The key word here is ‘could’. In that it’s being applied in much the same manner as “the Earth could spontaneously hurl itself into the Sun today”. It could happen, but it probably won’t.
Not that I’m saying that it’d take the fiery destruction of the entire planet to make Sarah be honest about liking things. ..wait, no, maybe that is what I’m saying.
mono = [single, one]
chrome = [relating to color] Not to be confused with chroma, a related word [synonymous with saturation] indicating how vibrant or dull a color is. Also not to be confused with chrome as a shorthand for chromium, as per the chrome plating which is used to add metallic sheen and corrosion resistance to vehicle components.
To follow up on what Ana and Reltz touched on, monochrome relates to the use of shades of a single color, while grayscale refers to the specific monochrome configuration relating to gray. Grayscale is considered the default range for monochrome, so if you state monochrome without any other details, it becomes clear that you’re referring to grayscale. This sort of default perception is true of many words- for example, orgy (meaning “an excessive indulgence in”) has a specific indulgence in mind when no other descriptor is added.
I’m unfamiliar with the concept of greyscale being able to be combined with other colors and still be considered monochrome, and my Google results also seem to reject that interpretation, so that previous statement may have been in error.
I’m of the understanding that it is still often considered to be monochrome when the range of shades is present on a single-shade background of a different color, however [as per old computers, which were green text and graphics on a black background], so that may have been the basis for the confusion. (Ergo, grayscale on orange would perhaps count as monochrome, but the current comic’s orange on grayscale presumably would not.)
Note also that “black & white” does not refer to greyscale, it specifically refers to binary white and black application. While in common usage the terms are used interchangably, this is not necessarily true for more technical applications of the terms. As such, it can be worthwhile to note the distinction in very specific cases [as by certain printer settings, which may distinguish between the two options].
^.^
begbert2
Every black & white photo I’ve ever seen was greyscale.
Chris (the other one)
HeySo, first thank you for that information. Second, you DID read the words nearly-all- before the word monochrome, yes?
HeySo
@begbert2
There’s typically no reason to pick binary black & white over greyscale but, as I noted, the two CAN be listed as seperate options, so the distinction CAN be relevant. I’ve used it a few times when I had shaded text, and I wanted to ensure it printed as solid black text on white background (as per the norm). For general discussion, the two are almost always interchangable.
@Chris
Valdin thanked for research, so I elaborated the remainder of the subject (and I had the impression of adequately detailing my intention of doing such, but I suppose I fell short?). My comment shouldn’t be any different from the previous ones, aside from breadth, so if there’s some criticism you’re trying to offer, I’m uncertain as to its scope. Your vague phrasing makes it so I’m not even sure if a criticism was intended or not. :S
She can’t help, Sarah is like a pufferfish. She doesn’t mean to be so prickly, it’s just all that she knows. And it takes time for her to realize not everything is a threat and let those spikes down.
I think (and a few others have interpreted it this way) that she only lied because Agatha pointed it out instead of just going “nice door!” and moving on. Not that I’m saying Agatha did anything wrong, but making a deal about someone doing something they normally wouldn’t do can easily make people want to double down and not do that thing out of spite. Still a silly thing to do, yes, but I don’t think it’s so much “Sarah’s trying too hard to be edgy” and more “I was gonna get away with it but someone had to make a deal about it”. She was honest about liking Halloween to three other people after all
“Thanks, I hate it.” Other than Agatha being a sweetie, I can see nothing at all good about this strip.
There had better be callbacks explaining why Sarah is willing to make herself miserable in this way, or I’ll…keep backing DoA kickstarters? But Damn You Willis!
There was the extended flashback about Dana, Sarah’s roommate last year. She’s definitely more introverted, if Joyce had been Sarah’s first roommate I could see Sarah having a similar dynamic with her that they have now. Not as extreme, but still at points where Joyce could drive Sarah to Other Jacobvibrate through walls to get away.
Yeah, and also that whole thing when Joyce got back from La Porte with all the hugging and crying
Sarah keeps people at a distance by putting up a grouchy facade as a defense mechanism. Other people seeing beyond that makes her uncomfortable. She’s been slowly letting Joyce in, but she doesn’t know Agatha that well so she still feels the need to convince her she hates everything
BBCC
Indeed – to use her words, not putting up her crusty shell really stresses her out.
148 thoughts on “Vandalized”
Ana Chronistic
“my petard… I am hoisted”
alt: “I’m why I can’t have nice things”
Thursday Violist
All she had to do was say “Joyce likes it” and nobody would’ve questioned it.
Felix
Or she could have just owned up to it…
HeySo
The key word here is ‘could’. In that it’s being applied in much the same manner as “the Earth could spontaneously hurl itself into the Sun today”. It could happen, but it probably won’t.
Not that I’m saying that it’d take the fiery destruction of the entire planet to make Sarah be honest about liking things. ..wait, no, maybe that is what I’m saying.
Doctor_Who
The WhiteBoard DingDong Bandit has returned as the OrangeGourd DoorDec Bandit!
Slartibeast Button, BIA
In a world, where art is the only protest…
Jhon
… all protesters will be artists.
Keulen
Someone find Amazi-Girl and get her on the case.
Needfuldoer
Ooooohhhhhhhh
Who posts decorations all over your door?
Orangegourd Doordec!
Who leaves lots of pumpkins but always has more?
Orangegourd Doordec!
ValdVin
I don’t know if DofA has had a nearly-all-monochrome panel before.
Poor Sarah.
SeanR
Red is a color.
HeySo
It is, but it’s not one that’s especially relevant to the present topic.
SeanR
Sorry this is so late. I was associating this, near monochrome, panel, to earlier ones, when Amber was having a breakdown.
ValdVin
Oops. I don’t mean “all monochrome”, but a panel that’s nearly all black, white and gray for artistic effect.
Ana Chronistic
mon·o·chrome
/ˈmänəˌkrōm/
noun
noun: monochrome; plural noun: monochromes
1.
a photograph or picture developed or executed in black and white or in varying tones of only one color.
you’re fine
ValdVin
Hey, someone to do the research I’m too lazy for at midnight. Sincere thanx.
Reltzik
Technically grayscale + orange is monochrome.
HeySo
@ValdVin
mono = [single, one]
chrome = [relating to color]
Not to be confused with chroma, a related word [synonymous with saturation] indicating how vibrant or dull a color is. Also not to be confused with chrome as a shorthand for chromium, as per the chrome plating which is used to add metallic sheen and corrosion resistance to vehicle components.
To follow up on what Ana and Reltz touched on, monochrome relates to the use of shades of a single color, while grayscale refers to the specific monochrome configuration relating to gray. Grayscale is considered the default range for monochrome, so if you state monochrome without any other details, it becomes clear that you’re referring to grayscale. This sort of default perception is true of many words- for example, orgy (meaning “an excessive indulgence in”) has a specific indulgence in mind when no other descriptor is added.
I’m unfamiliar with the concept of greyscale being able to be combined with other colors and still be considered monochrome, and my Google results also seem to reject that interpretation, so that previous statement may have been in error.
I’m of the understanding that it is still often considered to be monochrome when the range of shades is present on a single-shade background of a different color, however [as per old computers, which were green text and graphics on a black background], so that may have been the basis for the confusion. (Ergo, grayscale on orange would perhaps count as monochrome, but the current comic’s orange on grayscale presumably would not.)
Note also that “black & white” does not refer to greyscale, it specifically refers to binary white and black application. While in common usage the terms are used interchangably, this is not necessarily true for more technical applications of the terms. As such, it can be worthwhile to note the distinction in very specific cases [as by certain printer settings, which may distinguish between the two options].
^.^
begbert2
Every black & white photo I’ve ever seen was greyscale.
Chris (the other one)
HeySo, first thank you for that information. Second, you DID read the words nearly-all- before the word monochrome, yes?
HeySo
@begbert2
There’s typically no reason to pick binary black & white over greyscale but, as I noted, the two CAN be listed as seperate options, so the distinction CAN be relevant. I’ve used it a few times when I had shaded text, and I wanted to ensure it printed as solid black text on white background (as per the norm). For general discussion, the two are almost always interchangable.
@Chris
Valdin thanked for research, so I elaborated the remainder of the subject (and I had the impression of adequately detailing my intention of doing such, but I suppose I fell short?). My comment shouldn’t be any different from the previous ones, aside from breadth, so if there’s some criticism you’re trying to offer, I’m uncertain as to its scope. Your vague phrasing makes it so I’m not even sure if a criticism was intended or not. :S
not someone else
The artistic term for what you’re looking at is spot color, but I think everyone got what you meant.
Questionor
but everyone who hates everything loves Halloween. Come on Sarah, didn’t you read the Curmudgeon League’s bylaws?
Reltzik
Dang kids always coming ’round and banging on my door when I just want to be left alone *grumble grumble grumble*
Kern Wallace
Sarah, you’re allowed to let people know you care about things.
Slartibeast Button, BIA
Showing feelings just makes you vulnerable.
thejeff
Worse, it ruins your image.
Which has been kind of a theme this chapter. Starting with Sal and Joyce’s conversation.
Jack
Feeding into or avoiding other people’s expectations of yourself is quite an emotional choice, if you are aware of it.
For some people.
Yumi
Hey, my cheery Mormon friend is getting married today! Good time to see Agatha.
Also, Sarah, you’re allowed to like things.
taekwondogirl
🙁
Raen
…I am shocked, shocked by this alt-text.
I guess “Christmastime is here” wouldn’t have been appropriate.
Ana Chronistic
it might as well be
the War on Christmas has already claimed Thanksgiving and is regularly encroaching upon Hallowe’en
Yet_One_More_Idiot
Here in the UK, most major store chains start putting out Christmas stock on 1 September.
After Hallowe’en’s been and gone, they take down the stuff that was on sale for it and put out even more Christmas stock. xD
Batz
What was that whole “best policy” thing, again?
I keep forgetting.
Reltzik
Keep your head down, keep your mouth shut, and avoid all human interaction.
…. hey, technically that keeps you from lying. At least to anyone but yourself.
Nono
I don’t know why, but that Agatha smile in panel 4 is making me ship Agatha/Sarah.
BBCC
Agatha is a sweet and precious button and I love her. She’s like the human personification of a smiley emoji.
Sarah, as you can see, this is why we don’t deny liking things for the sake of a crusty shell.
Kyrik Michalowski
She can’t help, Sarah is like a pufferfish. She doesn’t mean to be so prickly, it’s just all that she knows. And it takes time for her to realize not everything is a threat and let those spikes down.
BBCC
Dammit, there was supposed to be a 😛 there.
Ah well. We love Sarah anyways. Her reactions are one of my favourite birthday presents today!
Marsh Maryrose
When it counts, may you roll high!
butts
ummm whatcha say
butts
…alt text is different song, same joke
Slartibeast Button, BIA
She is a rock.
She is an island.
Kyrik Michalowski
That you only meant well~
Well_Played
Aww Sarah…being a tsundere never helped anyone
Slartibeast Button, BIA
Tsundere? Who does she like then?
Kyrik Michalowski
Halloween, it is her one true love. <3 Unless someone asks her about it.
StClair
No one!
>.>
Slartibeast Button, BIA
Just so.
Roborat
Other Jacob.
Smiling Cat
Baka, it’s not like she likes halloween or anything.
Thursday Violist
It’s not like she decorated the door out of liking it, she just felt obligated to do so.
Kyrik Michalowski
Sarah no! 🙁 This makes me unreasonably sad and I have no idea why.
Victor Riley
Such an odd thing to lie about…
bleepbloop
I think (and a few others have interpreted it this way) that she only lied because Agatha pointed it out instead of just going “nice door!” and moving on. Not that I’m saying Agatha did anything wrong, but making a deal about someone doing something they normally wouldn’t do can easily make people want to double down and not do that thing out of spite. Still a silly thing to do, yes, but I don’t think it’s so much “Sarah’s trying too hard to be edgy” and more “I was gonna get away with it but someone had to make a deal about it”. She was honest about liking Halloween to three other people after all
shadowcell
Dumbing of Age Book 9: [just the last panel]
Ana Chronistic
Dumbing of Age Book 9: I Didn’t Know You Liked Anything
ShinyNeen
Dumbing of Age Book 9: You– You Don’t Have To…
(It’s a radical new sales tactic!)
Yet_One_More_Idiot
Dumbing of Age Book 9: [alt text] Hello Darkness My Old Friend…
TrueVCU
Oh Sarah, you tried to have it all
Renshear Blade
silly Sarah….
Marsh Maryrose
“Thanks, I hate it.” Other than Agatha being a sweetie, I can see nothing at all good about this strip.
There had better be callbacks explaining why Sarah is willing to make herself miserable in this way, or I’ll…keep backing DoA kickstarters? But Damn You Willis!
Schpoonman
There was the extended flashback about Dana, Sarah’s roommate last year. She’s definitely more introverted, if Joyce had been Sarah’s first roommate I could see Sarah having a similar dynamic with her that they have now. Not as extreme, but still at points where Joyce could drive Sarah to
Other Jacobvibrate through walls to get away.Fart Captor
Yeah, and also that whole thing when Joyce got back from La Porte with all the hugging and crying
Sarah keeps people at a distance by putting up a grouchy facade as a defense mechanism. Other people seeing beyond that makes her uncomfortable. She’s been slowly letting Joyce in, but she doesn’t know Agatha that well so she still feels the need to convince her she hates everything
BBCC
Indeed – to use her words, not putting up her crusty shell really stresses her out.
Cerberus
And thus Sarah learns the terrible terrible price to pretending to be too cool to care about things.
BBCC
I think it’s less ‘I’m too cool’ and more ‘I’m a crusty grump who doesn’t care about anything, rawr’.
Bagge
The price for being too cool to care about things are the things you care about.
Or as Sal put it
http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/03-when-god-closes-the-door/pissybaby/
pjeseb