B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for January 06, 2025

Nailed it.

How sad but true. And here I am, commenting on comic strips!

So there was football and internet in B.C. too eh.

Creating that whole internet thing may not have been such a good idea after all. Whose bright idea was that anyway?

Playing football and wiffleball on our side street when I was young was a blast. We would be out there for hours at a time.

Ha ha ha! Panel One… Football. Panel Two… Online Dating Sites.

I’m open!

I grew up in 1950’s Brooklyn. We kids lived on the street. I did the math: there were about 300 kids crammed onto a space smaller than the deck of a WWII aircraft carrier.

It was in-your-face humanity. You learned to play nice with others or you didn’t play.

It was also an era when a 25 cent rubber ball and a mop handle or a piece of discarded clothes line would keep a gang of kids busy for most of the day.

“Cover me! I am going in!”, “Send in the cavalry”, “ATTACK! ATTACK!! ATTACK!!!”

Things that I hear around in my neighbourhood in the evenings.

At the end of my tech career, I noticed a new phenomenon: young American guys coming in with beer guts like 50-year-olds.

that is true , I never see kids playing Touch Football in the street or Basketball in the Driveway anymore

Internet abuse.

We are in touch with the whole planet all by ourselves alone with our PC.

Perfect example when society was civilized vs society now.

Thus the advent of white ants – those who never experienced sunshine and fresh air.

Yeah, but remember, in the internet era those houses are spread out all over the country and the world. Look at us, having this discussion, from a dozen different states and countries.

Yeah, we need to get out more and interact with our neighbors. But nothing wrong with interacting with folks from all over the world.

“I’m open!”

……finger cramps!!!!!!

True, unfortunately.

That football the ants are throwing looks like a coffee bean

Dr. Bug the ant specialist, or myrmecologist, warned us that they network.

Ants from different hills playing nicely together…..for a while there.

post internet would have the scene bombed out with nuclear mushroom clouds

It’s more like pre- and post-TV.

The internet panel is lacking the unprintable trash-talk that goes with online gaming.

“I Have The Sword of Azeroth!”

Mastroianni officially joins the Old Fogies Club.

I’ve been reading comics for over 65 years. I still love them as well as the comments – even the ones I don’t agree with. It gives me a feeling of how diverse society is today and how much it has as well as has not changed over the years. For better or for worse, comics have given me a chance to see societal changes over the years from Blondie, Dick Tracy, Beetle Bailey and Peanuts to more contemporary ones. The theme of them all seem to be that they reflect the views of society as it changes on a daily basis – and I might add, so do the comments. I love them all because it helps keep me informed like the comics themselves.

It’s true. Look, were reading comic strips on the internet instead of a newspaper.

Were raising couch potatoes! And they’re going to seed.

Exactly, unfortunately.