Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for June 15, 2023

Google: For when you need answers and an excuse to use your phone.

I often wonder if giving small children their own smartphones is a good idea.

Smartphones weren’t a thing when I was a kid, but I wasn’t allowed to use the internet unsupervised until I was thirteen, and even then I was only allowed to use Wikipedia for a while.

I heard the subreddit im14andthisisdeep practically has a sub-subreddit for “phone bad, book good”.

Ask Siri about Google and see if Siri gets mad.

I have a t-shirt which says “idk google it”. It’s not uncommon for a person to be standing there with a smart phone in their hand, asking someone else a question. I mean, seriously?

Just have elon failson musk purchase and ruin more popular apps; you’ll quickly lose interest in your phone after that.

The third page of google results! My lord! Though I’d imagine the first 2 pages were nothing but ads for apps that help you from staring at your phone too much…

This is a very true to life comic.

The prosecution rests.

Maybe Marigold should use a pebble — rather like Phoebe did when they first met.

Phone obsession is no laughing matter, especially for young people, like Phoebe.

Eefen yøü dø nøt wånt tø stårë åt yøür phønë thîs müch, weesken døn’t yøü sîmply støp? Bork bork bork

Too dependent on your phone I would say!

Maybe they have lozenges for that…