Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for January 21, 2024

When your kid gets sick, the rest of the universe doesn’t matter. That’s perspective.

Sing-along time: “Just remember that you’re standing on a planet that’s evolving, and revolving at nine hundred miles an hour . . .”

The P could stand for pork.

Many, many planets, but the conditions for life to arise on one of them seem to be pretty rare. The Drake Equation didn’t account for at least a couple of factors that make it less likely than Drake supposed:

(1) Earth has a moon which is quite large compared to the planet. This causes significant tides, and tidal pools probably had a strong role to play in the development of life on Earth.

(2) Our own “intelligent” species seems pretty determined to find interesting ways to bring intelligent life to a screeching halt on our own planet; other “intelligent” species may well have done likewise.

C’mon Pig. In space, no one can hear you say Not a big deal.

P, also for Pedantic

“A Pale Blue Dot”.

Our sun is a small star.

It…it… POWER PIG!

Wouldn’t they now be, umm, dead?

Did he leave them up there?

For when you haven’t got a Total Perspective Vortex on hand.

We need to get over ourselves, none of us are a big deal!

Think universal, act local.

He ended all arguments the moment he left the atmosphere.

See what happens when Pigs fly?, Huh?!

Carl Sagan would be pleased.

Porkspective Pig eh. Yummy!

The two hundred billion number of galaxies is outdated. I’ve read recently that the number of discovered galaxies is now closing in on one trillion.

No proof of that many planets

When you ask for perspective, you’re supposed to be served ratatouille.

Totally vortex.

Yakko’s Universe -

https://Www.youtube.Com/watch?v=OmfAyK6CeIg

Pig loves to pretend…..☺️☺️☺️

Hey Perspective Pig, I have a few people I’d like you to bring into space. And leave them there.

Pig is often portrayed as not being very bright but he’s actually the wisest character in the strip.

From a distance…everything looks insignificant.

Big blue marble.

Eh, except that’s not really relevant to what’s important. Maybe if you could see the other billions of people on the planet all at once…

Things we say are “big deals” are not as big as we think. Trust me, I’m a sports fan. I know.

What did pig do with their oxygen deprived bodies?

Good morning Steph, Great toon! Keep em coming!, Jim

If it’s so insignificant, how come out of a hundred billion planets, you only drew that one?

And Pig just killed two people.

Mark 8:35-37

For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the Gospel’s will save it.

For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?

For what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

When you put it like that, it’s not a big deal at all. If only world leaders would accept Pig’s perspective.

there can be no meaningful numerical value placed on an infinite expanse or what might be in it!

Super Pig is here to save the day!

It’s a big deal because it’s all we’ve got.

Perspective? Why that’s a conspiracy theory of disinformation…

How soon before somebody reading this responds along the lines of, “Perhaps, but Earth is the only one with intelligent life – it must be true, because The Bible Says So – so it is a big deal”?

Surprised no one else had this same thought …. https://www.youtube.Com/watch?v=buqtdpuZxvk

Is it a big deal that they are angry at each other, then? If Pig were to follow his own logic, he’d just stay in bed all day. Again.

A while back, I heard a conversation that my dad was in, talking about how a lot of people whenever they get faced with a big problem, they just act like complete idiots that don’t know how to handle the situation and just yell and scream at each other.

Perspective man reminds me of characters on Alton Brown’s Good Eats. I’m the waffler.

When pigs can fly…

I always thought a big deal was a royal flush.

It still matters.

Mostly Harmless

Re. perspective.

https://www.youtube.Com/Watch?v=keW4QqRGVN4

William Shatner finally went to space for real. He said he cried. Seeing the Earth from afar put things into a new perspective for him. Showed how insignificant we are in the overall scheme of everything. Apparently it’s a common reaction.

Well, finally, pigs can fly.

They upgraded the # of galaxies some years back after they took another look: it’s now one trillion galaxies.

Yes, please do take them into orbit, but definitely leave them there

I love it, Pig!

We are “fearfully and wonderfully made.” That’s a big deal. We should cherish our lives.

I’m curious. If you had a neighbor who blasted window-rattling music until 3am everyday, would “perspective” make you any less angry?

Life on Earth is either profoundly meaningful or profoundly meaningless. You choose.

“The Earth’s a great blue marble when we see it from up there”. Sorry, I can’t remember the rest of the song.

Some issues on this earth are petty and some are worth fighting for. The number of planets and galaxies in the universe has nothing to do with it.

That’s not a useful perspective when we don’t have the first idea what’s on any of those planets and certainly haven’t got any possibility of visiting them or interacting with whatever’s there in any meaningful way. This world is all we’ve got.

This actually was really useful. It does put things into clear perspective. Thanks, Stephan.

pigspective

Reminds me of Sipos’ song in “She Loves Me.”

Does Pig pose a serious threat to Cartoon-Boy in the comics profession?!

Yay, Perspective Pig!

“Always look on the bright side of Life.” -Thank You Eric Idle.

And the fight ended immediately… as they both asphyxiated in the vacuum of space.