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   Starwars54 said, 5 months ago

   Maybe you’ll get an extra present!!!!
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   Thirdguy said, 5 months ago

   Oh Calvin, here’s your handbasket, you are going to heck!
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   Hobbes said, 5 months ago

   
   In today’s strip, Calvin hits the nail on the head, even though it seems like a snow job.
   
   He raises the basic question of whether we are all alike in terms of our evil inclinations and our abilities to resist temptations, and therefore whether we should all be judged equally. Now, there’s a topic for discussion.
   
   Today, Calvin is trying to justify himself by saying that he has a stronger innate inclination toward evil than some other people (presumably he thinks that he was born that way), and therefore that he shouldn’t be judged as harshly as others. But in a strip two years earlier, Calvin was trying to justify himself by saying that he hadn’t done things that were as bad as what other people had done, and therefore that he shouldn’t be judged as harshly as others. Calvin wants to have it both ways.
   
   Many of us tend to be like Calvin. If we feel that we are worse than other people, we want to look for reasons that our behavior might be beyond our control, or at least more difficult for us to control. But if we feel that we are better than other people, we want to think that it is something that we have accomplished on our own and therefore something for which we should receive credit. Like Calvin, we want to have it both ways. And like Calvin, in either case, we try to justify ourselves by comparing our behavior to that of others.
   
   Part of what makes Calvin and Hobbes such an enduring strip is Bill Watterson’s incredible insight into human nature, and his ability to express it in ways that readers can relate to, while he is simultaneously entertaining them at a high level.
   
   Today’s strip is from December 1992. Here is the earlier strip:
   
   Click here: Calvin and Hobbes (December 23, 1990)
   
   
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   Hobbes said, 5 months ago

   
   Click here: Peanuts (December 17, 1959)
   
   
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   Hobbes said, 5 months ago

   
   Click here: Garfield (December 11, 2002)
   
   
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   Hobbes said, 5 months ago

   
   Click here: Pearls Before Swine (December 22, 2006)
   
   
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   Night-Gaunt49 said, 5 months ago

   Hobbs, welcome back! I wonder how many strips are this self analyzing of the human nature? Your average kid isn’t as deeply thoughtful and articulate but then he isn’t an average character.
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   Sebastian Pho said, 5 months ago

   @Hobbes

   So very true and well said. I love Watterson’s philosophical takes on life.
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   garfield246 said, 5 months ago

   You’re a dead man again, Calvin!
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    Dogsniff said, 5 months ago

    Hobbes!!!! It is Christmas. Now I"m sure I’ll get those 2 front teeth.
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    Hobbes said, 5 months ago

    Hi Night-Gaunt49. Calvin isn’t an average character, but he’s definitely a character.
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    ratlum said, 5 months ago

    As long as Susie is around and you cant take Hobbes advice,forget all these good points.
    Your going to blow it.
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    Thirdguy said, 5 months ago

    Welcome back Hobbes, missed you buddy!
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    Hobbes said, 5 months ago

    Hi Dogsniff. From the looks of your avatar, you may need a skin graft as well.
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    Hobbes said, 5 months ago

    Hi Thirdguy. You’re the third guy I’m replying to. (Sorry, very old joke.) Glad to see the regulars are still here at this ridiculous hour.
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