Sinfest

He went from a guy owning and wielding a complete arsenal to a dumbass who threatens people with a wooden sword. Also I know that "testicles in the air" is supposed to be Tats version of cute or something, but I find it really cringe worthy.

Nobody is that stupid.

edited 5th Oct '15 2:29:53 AM by hayate666

You say nobody is, but I remember being recounted that someone mentioned being kicked in the "clavicles". My mom suspected a Last-Second Word Swap from "cojones".

Malapropisms do happen, especially with words that sound similar.

edited 5th Oct '15 4:54:55 AM by Medinoc

Getting kicked in the clavicle is totally something you can do though. Probably hurts a fair bit, too.

But getting both with a single kick (the actual sentence as I remember it was "un coup de pied dans les clavicules") takes dedication.

I wish sometimes that the writing could live up to the art.

I also wish Tats would get out of his room and smell the roses more.

Frankly I'm just surprised that Tats has the conejos to even say the word "testicles".

http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2015-10-06

Y'know, with the amount of time this guy has spent chasing Squig and messing with these two he could've bought new coffee and doughnuts.

Oh my god his turtle neck is talking!

edited 5th Oct '15 10:16:17 PM by Moritasgus

You know, this Matrix reference (turtleneck is quoting the Merovingian) makes me wonder if the Patriarchy matrix metaphor is supposed to be a mirror of the "red pill" metaphor used by some pickup artists.

Pickup artists?

There's a whole skeevy subculture of guys who say there are hard and fast "rules" to seducing women and if you just follow them you can obtain any sexual conquest you want.

Really, now? Unless these "hard and fast rules" are more of general principles and guidelines that can take many different forms depending on the context and specific circumstances (e.g. don't be an asshole), I'm calling bullshit on them.

... What do pickup artists have to do with the "red pill" matephor, anyway?

edited 6th Oct '15 2:48:26 PM by MarqFJA

Red pillers. Considered the MRA extreme.

... Ugh, I think my mind broke from the strain since it's past my bedtime. I'll get some fucking sleep and then try to connect the dots between this and the Patriarchy matrix metaphor thing... assuming that someone doesn't just post an elaborate subtle-as-bricks explanation in the meantime.

To sum it up in short to my understanding; The Patriarchy in the comic is spotted through a Red Pill, thus a bit of Irony with MRA stuff around.

I think nobody's missing how Sinfest connects to the Matrix metaphor, that's pretty obvious; it's the other end of the connection some people don't seem familiar with.

In short, there's a community of men out there who use the "red pill" from the Matrix as a metaphor for men who have "realized the truth" (as they claim it) about gender relations and mens' supposed inferior place in them. There's a subreddit called /r/redpill where they gather, and there's probably other places where they use that metaphor too. (Disclaimer: I'm in no way associated with any of these people, I've just heard of them third-hand).

Basically it's the exact opposite of the way Sinfest uses the metaphor of women taking a "red pill" and "waking up" to see the Patriarchy "matrix"; in real life (well, on the real internet, not in fiction) there's a bunch of men out there who use the red pill as a metaphor for men "waking up" to see the, if you will, "Matriarchy matrix" that they claim exists.

We don't even consider them part of the same group, actually. It's hard to call them MRA's when they don't advocate for rights for men and boys.

edited 6th Oct '15 5:01:43 PM by Raylas

http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2015-10-07

Confoundit, not again. Tats! We've talked about your padding issues before!

But hey, I liked this joke.

Hey, have we seen that girl before?

I don't think we have...

That's one half of the angel duo who always annoyed The Devl

If Tats would ever show The Sisterhood as ever being wrong in anything I'd think so. As it stands, I'd chalk it up to that rather stunning lack of self awareness that seems so endemic to Social Justice Warriors.

Likewise. They have ZERO self awarness of....pretty much anything. I've seen them project traits they blatantly show onto other people that LACK THEM.

edited 7th Oct '15 1:04:54 AM by Raylas

From what I understand the Extremists don't even believe in the issues they are fighting for and just want attention.