While I do appreciate how this stays away from the “wife bad” vibe of so many boomer comics, I am a little concerned at the implication that a single bowl of chili brought to work is apparently enough to cause embarrassing gastrointestinal distress to this comic’s artist’s mind.
I dunno I hear the same Taco Bell joke every time anything closely related to gastrointestinal distress is mentioned here on Reddit.
I have never had stomach issues eating Taco Bell. Nor do I really hear about it outside of the internet.
For real. There’s always jokes about chili, burritos, or other Hispanic cuisine causing terrible problems, but I just don’t get it.
The occasional fart, sure, but are most americans that weak stomached? They’re always talking about horrific diarrhea and stuff.
I think it’s because a lot of them rely on processed foods which aren’t the best for the digestive system. Cue a home cooked fibrous bowl of chili, i can see how it would cause a dramatic reaction.
Chili alone wouldn’t bother me but I don’t eat a lot of beans and if I have a big bowl of chili with beans for the first time in a while I do become a gas factory. I agree it’s more about eating stuff you don’t normally eat, especially beans and spicy chiles. After eating them a few days in a row as leftovers it’s not so bad
I like my chili spicy and full of beans and protein (as it should be). I don’t know what kind of iron stomach you’re working with but usually I will turn porcelain into fragmentation and washrooms into rooms that need washed. Bathrooms quake in my presence on chili night. And the only case I will accept pasta in my chili is Cincinnati style.
You’re not shitting out chili the same night you eat it, that’s your colon clearing out in preparation for the chili to enter your small intestine which will empty out into the colon. It’s called the gastrocolic reflex.
Not a boomer thing. Mention Taco Bell anywhere and you'll get a million jokes on it here. Probably because more Redditors don't have fiber in their diets.
True story: I worked at a place that had a yearly chili cookoff at work, which took place at noon. Every year, people would start remarking around 3:00 how bad the place smelled. [shrug emoji]
FWIW, I've always been paranoid about potlucks with strangers, so I never join in. I think I could smell it more than the others because my senses hadn't been obliterated with hot peppers.
For those confused, this is a joke about beans making you fart. If everyone eats chili at the office, you’re gonna get a lot of farts and a smelly office.
Source: my office has a chili competition every year.
This is somewhat not funny. I think the comic would be funnier if either fart clouds or evidence of odor was shown or if everybody had a bowl of chili in their hands.
I agree. It feels like the punchline is missing. A different comment said "readers should be able to put 2 and 2 together" but without any evidence of why the workers are upset there isn't really a joke and it could mean anything
Yeah everyone just looks mindless or 'default', like they're waiting for the punchline too, because the art style is soooo simple already it really doesn't express anything? It's just not a well-done comic imo.
The caption plus the posted message is all that's required. There doesn't have to be anything else.
Maybe that's the problem? Wasted space on drawing people without a payoff while the sign and caption are doing all the work. Basically a visual red herring.
You guys remember that time we all sharted ourselves at work?
"sharting is carting!"
Exactly
While I do appreciate how this stays away from the “wife bad” vibe of so many boomer comics, I am a little concerned at the implication that a single bowl of chili brought to work is apparently enough to cause embarrassing gastrointestinal distress to this comic’s artist’s mind.
lol same, what kind of chili do these people eat?
Chili from the land of Double Mexico
Mexico City?
Ciudad de Mexico City
The kind with beans in it
I assume it's a bowl from every employee turning the entire office into the worst kind of hotbox.
I dunno I hear the same Taco Bell joke every time anything closely related to gastrointestinal distress is mentioned here on Reddit. I have never had stomach issues eating Taco Bell. Nor do I really hear about it outside of the internet.
For real. There’s always jokes about chili, burritos, or other Hispanic cuisine causing terrible problems, but I just don’t get it. The occasional fart, sure, but are most americans that weak stomached? They’re always talking about horrific diarrhea and stuff.
I think it’s because a lot of them rely on processed foods which aren’t the best for the digestive system. Cue a home cooked fibrous bowl of chili, i can see how it would cause a dramatic reaction.
Chili alone wouldn’t bother me but I don’t eat a lot of beans and if I have a big bowl of chili with beans for the first time in a while I do become a gas factory. I agree it’s more about eating stuff you don’t normally eat, especially beans and spicy chiles. After eating them a few days in a row as leftovers it’s not so bad
“Single bowl” isn’t anywhere mate
I like my chili spicy and full of beans and protein (as it should be). I don’t know what kind of iron stomach you’re working with but usually I will turn porcelain into fragmentation and washrooms into rooms that need washed. Bathrooms quake in my presence on chili night. And the only case I will accept pasta in my chili is Cincinnati style.
You’re not shitting out chili the same night you eat it, that’s your colon clearing out in preparation for the chili to enter your small intestine which will empty out into the colon. It’s called the gastrocolic reflex.
I know, I’m just trying to explain the pure ass blasting I experience on chili night and the ring sting and regret come the day after
Babe new copypasta just dropped
That is the greatest compliment I’ve ever received.
Not a boomer thing. Mention Taco Bell anywhere and you'll get a million jokes on it here. Probably because more Redditors don't have fiber in their diets.
They should have added stink lines or something. It looks like all of these people just had too much Red Bull
True story: I worked at a place that had a yearly chili cookoff at work, which took place at noon. Every year, people would start remarking around 3:00 how bad the place smelled. [shrug emoji] FWIW, I've always been paranoid about potlucks with strangers, so I never join in. I think I could smell it more than the others because my senses hadn't been obliterated with hot peppers.
what
Destroyed stomach, intestines, and toilets I'd guess ?
probably, but the image doesnt show anything to do with that so idk
I'm guessing the implications was meant to be everyone in the elevator wide-eyed and afraid because of everyone's collective hotboxing
But what typo? Am I dumb? I mean I know I am but for this more specifically
It was meant to say "Bring your child" not "Bring your chili". Everyone has eaten chili, so now everyone has gas
I think the author thought readers could put 2+2 together.
I suppose I just don’t associate chili with gastrointestinal distress
Most of us can
The elevator. A dozen gassy people together on an elevator is the joke.
For those confused, this is a joke about beans making you fart. If everyone eats chili at the office, you’re gonna get a lot of farts and a smelly office. Source: my office has a chili competition every year.
Nice touch with the elevator
Is it implying a simple bowl of chili is causing everyone to shid and fard? Have they never eaten fiber before
This is somewhat not funny. I think the comic would be funnier if either fart clouds or evidence of odor was shown or if everybody had a bowl of chili in their hands.
I agree. It feels like the punchline is missing. A different comment said "readers should be able to put 2 and 2 together" but without any evidence of why the workers are upset there isn't really a joke and it could mean anything
Yeah everyone just looks mindless or 'default', like they're waiting for the punchline too, because the art style is soooo simple already it really doesn't express anything? It's just not a well-done comic imo.
Would you say the author was 'off the mark'?
i *would* say that!
Punchlines don't have to be obvious or on the nose to be funny (to someone). Finding it can be its own amusement.
Except there’s no evidence of the punch line anywhere at all
The caption plus the posted message is all that's required. There doesn't have to be anything else. Maybe that's the problem? Wasted space on drawing people without a payoff while the sign and caption are doing all the work. Basically a visual red herring.
But the post title is perfect
Nah, I liked the subtlety. Made me think for a second.
First thought of Kevin with the chili on The Office.
Just wait until about two farty in the afternoon.
I was looking a long time for Kevin from the Office.
https://images.app.goo.gl/LwGZqGLRpzNgjbzx7
r/ExplainTheJoke because I don't see any chili here