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WCDT Strips 3816-3820 (27-31 August 2018)

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Is it cold in here?:
Well, since we have the author here we can, gasp, *ask* for clarifications.

Jeph, what did Claire have in mind when she said "your privilege"? I see more than one possibility and more than two.

snufflebottoms:
Marten has lots of privileges over Claire in terms of being white and cis but I don't think they helped him get THIS particular job. Tai gave him the job and Tai seems like one of the least prejudice people in the comic. She may be flighty but Marten got his job more or less out of luck in my opinion. 

I don't think Claire is some terrible person or manipulative. She's wrong here but she's not being cruel or mean spirited. From her POV he stumbled on the lottery and doesn't get it but to him this is just the job that doesn't suck but isn't his dream. Kind of like what Claire might have to do. It'd be kind of funny if she ended up in the music business under similar circumstances. Like a record store manager or something. 

Also, if Marten and Claire aren't fighting why are people upset about their interaction? They're talking things out. Neither of them is perfect but neither is being abused here.

Thrudd:

--- Quote from: jeph on 29 Aug 2018, 16:41 ---the joke is that reddit IS a trash can  :claireface:

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And here I always thought is where Beelzebub and company go potty.

--- Quote from: oopsy I broke it ---I remember a giant pink eraser from my childhood with the motto "Everybody makes misteaks" emblazoned on it. 

I saw the P in "pobody's" right away - took me two more readings to see the N in "nerfect"

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and the mistake with misteaks just glared at me, daring me to say something.

Oh, I skimmed the last few pages because I was AFK/AFC for most of the week and didn't quite realize the Sword of Damocles was unsheathed.

As for the P-word. People who use it, tend to use it as a broad brush when closer inspection shows it is a subset of a subset of a subset and has more to do with social circumstances being self perpetuating.
What infuriates me though is that model is strongly encouraged and even lauded - just dropping some names here to think about ... Kennedy Bush Koch Rothschild to name a few

Tova:

--- Quote from: cesium133 on 29 Aug 2018, 19:59 ---Yep.

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FOUR YEARS AGO
good lord
(real time, obvs, not comic time)

And if that little story arc (which reads very similarly to this one) didn't change Marten's direction, it's hard to see how this time it will be different.

MrNumbers:

--- Quote from: Near Lurker on 29 Aug 2018, 20:58 ---...are you familiar with the phrase "don't poke the bear"?

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urk. it's 3pm in Australia and I'm actually still up from the day before. I'm taking a massive hit to my wis score across the board.

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