….
**grabs mic**
“Daddy! Why did you eat my fries? I bought them, and they were mine.
But you ate them. Yeah, you ate my fries. And I cried, but you didn’t see me cry.
Daddy, do you even love me? Well I wish you’d show it, cause I wouldn’t know it.
What kind of dad eats his daughter’s fries and doesn’t look her in the eyes?
There were tears there. If you saw them, would you even care?”
**mic drop**
I feel really bad for Carla. She’s getting a lot of emotional pressure put upon her to somehow change the course of a huge corporation and alter international politics, and I just don’t think it’s fair.
It’s all both unprompted and something that it seems her parents never really prepared her for.
Like even if they’ve been rather blissfully aware of the consequences of their tech, the whole “oh hey our technology is being used in a political war and there was a protest about it at our daughter’s school” feels like it should hoist SOME signal in their heads.
I think this is probably the situation. I was originally considering it could be some kind of “Iron Man movie”-style thing where they were pretty disconnected from their company and totally unaware of what was going on, but since then it’s been mentioned publicly enough times in the strip that, yeah, they know what’s going on.
I mean, yes, it did.
From her response, Carla clearly is already aware of the problem and concerned about it – also feeling guilty about it, although I don’t think that’s Jocelyne’s intent – and already trying to work up the courage to do what Jocelyne was going to ask her to do. That means she already agrees with Jocelyne’s stance, which means they don’t need to first convince Carla, which is what they came to do. So technically, they’d already succeeded before they even arrived. Now, instead, they can focus on helping Carla work up the courage to actually do the thing she already wants to do.
I do really like Carla when she has to confront the realities of her privilege. It’s a funny and compelling situation for her, a rare time she can’t easily dismiss.
I know that Carla’s blantant egoism is likely a cover for a deepseated sense of insecurity, but I do find it kind of grating, so I like it when the mask comes off. It is nice to see Caral challenged, and be the complex character she is (rather than the very shallow one she pretends to be).
“Up in my fries” is a new one for me, I must admit.
It’s also making me imagine Carla eating fries whilst engineering her Revenge-Inator, and I’m not sure if that’s entirely sanitary or not. Leave it to me to go on the most irrelevant of tangents…
I’m surely decades out of date, but all I know is all up in my business, like when my cat goes under the duvet (comforter??) to warm her face up my bum (fanny?)
New to me too. The only even remotely similar reference I’ve heard is from a hip-hop banger sixteen years ago…
yeah I’m an asshole, but also a nice guy
high five while I stick my dick into your French fries https://yousuck.bandcamp.com/track/i-want-everything-ft-mike-falzone
I actually would be interested in this plot if it turns out to be more complicated than initially appears. It’s already pretty complicated with the idea that the Ruttens are pro-trans rights and actively funding the countersuits against the government’s attempt to strip them while ALSO being Pro-Bulmerian War (which is distinct enough that hopefully it won’t age or get bogged down in the fact that the protests for the RL tragedy failed). Basically, the best argument for this to be Bulmeria is that maybe our heroes CAN make a difference due to it being fictional.
But I like some of the suggestions in the previous comic strip that Ruttech may be less involved than the protestors that Jocelyne are working with suggest. They’re not necessarily possessed of a defense contractor division but just selling chips that get used in guidance systems. They may also not actually BE able to turn down the contract too as unless they’re full owners like SOME evil billionaires, they could simply have been overulled by their stokckholders.
Like when Tony Stark found out his shareholders voted to make Sentinels and his workers’ union were all for it because Marvel’s citizens suck.
I mean you’re still complacent in genocide if you’re selling things to the genociders to aid in their genocide, even if it’s not weapons. And Tony Stark then spent his entire personal fortune helping the X-Men kill the guys that were buying the sentinels
well, helping their own daughter isn’t the same as setting up some kinda ‘pro lgbt/trans funds’ that helps similar ppl in carla’s situation to get hormones/etc even if there was a lawsuit oabout it ors o
Pro-Ukraine, Pro-Israel: Supports US goals and allies
Pro-Ukraine, Anti-Israel: Opposes large countries invading smaller ones
Anti-Ukraine, Pro-Israel: Supports large countries invading smaller ones
Anti-Ukraine, Anti-Israel: Opposes US goals and allies
Joy
I’m pro israel and pro ukraine specifically because I prioritize being pro queer when it comes to my views of global politics, actually!
At least in the real world, the nuance likely lies in there being no weapon systems made specifically for doing genocide in Gaza. If Ruttech is making and selling systems to Israel directly, that’s a thing they could probably act on. If they’re making components used in weapons made by other companies, Ruttech won’t be able to limit the end users those are sold to.
You can argue any weapons manufacturing is bad, but that’s a much harder sell.
mm, fries…lol maybe they should make her some homemade fries/chips in the kitchen as a peace offering next time
that said, unless her parents are teh equivalent of ‘hold up in the basement’ and focused on tech and never talking to anyone in their company/not on social media, surely they’d be aware of the issue whether carla talks to them or not
Yeah, the cops were bigoted against Carla…because she was at the protest!
Because she’s a redhead.
Because she rollerskates!
Not because of the obvious reason!
142 thoughts on “Fries”
profnekko
Yep Carla utterly dreads having this conversation that’s for sure yep yep
Sirksome
Don’t trust fries. Yeah I think that’s the right takeaway here.
clif
Don’t trust short order cooks.
Needfuldoer
Potatoes are our friends. They hurt our friends. :(
Mr D
I mean, they may be our friends, but they are absolutely fookin delicious.
Like pigs.
kdmw
I’ve heard the screams of the vegetables ♫
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmK0bZl4ILM&list=RDKmK0bZl4ILM
The Other Mike
@kdmw Oh, how I wish I could upvote that comment. I’m reminded of a T-shirt I once saw: “How many vegetables had to die for your stupid salad?”
Rose By Any Other Name
….
**grabs mic**
“Daddy! Why did you eat my fries? I bought them, and they were mine.
But you ate them. Yeah, you ate my fries. And I cried, but you didn’t see me cry.
Daddy, do you even love me? Well I wish you’d show it, cause I wouldn’t know it.
What kind of dad eats his daughter’s fries and doesn’t look her in the eyes?
There were tears there. If you saw them, would you even care?”
**mic drop**
IntangibleMatter
First two panels are me talking about getting the absolute most basic task that involves talking to another person done
Throwatron
im in this picture and i have come to be at peace with it
Dedlok
Her fries are fried
Astariel
I feel really bad for Carla. She’s getting a lot of emotional pressure put upon her to somehow change the course of a huge corporation and alter international politics, and I just don’t think it’s fair.
Nono
It’s all both unprompted and something that it seems her parents never really prepared her for.
Like even if they’ve been rather blissfully aware of the consequences of their tech, the whole “oh hey our technology is being used in a political war and there was a protest about it at our daughter’s school” feels like it should hoist SOME signal in their heads.
CT Phipps
They may fully support her protesting and not intend to change a thing.
Bryy
Yeah, I fully am of the thought that they’ll be all “oh that’s GREAT SWEETIE” without putting two and two together.
Skorpeyon
I think this is probably the situation. I was originally considering it could be some kind of “Iron Man movie”-style thing where they were pretty disconnected from their company and totally unaware of what was going on, but since then it’s been mentioned publicly enough times in the strip that, yeah, they know what’s going on.
Rebecca
Gotta agree with Jocelyn, this went incredibly well.
Slartibeast Button, BIA
Despite her best efforts.
clif
It did go better than I expected.
anon
neither of the mgot a pie in their faces (yet) lol
Rose By Any Other Name
I mean, yes, it did.
From her response, Carla clearly is already aware of the problem and concerned about it – also feeling guilty about it, although I don’t think that’s Jocelyne’s intent – and already trying to work up the courage to do what Jocelyne was going to ask her to do. That means she already agrees with Jocelyne’s stance, which means they don’t need to first convince Carla, which is what they came to do. So technically, they’d already succeeded before they even arrived. Now, instead, they can focus on helping Carla work up the courage to actually do the thing she already wants to do.
jeffepp
Curly or shoe-string. OH, seasoned!
Slartibeast Button, BIA
Julienne Fries (whatever those are).
Sirksome
Waffle. The preferred fry for the sophisticated fried potato enjoyer.
Jeff K!
I’m unsure, but I know they can be made with a combination hookah and coffeemaker. I have been ensured that it will not break!
anon
julienne just means a thin cut so that’d be closer to shoestring unless they were even thinner lol
Morleuca
Think matchstick thin. Like those potatoes stick things that used to come in a can
Cbwroses
Curly fries, of course!
Ray Radlein
Carly fries
Laura
Steak fries
Or what hubby calls “Animal Style Fries”.
Slartibeast Button, BIA
8-)}
Carla has the right attitude here.
Dot
Now what did I say
clif
Come back when she hasn’t been hate-crimed?
…
I seem to recall you saying something similar to that.
Sirksome
I do really like Carla when she has to confront the realities of her privilege. It’s a funny and compelling situation for her, a rare time she can’t easily dismiss.
TrueSurvivor
I know that Carla’s blantant egoism is likely a cover for a deepseated sense of insecurity, but I do find it kind of grating, so I like it when the mask comes off. It is nice to see Caral challenged, and be the complex character she is (rather than the very shallow one she pretends to be).
Thag Simmons
Yeah, it’s neat to see elements introduced as comedic beats taken seriously and given dramatic weight. That sort of recontextualization is always fun.
TrueSurvivor
“Come on grab your friends and come to very distant lands…”?
M!a
Hey there are people who *have* no fries.
None.
No fries at all.
Ever thought about that?
clif
I’m a-fried not.
RassilonTDavros
“Up in my fries” is a new one for me, I must admit.
It’s also making me imagine Carla eating fries whilst engineering her Revenge-Inator, and I’m not sure if that’s entirely sanitary or not. Leave it to me to go on the most irrelevant of tangents…
anon
maybe she’s just hungry, it does seem kinda random, heard ‘up in my grill’ but that’s liek decades outta date i assume
Thing 2
I’m surely decades out of date, but all I know is all up in my business, like when my cat goes under the duvet (comforter??) to warm her face up my bum (fanny?)
KtBear
Please stick with bum, fanny has a totally different meaning to the rest of the world that isn’t the US of A.
clif
In the absence of other information, I’m going to assume they use it to refer to small fans.
Joy
It’s AAVE
Taffy
I guess Carla watches Degrassi, or at least saw the episode with the fast food commercial.
stePH
New to me too. The only even remotely similar reference I’ve heard is from a hip-hop banger sixteen years ago…
yeah I’m an asshole, but also a nice guy
high five while I stick my dick into your French fries
https://yousuck.bandcamp.com/track/i-want-everything-ft-mike-falzone
Morleuca
Season 3 episode 19 Degrassi: the Next Generation
Moonracer
Me when I have to go to the dentist
TrueSurvivor
Ha Ha Ha! That is a fantastic comment! Thank you for brightening my evening.
Bill Erak
You’re lucky she didn’t just kill you two with her death laser.
deliverything
Common misconception. It’s actually a debt laser, and because they’re college students in the US, it wouldn’t make much difference.
CT Phipps
I actually would be interested in this plot if it turns out to be more complicated than initially appears. It’s already pretty complicated with the idea that the Ruttens are pro-trans rights and actively funding the countersuits against the government’s attempt to strip them while ALSO being Pro-Bulmerian War (which is distinct enough that hopefully it won’t age or get bogged down in the fact that the protests for the RL tragedy failed). Basically, the best argument for this to be Bulmeria is that maybe our heroes CAN make a difference due to it being fictional.
But I like some of the suggestions in the previous comic strip that Ruttech may be less involved than the protestors that Jocelyne are working with suggest. They’re not necessarily possessed of a defense contractor division but just selling chips that get used in guidance systems. They may also not actually BE able to turn down the contract too as unless they’re full owners like SOME evil billionaires, they could simply have been overulled by their stokckholders.
Like when Tony Stark found out his shareholders voted to make Sentinels and his workers’ union were all for it because Marvel’s citizens suck.
AMagicalDuck
I mean you’re still complacent in genocide if you’re selling things to the genociders to aid in their genocide, even if it’s not weapons. And Tony Stark then spent his entire personal fortune helping the X-Men kill the guys that were buying the sentinels
anon
well, helping their own daughter isn’t the same as setting up some kinda ‘pro lgbt/trans funds’ that helps similar ppl in carla’s situation to get hormones/etc even if there was a lawsuit oabout it ors o
Bryy
I mean. I know someone who is Pro-Gaza but Anti-Ukraine.
Joy
pro gaza + anti ukraine totally tracks. either way its anti Raytheon
Rimwalker55
You’re pro-invasions as long as it’s not Raytheon?
Joy
I’m a Zionist! Glory to Ukraine.
Viktoria
Pro-Ukraine, Pro-Israel: Supports US goals and allies
Pro-Ukraine, Anti-Israel: Opposes large countries invading smaller ones
Anti-Ukraine, Pro-Israel: Supports large countries invading smaller ones
Anti-Ukraine, Anti-Israel: Opposes US goals and allies
Joy
I’m pro israel and pro ukraine specifically because I prioritize being pro queer when it comes to my views of global politics, actually!
thejeff
At least in the real world, the nuance likely lies in there being no weapon systems made specifically for doing genocide in Gaza. If Ruttech is making and selling systems to Israel directly, that’s a thing they could probably act on. If they’re making components used in weapons made by other companies, Ruttech won’t be able to limit the end users those are sold to.
You can argue any weapons manufacturing is bad, but that’s a much harder sell.
anon
mm, fries…lol maybe they should make her some homemade fries/chips in the kitchen as a peace offering next time
that said, unless her parents are teh equivalent of ‘hold up in the basement’ and focused on tech and never talking to anyone in their company/not on social media, surely they’d be aware of the issue whether carla talks to them or not
Se7en2
“The sins of the father are to be laid upon the children.”
Reltzik
It’s like Joyce when she was working up to hashing it out with her folks, except then everyone was up in her hash Browns.
TrueSurvivor
That is great.
Slartibeast Button, BIA
Go to your room.
CT Phipps
Yeah, the cops were bigoted against Carla…because she was at the protest!
Because she’s a redhead.
Because she rollerskates!
Not because of the obvious reason!
Insanenoodlyguy
Still not sure the cops had anything to do with that one.
Joy
the cops broke her monitor, as referenced in this strip. its relevant
clif
What leads you to say she was at the protest?
Qube