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Circuit Chuckles · Daily comic

Patch Job

Published Tuesday, 4 August 2026 · By Security.io

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In a four-panel black-and-white newspaper comic set in a server room, Glitch brings a plaid fabric patch, Rusty climbs a stool and attaches it to a damaged server rack, and Glitch reacts with a facepalm when the patch unexpectedly fits.
Rusty applies a plaid fabric patch to a server rack and accidentally proves that it fits.

Transcript

Accessible reading order
  1. Panel 1 — Glitch: They said the server needs a patch.
  2. Panel 1 — Rusty: Good. I brought one.
  3. Panel 2 — Rusty: This plaid one matches the rack.
  4. Panel 3 — Glitch: That is not the kind of patch.
  5. Panel 4 — Glitch: I hate that it fit.
  6. Panel 4 — Rusty: Then why did it fit?