I mean the real hypocrisy here is that most Boomers were young teenagers in this era. The people pushing for civil rights and progressive changes in America during the 60s were largely our grandparents.
I mean the real hypocrisy here is that most Boomers were young teenagers in this era. The people pushing for civil rights and progressive changes in America during the 60s were largely our grandparents.
I mean a lot of you sound like this in any thread about streaming, esports, genres invented after the ps2 gen, etc
I'd like to live in the mythical world where the library is accessible 24/7, and comes to me rather than me to it
Why is the art so bad on all of these?
I can't figure out if this is an actual old thing or a parody. Like that's some top tier shitposting, the upside-down 'o maners, o tymes' really makes it.
Most of these are very good comics.Doonesbury, Krazy Kat, Flash Gordon, The Boondocks, Pogo, Dick Tracy, Bloom County, Thimble Theater/Popeye, Foxtrot, Little Nemo, Lio, Pearls Before Swine, The Spirit, For Better or For Worse, Little Orphan Annie, and those are just the ones I've heard of and/or read.
I mean the real hypocrisy here is that most Boomers were young teenagers in this era. The people pushing for civil rights and progressive changes in America during the 60s were largely our grandparents.
I don't have any obvious examples but my favorites are the ones drawn by the actual "kids" to criticize their own generation. The ones that criticize how "soft" and dumb his peers are in comparison to previous generations.
IMO, the contents of the second blast are usually not great.Since we are sharing ridiculous out of touch bullshit, I present to you the greatest title of any pamphlet yet published :
I mean the real hypocrisy here is that most Boomers were young teenagers in this era. The people pushing for civil rights and progressive changes in America during the 60s were largely our grandparents.
I think that is likely, the point. That one may not be as shallow as it seems at first. It might be a commentary of how at old age, gaining knowledge is the only thing you can do - as the body has failed, and your friends died - and yet, all that knowledge kind of worthless, as you stay glum and miserable. A commentary on aging, and what it brings and takes away.
All I can think is, "Boy, she looks a lot happier with her life than he does."
Wow, that one is really awesome. I didn't think it was actually made in 1906, but it seems like it was. It took a few generations of wireless technology, but that author's fears have definitely materialized, lol.
I mean the real hypocrisy here is that most Boomers were young teenagers in this era. The people pushing for civil rights and progressive changes in America during the 60s were largely our grandparents.
how much time a day do you spend using your smartphone?No, it's not true, and it's not good. It's a really bad comic that only works at first glance.
Let's go through the statements:
1. All things on the "In you mind" side: True. These are purposes of a cell phone, which are fulfilled
2. "Charge me":
This is some bullshit right there. That's like claiming people are slaves to their cars because they need to put fuel in them, or like saying that I'm a slave to books because they yell "TURN MY PAGES" at me. It's hardly something that puts the machine in any sort of "master" position.
3. "Gimme some wifi! Now!"
What? I use wifi to save data at home or at work. Sometimes it doesn't work properly at work, and then... I don't use it. More importantly, I've also never heard of a phone telling anyone it wants wifi. Framing it like a phone is ordering you to give it wifi is like showing a PC that demands "more RAM", or a car that yells "WASH ME". It's not something that's required most of the time, and it shows how much the author was struggling to find things the phone makes people do.
4. "New Email! READ!" and 5. "Answer this call"
These are the best. I love them.
OH NO! The phone forces me to read a new e-mail. In reality, people put their email-account on their phone because they want to receive emails on there. You carry a phone, or at least that was the original purpose for me, because you want to be contacted and contact people, via calls and text messages.
Might as well show an old landline phone that screeches "A CALL! ANSWER!". These statements literally belongs to the upper image, as the phone is a servant, bringing you your mail because you want it, and letting other people call you because you want it.
Again a nice display of how thoughtless the whole comic is. I mean, many people don't even read their emails the moment they get it, and a lot of people don't even pick up calls from numbers they don't know. How's that for being a slave to your phone.
6. "A restaurant! Check in!"
This one simply baffles me a bit. I mean... I've been asked if I want to check in by my phone before. I always ignored it. Have you guys ever felt pressure to do this because the phone gave you the option? I didn't. Funnily, this is probably the most valid point the author makes, because the previous ones were so bad.
About 10 minutes per day in the past 2 weeks, hah. Oh no, you got me. But then again, I was on holiday...
Maybe I'm clueless, but yeah, never seen anyone worry about charge or wifi, the exception being in places where internet was 14€ per MB and there was no power outlet available.You seem pretty clueless. I see people all the time worrying and complaining about there being no wifi and their phones about to die. people are addicted to their phones and they check them constantly. they've even done studies and the urge to read a text message can be stronger than a crackhead about to get their next hit. there are lots of people who run through the motions and check in at places cause it's cool. people are addicted and a slave to their phones like a junkie is to oxy.
I'd like to live in the mythical world where the library is accessible 24/7, and comes to me rather than me to it
There's a growing body of study on this, you can find some here:Maybe I'm clueless, but yeah, never seen anyone worry about charge or wifi, the exception being in places where internet was 14€ per MB and there was no power outlet available.
Those studies seems pretty silly, but I'd appreciate a link.
Hey man, it's only anime that is inherently evil
WAIT WHERE THE FUCK IS THE STATUE OF LIBERTY
millennials killed liberty. surprised Kelly hasn't done a comic on that yet
I think you should get a new sonMy son loves reading, is good at math, plays basketball, and tae kwon do. Oh and he's awesome at Fortnite. F*** the Boomers.
Thanks for the links, it'S 2am and I'll sleep now, but I'll check it out.There's a growing body of study on this, you can find some here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_overuse#cite_note-Davey,2014-2
There's some casual analysis of some of those studies here: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/your-smartphone-is-making-you-stupid/article37511900/
To counter your anecdote about opening letter vs reading message, I really don't think that people used to, for example, read letters, books or newspapers while they are driving anywhere near as much as they text while driving today. This is now a problem so much that new laws had to be invented to try and curb it.
So then you don't know what you're talking about.
Just saying that people are addicted to "phones" seems way too simplistic in my eyes.
they don't want a comic with boomers sitting on piles of wealth and denying opportunities for every subsequent generation. The hope for my kids is the boomers will all be dead by the time they enter the workforce.Notice how all the comparison are with the Greatest Generation? Should tell you something about how utterly useless and shitty the boomers are.
Rap band is legitimately amazing
My favorite thing about the Stan Kelly comics is how he draws himself in the corner.
The weird thing is that guy reminds me of Mitch McConnell
I love the antenna hats.I think that is likely, the point. That one may not be as shallow as it seems at first. It might be a commentary of how at old age, gaining knowledge is the only thing you can do - as the body has failed, and your friends died - and yet, all that knowledge kind of worthless, as you stay glum and miserable. A commentary on aging, and what it brings and takes away.
Wow, that one is really awesome. I didn't think it was actually made in 1906, but it seems like it was. It took a few generations of wireless technology, but that author's fears have definitely materialized, lol.
This one is actually pretty good. Our phones basically own us.
The enlistment ones are so weird. It's insulting to our current military personal and what are there Nazis invading Europe again? We need to enlist to fight another world war?