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MrSebSin@sh.itjust.worksM to The Far Side@sh.itjust.works · 11 months ago

16 July 2024

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MrSebSin@sh.itjust.worksM to The Far Side@sh.itjust.works · 11 months ago
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  • AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I just took it as the typical middle class home, except it’s a caveman, so everything is all tattered and instead of a bowl of fruit it’s a bowl of meat. Not sure if that’s correct.

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      Because we all know that fruits weren’t invented until the 1800s Duke of Fruit got bored of having to dirty his fingers with honey and grass while playing cards at his Château.

    • fibojoly@sh.itjust.works
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      11 months ago

      That’s how I read it as well, haha!

    • Laser@feddit.org
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      It was what I first thought but that’s basically just the Flintstones

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    11 months ago

    Gary was drunk for this one

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    This one got me puzzled, so I googled it and the best I could find is

    Some are as simple as claiming that the man in the comic is blind, explaining why the newspaper is blank and that he possibly mistook a bowl of meat for a bowl of fruit. Other theories are as deep as thinking that the comic is meant to symbolize the mistreatment and deterioration of the American middle class by the upper crust. Whichever theory is correct is still up in the air, but one thing is for certain is that no one truly knows what this strip is about.

    From screenrant

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      Knowing how poorly run Valnet is, I’m pretty sure that article is AI generated, and even if it’s not, ScreenRant is notorious for nonsensical “theories”.

    • AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Those seem pretty unlikely

    • cholesterol@lemmy.world
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      I thought the guy was a caveman/brute and therefore had a bowl of meats where others would have a bowl of fruit.

  • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social
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    Can I get an explanation, please? 😶

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      Newspaper has no writing on it, because writing hasn’t been invented yet.

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      He’s a prehistoric man, so meat instead of fruits will be my guess

    • AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.world
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      I meant to reply to you, but looks like I made a top level comment

      • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social
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        It works. I’m just glad I wasn’t the only one.

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    Why post a copy that has the caption cropped out?

    Edit: my bad, apparently there isn’t a caption.

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      I cannot find a version that has a caption

      https://www.thefarside.com/2024/07/16/2

      https://archive.org/details/1980-to-1994-complete-far-side (on page 22 of the 1983 PDF)

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        Thanks for the sources! I can’t recall ever seeing a Far Side that didn’t have one.

        • AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.world
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          11 months ago

          Most do, but some don’t. This one didn’t.

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    Goes hard

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