These early ones are interesting, especially with how often the punchline is abuse. 2005 was an edgy time for webcomics. What gets me is that the joke is intended to be the absurdity, but by using a gun, it feels too real to me to be funny. Like the edgy joke with the twins was rape by deception, but the over the top behavior on everyone's part made it feel genuinely absurd.

[–] tgm@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What the fuck? Is this a joke or is this implying that fathers abuse their daughters?

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

At the time it was a take on jeff foxworthy/larry the cable guy style jokes about dads showing their guns off to boys who date their daughters.

I think it’s appropriately absurd in that era, and as someone who is roughly the same age as Zach, I still understand its absurdity now. There are tons of little toxic relationship traits, especially around dads and kids (of any gender).

[–] tgm@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Thanks for context