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WCDT Strips 3491 to 3495 (29 May to 2 June 2017)

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Gyrre:

--- Quote from: BenRG on 28 May 2017, 23:45 ---Sometimes, Jeph does an excellent job in capturing just why so many people think that Clinton and Claire are twins! Today's opening panel is just one occasion.

So, sitting back and thinking: Am I the only one who thinks that Clinton is a 'glass half empty' sort of guy? He assumed that Marten was a hazard to Claire's safety; he assumed that there was no future between him and Emily; now he assumes that their mother is 'compensating' for some inner sadness by her current behaviour. It's wise to be ready for the worst but it is sometimes a bit hazardous to your emotional health to do so!

I also notice that he was essentially saying: "I'm worried about mom; you need to keep living with her because I'm certainly not giving up my personal freedom to do so!" Based on her facial expression in panel 4, Claire is clearly used to him by now but that doesn't mean that she has to like it!

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Speaking as a half-empty glass viewer, I prefer the term 'precautionary pessimist'. It makes life's bad surprises slightly less deflating, and life's good surprises all the more cherishable.

sitnspin:
Hope for the best, plan for the worst.

Thrudd:
Be prepared and expect the worst.

Anything going right is a pleasant surprise.

sitnspin:
Be kind, be polite, be compassionate, but be ready to break a mother fuckers arm when you need to.

Akima:

--- Quote from: BenRG on 28 May 2017, 23:45 ---I also notice that he was essentially saying: "I'm worried about mom; you need to keep living with her because I'm certainly not giving up my personal freedom to do so!" Based on her facial expression in panel 4, Claire is clearly used to him by now but that doesn't mean that she has to like it!
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Well... That is sexism after all, isn't it? We're all used to it, but we don't have to like it. The idea that women have some greater duty to look after family members, should shoulder a greater proportion of caregiving work, and have some lesser entitlement to independence, is deeply engrained in all human societies, and obviously in Clinton too. It is very telling that a major caregiving provider in Australia is named Daughterly Care.

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