If immediate gratification is what you crave, you’ll love the Internet. I bet many of us remember the eternal caveat “Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery.”
While I’ve known people with low self-esteem, and I’ve known people who have diagnosed themselves with low self-esteem and decided that they needed to be better about loving themselves, I have never once in all my life known anyone who fit in both categories.
Remember: Even though this was made when I was young, it can’t be talking about me, because I’m perfect! It has to be talking about kids these days, because they’re not like me and that makes them BAD!
While not wholly wrong about the future, it’s interesting the amount of people saying Watterson predicted it. This was made in the nineties, in reference to that present. So he’s really referring to most of y’all…
BE THIS GUY about 2 months ago
Next to id in the dictionary, there is a picture of Calvin.
codycab about 2 months ago
Calvin needs help alright, but not with this.
Spacehog about 2 months ago
Good luck with that! You can not get everything you want Calvin!
Sugar Bombs 95 about 2 months ago
This one is REALLY relatable as someone who constantly feels like a failure and desires complements.
The Calvinosaurus That Calvin Wanted To Discover about 2 months ago
Having low self-esteem builds character.
PaulAbbott2 about 2 months ago
If immediate gratification is what you crave, you’ll love the Internet. I bet many of us remember the eternal caveat “Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery.”
Scorpio Premium Member about 2 months ago
Considering how it is turning out – i’m scared too. And it’s not even the people who were kids during this comic that are acting tlike this.
snsurone76 about 2 months ago
Why is Dad so obsessed with “building character”? Especially since he doesn’t have any?!
Walrus Gumbo Premium Member about 2 months ago
I wonder if Calvin’s dad knew how prescient he was when it came to politics?
C about 2 months ago
The first millennial
GreasyOldTam about 2 months ago
“You’re only interested in instant gratification.”
“Oh, Mother, I am not. Instant gratification takes too long.”
—Postcards from the Edge by Carrie Fisherorinoco womble about 2 months ago
Ahead of his time, Watterson.
Pet about 2 months ago
And there it is.
abucksworth Premium Member about 2 months ago
Prescient.
French Persons Premium Member about 2 months ago
Watterson defined Gen-Z before anyone else.
Local 574 Premium Member about 2 months ago
This is not retro. This is now. 40-year-olds refusing to grow up.
Jayalexander about 2 months ago
AND THE SOONER the better!
markkahler52 about 2 months ago
Get some legos and build that there character, Calvin!!
win.45mag about 2 months ago
Fast Forward to today, where EVERYONE has acute Calvinitis
steveh64 about 2 months ago
I’m not sure that becoming known as a whiner is conducive to greater self-esteem.
akachman Premium Member about 2 months ago
This is from 1994: profoundly still true, only worse.
tremaine53 about 2 months ago
As a parent, I’d just have to ask myself: “Where do I even start?”
Count Olaf Premium Member about 2 months ago
In answer to Dad’s question in the final panel… Yes. Even worse, The Future is Now.
nsr60 about 2 months ago
Dad on Calvin’s 18th birthday: “Well, I tried.”
nadinefd1 Premium Member about 2 months ago
I love how Calvin shows that nothing is new. What older people complain about these days about kids is the same as 30 years ago.
Robert4170 about 2 months ago
Today, the motto is “I’m going to whine that I’m offended until I get what I want”.
bbenoit about 2 months ago
Sounds like someone I know. No, not that one, the other one.
jagedlo about 2 months ago
If you saw today…the answer would be “yes, millions of us are scared about the future”…
Gandalf about 2 months ago
And now the entitled generations are here in force. This one was prescient.
Just-me about 2 months ago
Humph! Sounds like my younger brother all of his life.
Steve Dallas about 2 months ago
The future is here
Gus the goose about 2 months ago
This is from march 23 1994 if you want the next comics read ahead on that date
Link from Twilight Princess about 2 months ago
The Future has been screwed for a while now.
[Traveler] Premium Member about 2 months ago
The Stones “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”
old_geek about 2 months ago
Did somebody say “Entitlement”?
anamchara42 about 2 months ago
flemmingo about 2 months ago
Calvin is like most of the folk’s out there since pandemic.
Brian Kehlmeier Premium Member about 2 months ago
I work in IT support for financial workers and I assure you that this type of Helpless Victim work ethic crosses all age groups.
asmbeers about 2 months ago
The end result? Today’s generation and their parents.
Billys mom2022 about 2 months ago
Welcome to 2024
Prey about 2 months ago
This is from 1994, boy did Bill get it right!
rgulyash about 2 months ago
45
rshive about 2 months ago
Wonder if character is helped by immediate gratification.
ladykat about 2 months ago
Sounds like a lot of today’s kids.
artegal about 2 months ago
And this was before millennials.
gantech about 2 months ago
Don’t think of Orange Idiot…don’t think of Orange Idiot…don’t think of…oh, CAY-RAP!
dflak about 2 months ago
I didn’t know that Calvin was a presidential candidate in 2024, when did he change his name?
royq27 about 2 months ago
Wow, talk about Watterson seeing the future!
jconnors3954 about 2 months ago
Foretelling the future!
Angry Indeed about 2 months ago
Bill Watterson was SO prescient! Today’s younger generations, for the most part have Calvin’s mindset and here I thought us Boomers were spoiled!
Vgrift85 about 2 months ago
Nail on the head?
Troglodyte about 2 months ago
Queen should’ve dedicated “I want it all” to Calvin!
beharford about 2 months ago
He could foretell the future….he’s talking about Canada in 2024 :-(
swanridge about 2 months ago
Wow! A future orange-haired president.
John Jorgensen about 2 months ago
While I’ve known people with low self-esteem, and I’ve known people who have diagnosed themselves with low self-esteem and decided that they needed to be better about loving themselves, I have never once in all my life known anyone who fit in both categories.
g04922 about 2 months ago
LOL… Dad sees the future in Calvin and it is scary.
Holden Awn about 2 months ago
The childhood psychological foundation of the Liberal / Progressive entitlement mindset.
dpatrickryan Premium Member about 2 months ago
Scary accurate predictions by Mr. Watterson.
barely here about 2 months ago
If Calvin is looking for instant gratification he had better take matters into his own hands.
eced52 about 2 months ago
We are all afraid of the future, with the wat kids are being taught in the schools.
PoodleGroomer about 2 months ago
Gratification requires turning over a lot of rocks until you find what you are looking for. Sometimes it is an extra special surprise.
edwardhayworth about 2 months ago
The future is now.
KEA about 2 months ago
it’s worse than dad imagined
Steverino Premium Member about 2 months ago
Lord, grant me patience, and I want it RIGHT NOW.
BiggerNate91 about 2 months ago
Watterson proves once again that he knew EXACTLY what the future held.
Windfall35 about 2 months ago
Get in line….
mistercatworks about 2 months ago
We’re trying this on as a society. Does it really matter if most of your online orders get delivered a few day later? No, it doesn’t.
The Wolf In Your Midst about 2 months ago
Remember: Even though this was made when I was young, it can’t be talking about me, because I’m perfect! It has to be talking about kids these days, because they’re not like me and that makes them BAD!
Snickerz about 2 months ago
While not wholly wrong about the future, it’s interesting the amount of people saying Watterson predicted it. This was made in the nineties, in reference to that present. So he’s really referring to most of y’all…
kathleenhicks62 about 2 months ago
Lock him in his room until he’s 35!
rugeirn about 2 months ago
The trouble with immediate gratification is that it takes too long.
Flatworm about 2 months ago
Is this a documentary about Donald Trump as a child?
locake about 2 months ago
Welcome to 2024. It is bad.
Bilan about 2 months ago
Until now, Calvin only wanted Almost Immediate Gratification.
Eric S about 2 months ago
dad should see 2024
liberalnlovinit about 2 months ago
“I wonder is anyone else is as sacred about the future as I am?”
Future here – YES.
PaulGoes about 2 months ago
And then he grew up to be the 45th president
elgrecousa Premium Member about 2 months ago
A whole bunch of people nowadays use the Calvin formula.
MichiganMitten about 2 months ago
Wow. Scary how this was mere cynicism when published and is far more universal now.
yangeldf about 2 months ago
Bill Watterson predicted the Influencer nearly 30 years in advance
rob about 2 months ago
Describes today’s social media society to a T. Watterson was a time traveler.
Otis Rufus Driftwood about 2 months ago
And here we are 30 years later.
Marty241 about 2 months ago
Does anybody else think Dad stinks as a Dad?
MayCauseBurns about 2 months ago
Immediate gratification takes too long.
Felix Raven Premium Member about 2 months ago
This prediction about future generations unfortunately became real, but even worse than anyone expected.