Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT Strips 3686-3690 (26th February to 2nd March 2018)
oddtail:
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--- Quote from: JoeCovenant on 27 Feb 2018, 02:56 ---Now that it's been established that Dale *does* (or even *can*) turn off his glasses...
I now can't help but think of him as being pretty damn rude 90% of the time he is interacting with people.
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Rude or nervous? Maybe in a way he's hiding behind AR symbology and constantly searching for on-line tips and clues because, in the end, he has no confidence in his ability to interact on a social level?
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"rude" and "nervous" are not mutually exclusive, though.
If a person is rude and they have a reason for it (like being afraid of interaction), they're still being rude.
pwhodges:
I wonder if Dale's glasses look like that to the other characters, though. It could be that they are shown that way to the reader, to indicate their operational state, without this being so obvious in-universe.
BenRG:
I believe that, at least initially, Dale's glasses were a deliberate reference to the various sinister manga and animé characters with reflective shiny lenses on their glasses - The whole thing of his on-line stalking of Marigold was meant to be a huge subversion of animé tropes and lampshading how badly they work when moved to an even slightly real-world scenario. It was only later, when May made her appearance, that Jeph first suggested that they were AR displays and really did glow when active.
TheBiscuit:
--- Quote from: Tova on 26 Feb 2018, 19:44 ---Dunno about this dickroomba idea. It would be like having A Useless Broom Made Entirely Out Of Dicks.
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I remember this phrase, but right now I can’t recall the meaning. I think it might have something to do with the Dark Times, when forum conduct was not so good. Is that right?
On the topic of the strip, was Momo joking when she said that they were doomed? It can be hard to tell. I don’t think of her as the joking type , generally.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: TheBiscuit on 27 Feb 2018, 05:42 ---I remember this phrase, but right now I can’t recall the meaning. I think it might have something to do with the Dark Times, when forum conduct was not so good. Is that right?
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Not quite; it was a little while after the cleanup. I was on the verge of stamping on it because I felt it could have presaged a return of bad behaviour - but somehow it managed to stay sufficiently humorous and so survived.
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