Original Commentary
Yes, Unlike Minerva is fairly technophobic at heart. And yes, this comic aired slightly after the California grocer's strike.

Modern Commentary
The first chapter of You Say it First is pulling double-duty here. It has to not only begin a new comic but finish the old one.
As I re-read Unlike Minerva's ending, 20 years on, I can't help but see things I could've done better. Things I should've planned out better. Things I could have emphasized more.
And that's good. I've learned things over the last two decades. If I seem kind of negative about it at times, that's why. It was a wild ride but it had its charms in places.
It was also a nonsensical mess in places. Usually different places, but occasionally it was both at once- Terrence