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The Daily Cartoon: Some Lone Kook

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A boomer woman sits at a home computer, mid-type, glancing over the monitor at her husband. Her speech bubble reads: There's some Scholastic Ferret site making fun of our generation. I wanna see why they're so mad. On her screen, a Google search for "why" shows an autocomplete list topped by "why are boomers so awful," with lesser suggestions "why is my printer offline" and "why won't my knees stop hurting" beneath it. Her husband stands arms crossed in the doorway, not looking at the screen, saying: Some lone kook. Anyone can get a website these days. It's not like when we were kids.
A boomer woman sits at a home computer, mid-type, glancing over the monitor at her husband. Her speech bubble reads: There's some Scholastic Ferret site making fun of our generation. I wanna see why they're so mad. On her screen, a Google search for "why" shows an autocomplete list topped by "why are boomers so awful," with lesser suggestions "why is my printer offline" and "why won't my knees stop hurting" beneath it. Her husband stands arms crossed in the doorway, not looking at the screen, saying: Some lone kook. Anyone can get a website these days. It's not like when we were kids. Drawn to the desk editor’s direction · render source not recorded
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