If I had to pick a favorite, it'd be all of them. I only wish I had a thagomizer for the routine problems of work and day-to-day living.
Didn't "thagomizer" work its way into paleontologists' slang, since they really didn't have a word for it?
The Far Side – By Gary Larson
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#12Hey - I've been wondering about this for a while: Does anyone have an explanation of the Farside/AI crap that has been flooding Facebook for the past few months? Generally, the punchline is that animals are turning the tide on humans, and hunting them instead; husbands and wives hate each other; old men like creeping on young women while their wives gets mad. The comics linked seem different.
> The comics linked seem different.
Whaaat? Say it ain't true! The AI crap isn't as good as the original? No! That's impossible!
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#13We still refer to cat food as 'cat fud' in my house.
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#14Wow, The Far Side really brings back some cherished childhood memories. Larson is, IMO, one of the best to ever do it. His humor is really unique, and he's quite a thoughtful person as well, letting his work speak for itself. A relic of a bygone era.
One of my faves: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/oh-my-god-its-leonard-hes-stuf...
Gets me every time. I still have It came from the Far Side as well as Gallery and Gallery 2 on my bookshelf. Timeless.
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#15I've been reading the entire The Far Side (from the massive two book set) with my 10 y/o daughter. It's interesting to see how apparently the culture of the time of Gary Larson's upbringing imprinted itself on the strips. Reading 10 or so strips at a sitting makes it very apparent (along with making apparent Larson's go-to characters and tropes).
My daughter commented on there being few depictions of female scientists, academics, doctors, etc (instances if the archetypal The Far Side character in a lab coat) as an example. The strips that feature singles bar-type settings feel a little skeevy, too.
I'm not trying to say anything negative about the strips or Gary Larson. It's interesting to me to reflect on something I enjoyed in my childhood "showing its age", even as I enjoy it now.
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#16Nerd! ... Dang!
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/c9/08/a0/c908a02a8dfa42db9973f743b...
Dang! ... Who ate the middle out of the daddy longlegs?
https://ifunny.co/picture/dang-who-ate-the-middle-out-of-the...
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#17I just found out that Larson started drawing comics again on a very irregular schedule: https://www.thefarside.com/new-stuff
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#18Worth noting is Gary Larson's original response to the WWW was an open letter asking fans not to post his cartoons online. Akin to the Bill Gates letter on copying software, but, perhaps, more understandable. This website is a reversal of that original position. He was thoughtful then, and is thoughtful now. The original letter: https://www.portmann.com/farside/index.html?home.html And the reversal: https://www.thefa…
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#19If I had to pick a favorite, it'd be all of them. I only wish I had a thagomizer for the routine problems of work and day-to-day living.
Didn't "thagomizer" work its way into paleontologists' slang, since they really didn't have a word for it?
I think it worked its way into the official vocabulary!
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#20I have several well-worn Far Side collections, including one with a lovely introduction by Jane Goodall, which has a funny story behind it [1]
Linking my favorite below [2]
> Donning his new canine decoder, Professor Schwarzman becomes the first human being on Earth to hear what barking dogs are actually saying.
[1] http://www.hopkinsandcompany.com/Books/The%20Complete%20Far%...
[2] https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FNZar0hX0AQB98d?format=jpg&name=...