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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 (11 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] 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]

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