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  • DABDA@lemm.eetoComic Strips@lemmy.world•How would you like your propaganda served?English
    151·
    11 days ago

    I was mostly referring to the quality being shitty and less-so the content of the edits themselves.

    • To start with, it looks like they used a row-resolution base and then possibly tried to AI upscale it (look at animal faces on the “protect kids” wrap and the artist signature/items on the table)
    • The pointless circular blur near the collar of the box holder
    • The weird clone/stamp action going on with the side of the box - just use a solid box if the goal is efficiency vs quality!

    But also leaving the artist’s signature on an edited comic and not mentioning it’s modified feels shitty too. This isn’t a meme or political community so I’d think posting the original is more appropriate anyway.

  • DABDA@lemm.eetoProgrammer Humor@programming.dev•Any VolunteersEnglish
    178·
    2 months ago

    The Chicken and the Pig

    The fable of the Chicken and the Pig is used to illustrate the differing levels of commitment from project stakeholders involved in a project. The basic fable runs:

    A Pig and a Chicken are walking down the road.
    The Chicken says: “Hey Pig, I was thinking we should open a restaurant!”
    Pig replies: “Hm, maybe, what would we call it?”
    The Chicken responds: “How about ‘ham-n-eggs’?”
    The Pig thinks for a moment and says: “No thanks. I’d be committed, but you’d only be involved.”

  • DABDA@lemm.eetoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•What's your fave movie of all time that you love to recommend to people?English
    6·
    3 months ago

    There’s a video by a designer talking about some of the symbolism of Ellie’s journey (Full talk video here – SPOILERS for the film in both).

    And also an insightful YouTube comment(!) someone made in response describing their interpretation:

    spoiler

    "This is one of the most thoughtful and insightful reviews on deeper film meanings I think I’ve ever seen. In keeping with the rebirth symbolism, I would offer the following possibilities.

    1. The transport pod symbolizes more of a womb, rather than a gas chamber.
    2. The chair may not be an electric chair but rather a means for Ellie to assume a modified fetal position while in the capsule. This would mimic the position of a baby of in a womb prior to its own birth.
    3. The wires plugged into Ellie represent an umbilical cord to sustain her, rather than a means to kill her.
    4. The periodic updates given by the mission control staff as to the status of the machine (10%, 20%, 30%, etc.) mirror the increasing dilation of women in labor (1 cm dilated, 2cm dilated, 3cm dilated, etc.).
    5. The wormhole sequence mirrors the new life traveling through a birth canal.
    6. The capsule takes on a liquid form to symbolizes the protective amniotic fluid to keep the new life safe.
    7. After Ellie’s “birth”, the first person she sees is her father.
    8. This rebirth scene is enhanced by considering Ellie’s mother died from complications of childbirth when Ellie was born. This backstory enhances Ellie’s natural reluctance to be reborn as her initial birth killed her mother, and permanently altered her life.

    There’s undeniably imagery of execution and rebirth simultaneously occurring within the same frames! The filmmakers did an outstanding of capturing some very compelling storytelling while inserting remarkable symbolism."

  • DABDA@lemm.eetoReligious Cringe@midwest.social•There is no hate like Christian loveEnglish
    21·
    3 months ago

    The unborn are a convenient group of people to advocate for. They never make demands of you; they are morally uncomplicated, unlike the incarcerated, addicted, or the chronically poor; they don’t resent your condescension or complain that you are not politically correct; unlike widows, they don’t ask you to question patriarchy; unlike orphans, they don’t need money, education, or childcare; unlike aliens, they don’t bring all that racial, cultural, and religious baggage that you dislike; they allow you to feel good about yourself without any work at creating or maintaining relationships; and when they are born, you can forget about them, because they cease to be unborn. You can love the unborn and advocate for them without substantially challenging your own wealth, power, or privilege, without re-imagining social structures, apologizing, or making reparations to anyone. They are, in short, the perfect people to love if you want to claim you love Jesus, but actually dislike people who breathe. Prisoners? Immigrants? The sick? The poor? Widows? Orphans? All the groups that are specifically mentioned in the Bible? They all get thrown under the bus for the unborn.

    -Pastor Dave Barnhart