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[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago
[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Here is their main website, which doesn't require you to unwittingly sell your data to Mark Fuckerberg:

https://pbfcomics.com/

[–] QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

thanks! I edited my post so people can find it easier :)

[–] Mavvik@lemmy.ca 54 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is such a lovely comic

[–] sbeak@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 day ago

a dream of a whale leaping out of the ocean, by a fish who has jumped out of the fish bowl

This one is not so lovely (also by PDF)

[–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago
[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

Every now and then PBF gets ya good.

I love the colors.

[–] A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Syndication@lemmy.today 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Dude, what does mine say?

Edit: reference

[–] zedgeist@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I saw both years ago, but it never really registered how similar this is to the other one

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I'm quite proud that I correctly guessed both links before opening either.

Reminds me of Synecdoche New York. The husband was a telescope, the wife was a microscope.

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

I thought this was a reference to narcissus at first lmao