Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 30, 2022

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    BE THIS GUY  over 2 years ago

    Totally dope!

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 2 years ago

    you’re daft, Calvin

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    codycab  over 2 years ago

    More reasons not to listen to Calvin. Brilliant!

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    C  over 2 years ago

    Everything old is new again

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    oldpine52  over 2 years ago

    Sounds like he’s been listening to slick Willy.

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    Scorpio Premium Member over 2 years ago

    And Calvin thinks he invented that…. so innocent

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    LeftCoastKen Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Like, cowabunga, dude!

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    Imagine  over 2 years ago

    English only exists because some people didn’t want to speak French. That probably applies to all languages.

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    bluram  over 2 years ago

    Now that’s one groovy dad!

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    robnvon  over 2 years ago

    Calvin had been reading Wittgenstein again.

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    sirbadger  over 2 years ago

    Dad needs to be careful that he doesn’t accidentally use those phrases in corporate documents.

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    Bilan  over 2 years ago

    So when Calvin says that 12 + 5 equals 7, he can claim he’s right.

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    orinoco womble  over 2 years ago

    And the PC brigade were in their infancy. (Did you know? Mao invented “political correctness.” In those days it meant any cultural manifestation—music, art, anything written—that toed the Communist party line. Trouble was, the line shifted so often and so completely, without a moment’s notice, so one week’s Hero was next week’s Pariah.)

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    batmanwithprep  over 2 years ago

    I just hate the way ‘literally’ is often used nowadays.

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    meg_grif  over 2 years ago

    Oh dear. Looks like Calvin’s on track to become a politician.

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    JudasPeckerwood  over 2 years ago

    I’m literally nonplussed.

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    VegaAlopex  over 2 years ago

    It’s so sick!

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    chuckcork1  over 2 years ago

    Every generation does what it’s predecessor did, but without context to work from thinks it is unique.

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    scote1379 Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Try to teach his Dad to suck eggs ! LOL !

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    Snolep  over 2 years ago

    Love him flashing the peace sign.

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    Snolep  over 2 years ago

    Words? OMG. LMAO.

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    Susan00100  over 2 years ago

    Dad’s like totally stuck in the ’60’s, y’know??

    Groovy!

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    jonathan  over 2 years ago

    Calvin was ahead of his time.

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    Ermine Notyours  over 2 years ago

    Little did they know in 1992 that “spam” really would take on a new meaning.

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    DrDavy2000  over 2 years ago

    ’That’s a great deal to make one word mean,’ Alice said in a thoughtful tone. ‘When I make a word do a lot of work like that,’ said Humpty Dumpty, ’I always pay it extra. ’

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    humistonbill  over 2 years ago

    This one’s spookily prophetic!

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    chaosed2  over 2 years ago

    Let me dot that down with my frindle.

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    Prey  over 2 years ago

    Still think this is one of the best:- “Hey, you sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? There’s a frood who really knows where his towel is.”

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    Little Caesar  over 2 years ago

    Peace. Out.

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    Saddenedby Premium Member over 2 years ago

    let’s go brandon was a Calvin following/reading producer – never knew

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    Zebrastripes  over 2 years ago

    Get down!

    Gag me with a spoon

    … and in the 50’s….

    https://grammar.yourdictionary.com/slang/1950-s-slang.html

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    sandpiper  over 2 years ago

    As always, Cal inhabits and cultivates his own world. Dad is wise.

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    txmystic  over 2 years ago

    Yeet!

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    amayesin  over 2 years ago

    Groovy man. Like I can dig it. Tubular.

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    uniquename  over 2 years ago

    Dad’s down with that.

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    nathan.sheriff3  over 2 years ago

    Totally tubular dude!

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    Amra Leo  over 2 years ago

    Heavy, man…

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    guenette.charlie(BozoKnows)  over 2 years ago

    Folks who always wanted Calvin to say “It’s Lubricated,” your ship has come in!

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    g04922  over 2 years ago

    Now, let Calvin translate ’Dad Talk"… The generation gap is still real.

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    Daltongang Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Farm out, Right Arm, Out of State………….

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    Droptma Styx  over 2 years ago

    The phrase “some men can get pregnant” simply indicates the language needs a new word.

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    aerotica69  over 2 years ago

    I grok you, Calvin.

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    Camiyami Premium Member over 2 years ago

    There are so many words today that have strayed far from their original meaning. For example: “rad!” “awesome!” “gay” (I know so many songs that used that word when it used to mean happy) “thongs”… now they are flip-flops, “dip” as in, “I’m going to dip out” (I’m going to leave". I could go on and on! :D haha!

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    klapre  over 2 years ago

    Especially with pronouns today.

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    Patriot Dissenter   over 2 years ago

    Amazingly prescient. Man is woman. Inflation is prosperity.

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    Frank Farkel  over 2 years ago

    What strikes me is that when this strip was published, the only Spam came out of a can.

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    vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 2 years ago

    lol. rotfl.

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    mindjob  over 2 years ago

    There was a great episode in the 90s version of Twilight Zone, where language changes for everyone except one guy.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wordplay_(The_Twilight_Zone)

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    Cozmik Cowboy  over 2 years ago

    Totally gear.

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    Indianapolis Smith  over 2 years ago

    Calvin’s gettin’ JIGGY wit it!

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    rshive  over 2 years ago

    Dad seems impressed.

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    flagmichael  over 2 years ago

    “Cool” must be one of the most enduring whatchacallums in modern English History. It goes back at least to the Beatnik era in the 1950s and is still widely used today. I think that is pretty cool!

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    brick10  over 2 years ago

    Positutely! Absotively!

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    Jogger2  over 2 years ago

    Humpty Dumpty in Through the Looking Glass.

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    rugeirn  over 2 years ago

    Not so bad with words like marvy, lubricated, etc. Not so good with words and phrases like qualified voter, religious freedom, legal immigrant, executive privilege, etc.

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    The Wolf In Your Midst  over 2 years ago

    Language must freeze in place and everyone must speak how I do, so that I can ignore the fact that I’m getting old and I’m going to die soon.

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    ChukLitl Premium Member over 2 years ago

    “Temba, his arms wide”

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    KEA  over 2 years ago

    a long-standing tradition I do believe

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    vicharamonastery  over 2 years ago

    There was a Twilight Zone episode that dealt with very topic called “Wordplay.” It is one of my favorites. As someone once pointed out, it may be similar to what a person experiences when they have dementia.

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    Calvins Brother  over 2 years ago

    Uptight and outta sight.

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    yangeldf  over 2 years ago

    heh, everyone thinks they’re the first one to think of something

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    ekke  over 2 years ago

    Standard Marxist practice; we’re seeing it in action today.

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    Calvinist1966  over 2 years ago

    Dad’s usage of the 1960s words “Marvy” and “Fab” reminds me that I often use the words “marvellous” and “wonderful” to describe this comic strip. Sometimes I vary my praise by using another suitable word such as “awesome” or “magnificent”.

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    wiley207  over 2 years ago

    Heh, Calvin saying he’s phasing is a good way of saying he’s growing up. I also love The Dad’s beatnik/hippie slang at the end.

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    BiggerNate91  over 2 years ago

    Does Calvin really want to use the word “lubricated” regularly, even not in its original meaning?

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    InquireWithin  over 2 years ago

    Send it, Calvin

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    PC200X  over 2 years ago

    This comic totes slaps. It’s strips like this one that remind me why I’m a Bill Watterson stan. I’m shook. Big mood AF. No cap. I can’t even.

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    donwestonmysteries  over 2 years ago

    Yep, Calvin should have been born in the 60s.

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    Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Right on! Thats cool!

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    John Jorgensen  over 2 years ago

    Hmm. I wonder if his use of “spam” caught on. It has a pretty clearly understood meaning today that’s not too far removed from what he seems to be going for.

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    jmccarthy89  over 2 years ago

    What is a woman?

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    Ka`ōnōhi`ula`okahōkūmiomio`ehiku Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Few of Calvins predictions are this accurate.

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    brooklyn51  over 2 years ago

    The biggest obstacle to communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

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    brooklyn51  over 2 years ago

    All words are made up.

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    anomaly  over 2 years ago

    The purpose of language is communication. Take that away, why make noise at all?

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    gibberish 101  over 2 years ago

    That may be the only Calvin & Hobbes strip that I do not recall ever seeing before.

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    syzygy47  over 2 years ago

    That is so very cofeve!

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    WCraft Premium Member over 2 years ago

    After the past 2 years, I’ve had enough of “new speak.”

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    willie_mctell  over 2 years ago

    Further proof that Calvin and Donald J. Trump are the same person.

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    Stephen Gilberg  over 2 years ago

    Honestly, I have never encountered “marvy” anywhere else.

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    bvandrasik  over 2 years ago

    How random

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    Major325  over 2 years ago

    How very very progressive.

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    Lightpainter  over 2 years ago

    Two observations about slang:

    How do immigrants deal with our slang? It must make a difficult language even more difficult to figure out.

    Did ancient cultures use slang? If they did, was it ever used in written documents/scrolls/clay tablets? I could see slang causing LOTS of confusion for linguists trying to figure out an ancient language.

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    christelisbetty  over 2 years ago

    For a treasure trove of 50’s/60’s slang, YouTube search: “Kookie, Kookie< Lend Me Your Comb”

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    Treehggr87 Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Alternative Facts

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    SweetSinger  over 2 years ago

    Groovy!

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    Red33410  over 2 years ago

    Been there; done that, Calvin. Try again. grin

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    montylc2001  over 2 years ago

    Sick!

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    mistercatworks  over 2 years ago

    I still say this kid could grow up to be an ex-President.

    (If you don’t get the joke, please don’t bother to comment.)

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    Realimaginary1 Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Losing is the new winning, or is it the other way around?!!

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    aayan.stafa  over 2 years ago

    this is my first time reading Calvin and Hobbes I usually read Big Nate

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    Otis Rufus Driftwood  over 2 years ago

    Orwell was right about language being manipulated.

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    jrgtr42  over 2 years ago

    I actually like the term ‘phasing’ in this context. (i presume the translation is, “I’m leaving.”

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    Boxo croco says happy derby  over 2 years ago

    Spackling

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    Le'Roy Hawkins  over 2 years ago

    Watterson foresaw the Biden Regime. What is a woman?

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