When satire just can’t compete…

Posted on May 27, 2020 by Clint

So we just finished Memorial Day Weekend here in the States, which is ostensibly an observance day for the sacrifice of soldiers past, but mostly these days is an opportunity for people to get out and enjoy the park, or the beach, or any number of other public occasions as Spring kicks into high gear. Of course this year was different…

Or not. Crowds from sea to shining sea, with facemask protocols and social distancing far from 100% observed.

I look at some of the images and am reminded of that page where we were showing the extremes of the Repops with the teenagers dangling their buddy over hungry zombies. Except in reality, it’s not just teenagers. These are grown adults who are risking themselves and their families over a pool party. This is a nation who was up in arms not too long ago because kids were supposedly chowing down on detergent pods, now chugging fish tank cleaner because the President said maybe that might be cool. Joke? About as funny as a (literal) heart attack.

I can’t keep up. I am not worthy. Reality has become more cartoonish than my wildest imaginings.

At least no one dies from my writing and Dawn’s art. This? I can’t unfortunately say the same. I understand the want/need to reopen businesses and most everyone agrees it should be done “responsibly” but in practice, the responsibility angle keeps getting discarded. If this really were the zombie apocalypse, well, now I know I have continuing observation of how everything went south.

2 thoughts on “When satire just can’t compete…”

  1. Otaku

    “Except in reality, it’s not just teenagers. These are grown adults who are risking themselves and their families over a pool party. ”

    They’re not taking a particularly huge risk. By now, we all need to look at the current data and see how wrong a lot of the early data, that lead to this self-quarantine business, really was.

    Oh, and I’m a bit confused by one of your examples. Are you talking about things REPORTED as problems but that really weren’t? I remember hearing – never confirmed – that the Tide pod thing started out as a joke but news reports may have lead to fools actually trying it. I’ve been following the story about the couple that drank the fish tank cleaner, which led to the husband’s death. The wife is now being investigated for the murder of her husband. I do mean murder, as in premeditated. I encourage anyone interested to look up more details.

    If anything, outside activities in late spring/early summer weather should be pretty safe. The only reason I’m not sure about a pool party is because I don’t know if the usual pool chemicals are enough to destroy the virus, should someone contagious show up.

  2. Otaku

    Ugh. That moment when you re-read what you posted, and realize you left out the important bits. In my defense, I originally wrote a much longer comment, then butchered it in an attempt at revising.

    First… stay safe. Even if I wasn’t enjoying your webcomic, I should at least wish you and Dawn well in that regard.

    Second… my main point was that maybe some things aren’t as bad as they seem. Of course, by now you’ve got OTHER things to worry about, so I repeat:

    Stay safe. 🙂

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