Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for November 11, 2024

Rerun.. Hmm.

You can take lessons about character from Calvin’s Dad.

Remember when landline phones were good for receiving more than just scam calls?

I’m in the thick of it everybody know’s they know me when it snows I skied in and they froze um from the screen to the ring to the PEN to the king

Wonder if he got Nintendo Power via mail.

My wife is personally keeping the post office in business. So many letters.

Plus, if you go too far, you’ll end up summoning “All in the Family”.

Ah, the old AOL days, “You Got Mail!”

Reading mail builds character?

For some reason I get credit card offers in waves. I’ll go for months without them, and then suddenly Chase Bank and Discover will remember that I exist.

If I didn’t get junk mail I’d get no mail

Why do you think you’re in competition with your daughter?

Calvin’s parents could really take some lessons from Phoebe’s parents, needing to learn to really get with the times so that they can see that not all technology is bad, it just depends on what you use it for.

Now, back in MY day, you had to have character or DIE. (hee hee hee)

These days, in many cases you can’t make a purchase or a deal unless you have a debit or credit card and agree to automatic withdrawal. It’s the second part there that really sucks.

The longer I live the more tiresome is the assumption that, because one technology comes in, its predecessor must be obliterated. Cars came in; horses are still wonderful. The telephone came in, people still like to visit in person. Digital came in, people now oooh and aah over vinyl. Get a clue, people. Email came in, and is now the bane of many an office worker. Letters, on the other hand, not so much.

I learned how to opt out of credit card offers and did so =)

Seeing no unicorns in this strip feels a little…jarring.

I have one DEBIT card… It does everything… Literally everything… Without putting me debt… At speed… It doesn’t even make contact with the reader…

You dither over hand writing cheques… Counting out (and carrying) cash… Worry about full reimbursement in the the event of your credit card getting stolen… Worry about your credit card being cloned… Worry about Increasing debt… Worrying about having to ensure you pay your statement before incurring interest…

How does my DEBIT card sound like more work?

In the 27 years I’ve been on this forum, NO ONE has ever accused me of lying.

Frame three, of the above cartoon, Emily is complaining about the number of credit card offers they’ve received… My observation was that I hadn’t seen a credit card in over 22 years… Not a challenge… Not an argument… Not an accusation… Not even an opinion… Merely an observation… And for that I’m accused of being a liar… Almost the entire thread jumps on my back… Did I murder Phoebe (my granddaughter’s name actually) or something?

“Phoebe and Her Unicorn” was recommended to me by a friend… I love the cartoon… But the commentators here leave a great deal to be desired… But it will take more than the likes of you to stop me posting…

I haven’t seen a credit card since before 2002 and NEVER seen credit card offers….