5602: Lazy Fortune Cookie Edit

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Lazy Fortune Cookie Edit

Made by: Lubaf

Explanation

In the original strip, Garfield's fortune cookie held a fortune reading, "The worst is yet to come", with Garfield attributing it to being a Monday fortune cookie. This strip swaps out the fortune for an "insert something here"-type text that Garfield would attribute to a lazy fortune cookie; the author's notes makes several references to possible ways to fill in the fortune:

• "*teleports behind you* Nothing personal, kid": A reference to the Coldsteel the Hedgeheg meme; Coldsteel the Hedgeheg originated as a fan fiction character in Sonic the Hedgehog fan fiction.
• "Anime was a mistake": A reference to a misquote from an interview of Hayao Miyazaki.
• "Sir, this a Wendy's": An evolution of a meme that originated from a Twitter post invoking the quote "Sir, this is an Arby's".
• "I know that feel, bro": A meme that appeared on a German image board as an evolution of a meme of Polish origin.
• "It's Morbin' Time!": A play on a Mighty Morphin Power Rangers catchphrase within context of the film Morbius.

The author writes:

Candidate fortunes include "*teleports behind you* Nothing personal, kid", "Anime was a mistake", "Sir, this a Wendy's", "I know that feel, bro", and, at time of writing, "It's Morbin' Time!"

Original strip: 2022-06-27.

Transcript

{Garfield opens a fortune cookie}
Fortune Cookie: [Insert Meme Here]
Garfield: Lazy fortune cookie