• @blotz@lemmy.world
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      9310 months ago

      The joke is the absurd and funny statement, “ladies, my wife is single (and you should date her (implied))”. Basically they are best friends who broke up and now they are supporting the other dating by joking absurdity of the situation.

        • @snooggums@midwest.social
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          10 months ago

          I guess they are acting right away instead of waiting for the paperwork to get sorted out.

          Not really seeing this as a haha funny moment as much as it is two people who realize their marriage isn’t going to work out having a calm and rational discussion followed by being supportive of each other. Well, it isn’t long enough to show the passenger being supportive, but kind of assume they must be based on context.

    • @Brkdncr@lemmy.world
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      5310 months ago

      The link has extra panels and a comment from the artists that explains it more. This isn’t a joke so much as it is explaining their situation in a joking manner.

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        510 months ago

        I do think amicable divorces are kind of a little funny

    • @Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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      2810 months ago

      Comics don’t have to have a joke, they can just tell a story. This is a nice story of two people who care for and support each other in spite of discovering their selves and life goals don’t sync with continuing the original relationship. They manage to break up the romance with each feeling freed rather than dumped, so they can continue to be friends. Hopefully their eventual new partners will appreciate this.

      • @scrion@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        The artist / writer literally mentions their joke in the bonus panel and they’d “die if they stopped being funny”.

        The funny part is supposed to be: my wife is single.

    • @snazzles@lemm.ee
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      1010 months ago

      Pretty sure it’s that they were a lesbian couple but one realises they’re a guy and the other realises they want kids so they break up but remain besties and try to set the other up