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HOW TO RECOGNIZE AN OPPORTUNITY

February 08, 2022 by Scott Meyer

I am on the record as having really enjoyed the movie Tomorrowland. I don’t
claim it’s some high-point in western cinema, but it’s an enjoyable
fantasy-adventure with a message that resonates for me. Also, George Clooney in
old grouch mode is fun. (Some day, he and Brad Pit will star in a remake of
Grumpy Old Men. An entire generation will groan in despair when they see the
first trailer, but they’ll go see the movie.)

I think part of the movie’s problem was that they sold it as a George Clooney
action film with a young lady for a sidekick, but then the movie turned out to
be two young ladies on an adventure with George Clooney as an Obi Wan figure.

Anyway, it’s on Disney+ now, so if you believe that the future can still be
great if we just have the gumption to make it great, or if you have a daughter
and you’d like her to see some good role models, I suggest you give it a shot.



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February 08, 2022 /Scott Meyer
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HOW TO APPRECIATE THE HUMOR OF THE SITUATION

February 06, 2022 by Scott Meyer

I wrote this comic after I had two of the same make and model of keyboard break
on me in the exact same way in less than three years. If you’re wondering
whether I had done something unusual on the keyboards to make them break, the
answer is yes. I typed on them more than the manufacturer anticipated.

Some of you are thinking that I got what I deserved for buying cheap keyboards.
Goes to show what you know. The keyboards weren’t cheap! Not at all! (That
sounded a lot more like a victory in my head.)



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February 06, 2022 /Scott Meyer
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HOW TO KEEP FROM GETTING YOUR HOPES UP

February 03, 2022 by Scott Meyer

The specific movie discussed in this comic was Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and
it was a good movie!

And the next Star Wars movie, The Last Jedi . . . had some great moments. Try to
tell me you weren’t happy to see puppet Yoda performed by Frank Oz.

And the third movie in that set, The Rise of Skywalker . . . had Babu Frik! And
Hux got shot by Richard E. Grant! That’s something!



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February 03, 2022 /Scott Meyer
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HOW TO CONSIDER YOUR OPTIONS

February 01, 2022 by Scott Meyer

I like the joke of panel one, but the execution could have been better. I should
have worded it, “Parenthood: The art of protecting your child from the world,
and the world from your child.”

I might have sold a million T-shirts.



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February 01, 2022 /Scott Meyer
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HOW TO SHOW CHARACTER


January 30, 2022 by Scott Meyer

The Emperor of the Moon is trapped in a repeating pattern that makes his own
life much less pleasant, but he seems unable or unwilling to take the minimal
steps needed to break the cycle.

As I write this comment, one of our cats is walking back and forth on my desk,
intermittently blocking my access to my keyboard and my view of the monitor. She
does this every day, and I never kick her off of the desk.

I’m just saying, I drew the Emperor to look like Rick, but there’s more than a
little of me in him as well.



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January 30, 2022 /Scott Meyer
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HOW TO DISCUSS SOMETHING UNIMPORTANT THAT BOTHERS YOU

January 27, 2022 by Scott Meyer

I have a game I play with one of our cats, Flapjack. Missy and I call the game
“Bip.”

The rules are simple.

The cats have a pile of toy mice. I keep these mice on the table next to my
favorite chair. As I watch TV, Flapjack hides around the corner of another piece
of furniture and peers at me as if plotting a sneak attack. This is the signal
that it’s time to play “Bip.”

I hold one of the toy mice by the tail and fling it in the air in a high arc, so
that it will land near her. When I do this, one of two things will happen.

She may leap out of her hiding spot, often surprisingly high. Rather than
catching the mouse, she hits it with both of her front paws as if playing
volleyball. The mouse flies in a random direction, where it will be very
difficult for me to find.

We repeat this process over and over until all the mice are gone. Then I search
the living room for them, usually losing at least one.

We call this “Bip” because Missy will often talk for the cat, in a high-pitched
voice, and when the cat hits the mouse, Missy will yell, “Bip!” That’s the whole
game, and I find it adorable.

That’s one of the two possible outcomes. The other is that I throw the mouse.
Flappy watches it fly, land, and bounce on the floor near her without moving,
then she looks at me like I’m an idiot. I also find this adorable.

I don’t understand why non-cat people think cat owners are crazy.



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January 27, 2022 /Scott Meyer
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HOW TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE EMPLOYER/EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIP

January 25, 2022 by Scott Meyer

Can you tell that I wrote this comic after I had gone through the editing
process on my first two books?



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January 25, 2022 /Scott Meyer
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HOW TO PROPOSE SWEEPING CHANGES

January 23, 2022 by Scott Meyer

I looked up the meaning of the antiquated slang phrase twenty-three skidoo
recently. When I was a kid, people would throw it around mainly as a joke:
making fun of themselves, or someone else, for being out of touch and hopelessly
behind the times. I always got the impression it was a popular phrase around the
same time as singing into a folded-cardboard megaphone while wearing a sweater
with a big letter on it.

Anyway, it turns out twenty-three skidoo means that it’s time to make a hasty
exit, so it would also work as a good starting announcement in panel two.

Next time you must flee in a hurry, yell “twenty-three skidoo!” It will mark you
as a person with both a fine sense of humor, and a fine sense of history. Also,
it might confuse your tormentors enough to give you a tiny head start.



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January 23, 2022 /Scott Meyer
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HOW TO GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY SAY THEY WANT

January 20, 2022 by Scott Meyer

Man-Man wears one of my most well-rendered superhero costumes. It’s still
incredibly lazy, but well rendered laziness.



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January 20, 2022 /Scott Meyer
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HOW TO REMAIN OPTIMISTIC


January 18, 2022 by Scott Meyer

If we ever create an artificial intelligence that is truly superior to us, it
may well keep us around to make itself feel superior. It also may to try to
improve us, in the spirit of helping the less fortunate.

Imagine a future where robots constantly criticize us or instruct us how to do
things, then smother us with condescending praise as we try to follow their
advice.

I might prefer extermination.



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January 18, 2022 /Scott Meyer
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