The tragically ironic part is that Calvin went straight to watching TV as a way of avoiding 'wasting' his life.

The modern day equivalent is so common that it gained the name doomscrolling.

I dunno, Calvin does have a pretty good start to a philosophy of life there. A lot of people choose hedonism at first when they realise they are going to die someday.

But soon of course they realise that tv after midnight is not worth missing sleep for, and they advance towards something better.