Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 03, 2011
December 02, 2011
December 04, 2011
Transcript:
Goat: Look at those two people together. They're each spending the entire time e-mailing and texting on their iPhones. Rat: So? Goat: So it's like they're each saying to the otehr, "I'm physically here with you right now, but you're a little boring, so I'd rather spend the time with other people who aren't here"... don't you think that's wrong?
aardvarkseyes almost 13 years ago
McLuhan was right – the medium really is the message!
legaleagle48 almost 13 years ago
Really, Goat, you walked right into that one.
killacowinWA almost 13 years ago
I only have a tracfone…and I only got it last Christmas. This strip makes me think of how giraffes are most vulvernable when they are drinking and unable to observe the environment around them for predators. People who live on their phones/blackberrys/iPads are vulnerable to pickpockets or the occasional axe murderer.
firedome almost 13 years ago
don’t feel too bad, goat…rat does that around everyone.
Northern_Man almost 13 years ago
Oh, how true.. You want “face time” now, you gotta have special equipment and the right app!
Sisyphos almost 13 years ago
Not that I’m condoning Rat’s behavior, but the truth is that Goat can be something of a priggish bore.
SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Judging by the few I know personally, if you see two teenagers sitting together, but absorbed in their smartphone keyboards….
…..there’s about a 40% chance they’re texting each other.
If you ask why…. they roll their eyes.
No surprise — if you ask anything, they roll their eyes.
Marc Schiffres almost 13 years ago
God only knows they probably weren’t talking to other people, but rather one another.
MrsETPerry almost 13 years ago
in my Homer’s voice “Dope”
tigre1 almost 13 years ago
Electronic leashes. Good way to ‘train’ a mammal…focus attention…Pavlov does the rest. Instant hypnotized generations…
nancyroy2 almost 13 years ago
so true!!…this really annoys me… like they’re SOOOO important!
Niemand almost 13 years ago
You’d think Goat would have lots of laugh lines around his eyes, only they wouldn’t be laugh lines.
Snoopy_Fan almost 13 years ago
Did Rat just text “LOL”????
x_Tech almost 13 years ago
Sorry Goat, what was that? I was busy typing this comment.
finale almost 13 years ago
…and my wife wonders why I still have the bagphone in my car….no one will break into the car for it. Would like to figure out how to make it mobile, though.
Number Three almost 13 years ago
Goat, To get him back you should wear earphones.. So you don’t have to listen to him.
LOL xxx
Justb0bbygookin almost 13 years ago
Goat is SOOOO right!
timber_wolf_789 almost 13 years ago
This is why I would never buy an iPhone. People would see it and immediately assume I was a self-obsessed jerk.
Sherlock Watson almost 13 years ago
People who are that absorbed by their cell phones should use them every waking minute; that way, they won’t reproduce.
Blossoming almost 13 years ago
It’s Rat, and he’s acting like Rat…
MarcusAudens almost 13 years ago
Marcus Audens — I’m new to this strip for about the past year, I have seen the rat occupy the place of a self-involved jerk. Goat seems to be a normal thoughtful personage and the pig is lovable but easily led. The desire that I have is to meet the creator of these characters who are so far apart and wo is able to put them together in an amusing way. That would be a real adventure!!!!!
fmasroor almost 13 years ago
Apparently, no.
tegm almost 13 years ago
I remember the first time I saw a couple do this, it seemed so messed up and superficial. Then with time it got to the point where it’s the norm for people you’re out to dinner with to talk on their phone or text at the same time :/
comicsnerd74 over 9 years ago
Yep, goat.
alantain over 1 year ago
In 2019, you’ll change your tune. Otherwise you’ll lose your mind.