Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for June 05, 2021

Because deep down in your heart, you’re hoping to see the following headline:

KIM AND KANYE RECONCILE!

PIG, DON’T TURN TO THE DARK SIDE! NOOOO!!!!

It’s a drug. Pig needs to be rehab.

Here’s a tip, Pig: DON’T TAKE THE PHONE TO THE PARK WITH YOU!

Pig, nothing to see here. Don’t seek a look at the horrifying crime of fake news and bullying social media.

Keep move along and be happy.

Because the phonedorphins are enough like real happiness to fool you. And it’s so EASY!

Suck on THIS, Pig: Thanks to Big Data, one can no longer hide anonymously in the crowd. George Orwell got it wrong in one critical respect. (At the time, he couldn’t possibly have had the imagination and foresight to have gotten it right.) Big Brother hasn’t forced himself on us and terrified us into compliance. Rather, Big Brother has seduced us with “convenience.” His motives are very much the same, however.

Pig, take a media sabbatical and reset your expectations…

It’s difficult for some to deal with happiness.

I never read Covid news anymore. So much of it is probably exaggerated gloom and doom.

Balance in all things, Pig. That’s life. Or maybe World of Warcraft. I don’t remember any more…

It truly is an addiction.

No news is good news.

I’d much rather watch Morning Joe on T.V. than read a phone.

Curiosity , Pig, curiosity!

Pig here is a hint ….. If something causes pain don’t do it .

I has become like this too. I is enjoying some quality time and then suddenly, without even realising it, I begins tapping away comments on comics…

Cartoon Boy bitching about smartphones again…sigh…

that was the advice of my son who prefers to go around as a blithering idiot. Says he’s happy. Imagine that….

Fake news.

being obsessed with their smartphone is something that I have noticed in young people. By young I mean under 40

I feel your pain Pig. I wish I hadn’t just seen the headline about a federal judge striking down California’s assault weapons ban… that’s just what we need, more guns. I won’t say what I hope happens to U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez of San Diego because it isn’t nice and it involves at least one assault weapon.

Cells, and iPads and computers, OH MY! Bittersweet.

Been over two months since I have read or watched any news. Amazingly, I am surviving quite well, not being ‘informed’.

Ironically this morning I bypassed the news and went straight to the comics and. I’m having a much better day!

I’ve never once looked at “the news” on my phone. News isn’t why I bought my phone, I get news elsewhere.

The secret to enjoying life……

It’s an epidemic. The wide-spread phone usage.

To spoil your mood:(

I keep hoping to see “Trump admits he lost. Vows never to run again.” Or maybe “McConnell agrees to pass bipartisan legislation. Supports bill that favors people over corporations.”

Well, nothing helps depress you better than that

It depends on what you’re looking at on your phone, pig. Go watch some cat vids on YouTube, or something

I used to watch the news when I could trust them to be partisan, and not prevaricate instead of the curators which they’ve become.

Dr. Strangelove’s odd habit provides a clue. Your brain has been invaded by an intentional fluke, undt you vill like it!

I don’t check the news on my phone that frequently. Just as much as I need to keep up with is important, then I move along. You have to learn to keep a balance.

it’s like scratching an itch… or swallowing to see if your throat is still sore…

Does coming here once a day count as a social media addiction? Wondering for a friend.

Thats a good question… Why do we do that?

https://www.facebook.com/1570547306513865/photos/pb.100044202950790.-2207520000../2715827448652506/?type=3

I think we all ask that question now and then.

AAAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

why

—Because you’re weak-willed, Pig!

Abandon the smartphone and live!

Simple: Because what we don’t know CAN hurt us.