From the first Canadian cannabis store opening at midnight in Newfoundland, to the single store in BC opening its doors at 10 am today, cannabis legalization is now official across the country, and one doesn’t have to look too hard to find subject matter related to this milestone in Canadian history.
Take for example, The National Post, which today not only published a hilariously unfunny and awkward cartoon, but also ran it on their front page – making their thoughts on the whole thing quite clear.
The Post’s #frontpage for Wednesday, October 17, 2018. pic.twitter.com/rn7rB2a64N
— National Post (@nationalpost) October 17, 2018
It didn’t take the internet long to chime in with their response.
— Hispanic Ric Flair (@lakerspats1) October 17, 2018
Maybe if your cartoonist hit the joint their comics would actually be funny
— 🛋 🥔 (@rrbulat) October 17, 2018
Funny is too high of a target for them, but at the very least, they would have some fucking chill
— Cursed-tle (@curtle) October 17, 2018
We can’t figure this out! It’s like my dad decided to draw a cartoon about his stance on legal cannabis. Or is this satire?
— Chad Huculak (@northsidechad) October 17, 2018
I guffawed in the ‘WTF’ sense.
— Chad Huculak (@northsidechad) October 17, 2018
Clement has clearly never smoked weed. This is “Reefer Madness” calibre misrepresentation. I do believe he knows what drunk is though…
— Law Of Fives 🐀 (@Law_Of_Fives) October 17, 2018
Where’s the cartoon of the dad coming home drunk and beating the sh*t out of me… I mean his kids?
Also the cartoon of the person outside the hospital with their gown and oxygen tank, smoking with the hole in their throat?
I think all the legal substances should be represented.— 🇨🇦 Invisistill 💜ARMY💜 LEAFS { 🇮🇹 🇹🇹 🇬🇧 } (@Invisistill) October 17, 2018
Imagine being this out of touch.
— Taylor (from before) (@TaywinLannister) October 17, 2018
That feeling when you try to make a point criticizing the legalization of marijuana and all that happens is you reveal just how excruciatingly untalented you are at producing political cartoons
— Kissinger Is Not Your Friend (@RoseAJacob) October 17, 2018
This is terrible.
— Jennifer McCartney (@jennemem) October 17, 2018
did sum1 get paid to create that? 😕😕😕😕
— stephen greenhill (@stephengreenhi1) October 17, 2018
The reason why your paper is dying is because it is run by a dying generation for a dying generation.
— DJ Chocolate Milk (@DJChocolateMLK) October 17, 2018
National Post is a national embarrassment.
— Skye (@canuckwitnoluck) October 17, 2018
Cartoon guy coughed his ass off the one time I tried it and he didn’t even inhale. Oh and he had to get his friends to call his mom to pick him up
— spud (@JesseAgr0) October 17, 2018
Glrb’s not here, man
— Mike Puterbaugh (@mike_puterbaugh) October 17, 2018
“Hey, did you see the cover of today’s National Post?”
“I don’t read that thing. It makes me paranoid.”
— Matt Blair (@mjblair) October 17, 2018
Idiots
— Debra Owen (@0hDebO) October 17, 2018
This is completely stupid and so juvenile that its not even worth discussing. Where have all the grown-ups at this newspaper gone? #OCT17 #fourtwenty #cannabis #canada #finally
— docleslie (@docleslie) October 17, 2018
Anybody under 80 and not a complete moron working in your news room?
— Krayyonnz (@chambee) October 17, 2018
Really, @nationalpost? Has anybody in your newsroom ever smoked weed?
— Marc McKerracher (@Stratman2120) October 17, 2018
lol what a joke. you really have to wonder how the national post has managed to stay in operation for 20 years when they’ve only had two profitable years in their existence.
— context and nuance understanderer (@funnierhandle) October 17, 2018
Never stop being embarrassing, NP
— KD (@DanielsKrystin) October 17, 2018
What kind of Bull Shit is that.
— Daniel M. Tremblay (@BBQ_EH) October 17, 2018
That’s just goddamned embarassing—for you.
— Dammitwolf (@Sage_Freehaven) October 17, 2018
this is embarrassing
— FXNVT SHMRKN (@k_delamont) October 17, 2018
It’s fantastic and unsurprising that everybody on your staff are such goddamned squares that not only have they obviously never smoked pot, they’ve never even seen a person be high or known anybody who has been.
— 127.0.0.1 the.calls » /etc/ghosts (@ReneeStephen) October 17, 2018
— Ninma🌹 (@Ninma_) October 17, 2018
ironically this cartoon is only good if you’re already stoned
— touhou problems (@supraliminality) October 17, 2018