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  • magnetosphere
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    1021 month ago

    There’s clearly something I’m missing. I don’t get it at all.

      • @BreadOven
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        191 month ago

        Thank you! I was slightly confused as well.

    • @[email protected]
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      861 month ago

      My interpretation, the leaky bucket is watering the side of the path, why you see all the blooming flowers in the final panel. While the bucket is feeling like it’s worthless and not as good at the task of hauling water, it has an positive impact on things around it’s world.

    • TheObviousSolution
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      521 month ago

      The incompetence of the bucket allowed flowers to thrive, leading them to eventually achieve sapience and overthrow the farmer. It was during the renaissance after the post industrial age of flower society that a new peaceful era dedicated to the worship of the wooden bucket began.

      • Einar
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        211 month ago

        Incompetence?

        Maybe old age. Or lack of self worth. Or grief. Or inexperience. Or… are we still taking about a bucket?

      • @hakunawazo
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        1 month ago

        Until the farmer sends his tank… umm… his plow.

  • @[email protected]
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    1021 month ago

    The leaky wooden bucket has given up on itself just because it can’t perform like it used to, especially when compared. The bucket, however is unkind to judge itself so harshly. The leak watered and grew beautiful flowers along it’s path, and in the end still held enough water to help fill the pot.

    • @devfuuu
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      131 month ago

      Oh, that was what the last panel was about.

    • LeTak
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      81 month ago

      Don’t forget that it also helps to keep it balanced with the other bucket.

  • @Tehdastehdas
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    1 month ago

    When these people are fired for “not doing anything important”, everyone else’s work suffers.

    • Uninvited Guest
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      1 month ago

      What… Does pro level: expert mean?

      • @electricyarn
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        41 month ago

        Pro is short for professional

        • Victor
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          41 month ago

          So the level of professionalism is… Expert. Not “Pro”?

          • @maniii
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            31 month ago

            Essential. Basic. Standard. Deluxe. Office (SOHO). Pro. Expert. Enterprise. Datacenter.

            Software editions have taught me that so many levels have been invented that we might as well use level1,2,3,4,5 etc…

    • Victor
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      51 month ago

      I gotta teach my wife this word.

  • @abaybas
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    231 month ago

    Cute but what’s the takeaway here? Your shortcomings help others?

    • @Okokimup
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      511 month ago

      If you’re not good at the thing others expect you to do, you may be good at something else.

      • @[email protected]
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        81 month ago

        But you might still get fired for being a leaky bucket? Thus not getting the chance to water the path anymore?

        • @[email protected]
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          11 month ago

          Lol. But that bucket isn’t going to get fired because it provides balance and still almost doubled the woman’s carrying capacity.

          • @AceBonobo
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            11 month ago

            Will get replaced

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              1 month ago

              Yeah, if the woman is lucky.

              But the woman in this comic doesn’t look like she’s rolling in spare money to replace a buck that still mostly works.

              (Having to spend time to carry water on a walking path isn’t usually a signal of extravagant wealth.)

              She probably threatens the bucket with replacement daily, though.

    • @MissJinx
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      351 month ago

      Work harder for the bilionaires to enjoy flowers

    • @[email protected]
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      81 month ago

      Inefficiency may have positive side effects to the point of being not inefficient at all, but different

    • Captain Aggravated
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      71 month ago

      Retirement is bad! You should keep working even if you’re worn out and not fit for purpose! Keep laboring!

    • @[email protected]
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      11 month ago

      I don’t get it either, does the water holder want to water the flowers? Cause otherwise it’s still a bad bucket

    • @[email protected]
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      11 month ago

      Don’t throw away the bucket, think how a little flaw may be beautiful and even useful.

  • @[email protected]
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    121 month ago

    The water source is higher ground than the house… Dude should just build a small trench for the water to flow down to his house

  • @[email protected]
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    71 month ago

    … there’s a hole in the bucket, Dear Liza dear Liza

    • @Futurama
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      61 month ago

      Then fix it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry.

      • RamenJunkie
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        31 month ago

        With what shall I fix it, dear Liza, dear Liza?

  • @[email protected]
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    1 month ago

    Shouldn’t the flowers be on the other side of the path?

  • @[email protected]
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    21 month ago

    At first I thought the flowers were fallen apples and I thought it was about finding a new use. Either way, it’s a positive sentiment.