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Okay, who's going to explain the joke for ... my friend?
spoiler
"tilting at windmills"
Could you explain further.. for another friend
Here's what ChatGPT had to say about it:
The cartoon humorously plays on the classic character Don Quixote, from the novel by Miguel de Cervantes. In the story, Don Quixote famously mistakes windmills for giants and attempts to fight them.
In this cartoon, Don Quixote is depicted on his horse with his lance, but instead of a windmill, he encounters a simple electric fan. The punchline, "I will not fight a child," adds to the humor by suggesting that Don Quixote perceives the fan as a much smaller and less threatening opponent, akin to a child, thus deciding it's not worth fighting. The absurdity of mistaking an electric fan for a child, combined with the reference to his original confusion with windmills, creates a humorous twist.
Chat gpt just loves pointing out twists!
“Also you should probably put glue in your pizza cheese and eat a rock every day.”
That was Google tho
Fans are "the children" of windmills.
“When one windmill really loves another windmill…”
Ah, yes. Thank you (on behalf of my friend).
But why does the fan think the old man is a child?
because it's a small fan, this hinges on the premise that a windmill is a big fan.
You see, the comic doesn't denote who is speaking. So I am asking as if I think the fan is the one speaking to the old man. Thus making a secondary, arguably worse, joke.
WINDMILLS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY! GOODNIGHT!
IT’S NOT EVEN A MILL.
‘night sleep tight
Would you rather fight a windmill sized fan, or a hundred fan sized windmills?
I only tilt at dragons
Fan sized windmills, definitely. It's just tiny structures. I could kick them. Or push them over. Carry them away. A windmill sized fan on the other hand is fucking scary.
Yeah I realized when I posted, this is a no brainer. Also I’m guessing most people pick the duck sized horses as well.
Isn't a windmill sized fan basically just a windmill?
I suppose. Maybe in reverse though? I picture windmills as capturing energy and fans as releasing energy.
Not sure who that is but obviously not Israel
It's not a political comic.
Don Quixote (fictional character from the book of the same name) mistook windmills for Giants and tried to fight them.
So he's mistaking the small fan for a child, in the same way as the windmills.
Oh they don't fight children, they just brutally kill them.
Good post
this post was submitted on 24 May 2024
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