We are entering a new era. Things feel like they are both unifying and fracturing. As the “decentralized web” dies a slow and painful death (though I’d love to help bring it back), the big social media platforms feel more fragmented than ever. So finding people that have experienced the same cultural references as you is becoming more difficult than ever.

So if you remember Homestar Runner, the early Flash animations of the web, or saw that one thing that one time, I like to say that we’re on “the same Internet”.

First off, for my mom that will read this comic, please don’t ask me about this one. But here’s a link to a definition of Netflix and chill, so you don’t have to ask me about it.

Next time, we’ll cover the bit about how Twitter is turning into Facebook.

This comic was my last one for the “I Love Charts” collection, which was unfortunately has shut down for the time being. So you can expect a few less charts around here, as I won’t be cross-posting the ones that were premiering on Medium.com.

I did, however, post my full “bike theft” story on Medium as it seemed to lend itself to the format. I’ve been amazed how many people have commented (mostly in person) how much they followed along with the story. So, you can read the whole thing here.

Baltimore Comic Con

That was this past weekend,and it was a lot of fun! I went into the weekend expecting to set up and have a table and sell comics and things, but unfortunately my busy work schedule and lack of stable mental reserves of energy got in the way. If you looked for me at my table, I apologize. I was there both afternoons socializing with the rest of the Super Art Fight crew, but I didn’t have it in me to lug giant suitcases 160 miles round trip and spend every waking moment worrying about selling things. So, like many of you, I spent my “time off” hanging out at a convention. I haven’t just hung out a con in so long, it was glorious! Thank you to all of you who came by and chatted. I even somehow wound up selling 2 books, despite not really having a table “set up” at all.

SPX Next Weekend

SO. EXCITED. FOR. SPX.

So tonight got interesting. I got home and was following the #SB5 coverage in Texas (abortion laws, filibusters, etc.) and saw this tweet:

#ThisIsCNN pic.twitter.com/8MPRj2DvtW

— brownpau (@brownpau) June 26, 2013

So I posted this:

AP and CBS calling it passed. Twitter is calling it bullshit. CNN calling muffins fattening.

— One-Trick Studmuffin (@Rosscott) June 26, 2013

Clearly that got a little out of hand. (Thanks for sharing it, guys! Actually happened.) We’re all still figuring out what’s happening, but right now in this day and age I didn’t think to turn on my TV (which got paused on Netflix 4 hours ago and I never went back) I just turned to Twitter and Facebook. I’ve been watching the YouTube stream and now Christopher DiDo’s uStream ever since. I’ll update more in the morning or something.

This happened. Don’t worry, it’s fixed now.

This comic, co-written by my mom (Rossmom) in the comments of The System 626. You can see where I get “it” from.

And I’m just gonna leave this here…

Thanks to my friend Kerry, who was complaining about sites being “in beta” to me. Truth is, “beta” used to mean something. Nowadays it just means “don’t judge me based on this thing you’re seeing it’s going to get better I promise”, which is something that I pretty much wish I could say all the time.

What else used to be really hard not that long ago?

Also, I had an AMAZING time at ROFLcon, thanks to all who came out for the show! I’ll post more about it soon.

Today’s guest comic comes from Blaine Rogers, all the way from High Wycombe, England. He writes about the comic:

It’s about philosophy. Sort of.

Some other clever network names:

• NOT PORN
• Apartment 42: Keep it down!
• Virus Command
• Stuxnet Central
• Totally Safe

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