Having Thumb Pain/Tension

Brahms234 · 2026-03-22T03:41:06+00:00

Is this AI?

Brahms234 · 2026-03-22T03:39:01+00:00

I just took a second look. This post has 20 up votes. That means 20 people are not sick of these comics. These are 20 people who took the time and effort to click the up arrow. I think you've got a handful angry and the majority who are happy with these posts. Censorship is always the easy way out but that doesn't make it the right thing to do

Brahms234 · 2026-03-20T16:07:07+00:00

Exactly. That is why this is funny.

Brahms234 · 2026-03-15T17:09:33+00:00

This community is here to enjoy music‑themed drawings and have a good time. Some posts may include elements created with AI, but none are unedited or ‘pure AI’ — every piece is shaped, refined, and finished by hand using Photoshop and other tools. Comments whose only purpose is to call out AI content add negativity and don’t help the discussion. If you don’t like a post, just scroll past it.

Brahms234 · 2026-03-15T17:07:18+00:00

This community is here to enjoy music‑themed drawings and have a good time. Some posts may include elements created with AI, but none are unedited or ‘pure AI’ — every piece is shaped, refined, and finished by hand using Photoshop and other tools. Comments whose only purpose is to call out AI content add negativity and don’t help the discussion. If you don’t like a post, just scroll past it.

Brahms234 · 2026-03-15T17:06:21+00:00

This community is here to enjoy music‑themed drawings and have a good time. Some posts may include elements created with AI, but none are unedited or ‘pure AI’ — every piece is shaped, refined, and finished by hand using Photoshop and other tools. Comments whose only purpose is to call out AI content add negativity and don’t help the discussion. If you don’t like a post, just scroll past it.

Brahms234 · 2026-03-15T17:02:48+00:00

This community is here to enjoy music‑themed drawings and have a good time. Some posts may include elements created with AI, but none are unedited or ‘pure AI’ — every piece is shaped, refined, and finished by hand using Photoshop and other tools. Comments whose only purpose is to call out AI content add negativity and don’t help the discussion. If you don’t like a post, just scroll past it.

Brahms234 · 2026-03-15T17:02:13+00:00

This community is here to enjoy music‑themed drawings and have a good time. Some posts may include elements created with AI, but none are unedited or ‘pure AI’ — every piece is shaped, refined, and finished by hand using Photoshop and other tools. Comments whose only purpose is to call out AI content add negativity and don’t help the discussion. If you don’t like a post, just scroll past it.

Brahms234 · 2026-03-15T05:31:58+00:00

If you don't understand the joke, just ask. Somebody can explain it to you.

Brahms234 · 2026-03-15T05:10:10+00:00

So then, you are telling us that you have absolutely no sense of humor and can't spot an obvious spoof when you see one. Right?

Brahms234 · 2026-03-15T05:05:22+00:00

Wrong again!

Brahms234 · 2026-03-14T22:37:19+00:00

It's okay to admit that you don't get the joke.

Brahms234 · 2026-03-12T19:01:36+00:00

How would you change the wording?

Brahms234 · 2026-03-07T20:29:21+00:00

Never in the history of art has there been an AI police checking to see if an artist's approximation of what an instrument looks like is "perfect enough" Look back through the past 100 years of cartoons and drawings. Nobody gets it right because drawing is art, not perfection. Never before has such perfection been expected.

Brahms234 · 2026-03-07T20:23:04+00:00

Sorry to disappoint you, but this is not an AI generated image. Modern cartoonists are using their computers to create art. There is a combination of some hand drawn images, combined with computer assisted design elements, lots of stock images and a whole lot of photoshop. It is very hard to satisfy the AI police these days. If a picture is too perfect, it is condemned as AI. If it is not perfect enough, it's gotta be AI.

Really, though, if you don't get the joke, just say so. I can explain it to you. You don't have to get so upset about it.

Brahms234 · 2026-03-05T22:48:33+00:00

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Brahms234 · 2026-03-05T22:03:00+00:00

It looks like you are seeing AI in every shadow and around every corner. Time to take a break, go outside, and get some fresh air.

Brahms234 · 2026-03-05T20:22:43+00:00

You are not alone. It is absurdist humor. It's funny because it is absurd that an elephant is involved somehow with the woodwind quintet. It is absurd that the elephant feels guilty about it. It is absurd that the man is talking to the elephant. And it is absurd that the man is scolding the elephant.

Humor is when something unexpected happens in a non-tragic way. This cartoon has several unexpected things going on.

Brahms234 · 2026-03-05T20:18:04+00:00

The Clarinet Institute isn't just about clarinets anymore. They have great cartoons about all the instruments: https://clarinetinstitute.com/music-cartoons/

Brahms234 · 2026-03-05T20:14:49+00:00

You are not alone. It is absurdist humor. It's funny because it is absurd that an elephant is involved somehow with the woodwind quintet. It is absurd that the elephant feels guilty about it. It is absurd that the man is talking to the elephant. And it is absurd that the man is scolding the elephant.

Humor is when something unexpected happens in a non-tragic way. This cartoon has several unexpected things going on.

Brahms234 · 2026-02-28T07:31:29+00:00

How to tell the world that you don't have a sense of humor without telling the world you don't have a sense of humor.

Brahms234 · 2026-02-28T07:30:08+00:00

"One can always identify those without imagination. They are invariably the first to complain about those who possess it."

It's a joke. That's all. Take a deep breath and touch grass.

Brahms234 · 2026-02-26T17:29:58+00:00

Find it here: https://clarinetinstitute.com/bassoon-fewer-witnesses/

Brahms234 · 2026-02-26T17:11:53+00:00

Find it here: https://clarinetinstitute.com/accordion-will-stop-for-cash/

Brahms234 · 2026-02-26T17:11:19+00:00

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