I mean, Ethan hasn’t exactly been a shining example of rationality and maturity, it took a lot of recent crap to tone that down and he still gows haywire… it’s the main source of comedic elements in the whole comic.
I suspect it is meant in kind jest… sometimes someone stuck in their own head really just needs to give their head and stop looking for ‘what if/but if/it could have been/etc’. Elijah’s situation had a tragic aspect to it. So did Ethan’s. What makes one different? Elijah was a different person (as each of us to another) and that’s the world and how we work. And the question I’d say to Ethan next would be: What can you do about it now – either directly or being better at what you do to help people down the road? If… Read more »
Yes, there have been a lot of comments and jokes about Ethan sanity and his attitude has been good those times , but now Ethan is talking about her sister and in these moments we don’t have the silly Ethan, but the serious one.
I now that he is pretending to relax Ethan, but maybe that is not the way this time
It’s a very fine line, you’re right. I would be extremely cautious trying to use humor if a stranger or someone I didn’t know super super well were venting like this to me. In this case though Lucas knows Ethan really well, and I think the point he’s making is that Ethan is who he is. Lucas is teasing him to remind him that, but he couldn’t have gone down the path Elijah did because it’s literally not the kind of person he is and his silliness and absurdity is a part of that. We’ll find out but I feel… Read more »
The Joker did that. He’s now making large payments of insanity-interest to everyone around him.
Oyee
22 days ago
Rude (though fair)
JozMk.II
22 days ago
Guess it’s Lucas’ turn to drop an insensitively inane bomb to Ethan’s drama for a change
Last edited 22 days ago by JozMk.II
Drew
22 days ago
Y’see? Glass half full!
Phoebe
22 days ago
Reminds me of the “friend vs best friend” jokes.
“What if I lost my sanity?
Friend: You don’t have to worry about that!
Best friend: I mean, you can’t lose something you don’t have!”
Banjo
22 days ago
A quick jab from a close friend can be a surprisingly comfortable thing, in a weird way.
As we’re discussing the death of a sibling, I want to promote a group that’s been extremely helpful in the 1.5 years since I lost my brother. The Compassionate Friends is a national organization for bereaved parents and siblings, with both local chapters and online meetings. If you have lost a child, grandchild, or sibling, you need not walk alone: there are, unfortunately, many of us who can be with you on your grief journey.
Norbert
22 days ago
Ba-dum tsss!
Paula
22 days ago
LOL Lucas!
Logannis
21 days ago
BURN! lol
Kevin Greenbaum
21 days ago
Ethan also didn’t have super powers at the time, they came later.
Xenneth
21 days ago
This is how my dad or my best friend would do me. A jab of humor, even at my expense, to help me snap back to reality or feel better.
I’m not going to judge anyone who thinks this is the wrong way to go, but I do want the naysayers to recognize, some people respond to this well from people closest to them. It’s a show of support, and while it may seem ill-timed, it couldn’t have been at a more perfect time.
Laughing Man
19 days ago
You can lose ten million without having ten million on hand- it’s called going into debt.
And the same can go for your sanity, too. There’s a threshold where, after life has kicked you in the urethra one too many times, you lose the ability to rationally process things, because you’re not just *out* of fucks to give- you’re experiencing a fuck deficit.
So that person who’s having a rough day? Talk to them. You might just drown out the voices telling them to jump.
Which I think we all agree is a very bad thing. It’s one thing to go from 10 mil to broke, it’s another to go from broke to 10 mil in debt. My point being that people can go so far into sanity-debt from a string of tragedies that tge normal methods of balancing the books- de-stressing methods, rewards, etc- don’t work, and their mental and physical health pay the price. I’m not trying to be a nihilist edgelord and do the joker’s “one bad day = crazy” argument, but without relief or support one straw can break the camel’s… Read more »
Olivia
17 days ago
My partner on our way out the door:
Keys: check
Phone: check
Wallet: check
Sanity: long gone…
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Mayyyyybe not the best comment, even being his closest friend
I mean, Ethan hasn’t exactly been a shining example of rationality and maturity, it took a lot of recent crap to tone that down and he still gows haywire… it’s the main source of comedic elements in the whole comic.
I suspect it is meant in kind jest… sometimes someone stuck in their own head really just needs to give their head and stop looking for ‘what if/but if/it could have been/etc’. Elijah’s situation had a tragic aspect to it. So did Ethan’s. What makes one different? Elijah was a different person (as each of us to another) and that’s the world and how we work. And the question I’d say to Ethan next would be: What can you do about it now – either directly or being better at what you do to help people down the road? If… Read more »
Yes, there have been a lot of comments and jokes about Ethan sanity and his attitude has been good those times , but now Ethan is talking about her sister and in these moments we don’t have the silly Ethan, but the serious one.
I now that he is pretending to relax Ethan, but maybe that is not the way this time
It’s a very fine line, you’re right. I would be extremely cautious trying to use humor if a stranger or someone I didn’t know super super well were venting like this to me. In this case though Lucas knows Ethan really well, and I think the point he’s making is that Ethan is who he is. Lucas is teasing him to remind him that, but he couldn’t have gone down the path Elijah did because it’s literally not the kind of person he is and his silliness and absurdity is a part of that. We’ll find out but I feel… Read more »
I disagree. It is precisely the comment you use with your closest friend. You tease each other but you support each other.
Actually that’s such a best-friend comment. I’d be totally inappropriate by anyone else. But no one can roast you like your closest buddy.
Technically you can, there’s always debt.
Not if you declare sanity bankruptcy
(michael scott voice)
The Joker did that. He’s now making large payments of insanity-interest to everyone around him.
Rude (though fair)
Guess it’s Lucas’ turn to drop an insensitively inane bomb to Ethan’s drama for a change
Y’see? Glass half full!
Reminds me of the “friend vs best friend” jokes.
“What if I lost my sanity?
Friend: You don’t have to worry about that!
Best friend: I mean, you can’t lose something you don’t have!”
A quick jab from a close friend can be a surprisingly comfortable thing, in a weird way.
You’re not wrong. 🤣
As we’re discussing the death of a sibling, I want to promote a group that’s been extremely helpful in the 1.5 years since I lost my brother. The Compassionate Friends is a national organization for bereaved parents and siblings, with both local chapters and online meetings. If you have lost a child, grandchild, or sibling, you need not walk alone: there are, unfortunately, many of us who can be with you on your grief journey.
Ba-dum tsss!
LOL Lucas!
BURN! lol
Ethan also didn’t have super powers at the time, they came later.
This is how my dad or my best friend would do me. A jab of humor, even at my expense, to help me snap back to reality or feel better.
I’m not going to judge anyone who thinks this is the wrong way to go, but I do want the naysayers to recognize, some people respond to this well from people closest to them. It’s a show of support, and while it may seem ill-timed, it couldn’t have been at a more perfect time.
You can lose ten million without having ten million on hand- it’s called going into debt.
And the same can go for your sanity, too. There’s a threshold where, after life has kicked you in the urethra one too many times, you lose the ability to rationally process things, because you’re not just *out* of fucks to give- you’re experiencing a fuck deficit.
So that person who’s having a rough day? Talk to them. You might just drown out the voices telling them to jump.
You aren’t really losing it, though. You now just owe ten million that you don’t have.
Which I think we all agree is a very bad thing. It’s one thing to go from 10 mil to broke, it’s another to go from broke to 10 mil in debt. My point being that people can go so far into sanity-debt from a string of tragedies that tge normal methods of balancing the books- de-stressing methods, rewards, etc- don’t work, and their mental and physical health pay the price. I’m not trying to be a nihilist edgelord and do the joker’s “one bad day = crazy” argument, but without relief or support one straw can break the camel’s… Read more »
My partner on our way out the door:
Keys: check
Phone: check
Wallet: check
Sanity: long gone…