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Timeless (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Gullible@sh.itjust.works to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

[panel 1: a large dodo approaches a clean, well dressed vagrant youth sat beside a well fashioned wood and stone building. The youth warily guards a bag holding their belongings and the stick they use to travel with it. The dodo asks “Pardon me, do you have the time?” and the youth replies “yes, it’s -“]

[panel 2: the dodo exclaims “You have the time!”]

[panel 3: a quartet of dodos appear and excitedly chatter over one another: “He has the time.” “The time! he has it!” “At long last! Our desperate search is at an end! The time has been found!”]

[panel 4: they lean in amongst one another and whisper “PSSHHWSSSSPTT SSHSSHHPSSTT”]

[panel 5: the group approaches the youth and asks “Will you… give us the time?” And the youth replies “It’s nine fifteen.” The dodos exclaim “AAAAAHHH! NOW WE HAVE THE TIME!”]

Wondermark by David Malki

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[-] UNY0N@lemmy.world 21 points 7 months ago

Well the dodos seem to think that "the time" is a relic of some sort that one can possess. But you understood that.

I don't think there's anything I can explain that will make it funny for you. I suppose it's a matter of taste.

[-] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world -3 points 7 months ago

I don’t think there’s anything I can explain that will make it funny for you.

Do you know offhand what culture this joke was created for?

I suppose it’s a matter of taste.

Fair enough.

[-] UNY0N@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago

The creator is a big fan of absurdism from North America, and he does lots of various creative projects. Other than that I couldn't say.

https://wondermark.com/

[-] RamSwamson@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 7 months ago

Exactly this. I enjoyed it, but I was high enough. If I was sober I probably would’ve thought it was ok.

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