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  1. about 10 hours ago on The Duplex

    For our younger readers, what he was holding as a portable phone that connected to the house. They had actual raised buttons and no screen and the buttons made a different tones when pressed.

    Ugh… Just google it.

  2. 3 days ago on Andertoons

    Shared this with ChatGPT asking to explain the joke:

    The cartoon features two characters sitting at a table. One is dressed as Superman, and the other is a woman wearing a bonnet and a dress with a large “A” on her chest. The caption reads, “It’s not what you think.”

    The joke lies in the humorous misunderstanding of the “A” symbol. The woman represents Hester Prynne from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel “The Scarlet Letter,” in which she is forced to wear the letter “A” (for “adultery”) as punishment. The humor comes from the juxtaposition of this character with Superman, leading to a funny misinterpretation of the “A” symbol. In this context, the “A” could humorously be mistaken for “A” in a superhero sense, like “A for Awesome” or another positive attribute, rather than its original meaning. The phrase “It’s not what you think” emphasizes this mix-up.

  3. 4 days ago on Arlo and Janis

    Are they back home?

  4. 4 days ago on Luann

    I’m liking this change. Any chance to extend their vacation? I’ll start a gofundme.

  5. 4 days ago on The Duplex

    This should send a lot of millennials to do a google search.

  6. 4 days ago on Andertoons

    I remember learning about this book in the 7th grade. Back then there was no internet or social media so a lot of us were clueless about adultery.

  7. 8 days ago on Brewster Rockit

    I suppose if there’s outside/public traffic coming in. It depends on the culture.

  8. 8 days ago on Big Nate

    Yep. I now reply to “do better” with a thoughtful pause followed by “nah… I’m fine”.

  9. 8 days ago on Big Nate

    I had a math teacher write this in my yearbook:

    2 sweet

    2 nice

    2 be

    4 got

    10

  10. 9 days ago on Brewster Rockit

    I never understood why HR restricted things like that.