The story of Mankind:

Human 1: hey we're wrecking things
Human 2: haha your doing it too
Human 1: I know that's what...
Human 2: pwned

The End

-1 subby. Berke Breathed is a saint beyond criticism.

Sunny wishes he was Opus.

Subby not sunny. Damn typos.

/preview is my friend.

With "Opus" he's more than once repeated old jokes almost verbatim from both those strips and the lack of effort shows.

He should have stopped with Outland.

Or better yet, never ended Bloom County. Unless of course it would've evolved into this crap in which case, thanks for ending it before it did.

thepostess: Sunny wishes he was Opus.

Did [she] come home with a list of names?

-1 subby.
He didn't say that setting up gear is the most stressful nor the most important.
It is a pain to normal people.

Opus rules.

Wow, he's still alive? I thought Opus was from the 60s...

Why did a comic strip get greenlit?

There's a TV commercial for [big box retailer] that says something about HD being a snap with [their service] to set it up for you. How farking hard can it possibly be? We're not talking about replacing the transaxle on a car here.

When I complain about it, my wife reminds me I'm a computer programmer, and therefore not one of this store's typical customers.

Still...

"Opus" has turned out to be the most disappointed comic strip I can remember.

He doesn't even try. Binkley was in high school back when the strip started, but he just conveniently forgot that, and added him anyway.

Hey Berke, if you're going to keep doing a strip, how about bringing back all of the Bloom County characters?

Subby has lost all perspective on what "normal" (HAH!) people find funny.

Fantasizing about chicks, check.
Laid out on the floor, check.
In front of bigass TV, check.
Having difficulty with current technology, check.

Sounds like a typical day for most of us.

/I'm sure there's bottles of beer or booze behind the TV or just out frame

Wow... I read that as "Ben Bernanke" and was like WTF?! I scoured the cartoon three times for some obtuse economic metaphor.

©2006

I'm sorry, exactly what part of this is current?

Also, I understand why he is stressed about that. I put my LCD up and connected my computer, a 5.1 surround system, dvd player, xbox, PS2, and a Wii. If I was too dumb to connect it, I would feel pretty bad about myself.

However, I do wish there was a way to eliminate some of the cables... thing looks the vines from a damn jungle back there until you spend 20 minutes with zip ties.

Bad_ad85: Why did a comic strip get greenlit?

it's Sunday. we're at the ass end of the Fark week.

StatJunkie: -1 subby. Berke Breathed is a saint beyond criticism.

that

Fuggin Bizzy: There's a TV commercial for [big box retailer] that says something about HD being a snap with [their service] to set it up for you. How farking hard can it possibly be? We're not talking about replacing the transaxle on a car here.

When I complain about it, my wife reminds me I'm a computer programmer, and therefore not one of this store's typical customers.

Still...

It really isn't that hard. The cables all line up nicely, usually in perfectly sensible grouping, and most with multiple cables are color coded. There are about 9 different kinds of connections, but the only ones that would be even mildly confusing - component versus composite are red white yellow and red blue green respectively. So, unless you were color blind, it's cake, otherwise that could potentially be horribly frustrating.

\Also a programmer

I am just waiting for the day that all this technology goes HAL-9000 on our butts.

BB was coerced into creating Opus-oriented comic by his editors. He should never have taken out the Bloom County Picayune, the harried editor, Milo, or the other characters that allowed him to make pointed political commentary and witty or snide suggestions. Without these, he lost perspective on Bloom County and the comic has never been nearly as good since.

Fuggin Bizzy:
When I complain about it, my wife mom yells down the basement stairs and reminds me I'm a computer programmer, and therefore not one of this store's typical customers.

FTFY

Bloom County: good
Everything Else: bad

Geez, I thought Breathed might have a chance at producing something of quality now that he only has to squeeze out a strip once a week, but obviously I was wrong...

My husband couldn't get sound out of the stereo speakers from the TV and acted like I'd asked him to perform open heart surgery when I told him just to unplug them from one device and into another. I once found him holding a patch cord, looking at it like it was a creature from outer space. I try to take care of things before I find the cable box connected to the stereo cassette player which then has been connected to the DVD player.

stressed, you haven't seen stressed

subby's headline show they haven't dealt with my wife dealing with electronics or computers yet.

it's strange and horrifying process
and the la-la state after the storm is surreal.

no wonder I'm bald.

Yup. And some places charge $5 for a cup of joe.

rogue49: stressed, you haven't seen stressed

subby's headline show they haven't dealt with my wife dealing with electronics or computers yet.

it's strange and horrifying process
and the la-la state after the storm is surreal.

no wonder I'm bald.

of course, I'm not calling her "normal" either,
but who is?

Quantumbunny: Fuggin Bizzy: There's a TV commercial for [big box retailer] that says something about HD being a snap with [their service] to set it up for you. How farking hard can it possibly be? We're not talking about replacing the transaxle on a car here.

When I complain about it, my wife reminds me I'm a computer programmer, and therefore not one of this store's typical customers.

Still...

It really isn't that hard. The cables all line up nicely, usually in perfectly sensible grouping, and most with multiple cables are color coded. There are about 9 different kinds of connections, but the only ones that would be even mildly confusing - component versus composite are red white yellow and red blue green respectively. So, unless you were color blind, it's cake, otherwise that could potentially be horribly frustrating.

\Also a programmer

Shenanigans. In this day and age, no self-respecting technologist would acknowledge the existence of composite, or even component connections.

Holy fark. I can't believe people still think that they're among the technologically elite because they know the difference between component and composite.

FunkOut: My husband couldn't get sound out of the stereo speakers from the TV and acted like I'd asked him to perform open heart surgery when I told him just to unplug them from one device and into another.

How can you even respect him as a man now?

Berke Breathed has lost all perspective on what normal people get stressed over

Subby obviously hasn't ever touched whatever technological marvel has come into his/her home... including a computer.

/wait a minnit...

TV.

Home theater.

HDMI cable.

Done.

Mugato: FunkOut: My husband couldn't get sound out of the stereo speakers from the TV and acted like I'd asked him to perform open heart surgery when I told him just to unplug them from one device and into another.

How can you even respect him as a man now?

I think he copes better with technology such as rocks and sticks. We're still working on fire, though, there's still extinguisher residue on everything in the kitchen from last night.

Not a programmer, but I do some tech support at a university library, you would really, really be surprised at how easy it is to trip up the average person.

The second they see something out of the ordinary, they pick up the phone and call. I'm guessing pretty much none of them could connect a new HDTV, even if their life depended on it.

one thing you can say for Breathed is he can sure draw hot babes...

/just saying

cerberus9: Bloom County: good
Everything Else: bad

Far Side and Calvin & Hobbes would like a word with you. Actually they're going to strap you to a toboggan and push you down a hill straight at a thagomizer.

Losing perspective over what people get stressed About? Subby needs to do one day of 'repair' calls for his local cable service provider for -just one day- , and then he'll be qualified as 'Having a @$% clue' On the subject of people buying technology which is smarter than they are.

My husband is gone for the year. I live in abject terror, terror I tell you, waiting for something to go wrong with the T.V., computers, surround...anything electronic! I look at all of those cables, and cry...it's pathetic really..

cerberus9: Quantumbunny: Fuggin Bizzy: There's a TV commercial for [big box retailer] that says something about HD being a snap with [their service] to set it up for you. How farking hard can it possibly be? We're not talking about replacing the transaxle on a car here.

When I complain about it, my wife reminds me I'm a computer programmer, and therefore not one of this store's typical customers.

Still...

It really isn't that hard. The cables all line up nicely, usually in perfectly sensible grouping, and most with multiple cables are color coded. There are about 9 different kinds of connections, but the only ones that would be even mildly confusing - component versus composite are red white yellow and red blue green respectively. So, unless you were color blind, it's cake, otherwise that could potentially be horribly frustrating.

\Also a programmer

Shenanigans. In this day and age, no self-respecting technologist would acknowledge the existence of composite, or even component connections.

Holy fark. I can't believe people still think that they're among the technologically elite because they know the difference between component and composite.

Oh, look at this fancy pants with his HDMI connections and S/PDIF outputs. I guess DVD is too simplistic for you, what with the component outputs that look the same as the 5% of the players on the market that DO have HDMI. If it's analog, it's CRAP!

/channeling Mike Myers' scotsman
//don't mean anything by it, just contributing to the snark-fest
///1080p slashies

Speaking as probably one of the poorest Farkers on here, if this sort of thing stresses you out, you are just like Berke Breathed.

Clueless.

Do you know how difficult it is to stay online and my TotalFark account, without actually having any discerable means of income?

Whew.

Confabulat: Speaking as probably one of the poorest Farkers on here, if this sort of thing stresses you out, you are just like Berke Breathed.

Clueless.

Do you know how difficult it is to stay online and my TotalFark account, without actually having any discerable means of income?

Whew.

Aww, one second later and I would have had my simulBoobies.

Yes, I actually typed simulBoobies.

StatJunkie: -1 subby. Berke Breathed is a saint beyond criticism.

He also hasn't used 'Berke' in 15 years. He goes by Berkely. Ask any Brit why.

Earpj: My husband is gone for the year. I live in abject terror, terror I tell you, waiting for something to go wrong with the T.V., computers, surround...anything electronic! I look at all of those cables, and cry...it's pathetic really..

Don't worry, there are thousands of Farkers who'd be happy to give you reasonable advice in a kind and mature manner.

/who am I kidding? They'd treat you like a Windows user on slashdot.

I don't get it.

usctrojon: I don't get it.

Sexy Randall the Pharoh Wizard: usctrojon: I don't get it.

Stick with Ziggy.

Dragynwing: Bad_ad85: Why did a comic strip get greenlit?

it's Sunday. we're at the ass end of the Fark week.

FTFY

/seriously, what were you expecting? News?
//read the banner, motto, logo, book, etc

milleniumhand: StatJunkie: -1 subby. Berke Breathed is a saint beyond criticism.

He also hasn't used 'Berke' in 15 years. He goes by Berkely. Ask any Brit why.

WHY?