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minus-squarem_f@discuss.onlineOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoYeah, it’s a moth. I’m sure there’s some other small flying insect attracted to lamps that starts with “M”, but The Far Side was written with your average newspaper reader in mind so generally isn’t that obscure
minus-squareIndigoLarry@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoTo an extent, maybe, but Gary Larson was an entomologist so he featured a lot of insects in his work.
Yeah, it’s a moth. I’m sure there’s some other small flying insect attracted to lamps that starts with “M”, but The Far Side was written with your average newspaper reader in mind so generally isn’t that obscure
To an extent, maybe, but Gary Larson was an entomologist so he featured a lot of insects in his work.