Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCT: September 21-25, 2009
Dliessmgg:
--- Quote from: Twilightsign on 21 Sep 2009, 13:56 ---would pintsize complain about the ridiculous amount of fingers though...
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He'd like it because he can scare people with it.
Do the faces of Marigold and Hanners in the last panel look a lot like Something*Positive or is it the expressions?
Binary:
Jeph, the only thing unacceptable about this comic is that Momo is unhappy. When Momo is unhappy, I am unhappy.
Also, you demolish your own argument in the commentary. If you are "not even very good" at this comic, how is it that you have a "Popular Website"? How many unique hits a day does it get? We have you seriously, overwhelmingly outvoted as to the quality of your work!
Be well. Unfortunately cannot make SPX in Maryland, what with the whole being-on-a-different-continent thing...
Synchronicity strikes in the form of Scientific American's October Issue Alert in my mailbox. From the sidebar:
Web Exclusives
Depression's Evolutionary Roots
Two scientists suggest that depression is not a malfunction, but a mental adaptation that brings certain cognitive advantages
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=depressions-evolutionary
In essence the article (itself an abbreviated version of their full paper) hypothesises that depression is an adaptation for analysing complex problems. I was struck by this line: "Several studies have found that expressive writing promotes quicker resolution of depression...", so Jeph's observation that writing the comic acts as therapy may be more than anecdotal.
The authors stress that this is a hypothesis rather than a theory (no, Creationists, the words are not synonymous) so scepticism is in order - if anyone reads the article, please take the time to read the criticisms and counter-arguments in the comments section too - but I found it intriguing stuff. Full paper here: http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=search.displayRecord&uid=2009-10379-009
One comment refers to an alternative evolutionary hypothesis for depression but included a broken link - I tracked it down here: http://fmdrl.org/index.cfm?event=c.getAttachment&riid=1321
akronnick:
--- Quote from: Theriandros on 21 Sep 2009, 14:02 ---
Pineapple upside-down cake begs to answer your question.
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I don't think pineapple upside-down cake is a good idea either! I mean really, is it so hard to serve cake right-side up?
daryljfontaine:
--- Quote from: Twilightsign on 21 Sep 2009, 13:56 ---would pintsize complain about the ridiculous amount of fingers though...
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Of course he wouldn't complain. More fingers = better able to grab the boobies. :laugh:
This week will end with an orbital satellite channeling the power of the sun leveling Marigold's apartment building (and a seven-mile radius around it) in an effort to stop Momo's unchecked mutation.
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matachin:
Damn, the firmware updates from hell...bane of modern electronic devices and examples of why QC on your code is a good thing.
See also: the blessed button of hard reset (which you never have an object small enough to push). the day the computer started acting like something out of The Exorcist, and "It was working just a minute ago" *pokepoke* *kZAP* "MOTHER(*#$Y*(&_(*!"
My .02 USD on the whole thing isn't the SAD (hell, you can get a taste of it even here in the southern US if you work indoors and aren't a outdoors hobby person) or the OCD bits. Jeph might just benefit from a bit of prioritization. I've found after years of being a plain obsessive person (with a minor in ahh, screw it tendencies) that some people will figure out what your buttons are & push them at just the wrong moments when you're overloaded with work & other concerns. Short of severe violence (or threats thereof, my favorite choice!) you can either build in a buffer the weather the bad or learn the say "Enough! Timeout!"
Back up, look at the last few years, repeat the Litany Against Fear a few times. Rinse, repeat, do not emulate Hanners vs. the Public Works Dept.
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