Dad? Dad! DAD!
Oliver, now see where hacking has got you!
See! It’s proof!
We are living in the Matrix.
The horrible subtext here is that if you are not in the IRS files, you do not exist!
quick Oliver! hit “undo” before it’s too late!
you don’t exist unless you are being taxed?
That horrible subext (you don’t exist if you’re not in the IRS files), is what makes this a brilliant strip, even after all these years.
Substitute computer files/database/whatever for IRS files, and it’s even more relevant today.
Uh-oh!
Before you get incarcerated for life, please repeat the actions for my boss.
If the Internet had existed in the late ’50s, this would have been a “Twilight Zone” episode. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please make the spammer disappear.
Today’s strip makes my blood run cold.
That strip is actually more true today than in the 1980’s when this was made.
Quick Oliver, check to see if “Tron” is running!
[Tron released in 1982 - I feel OLD!]
I wonder what would happen if he tried CTRL-Z in this situation.
Berkeley Breathed
Sisyphos over 14 years ago
Dad? Dad! DAD!
Oliver, now see where hacking has got you!
Nebulous Premium Member over 14 years ago
See! It’s proof!
We are living in the Matrix.
Sandfan over 14 years ago
The horrible subtext here is that if you are not in the IRS files, you do not exist!
yyyguy over 14 years ago
quick Oliver! hit “undo” before it’s too late!
coffeeturtle over 14 years ago
you don’t exist unless you are being taxed?
JR6019 over 14 years ago
That horrible subext (you don’t exist if you’re not in the IRS files), is what makes this a brilliant strip, even after all these years.
Substitute computer files/database/whatever for IRS files, and it’s even more relevant today.
Bruce McKinney Premium Member over 14 years ago
Uh-oh!
attyush over 14 years ago
Before you get incarcerated for life, please repeat the actions for my boss.
Sherlock Watson over 14 years ago
If the Internet had existed in the late ’50s, this would have been a “Twilight Zone” episode. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please make the spammer disappear.
ububobu over 14 years ago
Today’s strip makes my blood run cold.
chinook2 over 14 years ago
That strip is actually more true today than in the 1980’s when this was made.
ses1066 over 14 years ago
Quick Oliver, check to see if “Tron” is running!
[Tron released in 1982 - I feel OLD!]
katillac over 14 years ago
I wonder what would happen if he tried CTRL-Z in this situation.