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DarkoNeko
January 28th, 2022 12:55 AM

a hob on steroids eh 😀

Xatl Din Xiu
Xatl Din Xiu
January 28th, 2022 2:08 AM

I think there is a typo – ‘steriods’ should be ‘steroids’ in the last panel.

Torbjörn Larsson
Torbjörn Larsson
January 28th, 2022 4:50 AM
Reply to  Xatl Din Xiu

Nah, steroids puts muscles on, steriods take them off. Basic AU medicine 101.

Nice catch!

Torbjörn Larsson
Torbjörn Larsson
January 28th, 2022 4:52 AM

Oh, for readers out there, perhaps I should note the full description:

“Steroids put muscles on, but testicles off.” Obviously bugbears have big balls….

Torbjörn Larsson
Torbjörn Larsson
January 29th, 2022 10:35 AM
Reply to  Sage

Oh, puns know they can be ignored, they some may even find them puinful. Anabolic steroid side effects on the other hand … are bad too. Hypogonadism is only one of them (and not sex dependent, I should have realized that was a bad description).

Torbjörn Larsson
Torbjörn Larsson
January 29th, 2022 10:36 AM

*be ignored, some may

Torbjörn Larsson
Torbjörn Larsson
January 30th, 2022 4:48 AM
Reply to  Sage

I had to sleep on this because I don’t want to unnecessarily take or give offense. But I read it as “their” is an attempt to circumnavigate the genderized English language. Locally, having the same problem, we use a similar construction to neutralize descriptions on sexes. But I haven’t seen this before and I have to guess it is an attempt to be inclusive on genderized groups as well.

Then, on the other hand, it seems odd to me that the inclusive full name wasn’t used to address me. Nicknames are meant to be endearing, I get that. But it doesn’t read that way to me and never has. I usually need a lot of wining and dining by girls I’m interested in before I let them do that to me and by then it makes part of our private space. No offense taken, but I just wanted to point out my preference – it’s my name, after all.

hevensdragon
hevensdragon
January 31st, 2022 3:46 AM

What are you even annoyed by exactly? Sage use of their wasnt even gender based, its just basic sentence structure. Nether he or her or any other gender based words would fit in that sentence. But even then it sounds like you wanted him to use their in the first place, yet wrote a essay about it as if offended.
The second part is the shortened name usage. And yeah I get it, but there is a few reasons you kind of just need to roll with people shortening it. One of the bigest reasons is that version of “o” isnt even on most keyboards, or if it is through some key combinations few know. Do to this most will hesitate and just go with a shortened version. On top of that its a screen name, its far less personal that your real name, thats the whole point, as many screen names are long or convoluted social edicts are that its fine to shorten them, its not really a nickname any more than your screen name is. Its not really a matter of endearing ether. You screen name is a name for total strangers to call you, even a shortened version or nickname based on it is still less personal than your real name. So comparing it to a girlfriend giving you a nickname isn’t a good comparison as its far from that intimate. Like I would never expect to be called hevensdragon, some do sure but its too long so unless its a matter of tagging in a conversation it almost never happens. In short you attaching the meaning of a nickname in RL to when its used online, but it just doesn’t mean the same things.

Thunder
Thunder
January 28th, 2022 2:21 AM

Poor bugbear. Examining your life choices and realizing that some of them may not have been good is such a mood.

AeonsShadow
AeonsShadow
January 28th, 2022 11:45 PM
Reply to  Thunder

“Huh… This… MAY have been a bad idea.”

The Ninjaneer
The Ninjaneer
January 28th, 2022 4:28 AM

I’ll handle clifford here XD

cwglenn
cwglenn
January 28th, 2022 4:28 PM
Reply to  The Ninjaneer

Clifford looks like he’s having a crisis moment.

jrh150482
jrh150482
January 28th, 2022 10:08 AM

I sense a Curb-Stomp Battle coming on.

anony
January 28th, 2022 8:55 PM
Reply to  jrh150482

One smash from Phil’s staff is all it takes.

Dorje Sylas
January 28th, 2022 9:56 PM

How it started: I have a weapon now, and the human turned around with its guard down. 🥳

Come back Monday (or click next if you’re archive diving) for “how it ended”.

ocbrad1
ocbrad1
January 29th, 2022 10:10 AM

Clifford? The big red…bugbear? Just made my day!

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