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WCDT Strips 3221 to 3225 (16 - 20 May 2016)
BenRG:
If he's long-sighted like Claire, then he's able to function without his glasses in most scenarios although he'd probably prefer not having to do so.
FWIW, it is my opinion that today's strip confirms that that Brun does have something wrong that leads to her very stoic demeanour. I wonder if it is trauma-induced, somewhat like with Bubbles. However, the point is that she doesn't emote easily and apparently doesn't socialise well either and this extends to her response to high-stress scenarios.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 17 May 2016, 03:49 ---FWIW, it is my opinion that today's strip confirms that that Brun does have something wrong that leads to her very stoic demeanour.
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she doesn't emote easily and apparently doesn't socialise well either
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Neither of those characteristics is an indication of anything "wrong"; both could be applied to me, for a start. To me it is belittling to people with real problems to apply labels such as "autism" without proper justification.
ZoeB:
--- Quote from: Akima on 17 May 2016, 03:44 ---Cultures also vary greatly in how far public displays of emotion are acceptable.
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Thailand particularly values the ability to know when to express emotions, and when not to. There are very few occasions when it is acceptable.
I come from a UK "Stiff Upper Lip" culture. Emotions regarding misfortune are seen as embarrassing.
Maybe it was because I went to a very old fashioned even for the 60s boarding school. Something straight out of Kipling. I learnt how to use chopsticks from a boy whose Father was stationed in Malaya, and some Afrikaans from another whose parents were in Zuid Afrika.
Case:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 17 May 2016, 03:49 ---...
FWIW, it is my opinion that today's strip confirms that that Brun does have something wrong that leads to her very stoic demeanour. I wonder if it is trauma-induced, somewhat like with Bubbles. However, the point is that she doesn't emote easily and apparently doesn't socialise well either and this extends to her response to high-stress scenarios.
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Ben ... let me preface this request with stating that you're one of my favorite posters, and that I usually enjoy your speculations.
That being said - A shitton of people on this board, including yours truly, have more experience with mental health problems and/or developmental disorders than they ever wanted to have.
Especially the path to the correct diagnosis of a developmental disorder, like AD(H)D, or various forms of autism not rarely includes mal-diagnosis, stigmatization, wrong medication - or, as in my case, decades-long refusal of diagnosis and medication, because I wasn't stereotypical enough - and more "metal health professionals" without any mental health training than one cares to remember.
PLEASE. STOP. WITH. ZE. DIAGNOSES.
And PLEASE: Do not ever again use the word "something wrong with them" when you talk about people with supposed mental health trouble.
Really - we've heard that one more often than we care to remember.
No matter if it turns out you're "right", or not - and no matter whether Jeph shares your opinion, or not: PLEASE!
Let me end this request with repeating that you really are one of my favorite posters, that I really enjoy your speculations (apart from the diagnoses), and that it's not entirely fair to single you out for this request, since you are by far not the only one.
Yes, I also have mental-health associations wrt. certain characters - it's tempting. But ... please?
Roxtar:
My cousin gets the same crap all the time... She (Patricia) goes by "Tricia" rather than "Pat" or "Patty"
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