Willo567 posted:

So I've been re-reading Calvin and Hobbes a ton recently. Something I've noticed in a lot of discussion on the strip is how much of a jerk Calvin is. Is this just regular six year old jerkness to people, or him crossing several lines even for a kid and is irredemable?

I AM GRANDO posted:

Stevie Wonder plays the piano, Keith.

Powered Descent posted:

Hey, a few early lunar probes actually did develop film on board and send back scans of that. Some early spy satellites even returned the exposed film in a re-entry capsule.

Chicken Parmigiana posted:

That’s not what I meant. I know which character is named Brad. But Brad’s preëxisting role in the characters’ lives remains incomprehensible.

This whole story has been such utter dog poo poo. Even the dialogue is clunkier than usual. Mary Worth stinks but usually not this badly.

PetraCore posted:

Honestly can't blame her for eating up this drama. As long as you're not related to him, Ming II showing up to drunkenly yell at everyone has to be the entertainment highlight of the entire wedding. Definitely understanding why Ming jumped over Ming II in the heir list, though.

I AM GRANDO posted:

When did Billingsly stop putting quotation marks around Onion’s name? Didn’t it always used to be Derek and “Onion”? I feel like I’ve missed a lot of changes in Curtis lore.

Selachian posted:

Closer Than We Think! 4/19/59



The Automat model of food vending has mostly fallen out of favor, but I suppose this might count as foreseeing the likes of Wawa, Sheetz, or Buc-ees.

Also, I would love to work for a company called National Rejectors, Inc.

Powered Descent posted:

The more you think about it, the sketchier this entire "unknown commander" thing gets. I know it's a part of Phantom lore since way back, but spotlighting it in a storyline like this just draws attention to how hosed up it is.

I admit I'm no expert in matters legal, but I'm under the impression that once the gavel has come down and a plea deal is finalized, it's done and they can't just go back and undo it, even if it becomes obvious that they let the criminal off way too lightly. Ref: the QAnon shaman, or that Canadian serial killer lady.

CannonFodder posted:

My cousin has one of those electric self-directed lawnmowers, and has solar panels to charge his house and electric cars. It kinda works like a Roomba, but for grass.

One thing that makes it very useful is that his house and lawn are on a rather steep incline where a walk behind mower is difficult and riding mower is not possible because it would flip over. The self-directed mower won't flip over because it's center of gravity is so low.

And photovoltaic cells existed in 1959, but radar dish style collectors just look cooler than black rectangles on the roof of the house. That said, there is a radar dish style way to generate electricity called concentrated solar power but that's more of a "power a city" system rather than "power a house" system.

EasyEW posted:

Sally Forth

davidspackage posted:

I didn't either until I came across the subject last year, doing some light research for a story. They sound like awesome places to meet travelers and swap stories in olden times.

Murdstone posted:

Mary Worth



Oh hey he's finally asking the question that everyone else in the world would have asked first thing.

Zereth posted:

... Infrared gas? The hell is that? Like wouldn't it be one or the other?

My Lovely Horse posted:

I feel like a Bok Sunday is imminent, but I'd kind of prefer if his story was left only hinted at.

Powered Descent posted:

Huh. She's right.

F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:

A+J is a great strip, but I'm a little disappointed at their Boomer-y jimmies getting rustled over art school. Not nearly as horrifyingly terrible as Dustin would be on this subject, though.

Ravenson posted:

God forbid newspaper readers be exposed to comics that are actually funny. Let's just rerun the same old dude's comics forever!

Cowslips Warren posted:

Okay I know this is comic logic but lizards, at least the chameleon I suspect this lizard is supposed to be (or an iguana?) do not destroy loving photos unless you literally shove it under them or beat them with it.

Up next on my Ted Talk, I will discuss why Hollywood and history did piranha wrong.

Tiggum posted:

Is there a way to get a desktop version or a pdf or something, or do you have to read it in this obnoxious mobile format?

Selachian posted:

Cowslips Warren posted:

no lie, i literally went HOLY poo poo BOK.

Bok is awesome. Long live Bok!

Cowslips Warren posted:

well is Bok in that thread? Probably not.

Luann probably would be though.

Haifisch posted:

Also cleaning is a different thing from tidying up all your crap, and no prizes for guessing which one you're paying a cleaning person to do.

Samovar posted:

Boy oh boy do I resonate with this one.

Murdstone posted:

Interestingly, Langley, VA, is where the CIA is headquartered today.

Crab Dad posted:

Yeah I don’t recall that being a thing. However it’s been decades since I was in high school.

maltesh posted:

It came with a goddam CRAYON SHARPENER.

Screw it. I'm a grown rear end man now, with my own money. I'm buying one.

~Coxy posted:

Hard to say but I think it might be a Qtronix Libra 35
The width is a bit off, though.

https://www.journaldulapin.com/2019/10/23/un-trackball-adb-original-et-inutilisable-sur-un-mac-moderne/

~Coxy posted:

You've got the look nailed down for sure!
This is getting to the level of a distinction without a difference, but it's most likely a LC 630, which is effectively the previous-gen architecture in the same style of case.
The keyboard is the old ADB style, which is potentially anachronistic, but maybe JP models still used them.

rannum posted:

early computers/internet comics are always so charming

Mr. Squishy posted:

I do not believe this for a moment.

~Coxy posted:

What was that other old strip that had "The Urge To Kill"?

catlord posted:

I love that scene because it's easily one of the most gruesome moments in Trek, and it comes out of nowhere just like, gently caress this guy in particular.

Alterian posted:

That's not coming from the haze of pine pollen. That's the lovely Bradford Pears everyone used to plant that smell like old cum.

catlord posted:

I was raised Eastern Orthodox, where communion was done with an actual chunk of bread, so it occurs to me that I have no idea what a Catholic communion wafer actually is. Is it just a little tiny crispy bread? I've seen pictures of them but I never questioned what they tasted like.

(I also remember my mum joking that the communion wine was really good, could she do a second communion?)

Mercury Hat posted:

oh man i was just asking a coworker the other day if he'd ever done pencil fights at school and he had no idea what i was talking about, lol

Selachian posted:

Closer Than We Think! 5/7/61



The title makes me think of this literary classic I used to have as a kid:



Which was published a year after the strip, so who knows?

Breadmaster posted:

The only surgery I've had was wisdom tooth removal, and I wasn't even fully under, but I do remember having a similar experience. I can distinctly recall seeing my own blood on the doctor's hand, and half hearing them start talking faster. Afterwards, they told me "Yeah, your heart rate spiked and we were concerned about it, but you seemed fine otherwise"