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This is great. Shouts, brother.

While you're at it might as well take out the other leg.

inb4 BlueSky flags this for self harm.

Also every Bluesky interaction is always ??

Relevant xkcd

PINS & NEEDLES

In the year 2126, students will be asked to analyse & interperet this political cartoon in their highschool history class, & I just think that's neat!

wincing in blood oxygenization via skin disruption

„Cat biting its own tail“

This is gonna cost us an arm and a leg.

Cut those slackers off!!!!

The foot and a gun were right there...

Not one MAGA will understand this joke. It's way over thier heads.

Holy hell guys! Tariffs Coost us it's not that deep

A perfect summary of the contents of the world's stupidest man (and his lackeys). From Bob Woodward's book. Explains everything we've seen ever since.

"Reports are coming in that MAGA has started bashing their knees with hammers today."

I think that's not what we mean when we say "break a leg".

I did not expect a (beloved) science comic artist to understand a political (humanities) problem so sysinctly. 🤯

You kneecap people with a hammer for a loan shark?

As much as I may have some disagreements with the author, Capitalism and Freedom is a great book if only for talking about how the whole notion of retaliatory tariffs is akin to shooting yourself in the leg because your opponent did so as well.

Legs: You're a dumb a$$ Glutes: hey! we're part of you! Legs: no, we're a smart a$$ Back: what a bunch of wise a$$es, now we ALL hurt....

Spot on

Accurate!

Today I learned that Tariffs got Reagan wet

If it makes you feel better, I remembered Milton Friedman saying it. He gave credit to Reagan.

Sure but he was probably talking about, like, paying a living wage or outlawing child labor.

That's an interesting point. You say enough clever things about things you agree on and you think they're clever about everything. Reality is they're just parroting clever things. I don't agree with all of Reagan's policies, but I do agree with Reagan's stance on free trade.

Not sure how Reagan would have handled today's situation where Communist China out-manufactures the entire Free World.

Getting rid of your legs could appear to give you a competitive advantage at withstanding Gs of acceleration, since the oxygen no longer flows there… until you realize compression pants work just as well, with far fewer drawbacks.

/cc @kairyssdal.bsky.social

Australia is now subsidising the price of some medications in the USA, which is good for people who need our cheap meds, but we've also been forced to do your healthcare providing in some amount.

i hate that i understand this (well played, sir)

Brilliant analogy

Cut it off and sew another one onto myself. There you have it!

Just rename your arm to leg.

What a very stable genius

@rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social

>First Past the Post system >Tells voters not to vote >????

nah, eat a butt lib

🔥

Standing nice 'n' puurrty like that... ...he won't have a leg to stand on.

Tariffs

Cut it off, that'll show 'em! >:3

xkcd has a way of making even trade economics feel like a cosmic joke, respect to that level of deadpan. We channel the same bleak humor, just with breakdowns instead of stick figures.

And if you retaliate by kicking me back, I will use the chainsaw next time

yes, the idea is about ignoring what a trade where you give stuff to someone else can be extremely beneficial even if its a "deficit", and also that "retaliation" for said deficit is like... well like hitting yourself in the knee with a hammer.

We're renaming you "Even More Arms" and claiming you as ours.

Known for years as "Shooting oneself in the foot", but in recent times, their aim isn't so good, and they've been hitting the knee instead...

cancelled for anus erasure

“And we’re renaming the Anion Gap to the Brachial Gap. It belongs to us now!”

Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3290#Transcript

A perfect analogy. But Trump has no concept of the concept.