0404 - Vows. - 2025.06.30

Comic!

Comment:

"Cute" is a biological and psychological defense mechanism.

At base level, it always is and always has been, whether you realize it or not.

Transcript:

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0404– 2167/07/07/12:09 - Orb’s office
PH: In all seriousness, Mezzer Marron, we can’t have-
OT (entering): Ogai-Reemasai, darling.
BM: Goni-Cheewa!
PH: Orb? What are you doing here?
OT: It’s my office. What are you doing here?
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PH: Don’t you still have a class to run for... fourteen minutes?
OT: I paired’em off and they’re doing a group discussion exercise thing.
PH: On the second day?
OT: They are, by definition, adults, they can handle it. Besides, you know my methods: I like to start each semester by having students confront what they already think they know about a topic, particularly in any “Intro To” course.
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OT: There’s a script babysitting them, if you’re really worried.
PH: Well, don’t make a habit of it. Our in-person classes are a service that they are paying for, after all.
OT: No they aren’t. Not most of’em, anyway.
PH: Someone’s paying for it, and this institution is not going to provide a substandard educational experience in exchange for those millicreds.
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PH: Anyway, I’ll leave you two to your lunch for now. Like I said, don’t make a habit. Enjoy.
BM [electronic communication]: Thanks for this. I can only stay cute for so long.
OT [electronic communication]: “Only stay cute for so long”? Did our vows mean nothing?
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