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[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 66 points 5 months ago (4 children)

imagine in the 1930’s you could pump comics out like this for a living.

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 80 points 5 months ago

From the 1950s to the 2010s you could pump out sitcoms like this for a living. At least this particular comic makes it so blunt as to highlight the absurdity, and subverts the expectation a bit by having the stupid dad express some real human emotion.

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 26 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I feel like a 30's dad wouldn't cry so much as repress his emotions and drink though.

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 12 points 5 months ago

Don't forget beating the wife and son! The "golden years" as it were.

[–] ech@lemm.ee 16 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

1930s? That was like peak "Man of the House" era. The dumb dad trope wasn't a thing til later in the 1900s.

[–] 5in1k@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

I read the 100 years ago today sub, 100%. Though it needs more tophat.

[–] DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 43 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 37 points 5 months ago

To be clear folks, this is an anti joke. Dissecting it is a waste of Fediverse storage space.

[–] wallmenis@lemmy.one 34 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] sundray@lemmus.org 8 points 5 months ago
[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago

Ha... ha. :(

[–] Fisk400@feddit.nu 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If we ignore the wife being a cunt, I wouldnt let my dad try to fix a toaster. Things that run on Transformers with lower voltage is free game but anything with parts that runs directly on main power is going in the trash* or a proper repairman.

*by trash I mean recycling station.

[–] Stoney_Logica1@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

I'd be more concerned about ripping into anything with a capacitor. Microwaves are absolutely off-limits if you don't know what you're doing.

[–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 17 points 5 months ago

I can hear the laugh track from here

[–] Jackcooper@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Taking things full circle, in this one wife = bad

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 months ago

Damn, that one hit home way too close.

[–] grue@lemmy.world -3 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] sundray@lemmus.org 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Dad's contraction of the words "dad" and "is" :)

[–] lordmauve@programming.dev 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] sundray@lemmus.org 1 points 5 months ago

Barely related, but I wish the English-speaking world would bring back 'tis and 'twas.