Posts and discussion about the webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal by Hugo Award-winning author Zach Weinersmith (and related works)
New comics posted whenever they get posted on the site, and old comics posted every day until we catch up in a decade or so
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2002-11-26
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Readers looking for intent beyond Ed Being a Dick will be sorely disappointed.
Bonus panel
My money is on some reference to this company... https://drbdentalsolutions.com/pages/about-us
Although this comic is quite old.
Man yeah I don't get this one either. Is he putting bees in his dentures? Is there a punch line here?
Yes, he's putting bees in his dentures.
the joke is just making fun of that old adage, "deep down he knew it was the right thing to do" commonly intoned while a character is sacrificing something for the greater good while obviously ed here is committing an unquestionably violent, horrific act for no good reason.