Losing a leg does not make you stronger unless you are an arm wrestler because it gets you into a lower weight category. It makes you weaker at carrying stuff through airports.
The look on Joe’s face in the last panel reminds me of the face my dad would pull when as a kid I’d ask him “If I tell you the truth about what happened< will you promise you won’t get mad”. I was very like Danae as a child. Sorry Mum and Dad.
Sorry to say this, but even approaching 250 years old, our country is still learning from its mistakes, and it is to be hoped that eventually emerging from this present Mistake will make it stronger somehow.
“Americans learn only from catastrophe , not from experience “ – Teddy Roosevelt
I would have thought the gaslighting and incompetent handling of a pandemic that killed over a million Americans and tanked the economy was a catastrophe but Americans unfortunately need more of a lesson. Lets hope the inept fraud we elected can bluster and distract his way through the next four years without actually having to govern again.
Two children are told not to touch the hot stove. One does, and the other does not. The second child learns something by watching the first, but the first child both learns and understands.
I’ve just been reading a new book (by the excellent science writer Dave Sobel) about Marie Curie: if ever there was a case of a person who, with her husband until a random street accident killed him, worked at a dangerous project and succeeded, it was them. Only person (of any gender) to win two Nobel Prizes in two different fields, and yet always humble and generous. One of the largely-unknown aspects of her contribution that’s covered in this book is how she mentored so many young (mostly women) scientists who went on to also make major discoveries. Interesting stuff. So sometimes that which (could) kill us ends up becoming something really important, if we work through it successfully (and live long enough!)
Beware the dark side, once you go down its path, forever will it dominate your destiny. Or maybe, I’m not a member of an organized political party, I’m a Democrat ! …. Have a Great Weekend Folks ! ;-)
God, wonderful God, never gives us a task bigger than we can handle. Proof of this is that everyone who’s ever been given too big a task is dead. This is so reassuring.
C 15 days ago
Now the Dupont slogan jingle is stuck in my head
mr_sherman Premium Member 15 days ago
It’s at the bar. Your brother isn’t necessary.
rmremail 15 days ago
That which does not kill you makes you crippled for life.
rmremail 15 days ago
Yes, people learn more from their mistakes than their successes.
But what they learn varies by the individual.
Some learn what not to do next time, while others learn to blame it one somebody else.
jpsomebody 15 days ago
That which does not kill you, leaves you maimed, disfigured, and with unhealthy coping mechanisms.
sirbadger 15 days ago
Losing a leg does not make you stronger unless you are an arm wrestler because it gets you into a lower weight category. It makes you weaker at carrying stuff through airports.
MY DOG IS MY CO PILOT 15 days ago
The look on Joe’s face in the last panel reminds me of the face my dad would pull when as a kid I’d ask him “If I tell you the truth about what happened< will you promise you won’t get mad”. I was very like Danae as a child. Sorry Mum and Dad.
PraiseofFolly 15 days ago
Sorry to say this, but even approaching 250 years old, our country is still learning from its mistakes, and it is to be hoped that eventually emerging from this present Mistake will make it stronger somehow.
maureenmck Premium Member 15 days ago
Joe’s happy place disappeared around the same time Danae learned to talk.
boneroller42 15 days ago
Dr Danae, Mrs. Hyde?
einarbt 15 days ago
It builds character. Now who said that …
51 Champion 15 days ago
einarbt 15 days ago
Maybe their dad can form a support group with Lio’s dad and Calvin’s dad etc.
Bilan 15 days ago
Does anybody believe that Danae will learn something from this?
Can't Sleep 15 days ago
I’d need a time machine to find my happy place.
Hollymartins2 15 days ago
“Americans learn only from catastrophe , not from experience “ – Teddy Roosevelt
I would have thought the gaslighting and incompetent handling of a pandemic that killed over a million Americans and tanked the economy was a catastrophe but Americans unfortunately need more of a lesson. Lets hope the inept fraud we elected can bluster and distract his way through the next four years without actually having to govern again.
[Traveler] Premium Member 15 days ago
The lessons learned through negative reinforcement last the longest
MS72 15 days ago
A simple histogram of your mistakes and your successes should illuminate your learning ability. :)
dflak 15 days ago
I don’t have time to make every mistake there is, so I don’t have the luxury of committing any of them more than once.
dflak 15 days ago
If you are not making mistakes, you aren’t trying hard enough.
Redd Panda 15 days ago
“Danae, open a window and wash your face…it’ll be fine.”
Why am I thinking of the 3 Stooges, when something went FWOMP in Moe’s face? As it did so often.
walk.rich 15 days ago
..KOFF..?
bobbyferrel 15 days ago
That which does not kill you makes you stronger. Except for bears. Bears will kill you.
ladykat 15 days ago
Don’t do it, Danae!
Kaputnik 15 days ago
Maybe your happy place is thirty years from now, spending time with your grandkids.
raybarb44 15 days ago
That will be in another life……
mindjob 15 days ago
If she can walk downstairs, she’s not learning enough
DanMoran1 15 days ago
I had a crippling case of the flu once and came up with this variation: That which doesn’t kill you will make you wish you were dead.
fritzoid Premium Member 15 days ago
Two children are told not to touch the hot stove. One does, and the other does not. The second child learns something by watching the first, but the first child both learns and understands.
inkyb 15 days ago
I’ve just been reading a new book (by the excellent science writer Dave Sobel) about Marie Curie: if ever there was a case of a person who, with her husband until a random street accident killed him, worked at a dangerous project and succeeded, it was them. Only person (of any gender) to win two Nobel Prizes in two different fields, and yet always humble and generous. One of the largely-unknown aspects of her contribution that’s covered in this book is how she mentored so many young (mostly women) scientists who went on to also make major discoveries. Interesting stuff. So sometimes that which (could) kill us ends up becoming something really important, if we work through it successfully (and live long enough!)
Calvins Brother 15 days ago
Dad: “Every day and in every way, I am getting better, and better” (Chief Inspector Dreyfus)
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 15 days ago
She’s invented a new perfume—“La Stinkola Supremo”
lnrokr55 15 days ago
Beware the dark side, once you go down its path, forever will it dominate your destiny. Or maybe, I’m not a member of an organized political party, I’m a Democrat ! …. Have a Great Weekend Folks ! ;-)
Old27F20 15 days ago
I hear the sirens a comin, Wailin up the street, EPA and ATF leading the wayLookin for someone to beat!
wildlandwaters 15 days ago
put fingers in ears and say “LA LA LA LA LA LA!!”
anomaly 15 days ago
What does not kill you makes you an object lesson.
JosephShriver 15 days ago
True 80’s fashion
brick10 15 days ago
These only work for some people. There are those who continuously make mistakes and never learn a thing.
Richard S Russell Premium Member 15 days ago
God, wonderful God, never gives us a task bigger than we can handle. Proof of this is that everyone who’s ever been given too big a task is dead. This is so reassuring.
M.K.Staffeld 15 days ago
Might want to open a few windows…
David Rickard Premium Member 15 days ago
Alternate versions of the adage…
What doesn’t kill you just makes you stranger.
That which does not kill you has made a tactical error.
wildlandwaters 15 days ago
what doesn’t kill you, you can post on youtube and make some money!
eddi-TBH 15 days ago
It’s rare that Katie aids and abets Danae. That must have been a colorful disaster.
keenanthelibrarian 15 days ago
What doesn’t kill you takes the rest of your life to get over. See returned military men and women.