Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT: 2006-2010 (5-9 Sep 2011)
Skewbrow:
Momo is insulted about Marten suspecting that she is just googling things up. I think I like her.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: themacnut on 09 Sep 2011, 20:38 ---Modern Westernized parents, and US parents in particular, have a tendency to be terrified something bad will happen to their child if that child is out of their sight or not safe at home, so they tend to get overprotective.
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At five, I was going to school by a short bus ride; at six a bus ride right across town. At seven I was cycling in to town for choir practice, and cycling back in the dark*. I can't remember the age I was when I cycled to and from my family holiday for the year - 110 miles, stopping at a youth hostel on the way - about twelve years, maybe thirteen.
* My mother wrote a doggerel verse about it:
(click to show/hide)Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven; boys may join the choir at seven.
Oh the glory, oh the joy; Paul is now a choirboy.
As he comes home very late, (nearly twenty-five to eight),
He shall have a cycle light To dispel the shades of night.
Red behind and white before; For His mercies aye endure.
(N.B. Italic lines are from well-known hymns.)
Mr. Doctor:
--- Quote from: Akima on 09 Sep 2011, 06:56 ---As in my ancestral culture, a polite evasion would always be preferable to a bald "No".
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This is just my opinion of course: I'm not a great fan of that kind of evasion.
Then again, Momo's answer was more about a "social protocole" rather than dishonesty which I can perfectly understand and even approve. Her answer is still different and far better than people who say "It's interesting" instead of saying that they just don't like it... I mean, talk about giving mixing signals to other people, jeez.
jwhouk:
What was the MOMENT OF THE WEEK?
Good morning Faye! I made some coffee... - 0 (0%)
SLUUUURRP (right from the pot) - 2 (6.3%)
Is CoD hiring? - 0 (0%)
"Tragic accident" (This stuff BETTER not be poisoned) - 2 (6.3%)
Momo at the library! Are you hiring? - 1 (3.1%)
"I've got free reign." - 0 (0%)
"Is that something you are supposed to put on your resume?" - 4 (12.5%)
Winslow brought Momo those samples... - 1 (3.1%)
There's... there's nothing! Her entire system is blank! - 1 (3.1%)
Big NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO - 3 (9.4%)
She got a new chassis. (We must burn it. To keep it out of Pintsize's hands.) - 4 (12.5%)
Hey, mister triple-shot latte. - 1 (3.1%)
Technically, I'm only 2.7 years old. - 0 (0%)
You got a robot PREGNANT? - 10 (31.3%)
Samantha meets Momo! - 2 (6.3%)
Pokemons 513, 397, 456... - 0 (0%)
Do you REALLY know all that? - 0 (0%)
Please. I live with Marigold. - 1 (3.1%)
Total Voters: 32
Skewbrow:
--- Quote from: themacnut on 09 Sep 2011, 20:38 --- But bike riding through traffic? Even relatively sedate US/Australian traffic?
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We (as in Finland) have a reasonable network of bicycle lanes, but nowhere near as comprehensive one as, say Denmark or the Netherlands. I try to commute twice a week by bike (not possible when there is snow in the ground), so I use them regularly. Cannot boast with feats like Paul's as my parents' summer cottage is only 60k away (and I was over 15 the first time I rode my bike out there). In rural areas the curbs are often wide enough to ride a bike on. Children under the age of 12 are allowed to ride their bikes on sidewalks among pedestrians. IOW: safety is a concern, but solutions exist.
How do you get millions of kids to/from school, if they never go out by themselves? Is *everybody* using a school bus in the U.S? I would have thought that school buses are used only in areas where no other method of transportation is available?
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