Lynn doesn't impress me as the sort to understand what a choking hazard is or care about it. As the following Lynnsight reminds us,
Like my mother, I was not a fan of chewing gum. The look, sound and storage of chewed but cherished chunks drove a wedge between me and my offspring, who had learned about the sugarless variety from television and had been given a stash by the child-free staff at the dental clinic. They chewed in secrecy, but still the occasional wad found its way into my arena and often with irremovable results.
she impresses me as someone freaking out about chaos-loving children making poor, mistreated mothers scrape gum off of things.
I remember that slam against the "child-free" staff. Oddly enough, this qualification for women has reared its ugly head in the modern political area in the United States. Lynn Johnston was ahead of her time.
Also, we have to remember that Elly is an over-earnest wacko trying to hog an imaginary spotlight at the best of times. This is why she wants to protect children from candy as a general rule:
Elly didn't get an A from her mother. Lynn gave herself an A from HER mother and just wedged it into the strip because her avatar must be constantly praised for doing nothing.
The kids are growing up beautifully? Only a grandmother could look at these children and fail to see how awful they are.
Every once in a while, Mike will do something that is not completely selfish and my first thought is "Who is this guy and what did he do with Mike?" In the comic strip, the other characters see it and gape in amazement. Then my thought is "Just how terrible is this guy that such a simple normal act would get such a reaction?"
And just what is wrong with this awful man that something that he should do anyway is seen as a big deal? You'd assume that he believes that if people loved him, they'd allow him to sit on his ass while they lived his life for him:
John's comment is stupid, sexist and retrograde, but I'd love to hear what Elly's response is to it. John is simply stating a dirty little fact- he got himself a dimwitted wife who was willing to sell out to a sugar daddy, so he expects his son will do the same. John might also ask if Michael is expected to take care of his own clothes, why isn't Elly expected to take care of her own child? I'd love to see a strip where Elizabeth rants that April has been left wandering around again because her mother is neglecting her again. In today's strip, Michael could just tell his mother that he's treating his clothes in the same half-a$$ed way he sees his mother treating being a parent, so what's the problem?
If this were an actual family and I heard John express his thoughts out loud, I'd think he was a monster who actively forgot the 2000 times Michael had performed an act of service for the family and was responding to Michael's work with "about damn time" instead of actual gratitude. Because it's this family, I believe that this is an astounding event in John's life. What John- and Elly- will never admit is that they raised their kids to be selfish, self-centered, lazy twats with zero interest in being helpful- it wasn't the luck of the draw with genetics.
And because it's this family, I can easily imagine Michael thought-bubbling "I'm the male of the family, I'm gonna own all this someday, but it never hurts to grease the wheels from time to time."
As long as they're conventionally attractive, they can do anything they want and be loved. Meanwhile, Dirk Dagger looks like and is treated like garbage despite being polite.
Another opportunity to compare the colouring of 2024:
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Lynn doesn't impress me as the sort to understand what a choking hazard is or care about it. As the following Lynnsight reminds us,
Like my mother, I was not a fan of chewing gum. The look, sound and storage of chewed but cherished chunks drove a wedge between me and my offspring, who had learned about the sugarless variety from television and had been given a stash by the child-free staff at the dental clinic. They chewed in secrecy, but still the occasional wad found its way into my arena and often with irremovable results.
she impresses me as someone freaking out about chaos-loving children making poor, mistreated mothers scrape gum off of things.
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I remember that slam against the "child-free" staff. Oddly enough, this qualification for women has reared its ugly head in the modern political area in the United States. Lynn Johnston was ahead of her time.
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Also, we have to remember that Elly is an over-earnest wacko trying to hog an imaginary spotlight at the best of times. This is why she wants to protect children from candy as a general rule:
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Elly didn't get an A from her mother. Lynn gave herself an A from HER mother and just wedged it into the strip because her avatar must be constantly praised for doing nothing.
The kids are growing up beautifully? Only a grandmother could look at these children and fail to see how awful they are.
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It's her MOS to blind herself to the fact that their obvious character defects hide their more crippling hidden character defects.
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Every once in a while, Mike will do something that is not completely selfish and my first thought is "Who is this guy and what did he do with Mike?" In the comic strip, the other characters see it and gape in amazement. Then my thought is "Just how terrible is this guy that such a simple normal act would get such a reaction?"
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And just what is wrong with this awful man that something that he should do anyway is seen as a big deal? You'd assume that he believes that if people loved him, they'd allow him to sit on his ass while they lived his life for him:
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John's comment is stupid, sexist and retrograde, but I'd love to hear what Elly's response is to it. John is simply stating a dirty little fact- he got himself a dimwitted wife who was willing to sell out to a sugar daddy, so he expects his son will do the same. John might also ask if Michael is expected to take care of his own clothes, why isn't Elly expected to take care of her own child? I'd love to see a strip where Elizabeth rants that April has been left wandering around again because her mother is neglecting her again. In today's strip, Michael could just tell his mother that he's treating his clothes in the same half-a$$ed way he sees his mother treating being a parent, so what's the problem?
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You have to actually have a good work ethic if you expect other people to grow one. This is lost on Elly.
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If this were an actual family and I heard John express his thoughts out loud, I'd think he was a monster who actively forgot the 2000 times Michael had performed an act of service for the family and was responding to Michael's work with "about damn time" instead of actual gratitude. Because it's this family, I believe that this is an astounding event in John's life. What John- and Elly- will never admit is that they raised their kids to be selfish, self-centered, lazy twats with zero interest in being helpful- it wasn't the luck of the draw with genetics.
And because it's this family, I can easily imagine Michael thought-bubbling "I'm the male of the family, I'm gonna own all this someday, but it never hurts to grease the wheels from time to time."
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They don't admit that they raised the children to be as selfish and grasping as they themselves are.
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"Beautifully". She cares more about looks than actions.
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As long as they're conventionally attractive, they can do anything they want and be loved. Meanwhile, Dirk Dagger looks like and is treated like garbage despite being polite.
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"Kid's" need candy and Lynn is dumb enough to put apostrophes where they don't belong.
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