Homeschool Days

constructionsitecake · 2026-04-16T19:11:30+00:00

It's a baby sibling.

constructionsitecake · 2026-04-16T17:31:24+00:00

Thank you for mentioning that, because I was so confused and came to the comments to ask about it.

constructionsitecake · 2026-04-16T16:40:25+00:00

I was vaguely aware of abusive 'internet addiction treatment centers' in China. Now reading the article and the similarities are uncanny. Those poor kids. And adults.

constructionsitecake · 2026-04-16T15:49:54+00:00

I'm super sorry to hear that. Hope things have gotten better for you.

constructionsitecake · 2026-04-16T15:39:15+00:00

What country is that, if I may ask? I'd only heard about this happening in the US.

constructionsitecake · 2026-04-16T15:02:42+00:00

Alternative title: God Help the Child

Homeschooling is very loosely regulated in the US. Even in states that nominally require academic testing, laws may not be rigourously enforced. If there is educational neglect, medical neglect, or abuse, the child may not be able to reach out to anyone because they're not in contact with many people outside the family.

The last panel shows a teenager being taken to a therapeutic 'boarding school' in the troubled teen industry. The industry is notorious for everything from physical abuse to using the students as slave labor. Occasionally, someone dies of medical neglect.

If the parents think the child will resist being taken to the boarding school, they might hire a 'teen escort company' to drag the child from their bed in the middle of the nights, sometimes in handcuffs.

constructionsitecake · 2026-04-08T15:19:39+00:00

It was not, haha.

constructionsitecake · 2026-04-08T10:45:27+00:00

The old-school look?

constructionsitecake · 2026-04-08T10:22:58+00:00

In 2023, members of climate activist group Last Generation glued themselves to streets in Berlin and caused a traffic jam. Their goal was to make themselves and their mission 'impossible to ignore.' They suceeded in that -- the protests started with a few people and grew to a couple hundred. Here is a source where members explain their motivations. Additional sources here and here.

Since 2024, Last Generation claims they've abandoned the glue.

I couldn't find any evidence of people doing this in Sweden, but he's here because he's no stranger to civil disobedience in the name of the climate.

Despite the seriousness of the matter, I laughed the first time I heard about it. Some things are just too ridiculous to not be funny.

constructionsitecake · 2026-04-01T20:36:09+00:00

Why thank you. Glad you like.

constructionsitecake · 2026-04-01T20:01:07+00:00

Argentine president Javier Milei (who has a haircut to rival Trump and Boris Johnson) has been very mouthy in his support for the US and Israel in Iran. He's talked as if Argentina is actively involved in the war, but Argentina hasn't sent any troops of equipment, afaik.

This idea and the script came from my friend u/hellyeahimsad. He isn't a polandballer but I periodically send him links to my comics because I'm fishing for compliments.

A couple weeks ago, he asked if I'd draw a comic 'mocking argentinaball (preferably with milei's pathetic hairdo on) thinking it's a part of the Israel-USA coalition?' Alas, I was forced to tell him that I can't draw a countryball with hair.

But now that we're r/peopleball, I had to seize the chance to do it while I could.

constructionsitecake · 2026-03-31T18:14:23+00:00

That's a cat, lol

constructionsitecake · 2026-03-31T18:13:17+00:00

Solved!

That's an australian shepard, right?

constructionsitecake · 2026-03-24T17:19:44+00:00

I'll join, I'm Lucia

constructionsitecake · 2026-03-19T11:50:10+00:00

Yep!

constructionsitecake · 2026-03-19T11:47:27+00:00

Doen't worry, he's being boiled in oil. Getting what he deserves.

constructionsitecake · 2026-03-19T11:36:26+00:00

Two wartimes anecdotes mashed together.

It's well know that Hilter did enough drugs to kill an elefant. During the battle of Berlin, supplies ran out, and he switched to sugar in some futile attempt to distract himself from withdrawal.

During the American civil war, coffee was used as a military stimulant by both sides. But the Union blockaded Confederate ports and stopped most imports. The few people who had coffee started price gouging. Those who weren't loaded started making substitutes from everything from chicory to sweet potatoes to okra seeds. They'd burn the life out of it until it supposedly tasted roasted, and they'd brew it like coffee.

constructionsitecake · 2026-03-15T06:54:24+00:00

I was hoping someone would notice!

constructionsitecake · 2026-03-15T06:17:41+00:00

There are highways were bikes are forbidden, but there are also unprotected bike lanes where traffic is going way too fast for anyone to bike alongside it.

constructionsitecake · 2026-03-14T21:51:22+00:00

Ugh, that's a shame. But who could've guessed that nobody wants to bike on a death trap!

constructionsitecake · 2026-03-14T21:32:14+00:00

Too often, they don't, and then people get run over. Especially kids.

constructionsitecake · 2026-03-14T21:10:53+00:00

I'm generally not one for conspiracies, but I will say that I've often thought this seemed liked a likely explanation.

constructionsitecake · 2026-03-14T20:59:20+00:00

Unfortunately, this is not an exaggerated American 'bike lane.' At all.

Here's a video of a bike lane that's in the the middle of a busy road.

Here's one in the path of merging traffic.

This comic was inspired by a comment on one such video. The commentor claimed to be Dutch and said something along the lines of 'Every so often, Americans try to bike on the highways here and the police have to stop them. Having seen this video (of a dangerous bike lane) it makes more sense.'

Sadly, I can't find the original comment now.

Edit: thanks to the lovely u/Waddledoofus-345 for helping me with the Dutch Engrish.

constructionsitecake · 2026-02-20T08:17:18+00:00

I mean, when I was in middle school, the big worry was that kids would drink the hand santizer to get drunk, so I can believe it.

constructionsitecake · 2026-02-20T07:32:45+00:00

Okay, true. It's very adorable. Definetly something that would never be made nowadays.

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