Train

July 9th, 2012 Fear, Life, Psychology, Recovery

11 comments to Train

• gio

  July 9, 2012 at 3:26 pm · Reply

  I didn’t exaclty understood that strip, but Mimi & Eunice are back !!! \o/

• GoldenGnu

  July 9, 2012 at 6:27 pm · Reply

  Yay for new comic! Thank you! 🙂

  Mimi and Eunice always brings me joy…

• beauxq

  July 10, 2012 at 12:14 am · Reply

  Maybe I just don’t understand it, but this comic looks like a strawman argument to me.

  I don’t see anyone saying “the only way to regain control (of the train) is to get off”.

  The only way to regain control of your life (and save your life) is to get off the train.

  The train is going to crash no matter what. The laws of physics make that unavoidable.

  • Michael S

    July 10, 2012 at 12:30 pm · Reply

    No, but people say things like “The only way to win is to not play the game” about inappropriate games.

    Or they say “I don’t like either candidate, so I’m not going to vote.”

    Train analogy applies to both.

    • troy

      August 16, 2012 at 2:00 am · Reply

      disagree. voting locally, maybe but voting every 4 years federally is not empowering by any stretch of the imagination. it has the net effect of about zero.

• Michael S

  July 10, 2012 at 1:09 am · Reply

  Wow! This is my favorite Mimi and Eunice.

• beauxq

  July 11, 2012 at 3:12 pm · Reply

  The only way to regain control of your life is to not vote. Everytime you vote, you’re just giving them permission to take control of your life.

  • Michael S

    July 14, 2012 at 1:41 pm · Reply

    Denying that permission doesn’t stop politicians from acting on your behalf. It doesn’t lessen their power.

    To claim to take control of your life by ignoring another part of the world is an exercise in disassociation.

    • Tamfang

      July 18, 2012 at 1:01 pm · Reply

      What makes the state a bigger problem than other gangs is its aura of legitimacy. Withholding permission erodes that, though as you say it doesn’t deny them power in the short term.

• troy

  August 16, 2012 at 1:56 am · Reply

  i interpreted this to mean,
  disconnecting from politics or becoming apathetic
  does not help fix anything

• ON VACATION « Mimi and Eunice

  August 20, 2012 at 6:03 am · Reply

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