#1071; Old Dog, Oldest Trick

Comic Transcripts

Man: People are afraid to TALK these days for fear of OFFENDING someone! It’s UNBELIEVABLE!

Man: You can’t do ANYTHING without someone taking it as an INSULT!
Man: You can’t talk like you’d NORMALLY talk, full of all the invective and slurs you’d NORMALLY use, without the objects of that invective feeling belittled and dehumanized by it!

Man: You can’t even step on people’s FEET without them crying out in pain! You have to try and AVOID stepping on them at ALL if you don’t want to be accused of HURTING them! It’s MADNESS!!
Man: You can’t TRAMPLE THE MULTITUDES without a weak moan from the very bottom of the body-pile making you feel momentarily a tiny bit sheepish!!

Man: What’s the world COMING to, when you’re tacitly encouraged NOT to simply stop about wherever you like, heedless of the humanity of others? What KIND of WORLD are we CREATING??
Woman: One where —
Man: The QUESTION was OBVIOUSLY RHETORICAL

{{header: toughen up at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: It’s like you can’t even unhinge your jaw and let the dark pour out unheeded into the world at large anymore, without the all-consuming void gushing from your black center devouring the stars and the birds and the sun and the elements that combine to make love possible!}}

#1071; Old Dog, Oldest Trick transcribed by in

Man: People are afraid to TALK these days for fear of OFFENDING someone! It’s UNBELIEVABLE!

#1071; Old Dog, Oldest Trick transcribed by in

Man: People are afraid to TALK these days for fear of OFFENDING someone! It's UNBELIEVABLE!

Man: You can't do ANYTHING without someone taking it as an INSULT!
Man: You can't talk like you'd NORMALLY talk, full of all the invective and slurs you'd NORMALLY use, without the objects of that invective feeling belittled and dehumanized by it!

Man: You can't even step on people's FEET without them crying out in pain! You have to try and AVOID stepping on them at ALL if you don't want to be accused of HURTING them! It's MADNESS!!
Man: You can't TRAMPLE THE MULTITUDES without a weak moan from the very bottom of the body-pile making you feel momentarily a tiny bit sheepish!!

Man: What's the world COMING to, when you're tacitly encouraged NOT to simply stop about wherever you like, heedless of the humanity of others? What KIND of WORLD are we CREATING??
Woman: One where --
Man: The QUESTION was OBVIOUSLY RHETORICAL

{{header: toughen up at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: It's like you can't even unhinge your jaw and let the dark pour out unheeded into the world at large anymore, without the all-consuming void gushing from your black center devouring the stars and the birds and the sun and the elements that combine to make love possible!}}

It's like you can't even unhinge your jaw and let the dark pour out unheeded into the world at large anymore, without the all-consuming void gushing from your black center devouring the stars and the birds and the sun and the elements that combine to make love possible!