Guy on the top has a rope that he can use to help pull out the guy stuck in the hole. Guy in the hole does not know about the rope and just sees the top guy reaching down to save him.
My guess is that Top Guy knows that he isn't going to be able to save Hole Guy without the rope, but that would take effort and time, so it's just better for Top Guy to try and reach down to Hole Guy, fail, and be like, "Alright, I'll go get help." That way, Hole Guy will assume Top Guy tried to do his best without knowing he could have done more.
In short, Top Guy wants the praise of "helping" without putting in the effort of actually saving Hole Guy.
I'm sure that there's some fitting real-life analogies one could fit into this idea, but I'm already stretching to reach this conclusion.
That's certainly a faster interpretation. Most things like this have deep social commentary, though. It's likely intended to be about how the top guy is meant to be perceived, or that he's wasting his efforts without considering his other options.
I 'ruined' which joke? Yours or the one in the picture? I didn't even know you were joking, which kinda has to happen with a joke. I definitely didn't do anything to the one in the picture because I echoed what the person above you already said...
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u/Robot_boy_07 3d ago
Ngl last ones fucking hilarious