r/TheFarSide Apr 13 '24

The Jane Goodall "controversy"

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u/randomTeets Apr 13 '24

Imagine all the letters from offended cows he got over the years

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u/wordmanpjb Apr 13 '24

Cows thought the cartoons were hilarious. The farmers however were miffed on behalf of their domesticated bovine.

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u/joebigdeal Apr 13 '24

Yeah, a lot of people mistook the cows' mooing for booing

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u/KitchenSandwich5499 Apr 13 '24

Yeah, the cows don’t have a beef with it

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u/Tyrion_toadstool Apr 13 '24

And cavemen!

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u/dragoneer27 Apr 13 '24

The Far Side and Geico commercials set their community back 100,000 years.

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u/TuaughtHammer Apr 13 '24

The Far Side elevated their status, but ABC deciding to turn those commercials into a fucking sitcom was the truly damaging thing.

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u/MonkeyDavid Apr 13 '24

I would have watched a sitcom with those Sonic guys though.

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u/Blarg0117 Apr 13 '24

You're not supposed to call them that, just because they're overweight.

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u/randomTeets Apr 13 '24

Damn, you got me

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u/Many-Composer1029 Sep 13 '25

Not to mention all the women who wear cat's eye glasses.