Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for August 30, 2020

Rat deserves a swift kick down the mountain for going up there maskless.

One good way to get rid of stupidity is to vote it out of office.

(Let the flaming begin)

Same cure for both. Covid-19 and stupidity.

And bosh about Covid-19 increase the other stupidities .

Sounds more like how to end ignorance, rather than stupidity.

Yes indeed, we have more than one plague. Stupidity is definitely there, but the related “deliberate ignorance” is another. Then there’s climate change, which might as well be the Cerberus of plagues, bringing us extra-potent storms, extra extreme temperatures and of course insanely difficult wildfires. Oh. And Covid-19. And whatever happens after that…

Somehow, I miss the Sunday puns.

It is telling how stupid things are that it takes a Wise Ass to bring us to our common senses.

Stupid isn’t usually curable…

Wonder what Larry Croc would of told the Lads if he was on that hilltop ….. Croc Power !

Be very informed, not by the sensationalism that passes for news these days!

I actually really like today’s strip. Wise Ass actually gets it right about Facebook, good journalism and avoiding echo chambers.

Well, I thought he was talking about the Political Robocalls, like yesterday’s from Jr.

Thank you Stephan, we do need a reminder ever so often that ignorance is sometimes worse than a uncontrolled virus.

Nope. One plague, two manifestations.

Pastis sure seems to be pushing us to read books lately. Calm down, buddy.

I’ll say it again: The virus spreads easily in a dense population. The virus also spreads easily in a dense population.

As bad as COVID-19 is, the Stupidity Plague is even worse!

The stupidity plague has been around forever

Yes, yes there IS.

Way to be informed and not only seek out info on your personal world view. You’re one of the carriers of this plague.

Maybe we are the plague

One of the problems is the Internet. It has allowed disparate groups that would have met to come together as a community. Pandora’s box is open and you can’t stuff them all back in. However climate change will fix that.

It’s too bad that stupidity doesn’t destroy a virus the way it destroys a civilization.

It’s too bad that stupidity doesn’t destroy a virus the way it destroys a civilization.

The wise ass has been practicing social distancing all year if he didn’t know about COVID…

“The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.” —Harlan Ellison — (Repeated later by Frank Zappa)

http://www.read52booksin52weeks.com/p/well-educated-mind.html

Reuters is considered among the most unbiased news sources.

Amen!

The only way to get rid of stupidity is to get it kicked out of office.

The plague of stupidity will far outlast COVID-19, even though it is actively exacerbating it. And I suspect many more people are afflicted with stupidity than will ever be infected with COVID. Unfortunately, there will never a vaccine or a cure for stupidity, partly because politicians depend on it to get elected and retain power.

I hate to be the one to get between a man and his stupidity but every once in awhile it is necessary. VOTE the ignoramuses out of office!

I believe what we need to do is quit electing “leaders”.. and elect representatives. We aren’t a democracy, we are a representative republic..way different. We got rid of Kings, Queens, Princes and Princesses, and now we have elevated these morons to the stature of the same. We idolize them. And, we are now leaning toward fascism, socialism and communism. Those only work till you run out of everyone else’s money.. And you still have the rich suckers at the top, with money..

Apparently, WAOTH doesn’t realize that “you can’t fix stupid”…!

Rat should have been more specific about what pandemic he was referring to.

The plague of stupidity fuels the others.

This strip is bound to become a classic.

Warning labels have pretty much ruined the chances of the second one happening

No there isn’t. Stupidity makes it easier for news agencies and politicians to game us. Yes, the pandemic is real, but the numbers and other data are totally manipulated. I agree. Get educated.

Stupidity is our oldest plague. With apologies to Cicero, it might just be the mother of all plagues.

Wow, a rare funny Pearls Before Swine.

…as these comments prove.

LIFE 101. Read. Think. Discuss. Repeat.

That second plague is actually a birth defect.

I would not object to paying for local journalism if it didn’t subsequently advertise to me, going so far as to make the ads bigger and more intrusive than the journalism.

So true.

Maybe panel 4 would happen if they weren’t busy fulfilling what he warns against in panel 5.

Of course there’s more than one plague, oh harbinger of the plague.

Local journalism has already gone away.

Well done!

No wiser words were ever spoken by Rat than those in the last frame.

The great Wise Ass was right to assume Rat meant “stupidity,” for it is the greater plague. Corona virus shall run its course in time, but stupidity we have always with us….

This says it all.

I would love this in a lawn sign. About 6′ × 4′ ought to do it.

Well, if stupidity wasn’t a plague, how did rat create a vaccine??

Stupidity, corona, I see no difference

Or don’t vote it in in the first place.Pay for local journalism? Google and Facebook will NOT like that.

Rr

If it weren’t for stupidity, the pandemic would probably be more in control.

so true