"What is my purpose?"
"You help people get cancer by lighting their cigarettes, cigars, and pipes and occasionally arsonists burning down orphanages."
"Oh my God."
this post was submitted on 12 Jan 2024
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People who light up candles: π
Birthdays don't exist. That's a myth made up by Big Cake to get people to buy more cake.
..you guys don't use long stick lighters to light birthday candles, so as to not burn yourself when lighting 30 of those sumbitches?
Nah, I just use my Spaceballs The Flame Thrower, the kids love that one.
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Really want a big cake now
Iβm sorry but youβve been fooled. Itβs not big cake, itβs actually big candle. Big cake was just a decoy for big candle so people would focus their attention on an invisible enemy while they destroyed peoples lives from the shadows. Tell everyone.
I didnβt kill myself.
Big cake was just a decoy for big candle so people would focus their attention on an invisible enemy
..where are you getting invisible cakes? π€
Of course you didn't!
Falling out of the window was an accident.
Big if true
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Do people still light their cigarettes with matches though? I can't remember the last time I've seen anyone even own matches outside of a survival kit lol
According to George Bluth matches are superior for lighting cigars (and probably pipes).
My grandpa used to keep cheap disposable matchbooks with him to light his pipe, the matches inside were basically paper, and I could never figure out how he lit them because every time I tried they would break or bend.
My trick is to fold the flap over top the match and lightly squeeze.
It took me a lot of practice back when I used to use them lol a lot of the time I would fold over the back of the matchbook and strike the match between the sides of the cover
Yup this is how I do it too
Pretty sure this is the intended way too
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I know a lot of people who use them to light their fireplaces, since you just kinda prop it in there and leave it, which is unwise to do with a lighter.
I used to use em for a bong because it seemed real cool at the time.
Cigarettes probably not, cigars yeah. Apparently the gas from a lighter can ruin the taste of it.
Some liquor stores will give you matches if you ask, for free. It's not terribly common, but it's helpful if you're a smoker and your lighter runs out.
I use them for lighting up lamps
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Jesus fuck that was upsetting
A lot more wholesome than I expected
β Benjamin, grab your brothers, don't let them take you!
β Ahhh!! Brothers hold me, hooold meee!
β Benjamin nooo!
β Forgive me son, they are about to...
β What are they doing? ΓchhskΓ AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
β BENJAMINNN!!!
β AAAHHHHHHHhhhhhh...
Is that what you wanted?
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Hans Christian Andersen wouldn't have ended it there.
Well fuck.. now Iβm gonna be sad every time I light my charcoal grillβ¦
Really? I thought it was touching.
It was. But I have several boys off in college that I rarely hear from⦠just hits a little hard.
Ah. Understandable. My girl is sitting on my leg right now.
And sheβs a cat.
But I get it.
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Yeah, okay Friar Tuck.
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;_;7
The older I get, the more I believe that life is really about enjoyment, not longevity. We are here to have fun and burn brightly, not live to be 120 years old and hate 50 years of it. Whats the point of busting loads against the wall for decades and doing nothing but surviving?
Thanks for the insight. Most of us interpreted the comic in a more negative light (pun intended).
I completely agree with you. There is a book written by a nursing home carer where she collected the advise and words of wisdom from the elders. Pretty much all of them regret not doing many things while they were younger and more able. In hindsight, they realised that the things they have not done are completely innocent and should not have let fear of being judged or fear of the unfamiliar get to them.
So yes, better to have lived a full life even it's short, than to live old full of regret! So long as you and others are not harmed!
Societies marketing of long life is creepy AF. I'm in my 30s and all I can see is the negative of how the world works. To entertainment myself and ignore the harshness of reality just makes me want to leave sooner. It feels so cowardly to have to live so helplessly in a world you know is wrong.
I'm going to die tragically young at 137, too soon, but it'll be super bright and fun
I bet there'd be different dialogue if the matches could feel pain.
I actually like this depiction because while it does anthrophromize inanimate objects, it also doesn't at the same time. They're matches, even if they were conscious, there's no reason they would have the same philosophy and disposition as humans. From a human view this seems fucked up, but they're not humans, not even animals, and therefore likely have no need for a survival instinct or aversion to dying, and similarly would also have no need to feel physical pain since that's tied into the not dying thing, so they wouldn't mind at all. They would most likely see this as completely normal and even honourable, and might even consider us cowardly and pathetic for being so averse to dying by bursting into flames. Their worst fear might actually be the prospect that they'll be destroyed in some other, boring way, or worse, be forced to lay dormant forever, and therefore never get the chance to experience the glory of catching on fire. That might be what actually causes them pain and suffering which they are spared from by burning to death. In the same way that Klingons are depicted to hold dying in battle in higher regard than all other fates.
Basically matches are Klingons is what I'm saying.
Kah pla
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Humans feel pain, but we don't feel the oxidation happening in us constantly. I'd say it's more about what you're built for rather than strictly a concept of pain.
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W I T N E S S M E
No one camps anymore? π€
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