Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for May 03, 2022

Maybe Mike and Kim can get a discount on some Air Jordans.

I forecast conflict with Nike and their treatment of employees.

Not what you think, Kim.

A guy back around this time asked for ‘Sweatshop’ to be embroidered on his Nikes, they refused. They even refused to send him a pic of the sweatshop worker who did the stitching

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2001/feb/19/1

Garry probably has a rant (justified) about sweat shops.

Why is Mike so apprehensive??

Bonus points if you know what a second cousin IS!

yeah, he knows what that means…

Soo, slave labor?

Way to bury the lede, lady.

Just recently learned that the person I thought was my second cousin was really my first cousin once removed. My grandparents are her great-grandparents.

This is in bad taste but I’m reminded of a Family Guy episode where a woman is working in a sweatshop and suddenly, out pops a baby

No visitors on the factory floor,or you lose your 5-minute lunch hour.

English is kinda odd. Here’s Mike Doonesbury, with a 1-syllable first name, hearing about Nike, a 2-syllable company that doesn’t really rhyme. It’s almost as if the language “just growed”, instead of being carefully planned.

how do I browse the actual archives of Doonesbury? I’d like to read this story more quickly.

But getting back to the strip, I think the “uh oh” is because his young bride will find her cuz working in bad conditions and she will try to fix the situation on their honeymoon.

She probably works in a sweat factory for Nike.

child of a parent’s first cousin

Offspring of your parent’s cousin.

I didn’t look at the other replies before writing, nor did I google it.

I do! My cousin’s kid is my second cousin. And she and my kid are second cousins once removed. But it is easier just to say cousin