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   jeffc42 said, 5 months ago

   I like 9 to 5, but this one disappoints me. It is trying to be culturally funny, but an abacus would never be down, unless you physically broke it. That is kind of the point of non-digital/non-computerized equipment.
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   Doctor Toon said, 5 months ago

   @jeffc42

   Seems to me you’re missing the point of the cartoon
   

   
   It’s funny precisely because an abacus can’t be down
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   Saskfan said, 5 months ago

   @Doctor Toon

   Sorry, to be a wet blanket, friend, but I thought the same thing as jeffc42. I have a photo of my work computer with a note on the screen that says, “In case of power failure, slide beads.” The abacus is below the monitor in that photo.
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   whmIII said, 5 months ago

   Dumb!!!
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   Perkycat said, 5 months ago

   @Doctor Toon

   I took it exactly the way you did and thought it was funny. Any excuse for a day off.
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   massha said, 5 months ago

   I thought it was funny too. Humor oftentimes stems from absurd situations, and this one is all right.
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   Jeff0811 said, 5 months ago

   At first I thought this was an unfair stereotype of the Chinese work ethic, then saw it said N. America branch. So it turns out to be a reverse stereotype. Funny, if you don’t get wrapped in the political correctness of it all.
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   Saskfan said, 5 months ago

   I understand the humour, but not every cartoon is going to appeal to every reader. This one kindsa polarizes us. I will admit that I smiled the second time I saw it.
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   Bobzilla said, 5 months ago

   @Doctor Toon

   It’ll break if I drop my digitized anvil on it.
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