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Snatching good from the jaws of bad, go comic
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Oh sure if she's a freshwater fish woman, then her capabilities for fighting aquatic crimes are limited. But there's plenty of work in the seas.
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Jul 19, 2016 11:06
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this fish character is good. please dont ruin it.
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Jul 19, 2016 16:21
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We have a two page streak for quality. Hoping for 3.
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Jul 20, 2016 04:01
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Panel 1 is so goddamn funny, please keep it up.
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Jul 20, 2016 21:00
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I'm a bit concerned that Allison's offering Amanda a job based on: Amanda shared her feelings, in Allison's presence, about having a grotesquely inhuman physical appearance Allison's charitable organization needs someone to help with keeping track of money Amanda's bored with being a game warden Amanda's taking accountancy classes
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Jul 22, 2016 15:02
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Parahexavoctal posted:I'm a bit concerned that Allison's offering Amanda a job based on: "Let's talk about my project sometime, here's my contact info" is good networking, not a job offer.
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Jul 22, 2016 15:10
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Also, it is a great way to have more Amanda in the future. How could you not want more Amanda in this comic?
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Jul 22, 2016 15:23
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I really hope this comic stays with Allison talking with the ladies about their lives. Her and Max are not an interesting couple.
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Jul 22, 2016 16:08
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Galvanik posted:I really hope this comic stays with Allison talking with the ladies about their lives. Yeah but whenever they're being a couple, the comments section is amazing.
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Jul 22, 2016 16:21
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I'm glad this new character Amanda will be a recurring one  Also she did this emote herself in the comic which is great
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Jul 23, 2016 01:23
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Wait is Max super rich too?
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Jul 23, 2016 01:26
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Flesh Forge posted:Wait is Max super rich too? Either that or very well connected. He also apparently has a pilots license
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Jul 23, 2016 03:54
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Flesh Forge posted:Wait is Max super rich too? I think that was strongly implied in the riverside conversation, though I wasn't 100% since I wasn't familiar with any of the places mentioned.
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Jul 23, 2016 04:48
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tbh I wasn't really paying attention becauseGalvanik posted:Her and Max are not an interesting couple.
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Jul 23, 2016 06:28
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Today's last panel rings familiar. My parents live in a neighborhood where most of the people do a lot of gardening and keep livestock and such, but a few just like the aesthetic and they pay people to keep horses for them and such.
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Jul 26, 2016 17:18
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Some amazing comments section stuff regarding how evil/douchey this guy is and how Patrick was a cool dude who she totally should have stuck with.
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Jul 27, 2016 04:05
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This guy is incredibly boring and Patrick was interesting, but he just comes across as a rich libertarian person not an evil person. (Though given the track record lately for subtlety he probably has a dungeon he kills homeless women in)
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Jul 27, 2016 04:35
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Only an incredibly rich white man could possibly be privileged enough to come close to Alison's biodynamic privilege. 
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Jul 27, 2016 05:36
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RiotGearEpsilon posted:Only an incredibly rich white man could possibly be privileged enough to come close to Alison's biodynamic privilege. 
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Jul 27, 2016 06:38
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Oh Gee, what a shocking twist the rich kid is an rear end in a top hat.
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Jul 29, 2016 09:27
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Oh comic. 
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Jul 29, 2016 10:18
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Oh no illegal immigrants, a crime!
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Jul 29, 2016 11:54
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Just when I thought this comic was starting to show some nuance.
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Jul 29, 2016 16:53
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You don't understand, man, those gardeners are totally free to quit and look for, uh, some rich person that won't exploit the fact that they're (probably) undocumented and have no legal standing. Or free to go back to wherever they're from! I guess the author is trying to write a character that is even more out of touch with reality than Allison, so we got a rich white guy who talks about how important freedom is on their date and apparently he likes to be free to employ people under the table with no employee protections. Those sorts tend to forget that poor people spend so much time working to make ends meet, there's not much time left over for being free to improve themselves. Having money means you need to work less and have more time pursuing goals beyond 'don't starve'. Couple pages back someone suspected this dude of being libertarian, but now that we know he's loaded, I'm not really sure that's likely. I tend to assume most libertarians are the types who didn't manage to get rich with the current version of society/capitalism, so they need to dream up a version in which they surely would succeed. This guy's already a success. Seems normal for him to want freedoms like 'having my gardeners do unpaid overtime'. 
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Jul 29, 2016 17:43
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Yeah, his deal seems more like being aggressively privileged and can't see things from other people's point of view. Which rather ties in to the last couple of scenes and Allison not having the same perspective on life as those who don't look human.
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Jul 29, 2016 18:01
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Psykmoe posted:I tend to assume most libertarians are the types who didn't manage to get rich with the current version of society/capitalism May I take you gently by the hand and introduce you to a sizable portion of the tech sector
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Jul 29, 2016 18:03
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Oh boy here we go
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Jul 29, 2016 18:23
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He's there to contrast Patrick, who can't help but empathize with everyone around him, and to drive her back to him
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Jul 29, 2016 18:32
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Christ' sake, comic.
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Jul 29, 2016 18:32
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Psykmoe posted:I tend to assume most libertarians are the types who didn't manage to get rich with the current version of society/capitalism, so they need to dream up a version in which they surely would succeed. I am sure there is that variety as well, but you get plenty of wealthy libertarians because it appeals to the idea that you have achieved your status on the basis of your personal skills and hard work and merit, and not because you were born into a white upper-class family that paid for your private schooling and got you a heritage placement at your dad's alma mater. Lots of people who do well don't like the suggestion that they are only there because of benefits and supports they had no part in controlling, because it suggests that given a different starting point they would have failed.
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Jul 29, 2016 19:11
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I suppose my perceptions have been too colored by Bitcoin threads of years past, while I haven't been particularly exposed to the opinions of actually successful people. I stand corrected. I've been really rather sheltered when it comes to weird fringe ideologies. I think it was a goon who posted years ago (or it is some other quote I can't source): quote:Objectivism fosters a world-view with a Manichean split into Right and Wrong (you can always pick Right as long as you are smart enough) and a belief in meritocracy (virtue always gets rewarded). This is popular with teenagers and young adults because they dislike thinking about shades of gray and they expect to win the game of life. Which might apply here, I could imagine the guy might have fooled himself into thinking his wealth is purely merit-based, and so is, obviously, the economic situation of his gardeners there. He and his family made the correct choices and are good people, ergo, they are well to do. Psykmoe fucked around with this message at 21:37 on Jul 29, 2016 |
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Jul 29, 2016 19:32
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Way to break a streak comic. Can't even count past 3, they're worse than Valve.
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Jul 29, 2016 21:39
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You know, I think we'd be complaining just as much if the boyfriend wasn't actually a hyper-privileged rich rear end in a top hat but instead just a rich dude with a more sympathetic rich dude perspective on the world to contrast Allison's worldview in a non-antagonistic manner. We'd be complaining about him being too perfect and an obvious mouthpiece for the author to set up reasonable arguments only to have Allison's superpowered social justice tear them to shreds, so that the author could dismantle those points to the audience. And then they'd kiss.
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Jul 29, 2016 21:58
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worth watching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o46HH-TfNY "Born Rich: Children of the Insanely Wealthy"
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Jul 29, 2016 22:11
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blastron posted:You know, I think we'd be complaining just as much if the boyfriend wasn't actually a hyper-privileged rich rear end in a top hat but instead just a rich dude with a more sympathetic rich dude perspective on the world to contrast Allison's worldview in a non-antagonistic manner. We'd be complaining about him being too perfect and an obvious mouthpiece for the author to set up reasonable arguments only to have Allison's superpowered social justice tear them to shreds, so that the author could dismantle those points to the audience. And then they'd kiss. If he actually had nuance to his character I would be complaining that it took the authors a trainwreck of an arc to get back to the standards they set.
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Jul 30, 2016 07:19
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Alright. I'm out. It's been a good run hoping for the upswing. But after clearly illegal labor boyfriend, the messages couldn't get more ham handed if they were actually hams. 
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Aug 2, 2016 02:38
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Lmao, drat, this guy is a real peach. You sure know how to pick them, Alison. Honestly, I hate this page so much more because it actually vindicates the commentators that were screaming he was pure evil on the first pages he appeared. He went from guy she rescued from a burning building to slightly ignorant libertarian to massively privileged dickhead pretty quickly.
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Aug 2, 2016 12:36
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It's weird to think that this guy is actually an improvement over Alison's previous crush though, in that while he is a rich prick he hasn't tried to take over the country or killed anyone with giant robots yet. Progress!
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Aug 2, 2016 14:47
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I think he actually is a big improvement over Patrick but I am pretty sure this guy is only here to contrast Patrick and make him look good by comparison - sure maybe he's a horrible mind raper but at least he doesn't exploit undocumented workers!
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