Topic: WCDT 2036 - 2040, Oct 17th - 21st 2011 (Read 122755 times)

Akima · « **Reply #200 on:** 19 Oct 2011, 15:12 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 19 Oct 2011, 06:33

Yes, but like me, he could easily have been a scholarship kid.

Angus' original remarks about his school seem to me to reveal an outsider's perspective. And going to a "fancy school" doesn't necessarily mean your parents are rich, or that you have a trust fund. Some parents just sacrifice practically everything to their kids' education.

I've lived in cities all my life. My hometown has a population of over 23 million, and when I'm there "the city" means the Shanghai metropolitan area. Now I live in the largest city in Australia, and "the city" is specifically the central business district south of the Harbour Bridge. Australians are incurably suburban.

Carl-E · « **Reply #201 on:** 19 Oct 2011, 15:55 »

Quote from: Hebes on 19 Oct 2011, 12:02

Well, if anyone wanted to know what DJ Squeekz looks like...

That rat looks disturbingly like Marigold whe she was first ntroduced...

Akima · « **Reply #202 on:** 19 Oct 2011, 15:58 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 19 Oct 2011, 15:55

That rat looks disturbingly like Marigold whe she was first introduced...

Naaah, I totally called it. It's ratty Skrillex.

jwhouk · « **Reply #203 on:** 19 Oct 2011, 16:34 »

A few observations:

1. Those of you who are not from the US probably don't get the scale of the US - something that even New Yorkers don't quite get. It's based on how the country expanded from the 13 states along the eastern seaboard all the way to the Pacific - very slowly. For example: If someone from Northampton (by the way: it's one word) wanted to drive to San Diego and ComiCon in 2012, it would take them over five days of driving - one way - just to get there. (Over 2,900 miles, and that includes tollways and Interstate freeways). And you wouldn't even get to the Mississippi River (commonly the "dividing line" of the east/west part of the country) until the end of day 2. Kinda explains why Marten hasn't gone back to Cali to see his mom much.

2. A weekend away with the boyfriend/girlfriend is something of a "next step" in a relationship. Faye recognizes that, while Angus is just wanting to spend time with Faye. Angus isn't quite as clueless as Padma, but he probably doesn't realize that he's pushing a boundary for Faye.

3. This could go in a million different ways, all of them ending with a YouTube video that gets two million hits - minimum.

4. DJ Squeakz is da Bomb.

SomeCanadianWeirdo · « **Reply #204 on:** 19 Oct 2011, 16:36 »

So, if Faye actually does go with Angus, will we see New York? Jeph just pushed his art with the outdoor sequences for the hike strips, and New York might be another push sequence, depending on what he has to draw of course.

As far as the size of the US goes I've heard more than one amusing store of visitors who wanted to make a day trip from one part of the US to a part that would take several days by car. Or of writers doing the same thing, having their characters make a trip in an impossibly short time. The same thing can happen writing Canada as well. You can't drive from Toronto to Vancouver in a day.

Driver Alex Roy holds the US contental driving time record, driving from New York to LA in 31 hours and 4 minutes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Roy

Tova · « **Reply #205 on:** 19 Oct 2011, 17:10 »

All of that applies to Australia as well.

http://maps.howstuffworks.com/australia-us-comparison-map.htm

Except that if you wanted to drive from, say, Sydney to Perth, it's not only days of driving, it's days of driving through the Nullabor.

I have relatives on the other side of the continent, but I fly. Even though it's kind of expensive. But apparently traveling through the Nullabor when it's flowering is pretty amazing.

rje · « **Reply #206 on:** 19 Oct 2011, 17:22 »

I just realized we never really used the phrase 'the city' where i lived in the Midwest
Back home was way out in the country and people usually said 'I'm going to town' if you were going anywhere but a neighbor's -- which, 'to town' meant going to the nearest place that sold milk. Usually a gas station. There may or may not be a stoplight involved too.

If you were in fact going to a city (which usually meant a place that had public transportation - anything else was 'a town') you'd say the name so people would know which one. Since they were all so far away they practically felt like another state anyway.

Now I actually live in a city (Indianapolis) but it's so spread out I still don't use the phrase, I just say 'downtown' and that means the places where the biggest buildings are. Anything else is 'northside', 'southside', etc. Or y'know, the actual names of the places like Speedway or Castleton.

Huh! I wonder if that's a Midwestern thing, because I just tried to say it and it does feel weird xD

Akima · « **Reply #207 on:** 19 Oct 2011, 18:09 »

Quote from: Tova on 19 Oct 2011, 17:10

Except that if you wanted to drive from, say, Sydney to Perth, it's not only days of driving, it's days of driving through the Nullabor.

The actual Nullabor Plain is only a small part of the nearly 4400 kilometres from Brisbane-Perth (Easternmost major city to westernmost), but the route is pretty rugged from Port Augusta onwards, and the roads along the whole route can best be described as "ordinary". Google Maps hilariously suggests you could drive it in under 48 hours, but you'd need a good vehicle and multiple drivers to achieve that, and it would be hard going. Just for giggles, I asked Google Maps to plot me a route from Tongjiang, in Heilongjiang the Easternmost province of China, to Kashgar, in Xinjiang in the far West. It's just under 6200 kilometres, and Google thinks you could drive it in just under four days...

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #208 on:** 19 Oct 2011, 18:39 »

At one point there was an Easter Egg in Google Maps which, if you asked for directions from the US to Europe, gave you directions to the shore and then said "swim across the Atlantic".

Paranoid · « **Reply #209 on:** 19 Oct 2011, 18:46 »

FYI, for those of you looking for the latest in DJ Squeak news, Jeph has updated his tumblr to include his latest track.

Wraith11B · « **Reply #210 on:** 19 Oct 2011, 20:03 »

Quote from: rje on 19 Oct 2011, 17:22

I just realized we never really used the phrase 'the city' where i lived in the Midwest
Back home was way out in the country and people usually said 'I'm going to town' if you were going anywhere but a neighbor's -- which, 'to town' meant going to the nearest place that sold milk. Usually a gas station. There may or may not be a stoplight involved too.

If you were in fact going to a city (which usually meant a place that had public transportation - anything else was 'a town') you'd say the name so people would know which one. Since they were all so far away they practically felt like another state anyway.

Now I actually live in a city (Indianapolis) but it's so spread out I still don't use the phrase, I just say 'downtown' and that means the places where the biggest buildings are. Anything else is 'northside', 'southside', etc. Or y'know, the actual names of the places like Speedway or Castleton.

Huh! I wonder if that's a Midwestern thing, because I just tried to say it and it does feel weird xD

That's not terribly different from life in Richmond, VA. Granted, the South is rather provincial like that. In Richmond, there's the downtown (subdivided into Shockhoe Slip and the Bottom), South Side, West End, East End, Carytown, the Fan, etc. Or even New Orleans: French Quarter, Ninth Ward, the West Bank (or wank; even though it's technically south of the city) Garden District, MidCity, Metairie, Kenner, etc. I feel like any city has that... in Europe it's generally either the Old Town or the various neighborhoods. Just one more way that people make themselves feel like it's home, and outsiders feel left out.

Wagimawr · « **Reply #211 on:** 19 Oct 2011, 21:06 »

Quote from: Paranoid on 19 Oct 2011, 18:46

Jeph has updated his tumblr to include his latest track.

I listened to that the whole way through. I think my brain just broke.

SomeCanadianWeirdo · « **Reply #212 on:** 19 Oct 2011, 22:23 »

It's got a good groove.

WAYF · « **Reply #213 on:** 19 Oct 2011, 22:38 »

D'awwwwwwww?

iduguphergrave · « **Reply #214 on:** 19 Oct 2011, 22:41 »

I'm not surprised he said it. I'm not surprised he said it first. I'm rather surprised she said it back.

I suppose it could have been reflexive, or maybe Angus caught her off her guard enough that he inadvertently tricked her into admitting her feelings. Either way d'awwwww Angus :3

celticgeek · « **Reply #215 on:** 19 Oct 2011, 22:42 »

No, no. You fill it up with scotch.

akronnick · « **Reply #216 on:** 19 Oct 2011, 22:44 »

Can: open!
Worms: EVERYWHERE!!!!!

NOW HEAR THIS:
This is a five psyduck alarm!

This is NOT a drill!

I repeat

This is not a drill!

Quote from: celticgeek on 19 Oct 2011, 22:42

No, no. You fill it up with scotch.

Bourbon has always been Faye's choice. At least it's not Midnight Hobo. Yet.

CompSarge · « **Reply #217 on:** 19 Oct 2011, 22:46 »

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Damn, people, I only read the newest one before I started typing.

I'm surprised Faye said she loved him back. They've been dating...what, 2 weeks comic time? Or something?

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It begins...

Tova · « **Reply #218 on:** 19 Oct 2011, 22:52 »

Come along, Pond.

Don't hit the coping mechanism too hard...

akronnick · « **Reply #219 on:** 19 Oct 2011, 22:53 »

Somebody needs to find Marten and tell him to get his ass to The Horrible Revalation right now...

badbum61 · « **Reply #220 on:** 19 Oct 2011, 22:57 »

FIVE THOUSAND PAGES BY MIDNIGHT!

Yep, I'm calling it.

Tova · « **Reply #221 on:** 19 Oct 2011, 23:03 »

I'll wait to see who posts in the next couple of pages before making that call ...

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #222 on:** 19 Oct 2011, 23:04 »

Faye, I thought you knew better than to use that as a coping measure any more.

Vurogj · « **Reply #223 on:** 19 Oct 2011, 23:07 »

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Oh come on, I haven't even started typing yet!

Anyway, I now expect her to head to the karaoke and sing "Maps". Even more so now I know that the song title is apparently an acronym.

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No more previews either then. fine.

Indicible · « **Reply #224 on:** 19 Oct 2011, 23:09 »

Actually, what is she coping for?
The fact she acknowledged she had feelings for Angus? Or the fact Angus is not Marten? Or the fact he is not her father, which is why she couldn't be with Maarten either?

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Oh, FFS!

Soulsynger · « **Reply #225 on:** 19 Oct 2011, 23:10 »

First reaction: Gah?!

First reaction and a half: Kinda called it.

Second reaction: Ah... the perrils of the early "I love you"-trap. The rock-and-hard-place of every young relationship. And most of the time (at least in my experience) it takes painfully careful handling to get through. I just hope Faye is already stable enough to do handle this. Seeing as she already had a "slight" (not judging from experience here) panic attack when she started making out with Angus, saying "I love you" too early might result in a minor psychic desaster.
Maybe she knows and is trying to mute everything going on in her head with alcohol before it overpowers her. In her eyes, the wisest decision.

I kinda wanna kick Angus in the shins for being so heedless about Faye's insecurities.°-o

akronnick · « **Reply #226 on:** 19 Oct 2011, 23:15 »

I disagree.

Drinking is the worst thing Faye can do right now.

She either needs to call a friend, (Marten probably, but Dora would work if he's not available) and unpack this, or call Angus and tell him she'll be on the next train.

Getting plastered is only going to cause her to make bad choices, and she needs to make good choices. Now more than ever.

Wraith11B · « **Reply #227 on:** 19 Oct 2011, 23:21 »

He just launched a cruise missile of truthiness...

Somebody · « **Reply #228 on:** 19 Oct 2011, 23:22 »

Quote from: Indicible on 19 Oct 2011, 23:09

Actually, what is she coping for?

She's missing her boyfling already :p

Tova · « **Reply #229 on:** 19 Oct 2011, 23:27 »

Quote from: Indicible on 19 Oct 2011, 23:09

Actually, what is she coping for?

She is coping with the idea of once again being emotionally attached to someone that she might lose, after the pain and trauma of losing her father.

And I agree that she needs a friend right now. Much better coping mechanism.

Soulsynger · « **Reply #230 on:** 19 Oct 2011, 23:39 »

Quote from: akronnick on 19 Oct 2011, 23:15

Getting plastered is only going to cause her to make bad choices, and she needs to make good choices. Now more than ever.

Thats why I added "in her eyes" in front of "the wisest decision"

Seems her therapists hasn't been doing a good enough job in preparing her for this course of events. I recall her having a drinking problem to be one of the factors in her decision to go see a shrink/therapist.
Is this a full-blown relapse or is she just being self-sarcastic?

And if Wil calls someone now, I hope its Marten. Penelope would tell Dora first and Dora would probably rip Faye a new one. Marten would just be as forgiving and understanding as usual.

What time is it now, anyway? I mean in the comic. At which time would Marten and Steve be occupied with Padma and dancing here? Do Fayes drinking and the party coincide (timewise)? Or is it still early afternoon and Faye is being ridiculous with this?

akronnick · « **Reply #231 on:** 19 Oct 2011, 23:48 »

It's still daylight at the train station, and the bar is empty, so I'm guessing it't late afternoon, early evening.

I would think that a dancing date(?) would begin after dark.

The question is, when is Marten going to run into Faye, and how drunk will she be?

iduguphergrave · « **Reply #232 on:** 19 Oct 2011, 23:49 »

Relapse is a bit too intense a word; remember, Faye wasn't quite an alcoholic, just borderline. She doesn't need to abstain from drinking completely, she just needs to watch when and how much she drinks. I'd say this is more backsliding; regressing. I too, hope someone calls Marten.

snubnose · « **Reply #233 on:** 19 Oct 2011, 23:53 »

Poll doesnt have Raven.

Why does the poll not have Raven !

The poll is a lie. (*)

(*) Thats an inside joke about Dragon Age: Origins, if you havent played the game, dont try to understand it.

Soulsynger · « **Reply #234 on:** 20 Oct 2011, 00:07 »

Quote from: iduguphergrave on 19 Oct 2011, 23:49

Relapse is a bit too intense a word; remember, Faye wasn't quite an alcoholic, just borderline. She doesn't need to abstain from drinking completely, she just needs to watch when and how much she drinks. I'd say this is more backsliding; regressing. I too, hope someone calls Marten.

Ah, right you are. I didn't quite mean it that strong, seems my psychology lingo isn't up to par on this one. ^^

Still... she should know quite a bit better. Even from a non-borderline standpoint, just thinking like a normally rational human, getting your booze on in the early hours of the afternoon is really f*cking dumb.

And WHO is covering CoD anyway? Didn't she say something about some shifts when she was arguing against going to NY with Angus?

Kugai · « **Reply #235 on:** 20 Oct 2011, 00:07 »

++++WARNING! THIS IS A DRUNK FAYE ALERT++++WARNING! THIS IS A DRUNK FAYE ALERT++++WARNING! THIS IS A DRUNK FAYE ALERT++++

All personnel are cautioned to immediately don DFA Protective Gear and report to your nearest DFA Underground Shelter.

Soulsynger · « **Reply #236 on:** 20 Oct 2011, 00:13 »

++ Warning! People have rediscovered marquees! God help our brains. ++

Jeez, you don't need a "drunk Faye" alert. You just need a constant "Faye" alert. The last time a character got really drunk, it was still Faye dishing out the harsh fist-shaped truths.

no one special · « **Reply #237 on:** 20 Oct 2011, 00:18 »

Quote from: WAYF on 18 Oct 2011, 23:36

Saying "Beans of Doom" out loud makes me giggle. I have no idea why.

Because it makes you think of the eating variety of beans, and the DOOOOOOOM they can cause...

Quote from: Hebes on 19 Oct 2011, 12:02

Well, if anyone wanted to know what DJ Squeekz looks like...

Awww, poor Skrillex! Why does Jeph hate him so?

Delator · « **Reply #238 on:** 20 Oct 2011, 00:20 »

I have very little to add that won't be said in the next 34 pages.

I do think that Faye was caught so off guard that she replied before thinking. The question is, did her mouth lap her brain, or simply outpace it?

no one special · « **Reply #239 on:** 20 Oct 2011, 00:25 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 19 Oct 2011, 18:39

At one point there was an Easter Egg in Google Maps which, if you asked for directions from the US to Europe, gave you directions to the shore and then said "swim across the Atlantic".

There's still one when going from China to Japan...
http://g.co/maps/jdpqn

Check out #16 in the directions

pwhodges · « **Reply #240 on:** 20 Oct 2011, 00:27 »

Quote from: Soulsynger on 20 Oct 2011, 00:13

Warning! People have rediscovered marquees! God help our brains.

There's a reason I discourage their use in my notes on the rules.

[EDIT]
Marquees have no discernible use except to annoy people and parade childishness; oh look, they've broken! (I turned them off.)

westrim · « **Reply #241 on:** 20 Oct 2011, 00:36 »

So Faye, how's that plan to control your alcohol intake going?

Is Wil the most informed member of the cast now? He's been with nearly everyone at their low points thanks to his job.

The train station looks kind of dumpy. Can a local inform us on that, because every station (5, only one of which had decent ridership due to being LA's Union Station) I've been to in California is nigh-immaculate.

Hmm, sarcasm, a question, and a criticism. I guess I'm not very positive tonight.

akronnick · « **Reply #242 on:** 20 Oct 2011, 00:45 »

Massachusetts is not California.

Trains are not as common a mode of transportation in the US as they are in Europe.

Only the Northeast and California have significant passenger rail service. The rest of the country is lucky if there is one train a day serving their area. Most passenger rail service is ran by Amtrak, which is subsidized by the Federal government, and runs on the freight railroads' tracks.

The only dedicated passenger line in the country is the Northeast Corridor which runs from Boston to Washington D.C. It was built over 100 years ago and is constantly in a bedraggled state.

guayec · « **Reply #243 on:** 20 Oct 2011, 00:49 »

Wow, I thought she needed to cope for the absence of Angus (kinda oh-i-miss-him-so-much-already). I didn't get the L-word thing that everybody is freaking out for.
Well, I didn't get it until I came to the forum.
Now?

I guess you're all right, because it's been only a couple of weeks of factual (fucktual?) relationship, but is difficult to keep track of the in-comic pass of time.

Skewbrow · « **Reply #244 on:** 20 Oct 2011, 00:52 »

I could have sworn that when I was in junior high the big Australian plain was named Nullarbor on the map (as in Zero Trees).
If the resident Australians agree on a different spelling, I need to update. But, as a former grad student put it, I only have WOM.

But this is cause for concern. Or is it? May be Faye will just reflect on her feelings for a moment at the bar, and go back to work? Then again a Friday strip is coming up, and Jeph is known to time cliffhangers well.

My prediction (ok, a wild guess, but calling it a prediction sounds better): In tomorrow's strip we see Sven entering the bar and finding a drunken Faye there. In Monday's strip we will see evidence of character growth from one or both of them.

westrim · « **Reply #245 on:** 20 Oct 2011, 00:55 »

Quote from: akronnick on 20 Oct 2011, 00:45

Massachusetts is not California.

Trains are not as common a mode of transportation in the US as they are in Europe.

Only the Northeast and California have significant passenger rail service. The rest of the country is lucky if there is one train a day serving their area. Most passenger rail service is ran by Amtrak, which is subsidized by the Federal government, and runs on the freight railroads' tracks.

Kinda knew all of that.

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Only the Northeast and California have significant passenger rail service.

...It was built over 100 years ago and is constantly in a bedraggled state.

Which is why I was surprised by the state of the station. I can understand obsolete buildings and equipment, but the area around the tracks should be gravel, and trash pickup doesn't exactly require enormous expenditure of funds.

Cornan · « **Reply #246 on:** 20 Oct 2011, 00:59 »

The fact that she said it like this:

I- I love you too!

Makes me think that the issue is that she DOES and that's why she's freaking out. Not "omg, he said he loved me now what!?" or even "omg, I said I loved him but I'm not sure if I do or not" but "omg, I love him. OH SHIT HOW DID THIS HAPPEN HELP ME BOURBON YOU'RE MY ONLY HOPE!"

That's my best guess anyhow, we'll get clarification soon (I hope).

CompSarge · « **Reply #247 on:** 20 Oct 2011, 01:02 »

Quote from: Soulsynger on 20 Oct 2011, 00:13

++ Warning! People have rediscovered marquees! God help our brains. ++

Jeez, you don't need a "drunk Faye" alert. You just need a constant "Faye" alert. The last time a character got really drunk, it was still Faye dishing out the harsh fist-shaped truths.

Psyducks on parade!

idontunderstand · « **Reply #248 on:** 20 Oct 2011, 01:16 »

Ahh.. plot development. Bound to happen, of course, just didn't expect it to be this soon.

Prediction: She will need to talk to Marten. She will talk to Marten. It will end in butts.

OH NO WHAT DID I JUST SAY CURSE THIS DISEASE

Soulsynger · « **Reply #249 on:** 20 Oct 2011, 01:20 »

Hm... if professional drama-firefighter Marten gets called in and misses the party, Hanners prediction will be void and thus, the universe implodes and all thats left is butts and waffles. (Wafflebutts?, hello, new custom title)

No seriously, can we leave Steve and Padma alone? (she did remark on his cuteness once or twice in my recollection)

@idontunderstand:
Now when you say "it will end in butts", you don't mean... I mean... do you?

@Compsarge:

Quote from: CompSarge on 20 Oct 2011, 01:02

...and so on and so on ...

Psyducks on parade!

Thanks, now my brain is hemorrhaging.

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