@Bilan Is it still that low? Seems more like half. And the FreeVee stuff harks back to the beginning of tv advertising with multiple repeats of the same ad, flash, glitter and nothing promises. Won’t be long before the pill/med insurance/soc security ads become the majority.
The updated version would be making the offering to an iPhone and it would be a White Chocolate Mocha. Pumpkin Spice Latte when in season. And so much more true today.
In 2022, the allure of the television has long been replaced by the allure of social media. Have a few hours of your life to give up? Open Facebook and get sucked in…
I’m not sure how much sincerity there is in Calvin’s comments. He could be seen as mocking himself and the TV. He’s intelligent enough to know that his emotions are being manipulated and that TV offers unrealistic, oversimplified solutions. These are among the points that he is making. He may be accepting that TV is manipulative and unrealistic and that he, like millions of other, enjoys having his emotions manipulated.
As I said in one of my replies to earlier comments, I don’t think that TV is stifling Calvin’s imagination. I think Calvin is well aware of his irony in saying that.
The problem with the media is that it gives us exactly what we want. If you have an issue with it catering to the lowest common denominator, perhaps you should work on raising that denominator.
Speaking of tapioca, the improv show Whose Line Is It Anyway did a fun “Greatest Hits” singing game about that dessert. Search YouTube for “Whose Line tapioca” …
I miss when we could put links directly into comments on this site.
BE THIS GUY about 2 years ago
If that flickering light turned the brain to tapioca, then what came a few years later turned it into gruel.
codycab about 2 years ago
The TV is pleased.
JudasPeckerwood about 2 years ago
YOUR GOD REQUIRES BLOOD SACRIFICES
Templo S.U.D. about 2 years ago
yeah, Mom, what the…?
Imagine about 2 years ago
The modern American alter. Any screen will do.
C about 2 years ago
Half step above most deities
salakfarm Premium Member about 2 years ago
And that was before the Internet with Facef*ck and Twits everywhere.
Bilan about 2 years ago
Mom is secretly saying, Thanks for keeping Calvin out of my hair.
leopardglily about 2 years ago
Mom is like, “WHY is there a bowl of TAPIOCA on the FLOOR?!”
sirbadger about 2 years ago
At least she didn’t step in it.
Dan6652 about 2 years ago
And this was written decades ago, when the effect of TV on our lives was but a fraction of what is today …
jvo about 2 years ago
Bed hair lol
rentier about 2 years ago
When you live alone you have nobody to speak with and you hear nothing.Sometimes you have the requirement to hear someone speaking, than I turn on TV!
sandpiper about 2 years ago
@Bilan Is it still that low? Seems more like half. And the FreeVee stuff harks back to the beginning of tv advertising with multiple repeats of the same ad, flash, glitter and nothing promises. Won’t be long before the pill/med insurance/soc security ads become the majority.
The Reader Premium Member about 2 years ago
His brain really did turn to mush!
eastern.woods.metal about 2 years ago
And the deity has elevated it’s self to the smart phone and the brain is now pablum. As the devices get smarter the population gets dumber.
Susan00100 about 2 years ago
Nowadays, people worship computers, iPhones, tablets, etc.
And they don’t dance around in mid-air—or do they??
bluram about 2 years ago
Duh!
Count Olaf Premium Member about 2 years ago
The updated version would be making the offering to an iPhone and it would be a White Chocolate Mocha. Pumpkin Spice Latte when in season. And so much more true today.
tremaine53 about 2 years ago
Talk about having one’s priorities in order!
jagedlo about 2 years ago
Of course, Calvin doesn’t have to pay the electrical bill for having the flickering light on forever!
dziner88 about 2 years ago
In 2022, the allure of the television has long been replaced by the allure of social media. Have a few hours of your life to give up? Open Facebook and get sucked in…
tripwire45 about 2 years ago
Today, it’s smartphones.
TSRaman about 2 years ago
If this is “bestow”, what would “worstow” be like?
The Orange Mailman about 2 years ago
Good thing it’s no longer relevant.
old_geek about 2 years ago
Media’s effect today, in it’s many forms, leaves brains that could only aspire to be tapioca.
Will_Scarlet about 2 years ago
TV in the morning, TV in the evening, TV all the time/
If you watch enough TV your brains will turn to slime!
carlos.drumin about 2 years ago
Slick way to avoid nutritious food!!!!
Calvinist1966 about 2 years ago
I’m not sure how much sincerity there is in Calvin’s comments. He could be seen as mocking himself and the TV. He’s intelligent enough to know that his emotions are being manipulated and that TV offers unrealistic, oversimplified solutions. These are among the points that he is making. He may be accepting that TV is manipulative and unrealistic and that he, like millions of other, enjoys having his emotions manipulated.
As I said in one of my replies to earlier comments, I don’t think that TV is stifling Calvin’s imagination. I think Calvin is well aware of his irony in saying that.
tee929 about 2 years ago
It is still amazing Bill Watterson’s Calvin & Hobbes is so current in explaining Fux Spews & its devoted cultists.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member about 2 years ago
Internet killed the TV star. Not exactly the first song played on MTV, but pretty close.
The Wolf In Your Midst about 2 years ago
The problem with the media is that it gives us exactly what we want. If you have an issue with it catering to the lowest common denominator, perhaps you should work on raising that denominator.
Pointspread about 2 years ago
A C & H classic!
dbradway1 about 2 years ago
How does the kid get warm tapioca in the middle of the night?
mindjob about 2 years ago
I remember flickering light fondly, before CRTs were replaced with LCDs
mistercatworks about 2 years ago
Years of relentless advertising were not enough. It took the development of the “smart TV” to literally turn it into a vending machine.
Realimaginary1 Premium Member about 2 years ago
I hope that’s not a Sony Trinitron KV-2643R!! https://www.wired.com/2015/03/poltergeist-gadgets-and-gear/
Daltongang Premium Member about 2 years ago
Calvin, how many times do we have to tell you??? TURN OFF THE TV WHEN YOU ARE DONE WATCHING IT!!!
“I’m gonna kill that kid someday.”
Banjo Gordy Premium Member about 2 years ago
Tapioca used to be called ‘fish eyes & glue’.
BiggerNate91 about 2 years ago
Surprised Calvin was able to turn on the TV and walk away from it.
wiley207 about 2 years ago
You gotta love the way Bill Watterson criticized television. “The late 20th century drug of choice.”
Dreaming in Alola about 2 years ago
Does no one else think that maybe the TV turned itself on in response to Calvin’s wish and/or the offering, and that’s why Mom is confused?
g04922 about 2 years ago
LOL… Calvin is a regular Yogi, today…
djtenltd about 2 years ago
I’ll bet Calvin’s mother must think at times: “…This kid actually came from me???”
GreggW Premium Member about 2 years ago
Neil Postman would have liked that.
wconer about 2 years ago
1992
edeloriea14 about 2 years ago
The bowl of tapioca is not really enjoying the informecials that’s blaring on the TV, and neither is Calvin’s mom.
rgcviper about 2 years ago
Speaking of tapioca, the improv show Whose Line Is It Anyway did a fun “Greatest Hits” singing game about that dessert. Search YouTube for “Whose Line tapioca” …
I miss when we could put links directly into comments on this site.