Comment / By wow / Jan. 26, 10:30 a.m.

You mean a Corporation littered? This so nonsensical Joel.

Why don’t you go ahead and, you know, find the person who actually left “a bunch of crap” in your yard, instead of the big bad corporation that produced the crap.

Comment / By traveling man / Jan. 26, 2:19 p.m.

Dear Wow,

You’ve got to realize that this is satire.

I didn’t put this comic together, but I think what Joel is trying to address is the peculiar relationship that exists amongst corporations which have all the rights of real “people,” but none of the responsibility.

An analogous situation would exist, in my opinion, if Joel started selling soda down in Old Town and wrote the name “MIELKE” on all the bottles. When some jackass drank his bottles of MIELKE soda and left them on your doorstep, you’d call Joel to bitch.

And Joel would pick up the phone…because he’s a real person. McDonald’s however, wouldn’t…you’d just get some employee, who wouldn’t take responsibility for anything that had occurred. Joel, on the other hand, would pledge to do something…because he has the human capacity to care.

I think that’s the joke…and I hope 1) that I’m right, and 2) that you get it.

Comment / By WoW / Jan. 26, 3:53 p.m.

Nah, I’m not feeling ya TM. Joel is blaming McDonald’s trash that was eaten by…wait for it, a human being, and then blaming the producer (the evil corporation) for the litter.

Comment / By Carla Baku / Jan. 26, 7:15 p.m.

Thanks for the grin, Joel. Wow? Way to be deliberately obtuse. It’s really working for you.

Comment / By anon.r.mous / Jan. 27, 3:06 p.m.

But Joel IS a corporation?

Comment / By quark / Jan. 29, 8:25 a.m.

Traveling Man,

Joel is no more responsible for the Meilke Sodas littered about Old Town than McDonalds is for the trash left by its customers. Your argument has no merit, and the satire has to have a bit of said merit for it to work as such.

Comment / By Neutron / Jan. 29, 12:03 p.m.

Thanks, Quark. You really, uh, cleared that up.

Comment / By quark / Jan. 29, 5:09 p.m.

Perhaps Neutron, if you…uh, read the posts before commenting it would, uh, really clear things up for you…

As it stands, you may be a few neutrons short for anything to be clear for you. Keep trying though.

Comment / By Neutron / Jan. 29, 6:50 p.m.

Obviously, Quark, you haven’y the slightest fucking idea what a neutron is. Keep explaining cartoons to everyone though, it makes you look so smart.

Comment / By Mike / Jan. 29, 10:25 p.m.

So a neutron finishes his beer. Asked the bartender, “How much do I owe you?” Bartender says, “For you, no charge.”