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[–] Nexy@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I love how the first think he did with the news it's making the girl go to the kitchen.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 11 points 23 hours ago

It's weird to bring that up when Garfield in particular and cats in general would have the same response to any person that can make them food.

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 8 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

all cats do this tbh i dont see this as an issue

[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 6 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

my cat following me to the bathroom because her bowl was empty because she ate it all overnight

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 5 points 20 hours ago

your car is a fucking misogynist

[–] BenReilly97@lemmy.world 69 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He's an ally cat [canned laughter]

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

i just got the strange feeling that canned lasagna would be yummers lowkey

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How would that be packaged? I'm imagining a square of lasagna rolled into a tube.

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 day ago
[–] morphballganon@mtgzone.com 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Add some ricotta to some beefaroni

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 day ago

oh my gyatt

[–] umbraroze@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

Wait. What if Garfield eats lasagna all the time because the freezer is literally an endless pocket dimension full of lasagna...

Shit, I need my morning coffee. I hate Mondays and it's only the Sunday morning now.

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 136 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Wow. While I wouldn't say it made me laugh, that is pretty well done. Garfield being like, "I don't fucking care, give me lasagna, Jean" is pretty on-point.

Edit: granted, that kinda is Garfield's entire personality, but it would have been so easy to have Garfield ignore Jean's request and focus entirely on the lasagna.

[–] HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 53 points 1 day ago (4 children)

nobody in the history of the earth has ever laughed at a garfield comic strip

[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

you telling me THIS ain't funny?

[–] HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 20 hours ago

fair enough, I tried :(

Idk. I laugh everytime I see the pipe comic after watching a dude analyze it for an hour.

[–] konalt@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

now where could my pipe be

[–] MBM@lemmings.world 3 points 1 day ago

out of the ordinary, I mean

[–] lime@feddit.nu 34 points 1 day ago

except jim davis

and that guy who made garfield eats

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 33 points 2 days ago

perfect characterization 🤌 like that’s garfield alright

[–] _____@lemm.ee 36 points 1 day ago

it's too funny to actually be Garfield

[–] Kyatto@leminal.space 54 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (6 children)

why does every trans meme assume we change our name to just the other gendered version of our dead names lol. It's a trope at this point, but speaking as a trans woman that would be dysphoric af.

I guess, to be fair, I actually considered making my middle name similar to my dead name as a way out for my parents from the "it's just hard for us" but I realized I hated that idea and screw them if they think respecting me is too hard for them.

Edit: btw 2 years post come out and my dad finally used my chosen name for the first time. They can change, though my dad keeps misgendering, which shows me his heart isn't in the right place. He's thinking "appease" me as in his heart I'm still a guy, even though he definitely glanced at my chest... guh

[–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Jean is just the French form of John. It's not a different gendered form.

All I can conclude is that he transitioned to French

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A fate worse than death (and I'm saying that as a french).

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

Wouldn't even wish it on Odie

[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 57 points 2 days ago (2 children)

General ease of identification. Going from "John" to "Jean" is an easier logical leap of "this is the same person" than "John" to "Sarah".

Of course, when dealing with a well known character with an easy to recognise overall design, it's kinda weird, but visual and mental recognition are in general.

[–] azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Fictional characters also have a bunch of naming rules that real people don't. Quite importantly, unless you're GRRM they should not have the same or similar name to another character in your story (i.e. what you're saying, one name per person and one person per name). Else shit's just confusing, as knows anyone who tried to learn anything about Elden Ring's lore.

Names also should match the character's personality. John's John because he's meant to be pathetically average and John is the most average white american name there is. Naming him Bartholomew or Rico would not have worked for that particular character.

I would therefore posit that if John as a fictional character did transition, Jane might be a better fit due to being more common while still being familiar enough not to be confusing. Or perhaps Jess which retains an alliteration but sounds even more "basic" then Jane IMO.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 8 points 1 day ago

unless you're GRRM they should not have the same or similar name to another character in your story

Or Robert "all Aes Sedai names begin with M" Jordan. (To say nothing of two of the core POV characters both having names that are pronounced the same apart from a single consonant cluster.)

[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I dig Jane because there's also another tie there.

John and Jane Doe, typically used when there's no personal identification.

Though I also feel like we're losing something because of the medium. Is it "Gene" like genie or "Jawn" like Jeanne?

I live in the rural South, it could genuinely go either way in my head, though I lean towards "Jawn" for the better flow from "John".

EDIT: Okay, I cannot decide which makes more sense as a pronunciation guide, if you've played Bayonetta, you've heard it pronounced.

[–] Kyatto@leminal.space 8 points 2 days ago

that's true

[–] Alice@beehaw.org 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Two of my friends have done it. I've considered doing it because I like the sound of my irl name, just not the gendered connotations.

I do think it's overrepresented in fiction, but I don't think it's silly or anything.

[–] Kyatto@leminal.space 6 points 1 day ago

That's fair, I never intended to invalidate anyone's decision to have any sort of chosen name.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

hey now, some trans memes are about changing your name to "msulseth the devourer"

[–] Kyatto@leminal.space 5 points 1 day ago

But see, that's a really great chosen name so I totally get that.

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 26 points 2 days ago (3 children)

i don’t know, but trope or not anecdotally i can say it does happen so i try not to judge

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[–] Godnroc@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Most of my friends who are trans immediately got a nickname because it was easier to go to that instead of their dead name and then you just needed to eventually go from nickname to their new name.

[–] Kyatto@leminal.space 5 points 1 day ago

Me too, I had a non-gendered nickname based on my dead name, and was going to just have my middle chosen name be a lovely name that fit that nickname. But then I decided I hated the nickname and got sour on the idea of "making it easy" for my parents to dead name me in their heart, while using a chosen name.

Ended up not having a middle name, which is cool because I get to "legally attest" to not having a middle name sometimes which I thought was interesting.

[–] GooberEar@lemmy.wtf 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If that's how you feel "Garfruleld" then I'm leaving you and I'm going to got live with my new beauchat, Handkerchief.

[–] TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] festnt@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That is an English language word used for several grammatical purposes. These include use as an adjective, conjunction, pronoun, adverb and intensifier; it has distance from the speaker, as opposed to words like this.

The word did not originally exist in Old English, and its concept was represented by þe. Once it came into being, it was spelt as þæt (among others, such as þet), taking the role of the modern that. It also took on the role of the modern word what, though this has since changed, and that has recently replaced some usage of the modern which.

Pronunciation of the word varies according to its role within a sentence, with a strong form, /ðæt/ and a weak form, /ðət/ .

[–] TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Your meme game is glorious and envious. I can only imagine you stock up on them the way doomsday preppers stock up on canned goods, so you're ready for any situation.

Yup! They're sorted by use case as well 😊

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 6 points 1 day ago

i need peter griffin to explain this one to me

[–] Maultasche@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Wow, I didn’t realize there was Garfield shitposting outside of I’m sorry, Jon.

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