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WCDT Strips 3806-3810 (13-17 August 2018)
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: RMc on 15 Aug 2018, 05:07 ---Switch the genders, and just imagine the firestorm.
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They did change the gender of the insulted person in their example, but you seem not have noticed; and your attempt to stir up a firestorm yourself appears to be failing - but it has attracted the attention of this moderator, so watch it.
Thrudd:
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 15 Aug 2018, 05:02 ---
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 14 Aug 2018, 21:21 ---
--- Quote from: Thrudd on 14 Aug 2018, 06:35 ---Climbing a mountain. Climbing a mountain lion.
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Happens all the time around here...
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I cannot, in good conscience, like that photo, considering that it is a Nittany Lion.
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I thought it was a Puma. ..... It's not a Puma! :clairedoge:
Magniras:
Most of my problem with Jim's reaction is that Faye made sure Sam had protection, made sure Same knew what she was doing, and then asked Sam if she could trust her to be safe and do the task while she stepped away for a few minutes at most. Like, how dare Faye encourage one of Sam's interests, make sure the kid had the proper equipment, and then have faith in her. Such a bad influence.
Zebediah:
Doesn’t matter if you do everything right. If it happens on your watch, it’s your fault. That’s just human nature.
If you think that human nature is illogical, then yes, it is. If you think that human nature should be logical - well, it isn’t, never has been, and never will be.
OldGoat:
--- Quote from: JoeCovenant on 15 Aug 2018, 03:31 ---(In a way, I kinda blame Jeph for making the 'accident' too easy. Ripping off a fingernail with a dremel would, I imagine, cause far more pain and distress than Sam showed... Which might explain the little backlash against Jim.
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Actually, Jeph chose the wrong tool for the literary job. A Dremel won't tear a fingernail away - it lacks the power. To paraphrase the Dremel manual, "Don't force the tool, let the speed do the work." It would nibble the alpha-keratin material away taking advantage of it's high speed. Next time you go to a podiatrist, take a look at the instrument table. Odds are you'll see a Dremel there. They use them to reduce thick calluses and ||drum roll|| toenails. Sam's injury didn't happen quickly - she was playing with the thing, seeing how thin she could cut it. It broke through and it bit her.
But, a Dremel as a literary device does advance the plot by getting Sam injured without maiming her.
In real life, an alert caregiver would be watching for other evidence of self harm behaviors. Jim may be clueless and it's outside Bubbles' training and experience, but Veronica, having been professionally involved in the BDSM scene, has no doubt encountered more than a couple folks with those kinds of issues. We don't know how severely Sam's abandonment issues around her absent mother affect her, but they ARE THERE to some degree or another, and they might be starting to emerge. Once in a while Jeph takes on the dark stuff, and this arc may be his segue into some.
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