B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for January 05, 2024

no worries – it’ll eat him…metaphorically

Facing down your fears is not the same as aggravating them. Especially when they can eat you alive.

Soon he will need medical for him.

Now, now. I need a forth panel before I want to jump to comclusions…

This may not end as well as you are thinking.

What am I saying? It is obvious you have given up thinking.

Perhaps you should take up running.

So that is what a Metaphorsaurus looks like!

What exactly was his fear here?

Even non-metaphorically, was the slap necessary?

It’s snack time for the Dino.

B.C. Before Common sense…..

Metaphorically, I never met a four [Barney the purple dinosaur] I couldn’t beat up! Take that you sucker.

Panel Four only exists in my imagination. My imagination: UGH!!

no he’s safe the TREX can get his hands on him.

Fortunately for him, the dinosaur’s arms are too short to slap back.

Gonna miss him if he doesn’t maneuver his fears down the road.

Using a 5 syllable word on a moron.

Oopsie!

And even if metaphorically, he didn’t say punch it in the nose.

Fear is controlled by a part of the brain called the amygdala. This is the part of the brain that tells the adrenal glands to pump up their production. Stimulation of the amygdala is a survival instinct. We feat heights because we can get hurt if we fell. We fear large animals, especially those that make loud noises and have sharp claws and teeth because we could become lunch.

We can learn to overcome these fears. Steelworkers work atop skyscrapers and people have learned to tame and ride elephants.

However, the amygdala can be tricked to fear invented threats as well. You can run or fight or manage the fear. To do nothing is to allow it to consume you.

That’s what happens when you don’t specify what you mean!

Evolution at work. Next we’ll see the development of running.

Fight or flight??

Did you REALLY prepare for this showdown? Like. . .take self-defense classes. . . or something?

Perhaps the first Darwin Award??

Next up: Facing his fear of heights. He will be encouraged to slap a pterodactyl.

I shall call him lunch

He’s about to immortalized as coprolite! LOL!

My, my dear, what a big overbite you have.