Pig! The secret to life! Not really, caring about what others think if not all the time or as much worry or panic is essentially how we need to function. Maybe Pig, if you left the rat alone for six hours you would have the same effect?
I’m totally with Pig on this. It’s WAY easy to get into a tailspin thinking about what someone will think about what I’m thinking about doing. Better by far to pick goals that are good in and of themselves and then live with what the (ahem)s say about it. Because it’s true that no good deed goes unpunished, but you can always look at the fact that it WAS a good deed and ignore the nay-sayers.
BE THIS GUY over 2 years ago
Others aren’t going to do your work for you.
FallingFliers over 2 years ago
Pig! The secret to life! Not really, caring about what others think if not all the time or as much worry or panic is essentially how we need to function. Maybe Pig, if you left the rat alone for six hours you would have the same effect?
BasilBruce over 2 years ago
Is that Rat in a Pig costume?
Ratkin Premium Member over 2 years ago
Being retired and on a pension helps with that.
ronaldspence over 2 years ago
so much truth!
carlsonbob over 2 years ago
Lot less stress as well.
Concretionist over 2 years ago
I’m totally with Pig on this. It’s WAY easy to get into a tailspin thinking about what someone will think about what I’m thinking about doing. Better by far to pick goals that are good in and of themselves and then live with what the (ahem)s say about it. Because it’s true that no good deed goes unpunished, but you can always look at the fact that it WAS a good deed and ignore the nay-sayers.
Fountowizdum over 2 years ago
Someone said we wouldn’t worry so much about what others think about us if we knew how little they do it
Imagine over 2 years ago
Like those people who leave comments on GoComics hoping people will give them likes or replies. Sheesh.
B UTTONS over 2 years ago
Pig canceled his social media feeds, sending followers to Rat.
old_geek over 2 years ago
Some people’s opinions do matter.
Bilan over 2 years ago
Pig neglected to mention that “things he wanted to get done” were sleeping and eating. While “what others think” was doing his job.
Kveldulf over 2 years ago
Six hours a day? I don’t think I’ve totaled six hours this year.
blunebottle over 2 years ago
Saves a lot more stress, too.
Bwingblue1 over 2 years ago
So does being fed up with over-opinionated A**holes.
einarbt over 2 years ago
Hope Goat has some other friends than Pig and Rat.
Gent over 2 years ago
So finally Pig stop thinking that peoples think ham pork and bacon is delightfully delicious dishes, eh.
Doug K over 2 years ago
Pig, Rat is not a good mentor for you.
(Rat is not a good mentor for anyone.)
franki_g over 2 years ago
also saves a lot of money when you buy what you need/want and NOT what might impress others, or the Latest Thing.
Troglodyte over 2 years ago
I hate to say this, Pig, but keep at this and you might end up becoming a Rat!
Kayak_Brian over 2 years ago
I usually save those thoughts for when I’m trying to fall asleep… Not my plan but that’s when my brain schedules them.
Wizard4168 over 2 years ago
Honestly, one of Pig’s better ideas.
RitaGB over 2 years ago
That works in most cases, but an artist or a writer usually values the opinion of others to be successful.
iggyman over 2 years ago
Panel 3: The secret to a happy life!
SusieB over 2 years ago
What other people think of you is none of your business
Croc Holliday over 2 years ago
People don’t spend as much time thinking about us as we like to believe.
thad.humphries over 2 years ago
Why care what people think? They do it so seldom.
Zebrastripes over 2 years ago
Growing up, it was important at the time to worry about “what people think”!
I found my voice after divorce and speak my mind now! I’m free to be me and don’t give a rats @$$ what anyone thinks or says!
Your friends don’t care and your enemies won’t believe you!
Twelve Badgers in a Suit Premium Member over 2 years ago
I’ve tried doing that, but it’s hard.
SimonMaguire over 2 years ago
Goodbye Pig hello Rat the Second.
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ImDaRealAni over 2 years ago
Especially if it’s with things that barely should concern them, it’s usually good advice.
Ellis97 over 2 years ago
That little piggy is so insecure.
uniquename over 2 years ago
So basically he stayed off social media. That would save hours a day for many people.
Eristic over 2 years ago
You’re still a prisoner to what you think of yourself little Pig.
pheets over 2 years ago
At least.
raybarb44 over 2 years ago
“You can’t please everyone, so you got to please yourself….”
Goat from PBS over 2 years ago
Panel one shows the tea bag, but panels two and three don’t. What happened to it?
dadlivonia over 2 years ago
must be taking advice from Rat
198.23.5.11 over 2 years ago
Why is Pig speaking Rat’s dialogue?
alkabelis Premium Member over 2 years ago
Exactly now if I could get my wife to feel the same way.
zeexenon over 2 years ago
Those oinker ears are confusing … is the last frame a selfie?
Snuffles [Previously Helikitty] over 2 years ago
That sounds like something rat would do.
catmother1964 over 2 years ago
I cut that out a long time ago!
Tom Phillips Premium Member over 2 years ago
I have a mantra “I have nothing to prove, and no one to impress.” This saves me a lot of headaches.
Realimaginary1 Premium Member over 2 years ago
Sadly, the rest to undo is thinking that others care.
MJ Weber Premium Member over 2 years ago
Pig has been talking to Rat too much.
jbruins84341 over 2 years ago
He has known Rat too long.
Otis Rufus Driftwood over 2 years ago
That’s actually rather sad for Pig.
ctbeeguy over 2 years ago
Getting to be more like Rat
Warhaft over 2 years ago
It does help.
Sisyphos over 2 years ago
Pig’s Plan is actually not so bad. Too many of us spend too much time worried about what others think or say.
Just do it!
Goat over 2 years ago
Pig is on to something this time around.
BillS50 over 2 years ago
Oh, it’s DEFINITELY a thing.