Comic Strips @lemmy.world shderz @sh.itjust.works 6d ago

Time to go

Lemmy Be Wholesome @lemmy.world eccentric @lemm.ee 6d ago

Time to go

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"What's your secret to a long life?"

"Ignore death:"
This is like the 8th take Ive seen on thie concept. Its cute but its probably ready to pass on.
- Pass on the cookie plate, grandma. Those are the best!
- Shhh! Bridgerton is on...
Artists. I beg you. Do any research into what knitting looks like before drawing someone knitting.
- She's de-knitting to reuse the yarn. Duh...
  
  That's called 'frogging' (because you rip-it, rip-it), and you don't use needles to do it.
- I don't know shit about knitting, and even I can tell the needles are upside-down just for starters.
  
  There was a bizarre movement in the Victorian era to get people to knit with their needles held with tips pointed down because it's "more ladylike" but it's also very difficult and irritating to knit that way so it didn't catch on.
- I imagine she's found a new technique, and that's what's truly letting her convince Death to let her keep on living
  
  I don't think there's any way to knit a tubular sock on straight needles; the geometry doesn't allow it. You can knit a sock flat and then sew it up into a tube, but it would look different from the comic.
  
  Edit: actually now that I've thought about it more, I think there is a way but it would be super annoying (slip every other stitch so you're knitting the back and front of the tube at the same time, that might work...). Basically the equivalent of writing a letter by writing every other word and then going back to fill in the rest. Possible, but no reason to do it.
Is Bridgerton any good?
- If you like Grey's Anatomy (the show, not the med school textbook) and Scandal, and also like period dramas, odds are you'll like it 🤷
  
  I don't enjoy television... But I do appreciate academic textbooks!
There must be a point where people get old enough that you figure out how to deflect problems indefinitely by acting like they don't exist. Not just old women, either, I've seen old men do it by somewhat different means. They obviously know there's a problem, but decide to ignore it.
- That point is when you run out of fucks. The world and all its shitty people are exhausting. You are pushed and pulled in 15 different directions. Eventually, the energy to deal with all of it depletes and you start prioritizing. Less and less actually matters. Eventually, nothing matters any more when you crawl into your grave. Did the problem get solved? Meh.
  
  I'm 80% there. I think the "constant push notifications" software trend accelerated it quite a bit.
She's courting death!

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