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[–] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 32 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

I'm so thoroughly baffled by this comic. Can someone explain please T_T

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 78 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (9 children)

She has a Christian cross on and the wolfman shrimp hybrid is wearing a yarmulke meaning Jewish.

Which is funnier on a whole other level because shrimp are not kosher.

https://www.jccmb.com/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/1339532/jewish/Shrimp.htm

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 40 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I liked how it's hidden in the second panel by the truck tire.

[–] N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 8 points 13 hours ago

And how the cross is hidden in the 4th panel by the cleavage.

[–] Chronographs@lemmy.zip 13 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Tbf I feel like cannibalism isn’t kosher either

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 8 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

It is. Humans aren't forbidden and we'd be considered a clean animal.

[–] Chronographs@lemmy.zip 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

What if the human ate shrimp

[–] BoosBeau@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

If I eat a shrimp that ate human, would that be cannibalism?

[–] Chronographs@lemmy.zip 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

If you eat their digestive tract I think it counts (if the human is still in there)

[–] egrets@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

Indeed, here's Genesis 9:3, right after the Quite Big Flood:

Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 10 points 13 hours ago

A joke also used on Futurama

[–] PlaidBaron@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago

Part of it was an excuse to draw cleavage, wasnt it?

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Pretty sure he's supposed to be a lobster, not a shrimp

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 hours ago

All shellfish are not kosher.

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 7 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I thought that was just a lump on his head :(

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

It is but it's also a hat

[–] CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works 4 points 13 hours ago

I didn't notice his hat. Till you pointed it out.

[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 3 points 14 hours ago

Oh! That makes sense. I didn’t notice it because it was hidden/camouflaged as the truck tire in the first panel.

[–] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 2 points 13 hours ago

Ahh ok I see it now! Thank you

[–] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 12 hours ago

The girl is perfect for him, except that she's christian and he's Jewish.
That's it, that's the joke.

[–] MolochHorridus@lemmy.ml 12 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

I wonder why artists so often are completely clueless about the things they make art about. Lobsters aren’t pink when they’re alive. They get the pink colour only after being killed by boiling them.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 8 points 12 hours ago

Shoulda been blue.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago

There aren't really lobster-headed lycanthropes either

[–] MiDaBa@lemmy.ml 5 points 12 hours ago

He was dead inside

[–] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

A bit transphobic of him to turn her down just because she's wearing the lowercase t transgender symbol /ref

[–] alt_xa_23@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago

What does /ref mean in this context? I don't think I've seen that one before.

[–] YoiksAndAway@piefed.zip 3 points 12 hours ago

I feel ya, Zoidbefenrirbubba.

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

I'm sure it's fine. Most Christians aren't Christians anyway, especially if this takes place in the States.

[–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 13 hours ago

Is the lobster supposed to be Zoidberg?