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1. almost 3 years ago on Candorville

   “In truth, I’m not a huge fan of our leap into space. It’s a neat trick, but I have sympathy with those (in 1969 and today) who feel the minds and money could be put to better use elsewhere.”

   Better use elsewhere…Where? the U.S. Military budget, for instance, in 1969 was 85 Billion Dollars. NASA’s was about 4 Billion. The annual DoD Budget for 2010 was 738 Billion. 752B in 2011, 725B in 2012, 679B in 2013, 647B in 2014 and 633B in 2015. (It was back up to 731B in 2019.) (Total, 4,174 Billion for those 6 years.) NASA’s was 19 Billion in 2010, 17B in 2011, 19B in 2012, 20B in 2013, 20B in 2014 and 21B in 2015. (Total 116 Billion for those 6 years.) Are your comments about resources being put to better use as trenchant when speaking of the military? You, The U.S., spend MORE on ways to kill people who are or were no threat until they were attacked by your military in TEN DAYS at the DoD than is spent ALL YEAR by NASA.

   The people who know-or should know-the amount, the pittance, that has been expended in space exploration and yet still “think” that all the side benefits, that accrued from the developments in science and technology that fueled space exploration, haven’t repaid that original expenditure just seem ignorant. REALLY ignorant. It’s not dissimilar to the fools who imagine that foreign aid is a huge portion of your federal government’s budget. “Past research has shown that Americans think we spend about a quarter of the national budget on foreign aid. In reality, foreign aid spending is a drop in the budgetary bucket.” It’s around 1% of the annual budget. Not dissimilar to NASA’s budget, which is even smaller at about 0.5% of the budget.

   You seem in earnest but this just seems to be proof that mere earnestness isn’t so important after all. (A little Oscar Wilde reference there, since making literary references seems the thing to do here.) No offense, but you seem to be completely at sea on this.

2. almost 3 years ago on Candorville

   Not really getting this one, either. It’s a somewhat unfamiliar strip and English is not my first language.

   IF “the boss” emailed, writing in part, “No need to come in ever.” WHY is she there? Alternately, IF she knew it was this Dick Fink person impersonating the boss, why is she feigning ignorance about why he came in also? “What’re you doing here?”

   Obviously, she knew the email was a forgery sent to insure that everyone else stayed home, so Mr. Fink would have her alone at the office, so again, WHY is she there? He’s either just a creep who imagines if he clears the field-the office-that he has a chance with her OR he wants her alone for more nefarious purposes.

   Her need to be passive-aggressive with this guy, "He wrote “too” instead of “to”, just like you always do." when she KNOWS it was him and knows why he’s there, just seems pointless. Beyond the opportunity of being a bit of a douche herself. Also, quite possibly highly unsafe, he seems “off”.

   Allowing yourself to be alone with those guys who have no chance, but are still pining away for you, hoping they can change your mind, is a situation fraught with potential danger. (Speaking from some experience here.)

   Apologies for possibly reading too much into this and for the long comment but at the least while he’s weird, she’s kind of a b****.

3. almost 3 years ago on Candorville

   Pardon me, please, but I’m going to be pedantic here: “What?…No…What I said…George Bernard Shaw said WHAT I SAID.”

   George Bernard Shaw most definitely did NOT say what you said, guy in comic. YOU said what he said-IF GBS ever said it. He would have said it before you. You don’t take credit, even in a comic or among friends, for a thought or statement that in theory has demonstrably been thought or stated WELL before you were alive.

   It also comes off as a bit pretentious to not just say what you want without attribution, as if, imagining that if someone with more heft said it that makes it more likely that your companion will take notice of your thought and intellectual prowess by virtue of the alleged quote. Unless you’re an Oxford Don, just say what you’re thinking, no need to impress us with your bona fides.

   Again, apologies for being that person.

4. almost 3 years ago on Candorville

   Can’t tell if the lady is THAT clueless and that’s the joke or it’s that the guy knows how delusional she and her “Live and let live” Nonsense rings hollow but can’t tell her or what.

   If you remember other people’s foibles, it’s likely that they DO bother you. And I like to try on that rising intonation, question at the end of every sentence thing every now and then. It’s kind of funny to watch the responses? Like, is this bothering you or are you just silently deciding I’m some airhead? Totally, because of this one minor quirk? :D

5. almost 4 years ago on Dilbert Classics

   All of the hairstyles in Dilbert are hideous! :D

6. almost 4 years ago on Dilbert Classics

   What exactly is the difference between a slave and a “citizen” of a Bronze Age culture in which the leader-a pharaoh in this case-is acknowledged as a God, one with a big ‘G,’ the infallible kind?

   Seriously, this seems like a distinction without a difference. I suspect that these citizens were, at best, indentured servants, commanded by their God-King, whom they could NOT question, were provided some form of shelter and were fed but that’s about it.

   Exactly HOW, from the perspective of a citizen of a 21st Century Democracy, were they any different from slaves? (Not trying to be an a**, just not really buying this new gospel of Egyptian History.)

7. almost 4 years ago on Dilbert Classics

   Really? Donald Trump said that not paying taxes showed that he was smart. CLEARLY implying that only idiots pay and support their own country. Let the suckers, I mean his supporters pay, I guess. Then, he tried to deny saying it. On the same broadcast, of the same debate. Dear Donnie lies so much even he can’t keep track. Who doesn’t know what day of the week it is? How about you spare us your “clever” political observations?

8. almost 4 years ago on Dilbert Classics

   Thank you.

9. almost 4 years ago on The Meaning of Lila

   Has this child’s name been mentioned in the actual comic? And I mean THIS time, not one of the apparently many other times this has been rerun.

   I’m new, so I only know the child’s name from comments from old veterans but if the name has not been given in the comic’s reality WHY should Lila know who this brat is?!

10. over 5 years ago on C'est la Vie

    Well, your authority and personal experience, vast though it may be, is not complete then. You are wrong. All you seem to have is a bias against the French, which doesn’t make you an authority, just a troll.