Scientist Bug in panel one looks like he was just asked to wear the diaper in order to test it.
He is shocked that he is expected to wear the diaper for science.
Nice, your bug seems to have increased its coordination since the comic titled Trashed. Also keep up the good work on the comics, this is one of my favorite comics to read.
Dude, have you ever used a disposable diaper? In addition to being inconvenient, those things are nasty once they absorb any liquids. If the baby never pooped they’d work fine (but be gross). But they can’t handle solids at all. (I’m still fairly sure that disposable diapers are to blame for the myth that it’s normal for babies to regularly have diaper blow-outs.)
I should think it plain that the existence of this strip is a testament to the fact that he HAS used – and IS using – disposable diapers. And the surpassment of the item’s tensile strength is more likely to get the cheaper the product you use. Cloth diapers only have a higher tensile strength because they’re intended to be REused.
The strip could just be a way to blow off steam at the daily extra load of laundry. Or sarcasm. (Although I know people who actually find disposable diapers reasonably convenient “more convenient”, unless you’re washing your own in a shared laundry facility, is a stretch. I get the some people are less lazy than I am, but even if they don’t mind the work, it’s still there.)
I’ve never known a diaper to actually disintegrate, now you’ve given me even more worries! Normally they just leak aggressive at the legs and back. It’s not just the quality of the elastic that’s an issue though. The fact that disposable diapers seem to universally (if not, please let me know the brand) come with a liner that’s supposed to keep the skin dry is part of the problem. The diaper isn’t absorbent, just gel inside it is. It’s great because you can get away with never changing wet diapers (or is that just me?), but it doesn’t hold on to solids very well. (i.e. it’s a cause both of why it’s so much more nasty to change dirty diapers when they’re disposables, and why they often leak.)
There are actually valid arguments that using cloth diapers is just as bad for the environment when you take into account the pesticides and bleaching that is done to produce the cloth diapers as well as the fact that cotton is a water intensive crop.
It also appears that adult diapers are taking up more of the landfills than baby diapers are…
Your unintentional thematic weeks are wonderful. And the sheer hesitance in Panel 4 is wonderful.
I like the stunned look of the bug in panel 1, as if he’s just finding out about this invention for the very first time.
Maybe you shouldn’t have ordered chocolate ice cream to eat out of your hanky.
It could have been worse.
It could have been soft serve.
Praise to the #CallBack!
https://www.bugmartini.com/comic/regular-as-clockwork/
Scientist Bug in panel one looks like he was just asked to wear the diaper in order to test it.
He is shocked that he is expected to wear the diaper for science.
Nice, your bug seems to have increased its coordination since the comic titled Trashed. Also keep up the good work on the comics, this is one of my favorite comics to read.
Dude, have you ever used a disposable diaper? In addition to being inconvenient, those things are nasty once they absorb any liquids. If the baby never pooped they’d work fine (but be gross). But they can’t handle solids at all. (I’m still fairly sure that disposable diapers are to blame for the myth that it’s normal for babies to regularly have diaper blow-outs.)
I should think it plain that the existence of this strip is a testament to the fact that he HAS used – and IS using – disposable diapers. And the surpassment of the item’s tensile strength is more likely to get the cheaper the product you use. Cloth diapers only have a higher tensile strength because they’re intended to be REused.
The strip could just be a way to blow off steam at the daily extra load of laundry. Or sarcasm. (Although I know people who actually find disposable diapers reasonably convenient “more convenient”, unless you’re washing your own in a shared laundry facility, is a stretch. I get the some people are less lazy than I am, but even if they don’t mind the work, it’s still there.)
I’ve never known a diaper to actually disintegrate, now you’ve given me even more worries! Normally they just leak aggressive at the legs and back. It’s not just the quality of the elastic that’s an issue though. The fact that disposable diapers seem to universally (if not, please let me know the brand) come with a liner that’s supposed to keep the skin dry is part of the problem. The diaper isn’t absorbent, just gel inside it is. It’s great because you can get away with never changing wet diapers (or is that just me?), but it doesn’t hold on to solids very well. (i.e. it’s a cause both of why it’s so much more nasty to change dirty diapers when they’re disposables, and why they often leak.)
There are actually valid arguments that using cloth diapers is just as bad for the environment when you take into account the pesticides and bleaching that is done to produce the cloth diapers as well as the fact that cotton is a water intensive crop.
It also appears that adult diapers are taking up more of the landfills than baby diapers are…