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But it wasn't enough--the 4koma wanted more hatred, more drama, more anger. COVID-19 vaccines. Feed the beast. January 6 riots. Feed the beast. QAnon. Feed the beast. Undercover FED agents. Elon Musk. Ukraine. The beast consumes all.

[[WMG: Tats' descent into madness is because he doesn't actually have any consistent beliefs outside of trying to find something that he can devote himself completely to as "the absolute solution" to all his problems.]]
A fairly consistent element of his belief system (at least based on his writing) is that when he embraces a set of beliefs, he goes absolute HARD into them, almost with a religious fervor. Tellingly, there's also a consistent thread of him only shifting his beliefs after they don't seem to resolve whatever thing he wants them to be resolved (like trying to find a way to reconcile his interest in sexy women with ultra hardcore feminism, only to shift into anti-sex work and anti-porn rhetoric, etc.) in an easy, one size-fits-all package. It's like he wants for there to be some kind of [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity absolutely correct belief system in the most simplistic and straightforward way possible]] that will help him make sense of the world, easy to understand slogans about the patriarchy and so forth. [[GrayandGreyMorality But because the world isn't like that and usually has incredibly complex and difficult to resolve problems that need a lot of nuance and careful consideration]], this absolutely drives him up the wall, and thus his erratic beliefs just swing violently all over the place with little consistency other than his desire to be correct [[InsaneTrollLogic no matter how nonsensical his logic is.]] In essence, his core mindset is basically that of trying to find the one belief system that will prove him good and righteous with no more further effort needed on his part, but because that's not how the world works, [[IgnoredEpiphany it's basically him trading one absolute interpretation of an ideology for another with no chance of ever really internalizing anything]], because that'd mean acknowledging how true growth is a lifelong commitment with few perfect answers, not just something you can put on and expect everything to be fixed.

OKAY, CRACK FIC OVER! So, my point is that Tatsuya is sort of panicking about what to write about next. Online politics has diverged into various different issues—make a single tweet that trends and you'll get [[https://reddit.com/r/OrphanCrushingMachine your own personal subreddit]]. I don't think Tatsuya is actually unaware of the copyrights he throws in his works—in one comic, he correctly makes a Kamehameha pun with "Commie Commie Ha", and if he knows how "Kamehameha" is pronounced, I think he would know that Vegeta and Piccolo are currently good guys, not alien invaders.

Then come late 2010's—transgender people are being loaded into internet comments for ammunition in arguments, so Sinfest _had_ to have some of that hot-off-the-stove brand-new controversy, and started dunking on transgender people. I've been in some gender critical circles, and even the men in there don't really obsess over cisgender women "enabling" the epidemic predators using transitioning as a smokescreen to sexually assault women.

Trolls ultimately want to trick their victims into thinking they unironically believe in something, so Tatsuya is using some _actual_ villains and former villains in order to keep everyone guessing if he's a troll or just obscenely culture-blind

OKAY, CRACK FIC OVER! So, my point is that Tatsuya is sort of panicking about what to write about next. Online politics has diverged into various different issues—make a single tweet that trends and you'll get [[your own personal subreddit|https://reddit.com/r/OrphanCrushingMachine]]. I don't think Tatsuya is actually unaware of the copyrights he throws in his works—in one comic, he correctly makes a Kamehameha pun with "Commie Commie Ha", and if he knows how "Kamehameha" is pronounced, I think he would know that Vegeta and Piccolo are currently good guys, not alien invaders.

OKAY, CRACK FIC OVER! So, my point is that Tatsuya is sort of panicking about what to write about next. Online politics has diverged into various different issues—make a single tweet that trends and [[https://reddit.com/r/OrphanCrushingMachine|you'll get your own personal subreddit]]. I don't think Tatsuya is actually unaware of the copyrights he throws in his works—in one comic, he correctly makes a Kamehameha pun with "Commie Commie Ha", and if he knows how "Kamehameha" is pronounced, I think he would know that Vegeta and Piccolo are currently good guys, not alien invaders.

OKAY, CRACK FIC OVER! So, my point is that Tatsuya is sort of panicking about what to write about next. Online politics has diverged into various different issues—make a single trendy tweet and you'll get your own personal subreddit. I don't think Tatsuya is actually unaware of the copyrights he throws in his works—in one comic, he correctly makes a Kamehameha pun with "Commie Commie Ha", and if he knows how "Kamehameha" is pronounced, I think he would know that Vegeta and Piccolo are currently good guys, not alien invaders.

A fairly consistent element of his belief system (at least based on his writing) is that when he embraces a set of beliefs, he goes absolute HARD into them, almost with a religious fervor. Tellingly, there's also a consistent thread of him only shifting his beliefs after they don't seem to resolve whatever thing he wants them to be resolved (like trying to find a way to reconcile his interest in sexy women with ultra hardcore feminism, only to shift into anti-sex work and anti-porn rhetoric, etc.) in an easy, one size-fits-all package. It's like he wants for there to be some kind of [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity absolutely correct belief system in the most simplistic and straightforward way possible]] that will help him make sense of the world, easy to understand slogans about the patriarchy and so forth. [[GrayandGreyMorality But because the world isn't like that and usually has incredibly complex and difficult to resolve problems that need a lot of nuance and careful consideration]], this absolutely drives him up the wall, and thus his erratic beliefs just swing violently all over the place with little consistency other than his desire to be correct [[InsaneTrollLogic no matter how nonsensical his logic is.]] In essence, his core mindset is basically that of a fundamentalist trying to find the one belief system that will prove him good and righteous, but because that's not how the world works, [[IgnoredEpiphany it's basically him trading one fundamentalist interpretation of an ideology for another with no chance of ever really internalizing anything]], because that'd mean acknowledging how true growth is a lifelong commitment with few perfect answers, not just something you can put on and expect everything to be fixed.

A fairly consistent element of his belief system (at least based on his writing) is that when he embraces a set of beliefs, he goes absolute HARD into them, almost with a religious fervor. Tellingly, there's also a consistent thread of him only shifting his beliefs after they don't seem to resolve whatever thing he wants them to be resolved (like trying to find a way to reconcile his interest in sexy women with ultra hardcore feminism, only to shift into anti-sex work and anti-porn rhetoric, etc.) in an easy, one size-fits-all package. It's like he wants for there to be some kind of [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity absolutely correct belief system in the most simplistic and straightforward way possible]] that will help him make sense of the world, easy to understand slogans about the patriarchy and so forth. [[GrayandGreyMorality But because the world isn't like that and usually has incredibly complex and difficult to resolve problems that need a lot of nuance and careful consideration]], this absolutely drives him up the wall, and thus his erratic beliefs just swing violently all over the place with little consistency other than his desire to be correct [[InsaneTrollLogic no matter how nonsensical his logic is.]]

A fairly consistent element of his belief system (at least based on his writing) is that when he embraces a set of beliefs, he goes absolute HARD into them, almost with a religious fervor. Tellingly, there's also a consistent thread of him only shifting his beliefs after they don't seem to resolve whatever thing he wants them to be resolved (like trying to find a way to reconcile his interest in sexy women with ultra hardcore feminism, only to shift into anti-sex work and anti-porn rhetoric, etc.) in an easy, one size-fits-all package. It's like he wants for there to be some kind of [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity absolutely correct belief system in the most simplistic and straightforward way possible]] that will help him make sense of the world, easy to understand slogans about the patriarchy and so forth. [[GrayandGreyMorality But because the world isn't like that and usually has incredibly complex and difficult to resolve problems that need a lot of nuance and careful consideration]], this absolutely drives him up the wall, and thus his erratic beliefs just swing violently all over the place with little consistency other than his desire to be correct no matter how nonsensical his logic is.

A fairly consistent element of his belief system (at least based on his writing) is that when he embraces a set of beliefs, he goes absolute HARD into them, almost with a religious fervor. Tellingly, there's also a consistent thread of him only shifting his beliefs after they don't seem to resolve whatever thing he wants them to be resolved (like trying to find a way to reconcile his interest in sexy women with ultra hardcore feminism, only to shift into anti-sex work and anti-porn rhetoric, etc.) in an easy, one size-fits-all package. It's like he wants for there to be some kind of [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity absolutely correct belief system in the most simplistic and straightforward way possible]] that will help him make sense of the world, easy to understand slogans about the patriarchy and so forth. [[GrayandGreyMorality But because the world isn't like that and usually has incredibly complex and difficult to resolve problems that need a lot of nuance and careful consideration]], his erratic beliefs just swing violently all over the place into this big pile of mush with little consistency other than his desire to be correct no matter how nonsensical his logic is.

A fairly consistent element of his belief system (at least based on his writing) is that when he embraces a set of beliefs, he goes absolute HARD into them, almost with a religious fervor. Tellingly, there's also a consistent thread of him only shifting his beliefs after they don't seem to resolve whatever thing he wants them to be resolved (like trying to find a way to reconcile his interest in sexy women with ultra hardcore feminism, only to shift into anti-sex work and anti-porn rhetoric, etc.) in an easy, one size-fits-all package. It's like he wants for there to be some kind of [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity absolutely correct belief system in the most simplistic and straightforward way possible]] that will help him make sense of the world, easy to understand slogans about the patriarchy, matriarchy, wokeness, and all. [[GrayandGreyMorality But because the world isn't like that and usually has incredibly complex and difficult to resolve problems that need a lot of nuance and careful consideration]], his erratic beliefs just swing violently all over the place into this big pile of mush with little consistency other than his desire to be correct no matter how nonsensical his logic is.

[[WMG: Tats' erratic beliefs is because he doesn't actually have any consistent beliefs outside of trying to find something that he can devote himself completely to as "the absolute solution" to all his problems.]]

A fairly consistent element of his belief system (at least based on his writing) is that when he embraces a set of beliefs, he goes absolute HARD into them, almost with a religious fervor. Tellingly, there's also a consistent thread of him only shifting his beliefs after they don't seem to resolve whatever thing he wants them to be resolved (like trying to find a way to reconcile his interest in sexy women with ultra hardcore feminism, only to shift into anti-sex work and anti-porn rhetoric, etc.) in an easy, one size-fits-all package. It's like he wants for there to be some kind of [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity absolutely correct belief system in the most simplistic and straightforward way possible]] that will help him make sense of the world, [[GrayandGreyMorality but because the world isn't like that and usually has incredibly complex and difficult to resolve problems that need a lot of nuance and careful consideration]], his erratic beliefs just swing violently all over the place into this big pile of mush with little consistency other than his desire to be correct no matter how nonsensical his logic is.

A fairly consistent element of his belief system (at least based on his writing) is that when he embraces a set of beliefs, he goes absolute HARD into them, almost with a religious fervor. Tellingly, there's also a consistent thread of him only shifting his beliefs after they don't seem to resolve whatever thing he wants them to be resolved (like trying to find a way to reconcile his interest in sexy women with ultra hardcore feminism, only to shift into anti-sex work and anti-porn rhetoric, etc.) in an easy, one size-fits-all package. It's like he wants for there to be some kind of [[BlackAndWhiteMorality absolutely correct belief system in the most simplistic and straightforward way possible]] that will help him make sense of the world, [[GrayandGreyMorality but because the world isn't like that and usually has incredibly complex and difficult to resolve problems that need a lot of nuance and careful consideration]], his erratic beliefs just swing violently all over the place into this big pile of mush with little consistency other than his desire to be correct no matter how nonsensical his logic is.

A fairly consistent element of his belief system (at least based on his writing) is that when he embraces a set of beliefs, he goes absolute HARD into them, almost with a religious fervor. Tellingly, there's also a consistent thread of him only shifting his beliefs after they don't seem to resolve whatever thing he wants them to be resolved (like trying to find a way to reconcile his interest in sexy women with ultra hardcore feminism, only to shift into anti-sex work and anti-porn rhetoric, etc.) in an easy, one size-fits-all package. Like he wants desperately for there to be some kind of [[BlackAndWhiteMorality absolutely correct belief system]] that will help him make sense of the world, [[GrayandGreyMorality but because the world isn't like that]], his erratic beliefs just mash together into this big pile of mush with little consistency other than his desire to be correct no matter how nonsensical his logic is.

A fairly consistent element of his belief system (at least based on his writing) is that when he embraces a set of beliefs, he goes absolute HARD into them, almost with a religious fervor. Tellingly, there's also a consistent thread of him only shifting his beliefs after they don't seem to resolve whatever thing he wants them to be resolved (like trying to find a way to reconcile his interest in sexy women with ultra hardcore feminism, only to shift into anti-sex work and anti-porn rhetoric, etc.) in an easy, one size-fits-all package. Like he wants desperately for there to be some kind of [[BlackAndWhiteMorality absolutely correct belief system]] that will help him make sense of the world, [[GrayandGreyMorality but because the world isn't like that]], his erratic beliefs just mash together into this big pile of mush based on opposing everything and nothing at the same time.

A fairly consistent element of his belief system (at least based on his writing) is that when he embraces a set of beliefs, he goes absolute HARD into them, almost with a religious fervor. Tellingly, there's also a consistent thread of him only shifting his beliefs after they don't seem to resolve whatever thing he wants them to be resolved (like trying to find a way to reconcile his interest in sexy women with ultra hardcore feminism, only to shift into anti-sex work and anti-porn rhetoric, etc.) in an easy, one size-fits-all package. Like he wants desperately for there to be some kind of belief system that will help him make sense of the world, [[GrayandGreyMorality but because the world isn't like that]], his erratic beliefs just mash together into this big pile of mush based on opposing everything and nothing at the same time.

A fairly consistent element of his belief system (at least based on his writing) is that when he embraces a set of beliefs, he goes absolute HARD into them, almost with a religious fervor. Tellingly, there's also a consistent thread of him only shifting his beliefs after they don't seem to resolve whatever thing he wants them to be resolved (like trying to find a way to reconcile his interest in sexy women with ultra hardcore feminism, only to shift into anti-sex work and anti-porn rhetoric, TERFism, alt-right, etc.) in an easy, one size-fits-all package. Like he wants desperately for there to be some kind of belief system that will help him make sense of the world, [[GrayandGreyMorality but because the world isn't like that]], his erratic beliefs just mash together into this big pile of mush based on opposing everything and nothing at the same time.

* Jossed. Tat has made his views very clear in his website's forums. Even if we put aside his comments and the way he's moderated those forums, deciding what is "authoritarian" and what isn't demonstrates a political perspective.

* At the beginning, Sinfest largely just had politically incorrect humor, just to piss off the liberal majority. In 2011, this was no longer sufficiently offensive, so he switched to radical feminism to piss off men and especially conservative men. Towards the end of the last decade, the increasing mainstream profile of feminism meant this didn't work anymore, so he went full TERF. However, not enough people care about [=TERFs=], so he moved to full on right-wing messages. Eventually, the wheel will turn again, and we'll get a totally new perspective.

* Given that he now seems to be embracing unironic christian themes after decades of being a militant athiest you may be onto something

[[WMG: Tats is a fanboy of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Wolf Naomi Wolf]]

* Well, we saw a major change to the Sisterhood, but not like this. They turned into [=TERFs=] and maintained the same radicalism, but now became allies of hardline conservatives. They didn't become moderate, they just proved TheHorseshoeEffect completely correct.

** Worse still, apparently Sisterhood knew about weaponized fembots and they don't seemed to be surprised. Then they took it UpToEleven, reprogramming/brainwashing a bunch of both ordinary and weaponized fembots to fight for their cause. By destroying Devilcorp property and attacking every male on sight.

ALso, Vainglorious suddenly appeared as a very powerful entity, able to traverse Reality Zone, where Devil never stepped before, for whatever reasons. And he was mentioned as someone who is a threat to Devil's position. So, it might be that while Devil is shown having more character development and human sides, VG is a more concentrated evil, who is playing against Devil. And Slick's alter ego was implanted by a devil girl who also appeared suddenly and have not been heard of before and|or since that time. And also someone said that the sisters are the only ones who have attacked Devil and Devil could do nothing in return. But if we assume that they are part of a scheme by VG, who tries to destroy Satan and take his place by being more evil, their actions may be planned to strike the most vulnerable places. Also, since breaking up soulmate main heroes Slick and Nique with all their sympathy and compassion was one of the things Devil was unsuccessfully trying to do, while Sisters _succeeded_ in doing it, moreover, whis pretty mush the same actions... It doesn't look like they are portrayed sympathetically. They are doing Devil's job, and it's very likely they were manipulated to go attack people, attack Devil, break up pairs, treat every woman who's in a relationship or just cares about her appearance, as a slave of the system who needs immediate liberating. Thus, sisterhood is an overall pro-evil, anti-devil organization that carries chaos whenever it goes. Separation Monique and Slick and then totally changing them both might be Satan's method of counteraction, or VG's method to further control them, depending on what you see as more possible: that 1) 1 Monique becomes an inside agent, but due to "friends will be friends" Slick finds a way to get to her, and get her back; or 2) "two people who are alright with each other and happy (and male being totally played by a girl)" is a model shattering sisterhood's main motivation about females being constantly harassed and degraded, so they were to be separated, or else, sisterhood might become less "aggressive extremists sheep" and more "civilized humans". Thus, Go Satan, Go Lil'E, Go Slick, Go Criminy... And this comic desperately needs more Buddha.