MrSebSin@sh.itjust.worksM to Calvin and Hobbes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago9 October 1987sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1174arrow-down13
arrow-up1171arrow-down1image9 October 1987sh.itjust.worksMrSebSin@sh.itjust.worksM to Calvin and Hobbes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareP4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·1 month agoCould someone please explain the joke? Why he does a n#z# salute all of a sudden?
minus-squareASK_ME_ABOUT_LOOM@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 month agoCalvin is sarcastically suggesting that Rosalyn is a Nazi because of her rules and requirements.
minus-squareFaresh@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month agoNot just a nazi, but the Führer (ie. leader) to imply her to be an authoritarian figure.
minus-squaretoynbee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoWhen I read this as a kid, I thought his German words literally meant “I’m not going anywhere.” I definitely did not understand the joke at that time. TBH, even now it seems a bit weak. However, nearly thirty years later, I at least know what the joke is.
minus-squarenocturnelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThat is how my father responds to his wife when she is being overbearing
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoHe’s calling his baby sitter a Nazi.
Could someone please explain the joke? Why he does a n#z# salute all of a sudden?
Calvin is sarcastically suggesting that Rosalyn is a Nazi because of her rules and requirements.
Not just a nazi, but the Führer (ie. leader) to imply her to be an authoritarian figure.
When I read this as a kid, I thought his German words literally meant “I’m not going anywhere.” I definitely did not understand the joke at that time.
TBH, even now it seems a bit weak. However, nearly thirty years later, I at least know what the joke is.
That is how my father responds to his wife when she is being overbearing
He’s calling his baby sitter a Nazi.