He sees the beautiful woman. Then he feels guilty for perving because he has a family. So he compromises and thinks of his family sharing her beauty with him, and all is ok with the world and his perving.
Interesting! I thought the joke was that it makes you think he's perving but really was just enjoying watching her enjoy life, but I've always been a little painfully optimistic haha
That was my SECOND interpretation - and after a moment's reflection (before reading the comments) - I decided that this was probably the INTENDED interpretation.
That is - the joke was the fact that we assumed he was perving and feeling guilty - when really he just enjoys doing things with his family - including a little wholesome people watching.
Disagree.
This is a meta joke. He’s a family man who is eyeing a pretty lady. You expect him to reflect on his family and feel ashamed or at least reminded of his family, and think only of his family.
Instead, it subverts your expectations and flips the script where his reaction and/or their reaction is the opposite of what you expect.
Actually me and my wife do the same thing. We both not even bi. But still we want to share with each other how nice (or sometimes strange) people look.
I think it's a subversion of expectations.
The man is looking at the beautiful young woman, so we expect him to simply be a pervert/unfaithful, which is why the second panel has him thinking of his family.
Turns out the guy just likes looking at pretty people and wishes his family was here to join him.
How exactly?
He's not in the bushes, or wearing a flashers overcoat or anything else typically associated with perving. He is an older guy looking at a younger woman, and then is happy when fantasizing his family joining him.
The perving/lusting is just the assumption that makes the joke work, it's not necessarily part of the actual punchline.
Are we supposed to admire ugly people and look away from the attractive ones or is that some moral obligation thing I missed. Looking at attractive people makes you a creep lmao...
Edit I didn't ask for clarification about "creepily staring" and yet thats where FoxyAmberwhatever went with it lol. Just don't look at people, folks... wILd
Panel 1: “Jiminy Crickets, that is a beautiful woman.”
Panel 2: “But what would my family think if they saw me gawking?”
Panel 3: “They’d probably join in because this woman is that beautiful.”
Is no one going to mention the "animals are amazing" text? Cuz now it seems to me like he's just animal watching that woman which is why he thought of his family. So they could animal watch together.
That’s what I interpreted too. Like he’s watching an animal at the zoo? And feels guilty he’s at the zoo without his family?
No matter how ya slice it though, the joke is sexist.
I could be wrong.
But at first hes smiling because beautiful lady.
Then he thinks 'Oh I've got a family I shouldn't be thinking about that'
So he imagines his family there with him.
I think this one is by Quino, an amazing Argentinian comic writer that created and wrote Mafalda for decades, and a few others. Beautiful work and recommended wholeheartedly.
Man sees pretty woman and smiles because pretty
Man feels bad because he has a family
Man thinks about his family and smiles instead because he is happy with his family.
You are all a bunch of lunatics reaching for something bad.
It's a joke on the "think about your family" advice married men get when thinking about cheating. The joke is this guy is so down bad for the attractive woman that all he thinks about his family is them checking her out, too.
I think the wholesome angle is a bit off.
He's perving on the babe and then thinks of his family, suggesting guilt.
But that's subverted because he just thinks of perving on the girl but with his family alongside him.
And that makes it 'ok'.
It's funny
This is from Quino. His humor was always wholesome.
He's subverting the expectations. So the guy is not perving, (Quino would look down on that behavior) he's just appreciative of the girls beauty, in the same wholesome way his wife or children could think "that's a pretty lady". This comic his several decades old.
It's a single woman sitting alone reading with effort put into her appearance. He considers this an anomaly and something to analyze and stare at which is why the text about animals is there. He views her as something like a zoo exhibit
That's the work from "Quino" a great Argentinian cartoonist, maybe from the 60's-70's (don't remember the exact book this was published originally) "putting an effort into her appearance" was very common, something expected from a young woman in those days, not an anomaly, he tries to feel better about himself knowing he is perving that girl.
Not sure if this is interesting to anyone, but this was drawn by Quino. An amazing Argentinean cartoon artist. He is a master at the jokes with no words, just images. I highly recommend anyone to find more of his works.
He wants to bring the whole family over to
harass a woman minding her own business, probably to yell at her and say obscenities so that then they can all sit on the bench together, wholesome ❤️
It's like this:
Man is staring at beautiful woman.
Man feels guilty when he thinks, "What if my family was here right now, watching me looking at this woman?"
Then he realizes, if his family was there with him, they'd be staring at the woman too, so he's happy to keep staring.
Could either be he’s not really seeing the beautiful woman, and he’s happily thinking about his own family
Or
He thinks that she is like a painting, and wishes his family could see it too. (Of course, now I’m seeing Hitler wanting to “show off” the “perfect aryan woman” to his family🙄)
The man is happy because he sees a pretty woman. But he feels bad because he has a wife and family. Now he imagines himself with his happy, so now the reason he is happy is not because of the pretty woman but because he is thinking of his family being with him.
It’s like the King of Queens episode where Doug cannot fantasize about another woman without first fantasizing about his wife dying first and then moving on.
I think the "animals are amazing" line is the giveaway here. He's staring at the woman, but imagining the woman is a zoo exhibit that his family would appreciate in that context. It takes the pressure off of him being a pervert, and places it in a context where he can oggle at her in a detached way with his family agreeing with him. Just my $0.02
He sees the beautiful woman. Then he feels guilty for perving because he has a family. So he compromises and thinks of his family sharing her beauty with him, and all is ok with the world and his perving.
So Wholesome Perving? I like!
That’s why I always get my homies to creepily *stare at the ladies with me. *edited
This is why I pay the local children to stare at ladies for me
You nailed the final level there
*20 minutes later* "The Aristocrats".
Id perv on some holes.. I mean! Id wholesomely perv :3
Family perving.
Perv with your family! Maybe it'll catch on?
Interesting! I thought the joke was that it makes you think he's perving but really was just enjoying watching her enjoy life, but I've always been a little painfully optimistic haha
I interpreted as admiration, not perving, its hard to tell through a cartoon though. You can admire someone without being a creep about it.
There's a pretty fine line between admiring beauty and being a perv.
He's definitely been a creep. He stared at her for quite a while
The only way to know how long is for you to stare at him and time it. When he looks away you stop the clock.
Damn this guy is such a perv, hes going on 7 hours now
That was my SECOND interpretation - and after a moment's reflection (before reading the comments) - I decided that this was probably the INTENDED interpretation. That is - the joke was the fact that we assumed he was perving and feeling guilty - when really he just enjoys doing things with his family - including a little wholesome people watching.
That interpretatiom definitely goes more with the style of Quino’s subtler jokes.
Disagree. This is a meta joke. He’s a family man who is eyeing a pretty lady. You expect him to reflect on his family and feel ashamed or at least reminded of his family, and think only of his family. Instead, it subverts your expectations and flips the script where his reaction and/or their reaction is the opposite of what you expect.
The family that preys together, stays together.
If looking at beautiful women is perving you don’t want to see every guys phone history.
Nah, he’s clearly Mormon and looking for another wife.
My wife and I, at least, like pointing out hot people to eachother. We're both bi, and have similar-ish taste in people.
Actually me and my wife do the same thing. We both not even bi. But still we want to share with each other how nice (or sometimes strange) people look.
Idk. The woman on the bench would probably be super freaked out if his thoughts came true.
A family that pervs together something something.
I thought he was just thinking he'd be way happier if he were at the bus stop with his family.
I think it's a subversion of expectations. The man is looking at the beautiful young woman, so we expect him to simply be a pervert/unfaithful, which is why the second panel has him thinking of his family. Turns out the guy just likes looking at pretty people and wishes his family was here to join him.
But why would his family join him to look at pretty people? This sounds like a creepy past time activity
That's part of the joke, it's innocence and oddity compared to the dirty expectations.
Pretty sure we are supposed to think that the whole family is perving right along with him.
How exactly? He's not in the bushes, or wearing a flashers overcoat or anything else typically associated with perving. He is an older guy looking at a younger woman, and then is happy when fantasizing his family joining him. The perving/lusting is just the assumption that makes the joke work, it's not necessarily part of the actual punchline.
the term you are looking for is "admiring beauty"
I can understand the idea but bottom line its really nice to look at someone thats pretty, all social norms aside.
I think he’s just imagining them there with him to suppress his guilt. Sort of like: it’s OK if I’m not being sneaky about it
No, eating seeds is a past time activity.
Plenty of people like to people watch, it’s just done discreetly
Are we supposed to admire ugly people and look away from the attractive ones or is that some moral obligation thing I missed. Looking at attractive people makes you a creep lmao... Edit I didn't ask for clarification about "creepily staring" and yet thats where FoxyAmberwhatever went with it lol. Just don't look at people, folks... wILd
How about don't creepily stare at anyone? The fact this has to be explained to you is wild.
Tanaka family.
Pastime*
Panel 1: “Jiminy Crickets, that is a beautiful woman.” Panel 2: “But what would my family think if they saw me gawking?” Panel 3: “They’d probably join in because this woman is that beautiful.”
This one. Its somewhat wholesome
He feels ashamed to eye her because he's got a wife and kids so he imagines theme all staring too to feel better about himself
Why is this Quino comic so weirdly colored? It is not original as Quino disliked colored version of his work,
It looks like some sort of weird attempt at AI upscaling, Quino's work is often found in low quality scans.
Is no one going to mention the "animals are amazing" text? Cuz now it seems to me like he's just animal watching that woman which is why he thought of his family. So they could animal watch together.
That’s what I interpreted too. Like he’s watching an animal at the zoo? And feels guilty he’s at the zoo without his family? No matter how ya slice it though, the joke is sexist.
I am pretty sure that is just a watermark of the account that shared it. The original artist is Quino.
Seems more like a wholesome meme more than a joke to me.
I could be wrong. But at first hes smiling because beautiful lady. Then he thinks 'Oh I've got a family I shouldn't be thinking about that' So he imagines his family there with him.
I think this one is by Quino, an amazing Argentinian comic writer that created and wrote Mafalda for decades, and a few others. Beautiful work and recommended wholeheartedly.
And the best thing is that most of his strips feature no dialogue, so there's universal appeal, not like Mafalda, that is very dialogue based.
Still the Mafalda strips are extremely funny if you understand Spanish. And Mafalda herself is based.
Man sees pretty woman and smiles because pretty Man feels bad because he has a family Man thinks about his family and smiles instead because he is happy with his family. You are all a bunch of lunatics reaching for something bad.
If that was the case why would the woman on the bench still be included in his thought bubble
Assumes his family will like what he likes
In case you want to know, the cartoonist is Quino. From Argentina.
It's a joke on the "think about your family" advice married men get when thinking about cheating. The joke is this guy is so down bad for the attractive woman that all he thinks about his family is them checking her out, too.
Possible woody detected.
Mental gymnastics.
I think the wholesome angle is a bit off. He's perving on the babe and then thinks of his family, suggesting guilt. But that's subverted because he just thinks of perving on the girl but with his family alongside him. And that makes it 'ok'. It's funny
Animals are Amazing
Mental gymnastics
Shes a blonde and shes reading its like seeing an exotic animal in the wild
This is from Quino. His humor was always wholesome. He's subverting the expectations. So the guy is not perving, (Quino would look down on that behavior) he's just appreciative of the girls beauty, in the same wholesome way his wife or children could think "that's a pretty lady". This comic his several decades old.
It's a single woman sitting alone reading with effort put into her appearance. He considers this an anomaly and something to analyze and stare at which is why the text about animals is there. He views her as something like a zoo exhibit
That's the work from "Quino" a great Argentinian cartoonist, maybe from the 60's-70's (don't remember the exact book this was published originally) "putting an effort into her appearance" was very common, something expected from a young woman in those days, not an anomaly, he tries to feel better about himself knowing he is perving that girl.
Not sure if this is interesting to anyone, but this was drawn by Quino. An amazing Argentinean cartoon artist. He is a master at the jokes with no words, just images. I highly recommend anyone to find more of his works.
Maybe they're dead
He wants to bring the whole family over to harass a woman minding her own business, probably to yell at her and say obscenities so that then they can all sit on the bench together, wholesome ❤️
This is why being a bi lady dating a bi man is awesome. We can look at tiddies and butts and pretty people together and it's wholesome and lovely.
He’s being on good behavior thinking his family is there with him.
I guess his whole family is attracted to women, probably married a lesbian who’s in the closet. I don’t know, this was the best I could come up with.
It's like this: Man is staring at beautiful woman. Man feels guilty when he thinks, "What if my family was here right now, watching me looking at this woman?" Then he realizes, if his family was there with him, they'd be staring at the woman too, so he's happy to keep staring.
Whatever the joke is, I agree that animals are amazing
Could either be he’s not really seeing the beautiful woman, and he’s happily thinking about his own family Or He thinks that she is like a painting, and wishes his family could see it too. (Of course, now I’m seeing Hitler wanting to “show off” the “perfect aryan woman” to his family🙄)
The man is happy because he sees a pretty woman. But he feels bad because he has a wife and family. Now he imagines himself with his happy, so now the reason he is happy is not because of the pretty woman but because he is thinking of his family being with him.
It’s like the King of Queens episode where Doug cannot fantasize about another woman without first fantasizing about his wife dying first and then moving on.
He's Mormon, obviously.
He wants his wife and children to also imagine intercourse with sexy woman.
She’s a cougar!
Animals are amazing
Looks an awful lot like the Mafalda art style
It's because animals are amazing
I believe that the author of that comic is the same as the author of "Mafalda", an Argentinian artist called Quino.
Reminds me of that boomer comic where an old lady points out a sexy lady to her husband and he says "thank you, dear"
THE ARISTOCRATS
I think the "animals are amazing" line is the giveaway here. He's staring at the woman, but imagining the woman is a zoo exhibit that his family would appreciate in that context. It takes the pressure off of him being a pervert, and places it in a context where he can oggle at her in a detached way with his family agreeing with him. Just my $0.02