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MrSebSin@sh.itjust.worksM to The Far Side@sh.itjust.works · 1 year ago

24 January 2024

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24 January 2024

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MrSebSin@sh.itjust.worksM to The Far Side@sh.itjust.works · 1 year ago
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    Its just meant to be absurd, I notice a lot of Lemmings digging for a deeper meaning that isn’t there. If that image+caption doesn’t make you grin immediately Farside may just not be your thing.

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      lolll don’t tell them! i enjoy the banter!

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      Honestly? Is it really “digging” to say this is related to the pandemic when a sneeze could kill other people.

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        Yes, it absolutely is digging. This comic was released way before COVID-19 was a thing. The most recent pandemic was probably Spanish Flu, which was before his time.

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          Ok, I read the title of the date meaning the release date.

          It really isn’t digging though, it’s a pretty obvious interpretation.

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    Unfortunately this arms race eventually escalated to snot rockets.

  • logicbomb@lemmy.world
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    This is top-tier The Far Side content. Everybody seems to remember the stuff with animals acting like humans, but this is the sort of thing that I remember most fondly.

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    I don’t get it. Is this a reference to people doing finger pistols?

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      It’s pure absurdism. The guy’s brain just works different. Some of it’s genius, some is quirky, and some is like this.

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        Cow tools.

    • Hawke@lemmy.world
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      I think it’s riffing on “handguns”

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      deleted by creator

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      I barely get any jokes on this community. I guess I’m missing context or something

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        I don’t think you are, really.

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          There are a lot of references to stuff people in the 80s and 90s would be familiar with. But a lot is just absurd as well.

          I think this one is more on the absurd end of the spectrum.

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    I hope they fire when they sneeze

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    This reminds me of the cross-eyed glasses in The Jerk

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      Use the Opti-Grab!

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    The only thing that will stop a bad guy with a nose gun is a good guy with a nose gun.

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