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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I don't get it... How is "too late" the punchline?

[–] Limonene@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't get it either, and what order are you supposed to read it? Does the title come first, or at the end?

[–] dukk@programming.dev 42 points 1 week ago (1 children)

read the comic, realize you didn’t read the title, read the title. too late.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Thanks for the explanation. I didn't get it until you explained it. Ironically, the people who read titles will have a harder time understanding the comic, because we've read it out-of-order.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

I read the title, discarded it from memory because I had no context or meaning for it, read the comic, went back to remind myself what the title is. Now I just feel numb.

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 7 points 1 week ago

Oh just brag about stealing my wife, why don't you!

[–] ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It’s telling the reader they are too late reading the title after being called out for not reading it.

As someone that reads titles and is therefore the superior romantic match I am immune (to thinking it was funny)

[–] Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Also on my lemmy the title of a post is below the image. It would be very strange for someone not to read the image first. This joke is bad.

[–] KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

It depends on what client you are using. It’s above the post on Voyager.