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2 February 2024 (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 years ago by [M] to c/thefarside@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

Literally the first funny one I've seen and it's a banger.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I don't know what are these, just see them in my feed. At first I thought they followed a story because they were weird when I consider them individually. But sometimes they are funny, I can see that lately.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Individual cartoons, originally published in the 80s in newspapers, like Family Circus. Artist is Gary Larson, strip is called The Far Side.

    Mostly absurdist humor with some old references dotted in, like this one which references the stereotypical "cement shoes" mobsters used to send people to "sleep with the fishes." The phrase sleep with the fishes originated in the 1800s (or was first recorded then, anyway), but it was popularized by the movie The Godfather. The joke here is simply the opposite of that phrase, and the concept of a fish mafia.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I saw them in the newspaper in the 90s (along with Family Circus, Garfield, etc), so either those were reprints or he was still active then.

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