Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for November 12, 2022

How can he hear anything through that stupid helmet??!!

B.D. she wants to turn those 001100110011 into Xs and 0s.

What could he possibly say in 3 letters…. (don’t answer that)

she should speak to him in the language of love (but we won’t get to see it in the strip)

Maybe BD needs to be rebooted?

He’s in Binary mode. Get a decimal translator!

Isn’t it time for Helmet Head to be re-deployed??

BD needs to explore some non-binary options.

Well, at least he not non-binary!

B.D. is okay. He just doesn’t want to play right now.

BD used 22 bits in his speech balloon. That’s not common in computers, but then, neither is BD. If we break his string inti four bit words he’s saying … anyone recall the ASCII codes?

Poor B.D., with that itty-bitty brain.

1s and 0s could conceivably stand for male and female…

Was this pre-….darn I’ve forgotten the kid’s name.

Off again; on again. There should be more to it than that. :)

<<Entering or leaving Georgia, there should be blockades and check points. Instead of showing passports, an IQ test would be in order.>> interesting proposal. I’m thinking this could work like a one-way control valve. But is the aim to keep the loonies in, and thereby confine the damage, or aim to increase the average IQ and thereby dilute the MTG effect?

Nice little nod to the original SNL!

One of B. D.’s words is only 7 bits. What is the size of his machine word?

The first word is missing a character

Note that in the non-comic world, BD would be in his 70’s by now. Boopsie hasn’t lost any enthusiasm, and I doubt that BD has, either. But like all men in his position, he’s ashamed of what has happened to him, and avoids the discussion whenever possible. My guess is that an occasional testosterone shot plus Boopsie’s understanding can go a long way toward a solution. And it’s very important to preserve a sense of humor while the two of you are figuring things out.