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[-] [email protected] 81 points 1 year ago

I don't get what the point of the comic is. Am I supposed to know something before reading it?

[-] [email protected] 154 points 1 year ago

Pretty sure they joke is just that elves live much longer than humans so their perception of 'soon' could be much longer than a human's

[-] [email protected] 127 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes. In the story the elf here, Frieren, is travelling on foot with humans across the continent they live on. Frieren often wants to stop at towns they come across to rest, or study something local, or wait for favorable conditions, for anywhere from a year to multiple decades. The humans with her constantly have to remind her that a decade is like a 7th or 8th of their lifetime, even if it's only a few moments for her comparatively.

[-] [email protected] 67 points 1 year ago

Girl on the left is an elf from an anime. "Soon" for her may be... A decade or so? No time at all, really

[-] [email protected] 49 points 1 year ago

Sorry, anime is "Frieren: Beyond Journey's End", if you're interested. Frieren is the elf.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago
[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Main character syndrome.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

An specific anime, apparently.

Personally I hate when people reference specific media without acknowledging it's a reference in general-media communities like this, but I think I'm in the minority on that. But I also understand the world isn't designed to cater to my sensibilities, so I can't really do much but just shrug and move on

[-] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago

Everybody has seen all the animes.

Well known fact.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Oh shit I forgot, thank you

[-] [email protected] 69 points 1 year ago

The bus shall arrive 32 years after the death of Himmel the Hero.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

They're just waiting for their lemon-soaked paper napkins.

[-] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago

The next Catbus is as soon as you can imagine it.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Next stop: Little Sister

[-] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

When she starts memorizing a tome the size of War & Peace to pass the time.

[-] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

At least 100 years.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

"How long has it been?" "80 years." "So no time at all." "Yes, no time at all."

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Occasionally, at my bus stop, there will be a mum with her toddler daughter and I don't know, if it's just boredom, but every minute or so, she'll ask her mum "When comes bus?" and then mum responds "Should be coming soon.".

One time, hell was freezing over at -10°C. The toddler, despite full winter gear, was freezing.
And of course, the bus wasn't going to come. But unfortunately, humanity hasn't yet developed the technology to remotely notify people, so we didn't know.

We waited there for 15 minutes, with the toddler continuously asking "When comes bus?". And then the sheer betrayal, when bus did not come soon. She had to walk another 20 minutes with her mum to where the bus was supposed to go...

this post was submitted on 22 Mar 2024
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