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Explanation
The Joke
Two storks stand in a marsh. One asks the other: "Whatcha doing?" The second stork, pecking at something on the ground, replies: "My part." The caption below reveals: "Industrious storks spend their weekend time poking holes in condoms."
The Humor
The joke rests on the folk myth that storks deliver babies. If storks are "responsible" for human births, then a truly industrious stork wouldn't just deliver babies — it would proactively increase demand by sabotaging contraception. The stork poking holes in condoms is doing "its part" to ensure more babies need delivering.
The humor comes from applying business logic to a fairy tale. The stork is essentially engaging in vertical integration or demand generation — a perfectly rational (if deeply unethical) business strategy, transplanted onto a children's myth.
Broader Context
SMBC loves taking familiar myths, fairy tales, or cultural touchstones and following them to their logical (and disturbing) conclusions. The stork myth is a classic target, and this comic finds a fresh angle by treating the storks not as magical delivery birds but as self-interested actors working to protect their market. The deadpan delivery — "My part" — makes the joke land harder because the stork treats condom sabotage as routine weekend labor.