Its especially funny because people will fall over themselves if they realise they've misgendered an animal
Forgive me if I do not give a shit what some US org has to say about anything
A gorgeous poster, thank you for sharing this
edit: the longer I look at this the more that dark caricatures nose looks vaguely antisemitic, I have no idea why theyd draw him that that
Today I was the victim of Bassism.
I'm honestly still shaking right now. Let me tell you what went down.
I was rehearsing with my band this afternoon and everything was going as well as usual, except for the fact that our lead guitarist (my big brother and also my best friend) wasn't around this time. He'd announced to us a few weeks ago that he was quitting the band in order to go work as a political consultant for Corey Feldman (keep an eye out for that in 2024). We'd been looking for a replacement ever since and I was finally starting to build enough confidence to play without my pacifier again.
Then this guy showed up to audition with us about an hour in. He barged into the room with his headless 7 string Kiesel guitar already strapped around his shoulders and requested to be plugged in immediately. As soon as he had a signal he started playing Eruption by Eddie Van Halen, which caused our rhythm guitarist to faint after a dozen seconds or so. When he was done, the lead singer (who is also the leader of the band by right of Highest Social Aptitude) declared that he was accepted into the band.
The lead guitarist said "let us jam then", and we began playing shitty improvised blues over E minor as is the cultural norm. I was shredding through those root notes when, a few bars in, the lead guitarist abruptly stopped and said "what is this awful, awful sound that I'm hearing!?". Everybody went quiet. He then looked straight at me, pulled down his sunglasses to reveal a smaller, slightly less tinted pair of shades and simply said "Bass player."
I was taken aback, and too flustered to respond. He walked over to me and started counting the strings on my Rickenbacker 4003 Fireglo bass. "One... two... three... four strings!", he said. "What are you, a baby? A wittle baby moron?" Before I could answer that I have a 7 string Yamaha bass at home (which I will get around to playing eventually), he just slapped the pacifier out of my mouth and turned to the lead singer.
"Everyone knows that you're supposed to grow out of the bass guitar at age 7.", he said. "It's a silly instrument for babies. Everyone knows that. I suggest that we get rid of him and replace him with a third guitar player, or a metronome." The lead singer nodded in response. Before I could pull out my notebook of r/bass arguments (and turn to the Jaco Pastorious section) he turned to me and started saying these cruel things.
"I agree with Lead Guitarist here. Bass guitar is indeed an instrument for babies as evidenced by the fact that it has only four strings, as opposed to six. Also, the frets are so much longer, which reminds me of those toy phones they give to children, with the big ass buttons that have drawings on them instead of numbers. You are a truly pathetic individual. Now, despite the fact that I've had absolutely no issues with your playing these past few years, and that it will most likely take months to find someone to fill your spot in this completely unpaid gig, I now pronounce thee banned from this studio for life." The rhythm guitarist and the drummer, the only people who might have defended me, did not say anything because the former had fainted earlier and the latter was only capable of saying his own name.
Overwhelmed by the relentless, callous attacks on my ego and the fact that this was the first time the lead singer had ever deigned to speak to me directly, I simply said "Okay" and called the truck rental company so that I could bring both my Ampeg 8x10 cabinets back home with me. In the process of carrying them I also sprained my back, which is icing on the cake.
So that's all of it. I honestly just wanted to vent. Life can be quite difficult when you've chosen to be the under-appreciated foundation of the band. All I have to say is, stay hopeful, and keep not practicing. One day progressive rock and funk will be popular again.
Theres also shitreactionariessay on lemmygrad
Thank you so much comrade! I think I'm going to put a lot more work into political cartoons in the near future
I use the word conservative very loosely for this joke, I never even had a proper anarchist phase
Im so glad I started so many comments on reddit with shit like listen here, you disingenuous little removed, you're welcome
What about instead of any of that celebrity junk, we had healthcare
Fuck i hate comments that infer politicians are just missinformed fools, they fucking know
Mongolian embroidery (1967) showing Lenin meeting with representatives of the Mongolian delegation in 1921, during the Russian Civil War. Damdin Sukhbaatar, the leader of the delegation, is depicted behind Lenin. In 1921, communist revolutionaries led by Sukhbaatar seized power in Mongolia. Concerned about the White Russian invasion (Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, the ‘Mad Baron’, had invaded in 1920), Sukhbaatar led his delegation to Moscow to meet and request support from leading Bolsheviks. The aid was eventually provided and a strong friendship would exist between the Soviet Union and the Mongolian People’s Republic until the states’ dissolution at the end of the Cold War. Artist: Tserenkhuu A.
found on reddit when i searched your post title, very cool!
The Rev Left Radio episode about this is really good from memory, touched on how its rehashing some shit from the 40s-70s or something