Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for August 31, 2023

Rat’s helping Pig meet his goal; that’s nice.

This must be the beneficial altruism that Sam Bankman-Fried liked to talk about

And that’s why you shouldn’t tell people to just be themselves.

Rat covers all the angles.

Pretty soon, a fight starts up for that position in line.

… do you know how challenging it is after Pig who is lactose intolerance wolfs down a case of cheez-whiz?

He can clear a cafe.

Rat. I am torn between giving you a black eye or joining you.

Them plates look like they were laid with a chalk line and spacers. Steph got a hint of OCD showing

Hey, he’s only a Rat, after all. :D

Rat’s mantra “What’s yours is mine, and what’s mine is my own”!

Paying it forward, but Rat never pays it back.

I’ve heard about that, but how do you know what the person behind you will order? If you just leave some money, that could be too much or not enough (I do not go to places where people order drinks at a counter to take away, so I wouldn’t know).

That’s easy. I typically hold the door open for whoever is behind me when entering a public building such as a library and pick up random bits of liter, putting it in the trash receptacle. If we all did one nice thing a day, imagine how much better the world would be.

Morning Steph, Very funny, keep it up

the person in line behind you can afford it. how about tipping your servers a little more instead, since they’re the ones likely paycheck-to-paycheck.

He gives pig a friend for whom to buy a drink.

You can easily do something nice many times a day: smile for everyone you meet!

Leave it to Rat to figure out how to take advantage of a situation.

Is it concerning that I believe the term “nice” is becoming relative?

Like, what is “nice” to a given person?

Rat doesn’t care…

Rat helps Pig to feel good about himself. That’s nice.

Rat just loves to mooch off of everyone. It’s a miracle Pig hasn’t stood up to him or kicked him out.

For whom.

“Whom”

But do go on.

This was pretty funny.

Nice to whom, Ratster.

I suppose that therapy would probably be lost on Rat.

LOL :) Gotta ❤️ Rat. He’s a real Count kinda guy. And an esp great idea to stand behind Pig now because Pumpkin Spice Lattes are back (woo hoo!) and they ain’t cheap.

Should be “for whom”.

Rat’s my kind of Capitalist.

for whom

A few years ago on Christmas, someone stopped at the local Starbucks and gave them $500 to use on people who showed up for coffee and food. They were instructed to challenge the individuals who benefited from the benevolence to do 30 nice things in the next 30 days. I accepted the challenge. The local paper was going to print a story but Starbucks said the corporate wouldn’t give permission to run the article. Anyway, I still enjoyed it.

rat is always right.

Rat reminds me of Ayn Rand….

Ahem. For whom.

Oh, look, Goat is judging again

Best find a cafe that doesn’t make you stand in line…

Some people can do that by not telling you what they’re really thinking.