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Hello fellow Far Side fans!
About this community and how I post the comic strip… Many moons ago, I would ask my Dad to save the newspaper for me everyday so I could read my favorite comic strips and one of those was The Far Side. These days of course you find just about anything online including www.thefarside.com where they post several comics a day and I repost them here. Just to note, the date you see in my posts is not the initial release date, but the date they were posted on the website.
The Far Side is a single-panel comic created by Gary Larson and syndicated by Chronicle Features and then Universal Press Syndicate, which ran from December 31, 1979, to January 1, 1995 (when Larson retired as a cartoonist). Its surrealistic humor is often based on uncomfortable social situations, improbable events, an anthropomorphic view of the world, logical fallacies, impending bizarre disasters, (often twisted) references to proverbs, or the search for meaning in life… Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Far_Side
Hope you enjoy and feel free to contribute to the community with art, cool stuff about the author, tattoos, toys and anything else, as long it’s The Far Side!
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The reason you have a spare is because you might need it in the future.
People seem to think that "spare" means that it's useless, but it's exactly the opposite. It's "spare" because it's useful to you. So it's strange that people think you would give something away just because it's "spare," because that just means you'd have to acquire another spare for yourself.
Would you give away the spare tire for your car just because somebody asked you for it?
Fun fact; someone needing it is exactly why you have a spare, too. I would give my spare tire to a stranger that needs it, because that’s what a spare is. Then I get a new one. Edit: otherwise your spare is useless when you don’t need it.
Why don’t you have two spares in case you have two flat tires?!?
The reason cars don't carry around two spare tires is because they consume a lot of space. cars don't have a lot of space to store a bunch of tires. All cars carry one spare tire because most likely in an emergency one tire will go out, so you replace it then get to a shop ASAP to sort things out. If two or more tires go out, stay where you are and summon assistance.
This is exactly why the phase “can you spare an ?” makes sense.
Spares aren’t just for yourself.
3 is 2, 2 is 1, 1 is none.
This is why I keep 5 spares in case I need them for all 4 of my tires.
But what if your spares break? Gotta keep at least one spare per spare, I say
I just bring my spare car. Easier that way.
Oh no the unfortunates are going to have things. How can I someone of privilege survive without things? Is this the Robin Hood paradox where rich people will end up being moochers after all the moochers take their stuff?
This is Gary Larson. The armadillos are a joke. He made a joke. That’s what he does. You made a self centered statement about your entitlements.
If you can’t tell the difference between a moochers and a person who had bad luck and need a hand then you’re not well equipped for the social life we need. Because you have more in common with that person than with the one you seem to identify with.
Pls venmo me a thousand bucks kthx
I can easily tell the difference; one is born in money and is actually mooching on society, the rest of us should team up and kick that guy.
Your issue is one of perspective. You think your little things have a meaning, and you think that someone like Elon Musk just has more things (edit: because he worked harder or longer). As someone that actually works with centimillionaires and some billionaires, their lives are incredibly different on a fundamental level. They don’t just have more spare things. They suck government subsidies as income.
Trust me, the guy who is asking for a spare has it just as bad as you, with extra bad luck that day. Show some empathy.
Nevermind learning empathy. That one is going to be tricky for you, I feel.
Luckily, you don't need it to reach the correct outcome. Look into the other concept that is kept from you, the same reason why companies seek to "collude" in the "free" market.
Selfish Altruism; it'll make your life easier and still save your descendants. Do it for you.
And yet, we live in a world where some people have more armadillos that they could use in multiple life times while half of the world population dosen't even had one.
Fucking armadillionaires
New band name!
I think it's a fair bit more than half these days.
I mean, yeah. A spare is for emergencies. If someone needed my spare, then they can have it. We'll replace it later. Ideally, they would pay for it, but I'm not so heartless as to haggle with a person in crisis.
But this guy doesn't need my spare. He wants my spare because he doesn't have one.
The reason I have a spare is because I didn't knock down all the pins the first throw.
Why would I need spare clothes when I can only wear one pants and sweater at a time?
To trade with the Indians to caulk your wagon and float it across the river.
Have you never had to pack a mirror or other fragile item in a moving van?