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WCDT strips 4216-4220 (9th to 13th March 2020)

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TorporChambre:

--- Quote from: St.Clair on 09 Mar 2020, 23:41 ---*raises hand*
I have, at a minimum, depression and anxiety.  Does that give me "c-word" privileges?

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That's not really how it works. It's not a thing that someone has ``priveleges'' for. It doesn't matter who says it. The point is, if a word is used poorly, the whole language suffers. We wouldn't want to

--- Quote from: Mordhaus on 09 Mar 2020, 21:04 ---keep massaging it until it's so vague it doesn't mean anything.

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Or would we? The fact of the matter is that the word ``crazy'' is merely synonymous with ``insane''---(behaving as) not of sound mind; for using a poorly curated metadictionary as though it were, about the vernacular, a reliable source, that article is crazy.
As for pejorativity, beware: Justice may be blind, but police enforcement, though might be, need be not. The words one says are properly part of one's expression, but it's meaning---ever abstruse---'s interpretage requires careful examination. Upon comprehension, such interpretage may legitimately be used only negatively.
(click to show/hide)Don't like my expression style? Translate it to thine preferred---internally; this is what I do, even if explaining how to do such translation. If thou really can't tolerate it, I advise turning thine ears thither. Discussing whatever meaning, however, is leasible. What if we adopted the non-retarded solution?
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--- Quote from: Nigel on 11 Mar 2020, 19:50 ---Brun's line in panel 2 is one of the more profoundly sad things I've ever seen in a web-comic. I can't recall the last time I felt this sad for a fictional character.

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I like ``bad'' things due to lower consumptive competition. It's not that they're bad, as much as they're slightly less good; most such are still very good. (Entastement is easy. Nonentastement is trivial; all it takes is one taste. Disentastement is as difficult as forgetting.) More accurately: ``things that most others don't prefer.'' This seems not something important to Brun, and, I imagine, he isn't pedantic about unimportant-to-him things.

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My three choices were (they're related) VespaVenger, Arthur (the alcoholics support-group moderator), and Faye's father. That's right, it turns out, he's not quite dead! He had to fake his death ``due to external pressures'' (i.e. I have no idea why, but it's plausible enough, especially for a work of fiction.) After some time away from his family, after all the cliche pathos of being lonely, trying to figure out his new lifestyle, vel cetera, becomes jaded. After a while, his frustration at not being able to interact with his family, which has long been sublimated, is perverted into a sick sense of justice---vengence! Then, patrolling the night is he on a Harley, with newfound purpose---beating up women who mistreated their intimate partners. Alan, later, let's slip, to Faye, about this---and that he and VespaVenger are dating---which causes him to snap and take a drink. (He recounts the experience at the alchoholics support-group.) So that whole thing kinda fucks him back up for a while, but much sharper than we've seen. (When we were introduced to Faye, he was already a few years down from the initial trauma, now it's fresh.)

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--- Quote from: Gus_Smedstad on 10 Mar 2020, 22:31 ---
--- Quote from: Stoutfellow on 10 Mar 2020, 18:24 ---I get the feeling Millefeuille is going to make a drunken pass at Clinton.

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It's pretty clear she abruptly decided she'd like to "click together" with Clinton. Hence the look. Who hasn't picked up on that, but will probably say "let's talk about that when you're sober" once he's clued in (assuming that happens).

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Panel 2 had me cringeready for Thousandleaf to grab Clinton's recent upgrade to grab Thousandleaf 's recent upgrade; mightta spoil'd the shipping.

--- Quote from: BenRG on 11 Mar 2020, 00:19 ---Clinton's expression in panel 6 when Millie makes her pass tells me that he definitely isn't interested in her as matters stand.

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Also, in panel 4, Clinton probably recognized that Thousandleaf's discomforting reaction was the same as, but much less intense than, Clinton's. I interpreted Clinton's expression in panel 6 as basic frustration from the broken expectation that Thousandleaf is to say something interesting, as though Clinton is thinking ``oh, we've been over this before.''
I've experienced the incogent attention of a person with whom, were he cogent, proceeding with my explicit consent, such activity might be enjoyable; my reaction was much like Clinton's---politely tolerant disinclination.


Remember when a silicon mind would have to underclock himself and attempt to maintain cogency, potentially harming his circuits, to feel that unusual feeling? Now all it takes is a bit of software to simulate the experience, without lasting hardware damage (according to the manual, at least---who knows what they tangled into that freemium).

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--- Quote from: cybersmurf on 10 Mar 2020, 06:01 ---
--- Quote from: Marco on 10 Mar 2020, 05:58 ---
--- Quote from: shanejayell on 08 Mar 2020, 20:31 ---Also, do they actually drink it?

"We have a internal storage tank, for when we have to consume food or drink in social situations."

".... and then you just empty it later?"

"Yes."

"You're peeing out PERFECTLY GOOD BEER?!"

".... I suppose?"

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"... but is it COLD beer?"

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"Do you want it to be cold? I'm equipped with next-gen active cooling technology." - "what? You're a walking fridge?" - "... Crudely put, yes."

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With one thing leading to another, ultimately, they're quite satisfied.
According to QFD (cf. page 715), this exists now, and, as we see, has an internet community. Quite an efficient fetish---I just might adopt it.

dutchrvl:
It might be me, but I feel it has been weeks since any substantial story lines/developments have taken place.
Feels like a long setup for something. The comics themselves have still been mildly amusing though.

BenRG:
@dutchrvl,

FWIW, I'm expecting for Brun and Millie to have an argument about who has priority over Clinton. In essence, Jeph is starting what is a long arc about the Clinton-Brun-Elliot-Roko romantic quadrangle resolving itself in some way. Millie and her hitting on Clinton in front of Brun is going to be the catalyst for that along with Beeps deciding that she needs to be 'worthy' of Roko by standing up for the disadvantaged.

Gyrre:

--- Quote from: cesium133 on 11 Mar 2020, 18:53 ---I’ve had ouzo once, back when I was in college. Senior year, several of the physics majors went to a bar with the department chair. He bought us a round of ouzo shots. I thought it was delicious, but maybe I’m weird. Later in grad school, I was at a bar with some other grad students, and we were deciding what to get for a round of shots, and I suggested ouzo. They thought I was pranking them.

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I usually get people who make fun of me for not liking beer to shut-up by mentioning that I like Jägermeister.

Oh! On the note of licorice, Wiley Wallaby has the best black licorice I've ever had. It's well worth the import price at Hy-Vee ($3.5 to $4 USD). The black licorice 'allsorts' is probably my favorite.

EDIT: combining two replies

--- Quote from: Autistic Vulture on 11 Mar 2020, 07:51 ---
--- Quote from: Gyrre on 10 Mar 2020, 23:42 ---I wouldn't mind having a 2×4 with a grip on it and the words "clue-by-four" engraved into the side of it. I certainly know a fair few folks I'd like to give a few head-whacks to with such an item.

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Isn't that essentially a cricket bat?

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But then the police report would read 'assault with a deadly weapon' in addition to 'aggravated battery'.

Gyrre:

--- Quote from: sitnspin on 11 Mar 2020, 07:28 ---
--- Quote from: hedgie on 10 Mar 2020, 22:40 ---  In recent weeks, I've managed to, at least thus far, avoid punching people in the face who really deserved it.

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This a state I live in almost constantly, broken only by the occasional moments when I do not avoid it.

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Mein gott!
Tell me about it. I'm currently having to deal with work drama and had to file a report because one of the supervisor has been very lax in enforcing the rules for the entire time I've been there. And now that his girlfriend (I'm QA not HR) finally got in trouble over a GMP violation she's routinely made multiple times nearly every day since she started, he's pissed at me for turning her in for it to the new [higher-up title I forget] as per instruction. I was following the higher-up's request as I've already been quietly recording all of the GMP violations on my shift at the request of the head of QA (my boss's boss) for about a month-and-a-half now.

BTW, the useless operator —who's totally not dating the aforementioned supervisor and their relationship isn't the only reason she's still employed— has been on that list nearly every shift since I started having to do it. A list that I was asked to start because said supervisor had shit the bed so hard on enforcing the rules in the first place. Which, said supervisor had no way of circumventing and protecting his girlfriend from since we've gone paperless.

Now I have a bunch of whiny grown-ass children ("alleged adults") acting like I'm the bad guy because the new higher-up on 2nd wants the list turned into him and their supervisor rather aggressively demanded I loop him in on it too. Oh, and here's the kicker; [that supervisor] now wants to be looped in on who I've had to give warnings to and who I'm reporting after telling me 'he didn't care if they didn't see it' two years ago. BTW, yes, yes it very much against company policy for a supervisor to date one of their underlings.

Sorry, work drama. Consequences consequences.

[To any HR staff at the company I work for that may be reading this; no names were listed and the company's name was not stated. This post IS NOT actionable. Just investigate [supervisor's name] and [braindead operator's name]'s relationship, please.]

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