I feel like this comic is vaguely representational of XKCD as a whole. It's a good, (kind of) original joke that just happens to be presented horribly.
We've got three gags here, in order:
1. Beret is oblivious to the reality that he lost control over a car, potentially endangering hundreds.
2. This is not an actual company, but they get money somehow.
3. A pun on the different meanings of the word "bug".
The best, of course, is the first. Stupidity is always an easy avenue for a larf, and it's nicely left up to the reader's imagination as to how a carpool completely lost control of a car. But then the comic wallows, like an emo kid in self pity or your mom in a swimming pool, sticking around for two far weaker punchlines that are both basically derivative of #1293 (covered by the magnificent Jon Levi here).
Also: huge missed opportunity in having companyname.website just redirect to the XKCD mainpage.
However, this comic is still better than watching Henry Rollins pretend not to be bragging for 20 excruciating minutes. At least with XKCD most given comics are going to be over quickly.
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