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-O-0-0-O- t1_iwgyw2j wrote

Reply to comment by the_lamper in [Image] Calvin and Hobbes tells it like it is by maayangor

Maybe it's an age/era thing?

I personally find a stitch of negativity and caution more motivating that "everyone can do it together" sometimes, I was born in the early 80s and grew up with Calvin & Hobbes

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Beginning_Pudding_69 t1_iwhx6wx wrote

Early 90s and these books were cherished growing up. I actually got the collectible set for Xmas years ago but haven’t read them. Might just read them tonight! I bet they’ll hit home even more as an adult.

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Solid_Neighborhood45 t1_iwhy4ua wrote

I love me some 80s cynicism. This comic is also meaningful in juxtaposition with Watterson's life; he wrote C&H with uncommon zeal, on an extremely rigid schedule. He worked hard to create meaning for his life

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Vicar_Emilio t1_iwjdy7o wrote

I think it works because it comes off as more sincere. I feel it is more a commiseration than someone trying to make me feel better when I don't feel good at all.

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-O-0-0-O- t1_iwjxp20 wrote

"There ain't nothing like a friend who can tell you you're just pissing in the wind"

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