Okay, it’s clear enough what happened: he thought he’d killed a pink unicorn, turned out he hadn’t, then he did. And…?
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You’re supposed to think that the joke is that he’s still
disbelieving the fortune just because of the nitpick that the
unicorn wasn’t exactly pink. Instead, the fortune was correct
because he then did hit a pink unicorn.
It’s a greek tragedy.
And, by the way, it’s “fuchsia” not “fuschia”. If you are not sure just call it “magenta” and you’ll be safe…
G
I think the point you’re overlooking is that if you were warned that you were going to hit a pink unicorn, “pink” isn’t the part you would doubt.
So, off he goes, not particularly worried about running into any unicorns, because, well, you know. And darned if he didn’t hit a unicorn. You’d be pretty impressed, I think, if someone predicted you’d hit a unicorn, and shortly thereafter, you hit a unicorn, because, of course, you never believed you’d hit a unicorn. But THIS guy IS DEFINITELY NOT impressed, because the detail (pink vs. fuschia coloring of the fantastic animal) was not as predicted.
So, not impressed, off he goes… and fulfills the prophecy.
And you’re not going to beat fate on a technicality.
I actually liked this one. (I usually hate pbf). The idea is the guy is determined to be dismissive of the fortune no matter what; and the fortune is determined to be true.
The guy is more concerned about proving the fortune wrong than he is about either acknowledging the fortune was incredibly close, or with the practical concern that he just did significant damage to his car and there’s a dead unicorn in the road. And the punchline is it doesn’t matter– you’re still going to hit pink unicorn.
I don’t read PBF often. Are their characters typically drawn in the Cyanide and Happiness style?
tygalilee: No, not typically. These were guest strips for C&H.
Okay, it’s clear enough what happened: he thought he’d killed a pink unicorn, turned out he hadn’t, then he did. And…?
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You’re supposed to think that the joke is that he’s still
disbelieving the fortune just because of the nitpick that the
unicorn wasn’t exactly pink. Instead, the fortune was correct
because he then did hit a pink unicorn.
It’s a greek tragedy.
And, by the way, it’s “fuchsia” not “fuschia”. If you are not sure just call it “magenta” and you’ll be safe…
G
I think the point you’re overlooking is that if you were warned that you were going to hit a pink unicorn, “pink” isn’t the part you would doubt.
So, off he goes, not particularly worried about running into any unicorns, because, well, you know. And darned if he didn’t hit a unicorn. You’d be pretty impressed, I think, if someone predicted you’d hit a unicorn, and shortly thereafter, you hit a unicorn, because, of course, you never believed you’d hit a unicorn. But THIS guy IS DEFINITELY NOT impressed, because the detail (pink vs. fuschia coloring of the fantastic animal) was not as predicted.
So, not impressed, off he goes… and fulfills the prophecy.
And you’re not going to beat fate on a technicality.
I actually liked this one. (I usually hate pbf). The idea is the guy is determined to be dismissive of the fortune no matter what; and the fortune is determined to be true.
It’s similar to the final “and one baby zebra” scene of the Daffy Duck/Porky Pig “Fool Coverage” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eajXRPguoM)
The guy is more concerned about proving the fortune wrong than he is about either acknowledging the fortune was incredibly close, or with the practical concern that he just did significant damage to his car and there’s a dead unicorn in the road. And the punchline is it doesn’t matter– you’re still going to hit pink unicorn.
I don’t read PBF often. Are their characters typically drawn in the Cyanide and Happiness style?
tygalilee: No, not typically. These were guest strips for C&H.
When does a pale purple become lilac?