This is why I love Calvin and Hobbes

iGotChubs4You · 9 months

I am happy to announce, once again, in r/funny : r/calvinandhobbes

Raikiribokken · 9 months

Well, I guess he...

puts on sunglasses

NAILED IT

iRideDragons · 9 months

This is why I like it.

brownster · 9 months

I dont get it

someone_youknow · 9 months

Okay, I'm glad people are trying to explain why this is funny (it is, and it's fucking hysterical) but I feel like the point is kind of being missed. So...

Calvin & Hobbes was, at its core, always about far more than a chance at humor. The comic was often an examination of staggeringly bleak snippets of adulthood. Bullying, inferiority, death, the loss of a friend or loved one...these are all things we've likely had to deal with in our lives.

The thing is, Calvin is five years old. He doesn't understand that everything isn't going to be perfect, that you can't just run off to be Spaceman Spiff all the time, and sometimes, the world is just going to suck. The comic was a reminder to adults and a (sometimes not so) gentle nudge to kids that sometimes life sucks, but it doesn't mean we can't go sledding with our best friend every once in a while.

TL;DR--the comic's a humorous example of a 5-year-old's naivete. Nothing more.

scrambled_debutante · 9 months

As a redditor with a C&H inspired username, I love this thread!

omeed · 9 months

ahhh i feel like an idiot for not getting it... Explanation?

jonathanrdt · 9 months

A good friend of mine sent me that one upon learning that I didn't know Calvin & Hobbes.

That was all it took to convince me that I needed to read them all, and I was not disappointed.

anomal48 · 9 months

I have been reading These

PictureofPoritrin · 9 months

This explains about 3/4 of my childhood. And is why the Complete Set is on a shelf behind me.

spinozasrobot · 9 months

That is my favorite of all time. You are awesome.

Trigunesq · 9 months

Bill watterson is a genius. Best comic ever made

Th3Redeyedjedi · 9 months

That is one of my favorites I remember laughing my ass off when I first saw it. But this is my absolute favorite C&H http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQyfxG8LqLYJtiooz3F6z0sXeZh0EVgGcO5Hk1G8REcMsqD2MTC

ARDad · 9 months

I've been reading The Essential in my "reading room". :-) It's too good to pass up.

PuzzleFighterHD · 9 months

My mom and I always used to read these together. I am away at college and sent this to her. I feel like a good son.

NecDW4 · 9 months

I bought they first 2 book collection for my niece for her 9th birthday. Being an awesome niece, she totally loved it.

Aemulus · 9 months

Whenever I read Calvin and Hobbes, a little bit of faith in humanity is restored. It should be textbook material for schools.

Lachrymologist · 9 months

Just last week, I posted this on the Facebook wall of a friend who uploaded pictures of marker drawn all over her kitchen tile.

Tsugua354 · 9 months

C&H used to be my favorite comics.

Oh who am I kidding, it still is.

rob132 · 9 months

Poor genetic material?

Subduction · 9 months

I know, this is like setting fire to karma, but I honestly never saw the appeal of Calvin and Hobbes.

I guess it's a nostalgic thing for a lot of people, but I've only found it mildly funny and that only occasionally.

dndery97 · 9 months

Upvote for randomly posting what is my all time favorite C and H strip.

Pykezer · 9 months

Reddit could definetly use a lot more Calvin and Hobbes.

MrRoboto113 · 9 months

I'd really appreciate it to know why this is funny. I never read C&H as a kid, so as a young adult every single one of them is unfunny. Every single one. Trick questions aren't funny. He's doing something he knows is wrong. It's like watching Tom and Jerry and being old enough to know Jerry is an asshole. It may be my loss, but it confounds me why everyone likes it.

[deleted] · 9 months

Reminds me of this.

butterisbetter · 9 months

My favorite Calvin and Hobbes ever. Thanks.

makesureimjewish · 9 months

holy fuck i just got the double philosophical meaning of this for the first time ever.

i used to think it was just random silliness. but calvin could be stating the fact that its obvious what he's doing so why would his mom even be asking. crazy

the_tiger_hobbes · 9 months

I had nothing to do with this.

gdmuldo · 9 months

laughed like a drunk asshole at this comment. It was funny when I first saw it. It's still funny now!

lukeman3000 · 9 months

In his mom's defense, it was more of a rhetorical question. But it's still funny.

emity · 9 months

This one strip has always been my topmost favourite. Thanks for the reminder :D

NealSr · 9 months

Geez, He has to have a reason for everything?

HermanTurnip · 9 months

Having a 20-month-old, I think we're safe. Our coffee table is made out of glass.

Wait...what?

cjackscooperb · 9 months

I still don't get it .-.

Peralton · 9 months

That specific strip in my absolute favorite too. I have the complete collection at work. I read a couple strips a day to make myself smile.

[deleted] · 9 months

dick in a box? id put my dick in that box!

nanotom · 9 months

xkcd has altered my brain. I kept looking for the mouseover text.

danedeasy · 9 months

I've been reading the complete collection. So good!

Erkmon · 9 months

so manny up votes !!! i love this ..also the one about bread going into the toaster becoming toast and they ask where does the bread go is a classic

19inthecrib · 9 months

nailed it

spiralout154 · 9 months

This is my favorite calvin and hobbes strip! thank you for posting it :)

ItsHammerTime · 9 months

You know what time it is....

ccritter · 9 months

December 27, 1985 was a good day

jmoemoe · 9 months

I can't find it right now, but there is a similar George Booth comic where a guy is just hammering nails into little rows on the ground, which always kills me.

momoninja · 9 months

somebody explain the joke to me

bodaciousbilly · 9 months

This is one of the ones I didn't get when I was little but is one of my favorites now.

nbenzi · 9 months

Oh my god I remember when I first saw this comic strip at least five years ago. Loved it then, still love it now.

DreNoob · 9 months

While it's a good strip (and series), it should be known that all Calvin and Hobbes comics have been (re-)posted on /r/funny hundreds of times. This isn't even a case of "Oh, I didn't know, sorry." It's very well known that reddit loves Calvin and Hobbes and it has been posted way too much.

TheSecretNothingness · 9 months

I had this on a t-shirt when I was in 5th grade. All of the teachers loved it, but none of my friends got it.

GFandango · 9 months

No funny

taccosnoger · 9 months

This was my FAVORITE C&H from when I was a kid. Thanks for reminding me of its existence!

imafryingpan · 9 months

My personality, based off of childhood influences: Friends: 7% Parents: 40% School: 4% Religion: 11% CALVIN AND HOBBES: 38%

j8sadm632b · 9 months

This could have been literally any Calvin and Hobbes comic and it would have been acceptable.

We all love Calvin and Hobbes. I don't think we really need to talk about it.

Software_Engineer · 9 months

I don't think anyone would actually laugh out loud to this one. This is /r/funny

notcaffeinefree · 9 months

I've seen this countless times, and it still makes me laugh.

TyRobot · 9 months

every single calvin and hobbes strip is the reason why I love calvin and hobbes

Teekoo · 9 months

If this was any other artist you would have downvoted and called the comic shit. How is that even funny? Fucking shitty comic and OP is a karmawhore cunt.

SamsquamtchHunter · 9 months

Moms be crazy...

ENKC · 9 months

ITT: a disturbing number of people who can't understand something meant to be patently bleeding obvious.

justanothercommenter · 9 months

Whoa ... Huh?

nobodybelievesyou · 9 months

even though this is my favorite calvin and hobbes i voted you down because fuck you for reposting old comics you boring piece of shit

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