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“So … you wanna sell our pencils, do you?”
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2026-08-19 #0
https://www.thefarside.com/2026/08/19/0
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“So … you wanna sell our pencils, do you?”
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12 Comments
victorz@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 15d
I'm wooshing on this one.
wander1236@sh.itjust.works · 47 pts · 15d
Apparently it was a trope at some point that panhandling involved selling pencils: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheFarSide/comments/1hyroix/comment/m6jzj5i/
JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca · 22 pts · 15d
Yeah, panhandling/begging was made illegal, so people would sell small, inexpensive/free items instead.
It's still a thing all over the world, often using kids now.
victorz@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 15d
Wow, I see now 😅🙏 Thank you!
m_f@discuss.online · 12 pts · 15d
Some good explanatory comments last time this was posted:
https://discuss.online/post/39870945
half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 15d
Sometimes, that was the point
victorz@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 15d
I find that highly unsatisfactory
half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 15d
Sometimes you just have to sharpen your instincts
victorz@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 14d
Luckily I got an explanation though, so this time I'm off the hook.
half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 14d
I was doing pencil puns
victorz@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 14d
Oh, gosh, my mind was too dull around midnight... 😅
Brainsploosh@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 14d
It's accidentally also a very poignant critique of current corporate hiring practices 🤭