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Wow. So much Story. So wow. What next?

Mom's New Apartment.
May's Employment Attempts.
Relationship Issues (take your pick as to whom)
Hanners and her HAAAAAAATTT!!!!
The Band!
Harriet officially joins the cast (with her pet bird YB)
Insert Meme Here (space ham, space tea, waffles, etc.)
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Author Topic: WCDT: 2721-2725 (9-13 June 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread  (Read 59298 times)

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I think we all know where ceremonial frog went:
http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1155
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Thread about the nature of rights.

I have tossed a response in there continuing this if any one actually wants to participate.
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I think Marten would make as good a big brother as Sam does a little sister.
That's pretty darned good.

Batrachian greetings to all.
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The ceremonial frog will no doubt reappear, possibly on top of the espresso machine. Dora will not be happy, and if the health inspector is present, there will be problems.

I look forward to a new walk in the woods. Marten and his friends spend too much time indoors.

Is it cold in here?

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Great point. It is not good for them to be indoors all the time.
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I don't have much to say, except that Sam is just so gosh-darn adorable. :)

And all hail Frog-Lord.  That's got to be some sort of health code violation, having a live frog in a bakery; I pray Hanners isn't working today.
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That's got to be some sort of health code violation, having a live frog in a bakery;
I had to check, but colours say this is the coffee shop, not the bakery.
I pray Hanners isn't working today.
... as does Hanners' working there ...
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(and imagine the IMPLICATIONS)
Obviously we can't discuss it.
Speculate and discuss as you like, just try not to talk about anything you may want to happen in the comic lest Jeph decides he can't put it in the comic because someone else came up with it.
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I have quite a number of speculations that relate to canon that I'd love to talk about.  Maybe I should write a .sig stating that anything I post to the comics forum is public domain.
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Speculate and discuss as you like, just try not to talk about anything you may want to happen in the comic lest Jeph decides he can't put it in the comic because someone else came up with it.

All the characters can't use the letter "E" in any form. EVER.
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Well, that's the two main characters' names out of the window, for a start!
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But where does Marigold have an E in her name? :angel:
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Her surname is Farmer.
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I look forward to a new walk in the woods. Marten and his friends spend too much time indoors.
And that could be an opportunity to have Eliot back. I miss him.
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I don't have much to say, except that Sam is just so gosh-darn adorable. :)

And all hail Frog-Lord.  That's got to be some sort of health code violation, having a live frog in a bakery; I pray Hanners isn't working today.

...and there goes the spider-zone. 
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That's if the Frog finds the Highway to it.


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(and imagine the IMPLICATIONS)
Obviously we can't discuss it.
Speculate and discuss as you like, just try not to talk about anything you may want to happen in the comic lest Jeph decides he can't put it in the comic because someone else came up with it.

...I just wanted to use that picture of Dennis.
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I didn't really peg May as the type to get this angry about something and then just, not do anything about it.  And how is reporting illegal activity "stirring up trouble" for her?  It'd only cause trouble for the employer, and their trouble would be deserved.
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And how is reporting illegal activity "stirring up trouble" for her?  It'd only cause trouble for the employer

Oh, you sweet summer child.
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Speculate and discuss as you like, just try not to talk about anything you may want to happen in the comic lest Jeph decides he can't put it in the comic because someone else came up with it.

All the characters can't use the letter "E" in any form. EVER.
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Dale just impressed me.
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I really hope Jeph isn't planning on May working at Coffee of Doom. 
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bing. Looks like some realization just got dropped on May. And really, let's be honest. Most people put up with a lot of shit to keep a job. They are kind of important. And most people aren't willing to stick their necks on the line, especially when it doesn't affect them.
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Dale just impressed me.
Me too. And from her expression in panel four, he impressed May as well. I hope she does the right thing.

(pause)

No, May, murder is not the right thing.
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Given May`s backstory I suspect the real worry would be her hacking the bank accounts of the anti-AI shop owner and donating all his money to the Butts Disease Foundation.
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Except the owner doesn't know about that, she was dissuaded from applying simply because she was a robot.
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The comic is taking a much more serious turn.
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I'd switch the poll to "moment of the week", but I think "Then how are you different than the person working at the store?" would be the hands-down winner.
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Meanwhile... Dale's shirt!   :-D
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Marigold's influence.
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No, May, murder is not the right thing.

Murder is never the answer.  It's the question.  The answer, at least in this case is "yes".
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I really hope Jeph isn't planning on May working at Coffee of Doom.

If Faye follows Angus to New York, there will be an opening for someone foul-mouthed and hostile.
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The word May is looking for is "Touché"
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Meanwhile... Dale's shirt!   :-D
Probably a gift from Marigold, but Dale does not really look like MLG...

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...he is literally wearing a tie on his naked body.
No wonder Marigold is fawning over him.

Her surname is Farmer.
Even easier: her second name is Louise, if I remember correctly.

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Dear May: Well Excuuuuuuuuusee me, Princess... But not everybody has the possibility to risk a job so they can tell their boss he/she is an idiot. That doesn't make them cowards. That just shows how much the system sucks because the workers are not protected in any way.
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I look forward to a new walk in the woods. Marten and his friends spend too much time indoors.
And that could be an opportunity to have Eliot back. I miss him.
That would be lovely.  How about getting Momo along too?

... is there any other outdoorsy character left?

... Wil?

On the latest: Dale was incredibly quick on the uptake and with his one-two punch there.  Thank goodness for willing suspension of disbelief!  8-)
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...and so May was enlightened.
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...and so May was enlightened.
Might be the first time that she was confronted with doing the same thing herself, in this case, moral cowardice.  And yes, I *have* left jobs, not knowing what would happen next just because my boss *was* a douche || criminal of some sort, so sales lady has no fucking excuse.
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Dear May: Well Excuuuuuuuuusee me, Princess... But not everybody has the possibility to risk a job so they can tell their boss he/she is an idiot. That doesn't make them cowards. That just shows how much the system sucks because the workers are not protected in any way.

*cough*Unions*cough*
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Dear May: Well Excuuuuuuuuusee me, Princess... But not everybody has the possibility to risk a job so they can tell their boss he/she is an idiot. That doesn't make them cowards. That just shows how much the system sucks because the workers are not protected in any way.

Yep.
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Dear May: Well Excuuuuuuuuusee me, Princess... But not everybody has the possibility to risk a job so they can tell their boss he/she is an idiot. That doesn't make them cowards. That just shows how much the system sucks because the workers are not protected in any way.

*cough*Unions*cough*

Are just as damaging to workers and worker's rights in the modern environment. I am still in trouble for telling a Union rep to lick my boot heel.
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Yeah but you guys have a totally different union system to us.
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Are just as damaging to workers and worker's rights in the modern environment. I am still in trouble for telling a Union rep to lick my boot heel.

And yet my life has been thrown upside down because I can no longer be a member of a union recognized by my employer, but that's a subject for another forum.
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Meanwhile... Dale's shirt!   :-D
Probably a gift from Marigold, but Dale does not really look like MLG...


But compare Marten as MLG.

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I really don't see what the "enlightenment" in this comic is supposed to be, because it's false. And Dale annoys me in it. And he's being an asshole.

Person A suffers from discrimination,
Person B is complicit and part of the oppressor class,
Person C excuses Person B maintaining the oppressive status quo by blaming Person A for their own oppression.

She's different because she's part of the targeted fucking marginalized group, is why. "Keeping your head down" is not an equivalent moral position for the one trying to cope with discrimination and the one perpetuating it.
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Yeah, I agree. I'd also argue being an ex-con puts her in a rougher position than someone who just quits a job because of illegal workforce discrimination. May may have less to lose, and reporting that employer might not end up being a problem, but her fears come from being imprisoned which is pretty serious. The 'you guys are the same' thing doesn't really ring true for me at all.
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And by Hel don't shame someone for not reporting illegal things done to them. It's a shitty position to be in and the law is not automatically helpful - especially for marginalized groups.
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