Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 23, 2024

Yep!

I set a timer. To remind me to log on…

I get bored after about 10 minutes. No problem for me.

Rat probably has that same problem while looking in a mirror.

So do I.

It’s good that Rat has set such limits…

Interesting reminder… After a decade or so, I decided Facebook was mostly a waste of time, so I set a time limit of 5 minutes/day. Last few years went fine—until someone decided to assassinate me to celebrate the election in 2022. Facebook wouldn’t say what hideous crime I was accused of, but after two years without Facebook I almost feel like thanking my murderer.

The last time I put my phone down to stop using the Internet was when I had a dial-up connection. I can’t imagine using such a little screen for social media, and having to type posts on such a tiny keyboard. I use my desktop computer with a 21" screen for everything Internet related.

Stop the hate and lies, don’t go back

Dopamine is a hell of a drug.

I have a flip phone, so get on the internet and look at the comics on my iPad. I don’t do Facebook and never plan to. It is getting a bit annoying that businesses take it for granted that I have a smartphone. Texting on my flip phone is tedious.

I’m happier after I read the comics.

Stay far away from it.

Get an old flip phone like The Count.

Sometimes I get 20 minutes for the week. Most of it is looking at my shopping list.

I know when to put the phone down because that’s when it’s time to wipe my butt and get off the toilet

These comments are about as social as I get. The rest just aren’t for me!

Remember when there was no social media? But I guess no gocomics too.

Ay, the best laid plans o’ Rats and men gang aft agley.

I started a group the share my music theory notes with. Gotta pass the stuff on

Only 15 minutes? Seems short, but I’m not gonna question it.

I just use it to read articles and look at pictures of celebrities. I don’t really use it to stay in touch.

I just stay off altogether. Between AI and everybody and their brother out there trying to make a buck, I’m done.

I’ve never gone on social media. you probably don’t care.

Is GoComics considered social media?

More fun than looking out the windshield.

Not for me, I’m too old school I guess. Fuddy-Duddy comes to mind, but I careth not. I use messaging. I use Facebook Marketplace to buy and sell. Ditto for craigslist and ebay. My social media consists of gocomics and the fine folks I meet there.

I must be the only person left who rarely uses a phone (i.e. pocket computer)

comics, sports, and weather is pretty much it fer me… (well, there are the youtube videos… startalk with Neil Degrasse Tyson, primarily, and then all sorts of music, and movies, older ones primarily, and….. hmm… this is getting longer, isn’t it…….!!)

If someone stops you and asks for change

He’s only one of many

But if an old Italian stops you,ignore him

It’s only Guiliani

lifelong mobile-less (gasp), but doing doing pretty well anyways, trusty desktop’s bookmarks bring favorite comics up every monring with just a single click. but the day my apple croaks, maaan, can’t imagine how i’ll survive.

I want to invent asocial media. It would be like social media but for introverts. People log on but nobody says anything. Occasionally, someone may post a picture of a cat.

several acquaintances don’t understand why i leave my cell phone on my desk all the time. it’s like theirs have to be glued to their butts or something.

I don’t carry a phone. Mobile phones are a pain in the ar**.

I spend more than ten minutes on my computer. But these comments and others are the closest I get to social media.

no phone, no facebook, no twitter, no instagram, no worries

Threats and/or statements made and not carried out are pointless

When people who look down on others use social media.