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How QC and webcomics generally relate to the real USA
BenRG:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 27 Jan 2015, 23:53 ---This is a story, not a tediously accurate account of real life. It depicts what's needed to tell the story, and sufficient background to provide an environment for it. Quibbling beyond that is just missing the point.
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Precisely. Oilman, I really get the impression that you are desperately casting around for reasons to denigrate the characters and hate the strip. Why bother? Why did you even come to the forums when you should have guessed that your opinions would bring you into conflict with other users?
I've got to conclude that you're one of those people who likes annoying people and starting arguments. That's not a good or healthy place to be, IMO.
Carl-E:
No, I think you're misreading him. I think he actually likes the strip, but (like me) it's pretty far from his personal experience, so he's questioning it.
With luck, he's finding out just how limited personal experience can be!
Oilman:
.....up to a point, Lord Copper.
QC is, basically, an American comic with an American background. Some aspects of it are familiar or self-evident to US readers, but less so or not at all to non-US readers.
If Dora simply dismissed Faye verbally without notice in most European countries, she would be liable to legal action, because the concept of "employment at will" is specifically American. CoD's employee benefits would be a non-issue in Europe, because the concept is completely different.
It's like another issue I saw somewhere recently, about a character visiting another in their apartment and having a conversation about "parking in the next street, so the Superintendent won't charge you for me". That is pretty much meaningless to a British or European reader, because the tenancy lease practices differ - you might need to notify your landlord for insurance reasons if someone moves in, but you can have all the house guests you like and it's no-one's business but yours
Oilman:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 28 Jan 2015, 00:04 ---No, I think you're misreading him. I think he actually likes the strip, but (like me) it's pretty far from his personal experience, so he's questioning it.
With luck, he's finding out just how limited personal experience can be!
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suffice it say that yes, life is infinitely nuanced.
QC is a mildly amusing daily strip with "no f*cking elves" (google The Inklings if you don't recognise the reference) and a bit more substance than a simple gag-a-day format.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: Oilman on 28 Jan 2015, 00:15 ---you might need to notify your landlord for insurance reasons if someone moves in, but you can have all the house guests you like and it's no-one's business but yours
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Neither of those points is strictly accurate, though it may depend on the details of the contract (says a landlord). Many tenants fail to appreciate that the words in the contract they signed actually have meaning and force.
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