It’s a cancel culture. The right cancels the left, the left cancels the right, then people cancel their newspapers because their fed up with the whole stinking thing.
Why did I delude myself into thinking that Stephen Pastis would let this gag go?! Am I really that stupid? Did I really think somebody would waste the opportunity to use something that good? Dan aka…ps do I really have the delusional mindset to believe people would care about what I just wrote?
And that, certainly reflects the “intelligence” of today’s ‘reporters’, and journalists’, who give us their ‘feel good’ stories, and their never ending ‘stories’ in which they attempt to come across as actually knowing what they are talking about. (Weather Guessers are an excellent example in showing that X years at university, does NOT instill competence or improve intelligence)
I seldom use the “j” word myself. But my hεll box is mostly occupied by things that have ALREADY served their intended purpose and are now awaiting a reincarnation as something else that’s useful.
Oh, yes, that would definitely be taking sensitivity to terminology way past the edge of reason. I think we could find some real examples, too, but … well, you know…
PBS used to be my favorite strip, but it’s really sunk low into lazy Boomer tropes the last few years. When Patsis is doing cancellation “humor” I think it’s time to end it.
I’m not sure i love this arc- from my end, it looks like it’s trying to make a jab at “PC” culture, but in doing so, it also dismisses minorities’ actual objections to prejudice, brushing them off as just overly sensitive. I’m sure I’m just thinking too hard, but overall it just doesn’t make for great comedy to me.
We really need to learn that the baby doesn’t HAVE to go out with bath water, meaning you can call nonsense for what it is and still recognize that there are many reasons for legitimate grievance in the world. It just takes a little critical thinking. Oh, and some moral fiber.
einarbt 10 days ago
Oh, well, you had a good run. And here I thought that the censor would end Pearls Before Swine. I wonder that Stephan will do now.
Gent 10 days ago
Next they will renames Pig as deeleeshus source of ham and pork filled with loving materials which is not yet get processed into bacon.
sirbadger 10 days ago
Donate a bunch of twist-ties to her charity.
Bilan 10 days ago
I don’t know about the drawer, but it’s a good thing he didn’t use “junk” in the other context.
parforden 10 days ago
It’s a cancel culture. The right cancels the left, the left cancels the right, then people cancel their newspapers because their fed up with the whole stinking thing.
uniquename 10 days ago
I don’t think Rat gives his a$$.
blunebottle 10 days ago
I doubt I’d get particularly upset at a publication cancelling me.
DanielRyanMulligan1 10 days ago
Why did I delude myself into thinking that Stephen Pastis would let this gag go?! Am I really that stupid? Did I really think somebody would waste the opportunity to use something that good? Dan aka…ps do I really have the delusional mindset to believe people would care about what I just wrote?
Tachyon the Samurai 10 days ago
I also heard that he used the J word while loading stuff in the trunk of his car.
Sanspareil 10 days ago
Those depictors of garbage are also junk drawers!
lavender headgear 10 days ago
Does the reporter understand that, according to the Black Eyed Peas, “junk in your trunk” is a term of endearment?
carlsonbob 10 days ago
She must be a Facebook “fact checker”.
c001 10 days ago
Hey. In German, we by now have the N-, I-, E-, and Z word. And counting.
The biggest problem about it is that we could run out of letters.
cdward 10 days ago
Exactly how would they cancel them?
iggyman 10 days ago
Glad Pig did not mention his “Junk in his trunk”!
CementerAD5 10 days ago
And that, certainly reflects the “intelligence” of today’s ‘reporters’, and journalists’, who give us their ‘feel good’ stories, and their never ending ‘stories’ in which they attempt to come across as actually knowing what they are talking about. (Weather Guessers are an excellent example in showing that X years at university, does NOT instill competence or improve intelligence)
Concretionist 10 days ago
I seldom use the “j” word myself. But my hεll box is mostly occupied by things that have ALREADY served their intended purpose and are now awaiting a reincarnation as something else that’s useful.
phobos 10 days ago
And….? I couldn’t care less if some left winger wants to cancel me.
Rasslebear 10 days ago
So stop talking about your junk.
Ellis97 10 days ago
I think they made a joke about the J word in Elmo in Grouchland. Looks like Pearls owes Sesame Street some money for that gag.
monya_43 10 days ago
I would hope that people keep their junk in their drawers. :-p
CountOlaf2.0 Premium Member 10 days ago
So was The Count. Several times. God Bless America.
Huckleberry Hiroshima 10 days ago
Just cancel the online publication and the reporter. Problem solved. Balance. Karma. Stuff like that.
Slowly, he turned... 10 days ago
I think canceling has been cancelled. It doesn’t matter what you do any more.
SquidGamerGal 9 days ago
Hold on! What is this “we’ve” business? I’m just an innocent party who has nothing to do with this!
DaBump Premium Member 9 days ago
Oh, yes, that would definitely be taking sensitivity to terminology way past the edge of reason. I think we could find some real examples, too, but … well, you know…
ladykat 9 days ago
I have a junk drawer. Nothing wrong with that.
aerotica69 9 days ago
To misquote Sheldon Cooper : When I rise to power, people like that woman will be sterilized.
HOTLOTUS1 9 days ago
tell Karen to shut up
Goat from PBS 9 days ago
Is the word “junk” really this non-PC or is Stephan using this as another jab at PC culture?
oish 9 days ago
So the 1-800 Got Junk company is evil?
mindjob 9 days ago
Who cares if they get cancelled? Nobody reads that rag anyway
BasilBruce 9 days ago
Solution: Throw it all away and call it trash.
imminentfiction 9 days ago
PBS used to be my favorite strip, but it’s really sunk low into lazy Boomer tropes the last few years. When Patsis is doing cancellation “humor” I think it’s time to end it.
LaughterIsJoyMuliplied 9 days ago
Thanks Steph.
DenO Premium Member 9 days ago
I guess mouths are hard to draw.
zeexenon 9 days ago
JHC, this one sucks.
moondog42 Premium Member 9 days ago
Steve Martin’s character in “The Jerk” found his special purpose, I don’t see why the stuff in the drawer has so much trouble….
John Jorgensen 9 days ago
An online publication! Ooh, that sounds so prestigious!
Buoy 9 days ago
I keep my junk in my pants(mostly) and it happily knows it’s special purpose.
Otis Rufus Driftwood 9 days ago
Just stupid overall.
swenbu Premium Member 9 days ago
I had to look at yesterday’s strip to get a better appreciation of today’s. (I have memory issues!)
Curiosity Premium Member 9 days ago
Where is this going??
willie_mctell 9 days ago
What sort of living things are you likely to find in a drawer aside from insects, microbes, and fungi?
MiguelB5 9 days ago
I’m not sure i love this arc- from my end, it looks like it’s trying to make a jab at “PC” culture, but in doing so, it also dismisses minorities’ actual objections to prejudice, brushing them off as just overly sensitive. I’m sure I’m just thinking too hard, but overall it just doesn’t make for great comedy to me.
dogday Premium Member 9 days ago
We really need to learn that the baby doesn’t HAVE to go out with bath water, meaning you can call nonsense for what it is and still recognize that there are many reasons for legitimate grievance in the world. It just takes a little critical thinking. Oh, and some moral fiber.
Ugly, Fat and Crabby 9 days ago
It never ceases to amaze me how many people who have no sense of humor whatsoever regularly read the comics online and continually comment on them.
dimndno 9 days ago
JUNK, JUNK, JUNK, JUNK. Come and get me! JUNK, JUNK, JUNK…
skranowski 9 days ago
Welp…I guess this means no more rebroadcasts of Sanford and Son, then. C’est la vie.
BeniHanna6 Premium Member 8 days ago
Of course it’s a woman reporter and her name is Karen.
Swirls Before Pine 4 days ago
“Loving souls who have not yet found their special purpose in life” is a strange name for an Asian water vessel.