Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 03, 2023

Maybe he should go to the dentist and have some wisdom teeth implanted.

In Pig’s case, the confuser might be his entire brain.

I’d rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy.

maybe Pig you can just stay off the internet?

This could make a good story arc, but it’s probably just a one off strip like most of Pastis’ more recent strips.

So that’s my problem! Always wondered.

The confuser is Satan, Pig. And to get him out of your head, spend some time with some real Bible believers.

What’s happenin’ man?

Just spit out the cell phone.

I wonder what doc conned him into that.

What will be left of Pig without his confuser???

Over lunch last week, my friend told me that he believes that micro plastics are interfering with our cognition. (Perhaps Pig’s confused?) And furthermore, he sees a connection between the introduction of micro plastics in our food chain and the rise in cognitive impairments in our children. I told him I thought it was such an important idea, then I would start looking into it. To me this is a great hypothesis, one that deserves a double blind study. What do you think of his idea?

Is Pig confused over cheese?

The Confuser sounds like a Svengoolie movie.

I think I want a confuser! No understanding this world.

Pigs are naturally very intelligent, so maybe his brain just functions differently.

Can I get one of those transplanted into my brain? Life would be so much easier.

Yummie! They’re going to remove the bacon from Pig… :D

Not sure I’d want to understand ALL of that. Maybe leave some of it in.

I definitely have the math confuser.

And will stop viewing unverified hypothesis as fact…

So that’s what happened to me when I took calculus – my confuser kicked in.

Math has always come easy for me, (well, up until college) so perhaps not everyone has a confuser.

Sign me up.

Maybe he should get a Musk brain implant then Elon can tell Pig what to do all day.

Don’t do it, Pig.

Math isn’t that hard. It’s just facts. Facts don’t lie and don’t change. Literature is subjective so whether you like something or not has no bearing on anyone or anything else. Understanding of what’s going on in the world where humans are concerned is a conundrum.

The surgery must fail, otherwise the strip will never be the same starting tomorrow

The real confused is the corporatist media. Actually exercise some skepticism and learn about things for yourself. Try using the brain God gave you.

Brave New World

Now, pig, you can’t have satan removed surgically. Only Jesus can do that. Then you will see that what is happening in the world is the ushering in of the end times, as prophesized many times thruout the bible.

Replace it with a diffuser.

People buy snake oil, so why not have the confuser taken out of their brain.

Pig will never be the same again without his “confuser”.

“the heck is happening in the world”

shucks, easy-peasy: just get rid of humans.. problem solved!

Bacon reduction surgery.

In layman’s terms – a lobotomy.

I thought that was old age and the strange language that the young speak.

I’ll be interested in seeing the changes in pig in future strips.

Unfortunately for Pig, it is not an extra part that causes this confusion, but rather, some thing that is missing (or not functioning properly).

The procedure should be mandatory, like vaccin… Never mind.

That wouldn’t be helpful, it would be fatal.

Those millions of maggots who have had the surgery can’t be wrong.

No need for surgery, Pig. Richard Thompson has just what you’re looking for.https://www.gocomics.com/richards-poor-almanac/2020/08/21

Cancel Social Media and wrap your head in tin foil.

Im with Pig.

Removing the Confuser may help with math, but not literature and what’s going on in the world. To understand madmen, you need that bit of madness yourself.

do you really want to know what’s going on in the world?

I think not.

Wish I could find someone to take my confuser out!

It’s an interesting thought but our bodies are having to cope with so many unnatural contaminants that I don’t know how microplastics can be tested for.

Understanding math would be nice.

Sign me up.

If only it existed! I’d go for that surgery….

Polytetrafluoroethylene (teflon) is another great hypothesis.