They essentially have a whole, fully functional adult mind, drenched in stupid hormones and with even less of an idea how to properly adult than most adults do.
When I was 18-19, people kept telling me that “Nobody knows how to be and adult! We’re all just faking it!”
And I thought “Well, apparently you have a better idea how to fake it than I do. Nodding, looking serious, and never saying anything in case it’s accidentally about Darkwing Duck can only get me so far.”
Eventually I gave up. These days, if I want people to think I’m an adult, I rely on being a balding heavyset man who gets out of breath easily, rather than my actions.
‘Tain’t easy. Not that I’ve needed to exercise my need to buy booze that much—for other people, not me, I don’t drink—but I got carded up to my late forties…
Actually, recent studies have shown that the human brain doesn’t fully mature until the early to middle twenties. Until then they tend to place a higher value on the same rewards for the same risks than adults.
Well, the typical adult. There’s still lots of “Here, hold my beer and watch this!”
I never had any reason to find out, but I imagine an overdose from allergy meds can’t be very healthy, especially when you’re not suffering from allergies in the first place. So, yeah, his bite is probably still dangerous.
Well Alfie, you’re probably right that Shelby was up to something, but your evidence that he’s responsible for the attacks is pretty circumstantial. Still, nice interrogation technique. Use what ya got, right?
Smart: figuring out that someone was probably involved in the sinister plot, with just minimal evidence.
Dumb: Accusing the guy without backup or telling anyone else about your conclusions. Nicely done.
There is a cabin in the wood, in the wood,
In Jersey Barrens neighborhood, neighborhood,
With goldenrod and lumber mills and devils that A-Sig
Can never, never, never, never, never, never really dig.
Chorus:
Fare thee well, for now I fight you,
With my mighty fangs I bite you,
And remember that I don’t think you’re so smart, you’re so smart.
Goodbye, goodbye, Shelby, goodbye, yes, goodbye.
I hope my meds will make you die, make you die!
I hope you don’t mind but I want you dead today.
Don’t take this goodbye-ing the wrong way.
He came here from Skin Horse HQ, Horse HQ.
Just why he’s here we have no clue.
And now we think this guy we did revere.
Had no good reason to be here.
Oh, sink my fangs deep in his skin, in his skin.
Allergic seizures can begin, can begin.
And when I’m finished I will watch it from afar,
With hopes my bites will leave a scar.
Chorus:
Fare thee well, for now I fight you,
With my mighty fangs I bite you,
And remember that I don’t think you’re so smart, you’re so smart.
—from “There Is a Tavern,” various. (Think Wally Cox.)
…Dude.
I don’t think that the allergy meds will do anything to make him less allergic to pain. ^_^
Alphie. Man. You’re hella smarter than I thought…..
You’d be surprised how insightful teens can be when they stop putting all their energy into being self-involved little shits.
They essentially have a whole, fully functional adult mind, drenched in stupid hormones and with even less of an idea how to properly adult than most adults do.
Here’s a hint from one who has just started to look adult
Fake it
Fake the hell out of it
Fake it long enough and no one will notice the fakeness
When I was 18-19, people kept telling me that “Nobody knows how to be and adult! We’re all just faking it!”
And I thought “Well, apparently you have a better idea how to fake it than I do. Nodding, looking serious, and never saying anything in case it’s accidentally about Darkwing Duck can only get me so far.”
Eventually I gave up. These days, if I want people to think I’m an adult, I rely on being a balding heavyset man who gets out of breath easily, rather than my actions.
‘Tain’t easy. Not that I’ve needed to exercise my need to buy booze that much—for other people, not me, I don’t drink—but I got carded up to my late forties…
See I like darkwing duck. Is darkwing duck an not adult?
Actually, recent studies have shown that the human brain doesn’t fully mature until the early to middle twenties. Until then they tend to place a higher value on the same rewards for the same risks than adults.
Well, the typical adult. There’s still lots of “Here, hold my beer and watch this!”
Where *I’m* from, we call them “ouchies.”
I never had any reason to find out, but I imagine an overdose from allergy meds can’t be very healthy, especially when you’re not suffering from allergies in the first place. So, yeah, his bite is probably still dangerous.
…you are getting very, very sleepy…
Now he won’t be able to operate heavy equipment.
Well it does make you slightly vulnerable to parasite infections i guess.
Alphie, champion of justice. Meting out unrelenting owies to evildoers everywhere.
Oh my god, Alphie can THINK?
Maybe if Alfie spat…
By the way [again], you guys didn’t update on GoComics [again]. If I didn’t know my way here I’d be miserable.
Well Alfie, you’re probably right that Shelby was up to something, but your evidence that he’s responsible for the attacks is pretty circumstantial. Still, nice interrogation technique. Use what ya got, right?
Smart: figuring out that someone was probably involved in the sinister plot, with just minimal evidence.
Dumb: Accusing the guy without backup or telling anyone else about your conclusions. Nicely done.
There is a cabin in the wood, in the wood,
In Jersey Barrens neighborhood, neighborhood,
With goldenrod and lumber mills and devils that A-Sig
Can never, never, never, never, never, never really dig.
Chorus:
Fare thee well, for now I fight you,
With my mighty fangs I bite you,
And remember that I don’t think you’re so smart, you’re so smart.
Goodbye, goodbye, Shelby, goodbye, yes, goodbye.
I hope my meds will make you die, make you die!
I hope you don’t mind but I want you dead today.
Don’t take this goodbye-ing the wrong way.
He came here from Skin Horse HQ, Horse HQ.
Just why he’s here we have no clue.
And now we think this guy we did revere.
Had no good reason to be here.
Oh, sink my fangs deep in his skin, in his skin.
Allergic seizures can begin, can begin.
And when I’m finished I will watch it from afar,
With hopes my bites will leave a scar.
Chorus:
Fare thee well, for now I fight you,
With my mighty fangs I bite you,
And remember that I don’t think you’re so smart, you’re so smart.
—from “There Is a Tavern,” various. (Think Wally Cox.)
Owies… reminds me of Sluggy Freelance’s “That Which Redeems” storyline. Is this a reference to Sluggy, or just a coincidence?
Well with any luck those allergy meds will make him fall asleep.
Not for the reason it made the devils sleep, just because of the drowsiness side effect of allergy medicine.