Dumbing of Age

Got it, thank ye.

I can totally understand Walky.

Why isn't velcro socially acceptable? Why do we keep using a less practical kind of shoes? It makes no sense!

Velcro is normally seen as a kid's way of wearing something.

I know! And that is the problem! Why should it be exclusively a child thing? It is infinitely more practical than lace shoes. I can't think a reason for why people would prefer the latter except for being what the society accept*

PS:Google images shows a bunch of cool looking velcro shoes. Why can't I find them in the stores I go?

edited 20th Jan '13 9:24:18 PM by Heatth

Because most stores don't stock them, because they're unpopular because they're velcro.

Reminds me of how China invented forks, but never adopted them, because they saw them as barbaric. Any civilized person ought to know how to use chopsticks.

I can't tie shoes, I miss velcro.

I tend to use shoes that require no tying and aren't velcro.

I've been wearing LL Bean Snow Sneakers with velcro for the past few years. They're awesome, comfortable, warm, and look good with pretty much any outfit.

There are definitely options.

SAL SMASH!

Just as long as Sal not fuck. Sex takes the edge off, but she can do better than Bow Tie Boi.

You do realize that "Bow Tie Boi" was her love interest in the original Walkyverse, right?

Seeing as how Do A is the only Walkyverse comic I regularly read, no I didn't.

Standing by my statement, though; to paraphrase Donny and Marie, he's a little bit classical, she's a little bit speed metal.

Walky missing out on the sub-text was hilarious.

Well, one of. He harbored a crush on her for a long time, but they didn't get together until near the end of It's Walky. And then broke up again shortly after.

Also, I'd say that Walkyverse Jason can do better than Sal. I mean, he's not exactly suave, no matter how hard he tries, but Sal was flipping crazy

edited 24th Jan '13 6:37:37 AM by Desertopa

I will admit not being the most familiar with the events of Joyce and Walky, but that's largely due to not caring enough to pay to find out. (I like his work, but not that much.)

Slope. It's the slope. if you graph the formula, the rate at which the line changes, is the slope. And that's dx/dy.

I love how the speech bubble turns to a fancy serif font just for that.

Basic calculus. I could easily give a blow by blow of how you take the derivative of a function, but somehow I suspect that all the anti-math people would be like "NOOOOOOOOOOOO".

What I think it boils down to is that Sal is right. Jason knows she's not particularly bright but refuses to phrase the information in ways she's likely to understand, which makes him kind of an ass.

Or a bad teacher. I agree with her, here.

edited 24th Jan '13 8:39:19 AM by Medinoc

I don't think he's refusing to, I think he just can't understand what she's not understanding and doesn't know how to change his explanation to address her difficulties.

So no, he's not a very good teacher. Professors (and adjuncts) are chosen more on the basis of their credentials in their subject, rather than how well they teach it.

Yeah. I don't think Jason is being an ass on purpose. But he do suck at the whole "teaching" thing, even if he is fairly knowledgeable on math. He is also a condescending jerk, which certainly doesn't help at all.

Eh, standing by my "she can do better" statement, but sometimes you need your rocks off, ya heard?

Did not see that coming...okay...

I did.