A lot of things around the world were better before the Internet. And they were definitely better before smart phones reached ubiquity.

I’ve been using one of these daily since 2019 and it is easily my favorite backpack that I’ve used. It’s been on multiple international trips and lugged around on basically every family vacation and daily trip to the office and it’s in as good of shape as the day I bought it. Very comfortable. The only downside at all is the lack of mesh water bottle holder, but it’s roomy enough to fit one in any of the pockets so it’s not been an issue for me.

https://a.co/d/1dt0D6N

Sadly it seems like this model has been discontinued? But it’s available in various places if you poke around the web a bit.

I really love this web comic. I’m very unsure how it will translate to anything beyond its current scope, which is essentially translation of individual “moments” into literal language. The shtick doesn’t have a chance to get old when it’s never a situation longer than like 6 panels. But I’m curious enough to be mildly interested.

And by all means, good for Nathan Pyle for cashing in on this. That’s awesome.