• AcidSmiley [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      one of the funnier chud contradictions is that they love to fantasize about being warlords after the zombie apocalypse, but any actual SHTF scenario would just lead to them having a meltdown over the unimaginable lack of treats until somebody mercs them to loot their gun collection.

      • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Either that or they'll run off to their chosen bug out location that was chosen based exclusively on defensibility and therefore has no access to fresh water.

        • Bobson_Dugnutt [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Cory Doctorow wrote a novella with this premise:

          https://craphound.com/podcast/2020/03/13/the-masque-of-the-red-death/

        • ConfrontEvil [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          What if they live somewhere where it rains often or has a lot of groundwater?

      • SoyViking [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        A pet peeve of mine is how most post-apocalyptical fiction is full of cool automobiles, even years after the calamity. Cars would stop working pretty soon after the disappearance of modern supply chains and infrastructure maintenance.

        • raven [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          You could probably get a motorcycle to run on alcohol, which should be pretty easy for one person to ferment and distill right?

          • SoyViking [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            They would need a lot of fermentable sugars as well as energy for distilling and I reckon both things would be in short supply after the apocalypse.

            • raven [he/him]
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              2 years ago

              If guess if we're talking mad max but I was thinking more along the lines of "breakdown of supply chain" You could always use solar to distill.

              I'm not a weird prepper I just think it's fun to think about.

  • blight [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Garrison is a miracle in that his work reads as satire but he's actually just that dumb. With those levels of chud he should have transcended, but it's like he chose to remain among the mortals as a bodhisattva.

  • Ideology [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    Wait wait, I've seen this one...

    At the end of the story they're boyfriends.

  • GreenTeaRedFlag [any]
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    2 years ago

    Bizarre sexual energy coming from the green car, ben garrison is into femboys. Only logical conclusion.

  • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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    2 years ago

    1922: The Velveteen Rabbit

    2022: The Velveteen Auto (ill. Ben Garrison)

  • CheGueBeara [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I'm taking this as a self-own because just as trans women are women, electric cars are cars lol.

  • Cromalin [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    kill james bond had an incredibly similar bit on the cars 2 episode (comparing the attitude towards electric cars in movie to transphobia), to the point where i now have to wonder if ben listens to the pod

  • PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them]
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    2 years ago

    When hurricane Sandy rolled through there was a regional gas crisis throughout NJ and NY (at least) because none of the gas stations had electricity and therefor, couldn't pump gas. The damage to the electical grid was so comprehensive it took weeks for many places to come back online. The few stations which remained open had hour long waits and would quickly pump their storage tanks dry. Rations were put in place where people were limited to 5 gallons and could only get gas on even/odd number days depending on their license plate number. These could be bypassed by slipping the gas station attendant a 20 though (NJ has mandatory gas station attendants lmao).

    Life pro tip on the subject: Never take old gas that's been in a shed for a year and put it in your car. That shit's got water in it, and as you burn it off, the gas in your tank will get more diluted until your engine doesn't even start.

  • Catherine_Steward [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    It's just impressive how devoid of creativity this guy's drawings are. A true marvel. Like, the front of a real car very famously looks like a face, it's one of the easiest observations to make. But this guy can't see it, and still draws weird out of place eyes on the windshield instead of the part that already looks like eyes. :pathetic:

    • Des [she/her, they/them]
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      2 years ago

      speaking of devoid of creativity, now i wonder if DALLE-2 can do ben garrison style?