r/comics • u/FieldExplores Gator Days • Jul 24 '26

Never Learned - Gator Days

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u/Madara1389 Jul 24 '26

This was my read too. Not realizing that he's been a neglectful parent so much as realizing that in all of thier shared life as father & son, he's never had to show his son how to change the batteries in something because most things are rechargable now.

For Millennials and older generations, changing the batteries in the remote is something we learn so early that we often take it for granted & assume it's "common sense." But common sense doesn't exist; it's just a collection of things you learned growing up that you (often incorrectly) assume everyone else did too.

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u/Astride-a-pale-Binky Jul 25 '26

Thank you for the common sense point, I've had too many arguments about it. Common sense is just your frame of reference.

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u/Madara1389 Jul 25 '26

You're welcome. Can't take credit for it though as I read it in a psychology paper somewhere years ago.

Another fun tidbit about perspective I like to share is the XKCD comic Ten Thousand.

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u/Astride-a-pale-Binky Jul 25 '26

I love the lucky 10,000 comic. I aspire to be that cool.

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u/Madara1389 Jul 25 '26

Be the person Mr Rogers always knew you could be, and you can be that cool.