Showing posts with label The Wacky Race 6. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Wacky Race 6. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 6, 2024

A Mind That Cannot Envision Its Supposed Triumph.

 It's the Day's Day of Days! Because the llama.

As of this writing--though I fully expect this to change--there are two versions of this strip up, one for if Kamala had won, another fitfully celebrating Trump's triumph. They're both quite close to one another, and rather barebones. While some of that is doubtless the result of, well, doing two strips, another is the simple fact that Muir is, on a fundamental level that he can't full acknowledge, kind of stumped here. The Dems are the Evil Conspiracy of Evil, always cheating, but somehow, it doesn't seem to have worked. Of course, Muir's mind is set to ignore this obvious contradiction--the foe is always strong, yet weak, after all. But it still rankles him, because he once again has lost any idea of what winning actually is.

We've seen all this before. Muir will pretend to be cheerful for a while, then start grumbling about internal enemies. He'll celebrate some grotesque imagined triumphs. But even at his high points, there will be this gnawing unease, and in a year, maybe two, he'll have once again almost fully retreated from reality.

I think his idol's quite like this himself. Trump will crow about winning, he'll crow about squashing charges. But then those magical victories that will fix everything won't come, and he'll start remembering how much he hates this job, so he'll retreat to his imaginary world, where people always cry and tell him how wonderful he is, all as reality keeps hitting.

It'd be a deserving fate, if so many people weren't going to suffer because of it.

Friday, November 1, 2024

All The Worst Parts Of Christianity, Including Blood Libel.

 It's the Day's Day of Days! Because that penalty will be enforced. Half the distance to the goal line.

Ahh, there's Muir's religious faith, which has been present since the early years. It demands nothing of him, lets him tell himself that his opponents are wicked and false because they oppose him, and sanctifies all his bigotry and hatred. The American equivalent of a 'Gott Mit Uns' belt buckle.

Sunday, October 27, 2024

This Again?

 It's the Day's Day of Days! Because yes, except we lived in a van and solved mysteries.

Muir's been putting strips exactly like this out for a long time, and they've always been sad little "Nu-uh! You are!"s from the very start.

The Trump situation lurking in the background of this one just makes it seem extra sad.

Saturday, September 28, 2024

Chris Muir Complaining About Word Salad. Of Course He Is.

  It's the Day's Day of Days! Because Special Rescue Solbrain.

There's something about the way Zed and Sam sit there, beers in hand, as if trying to underline that they are the proud redneck elite who sneer at those decadent blue-staters. 

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Muir Jumps On The Bandwagon As It Hurtles Off The Cliff.

 It's the Day's Day of Days! Because Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger.

I figured there were two ways Muir was going to handle the crazy ranting about immigrants eating pets--either he was going to ignore it, or he was going to join in because he was certain this bit of racist nonsense was a winning ticket, and a great truth that needs to be said.

And of course, it's the second.

Tuesday, September 3, 2024

Every Bit Of Wingnut "News", Days After It Hits It Peak.

  It's the Day's Day of Days! Because Tokumi Sentai Go-Busters.

The "Kamala doesn't have real crowds, does not, does not!" story has been circulating among the Online Right for weeks now, based on their not understanding how large crowds work, and thus turning normal things into "proof" of the conspiracy/failure. To be fair, this goes to the very top. Trump's rallies have often turned into shitshows because of the general assumption that things will work themselves out.

Saturday, August 10, 2024

He's Just Staying With The Awkward Klingon Joke, I See.

 It's the Day's Day of Days! Because Choujyu Sentai Liveman.

I assume this is based on something Harris said, which runs into the problem that Real Trump is regularly babbling about Hannibal Lecter for some unfathomable reason, which underlines that this... isn't a big deal. But I don't know, because Muir frequently believes nonsense that isn't true, so it might just be something that never happened.

And I don't care.

Friday, August 9, 2024

This Is What They're Going With?

 It's the Day's Day of Days! Because Hikari Sentai Maskman.

Watching Muir repeat Republican talking points like the empty-headed parrot he is, certain that he is just crushing it with these truth bombs, reminds you that the Right in the US have the same problem that Muir does, only on a grander scale. They've created their little sphere, where they constantly reinforce their own nonsense and insist every idiotic, lackluster effort is genius, and so nobody bothers to look at things with a critical eye anymore and suggest that actually, no, this is a bad idea.

Monday, August 5, 2024

A Random Barrage Of Racism, Misogyny And Paranoia.

 It's the Day's Day of Days! Because Kagaku Sentai Dynaman.

It's been fascinating how the Right's response to Kamala Harris becoming the nominee is such a muddle of awfulness. As usual, Muir parrots the awful opinions of others that mirror his own bigoted impulses and thinks this makes him insightful.