The comic is supposed to be a joke, your attempted misdirect that the joke is about cthulhu’s reasoning abilities is incorrect and doesn’t track.

the comic wants to make a joke about the world being so bad that even a human can be convinced that all the humans should be killed by a world killing entity.

“Optimism in the face of horrors or no hope is just unhealthy denial”

absolutely incorrect.

this statement is a symptom of your poisoned worldview that allows you and the others to unironically defend the reasoning for global genocide.

optimism in the face of horrors is not “denial”, it springs from a more complete understanding of the world that you can change things.

I know that I can change things for the better because I change things for the better, whether it’s difficult or not.

people who assume things can’t change are the reason things don’t change.

Guess you need to volunteer more.

that’s not the joke.

“cynicism is hip, but it’s exactly as irrational to start with optimism.”

being cynical doesn’t help anyone or anything. being optimistic does help things.

“You’ve got to start with what is, and what ought to be and work from there.”

this is what I do.

you and the others defending “reasonable” genocide is not working toward what “ought to be”, unless you believe that what “ought to be” is giving up on life or some drastic action like global genocide (which is also giving up)

from 15, apparently

there is not much of a joke here.

cthulhu decides to commit indiscriminate genocide because of humanity’s violent acts.

a human agrees.

that is the comic.

because cynicism is hip and internet comments are supposed to be edgy rather than thoughtful, people are defending genocide without understanding what they are agreeing with, as you have.

most people don’t realize what they’re doing, but you and the other commenters are nodding along with the non-joke that everybody should be killed because humanity has problems.

that’s not a joke, that’s irresponsible defeatist anxiety.

I prefer to rage against the dying of the light.

that’s basically what’s going to happen again.

US companies will use less consulting because it’s more expensive.

Yes you have, and yes it is in the context of what you’re defending.

it’s good that you have faith in people to misunderstand what you’ve written for what you have come to assert you mean.

“…in such a jocular setting.”

The jocular context of punitive global genocide based on reasoning you and other commenters find “actually” sound.

“It is not inextricable.”

it is within the context of the comic and my comment, which your comment is responding to.

“it was merely omitted for the sake of expediency…”

you made a whoopsie and defended genocide, that is what I’ve been saying.

I don’t think you’re a terrible person, you got caught up in the hip cynicism of the mob in the comments and agreed with them that genocide is justifiable.

I disagree.

“…there are many ethical systems that have been proposed.”

and yet you identified with the justifications for global genocide.

“I robustly defended humanity being unsavory.”

defending a position that nobody is attacking.

“I did not robustly defend genocide.”

The comic is making the joke that because humanity is so bad, cthulhu will commit global genocide.

your argument, in response to my comment that condemns global genocide, is that cthulhu largely makes good points points.

for global genocide.

you’re defending the reasoning for global genocide.

“To justify Cthulhu’s premise is to not to justify his conclusion.”

his conclusion is inextricably tied to his premise, and you pointedly did not separate the two in your comments until I pointed out to you that you are defending genocide.

“I left the logical connection between the two unexamined.”

you say “all the rest could theoretically apply” referring to your agreement with cthulhu’s reasonings for global genocide.

you explicitly make that connection.

this is my favorite explanation, by Leslie mann, of the role of St. Peter:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqwgEk_zPZI&t=07

I hear the word expat all over the world, I don’t think it’s regional.

“immigrant” gives the impression that you are traveling to get to someplace, while expat implies that you are traveling to get away from someplace, as I’ve heard it used.

you sound so weak because your straw men are based on demonstrably false assumptions.

again, if you support genocide, that is your own problem, don’t project your violent and strange prejudices. onto others.

blaming other people for your own anxieties is an ineffective coping mechanism.

Your implied confirmation that an uninformed mob as moral arbiter could not be more timely.

enjoy that bandwagon; people downvoting uncomfortable truths doesn’t make them any less true.

ha, truth. they sound nuts

you’ll probably notice that every person arguing against “centrists” as if they aren’t centrist is very proud of their refusal to provide evidence for their arguments or read any articles refuting their mistakes.

“Netanyahu is committing genocide and we are wrong to sell him weapons.”

I’ve already responded to that in the first comments, which part are you confused about?

“I didn’t say you can’t read”

cool, nobody said you did.

“you might have to admit that genocide is wrong.”

If you don’t think genocide is wrong, that is your issue, don’t blame it on some vague “other” that you don’t understand or agree with.

you making mistakes and avoiding corrective information doesn’t mean other people can’t read.

you are wrong.

“Just because you like it, that doesn’t mean it’s not support.”

who told you that liking things means you don’t support those things?

your runarounds are bonkers and inaccurate.

slow down and organize your thoughts, they don’t make no sense.

“Centrists will never admit this…”

centrists, and most people now, agree with both of those things, what are you talking about?

you have a non-argument.

you’re trying to rile up anger by safely condemning the imaginary offenses of a vague minority that you likely belong to.

“If any centrist wants to admit that supporting genocide”

centrists don’t support genocide, and if you think otherwise then you clearly don’t know anything about what’s happening in Palestine or in your own country.

“For the first time.”

you got to read some books. articles, watch an interview or two.

If you are unaware of what’s happening and what people are saying, that is your fault, not some vague political minority that you’re ascribing your insecurities and ignorance to.

no crows will land on you, straw man.