Population Statistic: Read. React. Repeat.
Monday, March 14, 2005

sandwiched!Does anyone else find this recent Blondie strip disturbing? Consider:

- Dagwood is engaging in workplace cyberslacking, a widespread and growing problem.

- What’s more, he’s not just casually Web surfing — he’s messing around in a chat room. That “hi, let’s chat” he opens with just has a creepy, cyberstalker vibe to it.

- Finally, Dagwood’s online anonymity is outed — perhaps the most unsettling feeling for someone playing on the Internet, regardless of purpose.

Is it just me? Perhaps I’m a bit edgier about the funny pages lately, ever since the cast of Garfield converted to Satanism.

by Costa Tsiokos, Mon 03/14/2005 10:13pm
Category: Comedy, Internet, Pop Culture
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