Mr. True goes grocery shopping

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1y ago

Outbursts of Everett True 1926

Mr. True goes grocery shopping

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I'm not getting it, does he check to see of he's dreaming because he directed him to a competitor? And then is polite because of it?
- He's not just being polite but he made the conscious decision that this store is the one he wants to support because they were willing to lose revenue in order to help the customer.
  
  I also wondered, so thanks for explaining it.
  
  The phrasing of the third panel confused me too, until I realized he already got the peaches he wanted (if not the right brand), they're on the counter, and he's now ordering MORE
- Yup, it's kinda the inverse of the usual shtick for the comic, where he attacks people doing things "he" thinks are socially unacceptable.
- Yep
Out of all the dudes that are nearly a 100 I think I would like to hang out Everett the most.
- The comic started in 1905, so he's actually 119!
  
  Good lord, I wonder if the character is public domain now?
  
  That would make him older than the universe and not by a little.
  119! = 55745857612076058813234317117419771556272886109483581752463927935846946310374691578057284710599874844234646982443450754604453404911734348832487342619913750049708004343808000000000000000000000000000
  
  That's really old! Wolfram says it's: 5.57458576 x 10^196 years old!
- https://d.lib.msu.edu/gnn/1562
  Whole book of him here.
I feel like some folks are getting the wrong idea about our lovable rageaholic with these recent strips...
- I think I'm just about out of peaceful ones, lol
- I'm really enjoying these. They show that he isn't just about beating anybody up but he actually has a code that he lives by. If he beats up everyone, he's just 1980s Heathcliff. By offering these counter examples, we see a much more complex person.
  
  This is true, and there was a joking element to my comment, though I do think if you happen to start with these two, expectations will be mis-set in a very jarring way. For those folks, poor Everett is about to snap.
- I certainly did. I clicked the archive link above and he's a jerk.
Ok.
I'm lost now. Somebody, please, explain.
Does he value the honesty of the shopkeeper that much, that he then, instead of going to the competitors store, buys whole lot of the "wrong type" of peaches from the honest seller?
- That, plus it's quite a subversion, as every single other Everett True comic ends with him absolutely pulverising someone because he pissed him off.
  
  Maybe the intent is victim blaming: the people in the other strips wouldn't've been pulverised if they'd just been nicer people...
- You got it.
Based and Everett, Washington, USA pilled
Everett a real one.
You must’ve spent a while filtering Mr. True’s compendium for his reasonable takes, you’d be a good “spin doctor”.
- He's not aways wrong. He does beat a dude for using too small a horse on too big a load. I always liked that one.
  
  No, he isn’t always wrong, that’s why I mentioned the filtering part. More often than not the comic presents a reactionary, violent jerk or someone who says shitty things justified by “that’s how we all really feel but won’t say it out loud” kind of thing.
  
  Could you provide a link, please? 🙂 I tried Googling but can't find it.
- Haha, can't you see that he's just a calm, compassionate man who would never hurt a fly!
  
  He even defends women from lecherous men! What a guy!

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