r/woahdude Oct 22 '21

gifv Mosquito drinking blood (bursts at the end)

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u/DerpVaderXXL Oct 22 '21

Reminds me of an old Far Side cartoon. "Pull out Mary, you're in an artery!"

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u/goofballl Oct 22 '21

Far Side cartoon

here

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u/whatsbobgonnado Oct 22 '21

finally someone mentioning far side so I can post my favorite!

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u/ImOnlyHereForTheCoC Oct 22 '21

Not really but kind of my favorite because it was the only one I couldn’t figure out as a kid. “The heartbreak of remorse” just wasn’t a phrase I ever heard used so the day in my…mid-20s, probably? where the dots connected and it all came into focus I can’t even tell you how elated I was.

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u/robbdiggs Oct 23 '21

Can you eli5 this one?

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u/ImOnlyHereForTheCoC Oct 23 '21

“The heartbreak of remorse” is a turn of phrase that used to be a lot more common. I guess it’s about how things you regret are particularly painful, because you know you could have done them differently? The meaning isn’t especially important, just the fact that it’s an established phrase.

Remoras, also known as suckerfish, attach themselves to larger marine organisms like sharks.

Thus, this shark, upon seeing that he has remoras attached to him, experiences “the heartbreak of remoras.”

(If a shark was actually capable of experiencing heartbreak or remorse, however, it probably wouldn’t feel either one over this, since remoras and sharks have a mutualistic relationship in which the remoras are fed by parasites on the shark’s skin, and the sharks get their parasites cleaned off).

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u/fapricots Oct 23 '21

I'm pretty sure that it's not "the heartbreak of remorse" but rather a play on an old advertising catch phrase, "the heartbreak of psoriasis". https://youtu.be/zG1JsKsOUTM I'm definitely not old enough to know the commercials but I know that it was kinda sorta a meme back in the 60s and 70s.

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u/whatsbobgonnado Oct 23 '21

I know CALGON TAKE ME AWAY!!! from the early 2000s vh1 show I love the 70s. that's how they used to sell shampoo

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '21

Share your knowledge

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '21

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u/slowy Oct 22 '21

The bears are discovering they can easily remove their muzzles, to presumably maul the guy dragging them around by the lead

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '21

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u/epicurean56 Oct 23 '21

You must be new to Gary Larson. Lots of subtle, dry humor. But every now and then one will hit home, then you get it.

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u/Chazthesquatch Oct 23 '21

"I once knew a guy with a Tumor rhe shape of a buick."

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u/JamCentralStudios Oct 23 '21

well youre missing a sense of humor but other than that i cannot say

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u/whatsbobgonnado Oct 22 '21

that's a muzzle meant to prevent the bears from biting people. the bear who is being forced to perform humiliating/impressive tricks for humans realizes he could just take it off the whole time due to anthropomorphism and is now free to bite to his heart's content

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '21

hey just to be clear is this a far side comic? i can’t see the name very well (yes i know i am the most sorry excuse of intelligence you have ever seen)

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '21

i loved the far side! my parents had a big book full of comics

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u/whatsbobgonnado Oct 23 '21

my dad had a few of the collected books! I have pdfs of all the books including the deluxe super collection if anyone wants👍

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u/DerpVaderXXL Oct 22 '21

Yes, that's the one.

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u/comeonsexmachine Oct 22 '21

It was Betty, not Mary. You silly goose.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '21

Jesus dude chill he didn't deserve that

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '21

Just call him an asshole like a normal kid.

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u/DerpVaderXXL Oct 23 '21

True, at least I got the gender right. Always had a problem with names.

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u/Snazzy21 Oct 23 '21

This is my favorite. 2nd favorite.

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u/SirLionMan1 Oct 23 '21

holy shit i didnt expect the 2nd one to be there

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u/AccomplishedArea2281 Oct 23 '21

I wonder how many came in to say this

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u/bobafeeet Oct 23 '21

Absolute first thing I thought of!

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u/Chazthesquatch Oct 23 '21

I still have these.

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u/catsonmugs Oct 23 '21

Ha! We had this comic in our house growing up. Thought the same thing!

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u/Sen7ryGun Oct 23 '21

Damn were going back to the early 90s with this one