• @bran_buckler
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    941 month ago

    I had to look this one up, it’s a reference to a mountain climber, George Mallory. From Wikipedia:

    Once, when asked by a reporter why he wanted to climb Everest, Mallory purportedly replied, “Because it’s there.”

    • @grue
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      1 month ago

      Instead of climbing the mountain “because it’s there,” he’s descending into the inverted-mountain-shaped hole “because it’s not there.”

  • @Nurse_Robot
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    111 month ago

    Another one that goes completely over my head

    • @[email protected]
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      171 month ago

      I think it’s a reference to a quote from the mountain climber George Mallory. When asked by a reporter why he wanted to climb everest, he replied “because it’s there”.

    • @[email protected]
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      71 month ago

      That’s understandable as it occurred at very high altitude indeed. You could say it literally went over everyone’s head, when it happened!

  • @[email protected]
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    81 month ago

    The more I see posts that say “I don’t get it”, the older I feel. I guess I never realised how much Larson’s comics reflected and commented on the time they were written

  • @Dicska
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    31 month ago

    Since this is a comic from 1982: what’s the purpose of the title?