As some old smart aleck once said: “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.” But apparently not calling a political cartoon a “political” cartoon is enough to fool some people, and certainly most bots.
I do visit the ArcaMax site to view comics I’ve been unable to find elsewhere, however, I am unable to view the comments. I have an extension on my browser called Privacy Badger and it blocks the comments on that site but not here. I’m not sure why it blocks comments on ArcaMax and not here unless there’s something malicious in their comments system. I hope that if GoComics returns comments to the political cartoons they don’t use a similar system.
I’ve seen two using that idea on the 16th of this month. One was by Dave Whamond on either ArcaMax dot com, or on CagleCartoons dot com, possibly at both sites. The other was by Matt Wuerker on this site.
I still remember the video of his speech before the United Nations when the entire room laughed at him. He seemed rather shocked, and said something to the effect that it wasn’t the reaction he was expecting.
Hopefully Jones will lose everything he’s got and winds up having to go looking for handouts of food and clothes. Maybe he should start practicing that line: “Alms for the poor”.
While I wouldn’t say it’s completely worthless without comments, however, I am willing to bet that they wind up taking a big hit financially. And not just those like yourself who may drop their subscriptions, but even those who don’t pay for a subscription might not visit as often which will cost in lost advertising. Only time will tell what the results of this experiment will be.
I’ve heard it said that when you have wealth beyond a certain point, you no longer own the money — the money owns you.
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November 5th, 2024.
Remember the Date.
Save the Country. VOTE BLUE
Just say NO to Putin / Trump 2024 VOTE BLUE
VOTE BLUE all the way