Yeah, it emphasizes the irony in the strip, because if it were in the 3rd, it would be like Dee Dee Overhearing them and interrupting. But as it’s in the 4th panel, it’s like Dee Dee interrupting and nate not noticing.
a lot of popular juvenile characters are just so ignorant of what everyone else might think, and they only think about themselves, it’s funny. Like Nate, Greg Heffley, and Kevin Arnold, just to name a few.
I did back to school shopping before the year ended. before the previous one started, actually. call me a nerd, but I have a shoebox filled with pencils and staples. (I bought it from goodwill)
this comment is from a time when cassettes were still kind of a niche community, and now everyone and their mother uses them to be “quirky” and “unique.” most people that use them just see them as a novelty, and they’re just going with the comeback of tapes and vinyl.
I was looking for this very comment