Words come to mean different things at different times. Ever read a “comic book”? Not all (or most) are funny. Cartoons in newspapers have historically been all over the place in mood but been referred to broadly as comics or funnies. The name implies a format, not a mood.
Can comics just be funny? Why does everyone have to try and make some deep political point?
Have you ever considered that people who do their best to look away from bad things happening are, in fact, enabling those events in the first place?
Try being more involved in the world around you. Who knows, you might make it a better place.
Because this is Lemmy
They can be both. Why should all comics be funny?
“comics”
The Divine Comedy
Words come to mean different things at different times. Ever read a “comic book”? Not all (or most) are funny. Cartoons in newspapers have historically been all over the place in mood but been referred to broadly as comics or funnies. The name implies a format, not a mood.