Had the absolute stupidest case of writers/artists block trying to figure out the last two panels. Just… Bleargh.
Apply liberally to affected area for relief of burning and itching sensations. Not to be taken internally. Side effects include burning and itching sensation.
Say what you will about her…. that gash on her arm does not look shallow. And she’s not flailing about due to the venom on her face. AND she headbutted a shrieking Sarnothi, which webhave seen has debilitating effects even in short bursts.
Amanda is one tough cookie.
To be fair, they’re two different types of stinging. And no matter what rubbing alcohol is the worst of them all. At least neither of them need stitches.
Isopropyl Alcohol in a cut is not a fun thing. Amanda is definitely tough. Consider that whatever gashed her (probably Tehk’s claws) tore through the clothing first before gouging out the meat.
Ok, so at least *someone* didn’t shove their heads in the sand and say that “oh, our children would never spit venom on someone.” and instead gave them some form of antidote.
Kids are kids, whether they have fins or feet.
Strictly speaking, though, that statement is accurate: venom must be injected into the bloodstream. Sarnothi spit, by contrast, causes a toxic reaction even if applied to directly to the skin. Therefore, it is poison, not venom.
(Then again, Jessie is the only one in that conversation who makes the proper distinction between the two terms. Probably why she’s the one looking to be a teacher. 😉 )
Couple of thoughts about Tehk’s face.
The secretary cleans up his scrape with the alcohol rub, and he screams in agony. Cries like a little girl. Amanda is tougher. 😛
Or the secretary cleans up his scrape with the alcohol rub and he immediately goes into convulsions, since his system cannot accept the alcohol. Oh no.
Or they have actually thought this through, and the secretary has some Sarnothi first aid stuff to clean his scratches, that will not hurt him.
Well, the Doc did say he tried alcohol to numb himself when he cut his finger webbings away, and it didn’t go well…
I’d guess that Doc used alcohol internally, not to clean the wounds. External use of alcohol hurts in a wound but does not numb.
Amanda is tough, for sure. Are you using that “cries like a little girl” phrase …ironically? I can’t think of even one of Dave’s female kid characters who’s noticeably into crying.
Over here in the real world, consider editing it out of your vocabulary entirely… because every time you say it you perpetuate the notion that only girls cry and when boys do, it’s shameful only because it makes them like girls. I was raised thinking that, too, but it’s SO not fair to little boys. It messes with their heads and does lasting damage. All very young children cry. If you want to say tears are a sign of weakness and not-crying is a sign of strength, it’s better to say, “cries like a little kid.”
“Grownups shouldn’t cry” isn’t always true either, of course, but being tough enough to endure pain and other misfortunes without tears is a valuable life skill for all adults, men and women. Better to hook the message to a boy’s desire to be thought older and more mature, rather than get it all mixed up in his head with contempt for girls.
“Cries like a little girl” is an insult directed at boys. Those that do it are often told to “put their big girl panties on”.
I’m sorry that you have apparently sucked down so much of the politically-correctness koolaid that you no longer know how people in the real world talk.
And you are using “ironically” incorrectly.
I dunno about “political correctness kool-aid”, I’ve seen lots of areas that try to move away from gender-based insults like that. Sometimes it’s more about trying to coach kids away from keeping old bad habits in play.
“People in the real world” are often douchenuggets of the highest order. It’s up to us to be better.
I explained why it’s bad for boys. Now spend a moment to think about what it’s like, in this real world we both live in, for girls to have their entire gender used as an insult.
I do get that people around you, people you perhaps care about, have always talked this way, and perhaps it feels like it would be going against them to change your own habit of speech. But, you know… there’s nothing wrong with setting a good example.
Wow. When your inappropriate language is pointed out to you, not only do you not correct you… you double down on the misogyny. Impressive level of stupidity, sir!
Sessine gave you a very good explanation of why your usage was inappropriate and offensive to both boys *and* girls. Consider reading it again.
Alpo, consider that accusing someone of “drinking the politically correct kool-aid” is not the best way to get them to change their minds about something.
Instead, consider providing research that shows that using “like a girl” as an insult doesn’t do any harm. Personally, I have no evidence either way, but I don’t see that it makes the world a worse place to attempt to gently steer people away from using “like a girl” as an insult.
After careful consideration, I have concluded that “cries like a girl,” is an expression used in a toxic way by society to get boys to repress and bury their natural emotional responses. To perpetuate the toxic Macho image. (refer to Chauvin)
On a side note of all of this, crying isn’t always related to pain or sadness either. People can cry when they feel any emotion too strongly, whether pain, anger, happiness or another emotion. So if someone is crying because they are so emotional (whichever emotion) they can’t handle it, pointing it out and insulting it probably isn’t the best way to stop it. Not that crying at the drop of a hat is a good thing and it is good in the adult world to be able to handle a stressful situation without having a breakdown, but kids are still learning. The best way to let them handle something is to give them time to get their emotions under control, not insult them or tell them to toughen up. Teaching kids to hate their emotions tends to give them less control over them instead of teaching them how to recognize, accept and deal with emotions.
This is very true. I am way more likely to cry from anger than sadness or pain.
How many episodes did I miss?!?
Ointment – better than hearing the words, “Just pee on it.”
OK, this makes sense now. I was wondering why Dave was drawing Amanda with freckles.
On the transcript…
The side effects of a treatment for something that causes burning and itching are burning and itching?
Then what good is it?
Don’t worry about it; it’s a joke.
Actually, it reminded me of a line from; “The Muppets in Walt Disney World!” Kermit has brought the entire Muppet gang to his old swamp! He warns them about the poison ivy, and Benson Honeydue says; “Well that’s something Beaker won’t have to worry about. He’s using the new, Muppet Labs anti-poison ivy creme! It makes you break out in red spots, and itch like the dickens, but at least you don’t get poison ivy!”
I’m mostly joking about those commercials you see for medicines where they list side effects equal or WORSE than what you’re taking the medicine to treat.
“Take two Crapatol for relief from your headaches. Warning: side effects may include diarrhea, vomiting, severe depression, Ultra Diarrhea, and an inability to move your vehicle in a timely fashion once the stop light turns green.”
Yup.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSdNMRtvq5g&t=1m20s
“For itchy watery eyes, it’s Floraflor.”
PS: “You do *not* have testicular cancer! You don’t even have testiculars!”
I thought testicules were the aberrant “spots before your eyes” that appeared while the teacher was handing out the exam papers.
Ultra-diarrhea FTW.
And the worse problem is when your doctor prescribes more drugs, with more side effects, to try to counteract the side effects of the first prescription.
Although sometimes you’re “lucky” enough to have multiple issues where the drug side effects end up canceling out.
I feel like that’s something else that Todd should have had access to….
Rubbing alcohol? Big deal. My grandma used to dump this dark blue crap on everything, it burned like a SOB and would bubble on wounds.
So Lisa still has her job? I assumed her father dragged her off when he quit before he could get fired.
I don’t think she’s his kid. I think that was the teen/young adult who was babysitting on the parent meeting night
Do not use if you are allergic to this or any of its ingredients.
Ingredients: we can’t tell you because it’s classified, (but Could/Might/maybe include; acconite, hemp extract, bee venom, apple of my eye, opioids, irradiated chlorinated fluoridated Antimony-iron borate, ammoniated bi-phenyls, belladonna, BHA, BHT, SAT, ACT, GPA, fish liver oil, heart of my heart, ragweed extract, saliva from cats, hair of the dog, Acetyl Parabens, FDA, DEA, AEC, EPA, UVa, LSU!, milk byproducts. But seriously, we can’t tell you any of what’s really in it, we just made this list up, hahahaha!). So just use it.
if those were the only things wrong, the public wouldn’t even bat an eye… it’s only when you read the FINE PRINT and it says that it contains DHMO, That’s when the REAL law-suites start flying…