• Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
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    15 hours ago

    Hmm, that helps explain the treatment of the car, (so now I get what’s happening in the last panel, thanks for that) but I still don’t get it.

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      13 hours ago

      He wouldn’t have said “intensive purposes” if it wasn’t integral to the joke. He’s doing an intense thing in the last panel.

    • chuckleslord@lemmy.world
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      15 hours ago

      It’s just the juxtaposition between a suicide and talking about grammar (in this case, an eggcorn) that creates the humor.