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Comic Discussion => QUESTIONABLE CONTENT => Topic started by: BenRG on 10 Jan 2016, 11:55
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Okay, thought I'd challenge the board with a true opinion poll this time! I tried to keep the options true-to-character; tell me how I did!
This week will go one of three ways:
- We stick with Sam's trip to the computer store (with Marigold on hand as technical adviser - Remember, she's a wire-head and a real expert about these things);
- We snap back to Marten and Claire and see where they're going;
- We see how the last few months have treated everyone else.
In the event of option 2, I wonder if they're going to meet up with someone... Maybe Veronica and Jim? After all, Sam is out of the house so a party free of kids is possible. In the event of option 3, my bet is Faye and Bubbles.
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One or two strips of 1, then 3 for the rest of the week.
Apparently, I'm the second one to vote, and the person before me has voted exactly the same as me. I'm off, questioning my individuality.
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Or Jeph could troll us all and continue the adventures of Bembo while he recovers from the surgery.
Good heavens, I just noticed my Post Count was OVER 9000! *Shocked Vegita Face*
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For a moment (but only a moment) I was trying to remember when and why Bembo had surgery....
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We snap back to Marten and Claire and see where they're going
This, they're going to the coffee shop where we will see Hanners timeskip makeover/haircut.
Possibly after a break for EAR COMICS.
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I could probably DRAW on painkillers but WRITING on them is proving to be a challenge
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Handerps.
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Welp, I think the "to 3135" can probably be taken out of the thread title, unless there's a sudden attack of the Guest Strip.
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Hanners hair IS longer! YAY!
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Hanners hair IS longer! YAY!
1) Not by much, if so. It's all bunched forward anyway.
2) It was drawn "under the influence of powerful opiates" (Jeph's bold). Not sure I would read any design choices into it *anyway*
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From Jeph's Twitter posts, he's more-or-less in Hannelore's condition right now, thanks to the wonders of modern pain-killers.
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Even under opiates Jeph still can draw. Respect!
But Hanners still looks a litte weird, kinda squished flat. I know opiates, so I think this perfectly illustrates how he is feeling now.
Best whishes, Jeph. Get well soon.
TM
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Looks like Jeph's gender reassignment surgery has gone well, but he may be a little bit upset when the painkillers wear off - he was only in for his ear. :laugh:
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Well, good luck in recovery and thanks for the Hanners, Jeph!
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So long, and thanks for all the Hanners?
OVER 9000! *Shocked Vegeta Face*
*Glances at own post count* Yikes, I probably talk too much.
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So long, and thanks for all the Hanners?
I'm not abandoning the comic, so this is not what I said.
Also, I feel like that specific phrasing, 'So long and thanks for all the x is owned by Douglas Adams, in spirit if not fact, and I have too much reverance for that man to encroach on his comedic turf.
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Didn't mean to imply that, just was amused by the line (and thought of it because "thanks for the Hanners").
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Looks like Hanners drunk-bubbles are drunk. :-D
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Apparently, tomorrow's comic will cause "entitled man-boy tears." I hope it's not another catboy panel.
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Good. Anything that causes Kylo Ren to cry is good in my book.
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I haven't seen the new Star Wars, nor do I plan to. The villain is a bit whiny, then?
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Apparently, tomorrow's comic will cause "entitled man-boy tears."
That Tweet would probably be more useful to me if I had the slightest clue what he meant by that.
Good. Anything that causes Kylo Ren to cry is good in my book.
Oh... right. Okay, that's a decent enough baseline to work from.
However, what could it be? Shipping seems to be a major fan-rage generator. Have a couple broken up (Jim and Veronica, for example)? Have a couple got back together (I could construct at least one scenario where Angus came crawling back to Faye)? Have a couple not broken up (some folk seem to want Dora and Tai to split up in a painful fashion)?
Alternately, what if it's going to be a controversial plot line? Has Faye ended up back in hospital after Bubbles had a blackout and hit her, full force? Have Marten and Claire really got married as some have wondered (explaining why we haven't seen Claire or Marten's left hands any time recently)?
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Alternately, what if it's going to be a controversial plot line? Has Faye ended up back in hospital after Bubbles had a blackout and hit her, full force? Have Marten and Claire really got married as some have wondered (explaining why we haven't seen Claire or Marten's left hands any time recently)?
Wait, what? (I actually went back to see, and we do at least see Marten's left hand here (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3129).
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I think it'll be something to do with Sam's foray into Youtube videos. Her choice of game, maybe, or the type of microphone she gets. It's something Jeph thinks men are more likely to get upset about than women though, judging by the turn of phrase. Though plenty of women throw hissyfits about nonsensical things too, so I am unsure.
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Alternately, what if it's going to be a controversial plot line? Has Faye ended up back in hospital after Bubbles had a blackout and hit her, full force? Have Marten and Claire really got married as some have wondered (explaining why we haven't seen Claire or Marten's left hands any time recently)?
Wait, what? (I actually went back to see, and we do at least see Marten's left hand here (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3129).
Not that I buy into it but if they are only engaged Claire would be wearing a ring but Marten wouldn't necessarily. Still, as much SQUEEE as it would be I don't really think it would be best for the story.
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More Clin-ton and Emily?
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Alternately, what if it's going to be a controversial plot line? Has Faye ended up back in hospital after Bubbles had a blackout and hit her, full force? Have Marten and Claire really got married as some have wondered (explaining why we haven't seen Claire or Marten's left hands any time recently)?
Wait, what? (I actually went back to see, and we do at least see Marten's left hand here (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3129).
Not that I buy into it but if they are only engaged Claire would be wearing a ring but Marten wouldn't necessarily. Still, as much SQUEEE as it would be I don't really think it would be best for the story.
I tend to assume that any relationship in QC is ultimately doomed. So a Marten-Claire engagement seems unlikely, unless it's to set up an eventual ultimate Marclairepocalypse.
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I would imagine that since when he started writing QC Jeph was more or less in Martens age group which can be an emotionally charged relationship mine field he wrote the comic with that mindset. However as we get older inevitably our social circle begins to pair off, get married, and have children. This also has somewhat been reflected in QC. I would not put it out of the realm of possibility for some of the characters to find their "forever partners" whether they have already remains to be seen.
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I haven't seen the new Star Wars, nor do I plan to. The villain is a bit whiny, then?
'Whiny' is the wrong word. Luke is 'whiny' in Episode IV. Kylo Ren is more 'Entitled with tendency for tantrums.' You should actually check out the movie. I hesitate to say it makes up for the prequels, but it's good enough to atone for at least one of those shit shows.
Regarding QC suggestions, I most like the Claire-Marten engagement theory, though I don't see it causing 'entitled man-boy tears.' I like it because it opens a whole new world of comedy and drama. It sets up for a bunch of interesting introductions, like between Claire's family and Veronica, with Clinton averting his eyes and pretending he doesn't recognize her, and Veronica being very frank about why he might, only for Clairemom to be just as candid. Then we'd slowly get to see the relationship implode, because like Cesium, I kind of assume every relationship is doomed, but that would lead to Claire, the ex-wife, and that could be interesting in a dark sort of way, especially if they decide for some godforsaken reason to adopt a child, which would allow Jeph to hit that spectrum of jokes (Oh god, Pintsize + baby) without breaching his 'no-pregnancy' promise. Like I said though, I find it hard to imagine that the comic introducing that kind of long, complicated arc might induce 'entitled, man-boy tears.' I could definitely see an entitled, trans-phobic man-boy clicking off the comic and never coming back, maybe bitching somewhere about how it's totally oppressive to him as a straight, 'normal' male to recognize that these things exist, but tears? I don't know.
Frankly, that's what throws me off about predicting this altogether, the 'tears' bit. 'Entitled' and 'man-boy' would suggest it's connected to the let's play arc, seeing as most entitled man-boys consider themselves gamers (though not all gamers are either of these things) but that arc seems too recent to be already causing tears. I could imagine that happening later, once it's established more fully, and they're already playing, but they haven't even gotten mics yet!
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Wait.
Dammit, Jeph, if this is just a snotty gamer asswipe working at the shop where Sam is buying her equipment, making shitty comments and getting set in his place, I will laugh my ass off. I've been speculating all this stuff, thinking so much about an off-hand comment, and it's just that there's a side-character representing a larger, surprisingly-touchy group of people and acting like a shithead whilst doing so? That would be great.
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I'm just not super keen on Star Wars in general. I never saw the prequels, so I can't judge on them. If it's on at a friend's house, I'll watch it maybe.
l fervently hope it's not an engagement. They haven't been together all that long, and even cohabitation seems a bit of a stretch. I think Claire will want to have her career in order before a husband and children. She is sensible, and Marten doesn't seem to be that foolish either.
I hope it's a Sam/Marigold bonding arc where Marigold teaches Sam to ignore the jerks who condemn her for being a young girl daring to stream online, or the greaseballs who are a little..too supportive.
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Yeah, I think the whole "they've moved in together" has absolutely no basis. I think it's just Claire going over to Marten's place after work.
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Someone here (was it Paul?) pointed out that in real life all relationships end in breakups except a handful that end in death.
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Of course his name is Chad. Also go Sam!
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Well, ten points to chaospersonified for calling it. I thought it would have more to do with the videos themselves, not rude customer service people. Possibly because I have never encountered behaviour like that...for which I am grateful.
Jim and his ex are doing a pretty decent job with Sam, I'd say.
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Wait.
Dammit, Jeph, if this is just a snotty gamer asswipe working at the shop where Sam is buying her equipment, making shitty comments and getting set in his place, I will laugh my ass off. I've been speculating all this stuff, thinking so much about an off-hand comment, and it's just that there's a side-character representing a larger, surprisingly-touchy group of people and acting like a shithead whilst doing so? That would be great.
Well, you called it. One internets for you.
I hope it's a Sam/Marigold bonding arc where Marigold teaches Sam to ignore the jerks who condemn her for being a young girl daring to stream online, or the greaseballs who are a little..too supportive.
Seems Marigold is the student...
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Jim and his ex are doing a pretty decent job with Sam, I'd say.
Veronica might have had a hand in that too.
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Well, maybe, but it's hard to say. There hasn't been any significant shown interaction between the two, and I don't know if "dad's girlfriend" would really have that much of an effect, initially. I could be wrong through. Of course, it could be Sam's inherent personality, encouraged by all her adult influences. Chad had best be careful, or the war ladle may make an appearance.
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It looks just like a Telefunken U47.
Is this store supposed to suggest some actual chain?
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SAM I LOVE YOU.
This is why I prefer to buy anything computer-related online. Because sometimes even after I've explained two or three times that yes, I'm female, yes, I'm buying this for myself, no, I'm not taking something that a 'real' gamer needs so I can play Facebook games... they still don't get it.
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Wait, wait, wait.
The wiki says Sam was 12, she says she's 14 now... and she DOES look older...
Did we just get a 2 years-ish timeskip? O_O
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Dunno where Wiki got twelve.
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1958 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1958) On Jim and Dora's date, Jim said she was thirteen. Sam does look a little older, but it's probably still less than a year after.
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This is the first time I've called anything correctly.
You go, Sam
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Dunno where Wiki got twelve.
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1958 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1958) On Jim and Dora's date, Jim said she was thirteen. Sam does look a little older, but it's probably still less than a year after.
The wiki lists both 12 and 13 with citations for each. http://questionablecontent.wikia.com/wiki/Samantha
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Or she's making herself a bit older than she actually is.
Is that really a thing? I've been confronted with sexism all my life (especially my professional life), but I've never seen a salesperson that dumb.
Maybe it's just Chad.
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FWIW, whilst I've met people who make gender-based assumptions about interests, I've never seen that extended to hardware purchases. I'm guessing that this is one of those "parody through exaggeration" things.
Meanwhile, Marigold has met her sempai (which I understand to mean 'idol' or 'mentor').
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Or she's making herself a bit older than she actually is.
Is that really a thing? I've been confronted with sexism all my life (especially my professional life), but I've never seen a salesperson that dumb.
Maybe it's just Chad.
Can't say I've experienced it personally, being male and all, but I've seen it happen. I think age plays into it, that salespeople like this Chad fellow think it's more okay to be openly sexist with a girl they see as a child. Problems arise when the client in question is just afflicted with baby face.
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Because he totally gets kids coming into the store looking for expensive equipment like that for themselves all the time.
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Because he totally gets kids coming into the store looking for expensive equipment like that for themselves all the time.
If he doesn't, I'd be profoundly surprised.
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High-on-pain-meds Hanners was lovely.
FWIW, whilst I've met people who make gender-based assumptions about interests, I've never seen that extended to hardware purchases.
I've experienced it purchasing tools and bicycle parts, though it wasn't quite as explicit as Chad in the comic. There's some comedic exaggeration sure, but not that much.
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'Zoology, eh? That's a big word, isn't it?'
'No, actually it isn't,' said Tiffany. 'Patronizing is a big word. Zoology is really quite short.'
Terry Pratchett - The Wee Free Men
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FWIW, whilst I've met people who make gender-based assumptions about interests, I've never seen that extended to hardware purchases.
I've experienced it purchasing tools and bicycle parts, though it wasn't quite as explicit as Chad in the comic. There's some comedic exaggeration sure, but not that much.
Obviously you've never bought parts from MSY. went in with my sister to get stuff for her rig, and the staff kept ignoring her and asking me all the questions, not to mention being rude as hell to her when she did speak up.
I was literally only with her because I was driving, she knows way more than I do about PC stuff.
Suffice it to say, we don't shop there anymore.
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Just with Chad's first line I knew what was going to be up. Is it sad that about all of white bois are that predictable? I think it's sad. It's definitely sad.
I don't know, maybe it's just me, but if I were selling stuff and someone came with such clear intentions I'd just be like "Right over here sir/lady, would you like *related article* with that?". You're much more likely to sell more if you're not an ass.
EDIT: After reading my post 3 times I'm now wondering if and when I've been chad and now I'm more sad :'(
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Remember that this campaign (http://evidencebasedmarketing.net/how-sexism-increased-sales-yorkie) ran for over ten years, with approval from the Advertising Standards Authority - it showed blatantly how entrenched sexism still was just recently.
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Remember that this campaign (http://evidencebasedmarketing.net/how-sexism-increased-sales-yorkie) ran for over ten years, with approval from the Advertising Standards Authority - it showed blatantly how entrenched sexism still was just recently.
My mother likes Yorkie Bars; I did ask once and she told me that she thought it was more than a little funny. She did not believe for a moment that it was an attack on her or women in general but thought instead that it was simply an example of trying to give a brand a 'personality' that did not in any way indicate a realistic attempt to specify a gender bar to sales.
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I really liked the Yorkies in the pink wrapping. Much more aesthetically pleasing than the normal blue ones. But yeah, that ad campaign sucked massively.
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This comic hit so close to home it made me stop lurking and register. :-)
I was at an electronics store two weeks ago to get a new monitor for the boyfriend and a new mouse and headset for myself. The sales guy kept talking to my boyfriend while we were looking for my stuff, and when we pointed out that it was for me, he stopped giving technical specs completely. Instead he would point out how the mouse could change colors or how the headset could easily fold up to go in a purse.
I wasn't carrying a purse.
I was livid, but just gritted my teeth and kept quiet. He put his commission stickers on both the mouse and headset despite the fact that I picked them out and he had no input. Actually I had already picked the mouse, put it in the cart, and was looking at headsets when he walked up and started his talk about the mouse.
I picked off the commission stickers. Petty? Yes. But he didn't actually "sell" me anything. Both the headset and the mouse were things I had already picked out and decided on myself. He just happened to walk up and start talking about how great they were. There was no "sale". He just talked over me, or patronized me. No, I'm not giving commission on that.
Worse was buying a car. I walked in saying I'd like to test drive [make and model] in black and with a manual transmission. Sales guy went "pooh we have this PRETTY RED one and it's an AUTOMATIC" (said really slowly). I said "Black or grey, and manual please. Like I asked for." He found a grey one and kept talking about the "pretty" feature while driving me to the place where we'd swap seats. I kept quiet.
Then slammed him into his seat when it was my turn and nearly was in 4th gear leaving the (small) parking lot. He was very quiet and said "You're.......not a normal girl, are you?" All I said was a short "No".
He was silent the whole way back. And then handed me the book on the car showing all the important specs and things I really wanted to know. He didn't get the sale. Mainly because I really wanted the black, but also because of his attitude.
So this comic hits WAAAAY too close to home. I hate shopping for electronics or car parts. :-/
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Then slammed him into his seat when it was my turn and nearly was in 4th gear leaving the (small) parking lot. He was very quiet and said "You're.......not a normal girl, are you?" All I said was a short "No".
This bit made me laugh. Maybe it's wrong of me but it did. I would enjoy sitting down with this guy and ask him what his definition was of the term 'normal girl'.
Anecdote: I have been in the passenger seat of a tiny 1000cc Fiat 131 driven by a lady senior citizen. She tried to race a V8 Jaguar XJS off of a traffic signal and only backed down when she needed to brake to make a turn. Scariest experience of my life.
I guess that's my blessing. For most of my life, I've been surrounded by strong and independent female personalities (raised by a single mother who learned being tough from my grandmother); sister who is in the traditionally male-dominated career of cinematic projectionist (with a bachelors' degree in the subject). Consequently, I really, really can't personally take common female stereotypes seriously.
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This sort of thing does happen in reverse as well. Sales people or crafts people who are assumed/judged incompetent in their jobs because of their gender. More towards women than men, but also towards men in women dominated fields, like nursing or some performing arts. I've had that myself, back when I was still living as male and working in the soft goods department of a department store. Because obviously being 'male' meant that I couldn't sell people bed linen or curtains properly.... :roll:
It is actually one of the few amusing things about being visibly transgender... Watching clerks in situations like that have to suddenly and unexpectedly try to figure out what gender I am so they know how they are supposed to pitch their sale to me. It sometimes gives me a chuckle watching their little brain-hamsters suddenly have to kick into high gear. Mostly it's just annoying and offensive though, because they are going to hit me with a high pressure, offensive sales pitch.
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FWIW, whilst I've met people who make gender-based assumptions about interests, I've never seen that extended to hardware purchases. I'm guessing that this is one of those "parody through exaggeration" things.
I've seen women get given hell by sexist salescritters for wanting to buy cars, computers, guns, cameras, etc. It's a nearly universal truth in America that if a woman goes shopping for "men's" things, the condescension and sexism will start off at high and usually only go higher unless smacked down like Sam did at the first instance.
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I don't think today's comic is exaggerated. In addition to the sexism there's also the patronising because she's young. I've had salespeople question my choices, when I intentionally asked for specific professional hardware, like managed switches, ECC-RAM, and once I even encountered somebody who tried to talk me into buying Beats headphones, when I asked for Beyerdynamic DT-250 Studio headphones ("But the Beats have more bass!"). It's gotten better with age, so yeah, the sexism is by far worse.
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I've worked at a major video game retailer for over 8 years, and while I do get the occasional 'Oh, you play games too?', I've honestly rarely had that blatant level of sexist comments, nor have I really experienced it when shopping for 'boy' things. I must not be pretty or 'girly' enough to get that kind of treatment, I guess.
I do revel in putting teenage boys in their place when they try to out-knowledge me on older stuff. It's like, 'Little boy, I've been gaming for about a decade longer than you've been alive.'.
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Fucking *preach*, Sam! :-D (and Jeph! ;))
I will have to channel this every time I'm in the music instrument and tech gear superstore near me. "Oh, is it for your boyfriend?" :roll:
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Worse was buying a car. I walked in saying I'd like to test drive [make and model] in black and with a manual transmission. Sales guy went "pooh we have this PRETTY RED one and it's an AUTOMATIC" (said really slowly). I said "Black or grey, and manual please. Like I asked for." He found a grey one and kept talking about the "pretty" feature while driving me to the place where we'd swap seats. I kept quiet.
Then slammed him into his seat when it was my turn and nearly was in 4th gear leaving the (small) parking lot. He was very quiet and said "You're.......not a normal girl, are you?" All I said was a short "No".
He was silent the whole way back. And then handed me the book on the car showing all the important specs and things I really wanted to know. He didn't get the sale. Mainly because I really wanted the black, but also because of his attitude.
So this comic hits WAAAAY too close to home. I hate shopping for electronics or car parts. :-/
A few years ago my mom bought a Saturn (remember those?) because the Saturn dealership was the only one where they didn't do stuff like that. She made a point of telling the salesman how much she appreciated not being talked down to or having her wishes ignored. In fact, she told the guy, she'd like to talk to the sales manager to let them know that. Guy turns around and calls to the back office "Jane? We have a customer who'd like to talk to you..."
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Fucking *preach*, Sam! :-D (and Jeph! ;))
I will have to channel this every time I'm in the music instrument and tech gear superstore near me. "Oh, is it for your boyfriend?" :roll:
I love going to the Guitar Center with my friend Zoe, who's a much better acoustic player than I am and who blows my doors off when it comes to electric. The sales guy will be doing the usual shtick of trying to sell to me (when I'm probably just there to buy strings), then she plugs in and starts shredding like Steve Vai on amphetamines. It's fun to watch their eyes pop and their mouths drop open. The guys at the locally owned shop already know her, so they know better.
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Way to go Sam! He was being an ass and you dropped the hammer on him as he deserved.
If Faye had been with her, he would no doubt have been a HANGING Chad :-D
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The guys at the locally owned shop already know her, so they know better.
Hopefully they're not shitty enough to need to know her to know better.
If Faye had been with her, he would no doubt have been a HANGING Chad :-D
I'll always associate this joke with HIMYM (because the protag made it his Halloween costume for years after 2000)
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If Faye had been with her, he would no doubt have been a HANGING Chad :-D
I'll always associate this joke with HIMYM (because the protag made it his Halloween costume for years after 2000)
I will associate it with HIMYM because I was 8 in 2000 and had no idea what this was until I got curious and googled it after seeing that episode
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The ridiculous sexism goes the other way too - women who work in gaming/comic/home improvement/sporting goods/otherwise stereotypically for dudes places get a LOT of people who come in and refuse to believe the female employee has any idea what she's talking about.
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Eons ago I used to be in a D&D game that was about 40% female, including the dungeon master, who was the most inventive DM I ever knew. There were a few guys who couldn't deal with being in her game, but most of us were happy to be around women who shared our level of geekery. Anyone who can't handle girl geeks is just a pathetic loser who probably deserves his lonely life.
Incidentally, I married a geek. My wife can totally kick my butt at Tolkien trivia. :laugh:
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This comic hit so close to home it made me stop lurking and register. :-)
Welcome, new person!
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At the hobby shop I visit occasionally to acquaint myself with how expensive it is to revisit my youth works/worked a young lady who was the shop's acknowledged expert on radio control cars, boats and planes. I overheard one of her young male colleagues deal with a customer who just didn't want to deal with a female in regards to his manly-man (or so he thought) hobby. He finally said to the customer: "You can ask me any question you want, sir. I'll just pass the question to her."
But my favorite example involved real aircraft at an air show. The announcer had just finished introducing a female US Army captain who was demonstrating one of those helicopters that you don't want pissed off at you and decided to talk about the system of numbering airport runways. "So, pilots, you might want to explain to your wives that ... " and on he went to explain rounding off compass headings and chopping off the last digit, and so on. Then, a few minutes later, he comes on the PA again to say that he was sorry, he didn't mean to imply etc. etc. ... and hovering meaningfully in front of the announcer's stand was the lady captain's don't-piss-me-off helicopter. I laughed and laughed ...
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I just imagined a sentient, cranky lady helicopter. I wish my army had one.
And on the thought of "helicopters you don't want pissed off at you" the American Apache helicopter is reportedly scarier than the Canadian Griffin helicopter. in case you were curious, as I was.
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I just imagined a sentient, cranky lady helicopter. I wish my army had one.
That was May's second choice.
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Well, it kinda looks like a Telefunken U47.
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Da da da DA!
"You got a Blue Yeti! Now you can perform a Let's Play! Set it to C when you want to put sexist customer service assholes in their place!"
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Is Marigold coming off as creepy to anyone else? Again, I know I'm more skewed towards negative opinions as a general, but a mid-to-late-twenty-something should not be this... eager for a fourteen year old's attention and approval. I guess? I mean, it makes sense, it's a particular awesome fourteen year old doing an activity Marigold loves geeking out on, but it's just one of those things that I think her Dad especially might have to step in and say "No" at some point.
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Is Marigold coming off as creepy to anyone else? Again, I know I'm more skewed towards negative opinions as a general, but a mid-to-late-twenty-something should not be this... eager for a fourteen year old's attention and approval. I guess? I mean, it makes sense, it's a particular awesome fourteen year old doing an activity Marigold loves geeking out on, but it's just one of those things that I think her Dad especially might have to step in and say "No" at some point.
That's exactly what I was thinking! Furthermore, this is what an adult should think whey they see another adult getting this excited about following a fourteen-year-old home. If Jim isn't home, Chris Hansen better be at the door.
Is this what it's come to? Clairten fertility jokes are off limits because they can hurt trans people, but implied pedophilia is perfectly fine? Not sure whether to laugh or cry at that.
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I just imagined a sentient, cranky lady helicopter. I wish my army had one.
And on the thought of "helicopters you don't want pissed off at you" the American Apache helicopter is reportedly scarier than the Canadian Griffin helicopter. in case you were curious, as I was.
Every Navy has at least one.
I always thought that the CH-113 Labrador was the scary one with its tendency to stop flying if you pissed it off?
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Is this what it's come to? Clairten fertility jokes are off limits because they can hurt trans people, but implied pedophilia is perfectly fine? Not sure whether to laugh or cry at that.
"Implied pedophilia?" Seriously?
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I think it's pretty clear that while Marigold's a little over-invested in Sam's hobby because she can relate, there's no actual WEIRDNESS behind it. Yes, Jim and Sam's mother and to some extent Veronica and any SO Sam's mother may have should probably be concerned about Sam picking up yet another 20+ friend, and keep an eye on things, but the concern here has nothing to do with "lol pedophilia" but "why are all of our daughter's friends twice her age?"
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If you're really reading that into today's comic, I think a bit of serious self-examination into what emotional baggage you're bringing to the comic is called for.
One of them bought a new, cool bit of kit. They're both geeks. It's not complicated.
Edit: Almost forgot what I originally wanted to say. The perspective in panel one is pretty cool.
Second edit: Salt and vinegar chips are, indeed, the best.
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I came in here to say much the same thing, but I started thinking about it, and realized a few things.
1) For what it's worth, Sam knows Marigold well enough to have been to her apartment (in the company of Momo, to present Froglord and subsequently freak Marigold out) - I had to stop and think because my first reaction was "does Sam even KNOW Marigold apart from a brief meeting or two?"
2) While she's come a LONG way from when we first met her, Marigold is still socially awkward as F*CK, and I don't believe she has any IRL friends apart from the main cast. Her boyfriend is a dork, but I don't think anyone else in the cast shares her niche, so she may be irrationally excited about potentially having another friend she can really dork out with (her friends have been very accommodating, but there's "watching someone else enjoy their hobby" and there's "can actually discuss and enjoy said hobby WITH the person").
2a) As an addendum to the above, I really do not think it has or will occur to her that "unrelated adult hanging out with child/young teenager" is typically viewed askance - call it naivete or innocence, but I honestly don't think that level of "bad things happen sometimes" has ever occurred to her.
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That's exactly what I was thinking! Furthermore, this is what an adult should think whey they see another adult getting this excited about following a fourteen-year-old home. If Jim isn't home, Chris Hansen better be at the door.
Is this what it's come to? Clairten fertility jokes are off limits because they can hurt trans people, but implied pedophilia is perfectly fine? Not sure whether to laugh or cry at that.
You're one of those people who I can find incredibly disagreeable, even when you're agreeing with me.
There's no implied pedophilia. Marigold is just incredibly socially awkward. Fertility jokes should be off-limits in a moderated forum because those jokes can seriously affect the lives of the people you're joking about, and while I don't disagree with the right to joke about any subject, Don't Punch Down is pretty much rule #1 of comedy, and that's about all you're doing there.
I'm going to point back up to Penguin47's answer instead.
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We know for a fact that Marigold is oriented toward adults.
If you want to get disturbed, then pity Marigold for trying to recapture her lost teenage years by finally, ten years too late, making a teenage friend. The only things going on here are shared interests and awkwardness.
Now for one of my pet peeves. Teenagers should have adult friends. Nobody learns how to be a grownup by interacting with other children. William Golding wrote a novel about what happens when adolescents have only each other for company. It wasn't pretty.
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I was just coming in to post that Marigold has seemed to be drawn younger -- way younger -- in the last couple of strips, snd has found a new bestie.
"Implied pedophilia"? Really? This kind of discussion makes my sentient lady helicopter friend kind of cranky. Don't make her come over and explain runway numbering.
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Edit: Almost forgot what I originally wanted to say. The perspective in panel one is pretty cool.
As @Lioness already implied, it's a direct Legend of Zelda riff. Since... Wind Waker, I think... Link tends to assume that pose when getting something from a treasure chest.
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I think just about every Zelda game has that pose or similar, but just not the same angle.
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Then, a few minutes later, he comes on the PA again to say that he was sorry, he didn't mean to imply etc. etc. ... and hovering meaningfully in front of the announcer's stand was the lady captain's don't-piss-me-off helicopter. I laughed and laughed ...
That actually kinda sounds like a set up the lady pilot and announcer had rehearsed before hand.
Still funny, though.
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Good morning,
I think Marigold really acts a bit creepy here, but "implied pedophilia" is taken way too far.
An can someone please explain Jephs comment "don't @ me with your chip opinions" to me? It may be due to my poor englisch, but I just don´t get it.
Thanks: TM
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An can someone please explain Jephs comment "don't @ me with your chip opinions" to me? It may be due to my poor englisch, but I just don´t get it.
Text at the bottom of the strip image, "I think salt and vinegar potato chips are the best". "@" is a reference to e-mailing.
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I think @ is specifically a Twitter thing in this case.
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Upon further consideration, I apologize. Tova was right; I do have some baggage on this subject, and I am not ready to discuss it further. I'm sorry.
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Then, a few minutes later, he comes on the PA again to say that he was sorry, he didn't mean to imply etc. etc. ... and hovering meaningfully in front of the announcer's stand was the lady captain's don't-piss-me-off helicopter. I laughed and laughed ...
That actually kinda sounds like a set up the lady pilot and announcer had rehearsed before hand.
Still funny, though.
I had wondered. The announcer has a national reputation on the air show circuit (and certainly would have known better) and this was not exactly a planes-and-pancakes fly-in.
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I just imagined a sentient, cranky lady helicopter. I wish my army had one.
That was May's second choice.
Or Ultra-Car got an upgrade...
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Yeah, Marigold is definitely returning to her teen years! Of course, I don't think that, when she was Sam's age, there was anyone who shared her interests who was as cool as Sam. So, it isn't surprising that she is the eager nerd sidekick to the outdoorsy alpha personality!
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Thanks for the explanation, Mad Cat. I hadn´t seen the potatochip-remark beneath the stip. Now it make sense.
I wonder if Jim an Marigold have met before and what will happen when Sam brings her home. I see potential for comedy gold here. :-D
TM
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I've already speculated on a previous thread about the possible outcomes (for Dale) should Marigold encounter Sam's Wicked Mother-in-Law-to-be. A Marigold makeover followed by she and Dale not coming out of their room for a day or so. Again.
MAY: "Hey, Girl-Scout! Whatya doin' over here?"
MOMO: "Looking for a place to sleep without being interrupted by those two!"
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If Faye had been with her, he would no doubt have been a HANGING Chad :-D
I'll always associate this joke with HIMYM (because the protag made it his Halloween costume for years after 2000)
I will associate it with HIMYM because I was 8 in 2000 and had no idea what this was until I got curious and googled it after seeing that episode
I had to google the acronym "HIMYM"... :roll:
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Now for one of my pet peeves. Teenagers should have adult friends. Nobody learns how to be a grownup by interacting with other children. William Golding wrote a novel about what happens when adolescents have only each other for company. It wasn't pretty.
Lord of the Frogs, in this particular case. :P
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Huh. Y'know, I've suspected it the past few days, but that first panel kinda makes me think I was right, but does it look to anyone else like Marigold has put on a little weight?
Not that I care, she looks as amazing as ever, but can't tell if she did or if it's the new art.
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Now for one of my pet peeves. Teenagers should have adult friends. Nobody learns how to be a grownup by interacting with other children. William Golding wrote a novel about what happens when adolescents have only each other for company. It wasn't pretty.
Lord of the Frogs, in this particular case. :P
Good callback to Sam and Marigold's first meeting (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2026).
Also an occasion in which Momo brought home a friend who was about a decade older than her. Just sayin'.
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My reaction on seeing this? That Sam and Marigold are roughly the same age, emotionally.
Momo is more mature than both of them.
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I think it would be peculiar if it wasn't Marigold.
Every Navy has at least one.
I always thought that the CH-113 Labrador was the scary one with its tendency to stop flying if you pissed it off?
Well, the Griffon is the CF all purpose workhorse, from what I gather. I don't know if we even use the CH-113 Labrador anymore-the Air Force has it listed as historical.
On that note, the Canadian Navy has paper boat models you can print out and build, if any of you like that sort of thing.
http://www.navy-marine.forces.gc.ca/en/navy-life/youth-paper-models.page
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I had hoped that her relationship with Dale would help Marigold to grow up a bit; it seems my hope was futile.
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Dale isn't that mature himself. Besides, Marigold's child-like qualities seem to be what attract him, so there is no pressure for her to change.
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I think it would be peculiar if it wasn't Marigold.
Bingo.
Honi soit qui mal y pense, yo.
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I'm not sure about this. On the one hand, Sam seems to have matured a lot in the last few.. months, I guess. Her standing up for herself is something most people even Marigolds age won't do.
And, I agree that kids should have older friends - I didn't notice so much, but my brother told me one time how much of a difference it was to hang out with friends my age than with friends of his own age (he's about 5 years younger). People mature a lot in the few years after they get out of high school/college/university.
But - Marigold isn't mature. She's admiring Sam for doing things she doesn't have the guts to, and can't even ask if she can help. It's a reoccurring theme with her that she needs others to know what she wants and help her, and others grow in taking care of her (Hanners, for example). She doesn't grow herself, though. It annoys me to no end that Sam has to be the one that sees Marigolds sad face and figure out what she wants, because that's how Marigold treats all of her friends. She looks sad and hopes that people give her what she wants without having to ask for it.
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure Sam's going to be helping Marigold grow up, instead of the other way around. Age =/= maturity, and Sam's pretty grown-up, from what we've just very recently seen. I wouldn'tbe shocked if this arc was mostly about Marigold shedding some of her more immature tendencies. Lord knows she's got room for personal growth.
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It makes sense, thinking about it. Marigold has a boyfriend and one close friend in the form of Hanners, who is far from typical herself. (This probably sounds weird but Momo and Marigold's relationship seems more sisterly or familial). As far as everyone else goes, she's an acquaintance rather than a friend as such. The trip to the cabin where everyone else went swimming and she played on a vintage console springs to mind. Perhaps Sam will end up being a true friend for her, rather than another acquaintance.
(The above may be completely incorrect - please don't eat me.)
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Edit: Almost forgot what I originally wanted to say. The perspective in panel one is pretty cool.
As @Lioness already implied, it's a direct Legend of Zelda riff. Since... Wind Waker, I think... Link tends to assume that pose when getting something from a treasure chest.
I totally heard the "GET!" tune, and I'm not even that much of a Zelda fan (IMO) - just a geek in general.
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I think, like a few of you, that Marigold is vicariously recapturing her lost youth here with Sam, lord knows she probably had none when she was Sams age. And I also think that Sam will be a good teen friend fit for Maribear as they're both as geeky in their own ways as each other.
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I can kinda see the argument for change when it gets in the way of Marigold treating Momo well, or her having friends around. However, at the point Marigold is now, assuming her career is fulfilling, I don't really see an issue with her having the interests she has. She's capable of being herself and having a nice life, and that's cool? She's already come a long way from when she was introduced.
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"Sisterly" is an insightful description of Momo and Marigold's relationship.
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And Momo often feels more like the older sister.
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Maybe that's why Marigold got an Anthropc in the first place. If she is an only child with no (mentioned) mother, she may have desired some form of female companionship, and maybe wanted to be mothered a bit? Perhaps that's why she has those more juvenile tendencies, such as poor hygiene and a lack of self confidence and self awareness. Perhaps she got Momo to help with those issues, but is subconsciously afraid Momo will leave if she doesn't feel needed.
Or they are cartoon characters, but then the forum wouldn't be fun.
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Comic! So, is Jeph psychic, or has he been reading the forums?
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Eh, it seems like a pretty obvious reaction someone was going to have.
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What on earth. :lol:
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Exploding butts.
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Whenever a strip features Sam I thank the Gods that I didn't grow up in the US. I had friends Marigold's age when I was 14, and as far as we can see Sam is mature enough to get along with people Marigold's age just fine.
You're not a creep Marbear, go befriend your new geek friend.
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Poor Marigold.
If only she could get help in these situations from a friend with a social protocol database.
I wonder if Momo can multitask well enough that calling her at work would be an acceptable thing to do.
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Whenever a strip features Sam I thank the Gods that I didn't grow up in the US. I had friends Marigold's age when I was 14, and as far as we can see Sam is mature enough to get along with people Marigold's age just fine.
You're not a creep Marbear, go befriend your new geek friend.
I had adult friends when I was Sam's age. I was blessed with parents who could tell the difference between creeps and cool people who could share the interests that the other teenage girls didn't usually get.
Then in my late 20's, I went on a vacation with a bunch of friends and friends-of-friends, and I had a great friendly connection with a teenage girl who came along, who wanted to do fun stuff while everybody else was just vegging out drinking beer and being boring, and one of the women totally wigged out at me because OMFG that girl and I went for a walk alone together, and it was at night... Yes, I'm in the US, and yes, the US is a bit insane on this subject.
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I'm glad that this panel went where it did.
It isn't that I think children should only associate with other children, but I do think that adults who associate with children should be aware of the differences there and be careful to observe social boundaries. Marigold was not being aware...
However, I was kind of hoping that Marigold would go with Sam to her house and meet Veronica. That would be interesting.
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(http://www.nearlyhometime.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/penny-dropping.gif)
If it would please the members of the court, might I draw their attention to the penny dropping?
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Dear Marigold: If anyone thought anything about you hanging out with Sam, they'd probably assume you were the nanny. Chilldafuq out.
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Overthinking things again I see Marigold.
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Dear Marigold: If anyone thought anything about you hanging out with Sam, they'd probably assume you were the nanny. Chilldafuq out.
Unfortunately, the ease of manufacture and the durability of a false accusation -- not necessarily one made by an involved party -- make it impractical to allow dafuq to chill completely.
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Dear Marigold: If anyone thought anything about you hanging out with Sam, they'd probably assume you were the nanny. Chilldafuq out.
Contrariwise, most people who've been following this set of strips should be aware that if anyone's qualified to be the nanny in this pair, it's Sam.
(But probably neither of them are, really. They're both adolescents, in a sense... Mar's a bit of an arrested case. :p )
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marigold, Butts Disease is a serious matter, and you shouldn't be making up stories about it.
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The question to ask is whether Jeph always planned this or if it was in response to the Twitter/Tumblr furore that I've been tangentially aware has been going down. Still, sudden bursts of self-awareness are not out-of-character for Marigold.
Of course, this opens the door for a running joke where, whenever Sam meets Dale, she asks him whether his butt has healed up yet (because she's the sort of girl who would do so).
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Poor Marigold.
Indeed. She's learning, but she's not quite there yet.
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Hopefully this leads into a mini-arc where Marigold learns that it's actually okay to hang out with teenagers, to quell the chattering, panicked Americans who seem completely baffled by the idea that you can hang with people outside your age bracket and have it not be creepy/a huge deal.
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Font Change.
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FWIW (and I've noticed that David M Willis's Dumbing of Age seems to have this problem too), I get the impression that some people genuinely can't get their heads around the idea of two characters in fiction being close friends or even just moderately close associates without it being either immediately motivated by sexual attraction or an inevitable precursor to a sexual encounter. I actually find the fans who express this attitude infinitely more creepy than the characters about whom they're speculating. There is such thing as 'friendship', you know! Shipping can be strange!
I'm wondering if tomorrow will be Sam going home to find Marten and Claire in the lounge. It isn't beyond the borders of possibility that Veronica has moved in with Jim and that they have invited Marten and Claire over for a 'family dinner'. Sam will, like any teenager, probably be seriously annoyed by being told that, no, she can't take a rain check. Instead, she must go upstairs, wash her face and hands and put on nice clothing before sitting down with their house-guests for a civilised family meal.
A boring story arc? Not at all. Anyone who has read Oscar Wilde or Noel Coward will know that these 'comedy of manners' scenarios where you have the characters confined together whilst constrained in a very formal and regulated social environment can be one of the funniest you can imagine.
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I just noticed how scrambled the point of this post was and spent a while making it clearer
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Is it just me, or is Marigold Faye's twin in the last panel?
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Marigold has always looked like Faye, the main difference being her (acne, beauty marks, I don't know what the blemishes are) and now she is being drawn without in that angle.
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I'm glad that this panel went where it did.
It isn't that I think children should only associate with other children, but I do think that adults who associate with children should be aware of the differences there and be careful to observe social boundaries. Marigold was not being aware...
However, I was kind of hoping that Marigold would go with Sam to her house and meet Veronica. That would be interesting.
The problem is, "social boundaries" have gone way out of control, not to mention the insane over-protection of kids. Sure they need protection, but I swear the next big movie that will cause massive outrage will be a sequel to an old John Travolta movie, but this one will be titled "The Boy NOT in the Plastic Bubble". Parents will have eye-popping aneurysms and Hollywood will burn!
On another tangent today's comic makes me think of; That awkward moment you're forced to realize you're actually considered a grown-up.
Me, I'm 16 years old... and I have been 16 years old for the last 26 years.
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Hopefully this leads into a mini-arc where Marigold learns that it's actually okay to hang out with teenagers, to quell the chattering, panicked Americans who seem completely baffled by the idea that you can hang with people outside your age bracket and have it not be creepy/a huge deal.
I don't think "taking a child's companions into consideration" equates into panic, or a plastic bubble. Nor did anyone on the forum say Marigold was a pervert for having a teenage friend. There was one comment that did more than raise an eyebrow, and the poster did say it hit a sore spot, so let's maybe cut them some slack.
I said it would be peculiar if it wasn't Marigold, because Marigold is at least in her late 20's, and Sam is 14. And I stand by that statement, because I am in my late 20's, and I will sometimes say and do things that are inappropriate to do around a child. Pretty sure that's what the "social boundaries" comment was referring to, as well.
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Speaking as someone who works with teenagers... you have to be supremely careful about someone that much older than a teenager hanging out with them.
Basically, a minority makes it more difficult for everyone else. There is a difference between hanging around with your brother and his friends because they like you and you're quite mature and being 14 and hanging out one-on-one with a 27 year old.
There's a reason why there are stringent criminal record checks before such things are allowed to happen on any premises.
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Basically, a minority makes it more difficult for everyone else. There is a difference between hanging around with your brother and his friends because they like you and you're quite mature and being 14 and hanging out one-on-one with a 27 year old.
There shouldn't be a difference, that's the thing. But American society has made it too hard to reconcile "protecting children" with "innocent until proven guilty". You can't have both, it's one or the other.
In this day and age, Mr. Miyagi would have been investigated for having "Daniel-san" working up a sweat in his back yard with no shirt on, had his name dragged through the mud in the newspapers, been registered as a sex offender, and deported back to Japan.
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Well, she did it again. The 'following Sam who explicitly invited her home'-part wasn't the creepy part.
The creepy part was the manipulative way she got Sam to invite her. May be a pet peeve of mine, but I know a few people like that and they don't ask for anything but look pathetic and sad until you offer it. And then they don't say thank you, because you offered. They, however, almost never offer help themselves. (As observed the first time we meet Marigold. Marten thought he was getting a favour from Momo's friend, Marigold wants to be paid. Dora sees the state she lives in and asks her friend for help, without asking Marigold for payment/anything) And it continues until now. Yes, in-comic only a year or so has passed, but all the others grew a lot in that time.
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Basically, a minority makes it more difficult for everyone else. There is a difference between hanging around with your brother and his friends because they like you and you're quite mature and being 14 and hanging out one-on-one with a 27 year old.
There shouldn't be a difference, that's the thing. But American society has made it too hard to reconcile "protecting children" with "innocent until proven guilty". You can't have both, it's one or the other.
In this day and age, Mr. Miyagi would have been investigated for having "Daniel-san" working up a sweat in his back yard with no shirt on, had his name dragged through the mud in the newspapers, been registered as a sex offender, and deported back to Japan.
Yeah, that's another thing. A woman is more likely to be cut some slack about that kind of thing. A man though? Forget it, especially if he's hanging out with an unrelated teenage girl! He must be up to no good, and since everyone knows pedophiles are males :roll: . Yeah, that's why it is generally quite unwise for a grown man in the US to hang around children he's not related to, unless it's part of his job and even then he'd better take precautions against false accusations and conclusion-jumping, either of which could ruin him.
Marigold is quite right to be concerned, a rare bit of actual self-awareness from her. And she should count her lucky stars she's not a dude.
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The creepy part was the manipulative way she got Sam to invite her. May be a pet peeve of mine, but I know a few people like that and they don't ask for anything but look pathetic and sad until you offer it.
I wouldn't know, perhaps she is used to be left out the fun activities. At least she's actively socializing now. Perhaps I'm just an enabler, I do give people several chances as (almost) always see the good in people.
As for hanging out with younger people, or doing 'kids' stuff. I remember thinking back when I was a teen that I should act my age, no longer watching cartoons and stuff, but then I thought screw that, I should do what I like doing and not live a certain way to appear grown up. What's next, no more gaming? After all as a kid you can't wait to grow up, as grown-up however you'd wish to be a kid again. Also I found out in high school/college that the girls actually like the kids channel, though this may be some kind of maternal instinct.
But I remember having the uneasy realization Marigold was having, when I was trying out WoW for a couple months when it first came out. I was doing some quests with someone, which turned out to be a 9yo girl(or so she claimed). And that was just virtually following someone, which felt a bit creepy, though the dilemma was that if I didn't know that fact, it wouldn't have been a problem. So I suppose it society which makes us think it's either creepy or letting you're realize you're playing a 'kids' game, which by extension might turn it into virtual babysitting, which might feel too much like it being a job. But once you get over that it becomes less of deal, after all I shouldn't discriminate based on age, right?
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Hopefully this leads into a mini-arc where Marigold learns that it's actually okay to hang out with teenagers, to quell the chattering, panicked Americans who seem completely baffled by the idea that you can hang with people outside your age bracket and have it not be creepy/a huge deal.
I don't think "taking a child's companions into consideration" equates into panic, or a plastic bubble. Nor did anyone on the forum say Marigold was a pervert for having a teenage friend. There was one comment that did more than raise an eyebrow, and the poster did say it hit a sore spot, so let's maybe cut them some slack.
I said it would be peculiar if it wasn't Marigold, because Marigold is at least in her late 20's, and Sam is 14. And I stand by that statement, because I am in my late 20's, and I will sometimes say and do things that are inappropriate to do around a child. Pretty sure that's what the "social boundaries" comment was referring to, as well.
Actually, my statement wasn't really referring to the forum itself; moreso the reactions on Twitter and tumblr, which had far more panicky, knee-jerk outcries. I might have made that a little more clear.
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So what is Sam going to take away from this?
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Hopefully this leads into a mini-arc where Marigold learns that it's actually okay to hang out with teenagers, to quell the chattering, panicked Americans who seem completely baffled by the idea that you can hang with people outside your age bracket and have it not be creepy/a huge deal.
I don't think "taking a child's companions into consideration" equates into panic, or a plastic bubble. Nor did anyone on the forum say Marigold was a pervert for having a teenage friend. There was one comment that did more than raise an eyebrow, and the poster did say it hit a sore spot, so let's maybe cut them some slack.
I said it would be peculiar if it wasn't Marigold, because Marigold is at least in her late 20's, and Sam is 14. And I stand by that statement, because I am in my late 20's, and I will sometimes say and do things that are inappropriate to do around a child. Pretty sure that's what the "social boundaries" comment was referring to, as well.
Actually, my statement wasn't really referring to the forum itself; moreso the reactions on Twitter and tumblr, which had far more panicky, knee-jerk outcries. I might have made that a little more clear.
Oh. In that case, I apologize. I haven't seen anything on those platforms, so I wasn't aware there was anything more than vague discomfort.
I don't know if it's strictly an American thing, though..but then, I've never met an American parent.
Sam will take away the fact that butts disease is a real issue with some people, and because she is being raised right, she will inquire about Dale's health the next time she visits Momo.
I actually think this arc will show some Marigold improvement. She considered how not to hurt Sam's feelings while extricating herself from a situation she was uncomfortable with, and apologized to Dale for saying something impolite about him.
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So what is Sam going to take away from this?
Butts can explode.
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That's certainly the theme of Friday's comic.
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What a waste of perfectly good brownie batter.
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Just...just....ew.
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May and Pintsize: soulmates.
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I am just disturbed that May's first reaction to being BRRRPPT on was to taste it. I also see she has her favorite magazine...
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I wonder how long Pintsize was baking that prank.
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What a waste of perfectly good brownie batter.
I don't know, May seems to be enjoying it.
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Ending the week on a classy note.
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"Nipple Monthly"? Am I reading that right?
It should be daily.
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Prolapse Monthly, actually. Don't recall the number the strip was that it first appeared, though I'm sure someone will link it shortly.
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Unless there was another instance of it, I think Prolapse Monthly shows up here.
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2960
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I wonder how long Pintsize was baking that prank.
Well, he's had some work done for it - remember how he couldn't get rid of cake dough before? Pretty sure there was no rear exit before either (other than abused USB ports (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3015), of course)
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Unless there was another instance of it, I think Prolapse Monthly shows up here.
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2960
That'd be the one!
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The creepy part was the manipulative way she got Sam to invite her. May be a pet peeve of mine, but I know a few people like that and they don't ask for anything but look pathetic and sad until you offer it.
I wouldn't know, perhaps she is used to be left out the fun activities. At least she's actively socializing now. Perhaps I'm just an enabler, I do give people several chances as (almost) always see the good in people.
Seeing the good in people in one thing, but all of us get left out of social activities some time. If you wanna come, you'll have to say so. If you want your friend to live with you, you ask (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2826). But, I see what she's doing here - in not asking, she's not in anybody's debt. She guilts (or tries to guilt) everybody into giving her what she wants. It's not that she doesn't have redeeming qualities, but as I said - I know people who've done this all their lives, and now they're surprised why they have no friends and even their family doesn't really like them.
Also: Even though Pintsize doesn't really have a big butt, he makes the most of it. I'm really disgusted, but May seems to be the person to test this out on
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Oh look it's two anthro pcs, 1 app
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I am just disturbed that May's first reaction to being BRRRPPT on was to taste it. I also see she has her favorite magazine...
That would be about all she could do with her cut-rate chassis. Actually, I'm surprised that she can even do that in there. Do recently paroled AIs place a great deal of value on solid/liquid chemo-analysis (which is what the sense of taste really is)? Honestly, though, even if Pintsize was really dedicated to the prank and had scoured the neighborhood for fresh scat, would a taste test really harm May? At worst, she'd just climb bodily into the shower and be sure to rinse out her oral cavity.
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I wonder how long Pintsize was baking that prank.
Well, he's had some work done for it - remember how he couldn't get rid of cake dough before? Pretty sure there was no rear exit before either (other than abused USB ports (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3015), of course)
On the other hand, http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=212
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Meh. Proof that Jeph and I find different things funny... Or even worth trying to see if it's funny.
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It's funny because it's both a fart joke and a graphic poop joke.
Why aren't you laughing yet?
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Most people find fart and poop jokes funny. Graphic poop jokes however, are definitely a YMMV kind of thing.
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Props to May for being able to appreciate practical-joke craft and technique, even when she's the butt of it.
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*Sticks hands in pockets and walks off slowly shaking head*
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... *Sticks hands in pockets and walks off slowly shaking head*
In public, yet. :-D
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Props to May for being able to appreciate practical-joke craft and technique, even when she's the butt of it.
I see what you did there
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Pintsize gets to enjoy the brownie batter twice.
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Pintsize gets to enjoy the brownie batter twice.
I thought it didn't work out that well last time?
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Pintsize gets to enjoy the brownie batter twice.
I thought it didn't work out that well last time?
IIRC, when Pintsize binged on cake mix, Marten said that it causes Pintsize internal damage but that's the nature of addiction isn't it? You do it for the buzz and don't care about the fact you're statistically reducing your life expectancy!
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When Pintsize ate cake batter, it got all over his internal components. When he ate tomato sauce, it went into a holding tank, and was later violently expelled through his... um... lack of ass?
I don't have the archive-fu to see if those were before-after his chassis switch.
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The cake batter caused the chassis switch, and the tomato sauce was post-chassis switch.
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Jeph introduces a shart (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=shart) of basic humour...
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That's the only definition I was aware of, is there another?
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Not that I know of, but in some accents I would imagine "shart" and "shot" sound rather similar?
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May's smile in the first two panels is disturbing.
Not for what she's smiling at, but just that she's smiling. Have we ever actually seen her smile before?
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May's smile in the first two panels is disturbing.
Not for what she's smiling at, but just that she's smiling. Have we ever actually seen her smile before?
Oh, I think we've seen her smile. I find what she's smiling at the disturbing part -- she's looking at the centerfold in Prolapse Monthly!
Jeph's note at the bottom says "Prolapse Monthly is the only print magazine still extant in the QC universe" -- I can't help but think he means "...as far as May is concerned, anyway."
I hope.
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In an early comic we saw Pintsize looking at the centerfold of a print edition of PC World. Either PC World has gone all-digital since then or is no longer publishing.
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Or they've cancelled his subscription and banned him from ever reading their Magazine again.
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I think his comment was aimed at how Prolapse Monthly was the only paper magazine extant in the QCVerse
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Weren't there a bunch of other magazines on the rack in the background when we first see May with it, though?
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Well yeah, since when has Jeph's newsposts ever been meaningful?
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Well yeah, since when has Jeph's newsposts ever been meaningful?
I mean, the early days of his newsposts introduced me to some of what I now consider to be a few of my favorite bands, so I think it depends on what you define as 'meaningful'
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He also used one for some key exposition about how AnthroPCs come into the world.
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Well yeah, since when has Jeph's newsposts ever been meaningful?
I mean, the early days of his newsposts introduced me to some of what I now consider to be a few of my favorite bands, so I think it depends on what you define as 'meaningful'
I mean canon, but fair point. Cold mentions the AnthroPCs one, I'm not sure I view that as canon, but it is valid interpretation at the very least.
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Is that really a thing? I've been confronted with sexism all my life (especially my professional life), but I've never seen a salesperson that dumb.
Can't say I've experienced it personally, being male and all, but I've seen it happen.
I have certainly seen this. I had a cart full of stuff and the checkout guy in front of me was giving someone a hard time more-or-less like Chad did to Sam there. She just told him, "I can get this at a different store," left her cart, and walked out without buying. I thought about it for a few seconds, said "You know what? So can I." And left a cart with about US$1200 of networking gear I was getting for work just sitting there and went down the block to a different store.
Someone noticed customers walking away without carts, and called him over for a chat as I left. I hope it was his manager, and if she didn't fire his ass I'm betting she at least gave him an earful and a good motivation not to repeat the performance.