Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for January 06, 2009

Quite sad indeed, Calvin.

…and then there are all the rational people who aren’t Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh and all the other climaye-change deniers…

Maybe ‘spaceman spiff’ can do something about it.

Actually, the Earth was not farther away from the Sun. The Earth is tilted so that the southern hemisphere is getting more direct rays than the northern this time of year. That’s why it’s summer in Australia when it’s winter in the U.S.

@fairportfan

I don’t quite get your joke. Are you referring to how people don’t understand the significance of our climaye, or are you being sarcastic about their being rational people who worry about climate change?

Edcole1961 is right. In fact the Earth is closest to the sun in January, and farthest from the sun in July.

Pop quiz kiddies: While remaining motionless, how many directions (ways) are you moving? I count five, I’ve heard there are six.

Seems like Calvin came upon the reason people are reluctant to receive the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Not clever enough to know what he’s talking about :(

Preposterous Delusion = Religion Bleak Truth = Secular Humanism

aside from the eco babble and the religous comments today … I thought it was pretty funny.

omg people get a friggin life! Everyday I come to read this strip and every day I have to see your idiotic babble on the page. Don’t you people have anything better to do???? Are you really this lonely desperate and attention starved?? IT’S a COMIC STRIP…..get a GRIP!

wndrwrthg says:

Pop quiz kiddies: While remaining motionless, how many directions (ways) are you moving? I count five, I’ve heard there are six.

jefzzz says: I count five too. But maybe it depends where your sitting.

Mel(ody) Don’t forget we are moving through “time” also. We’re all time-travelers, albeit in one direction only.

JTRaine: You don’t have to see anybody’s idiotic babble. You can read the comic without reading the comments.

Where you aware of that?

I’m not going to worry about global warming until Greenland is green again.

Alright…somebody explain to the engineer how we’re moving in 5 (maybe 6) directions. I’ve been trained to see life in Cartesian space, so there are three directions to me, X Y and Z. However, my motion (instantaneous velocity vector) is just in one direction, which is some combination of those three, depending on how you define the coordinate frame. Many things contribute to my personal velocity: the rotation of the earth, the orbit of the earth around the sun, the orbit of the sun around the center of the galaxy, the motion of the galaxy itself, etc; but all of that resolves into one resultant velocity vector, which (currently) is approximately that way –>

So help me out here. :-p

God Bless you Tenaciousr! I couldn’t have said it better myself! As for geo111, there is a “Geo-thermal” warm place waiting for you if you don’t wake up and realize the Truth of the Gospel!

wndrwrthg says: While remaining motionless, how many directions (ways) are you moving? I count five, I’ve heard there are six.

There are six and they are as follows: Universal Expansion Rotation of the Galaxy (Milky Way) Rotation of the Solar System Rotation of the Earth Earth orbit Contental plate Tectonics although HINTZY is correct all of this motion places us on a terminal vector of ONE not-so-constant direction

I agree with Calvin.

In addition to:

Universal Expansion (inflation) Rotation of the Galaxy (abt supercluster) Rotation of the Solar System (abt galaxy) Rotation of the Earth (abt its axis) Earth orbit (abt sun) Contental plate Tectonics there are also:

Axis progression of the earth (wobble)

drift towards Andromeda (gravity)

motion of supercluster towards great attractor

To Silver pearl: When Greenland becomes green, mankind will have become extinct.

To Gweedo: Climate is doing fine. Mankind just won’t be doing well with the climate.

To tenacious: people are reluctant to receive the gospel of Jesus Christ (sic) because they now live in the 21st century.

Edcole1961 and stpatme:

Both of you are correct, which reminds us that Calvin’s dad is yet again filling his impressionable mind with erroneous information, something that is a recurring theme in C&H (Calvin came from Kmart, the world was black and white until the technicolor revolution, etc.). I like this one because it’s more subtle.

JTRaine says: Don’t you people have anything better to do????

Sure we have “better” things to do but we do this for fun. I enjoy reading others’ comments and making my own. I suggest you take Different Patrick’s advice.

tenaciousr, you are so right! God bless you, and you too, #1 redskins fan! See you both in heaven!

You forgot to to mention misterwhite some of us are moving closer to God (spiritual).

You people are much too serious. Have you forgotten that it’s about a COMIC STRIP?!

There’s a little bit of serious to be found in the silly and a little bit of silly to be found in the serious.

Actually, Calvin’s Dad is correct. The sun is cooling, hence, going out. I heard somewhere that the sun has cooled like 2 or 3 degrees over the last 50 years. WHO CARES!?!?!

In all truthfulness…there are a few of you to whom the 4th panel applies! There are a few others who would be better served to upgrade your spelling abilities rather than reading and commenting on comic strips.

Hugh-how can you be “moving closer to God” with your user name? See Leviticus 18! Or do you REALLY think that rational women would be attracted to that?! Just asking…

Burgundy2-Like your comment; like your color! (Any grammatical, spelling, punctuation, etc. errors in this message, blame them on someone else! That’s our current society!) LOL <;-p

Burgundy2 LOL times sideways 8! Haven’t figured out which kee cay ARRGGH KEY to hit to create that! <:-p

Burgundy2 says:

plate tectonics! Thanks, I didn’t think of that one.

As for do I have nothing better to do - A) I just learned something and B) I’m on vacation, so there!

I learned a lot today, and I’m retired! I love learning from the comments.

Remember keedz, don’t feed the trolls.

the author traveled by dogsled with the Greenland hunters.

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2006/01/arctic-hunters/ehrlich-text/7

On the next to last day of our trip we emerge from our hut on the north side of Kiatak Island. Jens and Mamarut are boyishly cheerful, despite the disappointment of having no meat to bring home. They race each other up a steep snowfield. Because Kiatak lies farther west than any other land in Greenland, they’re sure that, looking out over Baffin Bay toward Ellesmere Island, they’ll see an ice edge sturdy enough to hold their dog-sleds. This is where the walruses will be.

What they see astonishes them: There’s no ice edge, only the glitter of open water all the way to Canada. Jens blinks, looks away to one side, then back out at the sea.

“In my whole life, and that of my father and grandfather, there has never been anything like this at this time of year. Without ice, we can’t live. Without ice, we’re nothing at all.”

gg

I think peoples post, whether likable or not, seem to explain the comic strip sometimes, and there rather humorous!

Burgandy2, you make a grave point.

Guys, my personal opinion is that the world is very drab when there is no complaining going on. So I want all of you to complain to your hearts content without paying any heed to the facts.

You can start by saying that my post sucks.

Dude, your post sucks! Thanks, I do feel better ;-).

I can’t believe I didn’t get this when it was first published. Winter doesn’t happen because the Earth is further from the Sun. In fact, January 3rd is perihelion. It’s the Earth’s axial tilt that makes winter.

ahhh this is a forum for the comic but none of you seem to be talking about it. Get back to the comic because I enjoy reading peoples opions about the comic just not all the other dribble you’ve been talking about today. Your ruining this forum. I read it for your funny, interesting comic views, not for how many directions we move when standing still. Go find somewhere else to talk about that stuff.

space-cadet- how about the “final frontier”? LOL

That is how the Earth does in solar system. Itself moves/tilts a little bit and stay vertically for four seasons. Mother Nature does the works on our planet, Earth! God created everything than we know.

I think I’ll have whatever wildmustang is smoking ;<D

So much for Spaceman Spiff. I thought for sure we would see him in today’s strip. I am positive he would be able answer all your questions about the number of directions were traveling.

Actually there is one other direction that we are moving. It is very slight but nevertheless it is real. The earth not only rotates on its axis but it also has a wobble.

Wildmustang 1262-Very true. But if you believe in God, you must realize that there is no “Mother Nature”. It is all by God’s grace! BTW God even created Darwin, just so He could see if we’re paying attention to His teachings! Genesis 1

How appropriate that this strip appear on the day when the earth is closer to the sun than on any other day this year.

p.s. Dad’s right. It is colder. This morning in Beaver Creek, Yukon, it was -49C, without the wind chill. That’s -57F for all you southern folks.

Yukoner says:

“p.s. Dad’s right. It is colder. This morning in Beaver Creek, Yukon, it was -49C, without the wind chill. That’s -57F for all you southern folks.”

Too bad it wasn’t a straight -40. That is the same temp, no matter what (common) temperature scale you use. It even works for kelvins, since there is no commonly understood convention for minus temps on the absolute scale.

Actually, the expansion of the universe does not make you move.

Everything gets farther apart, even without moving, because space itself (the very space between them) is expanding.

(Brooklyn, however, is not expanding.)

-49 C. Yep, sounds like global warming to me.

Burgundy2-I think that we can be good friends! I was never taught anything about the subject. My father (God rest his soul) never told me anything about what he believed. I praise God that He led me to an independent Baptist Church where I could develop my foundation, and to my Real Father. Remember when Jesus reminded his mother who his real Father was (Luke 2:47-52). God Bless!

JTRaine says:

omg people get a friggin life! Everyday I come to read this strip and every day I have to see your idiotic babble on the page. Don’t you people have anything better to do???? Are you really this lonely desperate and attention starved?? IT’S a COMIC STRIP…..get a GRIP!

well did it ever occur to you that, you must be one of these “this lonely desperate and attention starved” people? you also read and post comments (at least u posted something today). we all have things that we should be doing and all of that, but yet we like to take time out of or busy schedules everyday and do something we enjoy doing. so if you you don’t mind, please remember “if you can’t say nothing nice, don’t say anything at all.” thanks.

bmonk: You will be happy to know that the forecast for tonight is -40 here at the house. Wood pile depleting quickly.

1 redskins fan says:

(Luke 2:47-52). God Bless!

Luke 2:47-52:

47 and all that heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.

48 And when they saw him, they were astonished; and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I sought thee sorrowing.

49 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? knew ye not that I must be in my Father’s house?

50 And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.

51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth; and he was subject unto them: and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

52 And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

Hobbes doesn’t say anything in this strip he still might be thinking about the IRA

YEA! I’m posting the 63rd comment!! Very interesting comments from all of you all today.

@Burgundy2: Then I had a grade 8 teacher (okay, we’re talking dark ages here) who explained that except for the time factor, the two stories are the same. That made me feel a lot better.

pretty sad and funny the way people still believe there is a god/creator…

Lolygag: Love your handle! I haven’t heard that term since my mother or dad used to say, “Quit lolygagging!”

channce says:

“This box I am typing in is simply labeled ‘post a comment.’ I see nothing that specifies that the comment has to be relevant to any comic strip nor does it say that my opinion must agree with that of anyone else or theirs to mine. There is no caveat that my post must be oh so serious lest I merit a severe tongue lashing. I think we are expected to have fun and maybe even entertain each other a bit.”

Hear, hear! And if you enjoy that sort of thing, Pibgorn is notorious for lengthy comments, digressions, observations, confuzzlements, and so on. Come join us! If you don’t enjoy it, well, nobody is making you read them.

I laughed loudly. My colleagues looked at me strangely.

bmonk: You’re wrong about Kelvin. -40 C = -40 F = 233.15 K

Kelvin is called an absolute scale BECAUSE it has no negative values. Celsius and Fahrenheit are not absolute scales, their zero points are arbitrary.

Comments arent drab :) Anything anyone has to say is important. If we all got told to go somewhere else to talk about universal issues then we would all break down and cry…. ok, maybe thats a bit too much :) But im 15, what do you expect from a teenager? hehe. Loving Calvin’s views :P

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Thats alot a comments!

si_rat says: pretty sad and funny the way people still believe there is a god/creator…

Well si_rat, what if you are wrong and we are right. That this is NOT all just some lucky fluke. That we were created with a purpose. That there is something more than just making through today. If we are wrong, when we die believing in Jesus Christ then nothing. If we are right, we spend eternity in Heaven with our Father. If you are wrong, when you die denying Jesus Christ you spend eternity in Hell. It is I who am sad for those who deny Christ.

Back on topic…

wndrwrthg says:

Pop quiz kiddies: While remaining motionless, how many directions (ways) are you moving?

I think there’s a clue in the question. If you are “motionless”, you are by default, not moving. That’s what motionless means.

Facing the Truth

Facing the Truth

Maybe that’s why people still believe in gods. Because they don’t want to feel alone.

I like how his dad was wrong about the seasons