Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT Strips 3241 - 3245 (13-17 June 2016)
bhtooefr:
--- Quote from: Thrudd on 20 Jun 2016, 17:31 ---I might be a little late to this but my mum "borrowed" mine years ago so they were available to 60hz utilities. The trick is finding one in either a sally-ann or some other thrift style store. Pawn shops I avoid except to giggle at the ludicrous asking prices. Yard sales in older neighborhoods are also good.
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The problem in the US is that 24 hour time representations are basically only used by military and computer types (to the point that 24 hour time is called "military time"), so finding flip clocks specifically that use it, without just modifying them (if they're at least an AM/PM one), is basically impossible in the US.
(And the coordinates in your profile put you in the South Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and Chile.)
Tova:
--- Quote from: Neko_Ali on 20 Jun 2016, 23:01 ---Nobody is saying that Renee is wrong for being suspicious. We're saying she's a jerk because she immediately jumped to threats of physical violence towards someone who the only thing she knew about was that he helped her friend out when her bar and home burned down.
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I say that she was wrong for doing that, but that she's not a jerk for doing the wrong thing out of fear. She's not a jerk for being scared for her friend.
Like I said, this may all end up proven wrong further down the track. Angus's flatmates might be right, and she is after all a jerk.
P.S. I do actually think at least one person is saying she's wrong for being suspicious.
Tova:
Sorry for the double post, but I do have one more thing to add:
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=12
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=459
Threats of violence as an endearing expression of love for the one defended are kind of a trope in this comic, in case you hadn't noticed. My archive-fu is poor, so there are probably more.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: Tova on 20 Jun 2016, 23:26 ---P.S. I do actually think at least one person is saying she's wrong for being suspicious.
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I distinguish suspicion from caution. Caution is reasonable; caution plus evidence = justified suspicion. Unjustified suspicion is paranoia, and that is not a good way to run one's life.
sitnspin:
Paranoia is irrational fear. Suspicion based on previous experience is not irrational. Her reaction may have been extreme and inappropriate, but her suspicion isn't necessarily without merit.
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