Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for April 23, 2023

Pig actually does other things before he checks his phone in the morning?

Well, Twitter is heading down the toilet. Maybe The Zuck will lay off the wrong people and Facebook will follow suit. One can hope.

I agree, Pig; I don’t like cafes either.

So far, I mostly enjoy Facebrick. Of course I am only “fbfriends” with people with whom I’m IRL friends. And I use the [X] button on crαp that they “suggest” for me. But it is very much of a time sink.

Good idea pig, to leave out that last step.

Good luck pig

1) Check social media first, 2) run to the shower to 3) rinse off the grime, 4) stretch and then 5) walk to the cafe to 6) detox the brain with a bagel and coffee.

Pig gets a real eye opener with this mornings coffee.

Does reading GoComics and Comic Kingdom first count as social media?

If only he didn’t drink that coffee …

Just stay in bed Pig, troth sential is not for you!

Social media = social disease

Oh i see he’s on gocomics again……….

Keep it out of your daily routine… :D

This little piggy went to stretch, this little piggy went on a hike, this little piggy got wet, this little piggy ate breakfast this little piggy was a bad little piggy he couldn’t leave Facebook alone.

At least he didn’t go right to his computer and have the news homepage. That does it for The Count.

7th frame captures the essence of so-called social media very well.

I am SO glad I quit SM before the pandemic started. Hah. Just realized. SM, social media. SM sado masochism. Same difference.

I need at least two coffees and lunch before I can bring myself to look at social media.

Pastis has pounded the ‘social media bad’ joke to death. We get it. Now bring back Guard Duck and the rest of the crew that made you famous.

I usually only see panel 7 in the Non Sequitur comments

This is as much ‘social’ media as I have… Thank God!

Just watch cat videos, or something, Pig

Ahhhhh, the lame-a$$ social media is the worst thing in the world theme, again………#wah………………..you know, guys, if you ACTUALLY scroll your social media, I would guarantee that you will see more good than bad.

That’s one way to ruin your day!

Skip social media. Play Wordle and read comics instead. That’s my daily routine.

Always always phone last it stays off until the rest are complete, and can wait longer if needed.

I always start my morning with a nice read of the funnies.

Sociologists say that social media is creating the laziest generation ever.

I expressed my opinion in great detail by hitting the “Like” button.

Exactly why I dropped Facebook

I tried to start a religious social media page called Faithbook…

…but it was deemed offensive by the American Lisp Association.

Pastis has really been on a tear about social media. We get it. Move on.

Toddlers use crayons to write on walls,

young adults tag friends facebook walls, and…

cynical “Boomers” leave curmudgeon commentary on other social medias !!!

I just read the comics.

Anti-social media.

I am only here for all the people using this social media platform to tell everyone they do not use social media.

Pane #4 is obscene. He’s completely naked in the shower. Try THAT on Chickweed lane! Or Maybe Luann.

this pig gets it!

I read the comics first.

it works!!! started over a year ago

The heck with social media, I read the comics while having my coffee!

Yeah, the $6.00 coffee and $4.50 bagel

I love pig!

Pig needs to block those kind of people.

Part of morning routine = read Pearls

NEVER read the comments – NEVER

Good thinking. Social media contributes… Let’s see… NOTHING positive To human existence.

I think it’s hilarious how those people think someone is reading all the way through one of their …

Pastis ran out of ideas long ago. Now it’s all anti-social media, cynicism and depression. We need the humor back—I’d even take a painfully bad Sunday pun strip!

Yes, Pig. The bagel is not good for you.

Everyone dismisses Comics as jokes but they can be sources of profound insight.

Some of the comments are funny and many are mean spirited. I skim past those, don’t know where the anger comes from

Chas. Ulysses Farley (Chuck U. Farley) (…made it past the censors again…)

Everyone is exercising their demons, when they should be exorcising them.

My doctor has me taking my blood pressure at home every morning. I quickly learned to do that before turning on any device that offers me news or messages of any kind.

Pig’s social media algorithm needs to be adjusted for funny memes

Leave out the shower. We don’t want see you naked.

If Meta and Twitter were both to die, the world would be a much nicer place.

Leaving off the hate and vitriol will be better for your physical and mental health.

Brutal, but true.

I quit all the big social media. gocomics and agnostic.com are the only two that matter.

You know, I don’t get much of that on the social media I’m on. I wonder if a lot of this “horrible social media” comes from people who contribute to it as much as they complain about it.

You rock, Pig! A wise decision.

But don’t forget the best part of your morning routine: Staying in Bed!

Oh, I thought he said Morning Poutine