• MacedWindow@lemmy.world
    321·
    10 months ago

    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.

    • Ross_audio@lemmy.world
      112·
      10 months ago

      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
        121·
        10 months ago

        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
          11·
          10 months ago

          Ok, I read the title of the date meaning the release date.

          It really isn’t digging though, it’s a pretty obvious interpretation.

        • Ross_audio@lemmy.world
          23·
          10 months ago

          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.

  • logicbomb@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    10 months ago

    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.

    • ninja@lemmy.worldEnglish
      72·
      10 months ago

      In a previous era of bomber aircraft there were positions throughout the plane that were manned machine gunners. One such weapon position in the very front, or nose, of the aircraft was referred to as the nose gun. It’s a pun.

    • lugal@lemmy.ml
      2·
      10 months ago

      I barely get any jokes on this community. I guess I’m missing context or something