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WCDT strips 3866-3871 (5th November to 10th November 2018)
Thrillho:
--- Quote from: SmilingCat on 06 Nov 2018, 00:00 ---
--- Quote from: BenRG on 05 Nov 2018, 23:48 ---As for 'rebellion' as a title...? Let's put it this way: Smoking pot has become so mainstream that I would argue that not partaking is actually an act of rebellion against society's view of normal and acceptable behaviour, much in the same way as not being sexually active or never getting drunk.
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Woo! I'm a rebel!
It's actually a very dangerous notion to suggest it's not normal for someone to not want to get drunk, have sex, or use pot.
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The word 'normal' is the main issue, I would argue. There's no normality in partaking or not for any of those things. Statistically likely, sure. But normal is nothing and the second you have 'normal' that starts making people 'not normal.'
Tova:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 06 Nov 2018, 05:10 ---
--- Quote from: theHermit on 06 Nov 2018, 01:40 ---Back to Claire: How far are her exams away?
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Jeph really isn't into hard time-keeping in QC. The most that you can say is that it is at some point in the immediate future, given that Claire is currently been in panic-cram mode for a while and is also stressing about post-graduation employment.
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Psst. You cut off a relevant bit of the quote. I mean, everything you said in response is true, but I believe theHermit was really just wondering out loud whether this activity will affect Claire's exams, not indulging in an exercise of trying to measure comic time.
--- Quote from: theHermit on 06 Nov 2018, 01:40 ---Back to Claire: How far are her exams away? Wouldn’t be fun if she had to write them in a backflash.
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(emphasis added)
SmilingCat:
--- Quote from: Thrillho on 06 Nov 2018, 12:33 ---The word 'normal' is the main issue, I would argue. There's no normality in partaking or not for any of those things. Statistically likely, sure. But normal is nothing and the second you have 'normal' that starts making people 'not normal.'
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I'm a bit hypersensitive to this sort of thing, as I've had actual friends treat me as abnormal for not wanting to drink. It was surprisingly difficult to convince them that I didn't need to drink and they should respect my choice without demanding a goddamn explanation.
(though I only had to threaten one of them)
You'd think it would be a simple principle. I don't question their choices when it comes to that sort of thing, they shouldn't question mine.
Thrillho:
--- Quote from: SmilingCat on 06 Nov 2018, 12:48 ---
--- Quote from: Thrillho on 06 Nov 2018, 12:33 ---The word 'normal' is the main issue, I would argue. There's no normality in partaking or not for any of those things. Statistically likely, sure. But normal is nothing and the second you have 'normal' that starts making people 'not normal.'
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I'm a bit hypersensitive to this sort of thing, as I've had actual friends treat me as abnormal for not wanting to drink. It was surprisingly difficult to convince them that I didn't need to drink and they should respect my choice without demanding a goddamn explanation.
(though I only had to threaten one of them)
You'd think it would be a simple principle. I don't question their choices when it comes to that sort of thing, they shouldn't question mine.
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Oh I totally get that sensitivity. I'm teetotal now, after a time of drinking to various degrees. I got drunk once when I was 14 or so and hated it so stopped and people were just aghast. It eventually became about digging my heels in. 'HOW CAN YOU HAVE FUN IF YOU DON'T DRINK?'
The very next drink I took, some five years later, was at university, when somebody asked me if I would like a drink rather than saying I had to have one. Once I'd made it through one party sober without anyone being an asshole about it, I experimented a bit more and eventually became a pretty gold-standard drunk for eight years or so, with a couple of years of 'unfortunate cocaine habit' in there too.
Nowadays I'm teetotal again outside of maybe a double Scotch on a special occasion, and to this day I do still get shit about it.
TL;DR: I get completely where you were coming from. I was endeavouring to broaden the scope of what you were saying.
pwhodges:
I suspect the "you must have a drink" thing is worse in older generations, too. There are people to whom the only response I can manage is to accept the drink (they've poured it while I'm saying "no, thank you"), but then not drink all, or any, of it.
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