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4 panel comic by War and Peas. 1. Panel shows two pirates, the first pirate speaks "Captain, our rivals have been calling us names again." 2. Panel: The pirate continues, "They said we were a bunch of handicaps." 3. Panel: The captain himself says, "That's ableism! And we don't tolerate that kind of talk here". 4.Panel: The ship in full from afar waving a bunch of flags, such as the pride flag, the pirate skull-and-crossbones, the human rights flag, the trans flag and more.

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[–] Phegan@lemmy.world 74 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Is this a boomer comic? Is this mocking inclusivity, or is it just not funny...or both.

[–] Bongles@lemm.ee 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

War and Peas isn't very funny normally, so it's probably that.

[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 15 points 6 months ago

Funny night not be the right word but they are pretty enjoyable

[–] UNY0N@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Pirates were generally pretty inclusive, progressively so. I don't think it's mocking, it's just silly.

[–] FiniteBanjo 56 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Did they put the flags up in response or is this supposed to imply some kind of irony? I don't get it.

[–] fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net 41 points 6 months ago (2 children)

It’s supposed to show that they’re tolerant pirates

[–] FiniteBanjo 26 points 6 months ago

Yeah but isn't that a bit nonsequitur to the conversation about pirates being against ableism? You can be tolerant even if you don't have skin in the game, and vice versa, and the stances aren't particularly humourous to me if that is in fact the joke "haha these 1600s pirates have complex political belief systems."

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They may still pillage and murder, but in a non-discriminatory fashion.

[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

"I'm not racist. I hate everyone equally" My brother

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 38 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I've heard of women who were pirate captains, ex-slaves who were pirate captains, gay pirate captains, and pirate captains of pretty much all races...

...so yeah, pirates, surprisingly open work place.

I think they were also known to attack privateers, who were state authorised pirates run by the monarchies and colonial governments of the world.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 35 points 6 months ago

It has been pointed out that pirates are a symbol of inclusivity. If you imagine a pirate, chances are they have a disability, typically from an occupational injury (a missing eye, hand or leg), and yet they kick ass and strike fear into the establishment.

[–] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 31 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

Sorry, it's sloppy (please don't edit out the artist; you can edit out me, though)

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 5 points 6 months ago

Sorry, it’s sloppy

If Sea of Thieves taught me anything, it's that ain't no sloop, but a galleon

Starts walking the plank

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Exploitable

What’s the # after your username?

[–] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

/u/1831942, old reddit account. It used to be my elementary school user Id, a LONG time ago.

[–] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

BRB stealing your elementary school identity

[–] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Nooooooooo, I need that for the school wifi

[–] loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] regdog@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

... 'cause that is disrespectful yo!

[–] sudo 2 points 6 months ago

This is really just the ship from Our Flag Means Death

[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What's with the blue on the denmark flag?

[–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

Denmark/Sweden unity (I'm making shit up)

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

This is really shit.