Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for February 14, 2025

Well in the meantime, Calvin, you’ll have to settle for “Kid”.

What did you get Susie for Valentine’s Day, Calvin? A snowball??

You are WAY ahead of your time, Calvin. Wait a few decades and you will be able to call yourself whatever you want.

C.A.Y. for short.

Okay…

Proof that Calvin was ahead of his time.

Whoa! For a minute I thought Calvin was going to go Trans on us.

The new regime will shorten it to…M? …F?..

Still relevant thirty years later.

I identify as a teacup. Somebody bring me lots of hot, freshly made tea and a bunch of cake!

Doesn’t this sound like the issue with some folks today?

I thought chromosomes had nothing to do with sex. At least, that’s what the PC people keep telling us.

He’s white, male, from a family with financial resources, in a safe country (mostly).

That’s pretty much all the advantage you need in life.

Uh-oh, Washington’s gonna show up and ban this one!

He’s going to fit right in with the rest of those kind of people.

Let’s leave gender unsure and deluded whack job politics out of this, Calvin. However, “Chromosomal Advantaged Youth” has a nice ring to it.

You won’t believe what you can call youtself in a fdw years, just don’t let them touch your junk.

Sexism against men is denied by feminists.

Oh crap….Is Calvin now going to tell us what pronouns we have to use?

Boys typically have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome.

A lot these days are basically denying their pee-pees and making up fad genders etc. Some are even having their pee-pees removed or turned inside out or whatever. I kind of like that. Can’t do it myself, though.. I kind of like my pee-pee. It’s served me well and never gives me any guff.

X Y could be an alternative.

Don’t make to big an issue of it, Cal, It only lasts until you are 13, then your real place in the line will be known.

Given how many X-linked disorders present more difficulty in boys than girls, I’m not sure that boys ARE chromosomally advantaged!

Wait till he tells Susie she’s “chromosomally disadvantaged.”

That won’t work, Calvin. Happy Valentine’s Day anyway.

Give it a try, Calvin. But it may not go far.

…….tuff spelling!!!!

It took me about half a dozen tries for my brain/lips/tongue to get their act together to pronounce chromosomally out loud.

With today’s trans and “nonbinary” nonsense, this strip is quite prescient.

“I don’t even know what the heck is a pronoun” Failed Senate candidate Hershel Walker.

My wife is catholic so she is Pro Nun.

If you move to California, you can probably get some kind of subsidy and your own bathroom,

For the first two panels at least, I thought this was going to be another of those C&H strips that somehow predicted recent trends decades early.

better than we us them and they

WoW! The comments on here can be pretty harsh. Walk in a person’s shoes will give you a different perspective is my motto…

Both sexes believe they are “chromosomally advantaged.” :-)

Foghorn Leghorn: I’d say hey Boy!!!

I’m not exactly sure what stance Watterson has on this stuff based on this strip, but the amount of people saying this is “ahead of its time” sure makes me laugh. This stuff’s been around forever, y’all just refused to acknowledge it, hah! Call yourself whatever ya like, Cal.

Identity obsession before it’s time ! ;-)

What would a “chromosomally-advantaged youth’s” pronouns be?

OK, Calvin since you don’t want to be called a boy, I’ll call you a girl.

If you asked the girls, I think they’d suggest “chromasomally DISadvantaged”…

And this was 30 years ago.

He’s a proud Y-Chromosomally Advantaged Youth. Not wanting to be called a boy, his Male Ego is showing. Susie will neuter the ego.

Haha… ’Advantaged Youth" … Too funny.

Watterson was ahead of his times, and so was Freud.

Calvin, instead of sticking around this stuffed feline, it would be better to patch up with Susie today.

But so true.

Like that will happen

At least he is using real words and not some made up sounds and pretending they are real pronouns.

Is Calvin getting political???

One can hope.

Not a KID, but a CAY… Hmm. Could catch on.

While Calvin is TECHNICALLY correct… the political climate of the day gives his XY combination a serious liability in the western world.

Don’t bet on it, Hobbes.