So… Makes me wonder about what story inspired this comic. Neighbor? Local store interaction? mmmmm

  • Nougat
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    The suggestion that parents should hit their children is an interesting one.

    • @Solumbran
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      Yep, because the only way to teach kids is through physical abuse apparently.

      • @dohpaz42
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        910 days ago

        Gotta switch it up from all the emotional abuse every now and then. Keep them kids on their toes. /s

      • @[email protected]
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        God wants us to hit children. That’s why he made them smaller than us. (This is sarcasm.)

        Some people underestimate how strong a few minutes of boredom works as a deterent to bad behavior in kids. And there’s always the nuclear option - a long rambling academic lecture, with the only escape being through demonstrating (age appropriate) active listening skill practice.

        I think my kids sometimes wish I used corporal punishment…heh.

  • @Sidhean
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    1910 days ago

    Well thats… kinda fucked. I’m more fine with violence being used against an adult if all else fails, but “you’re a jerk. your parents should have beat you more” is a bit Yikes

    • merde alors
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      1110 days ago

      but “you’re a jerk. your parents should have beat you more” is a bit Yikes

      that’s not what i read. more like “your parents should have dealt with this when you were a kid. They didn’t so i’m doing it now… but if you insist on being “a jerk”, i may need to paddle you to maturity.”

    • HubertManneOP
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      So if you read her comics there is a lot of visual representations of internal dialogue. Like her devil and angel. Now granted comics can do things like have a character having a sword (paddle I guess but it looks like a sword) all of a sudden but hers is sorta a comic blog/diary thing. So I think a lot of this is about feeling when encountering an unreasonable person.