KT
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and his trees good lord nobody has ever drawn a tree that compares to the most throwaway tree he’s drawn
🩷 One of my favourite artists, one of my favourite cartoons. Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson, 1983. “It’s true Hobbes. Ignorance IS bliss!”
![[HOBBES IS RUNNING AT TOP SPEED THRU THE COUNTRYSIDE, PUSHING CALVIN WHO’S SEATED IN THE FRONT OF A RED WAGON]
CALVIN:
IT'S TRUE, HOBBES.
IGNORANCE, IS BLISS!
[BOTH IN WAGON, THEY’RE FLYING THRU FOREST DODGING TREES, LEAPING OVER STREAMS]
CALVIN:
ONCE YOU KNOW THINGS, YOU START SEEING PROBLEMS EVERYWHERE
AND ONCE YOU SEE PROBLEMS,
YOU FEEL LIKE YOU OUGHT TO TRY TO FIX THEM - AND FIXING PROBLEMS ALWAYS
SEEMS TO REQUIRE PERSONAL CHANGE
AND CHANGE MEANS DOING THINGS THAT ARENT FUN. I SAY PHOOEY TO THAT.
BUT IF YOU'RE WILLFULLY STUPID, YOU DONT KNOW ANY BETTER, SO YOU CAN KEEP DOING WHATEVER YOU LIKE!
THE SECRET TO HAPPINESS IS
SHORT-TERM, STUPID SELF-INTEREST!
HOBBES:
WE’RE HEADING FOR THAT CLIFF!
CALVIN:
I DON’T WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT!
BOTH:
[As they shoot off the edge of the cliff, falling thru the air, wagon and all]
WAAAUGGHHH!
[LAYING IN A HEAP ON THE GROUND]
HOBBES:
I’M NOT SURE I CAN STAND SO MUCH BLISS!
CALVIN:
CAREFUL! WE DON’T WANT TO LEARN ANYTHING FROM THIS.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:jk2irbof4uyshemr5hdjecwq/bafkreifqugdpgmrgrsiytxb4gqrfx22ugv2qbk7wuoi3h7t3bcsvbw3q6e@jpeg)
These were fun times too. The detail and depth are notably unique.
those trees alone taught me so much, it's wild
KT
kilgore trout
@kilgoretrout.bsky.social
turnip shepherd & bad person
46.4k followers355 following8.7k posts