Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for January 14, 2011

We could only all wish!

By george I think she’s GOT IT!

Yes, rather than letting people pursue whatever happiness they want, we need to push them into spending their lives the way we, who know better, want them to!

It’s only fair, most people aren’t as GOOD as we are. This is why we should rule..er..I mean govern.. them…We’re so much more…progressive than these Neanderthals who waste their times win ways we don’t like!

Orion

Okay, Orion, you win this week’s “Taking the Comics WAAAAAAY Too Seriously” award. Congrats.

The internet isn’t the problem…..just the textdingering addiction part…and tweedleing!

and we’re commenting.

They’ll find some other mindless persuits, like watching network television.

Besides, if Danae destroyed the internet, where would we read “Non Sequitur”?

No need, the internet is already being killed by lawyers, advertisers and people who think that it’s a money making tool.

re: cdward said, Besides, if Danae destroyed the internet, where would we read “Non Sequitur”?

a rocket scientist named gutenberg has just invented this thing called a “printing press” - maybe this time we’ll get it right….

But, without the Internet, how would I get my daily comics?

Algurka can you say newspaper?

If not for the internet, someone could be employed scrubbing washroom walls.

larygene, a lot of the strips @ gocomics or elsewhere are not available in a newspaper, much less the the local paper.

Are you sure they are not the thoughts of someone idle?

I’m with Orion, just make sure I can get my comics and comment with yous guys when I get the chance.

Or as “The Onion” said a while back, “The Internet went down today resulting in a massive work startage.”

The internet, like so many other things, is a blessing and a curse. It all depends on how we choose to use it. Television started out fairly well. Who remembers Playhouse 90 and those other programs that gave us class dramas and comedies with superb writing and acting? Now we have Survivor and The Bachelor and other such drivel. And supposedly, the networks put those programs on because that is “what we want” instead of something that might actually engender thought and discussion (at least beyond, “who do you think is the hottest babe on ….”).

Er…..what’s Orion doing reading comments for Non Sequitur? Shouldn’t he be doing something constructive? Like watching television?

Social networking is NOT the internet! It’s something that was added to the internet some time later…. blow the social networks!!

And, yes, I think Wiley is trying to shoot himself in his comic foot crashing the mindless net. he’d have to get folks mad in real life at parties and then he’d have all these brawling complaints on his record.

Same for a few of us, though I suspect almost no one here would have the who-ha’s to do it in real life.

Johnnydiego: You didn’t read Orion’s comment, did you? ;-)

the truth is, after all, it’s own anti-social network.

Before the Internet proper, I was on CompuServe and BBSs. The urge to socialize is strong.

rayannina you win todays, best comment on a comment, award!!

Unlimited internet use is like gun control. Remember,

It’s not GUNS that kill people, it’s PEOPLE with guns that kill people.

these dern kids and their internet… back in my day the way we socially networked was hog-tying parties and jointly discriminating against black people

But the internet is free. Newspapers want a payment. Unless you get those free rags.

But…..but……..whaddawe gonne DOOOOOO, wif out the Internet???

We’re lost, we’re doooomed!

What I like is intelligent discourse. What you like is mindless drivel.

I would not have to read comics on the web if our local paper would carry the good ones.

What would I do without all the spam I get ?

Sounds good to me.

Textech: When I watch TV at all, it’s for the news.The rest of the day I’m on the net. or I end up watching PBS most evenings. You are right, most TV is trash.

I suspect the decline of intelligence in television programs has caused many people to abandon it for the greater mental stimulation available via the net.

I suspect the decline of intelligence in television programs has caused many people to abandon it for the greater mental stimulation available via the net.

What would we do without the witty banter of GoComics commenters?

Well, I half agree, cd.

TexTech said, about 9 rants ago

The internet, like so many other things, is a blessing and a curse. It all depends on how we choose to use it. Television started out fairly well….

I’m with you. In the monastery, one of the things we have to do regularly is to consider how we will treat things and adapt policies to include them.

Is a computer a toy, a tool for work, a distraction? How do we establish rules for use, and monitoring?

Are the uses working?

We survived the invention of the printing press, newspapers, telephones, radio & television, even cell phones–I hope the internet and social networks will not be too difficult.

How much you wanna bet that Wiley is going to make an Anti-Social networking site and tell us about it through Danae O_O

sayhowURfeelingB4URgone,

I quit the paper when they quit my favorite comics. Can’t get what I like in paper form anymore.

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