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WCDT 8-13 December 2014 (Strips 2850-2854)

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cesium133:
I was 21 when I started grad school. If he is a graduate student, then he's almost certainly in his first year.

BenRG:

--- Quote from: Half Empty Coffee Cup on 11 Dec 2014, 08:47 ---Clinton's 21. A little on the young side for graduate study. Not unheard of, though.
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I think the point is that Clinton wasn't the only guy there. That makes it likely that it was a post-grad class; even more likely if we assume Emily is about the same age as Claire.

Bologna:
As others have brought up, I'm not really digging this whole 'wait THAT Emily?' thing. 

I mean, how could his knowing her from (what I'm assuming to be their) classes together not have come up before? It's not likely that there's any real confusion as to Emily the library intern that he's already met a few times = Emily the girl who summoned Cthulhu via computer programming. 

To start, Marten listed Emily as a setup possibility right after he talked about how Gabby left the library internship, so it's kind of inferred that Emily is also a library intern, the one that he's already met. A bit of a stretch, I know, but we're working backwards here, so deal with me. Previously, Clinton must have guessed that Emily was a library intern back when she wanted to interview him about his robot hand at the library. Surely, at the very least, he must have known that she was a library intern when Claire brought him to Emily's party?  For example:

Claire:  Hey Clinton, want to come to a lake house party? 
Clinton :  Maybe.  Who's hosting?
Claire:  Emily.
Clinton:  Emily?
Claire:  One of my co-interns.

In any case, at the end of the day, he's met her a few times already. Why weren't his reservations about Emily brought up at any time before now? 

I know that Jeph initially forgot that they had met, and has already corrected that previous comic to account for that, kind of, but this doesn't really jive.

I also know I'm not exactly a regular on the forum, so I must look like some complaining noob, but I've been following this comic for a long while now and this is looking a little lazy. 

sitnspin:
He was never being set up with her until now. He never had cause for reservations before.

BenRG:

--- Quote from: Bologna on 11 Dec 2014, 08:52 ---As others have brought up, I'm not really digging this whole 'wait THAT Emily?' thing. 
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Some counter-points, take them or leave them as you like.

1) The party - You're only guessing that Clinton asked who was hosting. He may have gone along "to protect his sister" (a rationalisation - he just wanted to go to the party). He would have seen Emily 'The Dark Lady of Spaghetti Logic' Azuma there but he didn't interact with her much and his laptop was a long way away from her so he wouldn't have minded; anyway, he got to look at lots of cute girls, get free booze and keep Claire out of trouble;

2) The library - Once again, this is first aid, not computer programming. In any case, he was hurting and probably would have welcomed aid from anyone; You could also retcon his clear surprise at Emily's line of questioning as nervousness about what exactly she was planning to do with Robo-hand;

3) THAT Emily? - So, Marten and Claire say they're going to set him up with their friend, Emily. He doesn't know who that is; it could be anyone (although, given how they're talking about her with diabolical grins, it probably isn't good). He arrives and Marten confirms that they expect him to spend a considerable length of time with... even date... Emily Azuma! This is not being in the same house as her, answering a few weird-ass questions about Robo-hand (which he sort of expects from her) or borrowing her 'lunch' (Frozen peas? WTF?) to bring down the egg on his forehead. This is serious interaction! He's not sure that this is safe!


--- Quote from: sitnspin on 11 Dec 2014, 09:02 ---He was never being set up with her until now. He never had cause for reservations before.
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Dang! Ninja'd! And with such a far more efficient way of phrasing the argument!

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