Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT 2942-2946 (20-24 April 2015)
Zebediah:
It really is. Northampton's endless summer has been going on for as long as I've been reading QC. Now it looks like we might actually get a change of season.
tywren:
--- Quote from: Akima on 24 Apr 2015, 02:33 ---
--- Quote from: MrNumbers on 23 Apr 2015, 20:43 ---1: Drugging someone without their knowledge, let alone consent, is so uncool that it's not even funny to joke about.
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Yeah. It is a criminal offence in many jurisdictions, and anyone who does it belongs in prison too.
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It's not so cut and dry as that. For instance, i put drugs in people's food/drinks on a regular basis as part of my job. When you're dealing with an uncooperative Alzheimer patent, covert medication is a much safer method than restraint, and forced medication, especially if the patient also has Osteoporosis that's left their bones as brittle as a stick of chalk.
Admittedly, that's not the same as giving a collage student drugged brownies, which was a joke (possibly in bad taste).
In closing, i'd like to ask, that when you start making absolute statements such as "anyone who does it belongs in prison too.", you stop, and carefully think it through first.
anahata:
--- Quote from: neurocase on 24 Apr 2015, 02:23 ---I'm hardcore with Claire on this one. Maybe it's because Tai has always annoyed me, but her comment in panel four today seems unnecessary. She couldn't just say "Oh, I know her!"? She has to specifically mention that's where she gets her pot?
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Because of Claire's reaction? (and perhaps because Tai is a tease and knows Claire will react like that?)
I'm with those who'd like Claire to loosen up a bit. I don't mean she should start smoking pot, but she could be a little more tolerant of those whose lifestyle and values don't exactly match hers. Especially, come to think of it, when she herself is in a position that invites prejudice.
Also I don't believe Tai is totally feckless and irresponsible. I think she's one of those people who's actually very intelligent but doesn't make a big thing of it. Her management decisions are capricious and intuitive but where it really matters I don't see evidence that she's really fouled up. For example she put Marten in charge of showing the interns round while she watched movies on a drug high: it could look like she was plain lazy but Marten, despite being out of his comfort zone, did a good job, no harm came of it and Marten and the interns had a useful opportunity to get to know each other.
tl;dr : there's method in her madness.
Meilu:
--- Quote from: cabbagehut on 24 Apr 2015, 02:41 ---Something that I both really like and find a little frustrating about QC is the shifting cast. I like it because it seems realistic. You often don't have a core cast of friends in your life that'll do everything with you, and when you live in a college town, people often move away. People quit jobs to get careers, get married, have kids, relocate for all kinds of reasons, and it's really nice to see that represented, I think.
I find it frustrating because you don't get an "end" to a lot of stories. Part of my mind keeps them as "active" characters, and then I think of QC having this massive cast, when it really doesn't. It just shifts focus.
To be honest, this is the first time I really noticed that I don't really like reading about most of the main cast (and a number of the side characters, too). I don't really like Marigold, Claire, Tai, Dale (honestly, it's not a dislike, but that I don't find him to have much of a personality, so I'm just disinterested), Emily, Pintsize, Momo, Dora (not a dislike, just disinterest), Clinton, Veronica, or Angus (I am so, so glad he is gone. I always thought of him as irredeemably creepy and just could not get on board). I pretty much only like Marten, Faye, and Hannelore at the moment.
I'm not saying the comic is poorly-written or anything! In fact, I find a lot of the characterizations to be just fine. They just aren't my taste. I don't have any plans to stop reading, because like I said, the cast rotates. New things could be out there that I like more, and I like the storytelling style.
But back to the main topic at hand: this kind of situation is funny in a comic, but really, really frustrating in real life (thank goodness this isn't real life, then, huh? :D). When you have a superior who can't take it seriously and it creates problems for you elsewhere, it stops being humorous pretty fast.
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I agree. I'd swap a character or two, but on the whole I agree with you. This is a situation for me where I've been reading for so very long (very very near the beginning) that I just don't want to give up.
Meilu:
--- Quote from: anahata on 24 Apr 2015, 06:07 ---
--- Quote from: neurocase on 24 Apr 2015, 02:23 ---I'm hardcore with Claire on this one. Maybe it's because Tai has always annoyed me, but her comment in panel four today seems unnecessary. She couldn't just say "Oh, I know her!"? She has to specifically mention that's where she gets her pot?
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Because of Claire's reaction? (and perhaps because Tai is a tease and knows Claire will react like that?)
I'm with those who'd like Claire to loosen up a bit. I don't mean she should start smoking pot, but she could be a little more tolerant of those whose lifestyle and values don't exactly match hers. Especially, come to think of it, when she herself is in a position that invites prejudice.
Also I don't believe Tai is totally feckless and irresponsible. I think she's one of those people who's actually very intelligent but doesn't make a big thing of it. Her management decisions are capricious and intuitive but where it really matters I don't see evidence that she's really fouled up. For example she put Marten in charge of showing the interns round while she watched movies on a drug high: it could look like she was plain lazy but Marten, despite being out of his comfort zone, did a good job, no harm came of it and Marten and the interns had a useful opportunity to get to know each other.
tl;dr : there's method in her madness.
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I'm trans, it doesn't have anything to do with tolerating unprofessional behavior. Being trans is not a choice, doing drugs is (unless you're addicted, but there's still an initial choice). I've had bosses like Tai, I don't like it either. There's a time and a place for everything... being drunk or high at work is wrong. Pushing work off on your friends because you are drunk or high is wrong. That's not a "method to the madness" style of management. I'm not uptight, I let loose in appropriate settings... The place of employment isn't ever the right place.
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