Wow, quite wild to see some Lemmings get wooshed this hard by an Adam Ellis comic. Though I guess it's mostly aimed at his audience on Bluesky or Reddit. I follow him on the former. He's been experimenting a lot ever since he left Buzzfeed.
Anyway, look at the exaggerated arch in his back. Look at the barbie-font Jesus poster. Acknowledge Ellis' work is often very LGBT (when it's not horror, lol). He's poking fun at hypocrite religious folks, or maybe he's making fun of how very gay it is to get on your knees for Jesus. Or maybe however you interpret it... I mostly just giggled at that fucking ARCH of a back.
Yeah, I mean there's not a big huge punchline, but this was clearly a bit of a general send-up, and also prodding at a very specific "Tim Tebow" type of muscular Christianity.
That type of Christian man is big and strong, but also extremely manicured and soft-spoken (even while saying the usual heinous shit) and "effeminate" by certain heteronormative standards. The look and vibe lends itself to fairly easy jokes about men who are closeted or so naive they don't realize they're closeted, which will needle some and maybe give others food for thought. Anybody who's spent time in the Bible Belt will have met the dude in this comic, and maybe his wife.
Some of us have had the dude in this comic, in the garage while his wife was asleep in the house. Personally I won't do these types but they're a favorite among some of my friends.
This comic is fucking disgusting. Please take it down. We don't need children exposed to such sickening depictions of reality.
First of all, who the fuck goes to bed at 7pm? Second of all, why is sexy Jesus on the wall, and not on the ceiling (so we can pray, even when our eyes are half-lidded), and finally, how is the moonlight so bright when its a waning crescent?!
I won't object to someone doing this as long as they shut up about it, don't boast to me about it, and basically don't say any of that stuff in the speech bubbles under any circumstances. I find that these kinds of people are unbearable and eat other Christians alive rather than nurturing a community.
53 Comments
taiyang@lemmy.world · 127 pts · 275d
Wow, quite wild to see some Lemmings get wooshed this hard by an Adam Ellis comic. Though I guess it's mostly aimed at his audience on Bluesky or Reddit. I follow him on the former. He's been experimenting a lot ever since he left Buzzfeed.
Anyway, look at the exaggerated arch in his back. Look at the barbie-font Jesus poster. Acknowledge Ellis' work is often very LGBT (when it's not horror, lol). He's poking fun at hypocrite religious folks, or maybe he's making fun of how very gay it is to get on your knees for Jesus. Or maybe however you interpret it... I mostly just giggled at that fucking ARCH of a back.
Basically, Christianity is so gay, lol.
Feyd@programming.dev · 24 pts · 275d
As someone unfamiliar this was definitely a Poe's law type of post
taiyang@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 275d
Agreed. It's way easier to get in context from his bluesky, he doesn't call his comics Christian Comix lol.
Tattorack@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 274d
Hold up... But everything you said was immediately obvious to me. Surely the point isn't that easy to miss?
wjrii@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 275d
Yeah, I mean there's not a big huge punchline, but this was clearly a bit of a general send-up, and also prodding at a very specific "Tim Tebow" type of muscular Christianity.
That type of Christian man is big and strong, but also extremely manicured and soft-spoken (even while saying the usual heinous shit) and "effeminate" by certain heteronormative standards. The look and vibe lends itself to fairly easy jokes about men who are closeted or so naive they don't realize they're closeted, which will needle some and maybe give others food for thought. Anybody who's spent time in the Bible Belt will have met the dude in this comic, and maybe his wife.
Caffeinated_Sloth@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 275d
It also helps to be familiar with evangelical worship music. Strong Jesus-is-my-boyfriend vibes in many of those lyrics.
exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 274d
South Park did it.
Caffeinated_Sloth@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 274d
Oh that’s right! Great episode.
BanMe@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 274d
Some of us have had the dude in this comic, in the garage while his wife was asleep in the house. Personally I won't do these types but they're a favorite among some of my friends.
TipRing@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 274d
Don't stick your dick in crazy.
paultimate14@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 275d
As someone familiar with Adam Ellis, I read this and kept looking for more panels where he would take the joke from subtle to obvious.
someacnt@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 275d
For once, my aspie ass could understand the joke behind it.
toynbee@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 275d
Does an exaggerated arch suggest fellatio? I think I get the premise, but I'm not 100% confident.
taiyang@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 275d
I think so. It's also really feminine which is counter to the alpha male thing.
exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 274d
So saith the Lord (Lord is short for lordosis).
toynbee@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 275d
I see; thank you for the response.
andros_rex@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 274d
The exaggerated arch suggests getting in position to be taken from behind. The man’s a bottom.
acockworkorange@mander.xyz · -3 pts · 275d
I don't think anyone is being wooshed. It's very on the nose. It's also lazy homophobic humor.
Tattorack@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 274d
Looks like you're completely wooshed.
scintilla@crust.piefed.social · 66 pts · 275d
He's got that superheroine spine lmao.
glorkon@lemmy.world · 47 pts · 275d
I always suspected Christians were secretly into homosexuality.
After all, they're the ones down on their knees hoping for a man to come for the second time.
Morphite88@thelemmy.club · 45 pts · 275d
This guy goes to bed at 7 pm?
TheAsianDonKnots@lemmy.zip · 35 pts · 275d
Yeah. Their man-o-sphere morning routine starts at 3am. Gotta get your 8 hours in.
FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 24 pts · 275d
Yeah so he can rise and grind.
mech@feddit.org · 13 pts · 275d
Ah, so that's why he's got a grindr account.
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub · 21 pts · 275d
Do you have the love of Jesus inside you?
Zozano@aussie.zone · 21 pts · 274d
This comic is fucking disgusting. Please take it down. We don't need children exposed to such sickening depictions of reality.
First of all, who the fuck goes to bed at 7pm? Second of all, why is sexy Jesus on the wall, and not on the ceiling (so we can pray, even when our eyes are half-lidded), and finally, how is the moonlight so bright when its a waning crescent?!
snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 274d
I don't think it's a waning crescent, it looks like there's a hole in the moon.
saturn57@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 273d
He has to go to bed at 7pm to wake up at 3am and do a 6 hour "morning routine" because he is an "alpha male."
GrammarPolice@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 275d
spykee@lemmings.world · 10 pts · 275d
Damnnn....
Forgive me Lord, for what I'm about to do...
Omnipitaph@reddthat.com · 7 pts · 274d
I feel like the older I get, the more attracted to men I become. Idk, must be all that microplastic lol
WinGirl99@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 275d
nice booty pal
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 274d
Supplicating yourself before a god? Sounds kinda BETA to me.
Swaus01@piefed.social · 3 pts · 275d
I won't object to someone doing this as long as they shut up about it, don't boast to me about it, and basically don't say any of that stuff in the speech bubbles under any circumstances. I find that these kinds of people are unbearable and eat other Christians alive rather than nurturing a community.
Greddan@feddit.org · 16 pts · 275d
Swaus01@piefed.social · 1 pts · 275d
Uhhh you're wrong, Jesus was crucified
Greddan@feddit.org · 6 pts · 275d
SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 275d
He got nailed by some sweaty Italians!
dragonfucker@lemmy.nz · 1 pts · 275d
But then he came back to life
Naho_Zako@piefed.zip · 1 pts · 275d
Almost thought this was a Mango Pablo ("I did it... I saved the town" guy) post...
Actionschnils@feddit.org · -3 pts · 275d
I dont get it ... Or is it just homophobic?
Bgugi@lemmy.world · 107 pts · 275d
It's a gay comic by a gay man about how gay it is to get on your knees and beg for a man (or two guys and their enby buddy) to give you what you want.
garth@sh.itjust.works · 52 pts · 275d
I love it. The woke Holy Trinity.
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 275d
Gotta get down on my knees & please Jesus.
Evkob@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 274d
Thank you, I will exclusively refer to the Holy Spirit as "enby buddy" now.
Oh and this is how I imagine they look like:
Actionschnils@feddit.org · 1 pts · 275d
Yeah, I got that. But I was looking for some kind of punchline(?)... Probably its just not my sense of humor
Honytawk@feddit.nl · 6 pts · 275d
The punchline is the homophobic theist being gay for their religious daddy.
TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website · 43 pts · 275d
I’m pretty sure the joke is a gay thirst trap
jordanlund@lemmy.world · -31 pts · 275d
Christian cartoon + not funny.
Well that tracks...
Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 275d
It's making fun of Christianity. The fact you didn't get it doesn't make it not funny.
jordanlund@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 274d
I got it, the fact it's poorly done makes it not funny.
Here's a good one:
Fourth@mander.xyz · 6 pts · 274d
It's all just opinions I guess. My opinion is that the comic you posted stinks. 🤷
andros_rex@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 274d
Your comic isn’t funny or even trying to be funny. It’s didactic, and really boring tbh.
Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 274d
He's on his knees shirtless waiting for a man to come. He's gay... i mean happy for jesus.