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Nobody here seems like they're in the mood for more of my takes on art, which doesn't pain me, but I'll try to be clearer about where I've been coming from since you made some interesting points.
Part of what motivated me here is that I see art as fundamentally "the study of choice". I like the piece in question because it seems to be choosing to demonstrate the absurd cruelty of the situation (because cruelty is absurd, don't you find?), and making absolutely no bones about it. It's a six panel horror show that is poignant because of how little sense SA makes, and it is trenchant in its overall effect without resorting to humor, which would be cowardly (speaking from experience - I do that too often).
Perhaps what I've failed to articulate is that I'm irked that this very overt, brave, and thoughtful piece of art can be so clear and powerful a message, and yet my fellow humans are conditioned by (or perhaps utterly failed by) society to be so insensate that it does not immediately produce the intended understanding. I'm not frustrated with anyone in particular, I'm frustrated with the cruelly absurd world we live in.
Yes snurge, you are the smartest person in the thread! Have a cookie for your unparalleled intellect :3
Or, you’re just envious you can’t write more than two sentences and have cohere into a single point.
That would be my guess, since that usually accompanied the inability to distinguish between a person acting smart and a person successfully articulating complex thoughts.
Just because you’ve got a comprehension limit doesn’t mean everything outside of that is nonsense.
:3 Can I have a cookie too? I also possess a prefrontal lobe.
Do I not even merit the sarcasm of an adult in your eyes, after backflipping from blithering rage into humbly urbane art critique? I thought it worth at least a snarky golf clap.