I...WHAT!?

[trinityvixen]

There can be no question but this goes so far over the line as to be...

I mean, LOOK AT THIS.

That's so wrong. On every level. And this is supposed to be funny!? How fucking tasteless can you get?

This makes me want to delete every fucking VG Cats icon I have. I am seriously revolted.

ETA: NOT SURPRISINGLY, ALL THE PEOPLE COMMENTING ON HIS FORUM FOR THE COMIC THINK IT IS SOOOOOOO FUNNY. THESE PEOPLE ARE DISGUSTING.

Comments

[hslayer.livejournal.com]

I agree, but just to cause trouble...

I guess you'd find it less tasteless if she just showed up with a chainsaw and hacked them to bits?

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Yes, if only because a chainsaw hasn't been linked to the same kind of preventable atrocity as the hangar. The hangar is a symbol of the kinds of back-street abortions that women were forced to have before Roe v Wade. The consequences of those abortions--the infections, the deaths--were entirely preventable. Murder by chainsaw, on the other hand, is almost unheard of, so the rarity of this means it doesn't have the visceral horror of being commonplace the way abortion does.

There's also the fucked-up-ed-ness of depicting a forced abortion as "funny." Or playing it for laughs. Yes, personal choice being removed by violent, traumatic force is high-larious.

[hslayer.livejournal.com]

"Yes, personal choice being removed by violent, traumatic force is high-larious."

My point exactly. But I've never been able to appreciate slasher films, either. I dunno, maybe I'm unusual in finding "visceral horror" in chainsaw murder. I mean, your reply to E-man makes clear that you find murder hysterical.

Dane Cook should totally do a show with the DC Sniper.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

It's a question of fates worse than death. Having someone assault you with a hanger up the crack is pretty high up there. Because it's not just death. I mean, it's very likely death (that's why the hangar became the symbol of the bad old days before Roe v Wade), but it's extreme pain, infection, loads of suffering, then death.

Chainsaw death is horrific but a) rare, and b) pretty immediate. Neither pleasant, sure, but chainsaw murder is something I'm less likely to fear being brought back by cultural insensitivity and boarishness.

[hslayer.livejournal.com]

Sounds like comedy GOLD!