Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for May 08, 2023

What sad celebrities is Calvin following that use cheap motel rooms?

Calvin could join TMZ.

The Media: Advertising paid by people who want to hide what they are doing that affect you negatively.

Sordid attractions

“That actually will affect me.”

Hobbes knows that “the media” is a plural!

This comic ended the year before Fox News started, so you know Calvin was not talking about Fox.

I think the former guy spent some time doing just that.

He nailed that subject right on the noggin. :D

Maybe the paparazzi should bug Calvin for celebrity info.

Then, he might become as famous as he thought he’d be in the previous arc!!

Watterson was really taking a shot at what Mad Magazine called “the amazing average clod” in this one.

How did he predict what the Internet was going to do to us? Look at the date on it.

Today, celebrities are dying to tell us their opinions on social media.

The way it’s going now, it probably is.

Sensation sells.

Calvin’s being philosophical …..

Social media has amplified all that.

Hey, kid – what do you think happens at economist conventions?

Economic discussions ? The halls of congress, me boy Calvin. Dull stuff. Too important and dull for the media.

Blame it on all of us. We allow ourselves to be entertained rather than informed. The media provides us with what we want, not what we need. It’s far easier to get our attention by playing to our emotions than our intellect. Politicians are also very adept at this. Why are people who play games for a living important? Why are entertainers more important than teachers? Why am supposed to care a whit about the Kardashians? Yet, if anyone tries to inform the average American they just get tuned out.

Wow, 30 years ago and it just gets worse.

Regrettably, I find this true among people I am acquainted with.

plus ca change plus c’est la meme chose is correct up to a point, then it gets worse.

What amazes The Count is so many of these celebrities (?) in the media The Count has never heard of. As in… Who? And Why should The Count or anyone else give a rat’s patoot?

Most of it is just smoke and mirrors anyway.

Isn’t it?

LOL… Calvin was already being indoctrinated and controlled by social media – even way back then.

And now that Calvin is grown, he still feels that way.

Policies don’t flash their big butts in front of the paparazzi

Welcome to the Entertainment Tonight era.

Lots of politicians HAVE discussed economic matters in cheap motel rooms -

“Keep the change.”

I’m pretty sure it is. When congressman whoever goes to the no tell hotel, I’m sure he is having some serious talks about the economy and the rising price of necessities. (and nasties)

How social media and scandals thrive in a world of ignorance and apathy!

Accurate. Americans would rather watch stupid stuff on TV than learn something important.

But the cheap motel charge goes to those who lead the discussions.

This 30 year old strip is still completely relevant.

You may have a valid point, Calvin!

Welcome to 2023.

Think about it. It’s the truth.

I live in FL. All the government policies that affect Floridians are too depressing to think about. I need the distraction of something light.

That’s where the politicians make their deals

These are some of the circuses in “Bread and circuses.”

Oh it is, believe me.

I have the complete Calvin and Hobbes, and i don’t remember this one.

Unfortunately today’s reality stars become unqualified popular canidates. One grifted his way to the presidency.

I have existed in this world for two decades. Happy 20th to me!

Stop whining about not knowing things you’re too lazy to make the effort to know about, Calvin.

“The media aim to please” is why Fox News ended up owing Dominion almost $800 million. They only told their audience what the audience wanted to hear. Remember their old slogan, “We report. You decide?” It’s now, “You decide. We report.”

Don’t blame this on the media.

Watterson the soothsayer is proven correct once again!

makes sense to me.

“exit stage left”

Maybe it is discussed in cheap motel rooms and that’s the problem!

I wonder how relevant this still is?

“The media aim to please…” Well that’s a quote that didn’t age well…. LOL.

Technically, a sort-of micro-economy is often discussed in motel rooms … er, I hear …

The World Economic Forum met to get every ordinary person to learn to eat bugs and be forced to use public transportation to “save the planet”. In a sense of hypocrisy. these advocates ate steak and lobster and went to and from there in private planes (not exactly leadership by example). Unlike Calvin’s recommendation, the convention was not at Howard Johnson’s.

There are no doubt some economic transactions discussed in cheap hotel rooms, but they are going to be more personal in nature and unlikely to affect the economy as a whole.

What’s old is new again

That ardent dialogue does not sustain for long when you are driving a sledge without safety measures.

I never cared about celebrity’s personal lives