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So I'm wondering...
Jab:
--- Quote from: Wildroses on 27 Apr 2015, 02:05 ---We all still read them daily and enjoy them. We sent each other a lot of emails during the Faye Gets Fired and Nearly Dies arc. My Dad's a psychologist and had a few things to say about addiction, and my Mother was using her encyclopedic knowledge of the archives to point out previous times friends have tried to address Faye's drinking problem, and how Faye has never responded to someone saying she should stop drinking either for the night or for her life by agreeing. The opposite, she normally takes it as a sign she should drink more.
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That's interesting- I was always curious to hear what actual psychologists & psychiatrists might think of a strip that focuses on characters with so many mental issues. Especially since some of them actually see therapists.
I definitely noticed a lot of references to Faye's alcoholism, and her defensiveness of it, over the years. And how the characters talked about it being a problem, but then kind of dropping it and not bringing it up again. It reminded me of all the times (SO MANY TIMES) the strip had everyone get wasted together, and the times Jeph had his characters extoll the virtues of getting someone to "open up" socially by liquoring them up. Every single person I told that to was like "Oh my GOD- THAT's not healthy!" It was quite interesting to discover that this was in fact JEPH's own personal hang-up, and that HE drank in order to deal with people. A lot of the strip made a lot more sense after that.
Of course, alcoholism in the strip makes a lot more sense when I remember that while WE'VE all aged during the duration of the strip, the CHARACTERS barely have- they're all in their early 20s, which kind of makes it more "okay" that they drink a lot. It seems like only Faye has a real problem with the stuff.
TRVA123:
I actually do think that people open up socially by having a drink or two. I don't think that it is abusive or even dangerous behavior, unless you are against drinking in general.
the fact that Jeph often showed the group unwinding and having a few drinks has never been a red flag to me.
Stoon:
--- Quote from: Aziraphale on 28 Oct 2014, 16:18 ---I've been reading QC for a little more than a year now, after the first of many archive binges. The funny thing is, I'd come across the strip a few times before then, and for some reason I'd read the first five strips or so, but it never quite clicked. Well, I was bored one night, so I figured I'd read 100 strips and either be bored out of my skull or end up liking it, but I would've at least given it a fair shot.
So that brings me, in a roundabout sorta way, to a question: who else had a few false starts with the strip? Or am I in the minority in taking a few tries to get hooked?
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Wasn't like that for me with QC.
However, that does mirror my experience with XKCD.
Penquin47:
--- Quote from: TRVA123 on 03 May 2015, 19:08 ---I actually do think that people open up socially by having a drink or two. I don't think that it is abusive or even dangerous behavior, unless you are against drinking in general.
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People do open up socially with a drink or two. It's not necessarily abusive, but it's still not necessarily a good idea to encourage other people to do it or take them to a bar for that specific purpose.
TRVA123:
I just don't think its a big deal. I mean, you could argue that by even portraying people enjoying alcohol and drinking without consequences (for most of the case, anyway) Jeph is encouraging "alcoholic culture".
But alcohol is a widespread social custom.
Jeph hasn't shown the group taking someone who is unwilling out for drinks and forcing them to drink. And he has shown some of the downsides to drinking in excess. I just don't see the big deal of showing a group of people drinking a bit to unwind and get to know each other better.
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