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WCDT strips 4291-4295 (22-26 June 2020)
BenRG:
Most of this strip is one of those ones that Jeph probably thought was hilariously funny when he first wrote it but he's never really been able to make fully connect when it's actually drawn out. That's a long way of saying "No, I don't get it". I know what's supposed to be funny but it isn't to me.
--- Quote from: SmilingCat on 23 Jun 2020, 22:33 ---I feel like this is a nice callback to the last time we saw Emily intoxicated.
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Actually, it's a callback to every time we see Emily intoxicated. She always ends up hacking off her hair, which makes me wonder what the story is here. Does she feel social pressure to have long hair as part of the whole traditional 'willowy oriental girl' aesthetic and only has the courage to have the short hairdo she wants when drunk/stoned? Maybe her friends should sit her down and tell her that, no matter what others (her parents?) say, it's okay for her to have short hair if she wants it.
I guess I may be overthinking her use of the word 'tyranny'.
Also, it says everything you need to know about Coffee of Doom - Sword under the counter, hair-clippers in the office.
Tova:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 23 Jun 2020, 23:18 ---Most of this strip is one of those ones that Jeph probably thought was hilariously funny when he first wrote it but he's never really been able to make fully connect when it's actually drawn out. That's a long way of saying "No, I don't get it". I know what's supposed to be funny but it isn't to me.
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If all you've got is a handful of running jokes, every filler strip looks like an athletics track.
To be honest, I am pretty bored with the weed anti-jokes, but I assume other people must enjoy them, so who am I to criticise. You can't hit it out of the park every day.
P.S. Just one more observation before I shut up about it: they've been in the cafe getting high since the 5th of May.
Zebediah:
Yeah, well, time flows differently when you’re stoned.
oddtail:
--- Quote from: Tova on 23 Jun 2020, 23:51 ---
--- Quote from: BenRG on 23 Jun 2020, 23:18 ---Most of this strip is one of those ones that Jeph probably thought was hilariously funny when he first wrote it but he's never really been able to make fully connect when it's actually drawn out. That's a long way of saying "No, I don't get it". I know what's supposed to be funny but it isn't to me.
--- End quote ---
If all you've got is a handful of running jokes, every filler strip looks like an athletics track.
To be honest, I am pretty bored with the weed anti-jokes, but I assume other people must enjoy them, so who am I to criticise. You can't hit it out of the park every day.
P.S. Just one more observation before I shut up about it: they've been in the cafe getting high since the 5th of May.
--- End quote ---
I... honestly didn't really register there was supposed to be a joke in the strip.
No, I'm not being snarky. I read the whole strip as a random conversation (think Big Mac talk from "Pulp Fiction"). No part of the dialogue registers as particularly funny to me. But now that people mention it... I think I see what was maybe meant as a joke? If I squint?
Perfectly Reasonable:
Or espresso!
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