Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 19, 2017

Did somebody also slip Goat a meal through the slot in the door?

I chat and comment on Facebook (and very seldom post something on my own profile for other people to read and Like/comment upon), but I don’t do Twitter nor Instagram.

I got a letter that another human had actually touched.

Goat is in good company when he is by himself.

Goat seems to be the most well adjusted character of the whole bunch, Rat & Pig not so much. I’d say Danny Donkey is a close 2nd. So Rat & Pig are electable to public office. Danny Donkey could be a cabinet member, and Goat, let’s just say he’s a taxpayer.

People in solitary confinement have access to social media?

But we do have real relationships with some people we only know online.

Sadly true. Virtual interactions don’t count. If you can’t catch a disease from it, it ain’t real.

Ah, but how many comic strips did he troll on GoComics?

I hate to say it, but Rat has a point!

Since Goat isn’t human, does it matter?

Rats! He’s right!

Except someone in solitary confinement doesn’t have a smartphone, and won’t have access to social media

Except Rat never has a human interaction, since he’s not human.

I only have Facebook. I don’t wish to get Twitter or Instagram

Am I missing out?

xxx

Superficially, Rat appears to be correct.

Or. superficially, Goat appears to have interacted.

This is all so superficial. Pretty soon I’ll link over to that social networking site and be by myself among friends….

Talking to Rat still doesn’t count as human interaction.

You walk this world alone, but rather sit it alone.