In the JCOM 1500 syllabus, Dr. Ted discusses Ooog the Caveman and the sad case of Furd, whose demise under the flat foot of a mammoth was recorded by early “journalists” as pictographs on the walls of caves.
If you don't remember, check the Ooog story here.
It’s not really that big a leap from scratching Furd’s unfortunate demise depicted on the cave wall, to staring into the flicking light of a computer screen and typing emoticons on your Facebook page, is it?
The exciting news is that I have found documentation of Ooog's first edition of the Neanderthal News, and his first dissatisfied subscriber. Thanks to Non Sequitur and the amazing Mr. Wiley.
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