A post from Pizza Cake Comic
I’m not sure I understand. Are a lot of people afraid of butterflies?
You know, there’s genuinely a LOT less butterflies in my life nowadays.
A good chunk of that is probably the fact that I moved from the country to the cities, but man, I see much fewer butterflies. I could easily understand if you end up not seeing a butterfly in person until you’re 17, I can see that being spooky. They’re spiders with wings, they’re moths but skinnier, like the Nightmare before Christmas.
If your kids grow up with an ipad, they try to touch every screen. I’ve seen multiple kids pantomime a phone not with a pinky and thumb, but a flat hand like a smartphone. Sheep aren’t scary but if you’ve never seen one in your entire life and get the chance to pet one you’re gonna be apprehensive, and you’re gonna be scared if one runs towards you without a fence between you and it.
Bugs are dying out worldwide. It’s a catastrophe we may need to deal with in our lifetime, but solving it probably affects our agricultural abilities so we’re sitting this one out until we can’t wait anymore.
I don’t think it’s a “kids these days” problem. We’ve had “city people” and “country people” for centuries. And of course kids won’t pantomime a phone as if they lived in the 1980s, flip phones have been dead for a decade when they were born.
As far as city people go, I’d much rather have the kids that take a step back from a sheep approaching than the people who go into a field to pet a bull. Most animals most people are going to encounter aren’t scary or aggressive, but you still have to respect them. There was an outcry a while ago about someone (who apparently has never interacted with a cow before) walking up to a cow to take a bunch of selfies and got themselves hurt. Lots of people wanted restrictions on where cows could graze rather than teaching people that you should maybe not treat an animal seven to ten times your weight as if it’s a cute kitten.
I have never seen anyone react with anything other than general passing interest towards a butterfly
Thats the root of the joke. Its commenting on the fact that the younger generation does not go outside much. Though previous generations have done our damndest to make going outside as terrible as can be imagined
Damn I kinda miss the edits these comics would get. The comics themselves are alright but the edit wars in the comments were hilarious. Hope the artist is getting less hate nowadays though
what kind of kid doesn’t love butterflies?
bitchy parents lead to bitchy kids. I’ve never liked this comic or its creator
i know it’s just a comic, but if your child is actually whining about one of the most beautiful creatures on our planet, asking you to kill it for no reason, while sipping on soda, you have failed as a parent
Username relevant: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1193176710
“Ah get it away!”
“It’s just a butterfly…”
“Is it poisonous?!”
“…Ay dios mio… No, it’s not poisonous, Hank!”