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MeekerThanBeaker, in 9 January 2024

I’m gonna go with “Elephants never forget because they write everything down.”

200ok,

Thank you

Ashyr, in 9 January 2024

I love everything about this particular comic. I think it would have been lost on me, reading it as a kid.

nilloc, (edited )

My brother and I were kids during the end of the Cold War and definitely got this one. But my dad was a gallows humor type who claimed he’d run toward the mushroom clubs if it ever happened, better to end it quick.

Edit: Mushroon Clouds thanks autocorrect.

GBU_28,

Did your dad hang out at a lot of mushroom clubs?

Okokimup, in 7 January 2024
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I don’t understand what’s happening here.

Wooster,
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Chickens are semi-cannibalistic, and if their eggs are broken, they will eat them.

Or at least I assume this bit of trivia is what Larson is after. Sometimes we think he’s playing 4D chess when he’s a few X’s short of a tic-tac-toe. (And the reverse as well)

21Cabbage,

Having been around chickens I wouldn’t say semi-cannabalistic, they’ll totally eat each other if one of them dies even if there’s plenty of their regular feed lying around.

RiderExMachina,

He tripped in front of the chickens while gathering their eggs, destroying all their hard work, and now they look at him in disgust and disappointment.

And that’s why you never keep all your eggs in one basket.

Murdoc,

Chickens look dead, not disappointed. Maybe they were all hit with nerve gas or something?

EtherWhack,
@EtherWhack@lemmy.world avatar

Bird flu?

feedum_sneedson,

I thought he like, grabbed their necks and killed them while trying to stop himself falling over. I agree it’s unclear what is going on.

andrewth09,

Carbon monoxide leak.

discostjohn,

That’s what I thought!

MeatsOfRage, in 8 January 2024

Really should try roasting the house with oil salt and pepper at 400 degrees for 20 minutes, adding parmesan in the last 5. I’ll be knocking on that door in no time.

killeronthecorner,
@killeronthecorner@lemmy.world avatar

You got some sorta lardon drought going on over there?

Soku,

You’re the lardon for those Brussels, baby

jaybone,

First fry it in bacon fat. And then crumble the bacon over it.

lescher, in 8 January 2024

Don’t watch poultrygeist: night of the chicken dead

BreadOven,

Haha. It was pretty bad. But it is a Troma movie, so I guess it’s par for the course.

tacosanonymous, in 8 January 2024

I hate this joke so much because it points out how little people pay attention to factual information.

can,

You mean he wasn’t an elephant?

chatokun,

It’s a pun masquerading as a comic. Being factual wouldn’t help; using the zeitgeist is the only way the audience would relate and get it.

Omgarm, in 8 January 2024

She would only attract health freak kids who can escape easily anyway.

CJOtheReal,

Or kids that love that stuff… I’ve been, all my brothers have been…

Just needs to be cooked right.

Sibbo, (edited ) in 7 January 2024

What is supposed to be happening here?

UNWILLING_PARTICIPANT,

I’m pretty confused too. If the chickens hadn’t fainted it would be pretty evident that it’s about “putting all your eggs in one basket” but I dunno

caseyweederman,

I read it as them glaring at the farmer for causing this tragedy, suggesting that they don’t know that the eggs were just going to be eaten otherwise.

caseyweederman,

Chicken Tools

LemmyKnowsBest,

yeah OP seems to be posting all of the obscure ones that don’t make sense on purpose

CCF_100, in 7 January 2024

You got the year wrong lol

MrSebSin,
@MrSebSin@sh.itjust.works avatar

The date is when it’s posted on thefarside.com not the original publish date.

blazeknave,

Thought it was a commentary on the price of eggs these days before reading yours and scrolling up lol

sugar_in_your_tea,

That link says 2024, yours says 2023.

MrSebSin,
@MrSebSin@sh.itjust.works avatar

Doh! Thanks for pointing that out.

GreatBlueHeron, in 2 January 2024

I suspect a caption has been cropped off this. I tried, but couldn’t find it.

synae,
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Brevity is the soul of wit- seems fine without the caption to me :)

WarmSoda,

It’s ok if you don’t get a joke sometimes

GreatBlueHeron,

It seems that as I get older I get Larson less and less. I think I just follow for the nostalgia value now.

nilloc, (edited )

Maybe as the world has leaned in even harder on the absurd, that the Far Side absurdity doesn’t land anymore. Or it could be that we’re all older and realize how absurd the rest of reality is. Sorta like how The Onion has to hit pretty hard now to manage satire in the last 8-10 years.

WarmSoda,

That’s unfortunate. You should never let go of the absurd, it’ll keep you going well into old age.

abbadon420, in 6 January 2024

No more “good boy” either

CaptnNMorgan,

What? “Good boy” is a verbal treat

nadiaraven, in 5 January 2024

I saw this one when I was a fundie kid and did not get it…now it makes sense!

threelonmusketeers,

I actually didn’t get it until this comment.

ooklamok, (edited ) in 5 January 2024

I want to take you to a hay bar, hay bar, hay bar!

omgarm,

I actually didn’t get it until this comment.

moistclump, in 5 January 2024

Do beavers actually consume wood? Or is wood just one of their building materials and their tools happen to be in their mouths?

threelonmusketeers,

I thought they eat bark and leaves, and use the woody stuff for building. The folks on !beavers would probably know better than me.

LesserAbe, in 4 January 2024

This one could baffle future generations. Phone booths were mostly done when I was growing up, but I think kids would play a game where they would see how many people could fit in a booth, right?

Wooster,
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I mean, it is Larson. Being baffling is kinda his thing, unintentionally anachronistic or not.

That said, so long as Dr. Who is still a thing, folks should maintain a (distorted) understanding. Sort of like those 3D printed save icons.

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