Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 25, 2022

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    BE THIS GUY  over 2 years ago

    Booze can be the response you choose, Rat.

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    BasilBruce  over 2 years ago

    Rat would probably take the GWA’s advice to mean, “Punch the other guy harder.”

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    DeltaFRFX  over 2 years ago

    There’s a little bit of Rat in all of us.

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    ronaldspence  over 2 years ago

    he’s the wise-ass, not the easy or convenient-ass Rat!

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    David_the_CAD  over 2 years ago

    Actually controlling your response is frequently an illusion. We all tend to react to life by the way we were brought up, and what we learned as life went on. Unfortunately a lot of the responses we learned are not healthy response.

    The good news is that our default responses can be changed by relearning how we address life. It is not easy, and it takes time; but it can be done, if you want to do it.

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    Robin Harwood  over 2 years ago

    Basic Stoicism.

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    franki_g  over 2 years ago

    Wiseass, rather than half-assed, approach to life’s problems

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    iggyman  over 2 years ago

    Watch the booze Rat, you’ll fry your liver!

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    cdward  over 2 years ago

    Booze is a response you control.

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    Doug K  over 2 years ago

    Rat didn’t really (doesn’t ever) want some real advise or wisdom.

    He just wants to hear what he wants to hear.

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    Walrus Gumbo Premium Member over 2 years ago

    “Here’s to alcohol, the cause and cure to all of life’s problems!” – Homer Simpson

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    Gent  over 2 years ago

    Booze is solution, Rat. But not for life’s problems.

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    Imagine  over 2 years ago

    One of my biggest life lessons occurred when I was sitting in traffic (again) and getting upset at all the idiots on the road. It occurred to me that I was letting others determine my mood. Since then I decide for myself if I want to get upset at something or not. Usually not. Just too much of a waste of time, especially when I have no influence over it.

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    Kayak_Brian  over 2 years ago

    My Brother introduced me to a phrase this weekend; Smell the flowers, blow out the candles. If something irritates us now we will simply text that phrase or a meme I found of it. :-)

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    Purple People Eater  over 2 years ago

    Booze is one way many people respond to life.

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    derdave969  over 2 years ago

    It just occurred to me that the wise-A seems to be perched on a hill of dung.

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    Jimvideo  over 2 years ago

    Hey Rat…that’s called cognitive dissonance when we don’t hear what we want to hear. But just keep shopping around…eventually someone will validate your opinion (probably a drunk) and you can say “we all agree that it’s booze that gets us thru life.”

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    tripwire45  over 2 years ago

    Booze is one way to respond.

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    mikeszeller Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Booze is hot Rat responds!

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    Cameron1988 Premium Member over 2 years ago

    The Wise-ass is correct

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    SheMc  over 2 years ago

    See Rat, you CAN control

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    DenisDaily  over 2 years ago

    oh god :_D

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    Ellis97  over 2 years ago

    That donkey sure knows how to tell it like it is.

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    tom.amitai  over 2 years ago

    Choosing to drink is a response, so he did say “booze”, but in a roundabout way.

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    Zebrastripes  over 2 years ago

    Booze only makes it worse Rat!

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    Comics are the first thing to read  over 2 years ago

    https://www.gocomics.com/pickles/2022/07/25

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    HOTLOTUS1  over 2 years ago

    but it can be posted in the comic spelled out.

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    monya_43  over 2 years ago

    Booze does not drown your problems. It irrigates them. Getting drunk can be a response. Not necessarily a positive one, though.

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    artegal  over 2 years ago

    Booze is a valid response.

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    Count Olaf Premium Member over 2 years ago

    He should have gone to The Wise Andy Capp in the Canal.

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    Snolep  over 2 years ago
    ♫ Yes you who must leave everything that you cannot control. It begins with your family, but soon it comes around to your soul. ♫ L. Cohen
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    Larry S  over 2 years ago

    Also, anger. Most anger comes from being or feeling disrespected. When you identify it you can quell the anger.

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    CaveCat87  over 2 years ago

    Sorry, Rat, but booze is not always the answer.

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    raybarb44  over 2 years ago

    He did. You weren’t paying attention……

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    SofaKing  over 2 years ago

    He didn’t say “not booze”

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    waes-hael  over 2 years ago

    But, he DID!

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    Lady loves a joke  over 2 years ago

    What’s your poison, Rat?

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    InuYugiHakusho  over 2 years ago

    Technically you can respond with booze.

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    el_eye  over 2 years ago

    The wise a$$ finally got an answer right.

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    Goat from PBS  over 2 years ago

    Thank you, wise donkey. That’s very deep.

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    Katje  over 2 years ago

    The answer should be booze, of course. He’s just being an a s s… :D

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    Lola85 Premium Member over 2 years ago

    This is the basis of Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy, developed by Albert Ellis. He said that, when confronted by what we might initially perceive as a horrible event, we should question our negative reaction to it to see if it is really that horrible. In essence, he said we could talk ourselves out of the negative feelings we have, and look at it more rationally. As a former counselor, I used this with quite a few people, and it has helped me on many occasions.

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    melangley Premium Member over 2 years ago

    In a way he did, Rat.

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    Mayor Snorkum  over 2 years ago

    You’re morally, ethically and psychologically right. Still, I find it refreshing and cathartic to scream vituperation at all those idiots, who are everyone but me. I should add that I scream my vituperation, and not all that loudly, with windows shut. (I may be an angry driver, but I’m not suicidal.)

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    Bilan  over 2 years ago

    I guess WiseAss is saying that you can choose to be happy when other people are stupid.

    Yeah, right.

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    Suny  over 2 years ago

    So, the cartoon can say A.s.s. but we can’t?

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    Realimaginary1 Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Be what you need to be when the situation calls for it.

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    slbolfing  over 2 years ago

    Booze is a response…

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    txmystic  over 2 years ago

    Boozing is indeed a response…whether or not it’s a good response is open for interpretation

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    willie_mctell  over 2 years ago

    Booze can be a choice if you’re not addicted.

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    Buoy  over 2 years ago

    Booze happens to me, and I respond by drinking it.

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    NavalHistorian  over 2 years ago

    Booze is a response to what happens to you in life. So, Pig really got the response he wanted

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    Otis Rufus Driftwood  over 2 years ago

    Something my dad often said. He passed on last week. May he rest in peace.

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    j.painterjones  over 2 years ago

    And you have also done good to your mental and physical health!

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    Sisyphos  over 2 years ago

    Just pretend he did, Rat. Nobody will know the difference, nor care….

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    DaBump Premium Member over 2 years ago

    No.

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    Swirls Before Pine  over 2 years ago

    When I’m driving and some goofball does something stupid to annoy me, I pretend that they’re rushing to the hospital to try and say goodbye to their mother before she dies. And that they miss.

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    missyhyattfan  over 2 years ago

    Sometimes it just feels good to vent!

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