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WCDT: 2465-2469 (10-14 June, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
GarandMarine:
I have a treaty with spider kind, however if they cross the DMZ they will be brutally terminated without hesitation.
Trigger warnings that I'm used to usually relate to buddies with PTSD... having to actively restrain two large adult males from flipping a table for cover if a car backfires near a restaurant you're eating at is all the learning you need to do on that subject, trust me. Triggers, especially for the various forms of combat and non-combat PTSD are NOT something to scoff at.
Shjade:
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--- Quote from: ihaveavoice on 12 Jun 2013, 02:48 ---I needed a trigger warning.
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No you didn't. You needed to take responsibility and check beforehand (it's noted on the Wikipedia page), or be willing to deal with your own fears (you have pause and/or mute buttons, I presume). I really, really hate the concept of trigger warnings, it's a bad form of coddling.
Also, leave the poor shift key alone.
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Funny I grew up without protection from bullying, without trigger warnings and without a nanny-state holding my hand every step of the way. I learned to avoid things and situations that would trigger my issues, and I've learned to accept that I am going to run into those things during my life.
In other words, it is coddling and it encourages weakness. Instead, grow... adapt... rationalize... seek help... and move forward.
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A friend of mine has a bit of a heart condition. What happens if she gets too excited (examples of "excited" including "frightened in startling fashion," for instance)? Hospital visits, if she's lucky.
Someone linked said friend to this horror story without warning her about what it was, just that it was something interesting they thought she'd like to read. Spoiler alert: don't click that if you have issues being frightened by sudden noises/unexpected jump scares.
He was confused when he heard her uttering strange, gurgling sounds over the mic on Mumble afterward, as he was unaware that this is apparently the sound made when collapsing as your heart freaks out.
Not everyone is equally equipped to deal with every situation. Maybe you're better at dealing with adversity than some other people; bully for you. That doesn't mean you get to disregard common courtesy dealing with other people. "It wouldn't have bothered me" is no excuse. "They should toughen up" is no excuse.
Be considerate.
Delator:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 10 Jun 2013, 04:34 ---Their reaction (looking at her silently, then moving on without any acknowledgement) strikes me as needlessly mean.
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It's also the only way to get a known Serial Punner to stop.
Mean? I suppose. Better than Annoying.
--- Quote ---And yet it's not the first time it's happened, even if it always seems out of character for most of the people who do it.
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I'm not sure that it's been established that any character particularly likes puns.
--- Quote from: techkid on 10 Jun 2013, 04:51 ---
--- Quote from: CompSarge on 10 Jun 2013, 02:51 ---Maybe it's the beat face she makes
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That face usually gets me laughing more than the actual pun. I love it :)
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The face is indeed hilarious. :lol:
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--- Quote from: jwhouk on 10 Jun 2013, 07:28 ---"FIB", of course, has another definition in Wisconsin.
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--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 10 Jun 2013, 07:35 ---What do you have against Illinois?
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--- Quote ---*insert several plausible theories*
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Many from Illinois, and especially Chicago. Head north to the woods of Wisconsin for their weekends, especially on any sort of extended holiday weekend.
They all drive like fucking maniacs.
Hence the frequent on-the-road use of the extended version of FIB.
--- Quote from: Adjamemnon on 11 Jun 2013, 00:43 ---The dislike against Chicagoans, and thus all the Illinois people, comes from them going north to be loud, intrusive and messing up all the fishing/camping/outdoors/wildlife stuff.
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...this too, but FIB has it's birthplace on the road.
--- Quote from: Adjamemnon ---I have family in the area, so I can let you know that Packers fans have much more enmity towards the Vikings than the Bears, which is weird given the proximity.
Don't get me wrong, they dislike the Bears too, but it really is the Vikings that gets their special hate.
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I live 20 minutes from Lambeau field if I floor it. I'm also a Vikings fan. I can tell you with no hesitation that they hate the Bears more.
There are only two reasons it seems different right now.
The first is that the Vikings have had more success in recent history than the Bears, both in general, and against the Packers.
The second is Brett Favre.
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Spiders just remind me of Eddie Izzard speaking French. :-P
Warning - while you were typing a new rift has been torn in the fabric of space-time. You may wish to invert polarities.
Method of Madness:
They can't be worse than Jersey drivers.
ankhtahr:
--- Quote from: Shjade on 12 Jun 2013, 12:12 ---Someone linked said friend to this horror story without warning her about what it was, just that it was something interesting they thought she'd like to read. Spoiler alert: don't click that if you have issues being frightened by sudden noises/unexpected jump scares.
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The moment I read the warning I knew which story you linked. I read a translated version once.
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