Friend of mine’s mother keeps sending me links to X. I’ve told her several times I don’t have the app, never did and never will. I just delete the links. My life is very free.
Just the other day, I received a message from a friend saying “My Instagram has been hacked. Don’t pay attention to anything posted there.” The last thing I remember before passing out is the doctor saying “Call me when he stops laughing. I can’t operate a hernia if he keeps shaking!”
Absolutely. I am firm believer that life is 10% what happens and 90% how we “choose” to react to it. I have no control over other people, but I have complete control over my attitude and actions
It’s important to periodically get out of the pool you’re in – to see what (else) is going on out there, to see what types of things others are doing, and to consider what else you might do.
The world according to Monty Python: “Life’s a piece of sh!t, when you look at it—so look on the bright side of life!” Don’t read the news—read the comics!
I get tired of people complaining on Twitter. I tried Bluesky and it is not much better there, so many complaints! As much as FB drives me nuts, I at least get to see posts from people swimming in the pool O goodness. There and on MeWe where I can pick and choose what I will let into my brain.
Who needs Twitter (never X!) when I’m literally surrounded by real-life Twits (aka red-hatted troglodytes)? As far as my eye can see, there ain’t no “Pool O’ Goodness.”
Here’s another “social media” I’ve quit: NextDoor. Originally when it came out it was easy to filter out all communities but your own neighborhood and stay in touch with neighbors and immediate-community goings on. But now it’s just another cesspool of mean conversation, hate talk, “I lost my dog,” “Did anyone hear a gunshot,” and “I’ve got these things for sale”, plus way too many ads — and I see comments from the states away! At one point I was designated as a Moderator, and couldn’t keep up with the complaints – many of which were basically “I didn’t like what he said.”
Ignorance is bliss. That is why those people who understand things are upset and concerned. Those who only hear what they want are the source of deep concern. They can laugh and play as “Rome burns”.
Life is pretty simple. When you get up in the morning, you decide if you are going to have a good day or a bad day. It’s what you make of it.(Unless brandon is still president then we’re still screwed).
BE THIS GUY 5 months ago
Sometimes we don’t get to choose the pool we end up in.
DanielRyanMulligan1 5 months ago
To PIG, I say, “You are correct, Sir!” Dan aka…
BasilBruce 5 months ago
There used to be a Pool o’ Wokeness, but someone didn’t like the water, so it’s gone now.
Bilan 5 months ago
Isn’t it The Pool O’ X Land now?
orinoco womble 5 months ago
Friend of mine’s mother keeps sending me links to X. I’ve told her several times I don’t have the app, never did and never will. I just delete the links. My life is very free.
eolan59 5 months ago
Just one rule to enter the Pool O ’Goodness…ditch the stupid red hat
Cornelius Noodleman 5 months ago
My dad got kicked out of the car pool.
Gent 5 months ago
No it not that simple. Things ain’t simply black and white in life.
iggyman 5 months ago
Pig, How true!
SameAsOldFfred 5 months ago
Baby Ruth time.
hariseldon59 5 months ago
Some people are from the shallow end of the gene pool.
blunebottle 5 months ago
Wow, another profound one from Pastis.
Imagine 5 months ago
All of us are part of the pool of humanity. And we all need to remember that.
Walrus Gumbo Premium Member 5 months ago
Many are drowning in Twitter Land.
shanen0 5 months ago
Please #DieAlready you cesspool formerly known as #Twitter.
I left soon after Musk arrived. NOT missing anything. Can’t even recall anything of value found there in many years of being used.
Liam G.P 5 months ago
This is true. Twitter is trying to cancel MrBeast because it is racist to build wells in Africa for the people there !! Just some people..
Emjeff 5 months ago
Twitter is a horrible place.
Concretionist 5 months ago
Just don’t play in the gene pool !
James Wolfenstein 5 months ago
Just the other day, I received a message from a friend saying “My Instagram has been hacked. Don’t pay attention to anything posted there.” The last thing I remember before passing out is the doctor saying “Call me when he stops laughing. I can’t operate a hernia if he keeps shaking!”
markkahler52 5 months ago
What happened to Pig in the last panel? Did the ink get smeared? Did AI draw him? Did he swim in the ink pool? What?!
gdanwalker 5 months ago
Best Pearls ever!
donlackie 5 months ago
Absolutely. I am firm believer that life is 10% what happens and 90% how we “choose” to react to it. I have no control over other people, but I have complete control over my attitude and actions
bigger Nate 5 months ago
I have discovered no matter which pool you’re in there’s always that one person who takes a whizz in it
NeedaChuckle Premium Member 5 months ago
“X” is bring back Alex Jones to pollute the pool further!!
Ignatz Premium Member 5 months ago
And it’s now owned by a guy who thought it wasn’t toxic enough, and needs to be even more of a sewer.
jessegooddoggy 5 months ago
I start my mornings in the world of comics before facing the day.
Ellis97 5 months ago
I will never swim in the Twitter Land Pool.
Zebrastripes 5 months ago
It’s how you play the game!
Life’s not a bowl of cherries! Sometimes it’s the pits!
You’re judged b the company you keep!
Do unto others……
aerotica69 5 months ago
Go to the Pool O’ Websites That Copy Stupid Stories From Twitter and Reddit. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll feel so much better about yourself.
dcnelliott 5 months ago
“X” marks the spot
Brass Orchid Premium Member 5 months ago
Once upon a time, in FIDONET land, you could create a twit list, to remove people from those whose posts you would see.
Now, they do it voluntarily, and you have to go looking for them to find them.
That’s a step forward.
Doug K 5 months ago
It’s important to periodically get out of the pool you’re in – to see what (else) is going on out there, to see what types of things others are doing, and to consider what else you might do.
ladykat 5 months ago
I’d like the pool of goodness. I seem to be in the pool of blah.
pheets 5 months ago
Depends on how big a world one wants to design( and live in) for themselves.
DaBump Premium Member 5 months ago
You make your choices and you live with them.
poppacapsmokeblower 5 months ago
Don’t pee in your pool.
Croc Holliday 5 months ago
Yeah, I for one don’t really care for public pools. And I NEVER use the pool or hot tubs on cruise ships.
chris_o42 5 months ago
The world according to Monty Python: “Life’s a piece of sh!t, when you look at it—so look on the bright side of life!” Don’t read the news—read the comics!
Count Olaf Premium Member 5 months ago
Liberals seem and frolic in De Nile river.
mrwiskers 5 months ago
Is this a “Make lemonade when life hands you lemons” moment?
mindjob 5 months ago
I’m only in it for the music posts
WCraft Premium Member 5 months ago
Hey – don’t be so judgemental – political trolls need a pool, too!
car2ner 5 months ago
I get tired of people complaining on Twitter. I tried Bluesky and it is not much better there, so many complaints! As much as FB drives me nuts, I at least get to see posts from people swimming in the pool O goodness. There and on MeWe where I can pick and choose what I will let into my brain.
Goat from PBS 5 months ago
I don’t have Twitter / X. I don’t regret it.
HunterZero000 5 months ago
My favorite part is the “The whole world’s BAD” guy’s expression I see WAAAAAAY too many people that look like that ALL the time XD
Whatever happened to common sense? 5 months ago
Social media is a scourge to our society.
Radish the wordsmith 5 months ago
The red hat is a clue.
fullplatebeta Premium Member 5 months ago
Sadly, the people in Life’s Pool of Goodness are whistling past the graveyard.
Holden Awn 5 months ago
Stay out of ALL political pools - the usual and customary swimmers there s-t in them.
raybarb44 5 months ago
Smarter than the wiseass on the hill is He…….
milokraegel Premium Member 5 months ago
I think you ment X, pig
Binky Premium Member 5 months ago
Ha! Haaaaaa! 乁 ˘ o ˘ ㄏ
old_geek 5 months ago
Still finding much entertainment in the reaction over Twitter turning into X.
Sisyphos 5 months ago
Play nice, Pig. And be sure to play in the right pool…..
socalvillaguy Premium Member 5 months ago
Who needs Twitter (never X!) when I’m literally surrounded by real-life Twits (aka red-hatted troglodytes)? As far as my eye can see, there ain’t no “Pool O’ Goodness.”
tuliplover 5 months ago
“Cess” should be at the beginning of the first word on the blue sign in the second to last panel. FIFY. You’re welcome.
LaughterIsJoyMuliplied 5 months ago
I’m with Pig.
Tetonbil Premium Member 5 months ago
Another good one! Thank you Stephan!
notjimothy 5 months ago
Optimist v Pessimist
OldDesertLizard Premium Member 5 months ago
Here’s another “social media” I’ve quit: NextDoor. Originally when it came out it was easy to filter out all communities but your own neighborhood and stay in touch with neighbors and immediate-community goings on. But now it’s just another cesspool of mean conversation, hate talk, “I lost my dog,” “Did anyone hear a gunshot,” and “I’ve got these things for sale”, plus way too many ads — and I see comments from the states away! At one point I was designated as a Moderator, and couldn’t keep up with the complaints – many of which were basically “I didn’t like what he said.”
carlshendel 5 months ago
Ignorance is bliss. That is why those people who understand things are upset and concerned. Those who only hear what they want are the source of deep concern. They can laugh and play as “Rome burns”.
FRISCOLA 5 months ago
AMEN!!!!
Otis Rufus Driftwood 5 months ago
There’s an old saying we had when I was a kid: garbage in, garbage out.
KEA 5 months ago
my tweeps talk about cars, movies, beautiful paintings, beautiful landscapes, and horrible puns.
Lablubber 5 months ago
Twitter became Elon gated.
Timothy Madigan Premium Member 5 months ago
now that Alex Jones is back on X, Twitter-land is even sadder (and more pathetic)
hooglah 5 months ago
Life is pretty simple. When you get up in the morning, you decide if you are going to have a good day or a bad day. It’s what you make of it.(Unless brandon is still president then we’re still screwed).
zeexenon 5 months ago
Go to work for a couple of decades, and welcome to the Cesspool.
thedogesl Premium Member 5 months ago
“X” marks the spot. :-)
thedogesl Premium Member 5 months ago
The final panel is the main point. It’s like the old line about deciding which wolf to feed.
JPuzzleWhiz 5 months ago
Panel 1: Pitcher Charlie Brown as a stick figure? d;o)
Tortured Nate 5 months ago
um actually, its called X now.
The Orange Mailman 5 months ago
Two thumbs up.
John Jorgensen 5 months ago
That looks like fun.
elgrecousa Premium Member 5 months ago
Sometimes you don’t choose the pool you play in.
pamela welch Premium Member 5 months ago
Yep! Excellent ’toon Stephan ♥
DonCoyote® 5 months ago
I don’t own a cell phone,……… my life is the third panel.
Chris Sherlock 5 months ago
Sadly, there are a lot of people who are not in Life’s Pool O’ Goodness.
blindavocado Premium Member 5 months ago
The ones who make Twitter look like that are Democrats. They are by far the most hateful people on the planet
del 5 months ago
Should have changed the name of this strip to “Pools are for wine”.