Everett True Comics

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A place to appreciate the twentieth century comic character Everett True of "The Outbursts of Everett True." Feel free to check out the sticky.

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A valid concern (July 9, 1907) (midwest.social)

submitted 11 months ago by clark@midwest.social to c/truecomics@midwest.social

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Irrelevant: are you guys watching the Olympics. I've been stuck on artistic gymnastics and judo. I need me a man who is pliant

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[–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 39 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I like these comics a lot, but I want to clear up possible misinformation.

This is not a valid concern, as babies learn to distinguish between baby language and adult language during language learning. I don't know what is the minimum, but getting approached by randoos on the street that talk gibberish to the baby surely won't hurt their language learning. They are at most gonna be afraid of the randoos that approach them.

[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

Absolutely, I wouldn't be surprised one bit if glossolalia is one of the fundamental mechanisms for developing healthy mental, emotional and social skills.
Glossolalia is healthy for adults, even practiced as a basic exercise in acting classes.

An equivalent I can think of is in reading, while in college in Mexico back in the 90s, I was talking to a girl about some book I enjoyed, and she told me that as a child she wanted to read a comic book and her mother scolded her, because "comics are for low class and/or low intelligence people".

I guess that stupid, rabidly-Catholic, typically inflexible mother thought children should start reading by cracking open The Iliad... or worse... the Bible.

Reading is supposed to be a joyful experience, you want to hit those dopamine receptors early and often, but that woman obviously didn't strain herself with thinking about it all that much, her life was surely more like a never-ending series of knee-jerk reactions. It makes me angry. Not satisfied with shooting her own foot long-term, she had to do it to others.

Of course you know it - my friend never did develop an interest in reading.

[–] chumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Love me some rugby sevens -- the France-Fiji men's final was chef's kiss, and seeing Canada's women go so far was also a delight.

Also had one eye on any racket sports