Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for April 01, 2023

Beam that guy up…..

Scotty, beam down some emojis, because that’s what they use on this planet.

I noticed he didn’t use the merde emoji!

The owner’s/CEO’s boy?

How about if I turn on my “filter”?

On a scale from 1 to 10 . . .

I recall reading — and this was about a decade ago, so I can’t imagine that it’s gotten any better since — that the portion of the human brain devoted to remembering things was shrinking compared to the portion that knows how to look stuff up.

I think he’s going to need a lot of those placards; and anyway, I thought we’d gone beyond hieroglyphs.

Is that Scotty from marketing?

I communicate with semaphore flags.

Nope. In a cut-throat corporate word. Emojis are probably the clearest form of communication with no subtext.

Betcha there’s a skateboard under Scotty’s chair.

It’s Newspeak, so live with it. (—

I read an article about the strangest resumes that HR Dept’s received and one full of emojis and another was written in Twitter format.

Beam him up, Scotty.

Beam me up! April fool!

This is rich. Most executives I have had to deal with couldn’t read anything that was not in (short) bullet points.

I’ve taken several communication courses.

In one of them I learned that in 40% of disagreements, there is no difference of opinion, there is merely a difference in understanding.

The other principle was “Seek first to understand and then to be understood.” When people start talking about a subject and we disagree, our first reaction is “Red alert! Shields up! Arm photon torpedoes. Lock phasers on target.” and we turn computer bank after computer bank over to the counterattack. “As soon as he shuts up, I’m going down his throat with both feet.” In the meantime, you’re not listening.

The key to making this habit successful is the word “understand.” Your objective is to understand the other person. You do NOT have to agree.

You might find that this is one of the 40% of cases. If not, then you can pick which targets in the other person’s points are worth countering. Let them expose themselves first and then attack. Know your enemy.

One of my favorite editorial t-shirts is one that has the line “Ancient Egyptians” followed by some beautiful hieroglyphs and then the line “Today” followed by a series of emojis/happy faces. I often wonder what the classics of the 21st century will be.

It appears the Buttercup and his Fl drone were conceived during a similar 3 min +/- tryst on a stormy weekend. Their parents forever regretted those wasted minutes.

The people sitting on either side of Scotty would have a bit of difficulty getting his message.

I just got a spam phone call, the guy started talking so fast I just disconnected the call then blocked the number.

A Trump Collage graduate.

And yet companies and HR still insist on hiring only millenials and Gen-Zs.

Emojis are the new words and maybe they will replace the alphabet someday

Knowing where to look STUFF up is 99% + of wisdom.

They told him the was at ten thirty. If they said half past ten he’d never show up.

A picture is worth a thousand words, after all. Maybe this was Scotty’s way of saying, “This meeting could’ve been an email!”

I said that to Porky Pig.

Scotty is most likely the owner’s son.

Is it OK if my mom comes to the next meeting?

Spouse, from another room: What is THIS?

Me, not even in the vicinity: Can you describe the “THIS” you’re asking about?

Spouse, not even attempting to meet me halfway: THIS!! What is THIS??

Maybe I’ll convince her to start using emojis instead….

Yeah, we refined language for a reason.

Except, for Orange Traitor, this would be the only way to keep his attentions in meetings, it seems.

He must be from marketing.

I don’t know but they say it all…

That’s what you get when you hire a youngster with one of them fancy college educations

He must be the VP of Social Media.

Could someone from GoComics explain to me why a comment about the origins of a folk song was rejected from being posted? In what possible universe could that violate the Community Standards?

The international version of sycophancy.

Seems like we have been heading to Fahrenheit 451 for a while.

I’ve heard really scary things about the general physical conditioning of younger people other than those active in sports, too…