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A place to appreciate the twentieth century comic character Everett True of "The Outbursts of Everett True." Feel free to check out the sticky.

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Everett True doesn't like glaring headlights (October 25, 1921) (lemmy.world)
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Printed 103 years ago today in the East Oregonian. Image cleaned up, see the original.

Found on the Library of Congress site.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How the fuck is this still relatable 100 years later? Wtf

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Partly because it describes a longstanding tension: the needs of the drivers (to see as much as possible at night) vs the needs of pedestrians (to not be blinded.)

And also because of selection bias: for every relatable cartoon, there are 3-4 that rely on obsolete details, 2-3 where the joke falls flat, etc. When we pick a cartoon to post, we tend to favor those that are still relatable.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

any of the shitty ones to share just to let us know how much awesome work you are doing for curation?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Here are a couple that have amusing lore, but that I didn't think were worth posting. I wouldn' call them "shitty", just not as relateable and because of that they're not as amusing. For example, the first one involves mailing a photo, which isn't something we do much any more; the equivalent would be maybe something like sending a friend request:

  • Everett True has a nephew called "J. Basil True", who is pictured in the Daily East Oregonian on Sept 27 1919.
  • there's a comic from The Day Book of September 27 1915 that doesn't seem to show Everett at all... unless Everett is the baby! This is one of Everett's earliest Outbursts.
  • Everett True was skinny when he got married, according to The Seattle Star of Oct 1, 1916.
  • Evertt True has a cousin from Kokomo, according to The Daily East Oregonian of October 7, 1919.
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I love the one with the photo