Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for November 20, 2015

And why is that, Dad?

You’ll be a lot sadder when you realize that in American society we will never really socialize with each other, ever, again, because half of us hate the other half…And besides, socializing, is the same as socialism, right? See? We can’t agree on anything…

“HOW SO, DAD?”

Meeting people face to face is a good way to spread disease.

Panel 2 should have said “We watched TV.”

@VarnesYou hit it spot on !

I would only add that not only is the U.S. irrevocably, ideologically divided, but even within those divisions, there is absolutely no agreement !

Everyone is against something or someone. There is nothing positive, nothing optimistic, no love for their fellow man , in the modern American polemic.

Wonder what her dad is revealing? Not all was one on one to whoever on line; but no ‘smart phone’ etc. And some did not communicate, but others would not stop.

♫♪The whole world is festering With unhappy souls.The French hate the Germans,The Germans hate the Poles.Italians hate Yugoslavs,South Africans hate the Dutch,And I don’t like anybody very much!

Whiteheron! Classic Kingston Trio and a personal fave, thanks for the earworm! Wiley love the dad, thanks for your work.

I grew up in a tenement in Brooklyn in the 1950s. I did the math. At two children per apartment (a very conservative figure for the baby boom), there were 600 kids on the street at any given hour of the day. That’s an area smaller than the size of a WW II aircraft carrier flight deck.

You learned to get along with others. You had no choice.

The saddest thing is seeing a group of kids hanging out together, all with their noses in their smartphone. On the other hand, it might be sadder if they were all standing around with megaphones/bullhorns.

To quote Linus vanPelt, “I love mankind, it’s people I can’t stand.”

It is difficult to communicate with anyone if you are all alone in your room!

witeheron, So we can be frankful and thankful and proud,That man’s been endowed with the Mushroom shaped cloud.And we no for certain that some lovely day….Someone will set the spark offAnd we will all be blown away…

Danae recognizes that Socializing In Person could be hazardous to your Health..Particularly the way She socializes sometimes…