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minus-square@DarkCloudlink26•edit-21 month agoIt’s a reference to the semi-notorious “Cow Tools” Farside comic. Which confused lots of people because one of the ‘Cow Tools’ looked like a saw. The joke that many people had trouble with the simplicity of was “if cows made tools, they wouldn’t be very good. They’d be crude/ineffective”. It was too little for many people to appreciate. The tools are a meme for some fans. https://i.imgur.com/ITXB9.jpeg
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish20•1 month agoYep, exactly. Thanks for clarifying that. As a bonus, here’s some background on the infamous comic:
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•1 month agoThose reader responses are cute, haha. Poor Gary!
This is not The Far Side.
It’s a reference to the semi-notorious “Cow Tools” Farside comic. Which confused lots of people because one of the ‘Cow Tools’ looked like a saw.
The joke that many people had trouble with the simplicity of was “if cows made tools, they wouldn’t be very good. They’d be crude/ineffective”.
It was too little for many people to appreciate. The tools are a meme for some fans.
https://i.imgur.com/ITXB9.jpeg
Yep, exactly. Thanks for clarifying that. As a bonus, here’s some background on the infamous comic:
Those reader responses are cute, haha. Poor Gary!
Ah. Thanks.