On: The Really Big One

[iamjs]

Does the New Yorker just inject random comics into their stories? None of these illustrations appear to be related to the content.

[gwern → iamjs]

Yes. It's not quite so distracting in the print edition, where they tend to be off to the side and don't look like part of the article.

[MrZongle2 → iamjs]

It's worse than that: none of those illustrations appear to be related to humor.

Edit: Looks like we've got a couple of New Yorker cartoon aficionados on HN. I guess I'll have to save my stinging comments for edgier content, such as Doonsbury and Garfield. /s

[mathgenius → MrZongle2]

Yeah it is some kind if weird palette cleanse.

[acheron → MrZongle2]

Remember, we're talking about an organization that apparently employs Andy Borowitz. Possibly his mere existence sucks any humor out of all surrounding content.

[kleer001 → iamjs]

Yes.