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WCDT: 2540-2544 (23-27 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Border Reiver:
I was thinking that Dora was a great leader - able to get subordinates to assume greater responsibilities for the same remuneration.
kyomi:
So... how many people had to look up the word "bourgeoisie" in the news post like me? >.>;
KOK:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 26 Sep 2013, 00:11 ---2426 doesn't hinge on Claire being trans, though. Any woman could have had that exact conversation. (A problem we need to solve).
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You are unfortunately right. Even so, according to the text below the comic, it is about Claire being trans.
jwhouk:
--- Quote from: Westrim on 25 Sep 2013, 19:59 ---I don't get it. Why does it matter so much that Claire is Transylvanian? Is it prejudice against vampires? :mrgreen:
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(throws wadded up pieces of paper at you while laughingly booing you)
westrim:
If she's Transylvanian, it would go a long way towards explaining her Clairevoyance and biting wit.
--- Quote from: kyomi on 26 Sep 2013, 04:56 ---So... how many people had to look up the word "bourgeoisie" in the news post like me? >.>;
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Exposure to the term is pretty standard in high and middle school history books in the US (or at least in California, maybe everyone else uses Texas board approved books), mostly associated with the French revolution (in a chart of the estates) and Karl Marx. Now, whether people remember is a whole other story, like most of education.
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