I don’t know if it’s because I grew up in a different time period or whether my sense of humor is just misaligned, or if it’s just that I don’t have the background necessary, but I don’t understand shit.

I don’t get any of the jokes, some are just completely undecipherable, and some comics just leave me feeling stupid as hell.

How do you guys understand any of this? What do the user demographics of this community look like?

Is this a government psyop? Are these comics evidence trails to hire super smart cryptography detectives like Cicada 3301? Are they memetic triggers for activating sleeper agents? To be honest I think I’d feel better if it was.

    • MNByChoice@midwest.social
      6·
      1 year ago

      The Battle of Gettysburg is remembered grimly. Given the dress and location, the drawing likely reflects people from that battle, before or after.

      Most pictures from the time are of people appearing solum by today’s standards. I do not recall if cameras were slow, or if that was the style of the time.

      The caption also indicates a quiet, dignified, situation.

      These mood is then paired with a silly action. One character is giving “rabbit ears” to another. This is a jovial and silly act performed between friends. Often the one receiving the ears has no idea until after looking at the final photo, days or weeks later.

      Does this help?

      • InfiniteStruggleOP
        2·
        1 year ago

        Yeah it does now, but I neither can or want all of them to be explained by someone else, you know? I just want to understand them outright without having to go to the effort. It’s not as fun if I have to pull out the encyclopedia and look up early photography.