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.
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.
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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MacedWindow@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 2y
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.
jenny_ball@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
lolll don't tell them! i enjoy the banter!
Ross_audio@lemmy.world · -11 pts · 2y
Honestly? Is it really "digging" to say this is related to the pandemic when a sneeze could kill other people.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 2y
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.
Ross_audio@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 2y
Ok, I read the title of the date meaning the release date.
It really isn't digging though, it's a pretty obvious interpretation.
ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 2y
Ross_audio@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 2y
It's literally titled with today's date.
Digging would be to read the vertical copyright date of every cartoon, then looking at the cartoon.
I just posted my instant reaction.
marketsnodsbury@lemm.ee · 24 pts · 2y
Unfortunately this arms race eventually escalated to snot rockets.
logicbomb@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
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.
transmatrix@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
I don’t get it. Is this a reference to people doing finger pistols?
Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 26 pts · 2y
It's pure absurdism. The guy's brain just works different. Some of it's genius, some is quirky, and some is like this.
Chuymatt@kbin.social · 13 pts · 2y
Cow tools.
Hawke@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
I think it’s riffing on “handguns”
ninja@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
lugal@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y
I barely get any jokes on this community. I guess I'm missing context or something
ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 2y
I don’t think you are, really.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
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.
SaintWacko@midwest.social · 4 pts · 2y
I hope they fire when they sneeze
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 2y
This reminds me of the cross-eyed glasses in The Jerk
transmatrix@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Use the Opti-Grab!
dudinax@programming.dev · 4 pts · 2y
The only thing that will stop a bad guy with a nose gun is a good guy with a nose gun.