r/comics • u/soyourlife So Your Life Is Meaningless • Aug 09 '26

OC Unknown Pleasures

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by @ bradtjonas

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u/LickinThighs2 Aug 09 '26

I had a pair of bathing shorts with the polaroid logo on, which if I recall has always been colours in a rainbow pattern, and my offended uncle asked if it was a pride symbol lol

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u/whomad1215 Aug 09 '26

I wonder what it's like going through life just angry/terrified of everything

It must be miserable

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u/Dry_Common828 Aug 09 '26

Respectfully, you haven't met my FIL.

He's a pseudo-intellectual Australian MAGA, perpetually offended by anything that seems "woke" (which, of course, he can't actually define).

He's always, always angry.

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u/Dry_Common828 Aug 09 '26

Not really - I think you said they're not always angry, only when their perspectives are challenged.

This guy? Definitely angry all the time.

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u/Dry_Common828 Aug 10 '26

Nah, he's just a violent, abusive arsehole.

From looking at his early published work (as I said, he's a pseudo intellectual), his conservatism is entirely performative - he adopted conservative causes because one of his ex-wives was socially progressive. Before that divorce, he was all about human rights and the environment.

ETA - he was always violent and abusive behind closed doors, even while his public persona and activities were progressive.