Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for March 07, 2021

“You better love my cats.”

In the real world, “sexters” are called “flashers” and they are always in high resolution. Unless you’re nearsighted.

One things for certain, in the real world, you don’t insult people that are bigger than you.

A member of Congress caught in their home town unannounced.

oh, those were the days before electronic social media

If life were like my social media, the folks who want to follow me would and the ones who don’t wouldn’t, and I don’t much care which is which.

Good one, Rat.

“Has this generation REALLY gotten this far for attention?” asks the COVID-recluse.

The difference is, no one forces another to consume social media but too often people demand that type of attention IRL”

Social media are easier to ignore…

Yes Pig, you have good food: it’s all in you.

As we all diss social media here on this social media.

I’m so glad I quit farce book 11 years ago.

No comment!

Don’t look at it, Rat. Duh.

My name is Sisyphos and I’m a Social Media-holic.

I always wondered why people had to show me their food at all the restaurants they are eating at. I might take pictures of the food but it’s only for my photo library.

Now we know what the PBS audience looks like.

“I’m just an anorexic, codependent, bingo, addict

Stripper born without a chin

And I’m only comfortable talking about it

When the whole wide world is listening in"

This is why I’m grateful noise-cancelling headphones. It drowns out the stupid

That last panel reminded me of a woman I know. Whenever she and her husband eat out, she always takes a picture of her food and puts it on Facebook.

These social media or this social medium?

Some take it too far…to the point of ridiculous and annoying! Who gives a rats ass ( sorry RAT) about what your eating and or drinking, or whatever! Get a life!

The top on the woman at the beach is holding on for dear life!

I’m having a tough day. Please show me your pets.

One I find stupid is people actually thinking celebrity problems are important in the scheme of things. Who gives a darn what is going on with Meghan and Harry and why should I care? Then there are the celebrities I have have no idea why they are celebrities like Kardashians. Don’t people have their own lives to live?

I’ve heard about Social Media, never visited there though. Unless the comic forum counts.

I dedicate this to seven regular “commenters” over at Prickly City.

The best one yet!

I left Facebook a couple years ago, but just went back on to post this!

Justify my existence. Click like.

We wouldn’t need masks anymore? Hmm.

Social media really brings us down.

Too true – a big reason I curtailed “social media” (and seem to have replaced it with comments on comics?). :-\

Fifth panel – isn’t there a Monkees song about “..hate who I hate…”?

People often tell me they could not find me on facebook or Twitter. My reply is simply, “Well, there’s a reason for that . . . .”

Great strip today – but what is with the main guy’s hair? Looks like side horns. LOL

I don’t have any social media-I’m 12- my mom isn’t let me

And this in a nutshell is why I don’t do FB or Twitter.

Oh, woe! Look at ALL I’m missing! Not only is FB, Instagram, and Google et al. blocked on my computer, I haven’t seen a targeted ad in years, yet I still see what I want to see. So much loss…

This is true about social media, but we can just scroll on by and not pay attention there. If it was like that in life, it would be harder to get away

Remember the old days, when we would have to take an actual picture of our dinner, have the film developed, then go around showing everyone the pictures? No? Then stop doing it on Facebook!

I don’t know whether to laugh or to cry for us…….

I love the comments on cartoons here. Sometimes they are funnier than the cartoon. Also, I got on Facebook to keep in touch with people from my hometown and work (after I retired).

After some time, I realized that the former is still fun and the latter was a chore, so I left.

Anyone who posts online comments has to be a complete dunderhead.

social media wouldn’t be such a problem if hadn’t taught several generations that each person is “special”, instead of teaching them no one person is better than any other person intrinsically

Just about right.

The thing is, in social media you can just skip the darn post. Not so easy when a real person is grabbing you by the arm.

I was going to comment on how I avoid such people (total isolation) but just realized I’m doing the same self-involved crap.Sorry guys. Continue your conversation.

Hey folks, the election is over, simmer down for 3.999 year.

Read my comment and ignore the others…

…and for gah don don, leave a like…it’s my oxygen…

Nailed it.

nailed it!

LOOK AT MY FOOD STRANGER! That got me, LOL for real.

Oh Mr Pastis, well done!

From pillar to post….

Are we all addicts now? Is there a dopamine or some other clinically detectable reward sensation/rush, even from something as simple as making (or even just reading) comments? Never mind the full time on-line social media/clickswipe infused life of so many people.

We’re generally more polite here.

I would prefer that to what we’ve lived with for the past year.

I’m REALLY not posting this here. I have no need for recognition, or to give some stranger a laugh, or to irritate those who don’t agree with me, or point out someone’s ignorance. I’m just SO evolved! (Unlike you sad, lonesome failures!) /s

Only if this real life took place in a land called Facebookina.

What about “look at my cat ?”

Love pig in the last pannel

Luckily, I don’t do social media beyond the occasional YouTube.