I feel that a large part of the humiur is lost in not including the fact that 笼 in mandarin means cage (笼子), and so the word latern literally means “lamp in a cage”.
Bc you know, cage…? Jail…? At least i think that’s where the joke came from? Or is OP’s dad just this random LOL
I asked my dad this and he was genuinely shocked about the connection, he hadn’t thought of it but it’s a really cool coincidence
My dad is apparently just this random LOL
Reblogging this again to say: if you enjoyed this comic, @jayessart has a webtoon where you can read more here . There are a bunch more in this diary-style, there’s a completed comic called “The Reaper and the Waiting” (which is excellent, 10/10 would recommend. It also won best webcomic for the 2021 Sequential awards!!), and two on-going comics that are also really good!!



