Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for October 16, 2023

Well, Petey, you’ve got quite an imagination, then.

Next Ernesto will be down at the gun store checking out AR’s.

“Rue the day”? Who talks like that?

Isn’t this how the bad guy on The Incredibles got started?

Is this how Ted Kaczynski got his start?

I think he got elected as a US Representative from New York.

Sophism or Solipsism? … Yes

They’ll be sorry! They’ll ALL be sorry!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Still think Ernesto looks like George Santos

I’m your support, Petey! I, too, say that Ernesto is imaginary, or at the very least should be!

Also, I am sure the Junior Crossing Guards can defend themselves from one probably imaginary dissident….

If Ernesto’s in Petey’s imagination, it’s probably as a contemplation of what he might have been. Young folks commonly wonder, if not worry, about how they measure up compared to the rest of the world. We don’t know who we are in an alternate history.