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New Houseplant Gets Rude Welcome From Neglected Dying Plants

This is a 4-panel digital comic. Panel 1: A yellow blob-like cartoon character browses a plant shop with a 'PLANTS FOR SALE' sign, looking at cheerful, smiling anthropomorphic potted plants on shelves. Panel 2: The character carries a small happy red potted plant with two green leaves through their front door, saying 'welcome home' to the plant. Panel 3: Close-up shot of the still cheerful new potted plant being held by the character as they prepare to set it down. Panel 4: The new plant is placed on a shelf full of other neglected, wilting, dying and miserable anthropomorphic plants, one of which greets the new plant with the line 'welcome to hell'. The joke is relatable to people who consistently fail at keeping houseplants alive, despite good intentions when purchasing them.
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PLANTS FOR SALE
welcome home
welcome to hell

Overview

This is a 4-panel digital comic. Panel 1: A yellow blob-like cartoon character browses a plant shop with a 'PLANTS FOR SALE' sign, looking at cheerful, smiling anthropomorphic potted plants on shelves. Panel 2: The character carries a small happy red potted plant with two green leaves through their front door, saying 'welcome home' to the plant. Panel 3: Close-up shot of the still cheerful new potted plant being held by the character as they prepare to set it down. Panel 4: The new plant is placed on a shelf full of other neglected, wilting, dying and miserable anthropomorphic plants, one of which greets the new plant with the line 'welcome to hell'. The joke is relatable to people who consistently fail at keeping houseplants alive, despite good intentions when purchasing them.

Origin notes

This comic is originally created by the 'Safely Endangered' webcomic series, officially published on the Webtoon platform, as confirmed by the watermark in the top right corner of the image. This specific comic strip was reposted as meme content on X.com (formerly Twitter) from the account meme.jpg as an RSS shared item, and gained traction online for its relatable humor about poor plant care skills.

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