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[-] uservoid1@lemmy.world 85 points 6 months ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cow_tools

The cartoon was intended to be an exercise in silliness. While I have never met a cow who could make tools, I felt sure that if I did, they (the tools) would lack something in sophistication and resemble the sorry specimens shown in this cartoon. I regret that my fondness for cows, combined with an overactive imagination, may have carried me beyond what is comprehensible to the average Far Side reader.

Guess I'm not the only one who didn't get it

[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 41 points 6 months ago

The ultimate punchline that Mr. Larson was aiming for is that cows don't get it. The result is a bunch of readers who also don't get it. It's really funny in an ironic way.

[-] DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 48 points 6 months ago

This comic got its own press release.

[-] Boy_of_Soy@lemmy.world 23 points 6 months ago

I may be misremembering, but I believe there is another quote of his about how he regrets making one of the tools look like a saw. He wanted all of them to be totally nonsensical items.

[-] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 17 points 6 months ago

Brilliant. This is the comic that made the Far Side The Far Side that we love.

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago

finally we no longer need to analyze this and wonder what we're missing. It requires no analysis. Cow tools. That's all. Well done, Gary Larson. This one became iconic for its bland nothingness.

[-] RedStrider@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

we finally reached it.

[-] ZombieMantis@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Cow tools

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