They “attract” quite a following? Once again, this comic is trying to turn something annoying into something endearing. By the way, real tractor drivers usually take great care to let people pass them often enough that this doesn’t happen…but I guess this guy is too busy “attracting” followers.
@tedcoop No audience member in any town hall meeting has ever used a teleprompter. Even in presidential debates we see them read their questions from note cards. So if you’re right about the audience member being the speaker, then a comic about his lack of a teleprompter doesn’t make any sense. The only person who could potentially use a teleprompter is the speaker at the front, which is why I had to assume that the audience member (maybe an aid or something) was reading his speech to him. Having someone read his speech to him aloud is ridiculous as well though because he could just put the paper on his podium, so I’m not sure what’s supposed to be going on. You have to admit, though, that only an imbecile would need his speech read aloud to him from a piece of paper. That’s why I assumed the speaker was ignorant.
He has a guy reading his speech to him. If he can’t use a teleprompter for some reason, can he not just put the paper on his podium and read it himself?
I can never stop myself from reading Pluggers, and I’m always annoyed at this comic’s attempts to make ignorance endearing. This particular episode, like many, tries to use ignorance of technology to incite some kind of nostalgic feeling of prestige in those people who take pride in their adherence to the ways of the ‘good old days’. When one reads this comic one is expected think “Ah yes, I remember the days before teleprompters. Mm hm, those were the times. Blah blah media corporations now, blah kids today, etc.” However there is a delicious nugget of irony that Brookins seems to have missed: A person who is so technologically impaired that they can’t even handle a teleprompter is arguing AGAINST CLEAN ENERGY. That is, a person with apparently no credibility on the subject of technology is arguing against clean energy. If this were my first time reading Pluggers I would think Brookins was using this irony deliberately to promote clean energy and brand its adversaries as ‘scientific ignoramuses’. Alas, I’ve read the strip before and I know better. The anti-clean-energy-speaker may even be an attempt at pandering to the probably-conservative Pluggers readership; a cherry on top of their nostalgic feeling of nobility. I don’t hate you Brookins, and I don’t hate you stereotypical-Pluggers-fan: just everything that you strive to glorify.
They “attract” quite a following? Once again, this comic is trying to turn something annoying into something endearing. By the way, real tractor drivers usually take great care to let people pass them often enough that this doesn’t happen…but I guess this guy is too busy “attracting” followers.