Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for March 20, 2024

Next to id in the dictionary, there is a picture of Calvin.

Calvin needs help alright, but not with this.

Good luck with that! You can not get everything you want Calvin!

This one is REALLY relatable as someone who constantly feels like a failure and desires complements.

Having low self-esteem builds character.

If immediate gratification is what you crave, you’ll love the Internet. I bet many of us remember the eternal caveat “Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery.”

Considering how it is turning out – i’m scared too. And it’s not even the people who were kids during this comic that are acting tlike this.

Why is Dad so obsessed with “building character”? Especially since he doesn’t have any?!

I wonder if Calvin’s dad knew how prescient he was when it came to politics?

The first millennial

“You’re only interested in instant gratification.”

“Oh, Mother, I am not. Instant gratification takes too long.”

—Postcards from the Edge by Carrie Fisher

Ahead of his time, Watterson.

And there it is.

Prescient.

Watterson defined Gen-Z before anyone else.

This is not retro. This is now. 40-year-olds refusing to grow up.

AND THE SOONER the better!

Get some legos and build that there character, Calvin!!

Fast Forward to today, where EVERYONE has acute Calvinitis

I’m not sure that becoming known as a whiner is conducive to greater self-esteem.

This is from 1994: profoundly still true, only worse.

As a parent, I’d just have to ask myself: “Where do I even start?”

In answer to Dad’s question in the final panel… Yes. Even worse, The Future is Now.

Dad on Calvin’s 18th birthday: “Well, I tried.”

I love how Calvin shows that nothing is new. What older people complain about these days about kids is the same as 30 years ago.

Today, the motto is “I’m going to whine that I’m offended until I get what I want”.

Sounds like someone I know. No, not that one, the other one.

If you saw today…the answer would be “yes, millions of us are scared about the future”…

And now the entitled generations are here in force. This one was prescient.

Humph! Sounds like my younger brother all of his life.

The future is here

This is from march 23 1994 if you want the next comics read ahead on that date

The Future has been screwed for a while now.

The Stones “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”

Did somebody say “Entitlement”?

Gen Alpha came to mind after reading this. Bill Watterson nailed it!

Calvin is like most of the folk’s out there since pandemic.

I work in IT support for financial workers and I assure you that this type of Helpless Victim work ethic crosses all age groups.

The end result? Today’s generation and their parents.

Welcome to 2024

This is from 1994, boy did Bill get it right!

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Wonder if character is helped by immediate gratification.

Sounds like a lot of today’s kids.

And this was before millennials.

Don’t think of Orange Idiot…don’t think of Orange Idiot…don’t think of…oh, CAY-RAP!

I didn’t know that Calvin was a presidential candidate in 2024, when did he change his name?

Wow, talk about Watterson seeing the future!

Foretelling the future!

Bill Watterson was SO prescient! Today’s younger generations, for the most part have Calvin’s mindset and here I thought us Boomers were spoiled!

Nail on the head?

Queen should’ve dedicated “I want it all” to Calvin!

He could foretell the future….he’s talking about Canada in 2024 :-(

Wow! A future orange-haired president.

While I’ve known people with low self-esteem, and I’ve known people who have diagnosed themselves with low self-esteem and decided that they needed to be better about loving themselves, I have never once in all my life known anyone who fit in both categories.

LOL… Dad sees the future in Calvin and it is scary.

The childhood psychological foundation of the Liberal / Progressive entitlement mindset.

Scary accurate predictions by Mr. Watterson.

If Calvin is looking for instant gratification he had better take matters into his own hands.

We are all afraid of the future, with the wat kids are being taught in the schools.

Gratification requires turning over a lot of rocks until you find what you are looking for. Sometimes it is an extra special surprise.

The future is now.

it’s worse than dad imagined

Lord, grant me patience, and I want it RIGHT NOW.

Watterson proves once again that he knew EXACTLY what the future held.

Get in line….

We’re trying this on as a society. Does it really matter if most of your online orders get delivered a few day later? No, it doesn’t.

Remember: Even though this was made when I was young, it can’t be talking about me, because I’m perfect! It has to be talking about kids these days, because they’re not like me and that makes them BAD!

While not wholly wrong about the future, it’s interesting the amount of people saying Watterson predicted it. This was made in the nineties, in reference to that present. So he’s really referring to most of y’all…

Lock him in his room until he’s 35!

The trouble with immediate gratification is that it takes too long.

Is this a documentary about Donald Trump as a child?

Welcome to 2024. It is bad.

Until now, Calvin only wanted Almost Immediate Gratification.

dad should see 2024

“I wonder is anyone else is as sacred about the future as I am?”

Future here – YES.

And then he grew up to be the 45th president

A whole bunch of people nowadays use the Calvin formula.

Wow. Scary how this was mere cynicism when published and is far more universal now.

Bill Watterson predicted the Influencer nearly 30 years in advance

Describes today’s social media society to a T. Watterson was a time traveler.

And here we are 30 years later.

Does anybody else think Dad stinks as a Dad?

Immediate gratification takes too long.

This prediction about future generations unfortunately became real, but even worse than anyone expected.