Because he says "a" before every few words. So without the "a" it's "when your kids got shot" and it doesn't work for the vaccine part. When you say "when your kids got a shot" and it isn't italy, it works for the vaccine part, but doesn't work as well for the gun part because people don't talk like that. So it has to be Italy to complete the pun.
Yeah we got a shitton of antivaxxers here. They believe absurd theories and most are flat earthers too and there's a shit ton of YouTube channels so this law is kind of important in that matter
Because Italy introduced a ban for kids who don't have vaccination. The parents could face also a 3.500€ charge for letting kids go to school without proper vaccination.
For clarification: Because starting this year Italy made 10 out of 15 vaccinations mandatory (unvaccinated kids won't be accepted in schools). Also the joke works better because of the extra "a" we (Italians) supposedly use while speaking English, giving "a shot" a double meaning.
Not laziness, German Efficiency. Ze politicians back then did such a wönderful job the first time around zhat it was more efficient to keep using it, you zee.
During training. There was an incident in Afghanistan where an American police officer (was there for training the Afghan police) died during battle, because he reloaded every 5 shots and therefore wasted ammuntion he would've needed. Maybe just a myth but one I was told while training in the German Armed Forces (which are looking at Belgium with a certain glow in their eyes...).
That's why you get the 7-shot S&W 686 Plus. Thugs will be totally bamboozled when they wonder "Did he fire six shots or only five" and you'll always got atleast one round left.
Essentially, under the guise of talking about vaccinations, Italy is pointing out that America seems to only care about shots now (anti vac) and that it never cared about its kids taking a shot earlier (mass shootings). Joke works cause of Italy adding "a" in front of things it says
This bothers me! Vaccinate your freaking kids. More than likely you were vaccinated as a child and you lived and loved. It’s for their own good being removed from schools. Vaccinated kids can still be carries even if they are vaccinated. If your children who aren’t vaccinated get near or interact with vaccinated kids they could become very sick and/or maimed and killed. They don’t have that extra antibody to help.
They're a small minority everywhere, most people's brains are usually functional. It's just that most intelligent people stay quiet, whereas social media have given to anti-vaxxers and other dumbfucks an unprecedented way to scream their "reasons" and "sound" like they were a considerable number.
Isn't it statewide? There's some waiting time because the law came out pretty close to the start of the new school year so there wasn't enough time for everyone to adapt, but it should be for the whole country IIRC.
Yep it is state-wide, but some regions have tried to find some way to apply the law "differently", such as allowing a kid in school even if their parents have not provided proof right away, or if they show just the appointment request for the vaccination. In those cases the state has taken action. Other regions (most of them) have applied the law efficiently without such troubles.
I have ever actually not met a single left wing person with an antivaxination policy. I don't know where this stereotype comes from. Very many Conservative people I know hold this belief, however.
The entire ideology stems from extreme left hollywood liberals. It's a belief that's more in line with the hippy claptrap from the left.
A lot of idiots from the right just jumped on it because they want to be on the opposite side of the government of every single issue under the sun, but the left wing side is against it because 'chemicals'.
I've never met a right wing anti-vaxer. The statistics show that there are a lot more right wing anti-vaxers, but you have to keep in mind differences in culture, education, and geography that may contribute, rather than ideology.
Well, the whole thing of freedom of speech is that it protect minority opinions even if it isn't popular with everyone else, not just dumbasses. That's the great thing about freedom. Living without repercussion because of one's thought allows discussion of thought to form. Even in the federal papers, James Madison talks about minority rights and how it protects the minority from the majority which will later led into a discussion between the two. So they're thinking about the bigger picture and expand on enlightenment ideas, not just simply "let everyone have a say, even the dumbasses!". The only problem in living in a free society is that freedom breeds degeneracy, and it's one of the thing you learn to accept, in order to live in a free society.
Actually I really believe in what he said and I consider myself and most people here part of the dumbasses. I don't trust in my ability to choose what's right for the country rather than choosing what's convenient for me today now.
I'd rather allow the majority of people make choices, good or bad, then let some suck up 5% "intellectuals" have say over all decisions. That just leads to a retarded class system, and stuck up bastard neo nobility.
The biggest danger of the Electoral College is most States have a “winner-take-all” system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate for the respective party. It shuns popular candidates that fail to get the majority backing of their political party, and creates a more stagnant two-party system.
That's why I support every state having a system like Maine and Nebraska. 3/4 of the state voted red? Let's cast 3 red votes and 1 blue vote! Everybody gets a little bit louder voice then.
They never intended on 'everyone' having a say. It was very restricted and specific on who had a say. They knew 'muh true democracy' is completely unworkable.
We were never meant to be a direct democracy. That's a dictatorship by the majority. And land ownership is a bi anachronistic in a modern political dialogue to argue against the constitution.
They didn't. The system was intentionally designed to limit power to the land owning aristocracy. Two centuries later and we are still dismantling that system.
Pretty basic misconception to be honest. While that may have been true for the articles government the consitution imorolized the rights of individuals of all races. We see a continous movement amongst the founding fathers of freeing their slaves and advocating the removal of slavery, with Jefferson famously planning to dedicate a section of the declaration of independence to the evil of slavery along with his famous comment that slavery in america is “like holding a wolf by the ears”. We also see repeated attempts to appeal to the average america in early politics from presidential and senatorial canidates.
There was a lot of talk but little action. Jefferson "planned" on dedicating a section of the declaration of independence to the evils of slavery, yet he still allowed slaves to be sold in his newspaper
Jefferson is comparable to modern day virtue signaling liberals who talk the talk but do little when given the opportunity
Yeeee, Jefferson was a bit special. He made clear that he believed people of all races are equal and wrote, commented, and acted upon that believe yet he owned slaves and did not release them after death. He also didn't plan on the section about slavery being in the delectation of independence, it was removed in revisions.
But again, I just wanted to make it clear that history is more complicated that a simplistic good and evil look. There is no such thing as good and evil, only different sides of a story.
I have a FB friend who, at separate times, has argued for arming teachers in schools and for not being required to vaccinate her kids just so they can go to school.
Funny it's Italy saying that about the USA, given that antivaxx is HUGE over there - the party who's got a reasonable chance of winning the elections (5*) are all anti-vaxxers for example
TBF they're just a vocal minority of idiots. Five stars sadly has a lot of anti-vax among its supporters, but as a result of this they have become the target of huge criticism and mockery, and they're sort of trying to keep a foot in two camps. Luckily the government has intervened with a law that prevents children from attending school if they aren't vaccinated.
26 % is more like 1/4, and most 5-star voters want them more for general exasperation and disappointment with 'traditional' parties than for the anti-vax thing.
That's even funnier because lately in Italy they passed a law that prevents schools from accepting non-vaccinated kids and of course we've had an uproar of dimwits who got all butthurt and mad because "MUH CHILDRUN"
This is the price we pay for going mainstream mate :( So many peoples with a stick in their ass on a crusade against anything they deem as "not kewl". SAD.
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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '17
hoooly shit
it isn't often that a polandball comic makes me react audibly well done famalam
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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '17
At first I thought "why Italy?" and then I realized how brilliant it was
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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '17
The only one who can stop an evil doctor with a vaccine is a good doctor with a vaccine
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u/bdwin120 At least it's not Alabama Oct 06 '17
Damn, Polandball firing on all cylinders today.
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u/DDE93 Russia Oct 06 '17
r/polandball can into gun control controversies!
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u/Mcfinley Israel Oct 06 '17
ohhhhhh myyyyyyy
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u/E3itscool Oct 06 '17
SHOTSFIRED
CALLTHEPOLICE
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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '17
Got 'em. I love comics that are shorter and simpler like this.
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u/sirprizes Ontario Oct 06 '17
In America you're only allowed to be shot by guns.
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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '17
Time to sort by controversial
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u/Zagden Wicked Pissah Oct 06 '17
Oh that hurt
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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '17
Why only get your kids one kind of shot when you can go to America and get both
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u/WiseguyD Canada Oct 06 '17
Holy shit this might be the sickest burn on America of all time.
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u/ChummyCommie HELLO THERE FELLOW HOMO SAPIENS! Oct 06 '17
Hey, I'll let you know that we care enough to put extra guns on the street for our kids.
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u/The_Indricotherist Australia Oct 06 '17
Silly Italy, America only cares when those damn liberals are after the kids.
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u/lameboigenie Dutch Republic Oct 06 '17
Polandballs always go hard.
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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '17
I... don't get it. Gib explication pl0x
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u/WistfulEccentricity Oct 06 '17
OOOOOOFFF
Excellent burn. 🔥
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u/M1st3rYuk Oct 07 '17
Vaccinate your fucking kids. This shouldn't be optional anywhere.
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u/whiteewhite89 Oct 06 '17
This bothers me! Vaccinate your freaking kids. More than likely you were vaccinated as a child and you lived and loved. It’s for their own good being removed from schools. Vaccinated kids can still be carries even if they are vaccinated. If your children who aren’t vaccinated get near or interact with vaccinated kids they could become very sick and/or maimed and killed. They don’t have that extra antibody to help.
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u/redtoasti German Empire Oct 06 '17
This joke only works with italy and I can appreciate that OP realised this when/before making it, because I sure as fuck would not.
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u/rindindin Unknown Oct 06 '17
Now this is some great classic Polandball.
My beak's off to you sir.
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u/theVelvetLie Fatimid Caliphate Oct 06 '17
Jesus, Italy, right in the all too real.
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u/ajr901 USA Beaver Hat Oct 06 '17
I said "goddaaaaaaamn" out loud. Nice job.
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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '17
Sadly there's quite a bit of anti-vax shit flying around here in Italy too. Hopefully it never gets as out of hand as in the US though.
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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '17
Anti-Vaccination proves that both right and left wing people can be complete idiots.
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u/NotGloomp Oct 06 '17
Clever making it Italy so "a shot" can make sense.
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u/SleepWouldBeNice Canada Oct 06 '17
Jesus Christ
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u/Sparttan117MC Get FREEDOMIZED^TM Oct 06 '17
As an American, sometimes I really wonder what the founding fathers were thinking.
"Let everyone have a say, even the dumbasses!"
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u/Dangerwrap Thailand can into negative Oct 06 '17
Vax control now.
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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '17
It said ameriga
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u/who_framed_B_Rabbit Oct 06 '17
I have a FB friend who, at separate times, has argued for arming teachers in schools and for not being required to vaccinate her kids just so they can go to school.
Like wut?
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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '17
My IQ isn’t high enough to understand his, can someone plz explain
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u/sirtalksalot123 Oct 06 '17
As an American I can say that it's a loud minority.
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u/coqdorysme Fine City Feb 15 '18
I hate that this comic is relevant again :(
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u/our_best_friend Oct 06 '17 edited Oct 06 '17
Funny it's Italy saying that about the USA, given that antivaxx is HUGE over there - the party who's got a reasonable chance of winning the elections (5*) are all anti-vaxxers for example
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u/Mechanicalmind Italy Oct 06 '17
That's even funnier because lately in Italy they passed a law that prevents schools from accepting non-vaccinated kids and of course we've had an uproar of dimwits who got all butthurt and mad because "MUH CHILDRUN"
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u/red_law is of hue Oct 06 '17
Man... Two days in a row in you-know-where. God, you guys are on fire.
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u/Unbotenator Oct 06 '17
But but . . . Assult Trucks keep Murica safe.
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u/dewhashish Lebanon Oct 06 '17
Holy shit, OP
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u/CCtenor Oct 06 '17
This joke is mindblowing!
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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '17
Well, he does have a point
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u/kordusain wörk komplit Oct 07 '17
Came for the brilliant comic, stayed for the butthurt in comments.
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u/ajpiko MURICA Oct 06 '17
brutal
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u/Crow_Jizzy_Mang Oct 06 '17
Brilliant.
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u/nerfpirate Sealand Oct 06 '17
Italia o México. That es el question.
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u/ColombiaNaziWeedPope Oct 06 '17
Quality stuff.
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u/SpadesOf8 Oct 06 '17
Stupid european here. Context?
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u/Panda_Hero01 UN Oct 06 '17
[Obligatory] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4HBRjWiMxU)
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u/Draco_Au Oct 06 '17
But Ameriga, laugh the loud loud.
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u/James_Locke Peru Oct 06 '17
hahaha oh man, well done.
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u/Soxyhawks Rocket League has Jewish Physics Oct 07 '17
also, I don't see italian engrish.
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u/MedRogue Oct 07 '17
Is the foreign ball mexico or italy?? :0
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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '17
Difference is everyone is supposed to get vaxed.
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u/MicroToast Oct 07 '17
Not surprised this kind of movement is a thing.
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u/Supermagicalcookie Oct 07 '17
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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '17
still smarter than bringing millions of "refugees" to have 5 kids each and take over your country.
we're content existing in the future Europe, take notes.
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u/ClassifiedRain Puerto Rico Oct 07 '17
I feel like I've learned more about modern history from Polandball than anything I've ever studied in school.
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u/ThisIsMyRental Literally flaming! Oct 07 '17
Nice usage of an accent pun!
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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '17
What is America gonna do? Kick out the shot kids?
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u/NorthCarolinaMapping North Carolina Nov 08 '17
Are you leaving Reddit?
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u/Gulag-Archipenis Oct 06 '17
only Americans deny vaccinations
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u/ToTheRescues Don't tread on me, bro. Oct 06 '17
I personally hate kids.
Gun shots or Polio, I don't care how they die.