09/28/2012
Posted on 2012-09-28 by Aaron

23 thoughts on “09/28/2012”

  1. Larry Lennhoff

    Is here an acronym definition for S.i.i.T.S? I see the asterisk, but no footnote. Also, everyone agree that it looks like a cross between the Legion of Superhero Clubhouse and a garden slug?

  2. Slimecat

    Sorry, I don’t believe teaching children coping skills is creepy.

    1. Glenn

      Replace ‘master’ with ‘suppress’, however…

      1. Jasae Bushae

        Yay~ mini-vulcans~

        1. Slimecat

          I’m also not entirely sure logic is the best of coping skill for one to teach a child.

          The difference between facts, assumptions, opinions, and statistics are important, but you have a greater appreciation for it when you’re older.

          Children have a different concept of justice and binary thinking from adults. Their values and primary or immediate needs are different from those of adults.

  3. Silvercat

    I think we’re missing a caption box. What’s the asterisk after SIITS-9000 supposed to point to?

  4. Space

    I’ve spent hours trying to find where the asterisk goes.

  5. Andorxor

    And replace “clear thinking” with “think what the headmaster wants”

  6. Dom

    Is there something related with the * that we’re missing?

  7. Coalecse

    The thing that is the most wrong is that which is closet to the right.

  8. Wanderer

    It sounds more like they’re trying to teach him not to feel at all. Praetorian seems to be more into the “create a brainwashed metahuman army” gig than the “teach children the things they need to know as they grow up” gig.

  9. Wanderer

    Oh, and my initial reaction to this page: “Crud, the webcomic’s gotten past the end of the last print volume I have! It’s a good thing I just ordered the next two volumes off Amazon just yesterday…”

  10. McBob

    Teaching kids, especially boys to suppress their feelings is just begging for trouble in the future. Combine that with a kid with super powers, and you’ve got a good formula for a future super-villain.

    1. Jürgen A. Erhard

      And I think that’s exactly the point.

  11. Slimecat

    True. However, boys are already taught, if not expected, to suppress their emotions. If you have ever seen “We bought a zoo” you’ll know why.

    People in general (based on statistics) are horrible judges of character. Someone who doesn’t want to give up is seen as a man defeated when their behavior doesn’t match what is culturally accepted as a “positive” way to express anger.

    1. McBob

      We have built-in coping mechanism; crying and laughing are two of the biggest. Boys, especially, are programmed by society to not cry, depriving them of that release, and far too often when they laugh, they are stifled prematurely. Both those situations put added stress on boys that have successfully bred a generation of angry, emotionally-suppressed men who can’t handle the least challenging situation without using anger.

      Boys gotta cry. Boys gotta laugh.

      Teaching them to suppress those things is hurting them, and ultimately, hurting society.

      1. Slimecat

        Even when suppressed there are still triggers for emotional release, that is true. And the body will find other methods to release pent up emotions if one is blocked. Instead of crying one vomits, instead of panic one laughs, instead of expressing anger for fear of harming another, self control is thrown to the wind. Such coping strategies would probably prove just as detrimental in a combat situation.

        While I will freely admit an opposition to anything along the lines of Plato’s belief that people need to be managed like animals, which is a big shocker considering he came up with the allegory of the cave, self governing one’s own emotions would not negate the existence of said emotions. Then again the philosophers slapped each other silly when they had to make a point

        Aristotle knew the importance of emotions and that it wasn’t easy to “control” them. In my opinion mastery does not equal control it equals harmony. If one is in harmony with their emotions then they will be angry at the right person, at the right time, and with the right amount of force, rather than suppressing their and releasing their anger at the wrong person or target.

  12. Jack Black

    What’s with the asterisk?

  13. Francis Gerard Kline P. Talladen

    maybe it’s just called “shooting infinite items to space”? i think the author forgot to put the footnote in, or we’re missing something.

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