I like the Onion's cartoons, but they're also often confusing. At least for this one, I get what it's trying to say, though the meta-ironic huge labels, extremely bad puns, (in this case also a rather incoherent speech bubble from the dad) make this a fun experience too. But other cartoons like https://theonion.com/stars-and-strips/ also have meaning that I don't get, or the godfather references or whatever. maybe others appreciate this complexity better. Is it because I'm too young, do they put references to old media often? The Godfather is from 1972. Also, do you think they're doing this big literalness in the dialogue and the huge labels just to make fun of cartoons and how they influence what you think about the characters? Or is there some trend in other cartoons, where some Cartoons are seen as special for being very literal?

I must "Pick men" to be my sexual partners!

True for bicyclists and motorcyclists.

IDK.

I saw a guy on a bicycle a month ago screaming at the top of his lungs at cars behind him on the street.

FUCKING GO AROUND YOU PIECES OF SHIT!

to which the first car did and the man promptly kicked the fender and dented it. hilariously he almost fell off his bike but was able to balance it out.

not two feet away was a sidewalk with nary a person on it.

I live in a small city without bike lanes but the sidewalks are really nice(at least in that part of town).

some people have bad days, that's inside and outside the car. many times I don't trust what a bike rider is doing because of the above and it's impossible to see what they're doing. on the rarest of occasions do I know exactly what a rider is doing because they communicate intent very well.

When a man with a .45 meets a man with a rifle, the man with a pistol will be a dead man.

I won't be very sure about that. A pistol has better ADS afterall :P

Funnily, the exact opposite tends to happen to me a lot of times. With the cars just slowly closing in on me from the side.

I am normally a pedestrian and I fucking hate bikes as they are silent, fast and either used by 45+ old men that never got to do Tour de France or people with barley enough control to chew gum ans breath at the same time.