• TheDorkfromYork@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    I believe they hate him because he’s perfect, which is ironic since at at a bomb factory, you particularly don’t want duds.

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      7 months ago

      Well alright that seems reasonable.

      I was thinking some sort of expression where it was common to say “never makes a dud” made literal since it’s a bomb factory. All I could find along those lines is a reference to a shampoo brand (“Huron”).

      Either that or some kind of commentary about how bombs suck and a “successful” bomb is a terrible thing so they hate him for always making a successful killing machine. But that doesn’t seem in line with the Far Side oeuvre.

      • theareciboincident@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        7 months ago

        Usually Gary’s comics need to be enjoyed through the lens of boomer absurdism.

        It’s not necessarily a bad thing, there’s literally just no deeper joke than “guy working at bomb factory never makes an error”