Comments on: Simple misunderstanding

By: Gary

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:31:07 +0000

We are concerned with our appearance just as the selfish genes of the peacock are concerned with ‘their’ phenotype.

I chose to be ~60% related to a passion fruit.

By: Jason

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:09:42 +0000

It’s all very closely related. The displays we see in nature and indeed in our own species do more than say look at me I’m pretty. By maintaining territory and an appearance animals also say I am so fit that I can spend time doing this frivolous activity while the lesser of you have to expend energy on survival. My offspring will have this same advantage, pick me. These activities themselves are shaped by natural selection, only the activities that attract a mate will bring success. Mating activities that waste energy, a precious thing in nature, and fail to accomplish the task usually die out. Since female homosapiens desire for the most part a groomed male we will continue to see males reach maturity that have a desire to be well groomed. Much as the idea of an attractive female has changed over time from voluptuous to thin we see women trying to reach this goal of being thin.

By: Ron Thomas

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:07:39 +0000

Yes it is true…my shop is ,and has been Occams Edge Haircutters for many years…..I am very glad that we must cut our hair and shave our faces….but I have worn a beard for forty three years and continue to enjoy the experience….if I could just shorten my jokes….the barber

By: Adam

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:20:55 +0000

Thanks for your comments folks… I’m sorry I didn’t get to reply to them in a timely fashion. I’ve been having all manner of shenanigans with the site.

…that and the fact that I have, almost obsessively, been checking to see if the assumption in my comic:

1. Is correct
2. Has not been used by someone else before (especially in comic form)

So far, so good…

By: Peggy

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 19:46:03 +0000

that’s brilliant. and awesome.

By: golfwidow

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:35:12 +0000

I like the theory that we’re mostly fruit. Call that Occam’s raisins.

By: Seraphine

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:58:40 +0000

i’m going to put my game face on now.

By: brahnamin

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:49:16 +0000

that was almost too subtle. i actually had to read it twice before i got it. nice

By: Philippa

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:29:17 +0000

I’ve thought about that a lot.

But is it us distinguishing ourselves from animals, or thinking we’re better? I’ve always thought the opposite, actually. I mean, animals survive by being the most attractive of their species. Those are the ones which reproduce most.

The most colourful, the biggest, the one with the biggest mane, plumage or antlers. For the most part it’s about looks and being the best.

By being ambitious, by shaving, wearing make-up we’re offering ourselves up for reproduction and showing how we’re the best choice to continue the species.

Unless that was what you were trying to say and I missed that somehow.
Just my thoughts.

By: Ben

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:16:08 +0000

haha, that is brilliantly simple.

By: ad

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 04:26:43 +0000

The hair on our face is actually not fur, i thought, since it grows continuously. Our eyebrows would be fur, for example. I think poodles have hair and most dogs have fur, incidentally, and we definitely keep and groom poodles in a way that doesn’t look naturally occurring. What if the weird growing patterns of people is the only thing that separates us?

By: franzy

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:54:47 +0000

And THAT’S why I keep coming back here! Brilliant comic - one of my favourite yet. I can’t believe this isn’t a 200-year-old Dad joke yet! You know those things that are incredibly intelligent and whimsical and wise the first time your dad heard them in 1967 and have been nailed into you at least once a week from birth?

Anyway, speaking of beard themes:
http://buttersafe.com/2008/03/06/the-massive-beard/

By: The Great Joe Bivins

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:14:40 +0000

YES. I’ve never made the connection between facial hair and the human delusion, but otherwise I’m totally on board.