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[SubaruStephen]

They say that Chicken Soup can't hurt. But what about Hen Tea?

Hentai?

No, thats when Tai gets in an experimental teleporter with a bucket of KFC.

[sluthy]

How is Claire getting ahead of herself?

[vforvancouver]

(Insulting graphic)

I didn't deserve that.

Yes, yes you did. 
Sincerly, Every Tall Woman on Earth.

I don't know if this is being passive aggressive or aggressively passive, or something. 

[Is it cold in here?]

You may have to ask Bob about these puns. He may have Access to better material...  .... or at least have the Publisher throw out the Project.

I asked a Spanish-speaking person how many MS puns were in that last sentence and he said DOS. 

Really? I must need new glasses, cause I counted and got 95, then 98, then 2000.

XP

Then I gave up and looked out the door and gazed at the Vista.

I stopped worrying about it and read a Basic description of the noble gases, from helium to Xenix. 

Vaporware.

[SubaruStephen]

(Insulting graphic)

I didn't deserve that.

Yes, yes you did. 
Sincerly, Every Tall Woman on Earth.

I don't know if this is being passive aggressive or aggressively passive, or something. 

It's imitation outrage, used in a kidding manner. (I figure I should say that in case ReindeerFlotilla thinks I'm being serious. Or anyone else for that matter.)

[Is it cold in here?]

(Insulting graphic)

I didn't deserve that.

Yes, yes you did. 
Sincerly, Every Tall Woman on Earth.

Global Moderator Comment

I wish I had logged in earlier and caught this before it got bad. Everyone please avoid trading insults.

[osaka]

I'm going to defend RF here since he (?? correct me if I'm wrong) said that nobody deserved anything. But only slightly because it's not a joke one should make.

Then again, not a fan of the taller girls. I haven't seen many curvy tall girls in my life. Won't say no to one tho, it's not like they're monsters or anything. (And even if they were, I don't look like I give half a damn)

[BenRG]

I agree with everyone who has said that this strip shows classical squabbling siblings in Claire and Clinton. Clinton really brings out the worst in Claire, doesn't he? She as much as said so at the lake party. I guess that's just older siblings in general!

Now, what did Marten mean? I got that Claire was saying that Clinton is one of those guys who feel that their masculinity is threatened if their SO is significantly taller. How is that 'getting ahead of herself'? Only a guess but, under her snark, Claire is as optimistic about this as Clinton is. Marten is warning them not to be thinking too far ahead.

It's sort of nice that, even though she can't stop teasing him, Claire still wants, on a certain level, for Clinton to be happy.

[ysth]

But one expects that of Microsoft products.

Word. 

I wouldn't say that kind of joke will help you Excel, but I suppose it Works.

I've had about enough of this ribbon, though.

[ReindeerFlotilla]

(Insulting graphic)

I didn't deserve that.

Yes, yes you did. 
Sincerly, Every Tall Woman on Earth.

So you believe tall women should be treated differently. What do you have against short women? And women of unremarkable height?

I only have OneNote for you, you heightist: I'm disappointed in you. You won't get a Halo with that attitude.

[ReindeerFlotilla]

(Insulting graphic)

I didn't deserve that.

Yes, yes you did. 
Sincerly, Every Tall Woman on Earth.

I wish I had logged in earlier and caught this before it got bad. Everyone please avoid trading insults.

T'was being ironic, there. Sorry if it came off serious. I thought all the Microsoft puns would set the tone.

[stephber]

(Insulting graphic)

I didn't deserve that.

Yes, yes you did. 
Sincerly, Every Tall Woman on Earth.

I wish I had logged in earlier and caught this before it got bad. Everyone please avoid trading insults.

T'was being ironic, there. Sorry if it came off serious. I thought all the Microsoft puns would set the tone.

I believe the Microsoft puns just gave you a BSOD.  :: PT410X gives you a happy dance ::

[SubaruStephen]

(Insulting graphic)

I didn't deserve that.

Yes, yes you did. 
Sincerly, Every Tall Woman on Earth.

I wish I had logged in earlier and caught this before it got bad. Everyone please avoid trading insults.

T'was being ironic, there. Sorry if it came off serious. I thought all the Microsoft puns would set the tone.

I don't want to anger the moderators, so I'll take all the puns, teases, zingers, and anecdotes about my "preference" for tall women, write an x on a cardboard Box, dump everything in it, and stuff the XBox in the basement.

[snubnose]

Personally I simply prefer shorter women because everything that makes women look cuter, including short statue, attracts me.

While a woman like Katherine Zeta-Jones has very little hold of me. Beautiful, yes, but tall and very adult looking.

[MrNumbers]

Personally I simply prefer shorter women because everything that makes women look cuter, including short statue, attracts me.

While a woman like Katherine Zeta-Jones has very little hold of me. Beautiful, yes, but tall and very adult looking.

Whilst I know what you meant, you are aware that you just implied that if a girl looks adult to you, it's a turn-off?

[hedgie]

Aye, that bit disturbed me as well.  I have dated rather younger looking women in the past, but I've certainly reached that age where anyone who looks under about 25 or so looks "too young".

[Zebediah]

My wife is tall for a woman - 5' 10.5". I'm taller, though - 6' 4". I've never dated a woman taller than me for the simple reason that there aren't that many of them. I did dance with a woman taller than me once - she was 6' 5" and on the UNC women's basketball team. She was quite attractive, as young women in good physical condition tend to be.

Of course, I could mention the year I dated a woman who was 4'6" tall. We got a lot of strange looks.

[hedgie]

I'm almost as tall as you, and, given the sexual dimorphism in our species, I'm unlikely to meet any woman who is as tall as I, or even close.  But I liked it when exes were wearing heels, mainly because they suddenly became closer in height, and and I didn't feel like I was walking with (or dancing with) someone from the Shire. 

But for $DEITY'S sake, this shite is getting *really* sexist.  Well, it has been.  Too much about how women "ought to be", and whatnot.  People have different preferences, granted, but that is not the end-all or be-all of dynamics b/n people. 

[BenRG]

But for $DEITY'S sake, this shite is getting *really* sexist.  Well, it has been.  Too much about how women "ought to be", and whatnot.  People have different preferences, granted, but that is not the end-all or be-all of dynamics b/n people.

It's interesting that you mentioned sexual dimorphism. It is hardly a rule and there are exceptions (often extreme exceptions). That said, I wonder the degree to which our concept of 'attractive' and 'desirable' is all wrapped up in instinctive coding about what is the appearance of (a) a member of our species and (b) a healthy mate.

[explicit]

Hm, I'm 5'11" and I've pretty much only dated women about a foot shorter than me (I think, 4'11", 5'1", 5'2", 5'4", 5"4 out of people I've had a relationship over 3 months with). I'm not entirely sure it's a preference, I just know that every girl I've wanted to date who's about my height only liked guys much taller than me. I think it's more that shorter girls are more open to me? But I'm not positive, never really been able to figure out what I like in a person.

[jwhouk]

I dunno why people are so weird about girls being taller than the guy in a couple. Do tall girls not deserve love?

I'll ask my wife. She's only about 7 inches taller than me.

[jwhouk]

But one expects that of Microsoft products.

Word. 

I wouldn't say that kind of joke will help you Excel, but I suppose it Works.

Grrrroooooooooaaannn. That pun's about as bad as Windows Me.


EDIT: ...aaaaand then he read the rest of the thread. 

[Tem200]

I'm almost as tall as you, and, given the sexual dimorphism in our species, I'm unlikely to meet any woman who is as tall as I, or even close.  But I liked it when exes were wearing heels, mainly because they suddenly became closer in height, and and I didn't feel like I was walking with (or dancing with) someone from the Shire. 

 

I'm somewhat short, and for me, walking with tall men is like Rosie Cotton going on a date with Legolas. It just is not that comfortable, and I don't get why some people prefer height differences of any sort.

The demand that the man always be taller is sexist on top of that, but other than that ... why would anyone prefer a girlfriend or boyfriend they can only kiss using a stepladder? If you fall in love you fall in love, but to actively seek out people who are taller or shorter (and reject people of about the same height as oneself because of that) - why?

[MooskiNet]

I'm almost as tall as you, and, given the sexual dimorphism in our species, I'm unlikely to meet any woman who is as tall as I, or even close.  But I liked it when exes were wearing heels, mainly because they suddenly became closer in height, and and I didn't feel like I was walking with (or dancing with) someone from the Shire. 

 

I'm somewhat short, and for me, walking with tall men is like Rosie Cotton going on a date with Legolas. It just is not that comfortable, and I don't get why some people prefer height differences of any sort.

The demand that the man always be taller is sexist on top of that, but other than that ... why would anyone prefer a girlfriend or boyfriend they can only kiss using a stepladder? If you fall in love you fall in love, but to actively seek out people who are taller or shorter (and reject people of about the same height as oneself because of that) - why?

Attempting to apply logic to attraction is a losing game at best.  You like what you like, and hopefully it's legal.  The rest is finding someone with compatible tastes.

[Tem200]

Attempting to apply logic to attraction is a losing game at best.  You like what you like, and hopefully it's legal.  The rest is finding someone with compatible tastes.

I apply logic because, apparently, others apply something resembling rational thought, by stating that they would "never date a guy who is shorter/a woman who is taller" than them. Which does not fall into the field of "you like what you like". 

Also, the question should not be whether it is legal as much as whether it is ethical.

[poofdepoof]

But for $DEITY'S sake, this shite is getting *really* sexist.  Well, it has been.  Too much about how women "ought to be", and whatnot.  People have different preferences, granted, but that is not the end-all or be-all of dynamics b/n people.

It's interesting that you mentioned sexual dimorphism. It is hardly a rule and there are exceptions (often extreme exceptions). That said, I wonder the degree to which our concept of 'attractive' and 'desirable' is all wrapped up in instinctive coding about what is the appearance of (a) a member of our species and (b) a healthy mate.

I'm 5'1" and I've often discovered, as a coincidence, that many of the boys I'm attracted to have been precisely my dad's height. My dad isn't particularly tall (5'6"), and honestly most people, guys and girls, are taller than me anyway, so it's not like I'm just looking for "taller"... So maybe there's a point to all that "instinctive coding" bit - my dad is my closest model to what a married man and father looks like, so maybe my subconscious is pointing me to those kinds of people?

[Estron]

Actually I think he should be blushing, especially if he is hot under the collar

That may not be where he's hot.

[Kugai]

To paraphrase Spock, logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end.


I've just realised, Claire and Clinton are Dexter and DeeDee 

[questionablydiscontent]

They say that Chicken Soup can't hurt. But what about Hen Tea?

Hentai?

No, thats when Tai gets in an experimental teleporter with a bucket of KFC.

Not to be confused with Hantai which is manga full of HannelorexTai porn.
The ship none of the icebergs saw coming.

[MooskiNet]

Doritos - the official snack of the Northampton Eight String Guitar Club.

[Schwungrad]

But for $DEITY'S sake, this shite is getting *really* sexist.  Well, it has been.  Too much about how women "ought to be", and whatnot.  People have different preferences, granted, but that is not the end-all or be-all of dynamics b/n people.

I think we should also distinguish between aesthetic preferences (which are perfectly legitimate, but do hopefully not overshadow other considerations) and the observations (that of course also differ between individuals) that a certain height difference might be percieved as advantageous or disadvantageous in certain situations. E.g. my ex-girlfriend was slightly taller than me, and never once did the thought cross my mind that she would be even more attractive if she were a bit shorter. But in the few social situations where she felt obligated to wear shoes with heels (and thus increase the height difference, because western fashion for whatever reason does not feature height-enhancing shoes as a standard part of men's formal wardrobe, and I'm not enough of a rebel to boldly defy such conventions), I did feel uncomfortable about the height difference.

On another note, I love Claire's tongue-sticking face. And I find it kinda hypocritical of her to mock her brother's shortness, seeing as she is the same height.

[hedgie]

I think that I have mentioned before that I differentiate having a "type" from saying only "x" is beautiful || attractive, so I share your view that one can go against "type" due to other considerations.

On the second note, Claire loves mocking her brother for any reason she can.  Much like how at the lake house party, she said that Clinton's hand fell off from wanking too much.  She likes tormenting her younger brother.  It's a thing that siblings do, no matter how hypocritical.

[eschaton]

My two cents as a guy whose 5'8" - just at the bottom side of average, but not quite short.

In my single life, I mostly dated short women (generally around 5'2" give or take a few inches).  But I also dated women my height or an inch or two taller a few times.  My general experience was that women on the taller side were actually pretty open to dating shorter guys, because many guys their own height wanted shorter women, and if they just stuck to guys taller than they were they'd end up ruling out a lot of potential partners.  The only women I found were really picky about not dating guys in my height range were more women who were around 5'6", because 90% of guys were their height or taller and they could "afford" to be picky.

That said, I went on a few dates with women even taller (in the 5'11" to 6' range) and I just couldn't go through with it in their cases.  I don't care one whit about if a woman is a few inches taller than I am, but once they got in that range, they started having notably larger hands than I did.  And, not to sound homophobic or anything, but just holding hands with someone with larger hands than me just skeeved me the fuck out. 

[Gladstone]

Comic's up.  I think Emily needs to spend some time considering dogs next.

[hedgie]

Or maybe she would just rather date French guys 

[Rghfrgl]

You can think about dogs, but there's really not much to consider. They're pretty cool.

[Kugai]

I wonder if she considers the Lillies as well.


Things just get interestinger and interesinger.




Warning - while you were typing a new bed of Lillies was planted. You may wish to review your garden.

[Method of Madness]

You can think about dogs, but there's really not much to consider. They're pretty cool.

And fuzzy!

[bhtooefr]

For what it's worth, as a 6'1" guy... I find that my aesthetic preferences are somewhere around 5'0"-5'4". However, I certainly find women outside of that range attractive (and in my case, it's not even a "women should be tiny and weak and submissive" thing, I think my aesthetic preferences in general are just heavily influenced by one particular woman in my past - the rest of my preferences tend to be for women who are smarter than me and could kick my ass (which isn't hard, but...))

And, I've not really had to deal with the practicalities of a big height difference, although with the woman in my past (who was like 5'1" or 5'2"), I doubt it would've been an issue.

As far as dating someone taller than me... that would just be weird. I'm used to being one of the taller people in an environment, and at most having to look levelish at people, so looking up at someone is something that I find strange in all human interactions.

[SubaruStephen]

So, Emily doesn't know what her type is?

[MrNumbers]

You're being needlessly cruel Claire. Just think of all your brother's wonderful redeeming qualities like...

... like...

Like his... hand?

[Gladstone]

Hey, it probably has some...interesting...settings...

[Method of Madness]

So, Emily doesn't know what her type is?

I don't know what my type is.

[hedgie]

Helvetica?

[jwhouk]

Tahoma. Definitely Tahoma.

[Method of Madness]

You guys know me better than I know myself apparently

[Undrneath]

I'm more of a Times New Roman kinda guy myself

[Neko_Ali]

What, no love for Comic Sans?

[wlewisiii]

I'm more of a Times New Roman kinda guy myself

Heh.

I actually do prefer this typeface to others. For whatever reason I find it soothing to read a book printed in it.

[SubaruStephen]

So, Emily doesn't know what her type is?

Now that I think of it, Emily is probably Wing-dings.