Darth Fluffy

Hence, "... she has some hanky panky related knowledge", deliberately non-specific. That one is a bit much. Even toddlers know something is up when they walk in on mommy and daddy (or whoever), and Rhoda is mature enough to have hormonal urges. She may be an innocent temple vergin, but she seems to have an idea about how to remedy that. Christianity embraces Judaism, not necessarily in healthy ways; but it was initially viewed as a sect of Judaism. Islam derives from both, but rewrites much. The rationale is "greatest prophet"; some might see him as self-serving to make this claim. As far as Christianity being anti gay, I know why you think so, indeed, the hypocracy of the stance and of the hard core believers who centralize that as their belief system; I've heard Ted Haggard speak in person in the 1990s, years before his anti-gay tirade, he was talking about reaching unreached people in isolated places around the world, and hew was dynamic and innovative. And, to be fair, at the time, if he had an anti-gay tirade, I would have been on board. Then hearing of his tirade, not Fred Phelps level, but still adamant and long term, then him getting caught with a male hooker, ... Dobson is another one. Why the #$%& did you stop focusing on your family and start focusing on being a dick to gay people? Because, the one thing that is clear is that if you do buy into the Christian belief system, it's all about grace. Your shit stinks as bad as everybody else's. That is the one piece you have to own, or you are totally #$%&ing wasting your time. I mentioned why I changed my mind, an overview, really. Contact with reasonable people who were not straight. Pretty much this movie. I have family and in laws and friends that are LGBQTXYZ. And, yes, I've met some that are assholes, but so are many straight folks; many, many straight folks. So yeah, I get that the fundies are quite vocal and visible and you can smell their stench, but there are Christian churches that are gay friendly; something you might want to make note of, because I've seen videos of LGBBQ young people grieving feeling cut off from the God they've been raised to understand because their church has rejected them, and their community suicide rate is high; pointing them toward a place where they can get some affirmation could be a life saver. I don't know all that much about how non-monotheistic cultures are in this regard; but WW II Germany, which was oddly religiously endorsed and hostile to religion targeted gays for extermination, and the atheistic Eastern Bloc, maybe particularly the Soviet Union, also outlawed homosexuality. <shrug>, Maybe it's in our DNA, and it requires education to overcome it, just like so much of culture, like not stealing from your neighbor. I suspect that is indeed the case. Women are treated as property in much of the world, which reflects our heritage, and the Bible reflects that. Our modern, enlightened culture is not so far removed that women have equal pay and freedom from harassment, at least not here, nor in Latin America, nor in Russia, nor in China, nor in the few Islamic states where they are not property. Is Europe better in this regard?

Rhoda does have the huge ... tracts of land.

Previous comic, panel three, she has some hanky panky related knowledge. Presumably, she would not have witnessed sexual intercourse, which would still be private. But even that's not certain; she could have caught them in the bushes, walked in on them, pretended to be asleep in the next bed, or maybe their universe is just that different. She busted that pretty fast, then, didn't she? Maybe she thinks of hetero as something tied to the temple, and now that she's out on her own, it no longer applies? I did not have the impression that what Rhoda was in in the game world was a "Christian temple". There's no verbage that indicates there is, and Christians are pretty vocal about their core beliefs; there's none of the symbology, she's not wearing a cross, for instance, and the quest seems generally "good" not "Christian". Also, most Christians do not call their place of worship a temple, although there are exceptions, Mormons being a rather large one. That all said, why would heteronormative doctrine be tied to a Christian temple? It's not like in our world that is an exclusively Christian belief. Christians inherited it from the Jewish faith, and Islam in turn picked it up. I believe it's in many other cultures, albeit not as strongly? Interesting side note, the Bible does not mention women with women. It's just not in there. Seriously. Rhoda's temple did seem to have some monastic tones; but unlike our monasteries and cloisters, it is mixed gender, because we've seen two members of two different genders, although that could be misleading. I had cousins go to school at an all female facility with nuns that had a priest; I think he was in charge.

Maybe not quite Rule 34 level, but warfare does not lead technology gently by the hand; it shoves it forward into harms way, damn the consequences. Between that and the space program we have our modern tech environment.

I've never read that. I recall his comics, WW II was still important to my parent's generation long after the fact.

I, on the other hand, would find it odd if no one ever tried. This is close, bombs, not shells. Oops, nope, they have shells; about half way down, WW II; picture of guys loading them. Don't need to speculate. We are rather inventive critters when it comes to mayhem. Someone has tried it. Yeah, I don't care what "it" is, someone has tried it.

You could go with a head catapult. Like catapults and catechisms. You could have a shell full of propaganda leaflets and have both; a canon cannon. Or doctrine on the use of cannons, that would be cannon canon.

She also pounced on and kissed Elliott, and he complimented her kissing.

So, did you forgot https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2013-12-20 or did you just not accepted into head cannon? Your link suggests a foursome, not a threesome. Also, panel seven makes it fairly clear that panels five and six happened only in Catalina's head. I think a head cannon sounds like a bad idea. You'd fall over when you fire it. But do post a video on YouTube when you do, it will be funny.

I hope Biden is up to the challenge. He's not exactly stellar material. Well, maybe actually stellar material, that's where the higher elements came from; ... ok, not helpful. He's not great. I hope he can beat the other geezer with the weasel on his forehead.

Seconded.

That's adorkable. (Triggered)

That actually has a name.

Good points. I had not thought about the cash angle, but you're right, electronic transfers are easier to track, and they'd probably like to do away with cash anyway. This is a good excuse.

That is a very good point.

I've got a little list ... (probably the trope maker)

You need to wax the hardwood floors.

"Can I haz radium source, detection instrumentation, and cyanide capsule, please?" "Erwin, you sick #@&%, what did you teach your cat?" "Maybe I did, and maybe I didn't." - now officially known as Schrödinger's Response.

It sounds like a good idea on the surface, and for the politician, the appearance of doing something is critical; I'd even grant that parents are going to take this seriously and not look at it as an opportunity to travel. What doesn't work is that everyone that doesn't get it now is still fodder for the virus in the future. Well, it hasn't been determined that you can't get reinfected, so maybe it's still a good thing to avoid it now. My gut says it's just a delay. I have to wonder, which social activities am I willing to avoid for the rest of my life?

I enjoy going out to eat, typically meet with friends or some of my kids. I've been doing it less. Haven't done a full stop yet.

Even Death may not leave the game ...

I totally get what you're saying. He makes me mad, but he makes me sad first. I saw a clip on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver of a sweet little old lady who was shocked that Trump had lied. (I don't recall what about. Hard to keep track, really.) She was asked where she gets her news, "From all the good news shows, the ones on Fox." Seems like all it takes to win an election any more is a good team of sociopaths.

He doesn't seem to have human emotions nor empathy, maybe your hypothesis is right. I think your outlook would be valid for much of the world, but not for Europe, our urban centers, especially northeast coast and California, nor most of Asia. Too dense, too many interactions. What China did in Wuhan seems draconian, but it is about the only way they could have run an effective quarantine. They're the only ones who could have pulled that off (after initially F----ing up badly). If you haven't heard, they quarantined the city itself, and quarantined everyone in it within their homes. Our response or Japans is going to be more typical; half-assed measures that are sometimes going to be counterproductive. Personally, I am authorized to work from home. I will avail myself of that opportunity more than I have.

Mainly the ones where Trump tweets or opens his mouth and words come out. Covid-19 is less deadly than a few when you catch it, but is killing more people because it spreads incredibly well. It already at about three times the death toll of the ones you mentioned for a similar period. It hides well during the early stages of being infectious, and the incubation period is long. I read "70% of people world wide are expected to catch it." Then x 2%, so 7x10^9 * .70 * .02 = 100,000,000 deaths world-wide. That hardly depopulates the earth, but you're gonna know some of those folks personally. You have every right to be scares $#!7less, if you wish to commence.