Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal by Zach Weinersmith for November 13, 2014
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Transcript:
When I was little, I enjoyed the simple things. But enjoyment is like a drug. You need larger and larger doses for smaller and smaller levels of satisfaction. A rocket trip to Mars now wouldn't give me the same thrill as catching a fly ball in a tee-ball game when I was five. You have control over these things. Why not just insist to yourself that all the pleasures of five are yours again? Pulling a girls hair! Ow! Jump in mud! Kooghies! Cookies Hyperglycemic stroke I'm sorry.
Ida No over 9 years ago
It’s all upside, baby! All upside!
Brass Orchid Premium Member over 9 years ago
That went well, I think.
emptc12 over 9 years ago
I have thought that for years. Call it the “Rosebud Effect.” Getting tickled, playing in the rain, snowflakes on the tongue, catching lightning bugs, toy soldiers, petting a dog, home-made pie, that first bike, going to the library, my first paperback books. The sensations a child likes are simple and pure. But as soon as we adults can we profit off them with TV and garish toys and junk food.
Stephen Gilberg over 9 years ago
To be fair, I don’t think I’d ever enjoy a rocket trip to Mars. That’s a dang long ride.