Smug Ideology Man

[eyes slightly rolled back, looking dismissive] If they don't want to die the way I like them to, they should have been born into different conditions

https://thebad.website/comic/liberal_imperialism

[blue character points at a square] We've done a peer reviewed study, and concluded that all squares have four sides

[annoyed orange character points at a diamond shape] This is objectively wrong, I've personally seen a four sided structure that isn't a square

https://thebad.website/comic/social_sciences_understander

Apologies for not posting this smuggie directly on Lemmy, but it ain't letting me, the fully assembled image is too tall, and apparently we don't have the technology yet to post multiple images in one Lemmy post so…

[a yellow cat with a few small touches of blue on its extremities is lounging against a wall]

[someone looks at the cat, and thinks…] This cat is blue

https://thebad.website/comic/selective_understander

[2015] Brexit? Never gonna happen No way people would vote for that it would be so silly

[2020] A second Trump presidency? What are you smoking, there's no way US citizens would want this guy back after what he did

[2025] Actual fascism, in my country? Mate what are you talking about, our people would never let it happen, at the very least they would not vote for it

https://thebad.website/comic/never_gonna_happen

[in a thinking pose] All my enemies are human rights organizations

[smirking smugly, arms crossed] I am the good guy

https://thebad.website/comic/the_good_guy

[sad character] I'm tired of having to eat bugs to survive

[smug character] Then why don'ty ou just stop?

https://thebad.website/comic/just_stop

[a character smokes a cigar while ranting] The way leftists hate us no matter what we do is irrational, they're just jealous of success, I bet they'd find a way to hate us even if we stopped climate change and ended poverty

[the character walks away, cigar still in hand] Anyway, let's go vote some laws to accelerate climate change and increase poverty

https://thebad.website/comic/jealous_of_success

[inventor, showing their machine called "The awesome non polluting thing maker"] My awesome new invention will be a net positive to everyone's lives

[capitalist, smoking a cigar] Great! How can we restrict access to it and profit from it?

https://thebad.website/comic/capitalism_drives_innovation

You claim to be an anticapitalist

Yet you buy food with money

You consume products made under capitalism

You carry a wallet

You seem to have a bank account

Curious?

You say you want systemic change Yet you exist inside the system?

Against exploitation? Is that a phone I see? Assembled by workers maybe?

You hate landlords? Then why do you pay rent?

Pfah

You oppose systemic racism? Yet you live in a racist system?

You stand for equality? But you are taller than some other people?

Against capitalism? But you have possessions, pick a side

Typical

Got issues with consumerism? Yet you work for a wage Explaining that would be interesting

You paid to go to the doctor? Instead of healing yourself for free with natural means?

Is that a phone I see? Made in China maybe?

You dislike militarism? Then why live in a country that has an army?

Heh

You criticize imperialism? Yet you speak English? Very telling

You oppose nationalism? Nice national ID card you got there

Typical leftist inconsistencies

You claim the statu quo is bad Yet you live in society, checkmate

If you don't like current laws, then why do you follow them?

You dislike the government yet you pay taxes Strange

Heh

You criticize billionaires But you've not given all your money away? Typical

You want free education hmm? But you haven't homeschooled yourself as a kid You sound jealous

You say environmental destruction is bad? Yet you breathe out CO2?

You want public transport? But you own multiple pair of shoes?

Against big pharma? You've taken aspirin

You don't like ads? But you've looked at ads before

Communist? But you use private toilets?

You criticize private property But you lock your door Suspicious

Redistribution of wealth? I didn't see you redistributing your lunch

Leftism is hypocrisy

https://thebad.website/comic/hypocrite_leftist

[green] I am dying Medication could save me Please help

[blue] We can't afford to share medication, your value to society is too lo

[yellow] Dying is part of the natural order of things, it's happening for a reason

[red] It's too late now We should have acted earlier I'm sorry to see you die

[purple] Stop spreading misinformation You are not dying

[orange] Hell yeah! One less greenie

https://thebad.website/comic/a_lifes_value

[characters are fooling around a logo that says "THE SMUGS"]

2025 PATCH NOTES

Changes:

• Removed slider limits on "Ego"
• Removed "Shame" trait from all public figures
• Updated career "Politician" to now require zero experience
• Smugs with the career path "Journalist" are now flagged as enemies
• Intelligence briefings can now be skipped
• New romance interaction: "Pay Off Affair"
• "Spray Tan" slider can now go above 100%, up to 200%
• Gold furniture now triggers environment penalties for tasteful Smugs

Bugfixes:

• Fixed a major bug where facts used to affect Smugs
• Fixed an issue where losing was treated as an ending
• Fixed exploit where classified documents could be stored in pool houses
• Dealt with recurring error where Smugs thought satire was endorsement (hopefully this time it will actually work?)

Known issues:

• The phrase "I take responsibility" is inaudible to other Smugs in all modes
• Smugs ask "Why is this happening?" after school shootings but do nothing
• In multiplayer, one player can control all three branches of government
• Loop in which Smugs deny climate change while being evacuated from floods
• It is possible to "Try For Baby" with a flag
• Smugs might high five lobbyists and PR execs after public tragedies
• Secret service Smugs sometimes just stop trying
• Graphical issue might cause empathy to fail to render
• Global economy rebalance might heavily affect your Smug

[a character with a floating cristal above its head speaks] On behalf of Smug Entertainment Inc. I would like to thank you for playing The Smugz and hope you are hyped for our upcoming european DLCs in 2026 and 2027

https://thebad.website/comic/2025_patch_notes

[blue, holding a headset that's playing music] I can't wait to listen to my favorite song, the 1940 recording of "SS Military March", it's an all time classic!

[green, shocked at blue] Uhm, dude... Are you listening to nazi music?

[blue, still holding the headset, while the notes coming out of it turn into swastikas] What? Why would you say that? Is this yet another woke attempt at cancelling everything I like based on unfounded allegations?

https://thebad.website/comic/favorite_song

[orange] Okay sure, we did massacre the economy and make ourselves look untrustworthy and unstable, but...

[zoom on orange grinning] We can now say slurs at work without facing consequences

[newspaper clipping] Corporate America embraces a new era of conservatism under Donald Trump. Bankers and financiers say that Trump’s victory has empowered those who felt they had to self-censor or change their language to avoid offending younger colleagues, women, minorities or disabled people. “I feel liberated,” said a top banker. “We can say [r-slur] and ‘pussy’ without the fear of getting cancelled . . . it’s a new dawn.”

[orange, celebrating] Worth it! I see this as an absolute win!

https://thebad.website/comic/legalized_slurs

[holding a rose] Now hear me out... Sure, we did let them bring back slavery

[looking smug] But we negotiated that you can have longer and more comfortable chains this time around

[dropped the rose, still looking smug] We truly are defenders of the people

https://thebad.website/comic/moderate_left

A smug character talks:

Nice point, very interesting

So what you're implying is [the exact opposite of the point you're making] ?

I am very smart

https://thebad.website/comic/nice_point

GOING TO COLLEGE BACK IN MY DAY [chaddeus chad depiction of a moustachioed muscular man looking stern with chest hair and a big stare]

I will pick the following majors:

• Manual labor
• Cigarette
• Walking up big hill
• Anger at woman
• Punching a friend
• Hammer
• Coal appreciation
• Wood I will feel miserable but I will become a strong and real MAN

GOING TO COLLEGE NOWADAYS [soy virgin depiction of a weak looking teenager with one shy chin hair doing a loop de loop]

I will pick the following majors

• Eat vegetable
• Cherry vape
• Obama studies
• Twerking
• Anxiety
• Hair dye
• Intro to feelings
• Applied they/them

It will be easy and I will get a free LIBERAL ARTS DEGREE and I will turn into a WOMAN

My grandson is an IMBECILE who has never changed a LIGHTBULB all he does is cry and cry (he is 3 years old)

https://thebad.website/comic/college_majors

Blocking is amazing to silence the worst and amplify the best. Also as a reminder, treat everyone with kindness, and if you have nothing kind to say to someone, don't speak to them at all as they aren't worth your time! <3

[unhappy orange character] Life was so much better back in the day...

BACK IN THE DAY

[orange character smirks while their slave toils away] What injustices? Everybody's happy here

https://thebad.website/comic/nostalgia

A man whispers into another man's ear, reminiscent of the famous George W Bush image

MISTER PRESIDENT... A SECOND TRUMP MANDATE HAS HIT THE ECONOMY

A smiling orange plane with a red hat flies towards two towers. The left tower is destroyed, the word COVID on it. A second tower stands, with the word NASDAQ on it, and seems to be frowning. A confused building stares from below.

https://thebad.website/comic/this_time_its_personal_finance

[Reddit alien] Hi, it's me, social media. My platform's entire value relies on its users wanting to contribute to it

[Reddit alien, smirking] Hmmm.... How about I piss off my entire userbase

[Reddit alien, sad] Huh my platform is losing value... I don't understand how this is possible

https://thebad.website/comic/short_sighted_social_media

Just testing smugideologyman on Lemmy :)