Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 22, 2022

No, we’re not, Rat—not all of us are like Pig.

Does Pig represent the norm?

Rat for President 2024

♫ All lies and jest, still a man hears what he wants to hear.

And disregards the rest. ♪

Yes, you are.

The scary part is that Pig is actually SMARTER then a LOT of people who post on social media…

Back in the late ’60’s, around the time I graduated, schools still taught critical thinking. A popular bumper sticker (remember them?) was “Question Authority.”

Musk and Zuckerberg keep telling us: Pay no attention to that algorithm or falsehoods behind the curtain.

well, panel 2 was a nice try

Religious thinking: It’s true because it says it’s true.

Pig is doomed, for sure.

Rat doesn’t believe himself and knows he isn’t a reliable source.

Oh please, Rat. Your ancestors carried the plague, why should we believe you?

When is Rat going to do his crypto trading cards with photoshopped images with awesome artwork… Here’s Rat drinking beer. Here’s Rat telling people off. Here is Rat Cowboy, Rat Astronaut, Rat Race Car Driver, Rat the Barista.

Remember the 60s? Question Authority? Rat applies that!

we’ve already been lying for the entirety of the nation’s existence, i dont think rat is onto something

At least Pig asked a question first.

Yes, we are.

Question everything. Don’t believe people, they are wrong most of the time. Nobody predicted 2016

A big part of the problem is that clicks generate money.

Outrage generates clicks.

So putting stuff on the internet designed to create outrage is good business.

And Pig did question

We are good & truly screwed.

I question that logic.

There goes RAT again! Spreading conspiracy theories and lies again‼️ Pig being so depressed and weak, believes him! Hmmmmm

My sister once said to me “I don’t believe anything the Media says.”

“So, how do you get your news?”, I asked.

She had no reply…

Pig for President!!

Would Rat lie?! Hahahaha!

Question the wrong thing, and you get cancelled.

Problem is, nobody can agree on who needs to do the questioning.

My question is : why are so many “news” articles only a bunch of cut-and-paste quotes from social media?

A couple of my Funnies sites just told me they have to first check my comment. Personally, I would vote to FACT CHECK all internet inputs, ALL. I would even pay for it. GOSH DARN, WHAT A GREAT CONCEPT. (Please Editor, let this one go out.)

Yes Rat, we are…..

SON OF A BLEACH!!

If you questions things, you are a denier!

I think Rat is suggesting having a healthy skepticism, and the desire to follow through with it. His last line is sad but true, very wise.

It’s really not wrong to trust some people to tell the truth. The PROBLEM is that so many of us trust folks who simply don’t tell the truth (often enough). Even worse, they tell you things you like hearing, so then you believe some of the other stuff too.

I really miss the days when newspapers had the budget to hire good writers and good editors; and print more than a few paltry pages. The best I can do these days is read BBC and Al Jazeera… and Go Comics. As well as a few others a bit more piecemeal. Candorville can still be had here: https://candorville.com (also here: https://darrinbell.substack.com )

Questioning will have only a negative impact unless we have the correct worldview. It’s why the U.S. is declining precipitously.

Well, anyway, Pig is doomed!

Do I smell bacon?

The people who used to tell us to question everything are now the people who are saying we must listen to them and not say anything different.

Don’t go anywhere else for your news and information, we’ll tell you everything you need to know…

He ran and lost in 2020

Everyone says that but when someone does question things we tell them to shut up.