The Cyanide & Happiness appreciation thread
Discussion
desolate said:
It seems that many people are happy to laugh at offensive stuff, as long as it's not an issue that is personal to them.
Yep, I know people at work who will happily laugh at jokes about cancer, AIDS, the Holocaust etc. Disabled people? Nope, he’s moans like b
h when it comes to that because a relative has Down’s syndrome. Pathetic. I’ll laugh at just about anything, regardless of whether I’m personally affected by it.
ezi said:
DCW generally isn't funny and I always appreciate that as being the point, they are meant to be thought provoking
This has always been one of my favourite c&h DCW strips. Not because it's funny (it isn't) but it puts into a few cells just how real many people's lives are until it's too late..Wiccan of Darkness said:
There's dark and there's this one......
I popped it behind a tantalising spoiler on account of the donkey punch to the gut. Can anyone find a C&H that's darker than this?
(FWIW I went "oof" then laughed....... then went 'gaaawwwd' and cringed)
Bad taste notwithstanding, that is simply not remotely amusing.I popped it behind a tantalising spoiler on account of the donkey punch to the gut. Can anyone find a C&H that's darker than this?
(FWIW I went "oof" then laughed....... then went 'gaaawwwd' and cringed)
desolate said:
Is depressing comic supposed to be funny?
Just because it's a comic it doesn't necessarily have to be humorous. I would have thought they are trying to be thought provoking, in a dark way.
It's cringe. It's taking social awkwardness and pushing it right to the limit. In the baby coffin panels, you just need to imagine the shop assistant is David Brent; no empathy, no diplomacy, no tact, saying the worst thing someone could say in that situation.Just because it's a comic it doesn't necessarily have to be humorous. I would have thought they are trying to be thought provoking, in a dark way.
Having said that, yes, the depressing comics are supposed to leave you with a mild sense of disbelief and despair, whilst most of the time being quite poignant and thought-provoking. I guess each of us takes away something different, like all good art.
Rawwr said:
It's cringe. It's taking social awkwardness and pushing it right to the limit. In the baby coffin panels, you just need to imagine the shop assistant is David Brent; no empathy, no diplomacy, no tact, saying the worst thing someone could say in that situation.
And shouting it across the shop 
As mentioned, he’s the subject in that strip, not the woman.
Rawwr said:
motco said:
Bad taste notwithstanding, that is simply not remotely amusing.
Why not?motco said:
Rawwr said:
motco said:
Bad taste notwithstanding, that is simply not remotely amusing.
Why not?It doesn’t mean that they are terrible people, or that you are boring. Each to their own.
motco said:
Because it is only a narrative of an imagined encounter in which an enquiry is made and further detail sought.
Isn't that the construct used for most jokes? I don't know if it helps but there wasn't really a chicken crossing the road.motco said:
Not amusing, not droll, not even laden with deep meaning. A waste of time. Oh, and poor taste too but that's not directly relevant. It's in the mind of the beholder.
Art is subjective. Everything is perspective and opinion. To speak in objective terms about it is a nonsense.You've chosen to either be offended by it or unamused by it, which is perfectly fine. Unfortunately, you've failed to keep your offence/unamusement personal. So now we can mock you... you big spastic.
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