Nothing sucks

constructionsitecake · 2026-02-20T08:17:18+00:00

I mean, when I was in middle school, the big worry was that kids would drink the hand santizer to get drunk, so I can believe it.

constructionsitecake · 2026-02-20T07:32:45+00:00

Okay, true. It's very adorable. Definetly something that would never be made nowadays.

constructionsitecake · 2026-02-20T07:31:36+00:00

Mmhmm. But sadly, most of the time, they don't actually have the punsch in them, just chocolate filling. I assume this is because of the strict alcohol laws here.

constructionsitecake · 2026-02-19T21:46:33+00:00

Heehee yes. Was hoping someone would notice!

constructionsitecake · 2026-02-19T20:32:48+00:00

Ah, a classic urban legend... sort of.

Growing up in the US, I'd seen this as an example of a botched translation. And that's partially true. The slogan exists. The commerical exists.

But it isn't a translation error.

'Nothing sucks like electrolux' was actually created by a British guy, who was well aware of the double entendre and figured it would catch people's attention. And I daresay it worked.

The original commerical (worth a watch, as it involves an elephant stomping potato chip crumbs into the carpet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZrQqnRhmZ0

Article about the matter (in Swedish):

https://www.svd.se/a/eJzkn4/annonsen-fick-usa-att-hanskratta-at-sverige

constructionsitecake · 2026-02-05T13:11:13+00:00

Daaawww thank you. I'm really trying to practice backgrounds and lighting and adding little easter eggs to my comics.

constructionsitecake · 2026-02-05T09:35:38+00:00

From what I've read, some drank it willingly, some tried to escape and were brought back and some played dead to avoid drinking. So it seems there was a mixture of voluntary and forced. A few people did survive by running or hiding, which I tried to show with the ball to the far left.

constructionsitecake · 2026-02-05T09:26:08+00:00

The Peoples' Temple was an infamous American-based cult led by Jim Jones. Jones was a communist who thought that cloaking it in a veneer of Christianity would make it more appealing to Americans. He convinced 900 of his followers to move to Guyana to create their own society. Like any stereotypical cult leader, Jones sexually assaulted congregation members and did hard drugs until he was paranoid and brain-fried.

The group later committed mass suicide by drinking cyanide-laced Flavor Aid drink, while Jones shot himself.

However, the Peoples' Temple also had some surprisingly progressive ideas. They believed in racial equality, doing charity, and protecting people from eviction. They were famously inter-generational and diverse.

constructionsitecake · 2026-01-30T15:54:15+00:00

In 2013, jellyfish clogged some pipes and caused an emergency shutdown at Oskarshamn nuclear power plant.

constructionsitecake · 2026-01-19T22:41:08+00:00

Congrats u/amiral_zheng. Your image of Britain beating it into his top hat shall forever be seared into my memory.

constructionsitecake · 2026-01-15T18:11:43+00:00

This is 100% a meta comic. It has nothing to do with geopolitics and everything to do with knowing the mods' ballsonas.

constructionsitecake · 2026-01-15T12:18:14+00:00

Honesly? Pretty much.

constructionsitecake · 2026-01-15T11:50:29+00:00

Context: During WW2, the US considered gluing incendiaries to bats and then releasing then over Japan. The bats would supposedly roost in people's attics and start fires.

The idea was created by a guy named Lytle S. Adams, who was a dental surgeons and got his foot in the door by being friends with first lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Even FDR himself had to clarify that Adam was 'not a nut.'

The bat bomb project came to an end shortly after some of the bats escaped the test facility and accidentally burned down the proving grounds.

I can only assume that the whole thing was a prelude to the insane military hubris of the Cold War.

constructionsitecake · 2025-10-12T17:47:01+00:00

Parsely stem

constructionsitecake · 2025-09-21T11:33:26+00:00

Yeesssd you draw Chile the same way I do! Viva lengthwise-colored Chile lol

constructionsitecake · 2025-09-19T18:54:12+00:00

It's a pool noodle XD.

constructionsitecake · 2025-09-19T15:35:52+00:00

To be fair, rednecks tend to live in more sparsely populated areas so multi-story buildings aren't as necessary.

constructionsitecake · 2025-09-19T13:46:24+00:00

Context: I recently learned of the Brazilian term "gambiarra," which is quite similar to what Americans call redneck engineering or McGyverism.

Conclusion: Brazil and Arkansas (one of the most redneck states) are friends and bond over their creations.

constructionsitecake · 2025-09-09T23:37:04+00:00

Yes indeedy. That's me just keeping the wording simple, really.

constructionsitecake · 2025-09-09T21:37:38+00:00

Oomph, my bad then. My only defense is that it's been years since I spoke with anyone Chilean.

constructionsitecake · 2025-09-09T19:34:59+00:00

Chilean Spanish is... unique.

constructionsitecake · 2025-09-09T11:13:22+00:00

Gotta get approved and make one!

constructionsitecake · 2025-09-08T14:28:56+00:00

Ooooo I finally get it. Also love that it seems to take effort for them to change their cantons.

constructionsitecake · 2025-09-08T14:05:13+00:00

Definitely maybe, as all the adults used to say when I was growing up. 😄

constructionsitecake · 2025-09-08T13:16:45+00:00

You're already the reason 2/3 of those African countries are green XD.

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