The Awful Story Of Cow Tools

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  • Опубліковано 23 гру 2024

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  • @GeoffreyToday
    @GeoffreyToday 2 роки тому +320

    It's a pretty simple comic. They're cow tools. Tools designed by cows for cows to use. A cow looks at those tools and understands them. We are not cows, which is why we look at those tools and don't understand them. Just as a cow would not understand a table full of human tools.

    • @who-ge1gu
      @who-ge1gu 2 роки тому +18

      You solved it.

    • @payableondeath9091
      @payableondeath9091 2 роки тому +5

      Genius

    • @Orgasinism
      @Orgasinism 2 роки тому +15

      What makes it a masterpiece is the saw on the table. Just when it’s about to make sense, it doesn’t.

    • @schmietwechdeschiet4340
      @schmietwechdeschiet4340 2 роки тому +1

      but where is the cow? a cow doesn't have horns

    • @jonnnyoutit487
      @jonnnyoutit487 2 роки тому +8

      @@schmietwechdeschiet4340 yes they do

  • @dirtyredcommie
    @dirtyredcommie 3 роки тому +159

    Don't talk shit about cow tools - it's a work of art

    • @dustria
      @dustria Рік тому +4

      The more misunderstood it is, the more of a work of art it is. There are lots of people that literally believe that.

    • @diamondmemer9754
      @diamondmemer9754 11 місяців тому +3

      ​@@dustriathat's not how that works at all
      The only feelings it transmits is a sense of superiority to people who think they get it

    • @hawawah8671
      @hawawah8671 7 місяців тому +1

      If he never said what it was supposed to mean people would discuss it in college art classes.

  • @themostfabulousthing5269
    @themostfabulousthing5269 3 роки тому +246

    "Awful comic" My friend you are starting at a work of art above all else, curve your tounge!

    • @Lem_On_Lime
      @Lem_On_Lime 2 роки тому +9

      The idiom is "Curb your tongue", btw, as in 'keep it within it's boundaries.'
      Also, I agree, calling this art "awful" is a rough start.

    • @diamondmemer9754
      @diamondmemer9754 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@@Lem_On_LimeI genuinely cannot tell, why would it be funny?

    • @SugerFreeJazz
      @SugerFreeJazz 9 місяців тому +1

      ​@diamondmemer9754 cows can't build tools. Its just an absurd idea to think a cow built a bunch of crappy tools. That's all, that's why it's funny. The beauty is in the simplicity.

    • @diamondmemer9754
      @diamondmemer9754 9 місяців тому +1

      @@SugerFreeJazz this is the type of joke an AI would make, it literally lacks the spark that makes it human
      If you laugh at this, you would laugh at a robot generating random words
      Just think about that

    • @SugerFreeJazz
      @SugerFreeJazz 9 місяців тому +1

      @@diamondmemer9754 your still not getting it. It's in the vain of jokes like the aristocrats. Its "anti-humour" and like all good forms of humour It subverts expectations, it does it here by being nothing more then it is.

  • @matthewmoran7033
    @matthewmoran7033 2 роки тому +70

    "This isn't even a cow, it has horns!" As if cows don't have horns...

    • @danebradbury5940
      @danebradbury5940 Рік тому +4

      Bulls

    • @orfeo793
      @orfeo793 Рік тому +16

      @@danebradbury5940 female cows too, they are just removed most the time in the US

    • @NebulaRanger
      @NebulaRanger 5 місяців тому

      ​​@@orfeo793"female cow" is reduntant, all cows are female (cattle is the term for the entire species)

    • @masterzoroark6664
      @masterzoroark6664 День тому

      Unrelated- but you reminded me so much about one deliberation I had in my mind about how a trans anthro bovine or a cervid would look, as in: how to adress the horns as a detail.

  • @nullname0
    @nullname0 3 роки тому +111

    Cow tools was ahead of it's time in humor.

    • @breakbreakbreakbreakbreak
      @breakbreakbreakbreakbreak Рік тому +4

      yeah i can't tell if jelly really just doesn't appreciate the cleverness of it, or is just trying to do the same thing with this pointless video. well it did come up with looking up cow tools, so... success?

    • @Johnmrobinson-vb5vd
      @Johnmrobinson-vb5vd Рік тому

      It was the precursor to shit posts

    • @diamondmemer9754
      @diamondmemer9754 11 місяців тому +3

      ​@@breakbreakbreakbreakbreakhow exactly is it clever?
      It's like one of those shitposts you see hundreds of on any site who are only occasionally funny just because they make fun of how ridicolous shitposts are

    • @maxdavis7722
      @maxdavis7722 11 місяців тому +2

      @@breakbreakbreakbreakbreakit’s clever?

    • @axialagegamer
      @axialagegamer 6 днів тому

      Yeah, Cow Tools was Millennial Humor, before there were millennials who were old enough to tell jokes.

  • @JakobSins
    @JakobSins 3 роки тому +53

    simple answer to this video: the cow made tools

  • @LoganSmith1
    @LoganSmith1 3 роки тому +137

    The fact that you don't get the joke makes it even funnier

    • @waydehollis3606
      @waydehollis3606 2 роки тому +14

      Norm MacDonald is smiling

    • @sandy4747
      @sandy4747 Рік тому +5

      Exactly. If there had ever been anyone on this planet who understood this panel, it would have been Norm.

    • @diamondmemer9754
      @diamondmemer9754 11 місяців тому +6

      That is the opposite of how jokes work, that's called a false sense of superiority

    • @awkwardukulele6077
      @awkwardukulele6077 10 місяців тому

      Jesus, you don't stop at not getting _the_ joke, you don't even understand *jokes.* As a whole.
      It's not a false sense of superiority if everyone else actually _is_ better than you, bud. @@diamondmemer9754

    • @GroovingGamer
      @GroovingGamer 4 місяці тому +2

      @@diamondmemer9754the joke is that humans don’t understand the cows tools, so him not understanding the joke is like another meta layer of that

  • @hamurabi1066
    @hamurabi1066 3 роки тому +47

    cows have horns. many US farmers clip them, but cows do in fact grow horns.

  • @matbillings2533
    @matbillings2533 2 роки тому +38

    Cows have hooves. Have you ever tried to make a tool with hooves?! If I was a personified cow with hooves my tools would probably also look like they were made out of mashed play-dough lol!

  • @misterpootisbird5027
    @misterpootisbird5027 2 роки тому +29

    The joke is that cows aren’t very good at making tools

  • @alanguile8945
    @alanguile8945 2 роки тому +28

    One of his funniest cartoons and its reassuring you don't have a clue!

    • @diamondmemer9754
      @diamondmemer9754 11 місяців тому +3

      Do you?

    • @Voldycssm19
      @Voldycssm19 Місяць тому

      @@diamondmemer9754 I just think you're being super pretentious and insufferable, we get it, you don't like the comic

  • @elmerfudd5738
    @elmerfudd5738 2 роки тому +22

    "Cow Tools" was pure bovine genius

  • @seneca983
    @seneca983 7 місяців тому +6

    1:27 Horns don't mean it's not a cow. Cows too have the ability to grow horns. It's just that the horns are often removed because they're an unnecessary hazard.

  • @leecowell8165
    @leecowell8165 Рік тому +13

    Larson was way before your time and pretty sick. beyond sick at times. Two polar bears are looking through the top of an igloo. One says to the other "I love these things crunchy on the outside with a chewy center". Buncha cowboys are sitting around a campfire but one of them has his legs crossed... "Don't do that, Larry". Boneless chicken ranch.. the pane has a buncha chickens drawn around a barn flopped all over the place.. on the road, on the gate, on the roof... no bones. He drew many panes that drew quizzical looks and comments. The guy just thought completely outside-the-box.

    • @janebrown1706
      @janebrown1706 Рік тому +2

      Or the ducks(?) commenting that blah blahs house is on fire cos the crocs' mouth is burning.

    • @diamondmemer9754
      @diamondmemer9754 11 місяців тому +1

      I can probably make a funnier joke without even trying

    • @ohno3736
      @ohno3736 11 місяців тому +2

      The first one isn't even hard to get though? Seems to me like you guys are hyping him up for no real reason

    • @diamondmemer9754
      @diamondmemer9754 11 місяців тому +3

      @@ohno3736 yeah people without an ounce on creativity being surprised by the most basic jokes in existence, I don't think they'd be able to handle a cartoon

  • @felinusfeline5559
    @felinusfeline5559 5 місяців тому +3

    There's a book called "The pre history of the far side: A 10th aniversary exhibit" by Larson that's a sort-of behind the scenes look at his early life, his work on the comic and so on.
    It includes a section on the comics he most regrets making and there is an entire page on Cow Tools.
    There's also a section showing comics that got the most complaints. And it ends with a message that goes something like "And now, my honest response to those who took the time to mail in their complaints" and underneath is a drawing he did of a man pulling a stupid face at the reader.
    Well worth a read.

  • @kriscollinstunes
    @kriscollinstunes Рік тому +4

    1:29 cows can have horns

  • @villageidiot181
    @villageidiot181 3 роки тому +21

    It’s not a bad cartoon 💀

  • @kensvideos1
    @kensvideos1 2 роки тому +9

    You may not understand cow tools but the cow does, how do you think she built that barn?

  • @woodrowmeeks5009
    @woodrowmeeks5009 2 роки тому +7

    Cows do have horns as well as bulls.

  • @saravis56
    @saravis56 2 роки тому +6

    Cows have horns.

  • @schmietwechdeschiet4340
    @schmietwechdeschiet4340 2 роки тому +4

    not sure what's worst, people pretending to understand this or darksouls people pretending to know the lore

  • @metaronin
    @metaronin 3 роки тому +11

    dont diss the mutton hammer

    • @headsupdisplay2189
      @headsupdisplay2189 2 роки тому +2

      The "mutton hammer"? Yes, well done....almost as good as the "Thagamizer"...

    • @metaronin
      @metaronin 2 роки тому +2

      @@headsupdisplay2189 named after the late Thag Simmons

  • @Merennulli
    @Merennulli 3 роки тому +14

    So was the thumbnail intentionally to try to invoke the same sort of effect?
    I was reading Larson's explanation for his new comics (basically, he tried out digital drawing and got inspired) and googled "Cow Tools" based on him mentioning it because I had forgotten this comic. One of the top Google images was your thumbnail that strangely repeated it like a conveyor belt of more tools and that's what got my attention to read Google's description of it - which is where I saw your video's title and decided to watch.
    Basically, by being weird with the thumbnail in a way I couldn't understand, you got my attention enough that I looked in and watched the video in much the same way you describe Larson's rise the year following Cow Tools. Obviously, being a search result for a 39 year old comic is probably not as effective as being in 70 newspapers already making it into people's homes, but whether intentional or not I thought it was neat this followed a similar pattern.
    I wasn't able to read yet when this comic came out, but I am old enough that it was in my lifetime, and it still seems strange to me that so many people wrote to the newspaper for an explanation of an absurd comic. I guess it's like how today his publisher would be inundated with emails and tweets, but more expensive.

  • @joshuaevans4301
    @joshuaevans4301 Рік тому +4

    Part of the joy of "Cow Tools" is the people who just don't get it. It's the original shitpost

    • @diamondmemer9754
      @diamondmemer9754 11 місяців тому +1

      No one gets it, there is no joke

    • @Voldycssm19
      @Voldycssm19 Місяць тому

      @@diamondmemer9754 enough comments from you

    • @jimmybags6598
      @jimmybags6598 Годину тому

      @@diamondmemer9754 pearls before swine

  • @JPiXeL
    @JPiXeL Рік тому +2

    this comic panel belongs in a museum for how inhumanely perplexing it is

  • @Laast_Chaance
    @Laast_Chaance 7 місяців тому +1

    "Selling over fourty-five -_- 0_0 MEWLION"

  • @PixelSlayer247
    @PixelSlayer247 Рік тому +2

    I got the comic first try as a little kid, does that make me smart or dumb?

  • @steve-ph9yg
    @steve-ph9yg 2 роки тому +4

    Aww the kid didn’t get it what a surprise.

    • @diamondmemer9754
      @diamondmemer9754 11 місяців тому +2

      You also don't get it, there's nothing to get

    • @sneggron
      @sneggron 10 місяців тому +2

      ^guy who didn't get it

    • @diamondmemer9754
      @diamondmemer9754 10 місяців тому +1

      @@sneggron explain it then

    • @sneggron
      @sneggron 10 місяців тому +1

      one cannot simply explain art that is transcendental in nature. It must be felt to be understood.

    • @diamondmemer9754
      @diamondmemer9754 10 місяців тому +1

      @@sneggron what does this even make you feel? It's not even interesting enough to enjoy it ironically

  • @Very_Silly_Individual
    @Very_Silly_Individual Рік тому +4

    He was just ahead of his time. None of us could've understood at the time

  • @1badjesus
    @1badjesus 2 роки тому +2

    FUN FACT: cows have developed ability to use crescent wrenches.

  • @rendavis25
    @rendavis25 Рік тому +1

    Cows can and often do have horns. Not just bulls.

  • @St1mi
    @St1mi 3 місяці тому

    "I've never known a cow that could make tools and if they did I'm sure that they would lack something in sophistication"

  • @StudioScarecrow
    @StudioScarecrow 2 місяці тому

    Cow Tools was ahead of its time. Comedy has only finally caught up with Cow Tools

  • @ShaneMorris
    @ShaneMorris 3 роки тому +5

    You don't like Dali either do you?

  • @NebulaRanger
    @NebulaRanger 5 місяців тому

    Not to be that guy but I will in a second: Cows can and do often have horns. Horns on cattle aren't determined by gender but by whether or not the farmer decides to remove them. There are also some breeds that don't grow horns at all.

  • @fatwod
    @fatwod 9 місяців тому

    Explain this one...."On a clear day, Eugene rose and looked around him and, regrettably, saw who he was?" Anyone? Totally Stumped!

  • @StacyProwell
    @StacyProwell 3 місяці тому

    Minor point. Cows do, in fact, grow horns.

  • @stillWaters137
    @stillWaters137 Рік тому +1

    No opposable thumbs or critical thought. Damnable shame. But how did they make the tools, let alone use them? Cows are cute & delicious & curious...that's it. Check out videos of their response to music. It's adorable. Eat a steak. Pet one. The end.

  • @ricardokowalski1579
    @ricardokowalski1579 Рік тому

    "even the hollowest nut wants to be cracked"

  • @diamondmemer9754
    @diamondmemer9754 11 місяців тому +2

    This is the boomer version of Pickle Rick

    • @Voldycssm19
      @Voldycssm19 Місяць тому

      I think this is much better than pickle rick

    • @diamondmemer9754
      @diamondmemer9754 Місяць тому +1

      @Voldycssm19 but you see, a normal scientist would not turn themselves into a pickle, which is why the thought of the smartest man alive deciding that becoming a pickle is a good thing is quite peculiar

  • @doubledrats235
    @doubledrats235 2 місяці тому

    It’s confusing? I would wear a “cow tools” shirt for that reason.

  • @woodrowmeeks5009
    @woodrowmeeks5009 2 роки тому +1

    Saw, rake, hammer and sander...me thinks.

  • @eatatjoes6751
    @eatatjoes6751 Рік тому

    It's simple, but God I hate its reputation - the cow can't use the tools.

  • @hughgordon6435
    @hughgordon6435 Рік тому

    Its the look of study on the cows face? Almost as if he's actually trying to work out which tool to use

  • @janebrown1706
    @janebrown1706 Рік тому

    Oh I love it! Is this the one where public servants wrote in and said their mental health depended on a Daily fix of the cartoon and could he please explain it. When I was broke I cut them out if the paper and put them in a scrap book. That was 1992 and I've still got it. Best one is the Neanderthals and a Phillips rock!

  • @masterzoroark6664
    @masterzoroark6664 День тому

    Well
    I think you are being had
    I am saying it as someone not familiar with other works of this artist, but looking at this picture I see it as a semi-elaborate joke from someone who would attempt to give this a bigger meaning.
    If you are trying to make sense of Cow Tools you are being had by the author - some pieces of art are made to allude meaning to make fun out of people who would try to force meaning on them.

  • @breakfastline
    @breakfastline 3 роки тому +3

    Cattle has horns lmfao?

    • @wytsewolf
      @wytsewolf 3 роки тому +7

      yep they do, if they're not sawn off

    • @jenni4claire
      @jenni4claire 3 роки тому

      Euro cows 🐄

  • @lordofnut3272
    @lordofnut3272 3 роки тому +3

    But it looks funny

  • @yessfan
    @yessfan 3 місяці тому

    Awful? Bullshit its fantastic

  • @milestrius9666
    @milestrius9666 Рік тому

    i have many thoughts i might share later about this “debacle” shame on you

  • @tomellis4750
    @tomellis4750 10 місяців тому

    Professor? Of what?

  • @zammcut
    @zammcut 3 роки тому +4

    Great video man , very well put together

  • @GoodWoIf
    @GoodWoIf 6 місяців тому

    Good video.

  • @crazyburkey3677
    @crazyburkey3677 4 місяці тому

    Eh🐰🤔🤣They're for cows, we can't understand 😂

  • @DanaTheInsane
    @DanaTheInsane 3 місяці тому

    It’s a great comic! If you don’t think it’s funny you’ve just never studied anthropology.

  • @dirtyredcommie
    @dirtyredcommie 3 роки тому

    Thank you

  • @zikuronsan6362
    @zikuronsan6362 3 роки тому

    ?????

  • @Altusfonz
    @Altusfonz 3 роки тому

    Great video bro

  • @tvdv3416
    @tvdv3416 2 роки тому +2

    Cows have horns.