Story: Wednesday, October 13, 2021

[ProfessorTomoe 1,308]

https://www.egscomics.com/comic/balance-071

Tedd is Scrub Trash? Perish the thought!!!

[Don Edwards 548]

I sense a disagreement or misunderstanding re: is "scrub trash" a compliment, or an insult?

[ijuin 572]

Calling someone a “scrub” normally means saying that they are fit only for scrubbing (i.e. cleaning) duties due to extreme newness, incompetence, or naivete. Thus, the recent use of the phrase “scrub trash” would mean that the people in question are being described as extremely ignorant or naive, as in they not only don’t know what they are doing, but have also until now been ignorant of their own ignorance.

[Drasvin 123]

Based on Dan's commentary, the 'scrub trash' part will be on the next page. Though I'm not sure if it'll be a serious issue in Tedd's method or just a humorous annoyance that Dr Germahn ran into.

[mlooney 3,417]

It's also possible that Tedd has destroyed the glove because it doesn't work the way he though it should.  Of course there is nothing to stop him from making another one now that it's needed again.

[Pharaoh RutinTutin 1,586]

While he seems to treat Amanda well, Dr Germahn may be from the academic tradition that treats interns (especially other researcher's interns) like livestock

Thus, until obtaining a terminal degree and tenure, Tedd is scrub trash

[ijuin 572]

Yes, he may see Tedd as too junior to be permitted such unorthodox thought—apprentices are supposed to absorb the thought patterns of those who are more experienced, not ponder things that are “beyond them”.

[mlooney 3,417]

I don't think he is going to think that Tedd shouldn't be allowed things beyond his nominal station, assuming he know that Tedd is a seer and that Dr. Germahn  knows what a seer is and how rare they are.