Topic: WCDT strips 4741-4745 (14-18 March 2022) (Read 13753 times)

jwhouk · « **on:** 13 Mar 2022, 09:24 »

Here ya go.

Farideh · « **Reply #1 on:** 13 Mar 2022, 12:47 »

This is very bright and early 😊

jwhouk · « **Reply #2 on:** 13 Mar 2022, 18:27 »

Daylight saving time? Who needs it when we have all the daylight we need?

Marigold turns into more of a goblin the more we find out about her past...

Farideh · « **Reply #3 on:** 13 Mar 2022, 18:57 »

It's funny how Marbear transitions from 'Awww, Dad!' to 'Arrrgh, DA-HAD!' in the space of 1 panel.

Gyrre · « **Reply #4 on:** 13 Mar 2022, 20:45 »

D'awww!

Also, ah dangit! My poll idea was to ask the forumites which of the following they identified as; goblin, gremlin, kobold, pixie, gnome, or other.

Farideh · « **Reply #5 on:** 13 Mar 2022, 21:03 »

There's always next week!

traroth · « **Reply #6 on:** 14 Mar 2022, 00:06 »

Look at Marigold's father denying the importance of luck in success...

Meritocracy is a myth.

BenRG · « **Reply #7 on:** 14 Mar 2022, 00:23 »

From panels 3 and 4, May was just convincing herself that Marigold was kind of cute but suddenly wasn't so sure.

As a broader lesson from this strip, I wonder how many thing we did more or less by accident that, for some reason, those who know us are assuming was just us being cunning?

Perfectly Reasonable · « **Reply #8 on:** 14 Mar 2022, 04:42 »

Am trying to picture Marigold as a tween, playing soccer.

( but whos gonna kill those spiders )

Mr_Rose · « **Reply #9 on:** 14 Mar 2022, 05:57 »

Quote from: traroth on 14 Mar 2022, 00:06

Look at Marigold's father denying the importance of luck in success...

Meritocracy is a myth.

Eh it’s both. Seriously. You can work as hard as you like and never get a break and you can get breaks left and right but if you don’t work hard to exploit any break you get you will never advance on either path.

shanejayell · « **Reply #10 on:** 14 Mar 2022, 06:54 »

Jeph should do a 'Nocturnal Dumpster Goblin' t-shirt.

dutchrvl · « **Reply #11 on:** 14 Mar 2022, 07:07 »

Quote from: traroth on 14 Mar 2022, 00:06

Look at Marigold's father denying the importance of luck in success...

Meritocracy is a myth.

I don't see him denying the importance of luck at all. To me it sounds like he's telling Marigold that she shouldn't dismiss her success as only happening by accident, which is the right thing to do IMO.

Some degree of luck almost always plays a role with any kind of success, but I think nobody becomes successful at anything purely by luck. Therefore it is okay to take at least some credit as to what you managed to achieve. Good dad to build up his daughter's self-confidence.

traroth · « **Reply #12 on:** 14 Mar 2022, 08:26 »

Quote from: Mr_Rose on 14 Mar 2022, 05:57

Quote from: traroth on 14 Mar 2022, 00:06
Look at Marigold's father denying the importance of luck in success...

Meritocracy is a myth.
Eh it’s both. Seriously. You can work as hard as you like and never get a break and you can get breaks left and right but if you don’t work hard to exploit any break you get you will never advance on either path.

That's what I mean. Luck is a huge part of success, and of wht is left, work is not the most important either. Connections, for example, play a key role (I'm not saying it is relevant to the comic, though).

sitnspin · « **Reply #13 on:** 14 Mar 2022, 08:43 »

Connections are part of the luck factor.

hedgie · « **Reply #14 on:** 14 Mar 2022, 11:29 »

Both blind luck, and hard work, in my experience. Often, maintaining connections can involve a bit of effort, especially for those who have social difficulties. I know that I have hurt myself career-wise by avoiding people I work with while off the clock, and not bothering at all after they or I leave.

Gyrre · « **Reply #15 on:** 14 Mar 2022, 13:02 »

Quote from: Farideh on 13 Mar 2022, 21:03

There's always next week!

Very true.

Quote from: sitnspin on 14 Mar 2022, 08:43

Connections are part of the luck factor.

Reminds me of a post I saw recently about the wild things people raised with money will ask other people. The post concluded with someone sardonically posting, "Have you tried being born into money? It's easy! I did it all by myself."

Meritocracy is one of those things that sounds great on paper, but the praxis is almost impossible.

TV4Fun · « **Reply #16 on:** 14 Mar 2022, 18:48 »

Comic. Jeph has definitely not been reading our comments 😅.

Farideh · « **Reply #17 on:** 14 Mar 2022, 19:40 »

Cue Markiplier yelling "THE LORE!"

shanejayell · « **Reply #18 on:** 14 Mar 2022, 21:03 »

Robots dreaming intrigues me. WHY, especially.

BenRG · « **Reply #19 on:** 14 Mar 2022, 23:55 »

I think that dream is a kind of flashback to the worse days at the convenience store. One way or another, May is well rid of that phase of her life!

Quote from: shanejayell on 14 Mar 2022, 21:03

Robots dreaming intrigues me. WHY, especially.

Basically the same reason as us and even a similar mechanism - the sensory processing parts of the brain reacting to short term memories being sent to long-term storage.

Gyrre · « **Reply #20 on:** 15 Mar 2022, 05:23 »

Quote from: BenRG on 14 Mar 2022, 23:55

I think that dream is a kind of flashback to the worse days at the convenience store. One way or another, May is well rid of that phase of her life!

Quote from: shanejayell on 14 Mar 2022, 21:03
Robots dreaming intrigues me. WHY, especially.

Basically the same reason as us and even a similar mechanism - the sensory processing parts of the brain reacting to short term memories being sent to long-term storage.

Doubly so in this case as it's been stated in universe that these AI's mental substrate functions in much akin to that of our own squishy brains.

I can relate on the recurring work nightmare dreams, too. Occasionally even now, I'll be haunted and daunted by the clack clack clacking of ceramic plates and bowls at the end of a plastic segmented blue conveyor belt (I haven't worked that job in just shy of a decade).

Perfectly Reasonable · « **Reply #21 on:** 15 Mar 2022, 07:17 »

There is no such thing as big evil boob demons.

hedgie · « **Reply #22 on:** 15 Mar 2022, 09:06 »

Clearly, you don’t play FFXIV:

Edit: There seem to be three kinds of monsters in that game, too adorable to kill, awe-inspiring (like the various dragon designs), and “Lovecraft was an amateur” level horrors like the boss with dozens of boobs.

Wingy · « **Reply #23 on:** 15 Mar 2022, 09:49 »

Quote from: Perfectly Reasonable on 15 Mar 2022, 07:17

There is no such thing as big evil boob demons.

The way May describes that, my minds eye sees a giant boob, nipple at the apex, with eyes and mouths on it like a Christmas tree. I'm waiting with bated breath for a picture of this stream... Primarily because my rational mind is saying "That can't be right.".

Ghanima Atreides · « **Reply #24 on:** 15 Mar 2022, 12:03 »

Sounds to me like May wants to be a Daemonette (Slaanesh approved!

)

Perfectly Reasonable · « **Reply #25 on:** 15 Mar 2022, 16:39 »

'tail with a sword' made me think of Orochi.

{ now if the tail had a broom on the end )

We could ask the kids she broomed out of the shop about the big evil boob demon.
I will now be watching the fanart thread closely. Rule 34, you know.

TV4Fun · « **Reply #26 on:** 15 Mar 2022, 16:42 »

Quote from: shanejayell on 14 Mar 2022, 21:03

Robots dreaming intrigues me. WHY, especially.

Perhaps similar to human dreaming, it serves as a way to refresh and sort through old memories and to keep the (robotic equivalent of the) visual cortex active so it doesn't get taken over by other parts of the brain.

Y · « **Reply #27 on:** 15 Mar 2022, 18:54 »

New comic. I was a bit anxious when I saw the comic title appear on my rss plugin.

I watch a couple of streamers, and when they have an argument, chat uses the the phrase "Is this the end of the (group name)?" and sometimes picked up by one of the streamers with "this was the last (group name) stream".

Farideh · « **Reply #28 on:** 15 Mar 2022, 19:54 »

This sounds like the kind of joke that my husband and I would've made when we were engaged.

Gyrre · « **Reply #29 on:** 15 Mar 2022, 20:34 »

I may not be the sharpest knife in the Caesar when it comes to social interactions [1], but I'm pretty sure I've got friends who'd do this if they ever changed thrir stance on marriage.

[1]obligatory OSP Blue quote for the Ides of March

EDIT typo correction. Feels like my wrist is Caesar and the senators are stabbing it.

St.Clair · « **Reply #30 on:** 15 Mar 2022, 23:55 »

Incidentally and FYI, every month has ides; it just means "middle". But only one had a famous general/politician get stabbed on 'em, and then plays got written about it.

BenRG · « **Reply #31 on:** 16 Mar 2022, 00:04 »

The point is, Claire, that you don't know and that is at least to be supposed to be the joke.

Ever notice that what is funny to some people just causes distress in others? I learned that a decade ago and had to retire some of what I thought were my funniest routines!

Farideh · « **Reply #32 on:** 16 Mar 2022, 00:14 »

Humor is very subjective indeed.

Mr_Rose · « **Reply #33 on:** 16 Mar 2022, 03:28 »

The real question in my mind is will they keep doing this bit after the wedding? Because that would probably actually be funnier.

shanejayell · « **Reply #34 on:** 16 Mar 2022, 04:53 »

Awww, that was cute.

keithcurtis · « **Reply #35 on:** 16 Mar 2022, 08:30 »

In our house, the standard joke like that is, "You've ruined Christmas!". This can even be said in July.

ctishman · « **Reply #36 on:** 16 Mar 2022, 08:33 »

Is this Loss?

TV4Fun · « **Reply #37 on:** 16 Mar 2022, 15:01 »

Quote from: ctishman on 16 Mar 2022, 08:33

Is this Loss?

Raptorofwar · « **Reply #38 on:** 16 Mar 2022, 15:23 »

I love them to bits.

Near Lurker · « **Reply #39 on:** 16 Mar 2022, 18:10 »

I thought one of the primary selling points of the dark side was the cookies.

Mr_Rose · « **Reply #40 on:** 16 Mar 2022, 19:06 »

Quote from: Near Lurker on 16 Mar 2022, 18:10

I thought one of the primary selling points of the dark side was the cookies.

It’s that they have cookies. Not that they are any good. It’s like “I’d buy that for a dollar!” – a great marketing slogan.

Farideh · « **Reply #41 on:** 16 Mar 2022, 19:09 »

I was a regular Girl Scout. Wish I'd had the option to be a Goth one instead.

Baz_Yat · « **Reply #42 on:** 16 Mar 2022, 20:16 »

Quote from: Farideh on 16 Mar 2022, 19:09

I was a regular Girl Scout. Wish I'd had the option to be a Goth one instead.

I was, briefly, in the British boy scouts. I think I'd have wanted to be a Goth Scout instead too...

sitnspin · « **Reply #43 on:** 16 Mar 2022, 20:22 »

To be fair, if they had met years ago it would have been before Dora's therapy and subsequent emotional growth so they likely wouldn't have worked out. It's much better that they met when they did.

Gyrre · « **Reply #44 on:** 16 Mar 2022, 20:28 »

Quote from: St.Clair on 15 Mar 2022, 23:55

Incidentally and FYI, every month has ides; it just means "middle". But only one had a famous general/politician get stabbed on 'em, and then plays got written about it.

And it's a tumblr holiday.

[I've been on since 2011. They'll have to burn me off like a tick.]

Near Lurker · « **Reply #45 on:** 16 Mar 2022, 20:58 »

...I didn't even know Tumblr existed in 2011.

DaiJB · « **Reply #46 on:** 16 Mar 2022, 21:36 »

These two are cute together.

And I want to see the shorts!

edit: Oh yes, the poll - And now for "something completely different"...Marigold's Dad used to be a lumberjack...

TV4Fun · « **Reply #47 on:** 16 Mar 2022, 22:19 »

"unsupervised night canoeing" is the strangest euphemism I've ever heard.

shanejayell · « **Reply #48 on:** 17 Mar 2022, 04:19 »

Happy St Paddy's Day, too.

traroth · « **Reply #49 on:** 17 Mar 2022, 05:52 »

Quote from: sitnspin on 14 Mar 2022, 08:43

Connections are part of the luck factor.

At least a big part of it.

THESE FORUMS NOW CLOSED (read only)

Poll

What else about Marigold's family will we discover?

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