A post from Pizza Cake Comic

  • Conyak@lemmy.tfEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I’m not sure I understand. Are a lot of people afraid of butterflies?

      • GBU_28English
        4·
        1 year ago

        I have never seen anyone react with anything other than general passing interest towards a butterfly

        • WraithGear@lemmy.world
          1·
          1 year ago

          Thats the root of the joke. Its commenting on the fact that the younger generation does not go outside much. Though previous generations have done our damndest to make going outside as terrible as can be imagined

          • GBU_28English
            21·
            1 year ago

            I don’t see any generational clues in the comic. Nor is going outside “terrible”. The presence of the butterfly suggests the environment in this area is “normal” and the indoor kids are the oddity.

            • WraithGear@lemmy.world
              1·
              1 year ago

              The generational portion is implied due to the pressures that make indoor kids a common occurrence are only getting stronger as time goes on. So the fact that the mother is shocked at her kids reaction also implies a generational point of the observation

    • Dukeofdummies@kbin.social
      2·
      1 year ago

      You know, there’s genuinely a LOT less butterflies in my life nowadays.

      A good chunk of that is probably the fact that I moved from the country to the cities, but man, I see much fewer butterflies. I could easily understand if you end up not seeing a butterfly in person until you’re 17, I can see that being spooky. They’re spiders with wings, they’re moths but skinnier, like the Nightmare before Christmas.

      If your kids grow up with an ipad, they try to touch every screen. I’ve seen multiple kids pantomime a phone not with a pinky and thumb, but a flat hand like a smartphone. Sheep aren’t scary but if you’ve never seen one in your entire life and get the chance to pet one you’re gonna be apprehensive, and you’re gonna be scared if one runs towards you without a fence between you and it.

      • Skull giver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl
        1·
        1 year ago

        Bugs are dying out worldwide. It’s a catastrophe we may need to deal with in our lifetime, but solving it probably affects our agricultural abilities so we’re sitting this one out until we can’t wait anymore.

        I don’t think it’s a “kids these days” problem. We’ve had “city people” and “country people” for centuries. And of course kids won’t pantomime a phone as if they lived in the 1980s, flip phones have been dead for a decade when they were born.

        As far as city people go, I’d much rather have the kids that take a step back from a sheep approaching than the people who go into a field to pet a bull. Most animals most people are going to encounter aren’t scary or aggressive, but you still have to respect them. There was an outcry a while ago about someone (who apparently has never interacted with a cow before) walking up to a cow to take a bunch of selfies and got themselves hurt. Lots of people wanted restrictions on where cows could graze rather than teaching people that you should maybe not treat an animal seven to ten times your weight as if it’s a cute kitten.

  • RegularBard@kbin.social
    2·
    1 year ago

    Damn I kinda miss the edits these comics would get. The comics themselves are alright but the edit wars in the comments were hilarious. Hope the artist is getting less hate nowadays though

    • Anony Moose@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I find the art style and plain humor really enjoyable honestly. I can see why it’s not everybody’s cup of tea.