Cyanide and Happiness

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Hello fellow Cyanide and Happiness fans!

Cyanide & Happiness (C&H) is a webcomic created by Rob DenBleyker, Kris Wilson, Dave McElfatrick and Matt Melvin. The comic has been running since 2005 and is published on the website explosm.net along with animated shorts in the same style. Matt Melvin left C&H in 2014, and several other people have contributed to the comic and to the animated shorts

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About this community and how I post the comics… Many moons ago, I would ask my Dad to save the newspaper for me everyday so I could read my favorite comic strips. Of course these days you can read your favorite comics online instead of a newspaper, but I love the nostalgia of reading the daily comics. Anyway, one of my favorite current comics is Cyanide and Happiness and I will be posting the daily release from their website (https://explosm.net/) and a an extra or two randoms.

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Random 15 February 2006 (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

What does served mean in this context?

As a non-native speaker I don't quite get the joke I'm afraid (I would love to laugh about it though).

[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This comic is from 2006 (old and not as funny now).

When you get sued in America, you get "served" your legal documents saying that you are getting sued.

In 2006 it was also slang. It's similar to "you got dunked on" or "you got owned". Kids would say it when you destroy someone at something, usually competitively.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Thanks, that explains it :)

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

"service of legal process" is the formal delivery of court papers to someone involved in a lawsuit by a neutral third party (a process server). The comic depicts an initial service of process, which is when the defendant typically first learns about the lawsuit.

So it's a joke playing off of "getting served" legal papers, combined with the slang Mojave discussed in detail in another reply.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Thanks ^^

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

OK I don't really get this one.

Edit: I read the other replies. Got it now.