Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for November 20, 2024

I don’t know . . . personally, I understand where Luann’s coming from . . . I mean, I’ve faced tons of disappointment, hardships, and crises all throughout my life, and honestly, I do find it difficult to find good in anything – especially now that the country is basically doomed. My personal philosphy has been it’s better to expect the worst and be pleasantly surprised, than to get your hopes up and face disappointment; everyone says it makes me negative and pessmistic, I think it makes me realistic.

HAPPY 85th BIRTHDAY PRESIDENT BIDEN!!!!!!

Life can be complicated. Go Luann.

Yes – Ask too many questions and get fewer answers.

Going from a Blank Slate to a Black Hole: sucking out all the joy from a nice insight on life.

TODAY’S HEADLINE: “Comcast will announce the spin-off of cable networks Wednesday, sources say”. I guess this will finally teach maddow, o’donnel and the rest of these SHAMELESS, LYING LIBERAL SHILLS the difference between propaganda and actual NEWS! Buh=BYE!!!!!

Upbeat people find good in everything. It’s just in their nature. That could be annoying sometimes. Luann, you have to FIND the good. LOOK for it. Change your worldview.

Mrs. Horner is right. Life is not complicated! Looking for a deep meaning is wasting your time. Just find the good!

This week’s theme is a nice, relaxing respite from the drama and angst of the previous one. I just wish I could be more like Mrs. Horner.

82

Most old people are so grumpy, my grandmother is the typical grumpy grandmother stereotype.

Lu is harshing Ms. Horners vibe.

Yes… stop giving her cookies…

Nothing wrong with having a lot of questions as long as you actively seek the answers, Lu.

Just read a lot more. BOOKS I mean.

And I believe the late Great Kurt Vonnegut’s once said that people who aspire to be writers should “write like crazy,” every chance they get.

Perhaps You can start by writing satirical, sometimes incendiary comments to this Strip each and every day. ;-)

PS: Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle, GREAT book. And Ice-Nine, a delightfully insidious idea.

After Luann leaves, Mrs. Horner calls her doctor for a prescription for Prozac

Listen to Mrs. Horner, Luann.

“Chill out, what ya yellin’ for?

Lay back, it’s all been done before

And if you could only let it be

You will see

… Somebody else

’Round everyone else

You’re watching your back

Like you can’t relax

You try to be cool

You look like a fool to me

Tell me

… Why’d you have to go and make things so complicated?

I see the way you’re acting like you’re somebody else

Gets me frustrated

Life’s like this, you

And you fall, and you crawl, and you break

And you take what you get, and you turn it into

Honesty and promise me I’m never gonna find you faking

No, no

Why’d you have to go and make things so complicated?

I see the way you’re acting like you’re somebody else

Gets me frustrated

Life’s like this, you

And you fall, and you crawl, and you break

And you take what you get, and you turn it into

Honesty and promise me I’m never gonna find you faking

No, no, no"

Avril Lavigne

DHG: Every philosopher (including this one) works from insufficient information. Any output/conclusion (including this one) is suspect.

(watching paint dry)

sounds like B.S., like what’s on Luann’s shirt.

Join the Navy, Luann.

Well, Luann, when you’ve accumulated 90+ years of life data points, the way that Mrs. Horner has, mundane things are WAAAAY less mysterious.

The “BS” shirt isn’t really working…or maybe it is? Every time I look at I see it’s traditional message.

I think Luann’s reaction is exactly what you would expect from a teenager her age. Full of questions, doubts and fears. Maybe Mrs. Horner has always been this positive, maybe she became this way after years of deep considerations. I hope that talking to her mentor can help Luann deal with the negative thoughts and moments in her life.

Find the good in watching paint dry.

Ĺuann’s shirt is BS!

Mrs. Horner -“The good is that things could alway be worse. But in your case, I’ll make an exception.”

The power of positive thinking.

Mic drop Mrs. Horner : )

She’s a teenager — that’s what they do!

Sometimes i whistle because I’m happy. Sometimes I’m happy because I whistle.

LuAnn talks too much and Mrs Horner is on drugs.

I knew a lady who was a real life Mrs. Horner. She was 96 years old and a former teacher. If there was ever a social event or a family reunion, there was literally a line of people waiting to talk to her. She was always upbeat and smiling and I never heard anyone say a negative thing about her, nor did I ever hear a disparaging word about anyone come from her mouth. She sure seemed to be a picture of health, but no one would ever know one way or another because she never, ever complained about anything in her life, you just heard her say how fortunate she was to have led the life she lived and was happy to see everyone…and somehow always directed the conversation to hear all the good things in their lives.

I also knew someone who always had something to complain about. Regardless of how much you tried to brighten her day, she would have none of it as she would find something that wasn’t right, and would genuinely resent if you pointed out something positive. I was surprised when she told me one time that she “hated going to gatherings because no one talks to me.” She truly had no idea of the effect of her constant complaining had on other people, nor why they would avoid her for her want of sharing such misery.

It’s my hope to be a Mr. Horner in other peoples’ lives :0)

Well Mrs. Horner, Luann is a proud B.S. artist.

No wonder Luann hasn’t had a successful long term relationship, or, been able to decide on a major with such blather running through her brain.

i bet she smells like moth balls

Next, Luann switches her major to philosophy…

Luann doesn’t have experiences because she spends too much time overthinking every consequence or possible outcome and mentally paralyzes herself.

Luann is really boring. I would not enjoy a visit with her.

I guess we should be grateful to Luann today for making it clear that this arc will just be her going round and round in conversation, with her ending the arc right back where she started.

Words of Wisdom!

Happiness is like mining diamonds. Sometimes they are on the surface. Usually, you have to clear away a lot of dirt.

Uh, Lu, not EVERY old person is wise. Some are just simpletons.

The BS on Luann’s shirt is indicative of her comments today.

The Euthyphro dilemma is a philosophical problem that questions whether morality is created by God or is independent of God. It appears in Plato’s dialogue Euthyphro, where Socrates asks Euthyphro, “Is the pious loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because it is loved by the gods?” This is the convention used in the second panel.

You tell ‘er, Teach!

This is, to me, the classic older experienced with life, and all its trails and tribulations, mentoring a 20’s something about life. The Serenity Prayer comes to mind, Luann is a very typical 19-20 year old woman, and Mrs, Horner is Lte 70’s early 80’s mentor. we all should be for the confused 19 or 20 somethings in our lives, Whether they want to or not a bit of mentoring is great.

That’s Luann’s stupor power.

Judging by her expression,those cookies don’t taste very good

Happy days are here again….the skies above are clear again…let us sing a song of cheer again…..

I wish Mrs Horner would visit the Moony dorm. She would sure have a lot to teach Tiffany & Co. I also wish this storyline would permanently usurp that one.

You’re right Mrs Horner, she really does.

So…Luann comes back and all people can do is complain about her. sigh

You all need to go away. Political cartoon comment withdrawal is an embarrassment. Shoo.

Mrs Horner has mastered the art of Life, nuthin but truth there, listen up Luann, learn something !

My health is bad, I have no job, but you know what? I have Jesus. I have a God that still takes care of me. I’m alive, I have a roof over my head, I have food, I have clothing, and I have a good family. And by family I mean all my friends, my loved ones, my church family. I can sit and moan and groan about all the bad things that have happened, but it doesn’t fix things. Instead I listen to some good old Southern Gospel, and I pray. And I read the comics!!!

The message today “look for the good”. Funny how so many of the posters here are always looking for the negative.

Way to take a nice chat with older person and making it seem like the end of the world.

Better to ask Mrs. Horner these questions than Bernice.

Tomorrow, Tiff and Steff walk through the room,still yelling at each other. Ms.Horner sadly shakes her head

The fewer questions you ask the better. It’s not ignoring the situation that is bad, it’s talking yourself out of taking a chance that messes things up.

Dude, he’s 82

“The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.”

Those look like some good cookies they are munching on as they have tea.

I think the great songstress Hannah Montana said it best“Life’s what you make it, so let’s make it rock”