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Xenuu@sh.itjust.works to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 7 months ago

The Sacrifice

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The Sacrifice

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Xenuu@sh.itjust.works to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 7 months ago
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  • Hubi@feddit.org
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    Reminds me of the movie Burnt Offerings where the old house fixes itself every time someone gets hurt on the grounds.

    • Okokimup@lemmy.world
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      Ooh I need one of those. I hurt myself all the time but my house just keeps breaking more.

  • stinky@redlemmy.com
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    what did the car sacrifice?

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      7 months ago

      The possum…

      • stinky@redlemmy.com
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        But the car did not own the possum. Running it over costs nothing. Nothing was sacrificed by the car

        The possum sacrificed its life

        Do you understand?

        • [deleted]@piefed.world
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          I understand that ownership is not required for a sacrifice to be a sacrifice.

          Some are just offerings of things because the deity wants that type of thing. Doing it at a personal cost is a subset of sacrifices.

          • railway692@piefed.zip
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            7 months ago

            stinky’s operating on that War Devil logic

          • stinky@redlemmy.com
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            then why wasn’t the possum rewarded instead of the car lol

            the image suffers from inconsistent messaging and unintuitive conclusion

            shrug

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              Taking a life is not easy. The burden wears heavy. You can see this in the driver’s worried face. Unfortunately for us, like in the Stephen King movie Christine, there are Eldritch car gods beyond our comprehension who hate things like small animals and unclear roadways. This God blesses the car (and by proxy the driver) as the check engine light was due to its lack of blood lubricant.

              The comic is perfectly consistent, picnic.

            • [deleted]@piefed.world
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              One more time: Not all sacrificial offerings are personal sacrifices.

              The possum wasn’t rewarded because they didn’t choose to be hit by the car.

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                the car didn’t choose to hit the possum either

                • [deleted]@piefed.world
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                  Yes, it is absurdist humor and apparently not for you.

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      deleted by creator

      • stinky@redlemmy.com
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        that should have been made clear. thanks for discussing!

  • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Pacific drive coded

  • ThePantser@sh.itjust.works
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    Wtf? Opossums are benifical to the environment, they eat ticks and other pests. Fuck this comic, this is as bad as rewarding for running over a dog.

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      It’s meant to be a reference to sacrificing an animal to appease the gods/ancestors. If the animal wasn’t beneficial, it wouldn’t be a worthy sacrifice.

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      Sadly, the tick thing is not true.

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        Wow, TIL: https://outdoor.wildlifeillinois.org/articles/debunking-the-myth-opossums-dont-eat-ticks

        • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works
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          That was a fascinating read! Thank you!

      • ThePantser@sh.itjust.works
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        Ok but they eat mosquitoes, fuck mosquitoes

      • hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        Killing animals is still bad.

        • [deleted]@piefed.world
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          The comic is mocking sacrificing animals…

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          Did I say it wasn’t? Other than ticks that is, fuck them.

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      Mister fun at parties over here lol

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      Right? They are also our only Marsupial!

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      Not if you are in New Zealand (and the comic does say possum, not opossum)! Fuck those pests

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      This comic is about as car brain as it gets

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        Not really, it’s just a blood sacrifice joke lol

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          I see, just didn’t get it then.

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