Althouse: "We've given it a great deal of thought and we decided we're going to give in to everything you want at all times."

March 28, 2018

"We've given it a great deal of thought and we decided we're going to give in to everything you want at all times."

Perfect.

25 comments:

gspencer said...: I didn't know David Hogg wore dresses too.; 3/28/18, 8:52 AM
Fernandinande said...: "Perfect."

A caption might lead to perfection.

But "The Newy Orker" separates the captions from their cartoons, no doubt to make it much harder to "share them with your friends".; 3/28/18, 8:54 AM
Ann Althouse said...: The New Yorker makes it hard even when you want to send readers to their website, as I did. I had to open the picture in a separate page to get a URL, where it appeared without the caption. And on the page with the caption, the caption could not be copied for pasting. I had to type it out.

But I think the cartoon is very important. You'll have to do the hard work of reading the caption and clicking to see the picture.

I believe it is worth it, and I've been using the caption myself in conversations in real life.; 3/28/18, 9:06 AM
Chuck said...: gspencer I want you to know that that is EXACTLY what I was thinking as well...

The New Yorker has for some years run a regular back-page feature showing provocative little cartoon pictures, with no captions. Readers are invited to fill in their own captions.

I'd love to see it flipped around with this caption -- "We've given it a great deal of thought and we decided we're going to give in to everything you want at all times." -- and readers (well, the ones talented in drawing) invited to draw the picture.; 3/28/18, 9:07 AM
tcrosse said...: But "The Newy Orker" separates the captions from their cartoons, no doubt to make it much harder to "share them with your friends".

Not a problem if all New Yorker cartoons could be captioned "I want to kill myself".; 3/28/18, 9:10 AM
Eric the Fruit Bat said...: That's a pretty good caption but it's not funny.

Want one that's funny? Okay.

"Get angry all you want but you're still going to menstruate."

Now that's funny.; 3/28/18, 9:11 AM
Fernandinande said...: And on the page with the caption, the caption could not be copied for pasting. I had to type it out.

You went with the .jpg, which is missing the caption.

But, this shows a big cartoon with the text caption included. (not funny, though).

So it's possible to show the 'toon with the text caption, but they made it difficult to email the pic to other people. (screen-cap w/caption, etc).; 3/28/18, 9:12 AM
Ralph L said...: The reader-contributed captions on the last page are often funnier than the professional ones inside.; 3/28/18, 9:31 AM
Darrell said...: Not a problem if all New Yorker cartoons could be captioned "I want to kill myself".

That's "I'm thinking of killing myself." Iowahawk.; 3/28/18, 9:37 AM
tcrosse said...: That's "I'm thinking of killing myself." Iowahawk.

Never mind.; 3/28/18, 9:40 AM
Martin said...: "We've given it a great deal of thought and we decided we're going to give in to everything you want at all times."

College administrators answering one angry freshman who doesn't want Condi Rice to speak on campus?; 3/28/18, 9:59 AM
madAsHell said...: What is the Obama Doctrine? Alex; 3/28/18, 10:11 AM
SDaly said...: Eric's caption is funnier, by far.; 3/28/18, 10:17 AM
Molly said...: Fernandistein refers to "Newy Orker". I recall staring puzzled at a sign on a door in a store that said "Cow Orkers Only" So maybe Newy Orkers are Cow Orkers in training?; 3/28/18, 10:19 AM
Sebastian said...: "Eric's caption is funnier, by far."

Nah. Sexist. That's not funny.; 3/28/18, 10:24 AM
Wince said...: She saw the way the Deep State gets its way within the political class?

"I learned it by watching you!"; 3/28/18, 10:34 AM
miklos000rosza said...: Ah! Evergreen College.; 3/28/18, 10:44 AM
SDaly said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 3/28/18, 11:12 AM
SDaly said...: Sebastian -

It's sexist to point out to a young girl that 30-40 years of monthly menstruation is not the most pleasant experience, but likely unavoidable?

Oh, I see you're in "education," that explains your knee-jerk, bizarre world view.; 3/28/18, 11:23 AM
tcrosse said...: "Peterson says I shouldn't let you make me dislike you"; 3/28/18, 11:41 AM
Freeman Hunt said...: This comic is perfect given current events.; 3/28/18, 12:09 PM
Freeman Hunt said...: The student thing seems to have been a high production value tantrum.; 3/28/18, 12:11 PM
Anonymous said...: SDaly: Oh, I see you're in "education," that explains your knee-jerk, bizarre world view.

Any regular here is familiar with Sebastian and therefore knows that Sebastian was being sarcastic.; 3/28/18, 4:38 PM
Hammond X. Gritzkofe said...: Cartoon and caption copy separately? No problem. Put the magazine page on the screen. Ctrl-plus-'+' to suitably enlarge; Ctrl+C to copy. Paste to your favorite image manager (e.g. Irfanview). Crop image. Now you have a .jpg of cartoon w/ caption.; 3/28/18, 4:59 PM
Ann Althouse said...: @hammond

I know how to do a screen grab, and my method is even easier, but I was sensitive about just displaying their cartoon on my site.; 3/28/18, 6:34 PM