{"id":2668,"date":"2023-08-28T00:45:52","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T23:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/?p=2668"},"modified":"2025-09-07T23:20:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T22:20:46","slug":"complicaciones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2023\/08\/28\/complicaciones\/","title":{"rendered":"Complications"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following up from the metaphor we discussed last week<\/a>, that imaginary rope with which we entangle ourselves sometimes, today I\u00b4m bringing you a graphic humour page by the great Quino<\/strong>creator of Mafalda, who I already mentioned some other time<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u00b4s a page from the book titled Gente en su sitio (People in their place)<\/strong><\/em>, published in 1980: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here\u00b4s the English transcription, together with a description of the twelve frames, for those who cannot see the image: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1) A very stressed-looking man is trying to detangle a rope he has in his hands; the rope is all tangled, full of knots everywhere. He says out loud: \"Why? Why does one always have to live with some damn complication?\"\n\n2) Angrily, he continues to tug the rope in one direction and the other, trying to untie the knots...\n\n3) ... Only to end up with the same knots as before, plus a new one that\u00b4s even bigger.\n\n4) He gives up, letting his arms drop, and exclaims: \"This is useless! I\u00b4ll never resolve it!\".\n\n5) Then he gets angry again and starts to shake the rope in his hands, shouting: \"I\u00b4ll never resolve this damn complication!\"\n\n6) \"I\u00b4ll nev...\" Suddenly, he stops in his tracks and looks at the rope, stunned. Somehow, all the knots are already untangled!\n\n7) \"Hah!...\" What a joy! He can barely believe it; he\u00b4s done it!\n\n8) \"Finally!\" He thinks to himself, as he smiles with his eyes closed and his head turned upwards, towards the sky, stretching his arms, enjoying the moment.\n\n9) Still smiling, he looks at the rope...\n\n10) ... He shakes it a little with his hand, and his smile starts fading...\n\n11) ... Until he\u00b4s looking serious again, staring at the rope stretching before him.\n\n12) Suddenly, he lowers his head and starts complaining again, thinking: \"Why? Why this boredom now?\" <\/pre>\n\n\n\n
What do you think? The paradoxes of life, right? Or rather, the paradoxes of human beings. I get the impression that sometimes, when we find ourselves without any problems or complications, we actually look for them, because we\u00b4re not comfortable otherwise. When will we learn to enjoy the moment without making our own lives so complicated?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And you? In which ways are you complicating your own life? What could you do in order to simplify and enjoy the moment more?<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Al hilo de la met\u00e1fora de la que habl\u00e1bamos la semana pasada, esa cuerda imaginaria con la que a veces nos enredamos a nosotros mismos, os traigo hoy un chiste gr\u00e1fico del gran Quino, el creador de Mafalda, de quien ya os habl\u00e9 en alguna otra ocasi\u00f3n. Es una p\u00e1gina del libro Gente en su … Continue reading Complications<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":3116429,"featured_media":2648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"BinaryWords - Complicaciones \/ Complications","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"\u00bfPor qu\u00e9 nos complicamos tanto la vida? \/ Why'd you have to go and make things so complicated?","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5005,5166,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arte","category-quino","category-general","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3DPtR-H2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7712,"url":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2025\/09\/08\/manos-a-la-obra\/","url_meta":{"origin":2668,"position":0},"title":"Let\u00b4s get to work","author":"binarybea","date":"08\/09\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Ahora ya s\u00ed que s\u00ed: estamos en septiembre, y toca ponerse manos a la obra. 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