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As for this comic…
If you’ve never been to the halls of higher learning and have thus never learned why a women’s studies prof who specializes in post-colonial feminist literature is particularly formidable, just … just trust me. In the humanities field, there are two types of academics: the genial, quirky, chill variety, and the aggressive, angry variety. It’s not that the subject matter is inherently a problem or anything. It’s more that you don’t get into that academic field unless you really, really relish the fight.
I was kind of hoping for a “mom” moment, a peck on the cheek for just a slight bit of romanticism of the nuclear family I believe. But this is a bit better bonding than that time they both got Norwalk.
Much better.
Nothing brings a family together like fear.
[meta] Puck is interfering with Miranda’s exercise of her superpower.
Not sure what her power would be, but I’m willing to believe she has one.
Meanwhile,[0] Daffy is looking and acting much more mature than in previous pages; it becomes her.
[0] “back at the ranch”, as the cowboy movie trope has it
Everybody gotta grow up some time.
Peter Pan disagrees.
I have met a number of exceptions.
One in particular that I had the misfortune to share accommodations with, a… (two minutes spent self-censoring) 49 year old man whose words and behavior seemed totally alien to me: walking around without a shirt, insulting other tenants for no apparent reason, being a fat slob who made fun of others by calling them a fat slob, bragging about how many “bitches” he “banged, and how many weights he lifted “I do 75 bicep curls each arm, every day! That’s right! 130 every day!” (not only was his math wrong, it was a very apparent lie), trying to physically intimidate people by putting his face less than an inch from theirs, bragging about how much his house (that he’d been thrown out of) was worth (not how much of his mortgage he’d paid off, just the value of the house he wasn’t allowed to live in… which was quite average, frankly). Recording on his phone “proof” of how much better he was than the rest of the tenants, which really only amounted to him providing a record of his own criminal acts, such as harassment, abuse, assault, violation of privacy…
I’ll repeat: he was 49 years old.
…NONE of this behavior made ANY sense to me at all… until I could put it in the correct context. Imagine a 13 year old Jr. high school bully (who was also flunking most of his classes). Aha! Now the bizarre behavior has a pattern that fits! He was in exactly the same place, mentally, emotionally, and in how he tries to interact with other people, as a 13-year old bully.
No, we don’t all “have” to grow up sometime, but I think most of us should, if at all possible.
One wonders how you manage to remain 13 years old for 40 years straight. It must be a very special life circumstance that facilitates that.
He was going through a divorce (which surprised none of us who knew him). What baffles me is that he was able to get married in the first place.
Here i thought she was a real doctor imo unless you can prescribe drugs or heal them that’s not a doctor, that’s just a smart person.
Unless it’s a doctorate in media studies … in which case you call them “Mickey.”
I know a bunch of profs at my local university who would disagree. But I get it.
Heh! I once asked a “Studies” Professor who was very full of himself if his title range was the equivalent to a corporate middle manager. He was rather put out.
They tend to dislike those questions.
For a very long time in history, professors were called doctors, and medical practitioners were called barbers. 🙂
If you spend the time, money, and brain-sweat to earn a Doctorate (PHD – Piled Higher and Deeper), you have earned the right to be called “Doctor”.
After all, The Doctor is not a Doctor of Medicine…
Are you sure? She’s had enough time to earn quite a few MDs.
She’s too indolent to do anything that productive with her ample time.
That does sound like a scary lady.
I assume Bro Parvus refers to Miranda’s ability to turn everything nearby into a dirtier thing. A typical baby power.
But if all babies possess the power, isn’t it no longer super?
‘Common’ is not necessarily opposite of ‘super’.
Happening often does not mean it is not powerful.
Making fifty thousand more forklifts does not make all forklifts weaker.
But in Mother Russia, you do not make forklifts; the forklifts make you…
What’s with forklifts, anyway? Why are forklifts our unit of measurement here?
Pick ain’t afraid of no dragon!
But angry academics are much scarier!!! 😉
Dragons are easy. They can be placated by large quantities of meat. Or a single Matthew McConaughey.
I know I’m showing my lack of ‘clue’ here.
I don’t get the reference.
Still gonna say she’s just overprotective and quick to anger. I never even heard of that subject before anyway.
If you’ve never heard of it, good.
Aye, that!
This particular angry discipline has been at war with reality for a couple of decades. And reality is losing!
In my opinion, there are angry factions on both sides of the political spectrum who are at war with social norms. I won’t say ‘reality’ because reality is largely a product of those social norms, but I get what you’re saying. And yes, I would agree with you that the social norms are losing. To both sides. Simultaneously.
I dislike extremists of all types. I am a big fan of actual discourse. I am not a big fan of screaming fanatics or anyone who attends rallies and chants stuff.
But that’s just me.
Both? If only political spectrum had only two extreme sides …
Unemployable outside academia, right?
Well, you can say that about all Humanities academics, really.
Hey, someone needs to work at fast foods …
I’d say I feel bad for the father, but he knew what he was getting into.
Exactly. And there are certainly benefits to having a passionate fighter in your corner. As long as you keep them in your corner, of course.
Not necessarily.
There’s an old (as in BEFORE WW2 to today) saying…
A woman marries a man thinking he will change… and he doesn’t.
A man marries a woman thinking she won’t change… and she does.
In fact, I’m hoping he (or any male in this comic besides Tyler) finally grows a pair and lays down the law.
Powerful women are nice, but wimpy men are ridiculous.
I can already hear a certain dad saying (to his wife) “Woman… SIT!!!”
Then (to Daf) “listen girl, your past is fun to hear about, but it’s the past. If I hear another ‘bad report’, Tyler will be ‘off limits’ to you. if you think I can’t do it, think again.”
Then (to wife) “Tyler is my son, too. OUR only child. He should already have a younger brother or sister. That is something we are going to fix… starting TONIGHT!!!)”
Uh, no. Unlikely in this comic.
Oh no, not the department in the hall with the weird split-level and the potted trees!
The same! You know your McMaster campus!
I’d say baby’s reaction is perfectly natural. Might not understand the conversation, but can pick up on Puck’s reactions.
Babies is smart.
Dragons have very understandable motivations. I’ll admit, I was a humanities person, but I’ve never met one of the angry sort. Maybe I did it wrong.
Miranda’s practicing!
It must be noted that the angry subsection of academia has steadily increased its presence on campuses over time. All my genial, gentle profs were old. All my angry profs were young. Now only time will tell whether the angry young ones will eventually morph into genial old ones. But I don’t think so. I think the entire environment of academia changed.
Well, I don’t know about YOUR country, but people in my country have been getting steadly angrier since the 80’s.
So… This strip has me thinking of dragons and if they exist in the world of Puck or at least used to like dinosaurs. After all we have various mythical people just roaming around like it’s nothing.
I cannot say that they definitively do not exist in this universe. At all.
From what I’ve seen, those woman studies doctors specializing in feminism, and those that subscribe to their…ideals, are just misandrists passing themselves off as feminists. And deserve just as much voice and say as any misogynist does. And just as much contempt.
Some. Not all. A number have noble goals and view themselves as defenders of the downtrodden, voices of the voiceless, and honestly, that’s valid. But even the ones with noble goals are fighters. They need to be, I guess. And more power to them. I just … I don’t want to be in their targeting reticle.
As my brother once said, jerks exist in all races, creeds, colors, sexual orientations and academic disciplines.
So do sweet people.
If you think the academics with this attitude are scary, you should meet the ones that have “real jobs” and get more targets for their fanaticism. I’d feel sorry for their husbands, but those guys are already gone, so they don’t suffer.
Academics with real jobs?!? I feel (and this is just my personal old school bias) that you can’t have a real job and call yourself an academic.
WOO HOO !!!
Not to hoo-doo this, but this instant PUCK is number 19 on TWC.
That’s ain’t half bad.
Especially since it is THURSDAY, and mid-month.
EXCLELLENT.
ummm – EXCELLENT ?
We know who’s responsible for this success.
@EG
TRACEEE !!!!
(actually, it’s you)
If I didn’t know better, I’d be tempted to think his mom was based on my Gender Studies professor…
It’s a type.
Another wonderful TRACEEE incentive (and the voting results on TWC is no coincidence).
“Two Legs Good – Eight Legs Better”
George Orwell – Animal Farm
I don’t think that quotation’s right.
Tracee puts the spectacular in the tentacular!
@ChrisH
Hey, EG, if it is ok with you, I’d like to nominate ChrisH as the Official VP as THE OFFICIAL TRACEEE FAN CLUB.
(I’ve been the President for several years)
@ChrisH
For the duration, I have suspended the $4000 Initiation Fee and $3500 Annual Dues to the TRACEEE FAN CLUB.
The sole requirement, now, is to always refer to our beloved as TRACEEE.
Simply because it forces you to smile when you say her name.
@Salem Cat Thank you and it would be my pleasure. 🙂
P and VP
It’s OFFICIAL !
@EG
re latest incentive: TRACEEE is MY “Thing”, alright !
We knew that.