Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for November 20, 2021

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    BE THIS GUY  almost 3 years ago

    So the folks still haven’t bought a VCR.

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    Scorpio Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    Sounds like how the first ideas of the Matrix was born

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    > twilight zone music <

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    codycab  almost 3 years ago

    I think you missed it while reading and fantasizing about evil machines, Calvin.

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    Templo S.U.D.  almost 3 years ago

    Ironic much?

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    Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    And the strip is dated 1991. I figure today

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    Concretionist  almost 3 years ago

    OK, who saw that one coming before the last panel? Hands up!

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    Johnny Q Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    People used to watch shows at regular times?

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    Opus Croakus  almost 3 years ago

    Wait until smartphones are invented.

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    eastern.woods.metal  almost 3 years ago

    Drawn before the time of Facebook

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    sandpiper  almost 3 years ago

    Eerily prophetic, given the current fixation on the small, hand-held screen that is never very far from the eyes of distracted users.

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    josh_bisbee  almost 3 years ago

    It’s not science fiction, it already happened. Think of the one device that determines when you eat, when you go to work or school, when you go home, etc.

    The machine that controls us is none other than the humble clock.

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    pauljmsn  almost 3 years ago

    And how many people still wear wristwatches?

    (Well… I do, for one.)

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    rentier  almost 3 years ago

    We mustn’t let machines controlling us!!

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    Dobber Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    “One ring to rule them all…”

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    BigDaveGlass  almost 3 years ago

    Irony, no?

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    JD_Rhoades  almost 3 years ago

    Wait til cell phones come along.

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    MY DOG IS MY CO PILOT  almost 3 years ago

    If this strip was written today they would be talking about mobile phones.

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    jvbowman58  almost 3 years ago

    You shall be assimilated

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    DrDavy2000  almost 3 years ago

    If Asimov’s first law were in force, we wouldn’t have smart phones.

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    YippiKiAyMofo  almost 3 years ago

    Prescient.

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    Count Olaf Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    It is 9:00 Sunday (EST), Calvin. Time for “The Walking Dead”. In this episode, all of the Walkers vote for Biden. I mean, it is, after all, filmed in Georgia.

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    PaulInMiami  almost 3 years ago

    …not to mention “smart” phones.

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    vaughnrl2003 Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    My TV doesn’t control me, I have “Remote Control”. …yeah, my ex lives in another state.

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    formathe  almost 3 years ago

    While I did enjoy watching Sky King as a youngster, I truly made many friends when I was one of the few who could actually program any VCR without the instructions.

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    mckeonfuneralhomebx  almost 3 years ago

    Today we call him Dr. Fauci…..

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    mountainclimber  almost 3 years ago

    Nice synopsis of Isaac Asimov’s story “I Robot” (also a great movie with Will Smith).

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    Redd Panda  almost 3 years ago

    Prediction has been fulfilled. Skeptical? Notice all the humans serving their Mobile Phone Masters.

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    Otis Rufus Driftwood  almost 3 years ago

    Truth is both stranger AND often scarier than fiction.

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    gladimadad  almost 3 years ago

    Apparently Calvin reads at a surprisingly high level for a six year old.

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    Katsuro Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    I can’t figure out if the machine controlling him here is the watch, the TV or both.

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    tripwire45  almost 3 years ago

    The internet and smartphones.

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    yangeldf  almost 3 years ago

    the Matrix wasn’t that original an idea when you think about it

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    perryed  almost 3 years ago

    Kids got a wrist watch and uses it? Now that’s comical!

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    BiggerNate91  almost 3 years ago

    We haven’t lost our free will to our machines yet… but we’re getting pretty close.

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    The Wolf In Your Midst  almost 3 years ago

    Back in my day, if you wanted to comment on a cartoon, you had to talk to people! Face to face!

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    maybe a human  almost 3 years ago

    true

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    mindjob  almost 3 years ago

    When I was his age, I kept a list of what shows I would watch, with the stations and times. Age a lot of TV dinners then

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    kab2rb  almost 3 years ago

    Networks set up programs certain times, then up to the viewers. VCR’s was wonderful back then.

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    kathleenhicks62  almost 3 years ago

    Machine control is here already. . . . .

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    schaefer jim  almost 3 years ago

    A Twilight tale coming up, cue Rod Serling.

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    mfrasca  almost 3 years ago

    Calvin will grow up to be a science fiction writer for sure.

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    hagarthehorrible  almost 3 years ago

    Voila, the time for machines to control Calvin is already kicking in his watch, specially when the kid is fond of binge watching TV with those stupid commercials.

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    944im Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    prophetic

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    einarbt  almost 3 years ago

    And now we have ‘smart’ phones and watches, I guess the TV and VCR were only a trial run.

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