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[–] FatTony@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

So, the joke is just paedophilia?

Edit: Okay so according to the comment below “Elementary, my dear Watson” is his catch phrase. hence, the joke. Thanks for clearing that up Famko.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

It's a pretty lame comic trying to ride on having a controversial "punchline."

If it was posted on a larger site like reddit it would probably be on front-page just because of the drama and controversy people would extract from it.

[–] parody@lemmings.world -1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

This is an unusual comment I’m gonna make, unusual for me b/c I get phased by violent content and not dark humor

Comic made me a little uncomfortable maybe because it’s actually showing implied child abuse. If it’s just alluded to then it’s just your imagination and you don’t imagine it well enough way it’s painful, but they show it & it’s like “bro that guy’s a child rapist holy shit wtf”

Plus the lowest possible defense, 4chan-esque “akshually ephebophilia” “but in Japan…”, don’t even fly for Sherlock

Edit: also there’s no greater point as you’ve mentioned, like if he wore a Jared Subway mask… potential big change in vibe

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de -2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Yeah idk. There is a Sherlock Holmes show called "Elementary" but that doesnt really make any sense here. Weird comic.

[–] Famko@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Sherlock Holmes' "catchphrase", for lack of a better term, is "Elementary, my dear Watson", which is parodied in this comic.

[–] Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Fun fact though, Sherlock never actually says these phrases together. He does say "Elementary" and "... my dear Watson" but not together.

But really this is just an "akchtually" comment

[–] Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

To akchtually your akchtually... He doesn't say it in the original books, but he has been saying in secondary sources for over a 100 years. So I don't think people are wrong in saying that it's his catch phrase.

[–] Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'd like to think of an akchtually to your akchtually but I actually can't think of anything to rebut with.

[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Akchually you don't need anything. Here's your permission slip:

+-------------------------+
| Permission to akchually |
|   without a rubuttal    |
|  is hereby granted to   |
|  @Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world  |
+-------------------------+

Hope you appreciate your new found powers :)

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Everybody knows Sherlock Holmes, nobody knows anything about Sherlock Holmes... 🙄