{"id":307,"date":"2018-01-29T10:35:27","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T15:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/?p=307"},"modified":"2026-05-31T17:53:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T21:53:12","slug":"the-one-constant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/?p=307","title":{"rendered":"The One Constant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"598\" height=\"2250\" data-attachment-id=\"308\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/?attachment_id=308\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/Pee.png?fit=598%2C2250&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"598,2250\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Pee\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The only unrealistic part of this scenario is the notion that anyone would bother keeping my ashes.&lt;br \/&gt;\nHey, you! Did you know that you, personally, could have had your name mentioned in a funny (allegedly) comment right here, in this space? It could have happened, if you were a patron.&lt;br \/&gt;\nBut you&amp;#8217;re not, so it didn&amp;#8217;t.&lt;br \/&gt;\nOh, sure, you might say, &amp;#8220;I wouldn&amp;#8217;t want to be mentioned in a dumb comic about pee.&amp;#8221;&lt;br \/&gt;\nTo which I say, &amp;#8220;Good, because you didn&amp;#8217;t get to be, because you&amp;#8217;re not a patron.&amp;#8221;&lt;br \/&gt;\nThen it just escalates from there. I say hurtful things about you that I don&amp;#8217;t mean. You say hurtful things about me that you do mean.&lt;br \/&gt;\nSo how can we avoid that whole mess? Well, you could become a patron&amp;#8230;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/Pee.png?fit=272%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/Pee.png?resize=598%2C2250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/Pee.png?w=598&amp;ssl=1 598w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/Pee.png?resize=80%2C300&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/Pee.png?resize=272%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The only unrealistic part of this scenario is the notion that anyone would bother keeping my ashes. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- OpenDoorComics -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9581540985996689\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4540459023\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-alleged-humor","post_format-post-format-image"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Jh90-4X","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1159,"url":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/?p=1159","url_meta":{"origin":307,"position":0},"title":"That&#8217;s The Strangest Thing","author":"Jon Maki","date":"December 26, 2025","format":"image","excerpt":"\"Is that what you call me? *Sniff* What other kinds of names are you calling me behind my back?\" I'm sure this joke has been made a million times, but instead of going out and looking for another instance of it I decided my time would be better spent making\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Alleged Humor&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Alleged Humor","link":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/?cat=5"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/vecna.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/vecna.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/vecna.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/vecna.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1166,"url":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/journey\/?p=1166","url_meta":{"origin":307,"position":1},"title":"The Commode-In-Chief","author":"Jon Maki","date":"February 3, 2026","format":"image","excerpt":"Make America Gag Again For over a decade, I've been unable to create a caricature of Trump that I'm happy with. 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