Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for November 18, 2023

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    BE THIS GUY  about 1 year ago

    Pig doesn’t need to let other people know that he’s his own person and doesn’t need their judgment. Pig needs to let himself know that. Other people aren’t thinking about him.

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    BasilBruce  about 1 year ago

    Pig is his own person; nobody else wants him.

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    David_the_CAD  about 1 year ago

    The truth is that most people probably do not think about you as much as you think that they do.

    Of course pig is a popular character in a popular comic strip, so I guess more people do think about him.

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    sirbadger  about 1 year ago

    Sometimes when I leave comments, I wonder about that.

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    carlsonbob  about 1 year ago

    I have a very select few whose opinions I value. The rest can KMA.

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    priyansh.jeziel  about 1 year ago

    Better to be thought of as an open minded, NON-conformist, who asks WHY, and questions the powers that be, than to be a “sheep”.ALWAYS QUESTION AUTHORITY, and NOWHERE does ‘authority’ deserve more questioning, than does law enforcement, with their incessant demands that WE give up more of OUR FREEDOM, so that they can ‘protect’ us from the boogie men that they have invented.

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    Liam G.P  about 1 year ago

    I’m also worried about what others would think of me, but my parents remind me to just ignore them, and just focus on improving your own physical and mental health.

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    Kaputnik  about 1 year ago

    Similar comments above, but I like this quotation, which I’ve never seen attributed to anyone specific.

    “When I was twenty, I cared what other people thought of me. When I was forty, I no longer cared what other people thought of me. Then I turned sixty, and I realized that nobody had been thinking of me to begin with.”

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    cmxx  about 1 year ago

    “Ye wouldna be sae worrit’ wi’ what others think of ye if ye kenned how seldom they do.”

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    orinoco womble  about 1 year ago

    They won’t like it, Pig, but they’ll get over it. Took me a long time to realise other people say No to me all the time and I survive. So will they.

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    iggyman  about 1 year ago

    Do not care what others think of you unless they are paying you!

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    Imagine  about 1 year ago

    Life is too serious to be taken too seriously. Don’t worry about it.

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    I need a burrito  about 1 year ago

    I know hes sitting but why does pig look like hes in the ground

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    Cornelius Noodleman  about 1 year ago

    Gee, the view from up here is great!

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    dianej  about 1 year ago

    Pig just doesn’t have a clue. He just needs guidance.

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    Zoturdley Premium Member about 1 year ago

    A wise man said that it wasn’t any of his business what somebody thought of him.

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    minty_Joe  about 1 year ago

    Yeah. Right. Tell that to ALL the people (both adult and child) who tormented me for years as a kid with their judgments about me.

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    Rasslebear  about 1 year ago

    Pig doesn’t CARE how they’ll take that.

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    markkahler52  about 1 year ago

    I’ve learned to ignore other people’s judgements. Unless I’m in court..

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    gokarDun  about 1 year ago

    Repeat after me…I don’t give a s…t what you think.

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    Grover St. Clair  about 1 year ago

    When you turn 50 you really stop caring what others think. If we could only do that at 15…

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    Count Olaf Premium Member about 1 year ago

    Just take a hint from Rat and The❤️Count… If they don’t like it, tell them to go make number two in their fedora.

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    coach  about 1 year ago

    My son and I LOVE the strip but we’d really like more cross! I’ll swear, I can actually HEAR ’em talk!

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    monya_43  about 1 year ago

    Chances are that what others think of you is wrong. They can’t understand or know what you are going through and visa versa.

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    dogbreath84  about 1 year ago

    I wish there was some “wise” to our a$$es on the (congressional) hill.

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    JD_Rhoades  about 1 year ago

    It’s tremendously liberating to realize that most people don’t think of you at all.

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    Goat from PBS  about 1 year ago

    Three simple words can change your life, Pig.

    “I don’t care.”

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    Ellis97  about 1 year ago

    It’s what you think about yourself that matters. You don’t need constant validation and approval.

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    larslarson  about 1 year ago

    I ditched caring about social acceptance within reason once I got out of Junior High. I wouldn’t relive Junior High for a million dollars. Wait, with inflation that would be a billion dollars.

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    SusieB  about 1 year ago

    One of the best things about getting older, is as you age you care less and less about what others think of you. It’s very liberating.

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    ladykat  about 1 year ago

    Don’t worry about them, Pig!

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    cracker65  about 1 year ago

    Just be you. That’s all that matters

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    marilynnbyerly  about 1 year ago

    I was always self conscious when I was little and thought everyone was always watching me. In the sixth grade, I was part of a group who had to perform ball bounces to music. With little rhythm and poor hand to eye coordination I was not doing very well and felt humiliated until I realized no one was paying me the slightest attention, and no one cared. It was an extremely liberating moment.

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    old_geek  about 1 year ago

    I don’t have the energy to even care what others think…

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    Otis Rufus Driftwood  about 1 year ago

    Pig misses the point. Again.

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    zeexenon  about 1 year ago

    Firstly, unfriend them on all internet apps and block them on your email accounts. If that doesn’t work mail them some finely ground chalk and poppy seeds and call the Feds.

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    Zebrastripes  about 1 year ago

    Do your thing….walk to the beat of your own drum!

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    mistercatworks  about 1 year ago

    This is like the “meaning of life” seeker. In the old Sufi tradition, just asking such a dumb question could get you hit with a stick. Life is about living and living your own life. Make only short-term obligations until you are mature enough to accept the responsibility of longer-term obligations. It’s an old trick but it works. I know, I know – you have to do it your way.

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    Alicia1955  about 1 year ago

    I remember when the Wise A$$ on the Hill had pointy ears and a long snout. I wish that would come back, he looked better then.

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    Alicia1955  about 1 year ago

    It’s funny, we actually cannot comment on the character in the comic strip directly.

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    Bilan  about 1 year ago

    I don’t need to wonder what people are thinking about me. I hear them talking behind my back.

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    eddi-TBH  about 1 year ago

    I will listen to your opinions and advice. But don’t expect me to follow them. I don’t always listen to my own opinions and advice.

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    tvstevie  about 1 year ago

    You’d better not ever need a job in North Brunswick, NJ!

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    Sisyphos  about 1 year ago

    Even if or when the Wise A$$ could give good advice, Pig is not able to follow it (never was, never wil be)….

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    Smiley__  about 1 year ago

    another solution is to just not care

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    einarbt  about 1 year ago

    Badly.

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