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1. about 16 hours ago on Pearls Before Swine

   I think it’s awesome how your avatar (profile picture) fits your comment today.

2. 2 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   You are right that “folded hands of an individual” was the intended meaning. But the misconception that it is a “high five” is actually very, very common.

   If you google “prayer emoji” then of course you will get a biased sampling of sources. But if you google “prayer or high five emoji” then you will find lots of sources acknowledging the misconception. It’s not just Rat/Pastis.

3. 2 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   But when you google ‘high five emoji’ you get… the exact same emoji…

   (To be fair, apparently it was originally meant as “folded hands of an individual”, before people realized it also looks just like a high-five.)

4. 2 days ago on Bloom County

   The underlying image is a just a little more readable than the slightly scaled version that most browsers produce:

   assets.amuniversal.Com/fc7d79c07c5d0135ec56005056a9545d

   (Alternatively try making your browser window substantially wider… how much wider depends on the ads you get served, I think.)

5. 2 days ago on Non Sequitur

   “(…) as they had no choice, thus humans and free will (…)”

   But God is omniscient (i.e., all knowing). So he already knows what choices humans are going to make. So much for free will!

   In particular, he already knew that the serpent would convince our Granny Eve to eat a fruit from the Tree of Knowledge (BTW, by telling her things about the fruit/tree that turned out to be true, thus making God’s initial version a lie, but that’s a separate discussion.)

   Thus, the whole episode that led to the expulsion of Grampa Adam and Granny Eve is nothing more than entrapment.

   And somehow a newborn child born with a fatal illness is somehow paying for that original “sin” allegedly perpetrated by his ancestors… what a crock!

6. 2 days ago on Cow and Boy Classics

   Don’t get mad, Cow!

7. 5 days ago on FoxTrot

   Thank you for your contribution, Jedi.Kermit!

   I noticed that the Classic strip posted on Dec 31st aligns perfectly with the New Year celebration.

   Maybe the reason why they have been shuffling around the strips (compared to the 2003-2004 run) was to achieve this perfect timing while keeping the mini-arcs somewhat coherent.

8. 5 days ago on FoxTrot Classics

   Ok, this Classic strip is perfectly timed.

   Maybe the reason why they have been shuffling around the strips (compared to the 2003-2004 run) was to achieve this perfect timing while keeping the mini-arcs somewhat coherent.

9. 5 days ago on Bloom County

   You may or may not know this, so I’ll tell you (and other fellow readers who may not know):

   This strip is from September 15, 1988. So some of us know what will happen in upcoming strips. There is an arc in particular that started in January 30, 1989, and that I believe we will be re-visiting in June 2025.

   If you peek forward in the archives you will realize that @Imagine and @einarbt are actually referring to those “future” Bloom County events, even if the motivation for posting their comments is centered in our present.

10. 6 days ago on Calvin and Hobbes

    From the Oxford Dictionary of English:

    Savonarola, Girolamo | ˌsavɒnəˈrəʊlə |

    (1452–98), Italian preacher and religious reformer. A Dominican monk and strict ascetic, he became popular for his passionate preaching against immorality and corruption. Savonarola became virtual ruler of Florence (1494–5) but in 1497 he was excommunicated and later executed as a heretic.