This is the comic from Zits today, a friend of mine sent it to me:
It’s true, I do have pretty wild weekends, all things considered. But I can’t leave the comic alone for getting me right, I’d like to press in on it just a bit. I actually really enjoy this comic strip, it can be fairly accurate in its satire of teenager-dom. That said, there’s a tragic assumption here: that Quakers don’t (need to) study?
[edited: thanks kyle.]
No, Wess, on the contrary, the tragic assumption in this strip is that Quakers do not need to study. Come on! Hasn’t Zizek taught you anything! 😉
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@Johnny: Yes, yes I’ve seen that. I don’t mind, we like him for a good reasons! 😉
Actually, I thinkthe tragic assumption is that Quakers don’t have interesting weekends. Although I found the comic strip humorous, I also thought there was a bit to stereotyping going on.
cath
I have been saying Quakers need better PR for awhile now. Don’t worry, I’m doing my part to clear the image: http://www.rainbowfriends.net/friends/
@cath, yes it is certainly an old stereotype! Yet, I think at one level all comic strips work on very broad generalizations, especially Zits. It’s kind of funny to see a reference to a religious group at all, I guess they figured Quakers won’t mind!
@Allison, nice! Haha, I like the old quaker guy and then you, that’s awesome! What are you eating? I hope it is an oatmeal cookie?! 🙂
Oh it happened to be on Christmas and my friend made red and green buttermilk pies. I like how the green pie matches the green heart on my shirt!