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[–] wrath-sedan@kbin.social 43 points 2 years ago

Haha this was always the most disturbing C&H strip I love it

[–] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] SpiderStratagem@lemdro.id 27 points 2 years ago

Bill Watterson graphically murdered a dude in the funny pages and no one blinked an eye. Amazing.

[–] PapaStevesy@midwest.social 15 points 2 years ago

I love how happy Calvin looks, lol.

[–] orphiebaby@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

Calvin did nothing wrong! :P

[–] DrQuint@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And we kept going past 7 Billion, aiming for 8.

[–] ChlorineAddict@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

8 was almost a year ago, we’re on our way to 9 now.

[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Calvin grew up to be Thanos.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I think if Calvin did, he would have been smart enough to not destroy the stones because you'd need to periodically snap again as reducing the population by a % once only turns back the clock and eventually you'll be back where you were before the snap. And if he had the stones, that attack on him wouldn't have stood a chance.

[–] TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago

"We Need To Talk About Calvin"

[–] Thteven@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I was listening to Cattle Decap when I read this, I hope the universe isn't trying to warn me about anything.

[–] teamevil@unilem.org 2 points 2 years ago

Dying Fetus while wearing my Pig Destroyer shirt for me ..makes it all the better!

[–] Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The deers shouldt get shot

They should just have more predators. Wolves and such. That eats the deer.

[–] No_Eponym@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Have you seen a wild run down a kill a deer? Getting shot is far more peaceful.

[–] TheScribbler@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

That was his point, I assume. Way more awesome when a pack of wolves rips it apart.

[–] ZombieMantis@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Humans are predators of deer. Though some of them are wasted, many aren't. Hunters (with their families and their communities) eat their venison for supper, sew their hides into clothes, and carve their bones into jewelry. Unfortunately, it is true that humans have crowded out many of the other predators of deer, like wolves, necessitating more human hunting to fill the gaps; thankfully there's been much effort towards fixing that mistake.

[–] laskoune@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

He’s out of line !

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

This was one of the first Calvin and Hobbes strips I ever read.

[–] ZombieMantis@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (4 children)

The only problem I have with this funny comic is the poor comparison. Humans can actively plan, communicate, & alter our environment. Deer cannot. If their population booms (because we killed all their other predators... Oops) then we do need to fill in the gaps until conservation efforts can restore the other populations, such as wolves. That is our duty, to keep the ecosystem in balance. It's also respectful (In my opinion, at least) to the animals that we kill to at least let them serve a purpose, to feed & cloth us, to not waste their life.

[–] FiskFisk33@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

we can, but effectively we don't

[–] AKADAP@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And we do this by flinging metallic lead all over the countryside.

[–] ZombieMantis@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Some people prefer arrows, so they can retrieve & reuse the bolts when they're done.

[–] Johanno@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

In Germany you are not allowed to use arrows. Because you can't ensure a swift death for the animal.

[–] WhoRoger@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Humans is the only species that destroys their environment and then pretend to fix the problem by destroying more environment.

[–] HoagieBoy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Maybe the point is that humans are not actively planning, communicating, and altering our environment in a positive way to be able to handle the population increase.