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WCDT strips 3681 to 3685 (19-23 February 2018)
dilbert719:
--- Quote from: Emperor Norton on 19 Feb 2018, 03:48 ---(also notice that he did air quotes around prettier
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While my first reaction to all of this was "Dale, you are thick as pig****," combined with a healthy dose of "Marigold, CALM THE **** DOWN," the one thing I did want to raise is about the air quotes thing.
Sure, Dale may have been intending to turn the phrase at that point, and the air quote was supposed to help him with that, but (barring a particular reason why they might not be capable) even the most oblivious nerd should be intuitively aware that hand gestures that cannot be seen cannot be interpreted, and Marigold's back was to him. If he's going to say something that requires some sort of gesture, he needs to either get in front of Marigold or find some other way to say it.
I'm just hoping that this proves to be relatively easy for them to get over, mainly because jealous insecurity already ended Marten and Dora's relationship, and I'd be more interested in seeing the strip explore new territory rather than mining old ground again.
Smallest:
--- Quote from: dilbert719 on 19 Feb 2018, 17:08 ---
--- Quote from: Emperor Norton on 19 Feb 2018, 03:48 ---(also notice that he did air quotes around prettier
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While my first reaction to all of this was "Dale, you are thick as pig****," combined with a healthy dose of "Marigold, CALM THE **** DOWN," the one thing I did want to raise is about the air quotes thing.
Sure, Dale may have been intending to turn the phrase at that point, and the air quote was supposed to help him with that, but (barring a particular reason why they might not be capable) even the most oblivious nerd should be intuitively aware that hand gestures that cannot be seen cannot be interpreted, and Marigold's back was to him. If he's going to say something that requires some sort of gesture, he needs to either get in front of Marigold or find some other way to say it.
I'm just hoping that this proves to be relatively easy for them to get over, mainly because jealous insecurity already ended Marten and Dora's relationship, and I'd be more interested in seeing the strip explore new territory rather than mining old ground again.
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Don't most people enunciate air quotes though? Not in a 'quote unquote' way, but like, saying it in a slightly deeper, not-quite-sarcastic voice?
I'm not saying Marigold would necessarily pick up on that either, but it's not like it's a silent punctuation.
Thrudd:
Marbear needs an intervention :psyduck:
(click to show/hide)//www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H7Hh57n8wI
Tova:
COMIC
And it's a Maytervention! And her expression in panel 3 alone was worth the price of admission.
OldGoat:
"Hey, assfuck." Was Faye's vocabulary downloaded into May at the AI creche?
Poor Dale wants so badly to do it right. Come on Universe, give the bugger a break.
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