Not only a perfect denouement, it was the end of an era. Thirty years ago today, this strip was published.

Say it with me now.

[closes plastic lid on The Josh Allen Button]

[opens plastic lid on An Even Bigger Josh Allen Button]

game amazing but also the timeline amazing
proud of all of you

GALADRIEL: (glowing green) In place of a hard roll, I would have whole wheat—beautiful and terrible to behold!
DELI GUY: #3 on wheat.
G: (coyly) You offer it to me freely.
DG: No, Galadriel. You have to pay. Every day with this

if you’re strategizing about a situation & your solutions are neither based in reality nor plausible & all outcomes you’ll consider are bad for people you treat as voiceless hypotheticals who’ll get the slop you allow them, you’re maybe not a great strategist. you’re maybe a feckless amoral dolt.

run

Ahem