How to Introduce People

Rick, the real person on whom the character is based, has only ever had two complaints about the comic. One is that he doesn’t like it when the character Rick wins, like he does here. He feels that it is not in keeping with the totally fictional character I created (by pretty much watching him live his life and taking notes).

His other complaint was when I once referred to him as having a defeatist attitude. He called me, more than a little irritated, and said, “I’m not a defeatist. I’m just profoundly negative.”

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How to Introduce People

Rick, the real person on whom the character is based, has only ever had two complaints about the comic. One is that he doesn’t like it when the character Rick wins, like he does here. He feels that it is not in keeping with the totally fictional character I created (by pretty much watching him live his life and taking notes).

His other complaint was when I once referred to him as having a defeatist attitude. He called me, more than a little irritated, and said, “I’m not a defeatist. I’m just profoundly negative.”

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How to Be Eccentric

I’ve made my position on milk abundantly clear, so I will not go into it again.

For many years, my go-to snack was dry breakfast cereal eaten out of a glass, as if it were a beverage. I still don’t see why anyone finds that odd. Cereal is meant to be eaten. A cup is just a bowl you can hold in one hand, and this way I don’t needlessly dirty a spoon!

One lesson I’ve learned in life is that when someone thinks that something you’re doing is crazy, having a logical, multi-point defense of said action will not make you look less crazy to them.

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How to Be Eccentric

I’ve made my position on milk abundantly clear, so I will not go into it again.

For many years, my go-to snack was dry breakfast cereal eaten out of a glass, as if it were a beverage. I still don’t see why anyone finds that odd. Cereal is meant to be eaten. A cup is just a bowl you can hold in one hand, and this way I don’t needlessly dirty a spoon!

One lesson I’ve learned in life is that when someone thinks that something you’re doing is crazy, having a logical, multi-point defense of said action will not make you look less crazy to them.

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How to Make Someone Grateful for the Sci-fi Movies Hollywood Is Making Today

For those who haven’t seen Soylent Green, (SPOILER ALERT) it’s a mystery story that takes place in a distant future where overcrowding and environmental problems have led to people mainly subsisting on a green protein cracker called Soylent Green. In the end, the hero discovers that the crackers are made out of people. It’s about as cheery and uplifting as most early-seventies science fiction got. There’s a reason Steven Spielberg and George Lucas took the world by storm.

I’m kinda surprised nobody has remade Soylent Green. I could see it a s a Bruce Willis vehicle. They’d probably give it a happy ending, with Bruce eating a cracker made out of the bad guy.

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How to Make Someone Grateful for the Sci-fi Movies Hollywood Is Making Today

For those who haven’t seen Soylent Green, (SPOILER ALERT) it’s a mystery story that takes place in a distant future where overcrowding and environmental problems have led to people mainly subsisting on a green protein cracker called Soylent Green. In the end, the hero discovers that the crackers are made out of people. It’s about as cheery and uplifting as most early-seventies science fiction got. There’s a reason Steven Spielberg and George Lucas took the world by storm.

I’m kinda surprised nobody has remade Soylent Green. I could see it a s a Bruce Willis vehicle. They’d probably give it a happy ending, with Bruce eating a cracker made out of the bad guy.

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How to Accept Help That Isn't Actually Helpful

We’ve all worked with that person who presents everything you do as a mistake and everything they do as a tremendous success. I’ve found that over time the rest of the staff tends to avoid that person, a fact the person usually considers to be a mistake on everyone else’s part, or an unfortunate side-effect of their tremendous success.

Note from Missy: This comic fills me with rage, because I’ve worked with that person in many a job. Side note: I feel like if this strip had been written a couple of years later, it’d definitely be Jenkins being the total work jerk, instead of Earth Mother here. I don’t think he’d fully grown into his true Jenkinsness at this point.

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How to Accept Help That Isn't Actually Helpful

We’ve all worked with that person who presents everything you do as a mistake and everything they do as a tremendous success. I’ve found that over time the rest of the staff tends to avoid that person, a fact the person usually considers to be a mistake on everyone else’s part, or an unfortunate side-effect of their tremendous success.

Note from Missy: This comic fills me with rage, because I’ve worked with that person in many a job. Side note: I feel like if this strip had been written a couple of years later, it’d definitely be Jenkins being the total work jerk, instead of Earth Mother here. I don’t think he’d fully grown into his true Jenkinsness at this point.

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How to Insult Someone Without Offending Them

The phrase “with all due respect” has always cracked me up. We use it to soften the blow when we’re about to criticize someone, but when you really think about it, it makes an insult that much more cutting. You’re basically prefacing your insult with “You’re not going to like what I’m going to say, but please understand, you totally deserve it.”

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How to Insult Someone Without Offending Them

The phrase “with all due respect” has always cracked me up. We use it to soften the blow when we’re about to criticize someone, but when you really think about it, it makes an insult that much more cutting. You’re basically prefacing your insult with “You’re not going to like what I’m going to say, but please understand, you totally deserve it.”

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