Context: David Bishop
this post was submitted on 11 Aug 2024
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"Simp" has been in use as Mega-City One slang since the 80s. It is a subculture of people who have checked out of society and act like simpletons. See, for example, Megazine #15 and, more recently Prog 2207. This was really leaned into with Jack Point: The Simping Detective.
So, he's basically calling Musk a clown.
Completely missed this extra layer, today I am the simp.
It's a bit of a deep dive, especially as there's no page that I can direct you to (online, I bet it's in one of the books I have).
Ive read most of the pre 1980s 2000ADs at one point or another (my dad had his childhood ones on a big box) but it has been nearly a two decades since I read any so my memory has someone faded.