Topic: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread (Read 51976 times)

ankhtahr · « **Reply #200 on:** 13 Sep 2013, 07:05 »

Quote from: Loki on 13 Sep 2013, 06:59

ARG GODDAMMIT I WROTE IT DOWN WHEN YOU MENTIONED IT LAST WEEK BUT I FORGOT

Happy Birthday!

Thanks. And don't worry, I definitely know this feeling. And thanks Skewbrow!

ZoeB · « **Reply #201 on:** 13 Sep 2013, 07:27 »

Quote from: muon on 11 Sep 2013, 14:40

Quote from: ZoeB on 11 Sep 2013, 05:42
Getting my ears pierced was a big deal for me too.
And yeah, getting my ears pierced was a pretty big deal for me too, although at that point I had been pretty out with the way I dress for about a year already.

I was still presenting as male then. Or trying to, with a bit less success every passing day (pardon the pun). That was when the change rate was at its height, losing a kilo a day, blood chemistry well beyond anything remotely normal. Sex hormones were just part of it, other things were happening that were life threatening. I suspect this kind of thing is more common than the literature would suggest, but usually pretty quickly fatal so unreported.

ZoeB · « **Reply #202 on:** 13 Sep 2013, 07:30 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 11 Sep 2013, 14:47

Kind of tempted to repierce them but I don't know how professional it would be in law school.

One of the great Advantages of being a Geekette - I can wear Dalek earrings when giving lectures, and get complimentary remarks.

ankhtahr · « **Reply #203 on:** 13 Sep 2013, 07:42 »

My chemistry teacher in Gymnasium was famous for her unusual earrings. Once she wore earrings in the form of the Enterprise NCC-1701 and the NCC-1701-D.

Loki · « **Reply #204 on:** 13 Sep 2013, 07:53 »

One day I will look up how to tell them apart, but today is not this day.

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #205 on:** 13 Sep 2013, 08:00 »

The bottom of the NCC-1701 (disc-thing) was convex, NCC-1701-D had a concave bottom. The front parts of the NCC-1701 warp nacelles were orange, NCC-1701-D was pink. NCC-1701 was Constitution-class, NCC-1701-D was Galaxy-class.

ankhtahr · « **Reply #206 on:** 13 Sep 2013, 08:01 »

Well, keeping the NCC-1701 and the NCC-1701-D apart is easy. The D is the one from TNG, the original Enterprise is from the original series.

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DSL · « **Reply #207 on:** 13 Sep 2013, 11:38 »

From one of the modelmakers:
The original-series Enterprise looked like it was built by Ford.
The movie-series Enterprise looked like it was built by Chevy.
The Next Generation Enterprise (the "D") looked like it was built by Mazda.

From me:
The original-series Enterprise looked like a double-barreled hair dryer.
The movie-series Enterprise looked like a double-barrelled hair dryer as sold by Sharper Image.
Excelsior/Enterprise-B looked like a pizza cutter.
Yesterday's Enterprise ("C") looked like a bigger pizza cutter.
The Next Generation Enterprise (la "D") looked like a gravy ladle.
Enterprise-E looked as if someone melted Enterprise-B and stepped on it.
Voyager looked like a sugar or flour scoop.
Defiant looked like a hip flask.

wiserd · « **Reply #208 on:** 13 Sep 2013, 15:23 »

Quote from: Akima on 13 Sep 2013, 03:43

Why are there racks of sweaters or hoodies or something in a piercing/tattooing place? Do they normally sell clothes as well in the USA? Take in dry cleaning? Have a huge staff who nearly all wear black?

I can't remember the name of the place, but my wife got a piercing in one of those 'cutsey kawaii' type stores that sold earrings, clothes, the 1,000th re-incarnation of Hello Kitty and other fashion accessories for girls... This encapsulates the extent of my knowledge of piercing establishments.

wiserd · « **Reply #209 on:** 13 Sep 2013, 16:17 »

Quote from: Pilchard123 on 13 Sep 2013, 04:59

It occurs to me that "You must be 18 or have a guardian present" could be taken to mean that people who are 19-plus must also have a guardian present.

I'm not sure where you're coming from here. Exclusive "OR" would imply that you could have one or the other. Inclusive "OR" would allow but not require both. To require both, you'd need an "AND."

Edit: I see... they should have said "Over 18"

rschill · « **Reply #210 on:** 13 Sep 2013, 16:29 »

Quote from: wiserd on 13 Sep 2013, 16:17

Quote from: Pilchard123 on 13 Sep 2013, 04:59
It occurs to me that "You must be 18 or have a guardian present" could be taken to mean that people who are 19-plus must also have a guardian present.

I'm not sure where you're coming from here. Exclusive "OR" would imply that you could have one or the other. Inclusive "OR" would allow but not require both. To require both, you'd need an "AND."

It could mean that if someone is 19+ that will not get service if their parent or guardian is present.

AKAfreaky · « **Reply #211 on:** 13 Sep 2013, 16:29 »

Quote from: wiserd on 13 Sep 2013, 16:17

Quote from: Pilchard123 on 13 Sep 2013, 04:59
It occurs to me that "You must be 18 or have a guardian present" could be taken to mean that people who are 19-plus must also have a guardian present.

I'm not sure where you're coming from here. Exclusive "OR" would imply that you could have one or the other. Inclusive "OR" would allow but not require both. To require both, you'd need an "AND."

If one were being pernickety, "You must be 18" could exclude everyone older and younger than eighteen.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #212 on:** 13 Sep 2013, 16:57 »

One was being pernickety. And welcome to the board, Freaky!

MillionDollar Belt Sander · « **Reply #213 on:** 13 Sep 2013, 17:09 »

Quote from: no one special on 13 Sep 2013, 04:42

I love how Marten has absolutely zero reaction to the screams of horror. That man has seen some shit.

Naw. He's simply seen 'Blood Tree IV: The Piercing' so many times now it doesn't even faze him.

jwhouk · « **Reply #214 on:** 13 Sep 2013, 18:31 »

Hm. Our piercing lady has changed hairstyle drastically - and apparently doesn't have as much ink as she used to.

MillionDollar Belt Sander · « **Reply #215 on:** 13 Sep 2013, 19:02 »

Quote from: jwhouk on 13 Sep 2013, 18:31

Hm. Our piercing lady has changed hairstyle drastically - and apparently doesn't have as much ink as she used to.

Different piercing lady? Maybe the other one is in back with a customer.

J · « **Reply #216 on:** 13 Sep 2013, 19:04 »

she also changed her eye color and face apparently.

or that's just a different employee from before.

edit: Ninja'd!

DSL · « **Reply #217 on:** 13 Sep 2013, 19:20 »

I lived and worked for 25 years in a medium-small Ohio town that easily had a dozen places in which one could get a tattoo, along with a few places that did side business during the annual motorcycle party. I have to imagine an artsier town such as Northampton could top that easily, and the tat shop employees taken together would be a riot of rainbow colors and decorative clankery.

Carl-E · « **Reply #218 on:** 13 Sep 2013, 19:37 »

Quote from: DSL on 13 Sep 2013, 19:20

decorative clankery.

This made my day.

Redball · « **Reply #219 on:** 13 Sep 2013, 20:14 »

Yeah, I'm imagining Pierce in the Zits comic.

jwhouk · « **Reply #220 on:** 14 Sep 2013, 02:23 »

Or just Jeph himself.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #221 on:** 14 Sep 2013, 02:38 »

The two piercing staff members do look very similar but the tattoos are radically different (the piercings might well be identical - the eyebrow ones could be covered by the pink hair fringe).

Storel · « **Reply #222 on:** 14 Sep 2013, 03:30 »

Today's employee looks like Cosette with pink hair and tats. The one in #1248 looks more (to me) like Dora or May with pink-and-black hair and tats.

jwhouk · « **Reply #223 on:** 14 Sep 2013, 04:09 »

Well, compare Tai from that comic to the Tai of Wednesday's comic.

KOK · « **Reply #224 on:** 14 Sep 2013, 04:54 »

Quote from: Storel on 14 Sep 2013, 03:30

Today's employee looks like Cosette with pink hair and tats. The one in #1248 looks more (to me) like Dora or May with pink-and-black hair and tats.

I don't think they are supposed to be the same person. The earlier one has many more tatoos, for one thing.

bhtooefr · « **Reply #225 on:** 14 Sep 2013, 04:56 »

They've also got different personalities, as far as I can tell.

Emoroffle · « **Reply #226 on:** 14 Sep 2013, 21:49 »

I was quite nervous when I had my ears pierced. I was 24 and had not even started hormones yet. My then-girlfriend took me to a "Claire's" shop (Quite the coincidence eh?) and they let me hold a teddy bear while I got it done.

ZoeB · « **Reply #227 on:** 15 Sep 2013, 06:43 »

Quote from: Emoroffle on 14 Sep 2013, 21:49

I was quite nervous when I had my ears pierced. I was 24 and had not even started hormones yet.

It's a rite of passage, whether you realise that or not.

I know some trans guys freak out at the thought. There's something very Freudian about having one's body pierced.

94ssd · « **Reply #228 on:** 15 Sep 2013, 10:07 »

I love how Claire's hair recoiled back at the same time her body did.

I don't think I'll ever get any piercings. Though I certainly have no problem with them, I can't think of any that I'd like to have. I'm planning on getting my first tattoo on St. Patrick's Day. I know that seems like a lot of advanced planning, but it's for a charity event. I'm not that worried about the pain and needles don't really phase me (I had a lot of blood tests done when I was a wee sickly lad). I just haven't had the motivation to get one yet.

Just Karen · « **Reply #229 on:** 15 Sep 2013, 12:29 »

Quote from: ZoeB on 15 Sep 2013, 06:43

Quote from: Emoroffle on 14 Sep 2013, 21:49
I was quite nervous when I had my ears pierced. I was 24 and had not even started hormones yet.
It's a rite of passage, whether you realise that or not.

I know some trans guys freak out at the thought. There's something very Freudian about having one's body pierced.

I had my ears pierced in April/May 2011 (well after I had gone full-time; I was nervous about infections and issues.)

I took the temporary "medical-quality" steel ones out three months later. Within two weeks, I had infected earlobes (probably due to a nickel allergy I didn't know about, combined with bad earrings). I went back in, they gave me stuff to use to clean them, and put the steel ones back in.

I haven't taken the steel ones out since.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #230 on:** 15 Sep 2013, 13:54 »

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