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1. 3 days ago on Peanuts

   I don’t know. I think there were specials when he was alive that basically called her a “latch-key kid.” Her father being a single Dad who sometimes leaves her alone at night was the subject of a whole thread/series of strips.

   Plus Schulz was pretty willing to deal with sadness in child lives. I mean he did a special where people bullied a child with cancer.

2. 3 days ago on Peanuts

   I kind of feel like her looks aren’t really the issue for “Chuck.” She’s kind of…a lot.

3. 3 days ago on Zen Pencils

   I think the comic is a bit unrealistic as well. Not everyone, even if they practice, will be a master painter or horse-rider merely because they want to. But also I’d say sometimes happiness comes from finding happy within things you didn’t choose. If you go into life thinking “what will satisfy my desire” and nothing else you can also become miserable. Your desires may change, etc.

   I think there’s also a middle ground between “do things solely for the money” and “do things solely for your own desire and amusement.” Or at least “Don’t think of the money, think of whether it will benefit others and help you meet interesting people.” Because I do think it’s plausible if it’s beneficial and gets you real social connections you may do okay financially.

4. 3 days ago on Ziggy

   From what I can tell Ziggy has the same number of fingers here as normal. So it’s probably not AI. (I’m not sure why but AI tends to mix up the number or length of fingers and also make the eyes so “cute” they are kind of creepy.)

5. 11 days ago on Peanuts

   I thought I heard once her parents are divorced but somehow the Dad got custody. Considering the era, and she’s a daughter, I’d guess the Mom was unfit or just clearly didn’t want her.

   Which could sound dark but I saw a “Peanuts Begins” where Pig Pen said he’s called that because “My parents call me that” or something. And kind of implied they neglected him. So dark implications wouldn’t be that new.

6. 11 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   I guess, but if someone online told me “Vishnu is absolutely real!” I think I would just take that as meaning arguing the point would waste both our time.

   Or not even the God of another religion. If someone said “Atlantis is absolutely real” I might argue it for awhile, but if they just kept insisting it I think I’d move on and accept this is a solid belief they have for some odd reason. One that’s not likely to shift.

   Plus even if it’s specifically Christian “Love God with all your heart and your neighbor as yourself” feels like it’s not worth getting that upset about. I get some would prefer to focus on the humanistic element but there are clearly things beyond humans. Whether for you that’s the biosphere or the Universe or some philosophical concept of Truth.

7. 15 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   I hear this, but I rarely experience it these days. Jehovah’s Witnesses came to my house a few years after I started renting. I politely but firmly told them I wasn’t interested in, but that I respected them for their stand against Hitler for example. I have not seen them since.

   Online at least I have politely, but firmly, told atheists I’m not currently interested in atheism. And unlike JWs they pretty often keep pestering me after that. Now in fairness in real life most atheists I’ve known are actually fairly chill, but for some reason there’s a breed of “overly online atheists” (not saying you are one to be clear) who in my experience are some of the most aggressive proselytizers I’ve ever dealt with. I think they feel like they are “liberating” people, but it can get exasperating.

8. 15 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   In fairness that one statement was less about Croc specifically than some other atheists here. I should have separated, but that would be three posts in a row.

9. 15 days ago on The Duplex

   I think Eno might be too young for the draft. But also I think he would maybe be the kind of guy that if there was a draft the board would reject him.

10. 15 days ago on Peanuts

    Yeah she was trying to be witty more than a 100% accurate. I think in later life she even grew a bit tired of the expectation she had a quip on hand for any occasion and also became involved in civil rights.