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[–] ConstipatedWatson 15 points 1 year ago (15 children)

I'm sorry, I don't get it.

Can somebody explain it?

I want to understand it because I love elephants (and mammoths as a consequence, though perhaps the type of animal is not important for the joke)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Best case, this is an absurd warning about hunting large animals on one's own. The humour would be that this woman, rather than killing the mammoth, is about to get stomped. Or a at the very least, a terse "Do you mind?"

Worst case, this is intended as "Strong independent (cave)woman don't need no (cave)man.", and in acting without said man, she has proven said maxim wrong.

I'd like to think there's enough wrong with that thinking that even the most ardent misogynist ought to find a step too far (people hunt in groups, so she would have taken friends along, surely?), so I expect the intended humour is closer to the former than the latter.

The choice of a female protagonist is an interesting one though.

[–] ConstipatedWatson 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks! That makes sense!

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