Just wanted you to know that you’ve started me on a QC marathon that has consumed my life. I’ve read like 3000 pages so far.
On one hand, I was definitely using this to procrastinate and avoid critical tasks, and will be facing rather unpleasant consequences soon.
On the other hand, reading multiple character arcs of shitty and/or fucked-up people getting their lives together (albeit in cute, orthogonal-to-reality sitcom fashion), and growing in really beautiful ways, has led me to reconsider my approach to life a bit. I might even try this ‘self-love’ thing everyone seems to be talking about. Can’t hurt, I guess.
If you’ve actually read this far - I’m taking suggestions on how to start! (If you don’t have any, that’s cool; thanks for reading my rant anyway.)
In summary - I fucked up again but it might have been worth it. Chaos Theory Butterflies 🦋. Insert obscure QC in-joke here.
hell yeah
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Concerning suggestions (not to be prescriptive): I. Becoming Lost and Losing Your Way; in a era where nothing seems to work; is a positive vector, even when it feels scary. II. The lens of [fight, weapon, enemy,] collapses be-ing into something binary, which is well understood by apparatuses of oppression. Inhabiting the cracks in crumbling systems allows for ternary evasion: Every day, black slaves fought by singing to each other.
Concerning self-love: crimethinc-Ferdinand tackles love well; I think you are right. As for self, a non-alienating reconsideration of what the self is may lead to wonderful developments. We are more than just minds, or bodies, or gut biomes.spoiler
Perhaps unrelated thought: When Martin finally called it quits with Dora, he acted in an direction of self-love that encompassed his entire community (& comic & readers & author) as the self, even if everyone was fucked up over it
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Ooh, that’s a lot to think about!
I’m still working through the links you sent in that other post you deleted (not sure why you did). Mind-altering stuff…
Opens closet door and tsunami of ‘things’ come flowing out, knocking over people and furniture.
(don’t look under the bed, either)
omg these comics are so great <3
and the characters are all so relatable
Oh wow, haven’t thought of this comic in awhile! I wonder if Shortpacked! is still going…
There’s been an interesting arc with Marten for a while.
I couldn’t speak as to Shortpacked, but Dumbing of Age is still going strong
I was late getting into this comic, only starting to read it around 2012/2013. I don’t know what I’m going to do if/when Jeph finally retires.
