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Oct 4, 2024 4:57 AM
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BobJones786
They're never going to make it to Madagascar!
Revelant
Second panel being tilted is a good visual tool used for rough flight.
RuBisCO1
AI does not get it:
pixelpusherofdeath
Translation: "Let's simply face the facts: Penguins can't fly!"
IOftenDeleteCommentsCauseISuckAtTyping
Wouldn't flightless birds be the BEST pilots? It's not like they can fly WITHOUT a plane.
ThePastmaster
I enjoyed this very much, thank you. XD
Freemasonry
Took me a second, i thought i was looking for Loss
ozmantic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JsZbSzMi08
EmeRgencyDrD
Dont get it.
guitarfourtysix
jimmymcgoochie1
Surely you can't be serious!?
AchDuLieber
I am. And don't call me Shirley.
RedCamaro
Boeing 737 max
SpartaWolf117
https://youtu.be/6JsZbSzMi08?si=RIFfs8dhMC4xdhwT
HisDudness
Fuck, that show was so damn good.
PCfromNYC
I don't care how many stewardesses you bagged, you're a lousy pilot.
weleasebwyan
First thing I thought of. Thank you.
inkbot
I quote this way to much.
RoutemasterFlash
Who else thought the flight attendant was going to end up being the lion's in-flight meal?
Helpfullifetips
It wouldn't be the first time a flight attendant was eaten on board a plane.
genghiskhanit
I get it, it's... Just... Not very funny
G0MeatCube
The flightless birds can't fly. But maybe if they believe hard enohgy... oh still can't though....
ozmantic
A Penguin and he's been drinking, wait Peguins can't fly?!! Penguins can't fly!!
Chawzilla
Quessir
Points for using Arms!
Widgetboy
STRiPESandShades
Beastars has made me VERY nervous about all these animals being in a plane together like that
cousteau
Should've hired a kiwi.
BMANN
A penguin? And he's been drinking! Wait a minute, PENGUINS CAN'T FLY!! *plane immediately enters nosedive*
cousteau
Pig on third panel: "Finally! My time has come!"
invisiblemaniac
Okay. That took me longer to get than I'm comfortable admitting.
Jayboots
Agreed, but we got there.
mercyPandaRunner
I was completely sidetracked with the predator-prey relationship at first.
WellWellWellLookWhoItIs
Same
TohmaytohTohmahtoh
Oh, thank gods it wasn't just me...
laserfrog
help?
EhlersLexinaught
Was slow too, penguins and ostriches are flightless birds.
eejott
Flightless birds.
notacobra
The joke would make more sense without the first two panels, the lion with the red wine is a red herring.
Imapancakenom
I would have gotten it on my own if all the passengers and the attendant were flying birds
redsmerf
"This better not be 'loss'. ... ... What? Oh."
disneyone
I got the intention of the joke, but it makes no sense: they somehow took off the plane and the flight was smooth few seconds earlier.
Maybe, if the last panel was the pilot (a flying bird) passed out and the co-pilot (a flightless bird) panicking, it would have worked better.
DuffyMx
but.. how did they manage to get into the air?
Sidewaysgts
They’re flightless birds. Not takeoffless birds. Dont be racist.
LazerHawkAttack
Auto pilot
PotFox
Speaking as a pilot myself, taking off is the easy part. You just copy what the included instruction book says, point down the runway, push the engines up to power and go. The hard part is what happens once you're off the ground.
joepineapplesindrag
SecondSince
Untitled Goose Game 2
PhailRaptor
"You can't fly, and you can't swim... are you even a duck at all?" "Honestly I'm not sure. this comes off VERY easily..." *removes beak*
CycloneSP
I mean, there's a reason the martian queen fell for him ;)
eadanke
ProxyPlayerHD
SirSage
So many comments talking about how difficult this joke is to get. And highly upvoted, too. It's a little concerning. I mean, the oxygen masks have dropped down. The lion is looking up at said masks. Everyone is panicked. The entire 2nd panel is literally knocked out of frame to indicate turbulence. Then deer goes to pilots who are flightless birds. I'm not saying it's the funniest bit in existence. You MIGHT blow air from your nose. But the setup is far from obtuse.
quzar
Aside from the other (more detail oriented) issues described, why would the cabin crew not know who is in the cockpit? Like, I got the intended joke but even so it felt like I was missing something because it was so poorly executed.
Blackcurry328
It was more confusing for me because of the oxygen masks dropping actually. That one is misleading. Oxygen masks don’t drop due to turbulence they drop because cabin oxygen pressure becomes too low. It’s not difficult to get the joke, but it doesn’t feel cohesive. The second panned, to me, suggested that they were hit by something, so I wasn’t prepared for the punchline. Then the third pannel shows that the lion is the only predatory species on the plane makes it seem like it was setting up 1/2
Blackcurry328
for the lion to be at fault during to how long the comic features him. A better way to set up the idea that the joke is that there were flightless birds in the cockpit would have been an establishing shot of the plane with a logo and name that imply the airline is run by birds, like “Feather Airlines” or something. Then the rest of the panels could stay the same, with the exception of the oxygen masks dropping. A piece of luggage falling from the overhead bins would have been more clear. 2/2
Blackcurry328
My phone autocorrected “due” to “during”. Sometimes I really hate the fact that you can’t edit comments here
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
Is it because they are flightless birds as pilots?
Clayman8
Im surprised theyre not trying to murder each other... you know...fight or flight and all that?
CheeseDanish444
Related gallery: /gallery/can-imgur-give-some-love-critic-penguins-DH8X0
chaylar
No. It's just a Boeing.
ShortKiltLongWaistcoat
As usual, the real punchline is in the comments
DigitalDragon75
That's the joke.
Midgarmerc
But then how'd they take off in the first place?
MrglBrglGrgl
Same way they do in real life, giant f-ing catapult.
SilverNicktail
That, and their feet don't reach the pedals.
AtmaDarkwolf
I mean... the obviously got flying.. just forgot midway though the flight?
Jinxies
Unlike human pilots, who ... umm ...
Piloerection69
Pet the dolphin
SecondSince
Is that a euphemism?
VanessaBludgeons
If it's not, I'll let you bend me over a barrel and show me the 50 states.
RoutemasterFlash
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
I asked because it doesn't make much sense, considering that humans are also flightless - making me doubt if I understood the joke correctly.
RoutemasterFlash
It's a joke on the different possible meanings of "can't fly."
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
Hence my guess, yes. I asked to see if there were other answers that might be better or more fun. I thought I explained that already, but here we go again...
Myoron
Took me a few minutes to get it, at first I thought the Lion told the Doe something was off about the drink.
elulongin
You suck McCain!
TeeweeAndSmashboy
That’s some comment, @elulongin. Makes you look like a homozexual.
SpartaWolf117
Nanoxt
How did they get up to the sky to fall down to begin with?
guitarfourtysix
BishlamekGurpgork
They laughed their way into the air on the back of a joke.
DanniLuxgarbe
Some international flights have multiple pilot/co-pilot pairs, and they'll switch off as needed for rest periods. Presumably a different pair handled take-off and this pair has encountered an unexpected situation.
Cucumberclouds
Thank you
CreeewDeeeTaaay
Thank you
Ronelyn
Yeah, I'm a fucking writer and it took reading that to get me there.
HandoB4Javert
I didn't know they had scripts. "Step bro"
Magnar1183
You should have slapped Stephanie Meyer for writing her romance dreck.
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
The thing is though, humans are flightless as well, just mammals instead of birds...
IlTerribile
Yeah? did you published something?
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
Irrelevant.
Ronelyn
I have, yes.
snicksnicks
I don't like the punchline to the comic and the misleading first 2 panels. It's just not funny
ViviAdorkable
Yeah, for once I kinda agree.
I mean, a multitude of other animals could be slotted instead as the pilots, still not rrally funny though? Just kinda like 'oh, okay'.
cadaniels
They're flightless birds. It's a visual pun
ViviAdorkable
I got that part, but it isnt funny IMHO. 2 frames are redundant and every other animal there is flightless as well.
Not a good joke if it has to be explained, which seems to have been necessary going by the comments with many people not getting it either.