Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for August 21, 2020

I guess Rat has never eavesdropped on people talking on the bus.

The best way to be uninformed : roasted and with an apple in your mouth .

Rat still must be active on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

It’s not easy to avoid all the TVs and radio, Good luck, Pig!

It’s better than being woefully misinformed.

Is Pig going to vote for Trump?

I thought it was the norm.

Didn’t we see this strip recently?

It is possible to be woefully uninformed, but it takes a lot of work.

There are three ways to increase your happiness:

1: (Dreaming / Drugging) You can ignore reality and just believe whatever makes you happy. The downside is, of course, that reality is… well… real and it will eventually intrude.

2: (Adapting / Making do) You can adapt to reality as it is, telling yourself that all is for the best in this best of all possible worlds. The downside is that, unless you are really  lucky, nothing will ever get better.

3: (Growing up / Building) You can get to work fixing what’s wrong, and build toward a world that meets your needs appropriately. The downside is that you may have to coordinate with people who have other desires; and you WILL have to put in a lot of effort.

There’s a reason I mentioned them in this order, because IMO they start with the worst and end with the best options. Though of course, we all do some of each…

In some states it’s practically a requirement.

He should talk to Joe’s wife in Non Sequitur.

“Where ignorance is bliss, ’tis folly to be wise.” —Thomas Gray

YES!!!!This is doable!

I read Pig’s line as “woefully uniformed”. I must be tired.

Nowadays, it’s the default.

It’s ok to be well informed, but cable news shouldn’t be watched all day. Too much opinion and spin.

Right. …Isn’t that how we got ourselves into this disaster ?….

Why does that sound so appealing right now?

You can ignore politics, but politics won’t ignore you.

You don’t know a lot of things rat.

“Uninformed”: Eleanor Roosevelt would not be pleased but Pig is the best, so it’s okay.

No problem troops , Pig will take a Debbie Downer pill soon ….. Croc Power !

I feel bad for Pig.

If enough people are informed of the news, November 3 will be a grand day.

…just watch Fox News…

…wait…

…that’s misinformed…

Pig is one of many millions of others. They say that ignorance is bliss which is probably why there are so many happy people in the world.

Sometimes when I overhear somebody making a terribly stupid comment, I think to myself: “That’s the person whose vote will cancel out mine.”

It is absolutely an option! No one needs to watch the news 24 hours a day. Get away from the news!

Pig is turning into an ostrich.

Me too

Is this a repeat?

What does everything in the news have to do with me having a great day?

These days, the problem is, what you don’t know can hurt you.

Oh yeah! I’m with Pig. Things are way too divisive, acrimonious, fear-driven and full of hate. I quit watching a long time ago.

Sure, ignore the media, and carry on with your day happily! I do.

Woe is America if ……..JUST VOTE! BLUE!

Hey, Rat? Look at the U.S. electorate.

Fox News claims another!

Hey…if you woke up and your not sick, it is a grand day!

We choose our attitude . . .

Most Americans are like Pig.

I have cut down on my news intake considerably, if only for my own sanity. I still want to know what’s going on, but I just get on with my day and keep an eye out for good news about Covid, and things in general. If you just binge too long on gloom and doom media, you don’t even wanna get up! As long as “record deaths” get far more clicks than “vaccines show promise”, I’m going to continue to be choosy over how I get my information.

Labor saving technique for the artist: From panel #1 copy Pig and paste to panel #2. Then copy Rat and Goat and paste to panel #3.

I wonder if Rat and Goat’s political leanings can be seen in the color of their coffee mugs.

Y’ever see the movie “Zulu”? Toward the middle, they are evacuating the post, and the hysterical preacher is being bundled into the buggy. He sticks his head out the back window.

Much news (and many posters) bring to mind that line.

Check with Adam Schiff. His mind is both misinformed and uninformed. HE said that all the violence in Portland, Chicago, Minneapolis, etc is all a myth.

I love that goat always drinks tea. I love tea… And it’s a detail that I appreciate because Stephan puts in the effort. Well done!

From the top down

I don’t believe in “blissful ignorance,” generally speaking. But Pig makes a strong case, given present circumstances….

Last night’s “The Antenna Guy,” one of my Youtube subscriptions, began with a picture of a Covid-19 over his right shoulder and saying, “During this time of recent events” which term is also used by my fun lawyer’s subscription. Come on Youtube, check out Psalm 118:24!

I’ve been woefully uninformed since 1987. And proud of it.

Petition for a dark mode on GoComics: https://www.change.org/GoComicsDarkMode

Embracing eternal sunshine.

As true in 2006 as it is today https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2006/05/22?ct=v&cti=1935272

it is now!

Whatever makes you happy, Pig.

Don’t do it, Pig! Don’t vote GOP!

Choose to become intelligently unaware … unaware of Facecrook and Shitter.

Pig is part of the Majority.

I add to it an update ol chestnut," Better to say nothing and have everyone think you’re an idiot then post on social media and remove all doubt."

Plagues, wars, genocide, meteorites; I’m pretty sure we are not the only generation to have to deal with unpleasantness.

Given the fact that most of what is being published these day has gone beyond mis-information and is now in the realm of mal-information, Pig doesn’t have a bad approach.

Ignorance is Bliss! Don’t believe it? Just look at our Blissed POTS.

Just because there’s sh*t going on, doesn’t mean you can’t have a Grand day. Goat’s being a debbie downer!

Is he wrong tho?

I wish I could be optimistic like pig

Are Rat and Goat drinking coffee and tea outside?