Me when I was little: “mom, why are those guys holding hands?”
Mom: “well you know how you like girls? Some boys like boys. Some girls like girls.”
Me: “oh, cool. Mom, why are the street signs here blue but green in the other town?”
I bring up this exchange whenever people say stuff like “but what will the kids think? It will break their brains!”
Now, my mom teaching that to me DID cause some damage, because she forgot to add: “but you go to catholic school, so don’t repeat that or else you’ll get in trouble AND the other kids will bully you and the teachers won’t stop them”. Thankssss mom.
I love the phrase “the turd doesn’t fall far from the asshole”.
An example of great parenting. Kid asks question, answer question honestly and briefly. No need for a lecture.
Dad’s rockin the socratic method.
I used to be like a diet version of Mike. Sometimes the turd becomes a progressive transfem communist.
Note, there are two devils in the last pic, a big one and a small one. I know that feeling too well.
Overton window for devils.
I don’t think this comic holds true. Mike is 6. Who knows where he heard these things. Could have been tv. Could have been at school. Could have been other kids his age.
The point is, his name is Mike. Which if you’ve ever met a Mike, you know that all Mikes are assholes by default.
I don’t understand the last panel, are they supposed to be representing commenters?
is the metaphor of the little devil on your shoulder falling out of fashion? not aimed at you personally, your comment just made me wonder if it’s starting to become less known in general.
I thought that was a possibility but they both look like devils?
Also I don’t think the metaphor is falling out of fashion, less common than it used to be, but I think everyone still knows it.
They are both devils - his wife (the author) has a shoulder angel and shoulder devil, along with an occasional shoulder princess, shoulder cave woman, and a few others that have appeared once or twice. Obby here gets a relatively subtle devil and an overt satyr-shaped devil.
ohh I see. Thank you
