Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for March 07, 2022

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    BE THIS GUY  over 2 years ago

    There are those whose lives will never get back to normal because they have immunity depressant conditions. As for the rest, life will return to normal if it hasn’t already.

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    kmcleland  over 2 years ago

    It’s funny cause its true!

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    SirKrunk  over 2 years ago

    Tracking the cartoonists making bad jokesNew Cases = 100000000% change +58%

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    jmarkoff2  over 2 years ago

    What is the message being hinted at here? Is he saying that the lockdowns cause more harm than they purport to prevent?

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    sirbadger  over 2 years ago

    On the loneliness front, some people are saying "Screw it. I’m triple vaxed plus flu, so I’m going out.

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    BasilBruce  over 2 years ago

    On the plus side, previously “undatable” people are now looking a lot better.

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    Concretionist  over 2 years ago

    With a bit of practice, you can turn every sunny day into a sunburn, every sunset into a chance to stumble when you turn away, every bit of good news into wondering why it didn’t happen sooner. To yourself!

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    ronaldspence  over 2 years ago

    We will probably see the residual effects of the pandemic for some time to come!

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    iggyman  over 2 years ago

    One day at a time !

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    Qiset  over 2 years ago

    I like the extra reason to be alone.

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    smartty cat  over 2 years ago

    one could speculate that Putin’s isolation caused his paranoia.; or he could just be a murderous thug of an S.O.B.

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    RitaGB  over 2 years ago

    I think the worst emotional side effect is anger. Many people don’t like themselves or their family.

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    akachman Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Some people don’t need constant attention or interaction to feel relevant.

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    Egrayjames  over 2 years ago

    I think we’ve all been depressed for too long. The economy is about to tank and Putin is opting for a new world order. I say “Let’s go to war!” There’s nothing like a good old world war to boost the economy, instill national pride, and decimate the younger generation which in turn allays the population growth. I should add a forward slash S to my comment, but I don’t care any more.

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    tripwire45  over 2 years ago

    Gaming the numbers.

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    1953Baby  over 2 years ago

    OH. MY. GAWD! You mean to tell me many folks have finally learned that talking on cell phones all the livelong day isn’t satisfying?????

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    ekw555  over 2 years ago

    the odd thing is, besides wearing a mask and a toilet paper shortage, my life didn’t change at all.

    I guess I was already practicing social distancing and good at isolating.

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    Ignatz Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Unfortunately, we have a whole bunch of people who refuse to help get us through this, because they’re “tough guys” who can’t handle the slightest discomfort. And they’re stupid enough to get their medical information from Sean Hannity.

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    Free or Not? Premium Member over 2 years ago

    hmmm…We test less and the case rate seems to go away. Almost like it was by design….hmmmm.

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    Croc Holliday  over 2 years ago

    Meh, not being a social butterfly, I never felt isolated and lonely. Although it was a little annoying for a while not being able to sit in a restaurant.

    What was really telling about this whole mess is that when the next pandemic comes (and yes, there will likely be more events in the future) and we’re faced with a much more dangerous virus (read “The Next Pandemic” and similar works to see what virologists think about this), I have my doubts that we’ll be able to appropriately address it, especially given how people turned COVID into a political matter rather than a public health one.

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    HOTLOTUS1  over 2 years ago

    lockdown. you people are spoiled. should have been locked down completely at the beginning for like 60 days and you talk should still were masks . little babies. I don’t want to doesn’t look good. I oughta take you out back and beat you all down like my dad used to do. oh but now you might sue me. waaa

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    wheaters  over 2 years ago

    Yes. That’s exactly what he’s saying.

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    Ellis97  over 2 years ago

    Well, some places don’t require masks. We are really making some progress.

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    ve5ra  over 2 years ago

    The fake pandemic has shown that governments lie, health bureaucrats lie, some doctors lie, the main stream media lies, politicians lie, teachers lie, people lie to keep their jobs.

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    Goat from PBS  over 2 years ago

    Hmm… it’s almost as if we need people around. And that’s hard for me to admit since I’m not much of a people person.

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    HskrPhan  over 2 years ago

    Arguing about covid is not going to help. It would be better if we would find out how this started in China and what was the source of the outbreak. Anything else is a distraction from finding the truth. Lab leak or something else?

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    Richard S Russell Premium Member over 2 years ago

    @ve5ra As long as you’re talking about the “fake pandemic”, be sure to throw in the fake Moon landing, fake World War 2, fake Great Depression, fake racism, fake sexism, fake polio, fake smallpox, fake Black Plague, fake Inquisition, fake discovery of the New World, and fake idea that your mom and dad really loved you to have put up with you for so long.

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    raybarb44  over 2 years ago

    Can’t blame everything on Covid this time around…..

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    droid714  over 2 years ago

    If you haven’t read “The Real Anthony Fauci” by Robert Kennedy Jr., you have no right to participate in this discussion.

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    RadioDial Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Tracking the weight gain over last two years: +6,600,000,000 pounds (the actual estimated number). The Russians could invade the US now and roll over our sorry fat out of shape asses.

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    cdward  over 2 years ago

    The isolation should have stopped long ago. Once people got vaxxed and boosted, and once people got access to good masks, there was no reason for isolation. I haven’t felt isolated for a long time.

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    Zebrastripes  over 2 years ago

    Being an introvert, the pandemic isolation did not bother me in the least! However, some feel if they don’t go out everyday, they get depressed. In my youth, I was out everyday, and now I can finally do what suits me best.

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    AndreasMartin  over 2 years ago

    In a few years we will know if we did the right things…

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    zeexenon  over 2 years ago

    Yes, in Milwaukee, cases of beer.

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    KEA  over 2 years ago

    day 727 of the pandemic

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    Malcome1  over 2 years ago

    I used to enjoy PBS. The last year or so it’s just been so negative. Rarely see the crocs, guard duck.

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    198.23.5.11  over 2 years ago

    The duck is guarding us against “Free Or Not”?

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    BeniHanna6 Premium Member over 2 years ago

    And yet we still have people that have been so terrified by the Government and the media, that they will have a long road to recovery. All for a virus with <1.2% fatality rate the mostly killed people that were at deaths door already.

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    tggandrea  over 2 years ago

    In fact this is accurate. The most recent reports show that Lock down did not decrease deaths at all and all but one kind of mask was completely worthless. however with suicide in teens up over 200% and over 300% across all ages, drug overdoses up 1,000% (not a typo), I think we can safely say the mandates were more destructive than Covid itsself.

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    franki_g  over 2 years ago

    My depression is caused by the revelation of how many self-absorbed, anti-reality MAGA hatted people share my country – including relatives with whom I’ve survived SO much sh*t as allies, but this ripped us apart.

    Which makes any isolation self-imposed. It’s too people-y out there. But not lonely, when I think of the stress of trying to interact with known MAGAs or strangers when I don’t know if they’re going to shoot me for breaking some rule known only to them….

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    Sisyphos  over 2 years ago

    Chillax, Pig. Cases of C-19 are dropping, as are deaths ( per the daily USA counts reported on The Drudge Report)….

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    moondog42 Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Jeebus, the comments on this one. “Hurr duur if masks and lockdowns worked, why do we still have covid?” I mean, it only worked in literally every country that did it the right way, but most of them have a history of caring about society as a whole, unlike us.

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    DrHawkeye  over 2 years ago

    No s—-! Dumb a—!

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    Darryl Heine  over 2 years ago

    The facts are wrong…

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    mrwiskers  over 2 years ago

    mrwiskers less than a minute agoI wish there was a tool I could use so I would be able to tell if someone is trolling or is honestly ignorant. And let’s put “I did my own research” to bed. When someone says this, I am glad they are reading about the virus. But did the research also include the author’s background? Are they qualified to offer medical or scientific information? With so many grifters on the loose theses days, set your high bar higher. There are folks who have Dr. in front of their name but lack the qualifications. Check ‘em out first before you quote them. Your life, and loved ones, may depend on it. I’ll step down from my soapbox, now. Thanks for your time.

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    thomas.overmyer Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Has Stephen Pastis been cancelled from Facebook, and Twitter, and deplatformed over this strip yet? Ya gotta love a country that allows free speech, eh?

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