Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for December 14, 2024

I’m picturing the beginning of the old TV show “The Incredible Hulk,” where the word “Anger” becomes the word “Danger.”

I wonder how they made Rat angrier than normal. That’s miraculous.

At T University, they teach that if somebody calls you a liar, double down on the lie. If that fails, get angry and accuse them of doing the same thing.

Rat must be watching cable TV news again!

Lessen learned.

They should have something like anger management for people who make other people angry!

I guess you gotta go with what you know.

Forgets Angry Birds. Coming soon new game Angry Rats.

Remember the columnist Ed Anger, whose prose appeared in Weeky World News?!

How about a lesson on channeling your anger?

What’s funny about it? I checked my court order and it says “anger management.” It doesn’t say anything about suppressing it… And I’m doing great! 5 points above inflation! :D

Goat should know that “Less is more”.

The most dangerous person to any form of oppression or tyranny is the one who can oppose them while retaining a sense of serenity and humor.

Goat never seems to tire of being straight man for Rat.

I wonder how it will advance during the next 4 years.

For starters, avoid reading right-wing populist editorial cartoonists. Let me know if you need names.

Considering just how insanely hard, medically speaking, today is going to be for me, I just wanna say to everyone who has posted so far, and everyone who has posted before, everyone who will post, everyone who reads the comic strip here, and just plain, old, regular, everyone in general: thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you tha-(think of this in sing-song, with NO SARCASM INTENDED!!!!!!) Dan aka…ps again, thanks!!!!!!!

Anger! Misery! You’ll suffer unto me.

Harvester of Sorrow, Metallica

How to mine it, refine it, and use it to your advantage.

You’d better run, Goat.

Less is more???

This enrages me…

ain’t that the truth… :j

Turn off the sh** they call news. That’s the first step to anger management.

Rat has a point.

Unfortunately true, Rat.

Ask yourself: do I really want to let my inner toddler come out?

Rat at least knows himself.

Time for a “kind soul pig” strip.

Sad but true

Anger is a 2nd emotion – try lessening whatever comes first. (in a lot of cases, it would be accepting the idea that matters of opinion (not fact) have no “right” answer)

Looking around, it seems the only way the level of anger in the good old U S and A can go is down.

I can’t decide if he likes heart attacks or ulcers

“You’re taking a course on conversation?”“Yes.”- L.A. Story

AT&T Human Resource Assessment Challenge Step how to find and push an individual’s personal buttons until the precise moment to cool them down before, either they had a stroke, tears formed, or getting myself clobbered.

Alternative facts have made logical discourse impossible. It is possible to reason from accepted facts and at least consider each other’s viewpoint and possibly make some progress toward uniting our country. But, the right wing media has been presenting a twisted view of reality, designed to benefit the rich who own news outlets, for about 40 years now. If you think you can reason with someone who was raised on Rush Limbaugh, then Faux news etc. you are as delusional as they are. And, in the last five years or so, the truth can’t even be twisted enough to suit their purposes, which is not a problem because their brainwashing has resulted in a number of people who will believe them when they tell out right lies.

The older you get, the easier it is to cut back on the anger and other harsh emotions if for no other reason than they take too much energy. Sadly, the characters here don’t age.

Pig would be a good example to anybody in the world EXCEPT for Rat. I’ve never seen Pig angry.

This strip is about as funny as Mary Worth these days. Surely Pastis knows the crocs made this strip?

Doesn’t it increase on its own?

what rat speaks is all too real anymore…

Why should I practice self-control when the problem is everyone else?

Watch the nightly news if you need proof.