Why does this look like The Oatmeal?

I found this book very comforting - Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs and Communications of the Dying by Maggie Callanan.

I think the scariness comes from lack of familiarity. Getting a closer look at what it’s actually like for dying people can help us face our eventual end.

D&D. I’ve tried a few times, but I have no imagination so I can never really get into it.

User name checks out.

No it’s the Walmart pharmacy line.

My mom has lichen planus in her mouth and can’t use any kind of minty toothpaste.

Replaceable wage slaves. They can bring every ounce of productivity out of one human, toss them out and grab another.

There’s an old Chinese proverb: lies are like tigers; they are bad!

First time you sleep in this, it’ll mess up your tables.

Community is absolutely important. We are stronger together.

I literally had to go to physical therapy to loosen up.

Power is out. Can I jonkle in the dark?

Don’t know what it means, but autocorrect tried to change it to “boneless.”

It’s extremely relatable for me with my dog. It’s good that you asked for an explanation and its fine that not every comic hits home with every reader.

There’s a Facebook page called “we rate dogs.”

There’s a reason “cool” has remained in use.

It literally never occurred to me to pronounce it as “doggy.”

Oh snap!

Occupy made a number of bad decisions that doomed the movement, not least of which is that they made it about literally occupying a specific place, which made most people feel like they couldn’t be part of the movement.

White noise. I cant stand random volume changes, otherwise I wouldn’t mind soft music. I also cant stand the sound of my own breathing, so silence isnt an option.