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WCDT: 2505-2509 (August 5-9, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
SageJiraiya:
Well, she did nearly shock Dale and Marbear for their social awkwardness.
Emperor Norton:
--- Quote from: DSL on 08 Aug 2013, 12:22 ---So, nobody here's either made or received a hyperbolic threat IRL they knew to be hyperbolic and to not take seriously? Because the overreaction to the banter in the strip is often (unwittingly) more entertaining than the banter itself, which is pretty entertaining.
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I'm constantly baffled by the things people on the forum take seriously.
Tova:
Me too, but that's coming from someone who takes things seriously quite frequently, so I wouldn't ... ummm... take that too seriously. :angel:
westrim:
The originator of the term may have been spelled Moxie, but everything since then that used it as a name has spelled it Moxy. I think it's one of those words with multiple valid spellings.
--- Quote from: Emperor Norton on 08 Aug 2013, 13:57 ---
--- Quote from: DSL on 08 Aug 2013, 12:22 ---So, nobody here's either made or received a hyperbolic threat IRL they knew to be hyperbolic and to not take seriously? Because the overreaction to the banter in the strip is often (unwittingly) more entertaining than the banter itself, which is pretty entertaining.
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I'm constantly baffled by the things people on the forum take seriously.
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I find that amusing considering your namesake.
Conversations like this occur not because everyone fails to recognize hyperbole (or sarcasm or whatever), but because if they acknowledged it there would be less to talk about. And by talk, I mean my signature.
jwhouk:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 08 Aug 2013, 13:23 ---That was my thought too, but on the other hand, what is hyperbolic in a world with all the over the top elements that the QC world has?
Doesn't Momo have a record of not overstating things?
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She has hung around Pintsize long enough, if that's what you mean... "Scatalogical Judo" and all that.
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