While that’s true, the joke is that there’s someone above the panel using “bait” to catch him. It could be any kind of phone, or anything else that’s attractive.
I used to say that I would never have a big phone and didn’t like the look of them. After getting a Pro Max, I can’t go back to a small phone. I’m old, I need the bigger screen! (Plus the longer battery life.)
The joke isn’t so much about the phone, as it is about a fisherman getting fished by someone above the panel. The same is happening to him as what he’s doing. It could be anything that’s attractive on the hook…
Y’know what, I give up. It ceases to be funny if I have to explain it multiple times. Y’all win, phones bad, Apple bad.
Considered your approach to the joke, but I don’t think that’s it. “Phones bad” is so prevalent that the author must be aware of it, if they wanted to make a meta joke about a fisher being fished (which is pretty good imo) they would have used literally anything else as the bait. Using a phone and making it blatantly explicit with the speech bubble reduces any subtlety in the cartoon to “phones bad”.
25 Comments
DrBob@lemmy.ca · 29 pts · 240d
I'm not an Apple person. Can someone explain the joke?
null@piefed.nullspace.lol · 72 pts · 240d
It's a joke about phishing scams.
hedgehog@ttrpg.network · 42 pts · 240d
The fisherman is being fished by someone above the panel and the bait is the iPhone.
morto@piefed.social · 18 pts · 240d
People falling for consumerism just like fish fall for the bait?
racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 240d
One of Apple's genius is making their products look premium so that you get a hit of dopamine every year when you buy a new one.
Nusm@peachpie.theatl.social · 7 pts · 240d
While that’s true, the joke is that there’s someone above the panel using “bait” to catch him. It could be any kind of phone, or anything else that’s attractive.
itkovian@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 240d
I used iPhone for about 6 months or so. There is nothing premium about it, especially the App Store, which is filled with slop, as Play Store is.
Anivia@feddit.org · 3 pts · 240d
Reading comprehension is not your strong suit I guess
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com · 1 pts · 240d
no.
AtariDump@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 240d
Sorry.
jerkface@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 239d
are you fucking serious because this could have been a joke you just made so please tell me ARE you fucking serious
DrBob@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 239d
Not a joke. I get it now though.
albbi@piefed.ca · 14 pts · 240d
mycodesucks@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 240d
I've seen this episode of Rocko.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 240d
nialv7@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 240d
If it's an iPhone 17 mini I would probably fall for it.
Nusm@peachpie.theatl.social · 1 pts · 239d
I used to say that I would never have a big phone and didn’t like the look of them. After getting a Pro Max, I can’t go back to a small phone. I’m old, I need the bigger screen! (Plus the longer battery life.)
jerkface@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 239d
What anglers deserve.
i_am_somebody@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 240d
29/12/2025 and boomers are still rehashing the “phones bad” joke. Can’t say they don’t have perseverance.
Nusm@peachpie.theatl.social · 12 pts · 239d
The joke isn’t so much about the phone, as it is about a fisherman getting fished by someone above the panel. The same is happening to him as what he’s doing. It could be anything that’s attractive on the hook…
Y’know what, I give up. It ceases to be funny if I have to explain it multiple times. Y’all win, phones bad, Apple bad.
Honytawk@feddit.nl · 17 pts · 239d
Nusm@peachpie.theatl.social · 6 pts · 239d
That’s… pretty good!
i_am_somebody@lemmy.sdf.org · 0 pts · 237d
Considered your approach to the joke, but I don’t think that’s it. “Phones bad” is so prevalent that the author must be aware of it, if they wanted to make a meta joke about a fisher being fished (which is pretty good imo) they would have used literally anything else as the bait. Using a phone and making it blatantly explicit with the speech bubble reduces any subtlety in the cartoon to “phones bad”.
kadu@scribe.disroot.org · 5 pts · 239d
Joke's on you, I'm gen z and I think phones are bad
jerkface@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 239d
Your issues are blinding you.