I moved to England for a year and the first question out of everybody I met was “How many murders have you seen?” It was very hard to convince them I hadn’t seen any and, in fact, had never even heard a gun shot.
Unless I’m in town shopping and need to phone home to check something I only have my phone turned on for access to my internet radio favorites to help me get through the boring 20 minutes of daily treadmilling.
My wife just doesn’t understand why I refuse to subscribe to WhatsApp, and TikTok, don’t use Twitter, and rarely go up on FaceBook. I’ve tried to explain to her how much I value what little sanity I have left!
I agree with the message, but I must also say I’m not sure I like the strip as somehow it is just another variation of a joke we have seen here many times.Sorry to be critical, it is merely that I hold PBS in really high regard in general.
I text and receive texts, and call and receive calls, on my smartphone, and take the occasional pic (it’s a relatively basic ZTE). Very occasionally, I’ll check a sports score. That’s it. I don’t allow myself to be exposed to any of that negativity.
The other day I ran down to the corner store, then realized I didn’t have my phone with me. It was nice to have it for a bit. Not a bad thing to do every once in a while.
It’s getting tough to do without. I can call from anywhere but only get Internet at home. Stores have largely done away with print ads, so you HAVE to have a phone to see the ad while shopping. Most discounts are digital – even Sunday paper coupons have been greatly reduced in favor of stores having their own loyalty programs w/ digital coupons.
I pretty much hate my phone, probably b/c I have fat fingers. Laptop is bad enough with all the ads with distracting MOTION.
BE THIS GUY over 1 year ago
I told someone on Twitter that crime wasn’t as bad in NYC as people think it is. NYC is safer than Florida or Texas according to the stats.
His reply: I know what I read in the papers and see on the news!
BasilBruce over 1 year ago
I’ve read that lately some people have been switching from smartphones to flip phones. This strip is probably why.
blunebottle over 1 year ago
Sometimes?
Doug K over 1 year ago
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs …
[from the beginning of the poem “If” by Rudyard Kipling.]
iggyman over 1 year ago
Be like me Pig, I put my phone down constantly and forget where I put it!
Gent over 1 year ago
Pig : This is fine.
Kurtass Premium Member over 1 year ago
If I do, how will I read GoComics.
carlosrivers over 1 year ago
Like I did yesterday. After go comics naturally…
some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member over 1 year ago
Exactly right, wilful ignorance is the key to happiness. I assume Mr. Pastis omitted other sources of information for reasons of brevity.
jel354 over 1 year ago
Pig could use yesterday’s alert again.
klapre over 1 year ago
I moved to England for a year and the first question out of everybody I met was “How many murders have you seen?” It was very hard to convince them I hadn’t seen any and, in fact, had never even heard a gun shot.
James Deveney Premium Member over 1 year ago
Progress is definitely a two edged sword.
AtariDragon over 1 year ago
I have a basic flip phone. The only time I have to turn it off is when I want to be sure it won’t ring — or if I’m in a plane.
Ellis97 over 1 year ago
Words of wisdom, Pig.
ronaldspence over 1 year ago
When media went from news at certain times to 24 hour news to now instant news via internet, we weremade aware of what was always there…
Snolep over 1 year ago
Right now I want to turn off my phone, TV, radio and any other source of pre-election POLITICAL ADS!
Chris over 1 year ago
I wish certain family members did that… not naming names.
Goat from PBS over 1 year ago
Four words: Don’t use social media.
mfrasca over 1 year ago
Algorithms, clicks, and positive feedback loops.
Gameguy49 Premium Member over 1 year ago
Unless I’m in town shopping and need to phone home to check something I only have my phone turned on for access to my internet radio favorites to help me get through the boring 20 minutes of daily treadmilling.
artegal over 1 year ago
No one ever sold a newspaper with the headline “Nothing Bad Happened to 5 and a Half Billion People Today.”
aerotica69 over 1 year ago
I had to turn the ringer off on my landline – too many political robocalls, in spite of the blocker.
Linguist over 1 year ago
My wife just doesn’t understand why I refuse to subscribe to WhatsApp, and TikTok, don’t use Twitter, and rarely go up on FaceBook. I’ve tried to explain to her how much I value what little sanity I have left!
Zebrastripes over 1 year ago
TOO MUCH INFORMATION! ☹️
Masterskrain Premium Member over 1 year ago
Just ANOTHER REASON that I don’t have a cell phone… and don’t miss it!
Drbarb71 Premium Member over 1 year ago
And TV. Or just STOP DOOM SCROLLING!
KEA over 1 year ago
Yes, there’s always the “Ostrich Gambit”
Cameron1988 Premium Member over 1 year ago
Midterms are coming up
newsbb over 1 year ago
I agree with the message, but I must also say I’m not sure I like the strip as somehow it is just another variation of a joke we have seen here many times.Sorry to be critical, it is merely that I hold PBS in really high regard in general.
raybarb44 over 1 year ago
It does help….
Asharah over 1 year ago
A continuation from yesterday?
mindjob over 1 year ago
Before elections is the best time to turn it off and avoid all the attack ads.
JoeMartinFan Premium Member over 1 year ago
I text and receive texts, and call and receive calls, on my smartphone, and take the occasional pic (it’s a relatively basic ZTE). Very occasionally, I’ll check a sports score. That’s it. I don’t allow myself to be exposed to any of that negativity.
willie_mctell over 1 year ago
It is horrible. That’s the norm so you had better get used to it. A wise woman once said, “If it’s not one thing it’s another.”
dialfred over 1 year ago
And sometimes your phone dies while under service plan, so you have no phone while waiting for the replacement to arrive
christelisbetty over 1 year ago
Funny, the song “High Hopes” says “If you don’t give a feather or a fig, you nay grow up to be a PIG.”.
MarshaOstroff over 1 year ago
Pig is my new role model!
dtercho over 1 year ago
Because of the open border.
Otis Rufus Driftwood over 1 year ago
The other day I ran down to the corner store, then realized I didn’t have my phone with me. It was nice to have it for a bit. Not a bad thing to do every once in a while.
Sisyphos over 1 year ago
Indeed, Better still, I don’t even have a cell phone (one of the dwindling few; I recently read that 88% of Americans do have a cell phone)….
franki_g over 1 year ago
It’s getting tough to do without. I can call from anywhere but only get Internet at home. Stores have largely done away with print ads, so you HAVE to have a phone to see the ad while shopping. Most discounts are digital – even Sunday paper coupons have been greatly reduced in favor of stores having their own loyalty programs w/ digital coupons.
I pretty much hate my phone, probably b/c I have fat fingers. Laptop is bad enough with all the ads with distracting MOTION.
Huggybearojb about 1 year ago
Social media, Ruining our lives there is a Netflix documentary on social media. I don’t know