Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for January 30, 2022

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    BE THIS GUY  almost 3 years ago

    Those people have the courage smartphone anonymity.

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    Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    Webidiots.

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    Bilan  almost 3 years ago

    I don’t see anybody correcting you when you were right in the first place.

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    BasilBruce  almost 3 years ago

    “Dear Diary: Today, six people mistook me for Donald Trump.”

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    Algolei I  almost 3 years ago

    I’m smarter than I look. But then, I’d pretty much have to be.

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    Templo S.U.D.  almost 3 years ago

    Didn’t people used to talk like that all the time before the advent of the Internet?

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    jeffiekins  almost 3 years ago

    And that’s why I don’t use Facebook or Instagram or Twitter.

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    jmarkoff2  almost 3 years ago

    This is a bit like Ricky Gervais’ Invention of Lying.

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    blunebottle  almost 3 years ago

    I’m with you, Pig.

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    ronaldspence  almost 3 years ago

    Saddly accurate!

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    socalvillaguy Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    We live in a country where people will berate perfect strangers for wearing face masks, so trolls aren’t all just on the internet.

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    Doug K  almost 3 years ago

    Most of what these people are saying, thinking, commenting probably applies pretty well to the person they see in the mirror.

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    Qiset  almost 3 years ago

    Here in Texas, we are polite. Open carry might have something to do with it.

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    iggyman  almost 3 years ago

    Sort of like talking behind ones back, remember you never know who you’re talking to, or about!

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    Gent  almost 3 years ago

    Well, that’s why it called the internuts.

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    Brass Orchid Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    The Spectrum is widening.

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    Goat from PBS  almost 3 years ago

    It’s so much easier to insult someone when the insulter is anonymous. I would hope most humanity wouldn’t say this to people’s faces… but I doubt it.

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    Flynn White Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    Trolls that are in charge are called in conTroll.

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    unfair.de  almost 3 years ago

    Comments and social media are a great boost for the awful people to let off steam they are not tolerated to let off in real life. And in the better kinds of social media it is a great place for ignoring them by muting or blocking them.

    Only trouble is they get used to it and do it in real life, too, and then even more skillful than they did untrained.

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    wrd2255  almost 3 years ago

    It wouldn’t surprise me if Pastis just lifted these off FB and built a strip around them. Possibly directed at him, which he certainly doesn’t deserve, but that’s kinda the point. You also see people would never face off someone in person – do it with their big mega-vehicle on the road.

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    Darsan54 Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    What do you mean “If”? Come to my family gatherings.

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    Snolep  almost 3 years ago

    Thank goodness we never encounter any trolls on GoComics, eh?

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    Ellis97  almost 3 years ago

    Words are just as powerful as actions. They can follow you everywhere. Whether it’s in real life or online.

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    HunterIsACriminal  almost 3 years ago

    Reminds me of the replies liberals leave: “You’re unintelligent; You’re too stupid to debate; You have the mind of a salamander; You have poor grammar; You’re what is wrong with this country.” If you don’t agree with their self-interest, their narrow view, they tell you how “intelligent” they are by using insults.

    Ha ha ha! He he he! Ho ho ho! Liberals: ha ha ha!

    Hey dem/libs, how about leave an example of your “intelligence” below, ha ha ha!

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    Zebrastripes  almost 3 years ago

    They’ve got their keyboard to hide behind….but it doesn’t stop the verbal abuse, a lot of people endure in real life!

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    aerotica69  almost 3 years ago

    “Internet beer muscles”……beer now optional.

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    Count Olaf Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    LOL! Don’t forget “Why are you so angry?” w/+’s and jumping to ridiculous conclusions about people you haven’t a clue who they are or what they are really like, financial/economic/employment and career/social status etc. And the ever popular Pee Wee Herman “I know you are but what am I response” of repeating or paraphrasing what was said but substituting another name? Some funny stuff there, boy howdy. You can Count on it.

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    Cameron1988 Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    This is the sad honest truth

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    colinmac2  almost 3 years ago

    Someone was mean to Pastis online once and he never got over it.

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    theincrediblebulk  almost 3 years ago

    Pig is getting off pretty lightly. i generally get worse said to my face and can’t reprint what’s said about me online

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    Otis Rufus Driftwood  almost 3 years ago

    The Internet removed the need to be known and so get unfiltered comments. Says the man using a pseudonym.

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    raybarb44  almost 3 years ago

    Smart Pig. Sad world……

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    Zeno2099  almost 3 years ago

    Thank you for trying to be a voice of sanity Pastis.

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    sisterea  almost 3 years ago

    Amen

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    Jml58  almost 3 years ago

    There has to be room for the idiots. Otherwise we nice people would have nothing to compare ourselves to.

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    Skippy the Magnificent  almost 3 years ago

    People who talk like that on the internet are absolute cowards and don’t have the guts to say things like that in person.

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    tripwire45  almost 3 years ago

    The ugly side of human nature, enabled by social media. I suspect that people who won’t say this to your face are still thinking it more often in the 21st century.

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    secrestlee  almost 3 years ago

    This is sad. What happened to the old adage “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all”?

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    mpolo11 Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    Serious suggestion. If you only post to the attention of actual friends you get nothing but praise, or maybe at least no comment.

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    zeexenon  almost 3 years ago

    Shouldn’t he be in a barn somewhere with a sow Makin Bacon?

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    d edwin  almost 3 years ago

    Poor Pig! I love you!

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    JoeMartinFan Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    If that day was really a thing, the crime rate would go up immeasurably with so many people getting punched in the face.

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    Jaime Jean M  almost 3 years ago

    This was eye-opening. All of a sudden I feel deeply embarrassed.

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    donwestonmysteries  almost 3 years ago

    The common theme? I’m better than you. (Low self esteem).

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    NatureBatsLast  almost 3 years ago

    Welcome to “reasoned debate.”

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    Lynnjav  almost 3 years ago

    It’s much easier to insult, demean, and belittle people when you’re not actually with them. It’s cowardly, of course, but easier.

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    christelisbetty  almost 3 years ago

    A few months after I was introduced to YouTube, I had a dream, that I was in a huge bar, filled with people arguing at the top of their lungs….as I tried to wind my way through the crowd, I realized they were all commentators from YouTube. True story.

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    TheComicMushroom  almost 3 years ago

    Everyone was like talking like that when I was born

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    dimndno  almost 3 years ago

    More and more I’m liking Stephan Pastis.

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    crocman48  almost 3 years ago

    The stupid 7-11 pizza ad on gocomics mobile cancels out all other functions. I can’t go to archives to get good funny croc stuff from the past when this strip was funny.

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    James Noury Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    Poor Pig. I love you!

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    DenO Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    Make one conservative comment on any GoComics editorial comic….. and stand back. Yikes!

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    Lana M.  almost 3 years ago

    Have you been reading our posts, Stephan?

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    brucereck33  almost 3 years ago

    Ironically, the people that are most vocal and complain about others not loving every group or person on the planet are the same ones who act like that.

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    bunrabbit99  almost 3 years ago

    because no one can punch you on-line!

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    Bucinka  almost 3 years ago

    They’re all referring to the Former Guy.

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    eladee AKA Wally  almost 3 years ago

    Don’t listen to them, Pig! They are all a bunch of idiots.

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    DaBump Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    Makes me think of that Jim Carrey movie, Liar Liar, where he is unable to tell a lie for awhile. What would it be like if people found themselves stuck using the same language as their last nasty internet comment for EVERYthing they said the next day? Might get mighty quiet. “Good morning, honey, you filthy rat. Hey, what the h…?”

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    Sisyphos  almost 3 years ago

    Anonymity breeds trollery.

    Such is the internet.

    User, beware….

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    Laurie Stoker Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    This is funny, but true and really, really sad.

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    198.23.5.11  almost 3 years ago

    Anonymity spawns the weirdest kind of imaginary bravery.

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    aussie399 Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    Why, along with completely inane and stupid posts, I lasted two months on (anti) social media

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