Based on an actual conversation between me and another member of the human race, this cartoon is a commentary on the shrinking attention span of the American public. Quite literally, I had a college educated friend fail to understand one of my tweets because he skimmed it rather than read it. You know society is about to collapse when 140 characters is simply too much.
Skimmed Tweet
Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication and WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a contributor to Centerclip and co-host of "The Final Countdown" talk show on Radio Sputnik. He is a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "2024: Revisited."
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Huh?
Did you just doodle something?
Many years ago, my family moved to a house next to a busy boulevard. We thought the constant traffic might be a noise problem, but after a while we seemed to simply tune it out. Over the last decade, the Internet and social network groups have deluged us with information, opinions and a constant barrage of advertisements, bullshit and outright begging. Is it any wonder that many people seem fairly numb to what comes at them anymore? When the forest has become a solid wall of trees, can you really get angry at people for not seeing further that a few feet in front of them?