Well no wonder she freaks out whenever she thinks of it! She was about to murder somebody! Still, she didn’t make much of an impression on Sal, so nothing TOO awful could have happened.
I really don’t think Blaine would be happy if she did stand up against Sal in the store. He’s tormenting her, and I don’t think he expected her to do anything.
Greenygal
Yeah, if she’d done something he’d’ve tormented her for being reckless, or incompetent, or something.
Just as an aside the guy who was dead on the street for 2 minutes would appreciate it if you didn’t discourage people from doing CPR on dead people as they are the intended recipient of said treatment. Add a modifier to that like “embalmed”, “decaying”, “decapitated”, or other words to the effect that the corpse was a tad past its freshness date.
Yotomoe
I’ve never heard Corpse refer to anyone who has just recently died, actually. But yes, you’re technically correct.
ninja_jesus
Yeah Yotomoe, what are you, Lifeist? Check your living privilege.
Cholma
I think Yotomoe might be one of those “Pro-Lifers” I keep hearing about. Why ya gotta be such a hater Yotomoe? The dead/undead have rights, too!
Yotomoe
Damn dead people. Takin’ our jerbs.
Just Cheeto Dust
I don’t suppose we fight back with another orgy pile?
TheSuicidalGiraffe
Just Cheeto Dust, don’t you DARE DISCOUNT THE USEFULNESS of an orgy pile!
Gigafreak
Does this mean zombie series are like blaxploitation media for living-impaired people?
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I think it’s slightly okay for Sal/Walky’s parents to treat her differently if, in fact, she is a zombie.
nothri
You bastard. I can’t believe you said that! The living impaired have enough trouble with their disability without assholes like you giving them trouble!
OldFart
Just an aside, at least some people with disabilities really hate the “x-impaired” moniker imposed on them by others. My Deaf nephew is not “impaired” in any way, thank you very much. Just say “deaf”. It’s not some horrible curse word. It’s just the hearing people that are afraid to say it, not the deaf (or “Deaf”, the capitalization being a cultural designator. Not all deaf people identify as Deaf.) And please don’t call anyone a deaf-mute, or God forbid, deaf and dumb.
Don’t have as much experience with other disabilities, but probably the same principle applies. I’ve heard the phrase “blind or partially sighted”, I’d bet it’s non-offensive.
OldFart
Other than the your comment made me giggle, nothin.
begbert2
So what you’re saying is, we should be sure to call zombies “zombies”, so as not to offend their undead sensibilities?
Anonymous man
Why is “deaf” totally OK but “deaf-mute” totally is not? And how would one who didn’t know the people involved predict the difference?
I’m *not* an expert, but the way it was explained to me is that the deaf aren’t unable to communicate. That’s like saying someone who speaks Spanish while I speak English is impaired or unable to communicate.
They communicate just fine, via sign language. They just don’t communicate so that we can understand them. So “impaired” or “mute” imply something incorrect. Deaf has become the name of their culture/language group, so it’s generally non-offensive.
(Please correct if I got anything wrong in that, but I wanted to share the analogy because it made SO MUCH SENSE when it was explained to me!)
Random832
“mute” doesn’t _mean_ unable to communicate. Different mediums of communication are different, and “mute” only refers to one specific medium. Whether you can use sign language, or for that matter write, is irrelevant, just like you’re still called deaf even though you can read.
Bill
If you look at the dictionary definitions, “deaf” refers to the inability to hear. “Mute” refers to the inability to speak. One does not automatically follow in the presence of the other.
@ OldFart, blindness has a lot of different terms for it depending on if the person is part of Blind culture or not- B/blind and low vision are the ones I’ve seen most.
I can also vouch that identity first language is not the devil. I’m Autistic, not a person with autism and all that.
nothri
When in doubt, use the terminology the person in question uses to refer to themselves. If need be, address the elephant in the room and just flat out *say* that you want to respect their feelings on the matter and would like to know what their preference is. Assuming the topic needs to be broached at all, of course. 99% it probably won’t even come up.
So following this rule, one should always refer to zombies as a ::groooooan:: as the zombies themselves do.
Marisa Mockery
Mmmyep. When someone calls me mentally ill or disabled I want to punch them. I have a disease but I don’t define myself by it.
davidbreslin101
I’ve wondered about things like that- some of the “polite” terms for various disabilities have a faintly patronising ring to them. (seriously, “little people”?!) On the other hand at least people haven’t been using them as insults for centuries…. tricky.
Graq
Little person is the preferred term most of us use. Like has been said above, ask the person themselves if you’re not sure.
kelticat
To call someone impaired is to say that they are broken. My sister is deafened and my dad is in a wheelchair. Calling them broken is an insult.
Tommy Bologna
Turns out Sal ad Walky’s whole family are classic movie monsters. Sal’s a zombie, Walky’s a Werewolf(of the basketball playing, guitar strumming variety), their dad is Frankenstein, and their mom is a Vampire. It all makes sense.
Discussion (386) - “Freeze up”
Jen Aside
whoa what
saltchocolate
Holy shit!!
Lucas
I don’t know man, I’m scared
Rodrigo
Dramatic twist: Sal is a zombie now and Amber spent 3 years in “teen jail”.
Rodrigo
Another dramatic twist: she stabbed the cops and other people nearby too.
Tainnryst
What if she didn’t go after Sal but instead went after Blaine, and Amber is presently beating up Zombie Blaine. … ZomBlaine.
WaveRocker
Plot Twist Again: it’s actually the cop who was already holding the knife
zana
Yet another plot twist: The panel fades out and we just See Danny in a room sitting on the floor holding a snow-globe
blackaeon
+ the internet for your St. Elsewhere reference
Arkadi
St. Elsewhere? Not Citizen Kane?
LazyDolphin
Google ‘Tommy Wetphall Universe’ when you’ve got a spare couple hours.
Just Cheeto Dust
No, that is most definitely a St. Elsewhere reference. (the globe doesn’t break, for one thing)
We could also do a Dallas reference, with Faz stepping out of the shower and all prior events are revealed to have been a dream…
Jen Aside
SUPER PLOT TWIST:
*stabs a Twinkie*
Schist
Mega plot twist: That knife is actually Amazi-Girl.
Kiggy
There is no knife.
Jordan
Well no wonder she freaks out whenever she thinks of it! She was about to murder somebody! Still, she didn’t make much of an impression on Sal, so nothing TOO awful could have happened.
Robin
Sal: “People’r tryin’ ta kill mah all the time. ‘S no big deal.”
Hoboturtle
Said just as a arrow whiz by where her head was five seconds before.
anonymous
Amber killed her father; the existence of Amber’s father is a paradox. The universe explodes.
Tunaro
Amber NOO!!!!
Idon'tcarenomore
What?
JebJeb
Alright, she may be just a tad psychotic as well.
Yotomoe
Well…She IS Blaine’s daughter.
Thasvaddef
I can definitely see some Blaine in her eyes in panel 2.
Arkadi
I can see something freakin’ scary in her eyes in panels 4 and 5.
Bilfred
Woah now.
The Meek Ninja
OH. SHIT.
Sageress
DRAMATIC TWIST
Aizat
OF THE KNIFE!
AgentKeen
=O
David Herbert
Why is Blaine complaining? She’s doing what he told her to.
Yotomoe
Because despite her best efforts, she’s still doing it too late. This is the equivalent on trying to do CPR on a corpse.
Jordan
I really don’t think Blaine would be happy if she did stand up against Sal in the store. He’s tormenting her, and I don’t think he expected her to do anything.
Greenygal
Yeah, if she’d done something he’d’ve tormented her for being reckless, or incompetent, or something.
Opus the Poet
Just as an aside the guy who was dead on the street for 2 minutes would appreciate it if you didn’t discourage people from doing CPR on dead people as they are the intended recipient of said treatment. Add a modifier to that like “embalmed”, “decaying”, “decapitated”, or other words to the effect that the corpse was a tad past its freshness date.
Yotomoe
I’ve never heard Corpse refer to anyone who has just recently died, actually. But yes, you’re technically correct.
ninja_jesus
Yeah Yotomoe, what are you, Lifeist? Check your living privilege.
Cholma
I think Yotomoe might be one of those “Pro-Lifers” I keep hearing about. Why ya gotta be such a hater Yotomoe? The dead/undead have rights, too!
Yotomoe
Damn dead people. Takin’ our jerbs.
Just Cheeto Dust
I don’t suppose we fight back with another orgy pile?
TheSuicidalGiraffe
Just Cheeto Dust, don’t you DARE DISCOUNT THE USEFULNESS of an orgy pile!
Gigafreak
Does this mean zombie series are like blaxploitation media for living-impaired people?
brionl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hou0lU8WMgo
Wack'd
Because that’s what people like Blaine do–make it so that no matter what there’s no winning move.
Karma Aster
Yeah, typical manipulative emotional abuse. And Blaine is pretty clearly a textbook sociopath.
SUGauthor
Welp.
Digglesworth
My face is now permantly stuck with my jaw in the lower position
Tommy Bologna
Oh man! Do you think she killed Sal?!
Maximillian Ronald Junior the fifth
With that avatar, this line is priceless. XD
saltchocolate
Two internets for you.
GoldStarz
This just in: Sal is a zombie. Her cool factor has been raised by 32%.
Jen Aside
no wait, I know, she’s gonna give Sal a spider tattoo YEAH
NCP19
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I think it’s slightly okay for Sal/Walky’s parents to treat her differently if, in fact, she is a zombie.
nothri
You bastard. I can’t believe you said that! The living impaired have enough trouble with their disability without assholes like you giving them trouble!
OldFart
Just an aside, at least some people with disabilities really hate the “x-impaired” moniker imposed on them by others. My Deaf nephew is not “impaired” in any way, thank you very much. Just say “deaf”. It’s not some horrible curse word. It’s just the hearing people that are afraid to say it, not the deaf (or “Deaf”, the capitalization being a cultural designator. Not all deaf people identify as Deaf.) And please don’t call anyone a deaf-mute, or God forbid, deaf and dumb.
Don’t have as much experience with other disabilities, but probably the same principle applies. I’ve heard the phrase “blind or partially sighted”, I’d bet it’s non-offensive.
OldFart
Other than the your comment made me giggle, nothin.
begbert2
So what you’re saying is, we should be sure to call zombies “zombies”, so as not to offend their undead sensibilities?
Anonymous man
Why is “deaf” totally OK but “deaf-mute” totally is not? And how would one who didn’t know the people involved predict the difference?
Shadlyn
I’m *not* an expert, but the way it was explained to me is that the deaf aren’t unable to communicate. That’s like saying someone who speaks Spanish while I speak English is impaired or unable to communicate.
They communicate just fine, via sign language. They just don’t communicate so that we can understand them. So “impaired” or “mute” imply something incorrect. Deaf has become the name of their culture/language group, so it’s generally non-offensive.
(Please correct if I got anything wrong in that, but I wanted to share the analogy because it made SO MUCH SENSE when it was explained to me!)
Random832
“mute” doesn’t _mean_ unable to communicate. Different mediums of communication are different, and “mute” only refers to one specific medium. Whether you can use sign language, or for that matter write, is irrelevant, just like you’re still called deaf even though you can read.
Bill
If you look at the dictionary definitions, “deaf” refers to the inability to hear. “Mute” refers to the inability to speak. One does not automatically follow in the presence of the other.
Alyssa
@ OldFart, blindness has a lot of different terms for it depending on if the person is part of Blind culture or not- B/blind and low vision are the ones I’ve seen most.
I can also vouch that identity first language is not the devil. I’m Autistic, not a person with autism and all that.
nothri
When in doubt, use the terminology the person in question uses to refer to themselves. If need be, address the elephant in the room and just flat out *say* that you want to respect their feelings on the matter and would like to know what their preference is. Assuming the topic needs to be broached at all, of course. 99% it probably won’t even come up.
So following this rule, one should always refer to zombies as a ::groooooan:: as the zombies themselves do.
Marisa Mockery
Mmmyep. When someone calls me mentally ill or disabled I want to punch them. I have a disease but I don’t define myself by it.
davidbreslin101
I’ve wondered about things like that- some of the “polite” terms for various disabilities have a faintly patronising ring to them. (seriously, “little people”?!) On the other hand at least people haven’t been using them as insults for centuries…. tricky.
Graq
Little person is the preferred term most of us use. Like has been said above, ask the person themselves if you’re not sure.
kelticat
To call someone impaired is to say that they are broken. My sister is deafened and my dad is in a wheelchair. Calling them broken is an insult.
Tommy Bologna
Turns out Sal ad Walky’s whole family are classic movie monsters. Sal’s a zombie, Walky’s a Werewolf(of the basketball playing, guitar strumming variety), their dad is Frankenstein, and their mom is a Vampire. It all makes sense.
Mr K
Somebody should make fanart of that.
KevinGriffin3CD
“It STARTED when we were both BORN, and you came out less PUTREFIED!”
Dean
Vitalist!
Yotomoe
My sword is a tool of justice.
But THIS ISN’T MY SWORD.
(you guys probably notice I got a certain game recently by this point)
Keroshino
Jack is Back!!!
Psycho