I don’t know if it’s because I grew up in a different time period or whether my sense of humor is just misaligned, or if it’s just that I don’t have the background necessary, but I don’t understand shit.
I don’t get any of the jokes, some are just completely undecipherable, and some comics just leave me feeling stupid as hell.
How do you guys understand any of this? What do the user demographics of this community look like?
Is this a government psyop? Are these comics evidence trails to hire super smart cryptography detectives like Cicada 3301? Are they memetic triggers for activating sleeper agents? To be honest I think I’d feel better if it was.
The Far Side comics are definitely unique.
They are, I think, intentionally enigmatic or even sometimes obtuse.
I used to read the far side collections cover to cover all the time. Absolutely loved them. Larson’s brand of wry absurdity just hits me for some reason. I can’t even explain what specifically I find funny about them. They just make me chuckle. If you don’t like them I wouldn’t spend a ton of time trying to “get” it. It is maybe just not for you.
Yeah that makes sense. Actually understanding a comic is an extra special “Aha!” moment.