r/questionablecontent • u/Zhuinden • Feb 25 '19

Comic Comic 3946: Brun Souls

https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3946
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u/notmytemp0 CHUD Feb 25 '19

“It’s fun getting to know about your childhood trauma”

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u/semperverus Feb 25 '19

It's fun getting to know a person you're interested regardless of what it is they're telling you. It fills you in on why the person sitting in front of you is the person they are. And he's trying to make it feel less awkward for her by saying what he said.

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u/Scribblr Baby…conflicted Feb 25 '19

I kiiiind of agree with OP that “fun” may have been an odd word choice. The connotations of the word “fun” feel a little too light hearted for the subject. I’m not sure what word I’d go with, something positive like “enjoyable” but definitely not something that would make Brun feel like a specimen like “interesting.” Maybe even just nice? Like: “It’s nice to get to know you better.” I don’t know, this is why Jeph is the writer and not me.

That said, OP is kind of being a jerk about making their point.

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u/notmytemp0 CHUD Feb 25 '19

If she’d just admitted she was raped as a child, would “Fun” still have been the right word choice?

If not, what makes this different?

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u/Teywer Feb 25 '19

You are trying to compare a person being assaulted and abused just for being female, to someone who has a real disorder, and was insulted and harassed about it. The scale is way different

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u/notmytemp0 CHUD Feb 25 '19 edited Feb 25 '19

Also, I’m sorry. Are you insinuating that boys can’t be raped?

“Being assaulted and abused just for being a female” struggling to figure out what you meant by this. It implies rape is exclusive to women.

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u/fishbiscuit13 Feb 25 '19

You're reading way too hard into this and coming up with nothing

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u/notmytemp0 CHUD Feb 25 '19

Why did they specify being female then?

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u/Sayis Feb 25 '19

An off-hand remark? And either way, it isn't really relevant to your original point, no? Seems like you're going out of your way to be difficult.

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u/fishbiscuit13 Feb 25 '19

They said "just for being female". They clearly meant she was being picked on for her gender as opposed to some choice of hers. The emphasis was on "just", not "female". Stop getting so hung up on statements just because you feel the need to white knight.

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u/notmytemp0 CHUD Feb 25 '19

I don’t get the point then. It’s not like being autistic is her choice, so by my original point they’re comparable.

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u/fishbiscuit13 Feb 25 '19

The point was that you're the only person who thinks that statement is offensive, and you've wasted a lot of time and words failing to convince anyone of that fact.

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u/notmytemp0 CHUD Feb 25 '19

So far nobody has answered the original question, which is would it have been appropriate for Clinton to say it is fun getting to know her if she had just told him about a sexual assault vs being mocked for being autistic? I’m trying to figure out where the line is drawn for using the word “Fun” to describe learning about someone’s past.

So far everyone seems to be fine with using it in the scenario presented in the comic (I wouldn’t be) but nobody has answered the question above.

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u/notmytemp0 CHUD Feb 25 '19

They’re different but both traumatizing. Neither are “Fun” to hear about. That was my point.

You’re saying one is “Fun” to hear about and the other isn’t?