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Comic panels taken out of comics so we can make fun of them!! We love the golden age stuff!

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Comics must come from actual comic books. No AI or Photoshops.
Single panels are preferred.
Comics should be unintentionally funny. Spider-man cracking wise is not what this is about.
Don't be a dick.
I can't believe I've had to add this... NO RACISM.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Did chatgpt get this right? I'm not sure I believe it.

Sure! Here's a translation of that 1950s lingo to modern English:

"Pipe that beef trust, slick" = "Pay attention to that business situation, buddy!" 

In context, "pipe" could mean "listen" or "pay attention," "beef trust" refers to the business or situation (possibly a reference to the meatpacking industry or a specific business issue), and "slick" is a term of endearment or a way to address someone in a friendly but confident manner.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why would you want to make us scroll horizontally to read that?

Just use a quote

Sure! Here's a translation of that 1950s lingo to modern English:

"Pipe that beef trust, slick" = "Pay attention to that business situation, buddy!"

In context, "pipe" could mean "listen" or "pay attention," "beef trust" refers to the business or situation (possibly a reference to the meatpacking industry or a specific business issue), and "slick" is a term of endearment or a way to address someone in a friendly but confident manner.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Oh I use jerboa on android and I dont have that issue. I like how code blocks look, but I'll use quotes in the future lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Oh, that surprises me. Can you send a screenshot? Code blocks are supposed to wrap because you don't want code to look weird And indentations and white space are sometimes important.

I will admit that on mobile it doesn't make too much sense because screens are so narrow.

I use Thunder, by the way.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Weird hey? I'm still experimenting with all the Lemmy apps; I'll give Thunder a shot today!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Thunder is great. I feel like I tried them all, and it has the best mix of customization and solid features.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Surely beef trust in this context is how muscled the guy is, right?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I believe so. According to Green's Dictionary of Slang, it usually referred to an obese person (or group thereof), but being used to mean "beefy" doesn't seem too far removed.

beef trust (n.) [ironic use of SE beef trust, a conglomerate of beef producers/processors; orig. late 19C carnival use, created by showman W.B. ‘Billy’ Watson (born Isaac Levy; 1852–1945), who thus named his sideshow of grotesquely overweight women, the term was later adopted in his burlesque to describe a chorus-line of notably large girls; Watson also created the chicken trust, composed thin and reportedly beautiful women]

(Aus./US) an obese person, a group of obese people [with examples dated 1914-2002]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The only thing I question is the definition for “pipe”. I’ve never heard it used to mean listen/pay attention. I’ve heard “peep” used in the manner, as in, “Peep that”. Just because I’ve never heard it doesn’t mean anything though. The rest is correct though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I have only heard it used in ‘pipe down’, meaning to be quite.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

According to Green's Dictionary of Slang, it can mean many things. In this case, I'm betting on:

pipe, v.(3) 1. to look over, to inspect. 2. orig. of a detective, to follow, to pursue; to spy on. 3. to understand, to work out. [with US examples 1882-1962]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

...and me thinking pipe meant condom