Megan McArdle mentioned you on Central Air as basically the only person she could think of off the top of her head that was "substack-famous" but wasn't coming from another media outlet; like you didn't carry your fame TO substack, you just whipped your cock out de novo. I thought that was pretty impressive. so, Happy New Year!
I was going to say, Dylan probably has something to say about that. This is, of course, the same Cartoons Hate Her who famously started "suck these bollocks" all the way back in Year 9.
Well, I read the article about pit bulls, published before I discovered CHH. Two comments:
1. As a toddler, I climbed on to the toilet, and from there climbed up into the adjacent sink. I stood in the sink and opened the medicine cabinet to get the bottle of what looked like candy and ate the “candy”. My grandfather’s heart pills. My parents found me and I was rushed to the ER where I was physically held down while my stomach was pumped out, which is why I am here today. Your medicine cabinet is not a safe place for medicine unless you are 100% sure your toddler is incapable of getting to it. I have been told by people to whom I told this story that their two year olds know better than to do this. I don’t know about you, but I never met a two year old with good judgement.
2. I once owned an aggressive dog. This was not a choice, I was a new dog owner and didn’t realize that I was taking on a problem. Parents of young children drove me crazy. Parent: “She want to pet him” me: “he’s not friendly “. Parent: “She’s very gentle and good with animals” me: “he bites”. Followed on at least one occasion by parental outrage. I wound up liking the parents that at least asked, not all of them did. (He was a very handsome dog with thick fur )
Congratulations for this prolific year! All of the listed articles were indeed interesting and funny, the only one I wished would have made the cut is "DOGE is about sex"
Hi CHH! I just started subscribing a couple days ago, gladly reading many of your articles now. I don’t think your number of articles is too much, but now that I’m a subscriber I admit that from a newbie’s point of view, the length of each article is the more daunting part… maybe some people that are thrown by your prolific output would appreciate not necessarily fewer articles but shorter ones. Anyway, I’ll keep on reading, thanks for your work!
Megan McArdle mentioned you on Central Air as basically the only person she could think of off the top of her head that was "substack-famous" but wasn't coming from another media outlet; like you didn't carry your fame TO substack, you just whipped your cock out de novo. I thought that was pretty impressive. so, Happy New Year!
New Year’s resolution: steal and extensively employ the phrase ‘whipped your cock out de novo’.
don't ever whip your cock out if it's not de novo. but if it's de novo? whip your cock out
Does it count that CHH used to be an infamous Reddit troll?
I was going to say, Dylan probably has something to say about that. This is, of course, the same Cartoons Hate Her who famously started "suck these bollocks" all the way back in Year 9.
OMG a true deep cut, I'm so happy to see this
Well, I read the article about pit bulls, published before I discovered CHH. Two comments:
1. As a toddler, I climbed on to the toilet, and from there climbed up into the adjacent sink. I stood in the sink and opened the medicine cabinet to get the bottle of what looked like candy and ate the “candy”. My grandfather’s heart pills. My parents found me and I was rushed to the ER where I was physically held down while my stomach was pumped out, which is why I am here today. Your medicine cabinet is not a safe place for medicine unless you are 100% sure your toddler is incapable of getting to it. I have been told by people to whom I told this story that their two year olds know better than to do this. I don’t know about you, but I never met a two year old with good judgement.
2. I once owned an aggressive dog. This was not a choice, I was a new dog owner and didn’t realize that I was taking on a problem. Parents of young children drove me crazy. Parent: “She want to pet him” me: “he’s not friendly “. Parent: “She’s very gentle and good with animals” me: “he bites”. Followed on at least one occasion by parental outrage. I wound up liking the parents that at least asked, not all of them did. (He was a very handsome dog with thick fur )
My vote goes to _Loneliness Epidemic Is Our Revealed Preference_, looking forward to much, much more happy reading at your Substack in 2026!
I am a completist lop
Thank you for helping me understand “the straights” 🫡 https://youtu.be/N8EkGUm9q_A?si=_VToV3UXMpP8B4cr
Congratulations for this prolific year! All of the listed articles were indeed interesting and funny, the only one I wished would have made the cut is "DOGE is about sex"
Happy New Year
I didn’t catch In ‘Defense of “Rude” Questions’ before, thanks CHH!
The rest I’ve already read and appreciated.
It’s from December 2024, but as a new parent, I think the comic you did for this article remains my favorite CHH work.
https://www.cartoonshateher.com/p/being-a-perfect-parent-isnt-edgy?utm_campaign=posts-open-in-app&triedRedirect=true
Hi CHH! I just started subscribing a couple days ago, gladly reading many of your articles now. I don’t think your number of articles is too much, but now that I’m a subscriber I admit that from a newbie’s point of view, the length of each article is the more daunting part… maybe some people that are thrown by your prolific output would appreciate not necessarily fewer articles but shorter ones. Anyway, I’ll keep on reading, thanks for your work!
Happy New Year! Saved a bunch. Can't wait to dive in.
Here's my best of 2025. It's a short 2-min read.
I thought I was about to DIE, but I'm pretty sure a joke kept my face symmetrical.
It's about getting lost in the music, breaking down racial barriers, and Ani DiFranco's incredible performance.
https://darby687.substack.com/p/how-to-get-yourself-murdered
I think you should rank all 286 from best to worst with a paragraph for each one explaining why you placed it there
Girl, you inspire me so much. I wanna crank articles like that.😭