As someone who was poor and now is not poor, that’s bullshit. I was for sure envious of well-off folks around me. Now I absolutely don’t take it for granted.
The character is the only one with sunken cheeks; and thinness is a stereotype of poverty; the walls reveal bricks in places, so the house is not properly maintained, another stereotype; the tablecloth follows a fashion, the Vichy, dating from the 30s and associated with the elderly, and the fact of using old and/or outdated clothes/furniture/decor is yet another stereotype. For an image that has few details, that’s a lot.
I think its a valid example though. Sometimes poor people can save up to go out once and splurge on lobster. People tend to post the highlights of their lives on social media. I think the point here is to not buy into it so much
I get the idea and I like it; but please don’t put poverty in this comics. Poor people aren’t envious of richer people, they deserve to live normally.
As someone who was poor and now is not poor, that’s bullshit. I was for sure envious of well-off folks around me. Now I absolutely don’t take it for granted.
It wasn’t envy. It was a normal reaction to an unjust situation.
Don’t tell me how I feel
You’re right sorry. So it was envy. But I don’t think it’s the same kind of envy, coming from someone who also left poverty, and felt that too.
I mean, same for all the other examples.
Poverty shouldn’t exist.
Edit: someone disagrees with this, apparently
To loose a dog, to be overweight, to see a relationship end are sad but normal things. Poverty isn’t.
the cops shot their dog. if you are adding in your own back stories then I’ll add mine.
I didn’t add anything. I just know how to.read an image. Elementary school stuff.
so what made you conclude poverty?
The character is the only one with sunken cheeks; and thinness is a stereotype of poverty; the walls reveal bricks in places, so the house is not properly maintained, another stereotype; the tablecloth follows a fashion, the Vichy, dating from the 30s and associated with the elderly, and the fact of using old and/or outdated clothes/furniture/decor is yet another stereotype. For an image that has few details, that’s a lot.
boooo
You’re assuming he’s poor, and not just shit at cooking, or too apathetic to try or learn.
How likely do you think it is that the auth9r meant that and not that he was poor…?
Look at the walls.
I think he’s going for a hipster New York Loft aesthetic.
I think its a valid example though. Sometimes poor people can save up to go out once and splurge on lobster. People tend to post the highlights of their lives on social media. I think the point here is to not buy into it so much