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Cow Rules (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by PhantomPhanatic to c/[email protected]

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[–] sicjoke 31 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I don’t get it.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 9 months ago (2 children)

[–] [email protected] 27 points 9 months ago

It has been described as "arguably the most loathed Far Side strip ever"

Fucking right it is.

[–] Cruxifux 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Hah. Dude made one that was so unfunny that it became funny again. Amazing.

[–] Rootiest 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Ah yes, the Cow Tool Effect:

When a piece of comedy is so unfunny that it becomes an Internet phenomenon or meme as a result.

[–] SpaceNoodle 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

An Internet phenomenon would be a meme by definition.

The Cow Tool strip predates the Internet, but was possibly a meme regardless. The Internet just helps memes propagate at warp speed.

[–] Rootiest 0 points 9 months ago

I apologize for being too lazy to put "(or meme)” in parentheses.

[–] MermaidsGarden 27 points 9 months ago

The joke is that they’re cow tools.

[–] SpaceNoodle 23 points 9 months ago

Good news: it's not just you.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago