Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for February 19, 2019

I don’t enjoy anticipating death, and I definitely don’t want it right away.

Looks like Hobbes finally decided to try out that “Suicide Slope” Calvin was talking about.

oh, the topics to discuss when riding down full speed on a sled

I do agree with Hobbes here. Though death is something that will come. But I would like to stave it off for as long as possible. Our society is too primitive to affect it much. No neural storage, not body replication possible with implantation. No longevity extensions for our bodies…

Death – an end and beginning, depending on your point of view.

Same with me, especially when it comes to video games.

The anticipation of death seems fun, eh Hobbes?

Do all stuffed animals fear the prospect of death?

I’ve done this sort of thing, riding down a long, fairly steep snowy hillside in Moonlight. Then going back and discovering I had just gone under a strand of barbed wire!

I’m scared to play in the snow now

Eat right, exercise, get regular check-ups, die anyway!

Wyatt Earp: What does he need? Doc Holliday: Revenge. Wyatt Earp: For what? Doc Holliday: Bein’ born.

Dad’s theory sure explains the success of lotteries.

To be perfectly honest, I’m not interested in living forever. (At least not on earth!) I’d rather get out while the gettin’ out is good; I don’t want to be bedridden, drooling, incontinent . . .

“Ston, she is yours, you may find that wanting something is better than having it. It is not logical, but it is often so.”- Spock

Philosophizing is hard when the nest obstacle is looming on Suicide Slope.

Transhumanist, huh?

Not afraid of death, but the process might be pretty annoying.

I feel like Calvin in the last panel scrolling through these comments…

Most kids want everything right away! They want to go into jobs as CEOs . Do not want to take the time to work their way up. I’ve known too many!

Embrace Death like a long lost friend.

For children as Calvin, waiting is the worst, the now is what matters.

According to Shakespeare’s version of Julius Caesar “Cowards die many times before their deaths. The valiant taste death but once.”

Of course, Caesar faced death many times in battle before being murdered by “his friends”.

“Planning a vacation is half the fun, so this year, plan two vacations and stay home. Hey, presto! All the fun, and none of the expense!”

—"Top Tips" in VIZ comics

There’s no terror in the bang, just the anticipation of it.

I like BW’s vocabulary.