I just took it as the typical middle class home, except it’s a caveman, so everything is all tattered and instead of a bowl of fruit it’s a bowl of meat. Not sure if that’s correct.
That’s how I read it as well, haha!
It was what I first thought but that’s basically just the Flintstones
Because we all know that fruits weren’t invented until the 1800s Duke of Fruit got bored of having to dirty his fingers with honey and grass while playing cards at his Château.
Why post a copy that has the caption cropped out?
I cannot find a version that has a caption
https://www.thefarside.com/2024/07/16/2
https://archive.org/details/1980-to-1994-complete-far-side (on page 22 of the 1983 PDF)
Thanks for the sources! I can’t recall ever seeing a Far Side that didn’t have one.
Most do, but some don’t. This one didn’t.
Can I get an explanation, please? 😶
Newspaper has no writing on it, because writing hasn’t been invented yet.
I meant to reply to you, but looks like I made a top level comment
It works. I’m just glad I wasn’t the only one.
He’s a prehistoric man, so meat instead of fruits will be my guess
Gary was drunk for this one
This one got me puzzled, so I googled it and the best I could find is
Some are as simple as claiming that the man in the comic is blind, explaining why the newspaper is blank and that he possibly mistook a bowl of meat for a bowl of fruit. Other theories are as deep as thinking that the comic is meant to symbolize the mistreatment and deterioration of the American middle class by the upper crust. Whichever theory is correct is still up in the air, but one thing is for certain is that no one truly knows what this strip is about.
From screenrant
Knowing how poorly run Valnet is, I’m pretty sure that article is AI generated, and even if it’s not, ScreenRant is notorious for nonsensical “theories”.
Those seem pretty unlikely
I thought the guy was a caveman/brute and therefore had a bowl of meats where others would have a bowl of fruit.
Goes hard
