Have to guess he didn’t try it head first or the skate board wouldn’t be the only thing broken. To try is to win. To fail is to learn [If one survives]
The problem is when the person who suffers the misfortune or suchlike negative event is not the person who caused it, but rather, the person who caused it is the one dumping the criticism. “Hungry? You should have planned better!” sounds a little hollow when directed at someone who can’t afford housing that’s not in a food desert, coming from a wealthy politician who ensures that the zoning laws benefit the rich while also ensuring the existence of that food desert.
I like the expression “don’t ‘should’ on people. You don’t know what they’ve been through.” It’s been suggested that using the word ‘could’ for ‘should’ is less judgmental.
Bilan 12 months ago
He shouldn’t have stood up before the end of the slide.
thevideostoreguy 12 months ago
…he’s out of line, but he’s right.
Richard S Russell Premium Member 12 months ago
Well, to be fair, a bad grade is probably more due to your not studying than any kind of misfortune.
Rhetorical_Question 12 months ago
Broken skateboard rationale?
Doug K 12 months ago
If only he …
sandpiper 12 months ago
Have to guess he didn’t try it head first or the skate board wouldn’t be the only thing broken. To try is to win. To fail is to learn [If one survives]
ilikai 12 months ago
was he listening to my wife?
rshive 12 months ago
That particular misfortune WAS your fault, Caulfield.
rasputin's horoscope 12 months ago
That’s an unusually long and convoluted slide for a playground. I wonder if it’s ever had a “kid-jam” bottleneck.
Itty-Bitty 12 months ago
When anything bad happened, my grampa’s favorite line was, “Well, you shoulda watched!”
hardcr 12 months ago
Did Caulfield break his skateboard riding it down the tube slide?
edbeat 12 months ago
Caulfield is consistently the most interesting character in any comic strip.
The Wolf In Your Midst 12 months ago
Compassion doesn’t let me feel a smug sense of superiority.
ilovecomics*infinity 12 months ago
I’m exactly the kind of person he’s describing. Oh well, at least I’m always right LOL.
rugeirn 12 months ago
The problem is when the person who suffers the misfortune or suchlike negative event is not the person who caused it, but rather, the person who caused it is the one dumping the criticism. “Hungry? You should have planned better!” sounds a little hollow when directed at someone who can’t afford housing that’s not in a food desert, coming from a wealthy politician who ensures that the zoning laws benefit the rich while also ensuring the existence of that food desert.
AndrewSihler 12 months ago
How can you break a skateboard in half?
tammyspeakslife Premium Member 12 months ago
I like the expression “don’t ‘should’ on people. You don’t know what they’ve been through.” It’s been suggested that using the word ‘could’ for ‘should’ is less judgmental.
donut reply 12 months ago
Oh, you met my wife.
Stephen Gilberg 12 months ago
I’m more concerned about people who make every problem out to be somebody else’s fault.
BlueIris Premium Member 12 months ago
I’m not sure that I understand “I could tell them, but then I’d be them.” I don’t see why Caulfield can’t tell “them” that’ it’s not his fault.
Ceeg22 Premium Member 12 months ago
I don’t want to talk to you