Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for February 14, 2022

If he wasn’t a rat, I would tell him to watch cat videos to cheer up.

You’re a rat. That’s why you are depressed

Natural disasters, wars, famine, pandemics, poverty… what is there to be depressed about?

Natural disasters are less depressing than man-made disasters.

“This just in: Another sh`t storm in our nation’s capital . . .”

Correlation is not causation. Though you do gotta wonder.

If there were no connection, there wouldn’t be any updates.

incredible indeed

And our local news provides updates on every shooting or arson that occurs in the area.

Rat needs to turn off social media, all media that has abandoned fact checking, and CSPAN.

Rat depression is an inside game . You are your own coach make an adjustment to win the game ;-)

Natural Disaster should of been another slam by either political party

Don’t read the comments.

We have known for a long time about all these horrors happening all the time all over. Nevertheless, the constant exposure plays with the psyche. Years ago, about thirty years after cable TV became the norm, there was a whole series of studies that showed both the violent crime and murder rates had fallen throughout the nation — yet people thought the country had become more violent because of the 24/7 exposure of cable TV. Now it is all the more pervasive, and the unverifiable or blatantly false information often drowns out the actual facts (that can be fact-checked). Those who wish to sow discord or confusion have an easy job of it. And they easily sow distrust of the actual news sources. Remember what they said: “Don’t believe what you see with your own eyes.”

Natural incidents are just happening, it’s the messing with humans, that make it a desaster. Too bad that human messing with nature made that way worse.

Ok , I give up , what happened to the " tea bag tag " in the second and third panels ?

Rat hasn’t been content since he lost Pig’s sister to someone else. Since then, he’s become more bitter than before.

Nothing is ever so bad that it can’t get worse.

Is anyone else getting slammed by McAfee ads and then getting locked out of GoComics? It usually happens when I click on “show all comments.”

And if it happens outside of the United States, you probably don’t know about it, because American News doesn’t think it gets clicks. How many people know there was just a cyclone in Madagascar that killed 100 people and left 112,000 others homeless?

Man made disasters happen also.

The more you know….

TOO

MUCH

INFORMATION!

CeRtAiNlY tHeRe Is No CoNnEcTiOn BeTwEeN tHe TwO.

Its literally too much stimulation, which our brains crave, information, it helps alot if you stem the flow.

I’d suggest that Rat has a penchant for depression that is heightened by his use of his telephone. He should probably get psychological assistance, maybe meds could help, rather than blaming this device, which provides innumerable benefits.

QUIT WATCHING THE NEWS! READ GOCOMICS INSTEAD!

Oh look another depressing ‘Pearls Before Swine’ comic.

It depends on what you look at. I don’t look at the news. I don’t look at Facebook. I play solitaire.

That’s why they put OFF buttons on them. Sadly, they don’t often get used…..

Oh look another person who does not know how to be happy. Well, rat in this case.

THAT is why you stick to the comics page and “This Day in History” in place of the news;^*

Could be worse - what if your employer, AT&T, put you on a 11-year National Security and Emergency Preparedness assignment requiring a top security clearance? ’Can’t turn that off.

If we shoot Cleavon Little dead,would that help?

Happy VD, Rat.

Waiting for WW III… whether my phone dings for it or not.

Connectivity. That’s the key, Rat!

It’s not the NATURAL disasters that are so depressing.

Either knowing about disasters or FOMO. There is no escaping depression.