The computers are actually responsible for a lot of the other problems
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Blondie, 10/20/26
I feel like panel one here is a great illustration of what a gormless dipshit the current iteration of Dagwood Bumstead is. He’s the type of guy who watches an ad for a car dealership, and the narrator of the ad announces that the car dealership hired a surprise pitchman, and he’s so surprised that he yelps out “HUH?” and gesticulates around wildly. I don’t really have a strong opinion about the Santa stuff, it’s legit to be unhappy about that but also legit to not care or even to be kind of excited about Christmas months in advance, I just have contempt for a guy who allows himself to be fully emotionally invested in the narrative arc of a 30-second local ad spot.
Mary Worth, 10/20/26
Looks like all’s well that’s ending well for Toby and Ian! I guess the lesson learned is that if there are rumors flying around about your husband’s infidelity and you’re thinking about confronting him, maybe don’t? Or maybe just wait till you actually get to the restaurant, because there’s a good chance a surprise party is awaiting you there and it’s going to make all these problems go away. Imagine how awkward it would be if you started a big fight in the car on the way over!
Shoe, 10/20/26
“And you’re gonna have those too, now that a critical mass of people have decided to stop vaccinating their kids! Hope you enjoy your computers, I guess.”
20 replies to “The computers are actually responsible for a lot of the other problems”
MW – Toby does realize she’s going to have to fuck Ian on this trip, right?
In the spirit of true intimacy and vulnerability, Ian is allowing Toby to reach her hand to his face and peel off that ridiculous fake beard.
The Goggle Eyes of Horror in Shoe are entirely warranted today. What a whiplash-inducing change of subject and tone! That’s what Skyler gets for chatting up old people unsupervised in an empty diner.
MW:
“Now, of course, Ian has far too much avoirdupois to sit in a conventional airplane seat. I hope he doesn’t mind being stored in the baggage hold for the flight over!”
MW:
“I absolutely love this beard of yours, Ian! Say — are you going to go as former Surgeon-General C. Everett Koop for Halloween?”
Shoe:
“…and I hear the plague is making a comeback in Russia!”
Murky Tail:
Blue Shrimp Selling: surely the most nefarious criminal activity since the golden days of the Mafia during the Great Depression!
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Questioned Discontent:
I used to like Brun, and I’m glad she’s back, but being so grateful for being allowed back in the land of the living after years that she’s kneeling on the floor before Hannelore and Anhlikeable is a bit much.
Blondie:
“He sure gets around!”
“He certainly does! — wasn’t Mr. Gwenn just on 34th Street in NYC, performing miracles?”
MW: “I’M THE GOD! I’M THE GOD! BOW DOWN BEFORE ME!”
@Scratchy Scrotum LXIX:
She anaesthetises herself with gin so she doesn’t feel any of that.
MW: In another magnanimous gesture for the happy couple, Mary attaches milk crates to Toby’s feet so she can look Ian in the eyes.
MT What’s “shady activity” that you can discover in a simple web search? Oh no! Several 1-star reviews! He didn’t honour his money-back guarantee!
FC: Taking a year from my life, that’s what you were doing, Billy.
Pluggers: Pluggers are old, medically decrepit meatsacks addicted to prescription drugs #5,839.
Pluggers: But the plugger will say in his defense, “At least it ain’t the street dope you kids today take!”
JP: Omigod!! Someone’s shot the RHB! In the back no less!! Look at her slumped against Neddy gasping her dying words!
RMMD: “Speaking of ‘going south’ Summer…”
RMMD@: Is that Buck in the background?? Come Sunday are we going to pan from this bland couple to follow the *other other other* bland couple?
Luann: No, the *real* question is can you buy an RV and sell the house before Luann gets home from Adult Daycare.
MW “God I hope they think of me when they’re making sweet love on their trip. I hope they think of me the whole time…”
Shoe I’m not sure exactly what we’re going for here. Is this a “kids wer tougher back then” comment, or a “don’t be nostalgic about the past” one? Maybe a “we didn’t have no fancy computers, we only had deadly childhood diseases to entertain us!”
Special to Ukulele Ike: Well, I finished the eighth volume of ‘The Bellybuttons’. Thank you again for recommending it. I still wanted to smack almost all the characters* and after volume 6 the ‘Beetle Bailey’-esque beatdowns didn’t seem nearly as humorous, but I was really glad to see Jenny’s character arc and resolution.
I was disappointed to learn that the creators separated and that makes a ninth volume highly unlikely** because I would have liked to see Karine and Vicky get proper resolutions too, but I’m glad we have what we have.
*Except Hugo, he seemed to figure things out a lot faster than everyone else.
**That said, I’ve seen other comics that went on hiatus for a long time only to finally be given a proper sendoff, so never say never…
MW: If this ends without Nelly repenting at the hands of Mary, why did we waste our time?
H&L: Never give the car keys to someone whose eyes you’ve never seen.
LUANN: Ouch! At least they took a few moments to talk to Bernice before she grabbed her already-packed boxes from the front lawn.
GT: PTA meetings at Milford must be like a year-round Halloween Horrorfest.
RMMD: How does Augie take food in? He never unclenches his teeth.
The worst part is, this is the 17th time Dagwood has seen that commercial.
Old guy in Shoe: “Yeah, we had to make our own fun. I violated so many Geneva Conventions.”
Blondie is very startled by the side and back of her flat-screen TV.