• @scintilla@lemm.ee
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    523 days ago

    I see it and just sigh because I know nobody will talk about the actual comic it will just be about how shitty of a person she is for X reason.

      • @glitchdx@lemmy.world
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        313 days ago

        pizzacake is a woman with opinions. misogynists hate her for that. One time, she didn’t handle that very well. Lots of people got banned on reddit. Now people here mostly bitch about her comics being “low effort” and such, which mostly just reveals “I don’t have a legit argument to hate this person so I’m going to pointlessly criticise her work instead.”

        As I’ve said in another comment, if some rando did the same scenario in ragemaker and posted it, everyone would be all over how relatable it is.

        That said, it is possibly to simply not like the artstyle, or to not find the scenario relatable, or whatever criticism a person might have. Divorced of context, those criticisms sound valid. With context though, it becomes obvious that it is popular to persecute pizzacake.

        • @Vespair@lemm.ee
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          123 days ago

          persecute

          Y’all have got to join us in reality.

          Yes, there are some misogynists who hate pizzacake because she is a woman exercising her agency.

          That is not the majority of pushback against her, just the most disgusting and vocal.

          The vast majority of criticism of pizzacake is towards her lack of punchlines, constant strawmanning, the unbelievable sycophants who follow and worship her and have turned the relevant subreddit into basically /r/ChurchofPizzacake, and for pizzacake’s pattern of poor behavior in interactions on reddit and elsewhere.

          There is a lot of grossness surrounding the entire pizzacake topic, yes, that’s undeniable. But to effectively chalk up all or most of the criticism as misogyny when a healthy majority of it sticks to the content of her comics or conduct in direct interactions rather than any extracurricular activities she may engage in, is just disingenuous as fuck.

          • @glitchdx@lemmy.world
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            32 days ago

            I should clarify, I’m not claiming that everyone who is criticizing pizzacake is a misogynist. I am however saying that it is popular among misogynists to bully women artists and call it “criticism”, thus, the presence of certain kinds of criticism indicates an increased likelihood that the “critic” is actually a misogynist, even if the criticisms at face value are legitimate.

            I shouldn’t need to have a law degree to write a comment in a comics forum.

          • @CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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            turned the relevant subreddit into basically /r/ChurchofPizzacake…

            1. I’m not on Reddit, I don’t care what the subreddit is like.

            2. fans of [thing] are on the subreddit of [thing] saying how much they like [thing]?! I guess I should hate everything then!

            Your grasping at straws here man.

        • @gurnu@lemmy.world
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          93 days ago

          For some reason PCC:s supporters never mention that she threatened to sue a subreddit for making fun of her comics. “One time she didn’t handle that very well” that’s putting it very mildly. PC is just toxic

          • @glitchdx@lemmy.world
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            22 days ago

            Is that what the narrative is now? I think the critics would have mentioned it last time, they were very thorough and even cited sources.

        • @aidan@lemmy.world
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          I didn’t know who she was or her gender when I said I hate her art style is almost as much as Ben Garrison’s.

          • @CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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            73 days ago

            I only hear about her onlyfans from people who don’t like her because she has an onlyfans. You advertise more than she does.

          • @glitchdx@lemmy.world
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            253 days ago

            My dude, are you calling me a simp? I didn’t know she had a patreon before today, and I wouldn’t be a subscriber even if I did. There’s infinite porn available for free. Everything I know about pizzacake is from the comment sections (and included links) of the last 3 times one of her comics made it into my feed. I have some basic reading and comprehension skills, so it’s not hard for me to quickly see exactly what’s going on here.

        • @rustyfish@lemmy.world
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          333 days ago

          I fail to understand why posting a pair of tits is such a controversial thing to do. Maybe I’m too European to lose my marbles over some nipples.

          • @WhatsTheHoldup@lemmy.ml
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            43 days ago

            I fail to understand why posting a pair of tits is such a controversial thing to do

            Pizzacake makes a lot of feminist leaning comics which heavily criticize the patriarchy, male objectification of women and “creepy” men who comment sexual things towards women.

            In light of that, a lot of people find it hypocritical that she’d sell pictures of herself online for dudes to jerk off to when that’s the exact opposite audience her comics tries to appeal to.

            When the leak first happened, she presented the narrative as though her consent was violated and she was being sexually harassed by having private nudes released. When people found out that she was selling the photos publicy for money, suddenly it became aparent we werent talking about sexual abuse we were talking about piracy. It got a lot of people irritated for having been mislead, and then they started asking why the photos were there in the first place.

            If she knows that she is the target of harassment campaigns, a lot of people are confused as to why she would post her nudes in a public space and not expect them to leak.

            Given the fact she is a public figure who regularly makes comics out of her children, regularly gets doxxed and is targetted by hate, you would expect her to be a bit smarter about what she puts online. She’s been online for years but seeks to lack basic understanding of cause and effect online (or else she understands it all too well and plays the victim perfectly to promote herself by baiting outrage incredibly effectively).

            The part of it that bothers me personally is that there are kids involved and there is a 100% chance that all the kids at her son’s school know and have looked up these nudes and her son probably gets bullied about it.

              • @WhatsTheHoldup@lemmy.ml
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                03 days ago

                What?

                A “paragon of virtue” is a person who is considered a perfect example of goodness and moral excellence. It implies they possess a high degree of admirable qualities like honesty, kindness, and justice, making them a role model of good character. The phrase is often used to describe someone who is perceived as flawless or exceptionally virtuous.

                I never used this term sorry, I’m not sure what you’re reading.

                She has children an online business so she has to be a paragon of virtue have basic OPSEC?

                Yes, everyone should practice OPSEC, but a public “celebrity” who’s sole business is online doubly so.

                Operations security (OPSEC) is a process that identifies critical information to determine whether friendly actions can be observed by enemy intelligence, determines if information obtained by adversaries could be interpreted to be useful to them, and then executes selected measures that eliminate or reduce adversary exploitation of friendly critical information.

                A parent should simply include their kids in the calculus.

                • @CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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                  Yes, everyone should practice OPSEC, but a public “celebrity” who’s sole business is online doubly so.

                  She doesn’t practice OPSEC because she has an OF that exists? I am not nearly as aware of her OF as the people that don’t like her, so you’ll have to let me know if there’s something different she should be doing with it.

                  to determine whether friendly actions can be observed by enemy intelligence

                  I must be really out of the loop. What is her business that results in her having enemy intelligence? Is it being on OF that gets you enemy intelligence, or making comics?

                  • @WhatsTheHoldup@lemmy.ml
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                    02 days ago

                    She doesn’t practice OPSEC because she has an OF that exists?

                    If she didn’t want her nudes to be publicly accessibly, uploading them publicly on social media could be considered bad OPSEC.

                    I must be really out of the loop. What is her business that results in her having _enemy intelligence?

                    Oh, I guess you are, sorry. Like I was saying in my last comment, there’s a lot of “lore”.

                    Her primary business is through her comics. She actually turned making a business into a comic itself.

                    https://www.reddit.com/user/Pizzacakecomic/comments/1jaby6v/comment/mqri41h/?context=3

                    I’ll quote the enemy intelligence part from an r/outoftheloop thread. You can read the whole thing if you’re interested about the events of her most recent hack/doxxing about a week ago.

                    Her account got hacked by users from soyjack party, an imageboard like 4chan. She has said that the hackers deleted her account. They found her password and email and caused chaos, including leaking private reddit messages and are likely testing other accounts as well.

                    I don’t know what this current flavor of doxxing is, because her name has been known for some time. However, In January her home address became semi-public information based on her “Pizzacake Comics Inc.” business licence in Canada. This was recently discovered, along with her current login details.

                    https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/1kio389/whats_going_on_with_pizza_cake/

                    From a recent comment, she has only now set up 2FA.

                    yes I have 2 factor authentication and finger print id setup for stuff now with a whole new number!

                    https://www.reddit.com/user/Pizzacakecomic/comments/1kipftd/comment/mrgpabo/

                    I really hate how much talking about internet security comes across as victim blaming but not having 2FA set up as a public celebrity who is constantly being attacked is once again bad OPSEC.

      • @finitebanjo@lemmy.world
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        She is a proud misandrist and a camgirl. Also the punchline of most of her comics is that impotent rage allows her to yell louder than any opinions she disagrees with.

    • @rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works
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      I’m here to tell you I just dislike the comic itself, I don’t even know about any controversy. I see that shit, I close it and downvote. Nearly as bad as Family Circus.

      • @scintilla@lemm.ee
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        Don’t know what family circus is but yeah I don’t really like her comics and would much rather discuss why instead of talking about the unrelated BS.

    • Rob T FireflyOP
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      133 days ago

      I’m unfamiliar, this is the first thing of hers I’ve encountered and I thought it fun enough to post here. Is there one of those Reasons people don’t like her?

      • @Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
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        There’s a long story involving her threatening legal action against a subreddit over people parodying her work, overall she seems to be a very thin skinned individual that doesn’t take criticism well.

        Her work also just isn’t very good, in my view. Her art style is incredibly bland, and her positions on various topics are just the biggest “no shit” moments you can imagine.

        • idunnololz
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          To be fair, if the biggest critiques of an internet celeb was that they were thin-skinned and their takes aren’t very spicy then I take that as a win in today’s environment. Hell even being “sort of an asshole” is pretty good by today’s standards.

          • @Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
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            It could be worse, but then again, people wouldn’t be posting her work all the time if she’d done something truly awful.

            Instead she makes bland dross that confirms people’s opinions, and people think she’s actually creative as a result.

        • @Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world
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          She’s an example of a normal person becoming famous and having to navigate those waters without a team.

          You’re a wonderful example of an outside critic without consideration. I’m thankful I’m just a nobody like you, because these critiques upset me even when I’m not involved whatsoever.

          • @Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
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            I wasn’t aware I had to be an artist to criticise Pizzacake.

            And even without the drama on Reddit, which I don’t particularly care about, her work is extremely bland and unimaginative.

            • @CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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              Lots of posts on Lemmy are bland and unimaginative. I don’t feel the need to comment as such in each and every one of them.

            • @Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world
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              You don’t have to be an artist to criticize her, just like I don’t have to be a critic to recognize bandwagoning. People shit on her because it’s popular, not because of good reasons.

              Continue to manifest reddit drama here, and argue for shitting on people. I’ll take my downvotes for standing up for artists. There are literally hundreds of bigger problems we should be speaking up about, this comic artist is not one of them.

            • @Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world
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              You swore you’d never post that photo, I only kicked that basket because you said it was the only way you could get off

    • @gurnu@lemmy.world
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      63 days ago

      Maybe because the comics rarely have any substance to talk about. Besides, I don’t want to see or support someone’s work when they threaten people with litigation for making fun of and criticizing their comics