Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for April 26, 2022

Now, Calvin would want all communications limited to 140 characters.

The new policy he needs is a life insurance policy..

good try, Calvin

I guess that 10 second sound bite had something he didn’t want to hear.

He gave Calvin 10 seconds of his mind.

Proof that Calvin has a short attention span.

A sound education

Did dad give Calvin a long winded lecture or did dad actually obey Calvin’s request?

That’s what we have now, online at least. :P

I would think Calvin got plenty of those ten-second sound bites: Go to your room!

In other words, “Stop telling me that lousy camping trips ‘build character’!!”

Hah! This reminds me of something a comedian (I think I saw it on Dry Bar) said. I don’t remember the exact thing, so I’ll go with the gist. “Ten Commandments is pretty efficient of God. My wife has at least a thousand commandments, and that’s just for me in our house.”

Wrong kind of ‘bite’!

Calvin, you’re too young to take things without context or explanation.;D

Some policies don’ work in the real world, Calvin.

A real ‘Dad’ lesson in under 10 seconds.

How would he like “You don’t need to know why – just do as I say.”?

He wanted bites. He got bites. Probably barks too.

I think the new policy people are fearing now that Elon Musk bought twitter is going to be far more interesting.

Too much TV !

Should have asked for volume control instead.

I get all the news I need on the weather report.

“Because I said so.” Three seconds.

That sounds like giving orders. It appears Dad knows how to give orders and at just the right volume.

Between panel 3 and 4, a roar, perhaps?

Can’t believe Calvin predicted cable news

Calvin doesn’t want any mansplaining

the beginning to Instragram, Twitter and Tic Tok

If I had said that to my dad, it wouldn’t have been my ears I was holding as I walked away….

“Wow! Those sounds were really biting!”

Calvin would have loved Vines

Parenting styles: My mother would give me pointless “lectures”, the gist of which I grasped in the first few seconds.

For instance, not properly drying the dishes could turn into literally a half hour rant at me. My knees would lock up and I would get tunnel vision. I figured out later she was unhappy but there was NOTHING I could do about it. As discipline, it was wasted.

On the other hand, my father would just say, “Son, I’m disappointed in the job you did. Do it over.”

I knew what he meant and I did it over.

In other words, no mansplaining, Dad.

Here’s another policy for you: “Be careful what you wish for.”

That was pretty much the policy in my childhood home. Dad told you to do something and didn’t accompany it with explanations or reason. If I was dumb enough to ask, the answer was: Because I said so.

Go do your homework. Not going to tell you why or tell you twice, just straight to punishment if you don’t. Is that what you had in mind?

Yeah, it’s annoying when my parents suddenly lecture me and my brother about habits or behavior or whatnot. With my mom she tends to do surprise lectures. Then with my dad, he asks me to do something, and when I answer with “Okay” (like he’s often recommended me to do and then he starts lecturing me starting with a “Because” and then a long-winded reason thing. I thought he’d want me to do that task right now!

What about all those times Calvin asked questions starting with “Why?”?

A a father of three my voice, tone then my belt usually if not always got their attention.

Don’t worry Calvin, there’s now multiple media outlets these days that trade in that kind of thing…

You realize, of course, Calvin, that that includes answers about things like bedtimes, baths, and vegetables….

Ok, I’ll give you a ten second sound bite followed by a swift swat to the seat.

My Dad’s reasons and explanations was generally, “Because I say so.”

OK, Calvin, go take a bath, and then get to bed.

What? Why? It’s only 4:00!

Sorry, no reasons or explanations, remember? Now get going.

I guess his dad was helping him build character yet again, sigh.