Zach Weinersmith
Not a Spring Onion@ZachWeinersmith Thankfully, people are large and stupid.
John Porter@ZachWeinersmith That first panel is top notch. I think I'll be using that bit of wisdom in my day-to-day.
Cwality@ZachWeinersmith I love the line “SURROUND YOURSELF WITH SHIT THAT YOU CAN PUNCH, MY BOY, AND YOU WILL KNOW PEACE.”. Proper wisdom.
James Kuszmaul@ZachWeinersmith Oh wait you actually update that blog underneath the panels?
danwwilson🌱@ZachWeinersmith I wish I could boost that comic more than once. It hit me in the feels.
Soozcat@ZachWeinersmith #Alt4You 5-panel comic: a bearded grandfather & his adult redhead grandson talk under a night sky.
GS: Grandpa, I don't get it. How is it that we are so much richer and more knowledgeable than people 100 years ago, and yet all the time we're busy and anxious and sad.
GP: You can't punch stuff anymore.
GP: Two things used to be true: 1, people generally knew how their devices worked. 2, most of the devices in life were large and stupid. Hand-tools, carts, chairs, stoves. (more)
GS: Grandpa, I don't get it. How is it that we are so much richer and more knowledgeable than people 100 years ago, and yet all the time we're busy and anxious and sad.
GP: You can't punch stuff anymore.
GP: Two things used to be true: 1, people generally knew how their devices worked. 2, most of the devices in life were large and stupid. Hand-tools, carts, chairs, stoves. (more)
@ZachWeinersmith #Alt4You (continued)
GP: The result was that, when a machine wasn't working, the solution was to beat it like it'd slept with your wife. Bash it with a hammer. Jam a knife into it. Pry it apart with an ax or a crowbar.
GP: Today when your computer suddenly loses all your wor, what do you do? Internalize the anger. Eat it. If you do beat something, it's an old technology like the table or wall, but you have to treat the actual source of the problem like royalty. (more)
GP: The result was that, when a machine wasn't working, the solution was to beat it like it'd slept with your wife. Bash it with a hammer. Jam a knife into it. Pry it apart with an ax or a crowbar.
GP: Today when your computer suddenly loses all your wor, what do you do? Internalize the anger. Eat it. If you do beat something, it's an old technology like the table or wall, but you have to treat the actual source of the problem like royalty. (more)
@ZachWeinersmith #Alt4You (continued)
GP: Surround yourself with shit that you can punch, my boy, and you will know peace.
GS: Truly you are wise, Grandfather. (end)
GP: Surround yourself with shit that you can punch, my boy, and you will know peace.
GS: Truly you are wise, Grandfather. (end)
Skiriki Fyxe@ZachWeinersmith I'm going to note that this works in tech support as well.
When you are on-site techie, people seem more interested about NOT repeating the mistake if they are within punching distance and are capable of putting some energy into learning what went wrong.
But on phone...
Kyle R. Conway@ZachWeinersmith I think this is a good synopsis of why the Office Space baseball bat & printer/copier scene is/was satisfying.