Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for July 16, 2022

DON’T LISTEN TO HER, ALEX!!! Those Gen-Xers don’t know what they are talking about! The Beatles were far more than content providers. They were artistic revolutionaries. I can’t believe Mike married her!

“Only content providers” made Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter what they are today. (I’ll defer to you all on whether that’s good or bad.)

Panel Four: The Beatles were only music GODS!

“The Beatles only were content providers, hon.”

Kim, you take that back! You take it back right now!

Wasn’t Amazon like this before Jeff Bezos acquired it??

“Only”?

Yeah, when they tried to start Apple, they were in over their heads. Yoko was a much better businessperson. (Really, look it up)

To expand their reach, they could do an anti-nuke site to go along with the anti-Nike stuff.

‘The Beatles were only content providers’.

Ouch, what a way to talk about the talent that the made everything else possible.

Yes, but that was some nice content, Kim…

So, Mike is stepping up and the Chief Operating Officer? “Don’t just work. Produce!” “Good artists create. Great artists ship.”

Wow she is even more clueless than I’ve thought up to now

when you get old, you get desperate. :(

Everybody wants to be a “creative” with all the prima donna benefits. Unfortunately, someone has to actually carry the water.

This strip was written in ’97 during the dot.com bubble so it really does tell the tale of that fiasco.

Mike has given a reality check

This company is another Ray Stevens song waiting to happen.

Scruffy in the early days, yes, and that was part of the charm that attracted Brian Epstein. They started out as a skiffle band, and some people would say that’s when they were the happiest.

I don’t notice Mike doing any self-criticism of his own role in this company. What productive actions has he taken so far?

If you ever want to see how old someone really is, criticize the band they loved when they were 20.

Only content providers?

But WHAT content!

Said the ignorant narcissist who has yet to provide ANYthing of value to the lives around her.

Mike didn’t list what HE does at the company.

I will say Mike is being a bit of a pill to his wife here. He saw first hand what Nike was doing to her realitives along with so many innocent people. Plus Kim’s a fast worker, she can handle two projects.

Do they have a mission statement that we know of? What are they creating and what need will it fill? What is the point of the endeavor?

Anybody ever hear Homer&Jethro butcher “I Want To Hold Your Hand”?