cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/17832746

Illustration by Igor Oleynikov, for the story “The Boy and the Pooka”.

The story is from a collection in the book "The King with Horse’s Ears and Other Irish Folktales", retold by Batt Burns.

Caption: Oh no, I just directly pointed out the elephant in the room

Image: Homer Simpson backing into a hedge to hide

Caption:

• [Image] Below: A stranger at a partly looks at me like that
• Me: Ooh, maybe they're like me ♾️!

Image: 2 panels. 1st panel is a puppet facing to your right but side-eying you with a blank facial expression. 2nd panel is the same puppet looking straight forward with the same facial expression.

Image: Crack-addicted fictional character Tyrone Biggums scratching his neck.

Caption:

Someone gives you a hug and says they appreciate how blunt and honest you are

Y'all got anymore of that validation?

Image: 2 panel meme. Top half is a mouth whispering into an ear. Bottom half is a close up someone's skin with goosebumps.

Caption: Ssssneaky sssnakesss ssslithering sssslowly sssouth towardsss sssskittlesss

Image: 4 panel comic of a business meeting.

Panel 1: Boss asks, "How are you?"

Panel 2: 1st man says, "Good!" Woman asks, "How are you?" 2nd man says, "Tired. Also, she didn't answer your question."

Panel 3: Boss is upset while 2nd man is relaxing head on hand.

Panel 4: 2nd man has been thrown out of a high-story window.

Image: 4 panels, each of Vince McMahon increasingly excited

Captions by panel:

1. She says she doesn't like to go out much
2. Prefers to stay home and watch TV quietly with a soft blanket
3. Mostly informational program
4. Especially "How Things Are Made"

Caption: When my dance coach wishes me good luck on the performance but I don't understand idioms

Image: Befuddled Squidward from SpongeBob SquarePants

Caption: can I come over and stare at you like this

Image: Old painting that is a portrait. The subject is wearing a dark brown suit and tie. The head and face is that of a frog with wide pupils and a serious face.

Caption:

"tell me about yourself!"

me trying to remember who i am and what i like

Image: Face and neck of a simple stick figure drawing. The face appears to be looking down and thinking. There is a loading symbol on their forehead with "loading..." written underneath it.

Caption:

Styrofoam: makes that sound

Image: Comic of man on hands and knees in an empty room with a window. The image has bunches of pixelated distortion throughout the edges of the man, window and corner.

Caption:

"Are you busy?"

"No"

*incoming call

Image: Two panel comic of Pepe Frog. First panel is him with his hands on his face. Second panel is him pulling his lower eyelids down awfully far.

Image: Man walking outside and looking down on wide tile sidewalk.

Caption:

Me: I'm a mature adult

Also me: I must align my feet with the tiles or else I will die.