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A two panel Comic.

First panel is set somewhere in the middle ages in south america. A child is sacrificed on an altar.

The people observing this say: why do we have to kill kids? - it’s not a “killing”, it’s a “sacrifice”. - if we didn’t sacrifice kids the rain god will be mad… - … and the rain may stop falling… - … and our crops would stop growing … - …and we’ll starve to death!

Second panel is modern day street scene, a dead child is lifted into an ambulance, a crushed tricycle left on the road.

The people observing this say: why do we have to kill kids? - it’s not a “killing”, it’s a “car accident”. - if we motorists had to drive slower, it would hurt car sales… - … and the economy would be upset… - … and we’ll all lose our jobs… - …and we’ll starve to death!

I did not see this banger of a comic on here, so have it, please

  • jjjalljs@ttrpg.networkEnglish
    204·
    4 days ago

    I think a lot of people need to go back to elementary school for remedial lessons on metaphor.

    I see often see two errors. One, this one, where two things are not alike in all ways and thus they are not alike at all. The other one, where two things are alike in one way and thus they are alike in all ways.

    • Soup@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      4 days ago

      I feel like people do understand the point but they take it further in order to find a weak point. It’s all in bad faith, of course, and while I do not doubt that stupidity plays a large role it’s become pretty obvious to me that it always comes up when someone is desperate to defend something they are being shown is bad.