The System 173
March 24th, 2009

The System 173

Pedestrian darwinism.  Everyone has to move out of the way for someone.  Except for the fat walkers, they own the pavement.

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  1. Dmitri

    Love the biker's expression in last panel.

  2. rossmom

    Well, I understand why the bikers avoid fat walkers, although that seems a bit un-pc, but if they walk enough, they will become the regular walkers or even the runners. And, who knows, maybe even the bikers.

    Then into what category would they really belong: the ffw/rw/rr/b?

  3. Japeth

    Hey, I saw that picture of Randall Monroe and Zach Weiner reading that slightly edited version of your comic, and I'm the person you gave that comic to. So thanks again, that was really cool of you!

  4. Japeth

    Hey, I saw that picture of Randall Monroe and Zach Weiner reading that slightly edited version of your comic, and I'm the person you gave that comic to. So thanks again, that was really cool of you!

  5. ipie

    Then we might call that Evolution.
    Though I think it's unfair to suggest all fat walkers want to become regular. Perhaps the "fat" trait has surfaced so that walkers and runners no longer have to move for bikers. This is coevolution!
    And are rollerbladers, skateboarders, and scooterers just variants of the biker species?

  6. rosscott

    The wheeled beings in general, coming from the species homo sapiens rotatus as opposed to their cousins who tend to win out, homo sapiens rotundus.

  7. rosscott

    Cheers! I'll be posting a writeup soon.

  8. Hillbob

    Love how the biker *has* an expression considering he has no face.

  9. hydrocow

    fat walkers avoid armor plated bulldozers (youtube + killdozer :) )

  10. ipie

    Armor plated bulldozers avoid At-At Walkers.

  11. greg

    what about dog walkers?

  12. rosscott

    We don't talk about dog walkers.

  13. greg

    so, you're saying they are the alien cattle-mutilators of sidewalk traffic evolutionary patterns?

  14. Tina

    This comic is incomplete. You forgot to include my species, the inept, clumsy walker. Even fat walkers avoid us, mwahahaha! Ph34r me!

    BTW, awesome webcomic, I read all the archive in one sitting. Very fun =)

  15. Otto Germain

    I love all the references in this comic to pedestrian commuters, as I am one of their ilk myself.

  16. nebadger

    would a fat man on a bike be the top of the food chain

  17. hydrocow

    little kid on a trike beats that. seen it happen before. the fat guy ended up in a bush.

  18. rosscott

    They have no fear.

  19. rosscott

    Depends on the size of the bike.

  20. Kanil

    I'd imagine such a combination would be top-heavy and unbalanced, would it not? That seems like it would be a vulnerability.

  21. nebadger

    I'm a fat man who bikes, you just need to weigh the bike down with cinder blocks.
    i am just checking my place in the chain

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