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WCDT 2922 to 2926 (23-27 March 2015)
Consilium:
--- Quote from: tywren on 24 Mar 2015, 21:19 ---Also, did anyone else notice that she slipped back into her southern drawl in the last panel, Something she rarely does, sober? Odd that.
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I did notice that, but remember that earlyFaye abstained from contractions as a conscious effort; her use of "y'all" here seems to me like she's realizing she's not alone in her struggle and she just isn't thinking about language at the moment.
The look on her face between the last two panels makes me smile. It really shows her defenses coming down in regards to the group as she begins to understand that it's a group of real people. The Buddhists call that kind of realization "satori."
Mr. Skawronska:
--- Quote from: ASB84 on 24 Mar 2015, 18:31 ---Fantastic comic, I love Faye's expression in the last two panels. I know it's a strange thing to say about a fictional character, but I'm glad to see that this looks like it'll be something that's really good for her.
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Wow. Way to kill my buzz, pal.
Energia:
Satori? I like that.
I also like that Jeph included the guy who doesn't have an easy narrative to explain his problem. Is he getting advice about how to manage this arc? People seemed to be very appreciative of how he handled the alcohol poisoning strips. It's not that we expect a cartoonist to be an expert on human affairs and support services, but a lot of us do value what Jeph writes. I read XKCD with an expectation that I'll learn something, but not Dilbert. I'd kinda put QC more in the former camp.
Aziraphale:
--- Quote from: Omega Entity on 24 Mar 2015, 20:08 ---
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--- Quote from: Aziraphale on 24 Mar 2015, 19:29 ---A drink a week doesn't make an alcoholic, but someone sneaking it does tend to raise red flags.
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I'm just guessing here, but there are a lot of churches in the South that advocate abstaining from alcohol completely, to the point where even the communion "wine" is actually grape juice. (I'm sure they have them up north, too, but... Bible belt.) My guess is that Faye's mom is or at least was a member of one of these churches.
So sneaking a drink a week to avoid getting in trouble with a religious wife... less of a red flag than it might otherwise be.
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There's also entire denominations that abstain completely from alcohol (the church I was raised in being one of them, that being Seventh-Day Adventist). We certainly had grape juice to go with our communion bread - which I somehow managed to get even though I was never baptized :psyduck:
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Yeah, my in-laws are Seventh Day Adventists. Well, my MIL is. My FIL cuts some corners (loves his beer and pernil too much). :)
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--- Quote from: TRVA123 on 24 Mar 2015, 19:55 ---We probably will never know much more than we currently know about Faye's dad's drinking. However, the fact that he drank in secret, coupled with Faye's own alcoholic tendencies, is very suggestive. I don't see why it should be just dismissed out of hand as an inconsequential thing.
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I'm not dismissing it out of hand. I just don't feel the evidence we have supports the theory that Faye's dad was an alcoholic. Since we're almost certainly not going to find out more evidence, all we know his he had one drink a week away from his wife who didn't approve of drinking. If he drank at other times that Faye didn't know about, maybe. But the evidence we have doesn't say he was hiding his drinking since it was an open secret with Faye. He was just hiding it from his wife.
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It's also possible that neither of her parents are, but that another close relative (a grandparent, for instance, since I don't think we've heard aunts or uncles mentioned) is. I know people who won't touch alcohol because of what they grew up with, or because they're concerned about genetics. It could be that Faye's mother just didn't want to be reminded of someone else's habit, or didn't want to see someone else go down the same road.
Kugai:
That cheered her up
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