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This about sums up most Monty Python and Rick & Morty references as well. A lot of nerd/hacker culture falls into this kind of recognition of unique humor and

This about sums up most Monty Python and Rick & Morty references as well. A lot of nerd/hacker culture falls into this kind of recognition of unique humor and wit, then squeezing every little drop of joy out of it until it's as empty as a Garfield cartoon.

foolfoolz 6y ago
this complaint is effectively “repost!!!”
- Dylan16807 6y ago
  ...you say on a repost. No, the problem isn't "reposting".
mwcremer 6y ago
Au contraire: https://garfieldminusgarfield.net https://garfieldminusgarfield.net (Although I suppose a case could be made for it still being "empty.")
- bdowling 6y ago
  I prefer `lasagnacat` for my existential/surreal Garfield riffs. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2AQkHXNVA-w9FA1m9VqO7A https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2AQkHXNVA-w9FA1m9VqO7A My favorite may be this one, a one-hour single-take monologue about finding the meaning of life in a Garfield strip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAh9oLs67Cw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAh9oLs67Cw
  - devilduck 6y ago
    You're allowed to like both things
  - joshspankit 6y ago
    Did not think I would but I did, infact, watch the entire monologue. It made a lasting mark.
- sp332 6y ago
  And https://3eanuts.com/ https://3eanuts.com/ which just removes the last panel from Peanuts strips, making them horribly gloomy.
  - AQXt 6y ago
    Thanks for sharing this. TIL Linus has a little brother called Rerun.
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nurettin 6y ago
xkcd is the elephant in the room.
klodolph 6y ago
Making fun of Garfield cartoons might as well be a Monty Python reference.
- jfax 6y ago
  It's a tiresome hold-over of Something Awful culture that's been exported everywhere else.
Cthulhu_ 6y ago
Garfield has gone beyond joy and is now nightmare fuel: (CW: body horror) https://www.reddit.com/r/imsorryjon/ https://www.reddit.com/r/imsorryjon/
npsimons 6y ago
> A lot of nerd/hacker culture falls into this kind of recognition of unique humor and wit, then squeezing every little drop of joy out of it until it's as empty as a Garfield cartoon. Or maybe they truly enjoy it, and you're also witnessing the lucky 10,000 effect (https://xkcd.com/1053/ https://xkcd.com/1053/)? I mean, not to be insulting, but talk about humorless . . .
- DoctorOW 6y ago
  I think the parent was suggesting that if you enjoy something and want to replicate that feeling in others, one won't be able to do it by simply recreating the surface elements without the context of what made it unique. Garfield is a great example. Garfield's initial popularity stemmed from him being a sharp turn from the cat depicted as the "cute, lovable pet". He was fat, judgmental, and sarcastic. Countless movies, TV shows, commercials, etc. have watered Garfield down to just a face that means nothing. Maybe there are still a lucky 10,000 for Garfield but they're not getting that same experience.
  - npsimons 6y ago
    But he mentioned "Rick and Morty" and Monty Python. I myself didn't even see a single episode of "Rick and Morty" until last December when I binged them all at my brother's place. Yeah, I had heard of it, was vaguely aware of the memes, but paid it little attention. When I did finally watch it without having previously been bathed in the hubbub surrounding it, I found it at times darkly funny and deeply touching.

foolfoolz 6y ago

this complaint is effectively “repost!!!”

Dylan16807 6y ago
...you say on a repost. No, the problem isn't "reposting".

mwcremer 6y ago

Au contraire: https://garfieldminusgarfield.net https://garfieldminusgarfield.net (Although I suppose a case could be made for it still being "empty.")

bdowling 6y ago
I prefer `lasagnacat` for my existential/surreal Garfield riffs. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2AQkHXNVA-w9FA1m9VqO7A https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2AQkHXNVA-w9FA1m9VqO7A My favorite may be this one, a one-hour single-take monologue about finding the meaning of life in a Garfield strip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAh9oLs67Cw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAh9oLs67Cw
- devilduck 6y ago
  You're allowed to like both things
- joshspankit 6y ago
  Did not think I would but I did, infact, watch the entire monologue. It made a lasting mark.
sp332 6y ago
And https://3eanuts.com/ https://3eanuts.com/ which just removes the last panel from Peanuts strips, making them horribly gloomy.
- AQXt 6y ago
  Thanks for sharing this. TIL Linus has a little brother called Rerun.

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nurettin 6y ago

xkcd is the elephant in the room.

klodolph 6y ago

Making fun of Garfield cartoons might as well be a Monty Python reference.

jfax 6y ago
It's a tiresome hold-over of Something Awful culture that's been exported everywhere else.

Cthulhu_ 6y ago

Garfield has gone beyond joy and is now nightmare fuel: (CW: body horror) https://www.reddit.com/r/imsorryjon/ https://www.reddit.com/r/imsorryjon/

npsimons 6y ago

> A lot of nerd/hacker culture falls into this kind of recognition of unique humor and wit, then squeezing every little drop of joy out of it until it's as empty as a Garfield cartoon. Or maybe they truly enjoy it, and you're also witnessing the lucky 10,000 effect (https://xkcd.com/1053/ https://xkcd.com/1053/)? I mean, not to be insulting, but talk about humorless . . .

DoctorOW 6y ago
I think the parent was suggesting that if you enjoy something and want to replicate that feeling in others, one won't be able to do it by simply recreating the surface elements without the context of what made it unique. Garfield is a great example. Garfield's initial popularity stemmed from him being a sharp turn from the cat depicted as the "cute, lovable pet". He was fat, judgmental, and sarcastic. Countless movies, TV shows, commercials, etc. have watered Garfield down to just a face that means nothing. Maybe there are still a lucky 10,000 for Garfield but they're not getting that same experience.
- npsimons 6y ago
  But he mentioned "Rick and Morty" and Monty Python. I myself didn't even see a single episode of "Rick and Morty" until last December when I binged them all at my brother's place. Yeah, I had heard of it, was vaguely aware of the memes, but paid it little attention. When I did finally watch it without having previously been bathed in the hubbub surrounding it, I found it at times darkly funny and deeply touching.