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[–] 9488fcea02a9 1 points 20 minutes 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] 30 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (2 children)

When these people are fired for "not doing anything important", everyone else's work suffers.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

What... Does pro level: expert mean?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Pro is short for professional

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

So the level of professionalism is... Expert. Not "Pro"?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours 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...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago

I gotta teach my wife this word.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Water drips on the way from the lake, not towards the lake.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 hours ago

Yup! You’re absolutely right. 🤦‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 77 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 30 minutes ago

Oh, that was what the last panel was about.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 81 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 201 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Leaky bucket watered flowers along the path!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 hours ago

Thank you! I was slightly confused as well.

[–] [email protected] 77 points 17 hours 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.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Incompetence?

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 14 hours ago

@[email protected] misspelled "incontinence."

[–] [email protected] 22 points 16 hours ago (6 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 minutes ago

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

[–] Grandwolf319 1 points 26 minutes 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] 5 points 5 hours ago

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

[–] captain_aggravated 4 points 8 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 35 points 14 hours ago

Work harder for the bilionaires to enjoy flowers

[–] [email protected] 46 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 minutes ago* (last edited 16 minutes 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.