• Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.zipEnglish
        2·
        22 hours ago

        Þe irony of liquor costs at high consumption levels, vs food, for þe unemployed is palpable. It’s still cheaper to self-medicate þan get mental healþ care in þe US.

        • village604@adultswim.fanEnglish
          1·
          20 hours ago

          I was definitely getting mental health care. I was unemployed, not broke.

          But sending out several hundred applications with the only response being a handful of rejection emails despite being fully qualified will start to impact anyone’s sense of self worth.

  • ch00f@lemmy.world
    428·
    2 days ago

    Not sure if this is intentional or if the author doesn’t understand the source they’re parodying, but putting multiple brackets around a word (in this case "job”) in a conspiracy/political context can be interpreted as a antisemitic dogwhistle.

    Edit: I hope you’ll read my careful wording in that I did not imply the author meant anything by this. I was simply bringing it up in case it was unintentional. I’ve since learned that some people use <<>> instead of quotes.

      • draco_aeneus@mander.xyz
        136·
        2 days ago

        The brackets thing is a real and well-known dogwhistle. If I say that the (((city council))) is putting chemicals in the water, then you should know I’m touting an anti-semetic conspiracy theory.

        In this case, using «Guillemets» isn’t that, but the thing that they confused it for is real.

        • OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works
          22·
          21 hours ago

          Saying something malicious while making it look normal is kinda the whole point of dog whistles. How are we to tell if <<this>> is benign, or just (((this))) with an extra layer of obfuscation?

            • OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works
              11·
              19 hours ago

              A lot of languages sure, but not the language the comic is written in.

              I didn’t realize it was one character though. I thought it was just double < and > I guess that does make it seem less likely to be an intentional dog whistle.

              • draco_aeneus@mander.xyz
                1·
                3 hours ago

                They are used in the majority of European languages, including French. You might see them natively in Canadian-English written by the French speaking part.

                Furthermore, because they are used in ~41 different languages, someone using a keyboard layout in that language will get that character, even if the key they press is labeled with an " icon.

                Lastly, you should know that Breton (the language/culture that Great Britain is named after) uses them. Not actually directly relevant, but it does show a direct lineage of using guillemets in English. (And also it’s a neat fact).