In the Sherlock Holmes stories, Holmes’s brother Mycroft is a founding member of the Diogenes Club. As Holmes explains to Watson:
“There are many men in London, you know, who, some from shyness, some from misanthropy, have no wish for the company of their fellows. Yet they are not averse to comfortable chairs and the latest periodicals. It is for the convenience of these that the Diogenes Club was started, and it now contains the most unsociable and unclubbable men in town. No member is permitted to take the least notice of any other one. Save in the Stranger’s Room, no talking is, under any circumstances, allowed, and three offences, if brought to the notice of the committee, render the talker liable to expulsion.”
Eminently superior to current social media sites. I thought of starting my own Facebook Group called “The Diogenes Club.” Except under the most dire circumstances, no member would be allowed to post anything on the site. Instead of Friends, there would be a list of club members, but no member would be allowed to contact any other member.
Sanspareil 8 months ago
It’s not just another way of life!!
suv2000 8 months ago
We already have that Facebook tick tock…………
Guybrush Threepwood 8 months ago
Please make this for real, I need it.
iggyman 8 months ago
Sounds perfect for you, Bucky!
pathfinder 8 months ago
I’d join .. but then I’m anti-social.
Egrayjames 8 months ago
If Satch is now Lassie….I sure hope Rob doesn’t fall down a well.
SharkNose 8 months ago
Bucky’s Diogenes Club…
Willywise52 Premium Member 8 months ago
Works for me,and I don’t want to hear about it…
dogbreath84 8 months ago
The comic is from 2011, and we hadn’t devolved as much back then.
retiredgezzer 8 months ago
sign me up.
chris_o42 8 months ago
I thought it already was antisocial.
herdocow 8 months ago
Not as entertaining as the Buckmeister will make it.
jango 8 months ago
Last panel: rob has to reach for the excedrin
bbbmorrell 8 months ago
obviously Musk was reading this back when it first came out.
Steverino Premium Member 8 months ago
I thought about starting an antisocial media, but then realized no one would sign up.
mikeszeller Premium Member 8 months ago
Yeah it’s been done. Meet X!
Twelve Badgers in a Suit Premium Member 8 months ago
Yeah, sure, Mycroft.
HOTLOTUS1 8 months ago
GET OFF SOCIAL MEDIA. IT MESSED ALL YOUR HEADS UP. except for go comics of course.
BC in NC Premium Member 8 months ago
I’m so antisocial I think solitaire has too many players.
jcos201 Premium Member 8 months ago
Honestly doesn’t sound so bad to me
mfrasca 8 months ago
A.k.a. Truth Social.
JediSQL Premium Member 8 months ago
Is this one new, not a rerun?
Sherlock5 8 months ago
In the Sherlock Holmes stories, Holmes’s brother Mycroft is a founding member of the Diogenes Club. As Holmes explains to Watson:
“There are many men in London, you know, who, some from shyness, some from misanthropy, have no wish for the company of their fellows. Yet they are not averse to comfortable chairs and the latest periodicals. It is for the convenience of these that the Diogenes Club was started, and it now contains the most unsociable and unclubbable men in town. No member is permitted to take the least notice of any other one. Save in the Stranger’s Room, no talking is, under any circumstances, allowed, and three offences, if brought to the notice of the committee, render the talker liable to expulsion.”
Eminently superior to current social media sites. I thought of starting my own Facebook Group called “The Diogenes Club.” Except under the most dire circumstances, no member would be allowed to post anything on the site. Instead of Friends, there would be a list of club members, but no member would be allowed to contact any other member.
banjoAhhh! 8 months ago
“Lassie and gentleman” Yuk yuk yuk.
cosman 8 months ago
I’m not anti-social, I’m just picky..
Longbow1964 8 months ago
It’s called Truth Social.