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[2016-03-01] Salad by Weight
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 4:00 pm
by ZpankR
http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?id=4036
How does the salad weight relate to life? I really don't get it.
Also Zach already did the joke back in 2012:
http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?id=2647
Re: [2016-03-01] Salad by Weight
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2016 4:58 am
by 5Volt
The salad is a metaphor for life in that the customer is focusing on the abstract concept of 'winning' rather than having a salad he would actually get enjoyment out of in the same way that some people idolize the concept of success in life to the detriment of genuine happiness or enjoyment in the moment. When life is taken in such a way it is known to cause dissatisfaction and lead to a midlife crisis in a similar way to the customer's subsequent epiphany. Why the sandwich represents womanhood, I do not know. Maybe something to do with a short period of good things(the filling) surrounded by bready nothingness? My experience of womanhood hasn't really left me with enough knowledge to see the analogy...
Re: [2016-03-01] Salad by Weight
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2016 8:36 am
by Hipe
Yep, already done it. Is Zach... running out of ideas?? Naah...
Re: [2016-03-01] Salad by Weight
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2016 12:24 pm
by Murderbot
The last time the red-button-punchline didn't make sense though because judging by the ingredients, other than olives that can be picked out easily, the salad must taste awesome.
Re: [2016-03-01] Salad by Weight
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2016 12:03 pm
by ZpankR
5Volt wrote:The salad is a metaphor for life in that the customer is focusing on the abstract concept of 'winning' rather than having a salad he would actually get enjoyment out of in the same way that some people idolize the concept of success in life to the detriment of genuine happiness or enjoyment in the moment. When life is taken in such a way it is known to cause dissatisfaction and lead to a midlife crisis in a similar way to the customer's subsequent epiphany. Why the sandwich represents womanhood, I do not know. Maybe something to do with a short period of good things(the filling) surrounded by bready nothingness? My experience of womanhood hasn't really left me with enough knowledge to see the analogy...
Haha thanks!
Re: [2016-03-01] Salad by Weight
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2016 12:51 pm
by Guest
5Volt wrote: Why the sandwich represents womanhood, I do not know. Maybe something to do with a short period of good things(the filling) surrounded by bready nothingness?
Yours is much deeper, so I'm a little embarrassed so share crass reading of this, but:
If you stand the traditional triangular sandwich (especially toasted one) on it's side (so the hypotenuse is vertical and facing you) it kinda looks like, you know, the vagina.
Re: [2016-03-01] Salad by Weight
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2016 2:26 pm
by Edminster
i weep for the state of sex education in the world
Re: [2016-03-01] Salad by Weight
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2016 3:32 pm
by mattfitz
The sandwich representing womanhood means that his alternative to "winning at salad" is to accept that the feminine choice is superior; not that somehow the sandwich itself is feminine.