Don’t mean to humble brag, but I love it when a comic doesn’t worry about the knowledge level of its readers. As it happens, I am well acquainted with both of the concepts in the final panel, but I have to believe I am in a small minority. Maybe the humor is in its unintelligibility, but it is real stuff. Kind of like SMBC.
Sorry, can’t agree. I’m 75 so I well remember the Oreo/Hydrox “wars” from back in the 1960’s. I always found Hydrox disgusting, something I could not imagine anyone selling. Like eating carob flavored chalk. I was not at all surprised to see Hydrox disappear. That said, I always had friends who preferred them. Actually, they were sold for 90 years and only discontinued in 1999 after they were sold to Keebler.
My daughter makes it regularly and has for years. Her kids love it. The bacterial symbiotic culture grows into a large mass on top of the fermenting tea. It is the most disgusting, alien thing I have ever seen. On a dare I tried it. Not awful but nothing great. Just another hyped new-agy thing.
If you really want the final word on composting, read the book “Humanure”. You can get it free online. We have been composting everything organic for decades (including whole fish after filleting and human waste). Done right, never a bad odor and nothing but safe soil amender when pile is done (2 years). This is in Minnesota.
I have to admit that I have occasionally used the phrase “devil’s advocate” but it never occurred to me that one might interpret it in this more literal sense.
Don’t mean to humble brag, but I love it when a comic doesn’t worry about the knowledge level of its readers. As it happens, I am well acquainted with both of the concepts in the final panel, but I have to believe I am in a small minority. Maybe the humor is in its unintelligibility, but it is real stuff. Kind of like SMBC.