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* MisaimedFandom: [[https://theoatmeal.com/comics/literally "What it means when you say 'literally'"]] features a quote from anti-gay televangelist Jerry Falwell, where he claims that a "homosexual steamroller will literally crush all decent men, women, and children who get in its way" as an example of the word "literally" being misused. The point is illustrated with a cartoon of people being run over by a pink-and-rainbow "Gayroller 2000". Although the point of this was to mock homophobes, some anti-LGBTQ memes has appropriated the image and used it unironically. [[https://twitter.com/oatmeal/status/614481505704931328 The Oatmeal later made a tweet]] clarifying that the image is meant to be pro-marriage equality, in response to a right-wing publication posting an image of a giant rainbow steamroller destroying small businesses.
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* MisaimedFandom: [[https://theoatmeal.com/comics/literally "What it means when you say 'literally'"]] features a quote from anti-gay televangelist Jerry Falwell, where in which he claims that a "homosexual steamroller will literally crush all decent men, women, and children who get in its way" as an example of the word "literally" being misused. The point is illustrated with a cartoon of people being run over by a pink-and-rainbow "Gayroller 2000". Although the point of this was to mock homophobes, some anti-LGBTQ memes has appropriated unironically use the image and used it unironically.image. [[https://twitter.com/oatmeal/status/614481505704931328 The Oatmeal later made a tweet]] clarifying that the image is meant to be pro-marriage equality, in response to a right-wing publication posting an image of a giant rainbow steamroller destroying small businesses.
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* MisaimedFandom: [[https://theoatmeal.com/comics/literally "What it means when you say 'literally'"]] features a quote from anti-gay televangelist Jerry Falwell, where he claims that a "homosexual steamroller will literally crush all decent men, women, and children who get in its way" as an example of the word "literally" being misused. The point is illustrated with a cartoon of people being run over by a pink-and-rainbow "Gayroller 2000". Although the point of this was to mock homophobes, some anti-LGBTQ memes has appropriated the image and used it unironically. [[https://twitter.com/oatmeal/status/614481505704931328 The Oatmeal later made a tweet]] clarifying that the image is meant to be pro-marriage equality, in response to a right-wing publication posting an image of a giant rainbow steamroller destroying small businesses.
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* UglyCute: Many of the characters generally drawn.
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* {{Squick}}: Many of his comics feature large quantities of poop and vomit, including [[https://theoatmeal.com/comics/house this one]] about his 17 childhood cats who all pooped in the same litter box...that his parents made him clean every day for 10 years.
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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: [[http://theoatmeal.com/comics/cat_vs_internet You should act out to get attention.]] Various ones appear frequently, considering the grim tone of the subject matter.
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* MemeticMutation: [[http://theoatmeal.com/comics/running5 Nope. Nope. Nope.]]
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** Oatmeal describes most of his people looking like a "frog-eyed sausage".
** Oatmeal describes most of his people looking like a "frog-eyed sausage".
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* TearJerker: [[http://theoatmeal.com/comics/house The story of Inman's house burning down]] is just a little heartbreaking.
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* TearJerker: [[http://theoatmeal.com/comics/house The story of Inman's house burning down]] is just a little heartbreaking. [[spoiler:Until the end that is]].
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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: [[http://theoatmeal.com/comics/cat_vs_internet You should act out to get attention.]] Appears frequently, considering the grim tone of the subject matter.
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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: [[http://theoatmeal.com/comics/cat_vs_internet You should act out to get attention.]] Appears Various ones appear frequently, considering the grim tone of the subject matter.
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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: [[http://theoatmeal.com/comics/cat_vs_internet You should act out to get attention.]] Appears frequently, considering the grim tone of the subject matter.
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* TearJerker: [[http://theoatmeal.com/comics/house The story of Inman's house burning down]] is just a little heartbreaking.heartbreaking.
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