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WCT: 2216-2220 (25-29 June 2012) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread

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HiFranc:

--- Quote from: LTK on 26 Jun 2012, 03:37 ---
--- Quote from: HiFranc on 26 Jun 2012, 03:12 ---OJ was mentioned as part of the Government's Five a Day Campaign but "smooth" orange juice (i.e. without bits of the fruit in) may not be as healthy as first thought.
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The smooth stuff is more likely to come from concentrated juice, which they dilute to roughly its previous osmolarity. You can taste the difference - the diluted stuff is indeed more sour - and I wouldn't be surprised if the health benefits were less as well. Frankly, there's nothing better to start breakfast than a hard-boiled egg and some fresh orange juice. When you're buying the stuff, look at the ingredients. If it says 'juice from concentrated orange juice', then it's diluted. Here, the fresh stuff comes in plastic or glass bottles instead of cartons.
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It's not whether it's from concentrate or not that's the problem it's the fact that fruits contain natural sugars and it's the solid bits that contain the fibre (aka roughage) that counters the negative effect of too much sugar.  There are also other problems:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17731052
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/just-one-glass-of-orange-juice-a-day-could-make-you-obese-and-increase-your-risk-of-diabetes-says-research-6876854.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7572500.stm

As I'm not sure how reliable the LSE is, I searched a little more and found:
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/news/2008/Jul/orange-juice-linked-with-diabetes-risk.html

From what I know from my own knowledge of nutrition, the healthiest OJ is that that is made yourself (provided you don't throw anything away -- just liquidise the fruit) because most then you have more of the healthy (for humans) parts of the fruit.

Welu:
I would usually have Diet Coke (my go-to drink) or water with a meal. I don't like the idea of tea if you're talking about normal warm tea. I find part of the need for a drink is to cool myself down depending on what I'm eating. Although a cup of tea after a meal is nice.
I'm so accustomed to Diet Coke that pretty much everything I eat tastes better with it. Even water does the same with some meals.
The only alcohol I drink, which is rare, is vodka and Diet Coke or even rarer red wine.

Seriously though, what's with assuming if you don't have a drink with dinner you're secretly an alcoholic? What if you just don't like alcohol? What if it's against your beliefs? What if you drink but just felt like having something else? If they are secretly an alcoholic, maybe sympathise that everyone around them is having a drink and they're not rather than bring it up and make them uncomfortable.

In other news, well done Marten in the third panel for pointing out what's been bothering me about the discussion of this past week. Kinda bugging that every new female character is a considered potential love interest before other traits they've shown. Though that's true of most media, not just this comic.

V1:
There is a kind of inherent contradiction, I would almost say hypocrisy with what Marten said today in panel 3. Since comic one, one of his primary concerns with almost all his female interactions has been about the possibility of romantic connection. From Faye to Dora to Padma to even smaller short term characters like LT Potter. So it's kind of odd for him to protest now that people are assuming he's always looking for the next girl, given that...he always has been.

Milesb:

--- Quote from: Mr_Rose on 26 Jun 2012, 03:57 ---As for today's comic, Jeph wrote:

--- Quote ---Totally poking fun at everybody who assumes Marten is gonna hook up with one of the interns
{emphasis mine}
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(clearly this means he's going to hook up with all three; all that remains is to speculate on order :angel: )

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Just thinking about the associated drama that would bring about makes me cringe!


On the topic of drinks: Orange juice is great and I see nothing infantile with it, though I wouldn't order it in a restaurant - I'd probably have it with lunch. I find tea very boring in taste and image and prefer a coffee if I'm going to have a hot caffeinated drink.

Whenever I go to a restaurant I always get a jug of water as well as usually getting an appropriate alcoholic drink - red wine for rich, meat based food, white wine for fish and lighter foods, or sometimes a beer if we're off for a curry. A glass of wine or beer with food is part of the flavour and enjoyment of the meal to us, but I don't find it strange when people don't drink alcohol with their food.




Edit: V1, aren't most of the core characters concerned with their relationships and isn't that normal? But even having said that Marten is quite monogamous, takes things seriously and most of his relationships have rather landed on him without him taking a great lead - I think it's fairly within Marten's character to objet to "So which one are you gonna bang?" - It seems more Tai's style considering she's often in polyamorous relationships with more casual sex.

If they'd asked him which one he thought was nicest, cutest or whatever they might have got a different response, but I can understand why Marten as a character wouldn't respond well to the implications and assumptions inherent in Faye's wording - he's not a very domineering, assertive person when it comes to ladies.

Border Reiver:
Clearly the ladies are having some fun at Marten's expense.

But I want to know what happened to precipitate the Pintsize throw.

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