it's really hard to imagine, but i wonder if this was more novel at the time. like, to me eyes, this is probably one of the cheapest and easiest jokes around - "i'm grumpy and i'm bad at life, isn't that relatable?" but i feel like if that kind of self-deprecation weren't the norm, and it hasn't always been, comics like garfield might feel a bit fresher
holy fuck
well i guess jim davis's sense of humour is stuck in the mid 70's
coffee, tobacco, alcohol, amphetamines, opioids; all praxis of capitalism.
stay away from that shit, and do some good wholesome LSD.
My nieces have discovered Garfield in the past year, and they LOVE him. They'll describe a cartoon strip to me and just die laughing, it's pretty cute, but Garfield? I'm choosing to see it as a developmental stage.
Where are your downvotes now?
But seriously this was one of the things I never understood from the sub.
