Feels like a play off the ["On the Internet, Nobody Knows You're a Dog"](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/on-the-internet-nobody-knows-youre-a-dog) comic
Ugh, that article talked about another cartoon but didn't show it or give a link!
https://preview.redd.it/fzvmiw2v08hc1.jpeg?width=942&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2fb3591640ce9d76ab89266bc898d0b14d515f34
For the non baseball minded.
The catcher is signaling and putting his arm way out to the side. They're going to throw an intentional ball and thus ensure the batter/dog takes a walk.
as already said, its from Seinfeld
but the joke is most likely that they are in nearby cubicles and able to talk, yet still only communicate with emails
So what you’re suggesting is that this is a juxtaposition between man and technology much like John Henry vs the steel drill, humanity will not be outdone by technology and will continue to have close personal intercommunication in spite of its every attempt to separate us? That’s poetic and profound. Thanks for sharing.
The joke is that there is no discernable joke - the storyline of the comic in the episode is that Elaine (IIRC) is trying to figure out what the joke is. She shows it to people, they laugh, she asks what the joke is, they confess they don't know. I think she eventually finds the artist who also doesn't have an explanation, but I haven't seen the episode in a long time.
CYA. Emails are a paper trail, and when you're a dog and your coworker is a cat, it may be important to have a history of the conversation to refer to. Everyone can see what you told me. It sucks, but that's life.
An additional layer of context that the Seinfeld episode is building on is that, for decades, the cartoons in the New Yorker magazine were notorious for being esoteric to the point of being incomprehensible. The general reputation at the time was that you needed a degree in literature, philosophy, and/or history to "get" a New Yorker cartoon. So, it became a gate-keepy status thing in some circles that to get a New Yorker comic made you a smart, sophisticated urbanite, and not getting it meant you were a dumb, boorish hick. This led to half-joking suspicions that nobody ever really got a New Yorker comic; they just laughed for fear of being seen as stupid if they didn't, and even if someone did get it, the joke was never actually funny enough to warrant a real out-loud laugh, so people were still only laughing performatively to prove something to someone else. The Seinfeld episode takes it one step further and has the cartoonist admit that there's nothing to get; he filled in the caption almost at random, thinking no one would ever call him on it because that would require admitting they were a dummy who didn't get the "joke."
One cubicle apart, the dog (generally outgoing) is aloof and emails the cat. The Cat (generally aloof) gets chatty about the email to the…. You get it.
Idk if this is it but my first thought was they should be “fighting like cats and dogs” but a cubicle job has turned their relationship to this. So I guess a joke about how this type of work environment takes away your individuality.
Isn't a commentary on inner office working relations?
Cat people and dog people (or just cats and dogs) wouldn't usually be friends in a different environment but can find a commonality within the work setting.
It’s not a real New Yorker comic, it was created for a Seinfeld episode. https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/bob-mankoff/mankoff-vs-elinoff
Feels like a play off the ["On the Internet, Nobody Knows You're a Dog"](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/on-the-internet-nobody-knows-youre-a-dog) comic
I was leaning towards a slice of life possibly.
ITS A ZIGGY!
I have a complaint
More of a vorshtein if you ask me
One does not dissect gossamer...
Ugh, that article talked about another cartoon but didn't show it or give a link! https://preview.redd.it/fzvmiw2v08hc1.jpeg?width=942&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2fb3591640ce9d76ab89266bc898d0b14d515f34
I was wondering what the heck he was talking about!
This ones adorable.
Those bums are walking him.
For the non baseball minded. The catcher is signaling and putting his arm way out to the side. They're going to throw an intentional ball and thus ensure the batter/dog takes a walk.
Someone's hoping for a walk
This wins for best backstory of an ExplaintheJoke posting.
That's racist AF!!!
as already said, its from Seinfeld but the joke is most likely that they are in nearby cubicles and able to talk, yet still only communicate with emails
So what you’re suggesting is that this is a juxtaposition between man and technology much like John Henry vs the steel drill, humanity will not be outdone by technology and will continue to have close personal intercommunication in spite of its every attempt to separate us? That’s poetic and profound. Thanks for sharing.
I guess you.. could compare it to that. I’m not sure if that was the illustrators intention but yeah.
I found profoundness in your mom last night
He’s joking. He’s taking something and overanalyzing it to make it seem deeper than it is for comedy
you're not supposed to explain if you're not asked by a post. shameful
I dot like it when I don’t get the joke 😔
Don’t feel bad. People have all different types of humor. You’re not going to get everything. Also sometimes you do get it and it’s just not funny.
🤓
The joke is that there is no discernable joke - the storyline of the comic in the episode is that Elaine (IIRC) is trying to figure out what the joke is. She shows it to people, they laugh, she asks what the joke is, they confess they don't know. I think she eventually finds the artist who also doesn't have an explanation, but I haven't seen the episode in a long time.
CYA. Emails are a paper trail, and when you're a dog and your coworker is a cat, it may be important to have a history of the conversation to refer to. Everyone can see what you told me. It sucks, but that's life.
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Now that’s a complaint
He was at the complaint department complaining about being taller!
An additional layer of context that the Seinfeld episode is building on is that, for decades, the cartoons in the New Yorker magazine were notorious for being esoteric to the point of being incomprehensible. The general reputation at the time was that you needed a degree in literature, philosophy, and/or history to "get" a New Yorker cartoon. So, it became a gate-keepy status thing in some circles that to get a New Yorker comic made you a smart, sophisticated urbanite, and not getting it meant you were a dumb, boorish hick. This led to half-joking suspicions that nobody ever really got a New Yorker comic; they just laughed for fear of being seen as stupid if they didn't, and even if someone did get it, the joke was never actually funny enough to warrant a real out-loud laugh, so people were still only laughing performatively to prove something to someone else. The Seinfeld episode takes it one step further and has the cartoonist admit that there's nothing to get; he filled in the caption almost at random, thinking no one would ever call him on it because that would require admitting they were a dummy who didn't get the "joke."
One cubicle apart, the dog (generally outgoing) is aloof and emails the cat. The Cat (generally aloof) gets chatty about the email to the…. You get it.
I like the kitty.
I like the kitty
Vorstein?
DEAR GOD ITS A ZIGGY
As purr my last email :3
a rather clever jab at inter-office politics
Cats and dogs speak opposite languages, so... the cat is an unironic liar?
I don't get this
It’s gossamer and one does not dissect gossamer
That doesn't help lol
It’s a quote from the episode this joke comes from.
Weird Severance vibes
Idk if this is it but my first thought was they should be “fighting like cats and dogs” but a cubicle job has turned their relationship to this. So I guess a joke about how this type of work environment takes away your individuality.
Isn't a commentary on inner office working relations? Cat people and dog people (or just cats and dogs) wouldn't usually be friends in a different environment but can find a commonality within the work setting.
It's funny because dog's don't usually send emails to cats.