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This about sums up most Monty Python and Rick & Morty references as well.

A lot of nerd/hacker culture falls into this kind of recognition of unique humor and wit, then squeezing every little drop of joy out of it until it's as empty as a Garfield cartoon.

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Au contraire: https://garfieldminusgarfield.net

(Although I suppose a case could be made for it still being "empty.")

I prefer `lasagnacat` for my existential/surreal Garfield riffs.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2AQkHXNVA-w9FA1m9VqO7A

My favorite may be this one, a one-hour single-take monologue about finding the meaning of life in a Garfield strip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAh9oLs67Cw

You're allowed to like both things

Did not think I would but I did, infact, watch the entire monologue.

It made a lasting mark.

And https://3eanuts.com/ which just removes the last panel from Peanuts strips, making them horribly gloomy.

Thanks for sharing this. TIL Linus has a little brother called Rerun.

Garfield has gone beyond joy and is now nightmare fuel: (CW: body horror) https://www.reddit.com/r/imsorryjon/

Making fun of Garfield cartoons might as well be a Monty Python reference.

It's a tiresome hold-over of Something Awful culture that's been exported everywhere else.

> A lot of nerd/hacker culture falls into this kind of recognition of unique humor and wit, then squeezing every little drop of joy out of it until it's as empty as a Garfield cartoon.

Or maybe they truly enjoy it, and you're also witnessing the lucky 10,000 effect (https://xkcd.com/1053/)? I mean, not to be insulting, but talk about humorless . . .

I think the parent was suggesting that if you enjoy something and want to replicate that feeling in others, one won't be able to do it by simply recreating the surface elements without the context of what made it unique. Garfield is a great example. Garfield's initial popularity stemmed from him being a sharp turn from the cat depicted as the "cute, lovable pet". He was fat, judgmental, and sarcastic. Countless movies, TV shows, commercials, etc. have watered Garfield down to just a face that means nothing. Maybe there are still a lucky 10,000 for Garfield but they're not getting that same experience.

But he mentioned "Rick and Morty" and Monty Python. I myself didn't even see a single episode of "Rick and Morty" until last December when I binged them all at my brother's place. Yeah, I had heard of it, was vaguely aware of the memes, but paid it little attention. When I did finally watch it without having previously been bathed in the hubbub surrounding it, I found it at times darkly funny and deeply touching.

xkcd is the elephant in the room.

this complaint is effectively “repost!!!”

...you say on a repost.

No, the problem isn't "reposting".

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