Ah, you’re right. I just found the artist and will edit to add his info.

I did some googling, but I didn’t find much info other than everyone seemed to have different standards back then (this would’ve been the 1960s/1970s).

I try to find a variety when I can, to keep it interesting.

I interpret it as drawing a distinction between how we live before vs after coming to terms with the fact that our time is limited.

I’ve been slowing them down a little bit, but I am still posting every few days.

I was also wondering if there was a hidden joke there.

It’s Pants or PantsPants or “The Art of Pants”

Suicide hotlines are very much still a thing, and you typically don’t need any kind of license or degree. I think many are volunteers.

There are also likely outreach programs in your area, if you search for them, and they frequently need volunteers. Helping people to access services is one of the more effective ways to prevent deaths, especially for high-risk populations like: addiction, lgbt, homeless.

If you’re looking to make a (paying) career change for this, there are also entry level jobs in behavioral health at inpatient and outpatient centers.

I feel like this would have been doable on cable in the 90s or early 00s.

Nobody’s perfect

Bah, I can never remember and was just copying the comic. Apparently “judgment” is the standard American spelling, and “judgement” is English. They both look right to me. I need to remember to always consult the Terminator:

Gaming was so mysterious back then, and I miss it.

It’s an edit (not mine) from an episode where the Flanders family submitted a homemade film about Moses to a film festival.

https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/The_Life_of_The_Moses

The other half of the joke was that Hank Scorpio scene:

I had no idea there were penguins in South Africa!

It was very thoughtful of them to include an airsoft gun as an option though.

That’s a funny way to put it. I’ve always heard (in the US) “it’ll hurt your eyes” in more general terms.

Hungarian speakers have mentioned that it’s more like a Y instead of a J.

A medieval codpiece would probably send the right message.

(also RIP my search history)

But gained the duck.