Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for September 13, 2015
Transcript:
Dad: TVs phones, music-playing devices... they used to be so DIFFERENT and COMPLICATED. Now it's just rectangles. Rectangles everywhere. Madness! Rectangles are the tribbles of the modern world. They just multiply until they've completely taken over. Phoebe: If my dad ever completely loses it, I'm not sure how I'm going to tell.
Jonathan K. and the Elusive Dream Girl over 9 years ago
The trials and tribble-ations of living in the modern world.
Aerotendo over 9 years ago
Oh yes, modern tech is so simple that pressing “Play/Pause” confuses people when they are trying to watch a movie. The confusion happens when they accidentally “pause” the movie and can’t figure out how to get it going again! Lol!
Stellagal over 9 years ago
Phoebe, maybe he already has.
DDrazen over 9 years ago
Clue: he might stop speaking English.
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 9 years ago
As long as my coffee cup stays round, i don’t mind.
Q4horse over 9 years ago
Complicated? Rotary dial phones were wonderful in their simplicity. Climbing out of your chair to change TV channels was a real deterrent to channel surfing and there were only four channels to choose from. I still enjoy playing records with a needle, a much richer experience than those digital files.
T_Lexi over 9 years ago
Marigold with ear buds… how cute is that?
Monster Hesh over 9 years ago
@T_Lexi: Very.
Don’t worry, Feebs. You’ll get there yourself someday.
Simon_Jester over 9 years ago
Well, what can I say to this except…[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
pumaman over 9 years ago
Marigold has no idea what’s going on, she just keeps listening to her death metal playlist.
Comic Minister Premium Member over 9 years ago
Me too Phoebe.
NWdryad over 9 years ago
That’s a Greener for you.
dogday Premium Member over 9 years ago
When I’m in the home office I keep trying to mute the TV with the phone while I’m trying to answer the remote. They’re just about identical. Rectangles, of course.
dogday Premium Member over 9 years ago
I’m with Dad on this one. It’s not the technology so much as how distracted we allow it to make us.
JLG Premium Member over 9 years ago
I share his frustration over the ubiquitousness of rectangles. Devices aren’t interesting to draw, anymore.
Marscaleb over 9 years ago
I wonder what kind of music Marigold listens to?
I can’t imagine that there are enough versions of “I’m so pretty” that she would need a MP3 player to hold them all.
Give me comics or give me death almost 4 years ago
I don’t understand the joke.