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7/8/2025, 9:23:25 PM
>>7637188
Wow... that's embarrassing. Congratulations, you missed the point entirely. Sure to a lesser mind, the message of the comic is "quit overthinking and just do the thing". The *actual* message of the comic is how incapable people are of instructing others and how quick to anger they become.
Howie states he "always wanted to pet a dog". The woman offers to let him pet their dog. Howie informs her that he doesn't know how. Without explaining anything, she says "you just do it". This tells Howie literally nothing, as he has already informed her that he does not know how to pet the dog. The woman is incapable of any empathy towards those without her level of knowledge and takes for granted her own privilege. She has no knowledge of Howie's life, clearly if he doesn't know something as simple as petting a dog, he has some issues. She recognizes this fact, but rather than have any sympathy, she is utterly insensitive; immediately accusing an already distraught Howie of "being retarded".
Instead of thinking critically, with compassion and simply telling him "open your hand as if you were waving, then run your open hand down the dog's back", he would know exactly what to do. Her idea of "helping him" is to forcefully grab his hand and drag it across the dog. At this point, Howie still does not know what he is supposed to do. He's been very clear about that. The woman becomes agitated, telling him to pet the dog despite never having explained to poor Howie how to do so. She just expects him to know because she knows. She then starts to fly off the handle and and scream at Howie, escalating the scenario into a confrontation due to her own impatience and negligence. When Howie is in a defensive posture, on the dirty ground, she lurches over his body in an aggressive stance, to the point her husband has to literally pull her away from Howie. Even the dog is angrily barking at him. The couple then leaves Howie to cry confusedly on the ground.
Wow... that's embarrassing. Congratulations, you missed the point entirely. Sure to a lesser mind, the message of the comic is "quit overthinking and just do the thing". The *actual* message of the comic is how incapable people are of instructing others and how quick to anger they become.
Howie states he "always wanted to pet a dog". The woman offers to let him pet their dog. Howie informs her that he doesn't know how. Without explaining anything, she says "you just do it". This tells Howie literally nothing, as he has already informed her that he does not know how to pet the dog. The woman is incapable of any empathy towards those without her level of knowledge and takes for granted her own privilege. She has no knowledge of Howie's life, clearly if he doesn't know something as simple as petting a dog, he has some issues. She recognizes this fact, but rather than have any sympathy, she is utterly insensitive; immediately accusing an already distraught Howie of "being retarded".
Instead of thinking critically, with compassion and simply telling him "open your hand as if you were waving, then run your open hand down the dog's back", he would know exactly what to do. Her idea of "helping him" is to forcefully grab his hand and drag it across the dog. At this point, Howie still does not know what he is supposed to do. He's been very clear about that. The woman becomes agitated, telling him to pet the dog despite never having explained to poor Howie how to do so. She just expects him to know because she knows. She then starts to fly off the handle and and scream at Howie, escalating the scenario into a confrontation due to her own impatience and negligence. When Howie is in a defensive posture, on the dirty ground, she lurches over his body in an aggressive stance, to the point her husband has to literally pull her away from Howie. Even the dog is angrily barking at him. The couple then leaves Howie to cry confusedly on the ground.
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