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4	[[caption-width-right:315:Daily Lessons in Science, Literature, Love and Life.]]
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6	''[[http://survivingtheworld.net/ Surviving the World]]'' was a daily, gag-a-day PhotoComic by Dante Shepherd (the creative pseudonym of Dr. Lucas Landherr), covering topics ranging from all over the map including life, romance, politics, science, etc. The comic is structured as a college class, and had the working title of ''101''. Each comic (termed a 'lesson') takes the form of Dante standing in front of a blackboard, with the day's lesson written upon it. The lessons cover a wide range of topics, from social issues to practical advice to literary references (notably to [[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland Lewis Carroll]]).
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8	It ran for 10 years and 1 day, from May 31, 2008 to June 1, 2018, and totaled 3634 comics, comprising:
9	* 3548 lessons (including 100 separately-numbered recitations and 17 recitations included in the official numbering
10	* 43 guest lectures
11	* 28 student presentations
12	* 25 miscellaneous other comics and posts
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14	Dante also occasionally hosted live streams of the making of the comic, and for a while included a monthly crossword by Justin Smith.
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16	A book featuring 300 of the best comics was funded on Kickstarter during the final month of uploads, and is due to be released to backers in December 2018.
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19	!!Tropes used by this webcomic:
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21	%%* BadassLabCoat
22	%%* BerserkButton: [[http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson167.html Proposition 8]].
23	* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Discussed by the footnote of [[http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson142.html Lesson 142, Sports VS Religion]], "Today's picture was taken under a giant piece of sheet metal to provide extra protection from lightning strikes." The picture itself includes the author looking up nervously with his fingers crossed.
24	* CPRCleanPrettyReliable: [[http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson717.html He acknowledges drawbacks but advises you learn it anyway.]]
25	%%* DeadpanSnarker
26	%%* DoAnythingRobot: [[http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson1228.html Apparently all of them if he turns out to be right]]
27	%%* FreudianSlip: He once went as this for Halloween.
28	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The Blackboard the comic appears on changed often until Dante bought his own. Also the hat that he switches to possibly may be this or a MidSeasonUpgrade.
29	%%* HurricaneOfPuns
30	* LongRunner: It ran for 10 years and 1 day, with over 3600 comics. (That one day is very important, as it allows Landherr to say it ran for 'over ten years'.) In that time, only 20 days' break were taken.
31	* MadScientist: As good a theory as any as to why they exist [[http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson1236.html]] and in some pictures he certainly looks like one, especially with his default BadassLabcoat.
32	%%* MathematiciansAnswer: Occasionally, in response to reader questions on Fridays. Usually overlaps with ComicallyMissingThePoint
33	* NeverBareHeaded: In every picture he has on a redsox ball cap. He's gone on record saying he wants his kids to think the hat is his normal hair.
34	%%* NoodleImplements: [[http://survivingtheworld.net/Recitation33.html Manatees, Jetpacks, Rayguns.]]
35	%%* NotActuallyTheUltimateQuestion: [[http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson722.html Therapeutic miscommunication]].
36	* NotThatKindOfDoctor: Dante himself as well as this strip on [[http://survivingtheworld.net/Recitation68.html getting a doctorate]].
37	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Dante's wife, [=theSwede=], and his daughter, Cannonball. [=theSwede=] is also TheGhost, but he's held his infant daughter on-panel in one comic.
38	%%* OurZombiesAreDifferent: [[http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson740.html Of the real world, "living dead" variety]]
39	* PunnyName:
40	** Dante's Dog (and occasional guest lecturer) is named German [[DontExplainTheJoke (do as many pet owners do and apply the owner's last name to the pet)]].
41	** German is not, however, a German Shepherd. He's a large Beag-no, a Treeing Walker Coonhound.
42	* ThatPoorCat: According to Dante, cats make the best erasers.
43	%%* TheTalk: On the differing views of [[http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson736.html Sex Ed]]
44	* WriterOnBoard: Dante is ''very'' concerned about climate change, and he's insistent on beating us over the head with that concern.

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