Frazz by Jef Mallett for March 02, 2012

I was kinda hoping that by now somebody would have given me an idea of what the heck Frazz is talking about…..

It’s a joke on watching classic re-runs making you old (or just seeming that way).

Thanks J Ba — and yeah, I got that, just from what Mrs. Olsen says….

But I can’t still understand who or what Frazz is referring to, and on the way to what….

Maybe in the morning…. sigh….

On the way to old. He is saying isn’t it sad that all her memories are of fictional characters and what happens to them rather than having had made her own memories by diong more interesting things in her free time.

Hey Sunshine,I don’t usually comment, just read. I oftten enjoy your comments as much as the comics!Frazz is thinking ‘on the way’ to old age . . . getting to old age with memories of games and movies is not as rich as . . . as what he does. Non-time-wasters.I’m not sure I agree, but by the time I find out, it’ll be too late for me too, sigh . . .

I agree, Frazz! If all you do is watch TV or use facebook, then you won’t have much to remember when you ARE old. Of course, reading comics is completely different. :D

Thanks, jpay1150, it makes more sense now. I was confused the first time I read it also. If you replace the “them” and “they” with the time wasters, such as video games, FB and watching reruns, and then replace the “there” with old age, it makes sense. And I agree, although you can’t pack every moment with doing something.

I used to think reading was kinda wasting time….but now it’s what I want to do most! Everything else seems kinda boring….especially video games!

That makes the point more clearly, but I’m not sure it fits in the word balloon.

Distracting ourselves is a coping mechanism, and many people find it very profitable to provide the distractions from real life… although ultimately the distractions enhance and increase the need for distractions…by making the connections between where we really were and now are…in life or space or time…less important…when what you were concerned about and needed to cope with was you couldn’t grasp where you were or how you got there in the first place…all of entertainment fills this ersatz ‘need’…and tends to hook us out of living real lives…

Take it or leave it.

Fake history. Entertaining lies. “Alternate” universes, hypnotically suggesting unfounded fantasies…thus screwing up further the life-enhancing choice-making we’re each born with.

Early Nazis were pretty good at it.Look around: there are other groups, too. Me, I like comics.

As long as you enjoy whatever it is you do to waste time, is it truly a waste of time?

My parents are baby boomers and they just flip channels every night. I facebook; at least I catch up with friends and family, and get a good chuckle, just like I do here on GoComics. I certainly read, but I like to play video games a couple times each month because it offers an interactive experience like no other.We shouldn’t take leisure for granted. After all, it’s taken society thousands of years to get to the point at which we have the time and means to enjoy the entertainment we have today!

Thanks, everybody!

Forgot to say especially thanks to jpay — for his help and for his kind remark!

Some people merely exist; others actually live.

I see people at concerts and shows who spend the whole time filming (anachronistic term for recording with your phone, I know) the performance. I understand the desire to be able to watch it again later, but you’re right there: why not enjoy the show now, while it’s happening, rather than later when it’s over? It’s like you weren’t even there; it doesn’t even occur for you until you watch your replay. (BTW, filming and/or recording without the artist’s permission is, at the bare minimum, disrespectful to the performer.)