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[[Woman is watching TV; man approaches behind her]]

Man: I can’t understand how you can watch so much SPORTS. Grown men chasing a little ball around a park. It’s POINTLESS!

Man: It doesn’t AFFECT anything. It doesn’t SOLVE anything. It doesn’t MATTER. You get all worked up and emotionally invested and for WHAT? Some MADE-UP conflict that exists only to put MONEY into the pockets of STRANGERS.

Man: It’s a waste of TIME, a waste of MONEY, and a waste of STRESS.
Woman: Dude, fourth quarter.

Woman: I’ll entertain whatever dumb discussion you want in ten more minutes.
Man: Cool, ‘cuz when it’s over I need the TV to play video games.

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{{alt-text: “If sport did not exist, we would have to invent it.” — Voltaire Bud}}

#992; The Worth of Sport transcribed by in

[[Woman is watching TV; man approaches behind her]]

Man: I can't understand how you can watch so much SPORTS. Grown men chasing a little ball around a park. It's POINTLESS!

Man: It doesn't AFFECT anything. It doesn't SOLVE anything. It doesn't MATTER. You get all worked up and emotionally invested and for WHAT? Some MADE-UP conflict that exists only to put MONEY into the pockets of STRANGERS.

Man: It's a waste of TIME, a waste of MONEY, and a waste of STRESS.
Woman: Dude, fourth quarter.

Woman: I'll entertain whatever dumb discussion you want in ten more minutes.
Man: Cool, 'cuz when it's over I need the TV to play video games.

{{header: play along at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: "If sport did not exist, we would have to invent it." -- Voltaire Bud}}

''If sport did not exist, we would have to invent it'' -- Voltaire Bud

#992; The Worth of Sport

  — December 30th, 2013

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20 years ago (in photocomic form)

June 9, 2026 by David Malki !
A young David Malki !, Steve Carey, and Ryan North, June 2006.

The computers tell me it was 20 years ago, June 9, 2006, that I arrived in New York for my first-ever comic convention as an exhibitor, MoCCA.

It was an important trip for me, a milestone in what would go on to become my career.

I wrote a little reminiscence on Patreon (free/unlocked) — including a first-since-then reprint of the photocomics I made at the time, documenting the trip!

Read the rest here: [ 20 Years Ago (In Photocomic Form) ]


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