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WCDT Jan 17th - Jan 21st (4701-4705)
_Islanio:
"I'd rather be this walking metamorphosis, than having that old pre-made opinion on everything"
Roughly the translation of part of a song called "metamorfose ambulante"
Is it cold in here?:
Faye and Bubbles may have incompatible ideas on starting a family ("WE ARE WORKING ON THAT TECHNOLOGY"). They should talk this through.
BenRG:
I consider this strip as a reminder about why we'll never see any of the characters in QC start a family in the conventional biological way. It's because Jeph dislikes babies to the point where it's close to a phobic aversion and, because of that, he cannot draw or write them at all.
That isn't a criticism; we all have weird quirks after all. However, it is something that people need to bear in mind when addressing their own expectations for the future of the strip.
This aside, I think that Sam and Emmett are very, very cute together. They are very obviously deeply into a puppy-crush. Sam, at least, doesn't know it.
Gyrre:
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--- Quote from: thegreatzappadooie on 19 Jan 2022, 14:18 ---
--- Quote from: Emmett ---Wassat in meters?
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Ooh this is bringing back memories of having to figure out what was meant by "miles", out of 12 different possibilities.
Only around 8 kilometers difference (thats...5... miles? ) - hours of Funfun funfunfunfun! :grumpypuss:
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I read the quoted part of your post out loud for whatever reason and it finally hit me why "Wassat" was bugging me so much. I actually do say 'wassat' when saying 'what's that' out loud, though there is a hint of a th in there.
Whenever I do km/mi conversions I have reference numbers I go by. If it's miles to km, I just take 60% of the miles (it's not the 0.62 needed for an accurate number, but it's close enough). For km to miles, I know that 5km is a tad over 3mi, so I go up from there. So 10km=6mi, 50km=30mi, etc. Even in four digit distances, it's only a 20mi deviation per 1000km, so for ballparking it works out fine.
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I do something similar for inches to centimeters; 65in = 165cm.
dutchrvl:
--- Quote from: Gyrre on 20 Jan 2022, 23:14 ---
--- Quote from: Sorflakne on 19 Jan 2022, 19:05 ---
--- Quote from: thegreatzappadooie on 19 Jan 2022, 14:18 ---
--- Quote from: Emmett ---Wassat in meters?
--- End quote ---
Ooh this is bringing back memories of having to figure out what was meant by "miles", out of 12 different possibilities.
Only around 8 kilometers difference (thats...5... miles? ) - hours of Funfun funfunfunfun! :grumpypuss:
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I read the quoted part of your post out loud for whatever reason and it finally hit me why "Wassat" was bugging me so much. I actually do say 'wassat' when saying 'what's that' out loud, though there is a hint of a th in there.
Whenever I do km/mi conversions I have reference numbers I go by. If it's miles to km, I just take 60% of the miles (it's not the 0.62 needed for an accurate number, but it's close enough). For km to miles, I know that 5km is a tad over 3mi, so I go up from there. So 10km=6mi, 50km=30mi, etc. Even in four digit distances, it's only a 20mi deviation per 1000km, so for ballparking it works out fine.
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I do something similar for inches to centimeters; 65in = 165cm.
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Oddly enough, speeds, distances, and temps have never been any issue for me, but weights and especially liquid I have never been able to fully internalize. From lbs to kg is OK (mostly because we also have the 500-g pound, close enough to the lbs) but anything on ounces/gallons to mL is a disaster and I've given up on it.
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