons. The point is that if you have a resource that is depleted by use but that gives advantage to the individual user, then people are incentivised to use it.

However, the point we should take from it is the exact opposite of 'communism bad' -- it's that we need governance and regulation to prevent overuse of finite resources.

It's not necessarily malicious -- given general humour in this country, it's likely he wanted to lose weight and asked his friend to text him that daily as a form of motivation.

Edit: however, I'd like to point out that consensually being sent that by a friend is fundamentally different to having abuse thrown at you by a stranger on the internet for your body shape.

Based nhs

Usain Bolt would never let his tortoises get sleep deprived.

But other than that yeah the economy's down the shitter

I give up; the memes are too good. Where should I start watching Star Trek?

Why is the cat British and/or a pirate?

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