Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for May 08, 2023

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    BE THIS GUY  over 1 year ago

    What sad celebrities is Calvin following that use cheap motel rooms?

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    codycab  over 1 year ago

    Calvin could join TMZ.

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    Scorpio Premium Member over 1 year ago

    The Media: Advertising paid by people who want to hide what they are doing that affect you negatively.

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    C  over 1 year ago

    Sordid attractions

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    Red33410  over 1 year ago

    “That actually will affect me.”

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    Johnny Q Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Hobbes knows that “the media” is a plural!

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    GeorgeInAZ  over 1 year ago

    This comic ended the year before Fox News started, so you know Calvin was not talking about Fox.

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    Charliegirl Premium Member over 1 year ago

    I think the former guy spent some time doing just that.

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    M2MM  over 1 year ago

    He nailed that subject right on the noggin. :D

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    snsurone76  over 1 year ago

    Maybe the paparazzi should bug Calvin for celebrity info.

    Then, he might become as famous as he thought he’d be in the previous arc!!

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    GreggW Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Watterson was really taking a shot at what Mad Magazine called “the amazing average clod” in this one.

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    shanen0  over 1 year ago

    How did he predict what the Internet was going to do to us? Look at the date on it.

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    tripwire45  over 1 year ago

    Today, celebrities are dying to tell us their opinions on social media.

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    PoochFan  over 1 year ago

    The way it’s going now, it probably is.

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    Troglodyte  over 1 year ago

    Sensation sells.

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    Zebrastripes  over 1 year ago

    Calvin’s being philosophical …..

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    MichiganMitten  over 1 year ago

    Social media has amplified all that.

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    jrankin1959  over 1 year ago

    Hey, kid – what do you think happens at economist conventions?

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    lmuller7  over 1 year ago

    Economic discussions ? The halls of congress, me boy Calvin. Dull stuff. Too important and dull for the media.

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    bbenoit  over 1 year ago

    Blame it on all of us. We allow ourselves to be entertained rather than informed. The media provides us with what we want, not what we need. It’s far easier to get our attention by playing to our emotions than our intellect. Politicians are also very adept at this. Why are people who play games for a living important? Why are entertainers more important than teachers? Why am supposed to care a whit about the Kardashians? Yet, if anyone tries to inform the average American they just get tuned out.

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    grocks  over 1 year ago

    Wow, 30 years ago and it just gets worse.

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    Just-me  over 1 year ago

    Regrettably, I find this true among people I am acquainted with.

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    sandpiper  over 1 year ago

    plus ca change plus c’est la meme chose is correct up to a point, then it gets worse.

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    Count Olaf Premium Member over 1 year ago

    What amazes The Count is so many of these celebrities (?) in the media The Count has never heard of. As in… Who? And Why should The Count or anyone else give a rat’s patoot?

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    monya_43  over 1 year ago

    Most of it is just smoke and mirrors anyway.

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    Calvin Nelson Nelson Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Isn’t it?

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    g04922  over 1 year ago

    LOL… Calvin was already being indoctrinated and controlled by social media – even way back then.

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    DM2860  over 1 year ago

    And now that Calvin is grown, he still feels that way.

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    mindjob  over 1 year ago

    Policies don’t flash their big butts in front of the paparazzi

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    aerotica69  over 1 year ago

    Welcome to the Entertainment Tonight era.

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    Will_Scarlet  over 1 year ago

    Lots of politicians HAVE discussed economic matters in cheap motel rooms -

    “Keep the change.”

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    vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 1 year ago

    I’m pretty sure it is. When congressman whoever goes to the no tell hotel, I’m sure he is having some serious talks about the economy and the rising price of necessities. (and nasties)

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    Walrus Gumbo Premium Member over 1 year ago

    How social media and scandals thrive in a world of ignorance and apathy!

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    Baucuva  over 1 year ago

    Accurate. Americans would rather watch stupid stuff on TV than learn something important.

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    rshive  over 1 year ago

    But the cheap motel charge goes to those who lead the discussions.

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    The Orange Mailman  over 1 year ago

    This 30 year old strip is still completely relevant.

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    ladykat  over 1 year ago

    You may have a valid point, Calvin!

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    Calvins Brother  over 1 year ago

    Welcome to 2023.

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    hooglah  over 1 year ago

    Think about it. It’s the truth.

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    locake  over 1 year ago

    I live in FL. All the government policies that affect Floridians are too depressing to think about. I need the distraction of something light.

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    R Humble  over 1 year ago

    That’s where the politicians make their deals

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    Teto85 Premium Member over 1 year ago

    These are some of the circuses in “Bread and circuses.”

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    Holden Awn  over 1 year ago

    Oh it is, believe me.

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    ziyad.kaliski8  over 1 year ago

    I have the complete Calvin and Hobbes, and i don’t remember this one.

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    Judeeye Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Unfortunately today’s reality stars become unqualified popular canidates. One grifted his way to the presidency.

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    BiggerNate91  over 1 year ago

    I have existed in this world for two decades. Happy 20th to me!

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    Robert4170  over 1 year ago

    Stop whining about not knowing things you’re too lazy to make the effort to know about, Calvin.

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    BamCat  over 1 year ago

    “The media aim to please” is why Fox News ended up owing Dominion almost $800 million. They only told their audience what the audience wanted to hear. Remember their old slogan, “We report. You decide?” It’s now, “You decide. We report.”

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    Not the Smartest Man On the Planet -- Maybe Close Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Don’t blame this on the media.

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    yimhere  over 1 year ago

    Watterson the soothsayer is proven correct once again!

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    pearcy19  over 1 year ago

    makes sense to me.

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    coffeeturtle  over 1 year ago

    “exit stage left”

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    Sojourner  over 1 year ago

    Maybe it is discussed in cheap motel rooms and that’s the problem!

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    sallyseckman  over 1 year ago

    I wonder how relevant this still is?

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    ridenslide65  over 1 year ago

    “The media aim to please…” Well that’s a quote that didn’t age well…. LOL.

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    andrew.scharnhorst  over 1 year ago

    Technically, a sort-of micro-economy is often discussed in motel rooms … er, I hear …

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    USN1977  over 1 year ago

    The World Economic Forum met to get every ordinary person to learn to eat bugs and be forced to use public transportation to “save the planet”. In a sense of hypocrisy. these advocates ate steak and lobster and went to and from there in private planes (not exactly leadership by example). Unlike Calvin’s recommendation, the convention was not at Howard Johnson’s.

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    neatslob Premium Member over 1 year ago

    There are no doubt some economic transactions discussed in cheap hotel rooms, but they are going to be more personal in nature and unlikely to affect the economy as a whole.

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    pixiekitten Premium Member over 1 year ago

    What’s old is new again

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    hagarthehorrible  over 1 year ago

    That ardent dialogue does not sustain for long when you are driving a sledge without safety measures.

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    josh_bisbee  over 1 year ago

    I never cared about celebrity’s personal lives

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