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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Okay here's my pirate joke.

A ship is sailing the high seas when the crows nest guy calls down, "Pirate ship ahoy!" The captain tells the cabin boy, "Fetch my reddest jacket!" The boy brings the reddest jacket he can find and the captain puts it on. They engage in battle and sink the pirate ship. The boy asks, "Cap'n, why did you call for your red jacket?" The captain says, "So that if I should be wounded in battle the crew would not notice the blood and lose their fighting spirit."

Next day the crows nest calls down, "Twenty pirate ships ahoy!" The captain tells the cabin boy, "Fetch by brownest pants!"

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Well since we're telling pirate jokes...

A guy is at a party and sees a pirate coming towards him. He notices as the pirate approaches that the pirate has a little wheel sticking out of his pants.

Naturally curious, the guy asks the pirate, "why do you have a little wheel sticking out of your pants?"

"Arr," says the pirate. "I don't know, but it be drivin' me nuts!"

[–] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

How appropriate! You fight like a cow.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Do they also pronounce "human" as "hugh mon?"

If so, that's a Ferenghi ship.

[–] Luvs2Spuj@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

I wonder if the joke would work better if it actually was a black background. This might also keep the 'its a sail' gang happier.

[–] sazey@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

These very same people would have no problem calling women 'people that birth'.

[–] Linktank@lemmy.today 1 points 6 days ago

You people have some weird hangups.

[–] GreyShuck@feddit.uk 138 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Yes, fun idea. No problem with that but... that 'flag' is a sail. They're different things.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

A sail is just a giant flag that says "I'm a boat!"

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 54 points 1 week ago

Using a sail to fly your colours is a red flag.

[–] Coasting0942@reddthat.com 39 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sus. Having any issue with a red flag meme. /s

[–] PunkiBas@lemmy.world 51 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Immediate red flag in my book

[–] dogsoahC@lemm.ee 3 points 5 days ago

Those are not flags either, those are pages. smh

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[–] mtpender@lemmy.world 46 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] veganpizza69@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

It's a multifunctional sail.

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 40 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Remember, pirates did fly red flags as well as black ones. The red ones meant you were extra fucked.

[–] philthi@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

What was the point of the red flags? Or... why would anyone choose to fly a red flag? I'm trying to understand why anyone would broadcast "if we come near you, you're fucked". It seems a bad hunting strategy.

Also, why didn't merchant ships fly red flags to be less bothered by pirates?

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Red meant that no quarter would be given, they're going to fucking kill you. Black flag meant they would take your shit without slaughtering you. Granted, fighting back would still get you killed either way. Pirates tended to make examples sometimes, or want revenge, thus slaughter. Of course if they didn't kill everyone, they might press-gang you into service, and now your a pirate too. So red means you're dead.

[–] philthi@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

I get what you're saying, I'm struggling to understand why any pirate would ever want to fly a red flag.

[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you saw a pirate ship with a rainbow flag though , you're in for a mean margarita and a good time.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 36 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I think they’re still after your booty.

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[–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 38 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Not as bad as the ones that call women femoids.

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[–] AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 week ago (2 children)

female as an adjective for clarification (like "oh you're looking for that female doctor over there") is ok, female as a noun is just weird

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 week ago

There are contexts where it makes sense, mostly medicine or science, but even in those contexts it's deliberately dehumanizing, which is the point. It is also the only English word for a female human that does not imply age, as woman and girl both do.

The quick sniff test: "Males and females"? Clinical, but probably fine. "Men and females"? Fucking Ferengi freak, avoid that guy

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 22 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Unless you're speaking about (non human) animals. Saying a dog is a female is fine.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Excuse me, but my dog is a lady.

(An obnoxious, clumsy, stupid lady but...)

[–] RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

But isn't calling her a bitch also fine in this case?

[–] veganpizza69@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

To be fair, the existence of animal breeders is not fine.

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