Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 26, 2020

There must be a less expensive way to show your anger at the computer.

Rat had to sit so close because he was nude!

I reached over my laptop to grab something behind it and the eye of a space alien on my t-shirt got really big.

Next time save the monitor with a simply “Log Out” .

Rat works so terribly hard at his job! /s

That works for me.

I’m sure that Rat’s weekly meeting doesn’t start with “My name is Rat and I am an ….”

It’s no one’s business how far away I am from the screen! Maybe I just don’t want you see my pillows. What’s wrong with that?

Reminds me of the opening sequence of SCTV, which showed lots of people throwing their TVs out the window.

I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to Zoom anymore!!!

Rat could move on to Skype!

What IS Rat’s job? Q.C. at the Decon factory?

Rat were you mad because Larry Croc was the host of the Zoom Meeting ? … Croc Power !

“Why is your camera off?” “I don’t know… it’s not working and IT couldn’t solve it remotely.” :D

The guy in the Cindy Brady square looks like he is half in the bag or perhaps hungover from a Christmas day bender then again he might have just used some product from his dispensary as well.

None of the other participants have mouths.

Sorry Rat, but I think Zoom meetings are here to stay—-even after the pandemic is over!

I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going b to Zoom it anymore!

Is that Dilbert in the second panel??

Sometimes I have to go to the bathroom during them.

I’ve played in a few online chess tournaments this year, ones that would normally be held in person. There are separate playing interfaces for actually making the moves, ones that have been around for years. But to minimize cheating, these tournaments now require that you also join a Zoom meeting so that they can keep an eye on you and at least try to make sure you aren’t getting outside advice. So you have to have the camera angle set up a bit behind you and to one side, which requires an external camera or a second device.

Granted, playing online saves on the time and expense of travel, but I’ve about had it with this $☠️⚡️⛈, too.

I haven’t had a single zoom meeting. I have to glue pictures to a cardboard rectangle and talk to them.

Ctrl/Alt/F4

Ha! True!

Pulling the plug on zoom meetings

It was the third time that week Rat ended up in the center square and Phyllis on the left still thought it was cute to call him “Alice.”

Little does the pig know that he has been on a one way zoom meeting for years – monitored by a mysterious Mr. Nielsen.

Opened presents by zoom last night with my son and grandson. Not the same but better than nothing.

The Chinese will be sad to see Rat leave.

I had my second Zoom call yesterday for a family visit. It wasn’t the same as being together, but it was something.

When hitting the “Leave” button does not feel impactful.

Every time, my best friend and I mention Zoom, we pause and sing a verse of Chris Mann’s Zoom parody.

https://youtu.be/b4FkyjcN5mQ

I’m perfectly happy to say I have yet to participate in a Zoom meeting. (arousing no end of envy I should think)

Hey Rat, maybe you should have your eyes checked. Just a quick question, do you have lots of cousins in New York City?

yeah… same

I thought this might be a bit of a pun joke. After all, sitting close to the camera zooms in on him, and it’s a Zoom meeting, so Rat was just trying to cooperate for a change and then his intentions are called into question….

At a prayer zoom meeting last week, we all heard one of the group muttering about getting no audio. This was followed shortly by, “Damn this thing!” which was followed immediately by our preacher’s “Judy, I’m going to mute you.”

Rat really did “Boot” his computer!

I have not yet done any zoom or it’s brethren and l feel like this.

Nice try, Rat, and commendable. But Zoom -has the power!_ It will be there even if your monitor is not….

My microphone and camera are disabled and I do not know how to enable them. That’s my story and I am sticking to it.

Zoom burnout is a real thing. Some companies recognize this and are okay with people turning cameras off during the meeting. Sometimes we start with cameras on and throughout the meeting, people will slowly drop off the camera and keep audio on. No one seems to care or notice.

havent we all had to much zoom meetings

who hasnt?

I have a better idea: make a tnt minecraft world and blow it up

-1000$ +500000 happiness