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Watch your language, girls!
Sorry for the stupid censoring of the swear words in this post, but the text content spider of our main ad agency does not like it when there are too many swear words on a page and the front page with the comic title and comic description gets a lot of hits. I hope you understand that I prefer to put in some #’s and not lose $40 instead. However, it’s okay to use swear words in the comment section since the comments don’t appear on the front page.
To be continued, of course. I guess it was only a matter of time until Larisa receives some sort of backlash for her “naive slutting around” as our reader ersatz_spring described it in the comment section of our last comic.
After this short, and certainly somewhat controversial, storyline about Larisa we’ll do one with Woo as the main character if you should already miss him.
There are two new sketches on our page for donators, one featuring Woo, Sid and Shadow and another one featuring the entire cast.
- Larisa: Bye, Justin. See ya this evening.
- Michelle: You’re such a slut, Larisa.
- Larisa: I’m not, you braindead hater!
- Larisa: I’m not a slut…
- Larisa: … Or am I?
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I thought a word which is as complicated to pronounce as “sanctimonious” would not fit the situation, so I chose a different adjective for the English version. There is no good German translation for “hater” so I chose a different noun for the German version.
Michelle, Zoey’s best friend, is in the same grade as Larisa so she’s not really a “random chick”.
What?
Novil- Uhm. A small comment on how you think girls (generally) only use swearwords when they think it’s true.
Maybe it’s a culture thing, but my experience is very much to the opposite. My twin sister was severely bullied at school, and basically the girls would throw the harshest words at her they could- meaning was irrelevant. So this shy girl who didn’t date got called “sl*t” and “wh*re” on a regular basis, simply because they were strong insults.
Now, it could be British culture, or even just the culture of the town we grew up in, so I’m not saying that’s how it ALWAYS is- I’m just sharing my thoughts.
Anyway, first time commenting I believe, but I always enjoy checking for updates!
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So… Just making a little (possibly somewhat snide) observation here…
It seems like simple swearwords don’t get people wound up anymore… However, if it relates to how one conducts his-/her(usually her)self socially, you get dozens of comments in under 2 days.
Does this seem odd to anyone else?
Or laugh and try to embarrass Michelle publicly for misusing the word. 🙂
Novil: I’m aware that this strip is somewhat… I dunno maybe “risky”, but Sandra and Woo ain’t no Family Circus.
Don’t you mean “risqué”? (Although, you being willing to explore mature subject matter and all, maybe “risky” is a good description as well…)
She’s impressing me with her ability to consider possible implications of actions. Way too many adults can’t do that.
well i can agree with all that, but i was just trying to say that the term “slut” is missused all the time and i get a little steamed when it is. maybe i should have just said said that in the first place -_-#
Am I the only one who noticed the strategic placement of a container clearly marked “trash”?
Great sight-gag and I’m glad Larisa gets to be introspective occasionally.
In my experience, it’s been the girls who are jealous that one girl gets so much attention who use the derogatory terms. I think she’s just being flirty, but this just proves that words go deeper then intended many a time.
In my experience, kids tend to call things as they see them. Not that they may be true, but kids are quite frank about what they see and hear. This strip just seem pretty realistic to me in that regard.
“i hate how people always missuse the term slut, esspecialy in this situation. all larisa is doing is flirting with a few guys (i swear if they all were EVERYONE would be happy). in the end that chick is just mad that she cant get some.”
“All Larissa is doing is flirting with a few guys”
And ya think that is ok ? Ô_o
Dude, that’s so wrong. Maybe I’m narrow-minded (and if thass tha case, I don’t give a damn :-P), but flirting with a few guys at tha same time, while bein’ somehow “engaged” is tha very definition o’ slutty.
So ya think it’s ok for a engaged girl ta flirt with several guys at tha same time.
And if a guy does tha same with several girls, is it still ok ?
Ah, but does Larisa actually remember who she is? Maybe I have a reeally short attention span, but I had no idea who that was until ya told me. Well, I admit to being a goldfish then -__-
Uh, if you’re asking if your comments affect the comic, I can give you a resounding “no,” seeing as I edited the text for this comic a week and a half ago.
Nope. I noted it a little earlier, but I’m happy to know I wasn’t alone.
By the way, People, that doesn’t mean she IS. It’s just a funny addition.
From The Oxford English Dictionary
slut: NOUN a slovenly or promiscuous woman.
slovenly: ADJECTIVE 1 untidy and dirty.
2 careless; excessively casual.
promiscuous: ADJECTIVE 1 having or characterized by many transient sexual relationships.
2 indiscriminate or casual.
We already had exactly that situation, and Cloud was the boy. Although Cloud has meanwhile changed, and enjoys being with only Sandra, the other boys still admire his previous behaviour.
LOL. I was Thinking sudenly Novil turned into JK Rowling, you know like
“Mmm…. The Fans dont like how is acting [insert character name] I m going to change that”
Just for a moment I thought the writer of the comic was “selling out” (or sold out? I dont know how to say it )
Im glad It was just my imagination (stupid me)
What amazes me about this strip is how many people responded seemingly because of a single word.
Perhaps I could use this for extra credit in my Sociology class? 😀
wow so much character developement lately. I really want to know what her secret was before with the medicine though. is that coming any time soon?
How naive were we in elementary school when a classmate first bandied about the word “whore”. One day we shouted it back and forth to one-another while riding our bicycles home. Some girl heard us, thought we were insulting her, and sent her big brothers after us.
Kinda like Cartman on South Park? 🙂
Finishing Larisa’s train of thought:
“…and if I am, am I supposed to be ashamed of it?
… Mmm, no.”
I like her 😀
Heh, this all reminds me of the time my mother told me of the “Master Key” Theory.
It goes like this :
Basically, if you have a key that can open any lock, you have a Master Key, which is a GOOD thing. But if you have a Lock that can be opened by any key, you have a BAD lock!
Boys try to be Master Keys, and girls try to Lock out the bad ones.
Thus, if a Boy can get any girl he wants, he’s a COOL guy, who’s good with girls..
But if a girl is promiscious, she’s conjsidered a BAD girl, or a slut.
i think i would get along with Larissa, but she might bring out the pyromaniac in me that my parents have been trying to suppress. XD
This just shows how people’s words can hurt the feelings and self-esteem of others who they hardly even know outside of the school/work place. Larissa hardly deserved being called any name from anyone who doesn’t know her simply for flirtatious actions and a few pecks here and there. She’s playing the field, since she’s not an adult I think it’s perfectly acceptable (so long as she doesn’t take a leap off a cliff and start climbing into her targets bed).
When I was in school the girls were all a bit harder on eachother because they were pretty much playing the same sport on different teams. Girls like Larissa, who were pretty and confident in themselves and gained alot of attention, were quickly made out to be sluts because the other girls were playing by different rules (one guy at a time, instead of many at one time).
And FYI: Girls can be vicious with mental warfare. >.<
If anything, since I don’t think she is sleeping around with many guys, would not the correct phrase be “You’re such a tease”? I’m not too keen on slang terms and whatnot…
But “tease” would be nothing particularly derogative, and thus miss Michelle’s intention to insult her.
I still don’t get it, how old are these characters?
Lots of comments. It is the first step to becoming a slut though, I wouldn’t want a girl that has that behaviour as her natural adolescent stage ( yeah, I know we all read freud, jung and sartre, but even if it’s nothing to blame on her, she’s simply a bad catch).
@ imac:
It doesn’t work like that when u’re just kids. Kissing boys at the drop of a hat is plenty.
Not sure you’ll reply but… I really would have loved the romances and crushing had they been older, say 15-16. ELEVEN is way too young. Ick. Yes, I realize nowadays eleven is ‘standard’ but I feel the maturity coming with older age helps a romance.
I’m afraid I almost agree with Michelle… I still love Larisa but she needs to act her age. Sandra too… make Cloud your BF when it’s appropriate. ;D
This is just a minor detail, but I believe the “or” in panel 6 should be dropped, as it gives Larisa’s line a nuance that feels slightly off – rather than being a reflective question, it turns into more of a challenging reply.
For example, contrast the following two dialogs (of my own invention. Any similarity with real people or places is purely coincidental):
and:
That’s my two cents. I’m sorry to nitpick strips more than a year-and-a-half old, but I only recently started reading your comic (and I must say it has quickly made its way to being one of my favorites). I believe the intention of the strip is clear enough despite this. I merely wanted to help out with a delicate point of the english language.
Of course, I should point out that I’m not a native english speaker either… I might be completely mistaken in this post (no one else seems to have given any though to this matter in eighty one posts, after all), and would appreciate it if someone could correct me in this case.
A pointless and annoying word, generally used in an attempt to control the behavior of women.
After all, it’s not applied to MEN, is it?
So what happens if suddenly all those “slutty” women stop having sex with men?
The men wind up having sex with each other.
Is that what you want, guys? All of you?
If a heterosexual female expresses her sexuality by showing her interest in males, then that’s NORMAL.
I’m all for people having the right to freely pick the (adult) partners of their choice.
That includes WOMEN.
The word “slut” is a nasty, vicious, small-minded attempt to control the behavior of women. To hell with it.
http://tomatonation.com/culture-and-criticism/a-four-letter-word/
I’m getting a flashback to when I was about that age… in a small school in the middle of nowhere in Wales. My only friends were the special needs kids… and I spent most of my time hiding away in the classroom during break periods, trying to read my books in peace and avoid being thrown out into the cold by the sadistic monitors.
About the only socialising I did with my “friends” consisted mostly of making fun of the old Glade Plug-Ins adverts… because any kind of sexual innuendo was pure comedy back then.
I occasionally put up with teasing from a few girls because they thought I was some sort of hilarious novelty due to being the weird kid who hid in the classroom… or the fact I was never particularly boyish.
But if there was a point I was getting at… females didn’t even register as an interest until I was almost 15… and didn’t connect properly until I was 16. And even then, Internet roleplaying and console gaming held much higher priority.
I thought that the little stars were supposed to be… somewhat ironic, or something.
This reminds me of the time at the local anime club when Katie, our “resident
feminist” was going on one of her rants saying “nobody every calls a guy a slut”
so I picked one of the guys who was far enough off that he didn’t hear the original
conversation (I forget who or why he was chosen it was so long ago) and said:
“Hey [insert name here]”
Once I had his attention I said “You’re a slut”.
I don’t think he ever figured out why I did that but people were used to me doing
goofy stuff like that. ^_^
Now she can’t claim it’s “never” happened. 😀
The garrulous French wrote:
Why shouldn’t it be? If nothing serious is meant by it, why shouldn’t a charming guy have kind words for pretty girls he may meet? That seems to be a reasonable analogy given how male and female flirting works, and I would suggest that any woman who had a problem with it should look into getting help for her trust issues.
(I love it when someone asks a rhetorical question without knowing what the answer is…)
“Slut”; noun (derogative appellation).
Meaning: A happy girl surrounding herself with many happy boys.
Used as an insult mainly by less socially successful girls, who have been raised to believe that boys should always be miserable, lonely, and desperate for tiny scraps of female approval.
Judging by the fact that she takes offense at first It seems that she actually believe what people seem to think about sexuality. But then given some time to consider it she realizes that it isn’t actually a bad thing. After all it depends on your personal preferences, your level of comfort with sex and of course your maturity level to be able to handle such things. As for myself I would be pleasantly surprised if she had the maturity to handle such physical and/or romantic relationships at such a young age. Although the kissing depicted in this strip hardly makes her a slut.
Well frankly I think it’s stupid that your ad agency is making you sensor your stuff. And btw *ahem* shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker, and tits. A cookie to whoever knows what that’s from.
she’s not a slut. she’s a floozie
some one needs education about what a slut is, let me tame you to Los Angeles casino now.