Are Ya Winning Son Battle

ARE YA WINNING, SON?

A crudely drawn father stands in a doorway asking, “Are ya winning, son?” above a chaotic medieval battle scene packed with soldiers. The joke comes from applying the familiar gamer-parent question to an absurdly intense battlefield, as if the battle were a video game being played by the unseen son. It is used as a reaction to overwhelming chaos, conflict, or a situation spiraling out of control. EN: A crudely drawn father stands in a doorway asking, “Are ya winning, son?” above a chaotic medieval battle scene packed with soldiers. The joke comes from applying the familiar gamer-parent question to an absurdly intense battlefield, as if the battle were a video game being played by the unseen son. It is used as a reaction to overwhelming chaos, conflict, or a situation spiraling out of control.

• @afrosidemoon / 27739 2020-05-25