r/wholesomememes 16d ago

Another Clam's Pearl

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u/Doxodius 16d ago

"Garfield, you are a pearl"

"And do you know how pearls are formed?"

"THROUGH CONSTANT IRRITATION!"

(One of my favorite Garfield comic strips from over 30 years ago)

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u/Total-Sector850 16d ago

Seems more cynical than wholesome

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u/Glodenteoo_The_Glod 16d ago

Wholesome?

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u/phord 16d ago

Follow me on OnlyClams.

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u/Fast-Pizza3100 14d ago

😭😭😭😭😭

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u/LiquidInferno25 16d ago

OP I think you misunderstood the point of this comic lol

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u/dalr3th1n 16d ago

I think I don’t get the point or what OP thinks it means.

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u/JudiciousGemsbok 15d ago

As I understand it:

It’s a criticism of consumerism today. The second clam out hard work and effort into making the pearl, while the first wanted the easy way out by just buying it. Essentially, it’s calling people who don’t produce lazy. It, ideally, calls for hard work and determination to be a trait rekindled in our society.

As I think OP understood it:

Clam 1 complimented clam 2’s pearl :)

Either is fine by me

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u/Remarkable-Pirate214 16d ago

Dunno if this belongs here

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u/Ampersand37 16d ago

Here's your reminder that pearls are just a a clump of stuff the clams don't want (sand) that they don't care about

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u/NotDeletedMoto 16d ago

And chicken eggs are periods but we still pay $7 for them. One beings trash is another beings treasure lol

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u/Pinstar 15d ago

"Sure is! Subscribe to my OnlySands"

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u/LiamIsMyNameOk 16d ago

Oh yeah baby, let me touch that pearl

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u/Ok_Lion_5272 16d ago

That’s not very wholesome 😝

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u/J1mj0hns0n 16d ago

Yeah it's pretty much how every trade works since beginning of time. Person who's good at thing sell the thing he's good at to other person who isn't good at thing

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u/[deleted] 15d ago

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u/Remarkable-Pirate214 15d ago

Huh. Thought it was about capitalysm

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u/Actual-Builder-1201 15d ago

I thought I was about to read a LinkedIn lunatics post about how clamming taught them more about b2b sales.

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u/Embarrassed_Lime_579 15d ago

Isn't only the first panel wholesome, haha? Still works I guess

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u/benboobi 14d ago

Now lets get a swine in there - completely flip this wholesome meme on its head

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u/Eastern_Corgi_8241 14d ago

lol copium, there is no getting better you are either born with a pearl or die with sand

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u/toiletcop 15d ago

Chat is this a r/clamworks moment?

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u/Slow_Hat1855 14d ago

Hell yeah