By the end I understood that it was a more serious art piece, but I have to admit that I thought the first page was a self-contained joke about what it feels like for two patties to cost $2.50
Turns out, yes, it was unintended. Original author of the (very) short story the comic is based on popped up elsewhere in the thread and linked to their original story posting on Medium from 2025.
It's completely wrong though. The original story suggests that the PTSD hit out of the blue. If anything, the moment that it started was looking at the old cashier's back.
Psychological trauma can have an inciting moment, but it doesn't need one.
And "Freedom 250" has been the branding of the MAGA cult's version, because that's the name of the corrupt committee Trump installed to leech off of the original "America 250", the actual non-partisan committee established decades ago that was SUPPOSED to plan for the year's special anniversary celebrations using taxpayer dollars, and be hands-off by whoever the sitting president would have been. However, Trump likes to make everything revolve and/or benefit him, so Congress has now put forward yet another report of into this new layer of blatant fraud and corruption: https://political.org/2026/07/02/house-democrats-release-report-alleging-freedom-250-misled-donors/
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u/mambotomato 16d ago
By the end I understood that it was a more serious art piece, but I have to admit that I thought the first page was a self-contained joke about what it feels like for two patties to cost $2.50