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How to Impress NOBODY

December 07, 2018 by Scott Meyer

Chickens are awful. When people talk about raising chickens for fun, to me, it’s like saying that they get dental work for recreational purposes, or are particularly proud of how well their most recent case of diarrhea worked out.

I am quite proud of this drawing of the farm guy holding a chicken though, despite the fact that no human would ever hold a chicken that way.

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December 07, 2018 /Scott Meyer
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How to Help Someone See Their Mistake

December 05, 2018 by Scott Meyer

Again, sadly, this comic is based on a real person. I had a coworker who constantly talked about how everything was better at the place they’d worked before and couldn’t figure out why none of the management team seemed to like him.

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December 05, 2018 /Scott Meyer
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How to Explain Yourself

December 03, 2018 by Scott Meyer

People seem confounded by my spelling of an anguished cry of alarm: “Bgdaaa!” The way I picture it, the B, G, and D all come out almost at once as an inarticulate cluster of consonants.

I will admit that in the most recent season of the Venture Brothers, when people were confused by the Monarch’s idiosyncratic phonetic spelling of evil laughter (MRUU-HAHA!), I was delighted that the Monarch and I had something in common.

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December 03, 2018 /Scott Meyer
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How to "Play" with Someone

November 30, 2018 by Scott Meyer

All I’m saying is that if on a regular basis you have to tell someone who is angry with you, “Relax big guy, I’m just yankin’ your chain,”(or any variant, such as “calm down, Chief, I’m just bustin’ your chops.”) you should look hard in the mirror and ask yourself, “Am I an asshole?”

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November 30, 2018 /Scott Meyer
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How to Embrace Change

November 28, 2018 by Scott Meyer

I’ve blathered before about how my nephews’ Christmas lists are the stuff of science fiction. VR headsets, hoverboards, 3D printers, that kinda thing. This year is different, I don’t know if it’s because they’re older or it’s just how things progress, but this year they seem to be asking for videogames for consoles they already own and new copies of things they already own and have broken, which is pretty much what I was asking for at their age.

Had an interesting discussion with one of their parents about how many of the things they want are primarily sold digitally, so most of the things that get wrapped up and put under the tree are clothing, which I think we can all agree, were always the least satisfying things to unwrap.

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November 28, 2018 /Scott Meyer
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How to Give Somebody the Respect They Deserve

November 26, 2018 by Scott Meyer

I stand by my position on Steve Jobs. He didn’t invent anything but his own public image, but he had tremendous taste and high standards, and we have all benefited from them.

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November 26, 2018 /Scott Meyer
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How to Discuss the Differences Between Men and Women

November 23, 2018 by Scott Meyer

And before you try to tell me that no man would ever be attracted to a young woman dressed like an old man, I will suggest that you do an image search for “Diane Keaton Annie Hall.”


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November 23, 2018 /Scott Meyer
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How to Discuss a Decision With Which You Do Not Agree

November 21, 2018 by Scott Meyer

The moment when I was told that the Death card didn’t mean death I knew I would never believe in Tarot cards. If it doesn’t mean death, then what’s the point of it being the death card? If it means renewal, make it the renewal card.

You know what kind of card deck I like? Uno. I like Uno decks because Draw Four means that you have to draw four cards. You never draw the Draw Four card and get told, “Oh, but it doesn’t mean draw four cards. In this situation it means that you trade three cards.”

If I’m getting my fortune read and I draw Death, followed by the ten of swords, I expect to be killed by ten swords. Anything else will make me feel ripped off.

Of course, I suspect that the Death card does mean death. The fortune tellers just won’t admit it. If you tell your customer that they’re going to die there’s a very real chance that they won’t pay you. When a fortune teller draws the Death card they just tell you it means renewal so that you’ll feel good. Then they insist on you settling your tab in cash, before you leave.


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November 21, 2018 /Scott Meyer
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How to Improve Yourself

November 19, 2018 by Scott Meyer

I did have the Star Trek red alert klaxon as my ringtone, and I did get rid of it because it was too startling, but not because it only startled me. In the one day I used it I panicked my coworkers and several people on a downtown Seattle bus with it. I don’t know if it sounded too much like a real alarm of some sort, or if several generations have been conditioned to associate that sound with impending attack by Klingons, but either way, people found it nerve-wracking.


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November 19, 2018 /Scott Meyer
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How to Deal with a Disinterested Audience

November 16, 2018 by Scott Meyer

If anybody reading this knows anyone who works on The Good Place, I’d happily sign over the rights for this idea of an exhibition of tarps, podiums, and velvet ropes for use as an art installation by the character Kamilah Al-Jamil.

If you aren’t watching The Good Place, you should. You MUST begin with the first episode, though. You can’t just jump in in the middle. The show starts out very good and slowly becomes great. There have been things in this season that were so funny that Missy and I stopped and reran them like we were analyzing the Zapruder Film.


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November 16, 2018 /Scott Meyer
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