Arc# 36: Scaredy Cats

[ChewyChewy]

Could someone explain the "reverse psychology" bit? I'm lost....

That Max didn't want ghosts in the first place, but now he wants them.

But Sabrina looks pretty angry in the last panel.

That...doesn't make it any clearer.... I don't mean to be dense but I have no idea what they said in the last panel....

[Hypergenesis]

Background spookiness? What exactly are the units on spookiness? Also, I'd think being a full order of magnitude less spooky than average would actually be worth investigating.

Scale of 1-10?
0. Brightly lit, no change in wind, no squeaky hinges and very clean.
1. Less bright than 0, normal wind, some dirt, abandoned. (Background Spooky).
2. A few unusable lights, wind changes slightly upon entry, somewhat dirty with cobwebs.
3. No lights, wind changes, dirty and dusty.
4. Wind howls and dies, house seems ready to collapse.
5. House looks like it has a face.
6. It has chains.
7. With actual ghosts.
8. That can touch you.
9. PG rating exceeded
10. No Update!

[Sleet]

Background spookiness? What exactly are the units on spookiness? Also, I'd think being a full order of magnitude less spooky than average would actually be worth investigating.

Scale of 1-10?
0. Brightly lit, no change in wind, no squeaky hinges and very clean.
1. Less bright than 0, normal wind, some dirt, abandoned. (Background Spooky).
2. A few unusable lights, wind changes slightly upon entry, somewhat dirty with cobwebs.
3. No lights, wind changes, dirty and dusty.
4. Wind howls and dies, house seems ready to collapse.
5. House looks like it has a face.
6. It has chains.
7. With actual ghosts.
8. That can touch you.
9. PG rating exceeded
10. No Update!

For starters, your list was just 0-10, not 1-10. Also, if it's an arbitrarily quantified system like that, orders of magnitude would be meaningless because there's only two.

What would you rank a house that changes shape, ignores the rules of geometry, is older than the solar system and larger than the earth, drives people to kill each other and swallows your comic relief brother out of nowhere? That definitely is creepier than anything on your scale.

[Private Elliot]

For example, your Cheerios are probably very slightly radioactive.

That explains why my Pip-Boy keeps going off near that box of Cheerios...

[GameCobra]

I'm calling Sabrina going against everyone at this point =3

[Hypergenesis]

Background spookiness? What exactly are the units on spookiness? Also, I'd think being a full order of magnitude less spooky than average would actually be worth investigating.

Scale of 1-10?
0. Brightly lit, no change in wind, no squeaky hinges and very clean.
1. Less bright than 0, normal wind, some dirt, abandoned. (Background Spooky).
2. A few unusable lights, wind changes slightly upon entry, somewhat dirty with cobwebs.
3. No lights, wind changes, dirty and dusty.
4. Wind howls and dies, house seems ready to collapse.
5. House looks like it has a face.
6. It has chains.
7. With actual ghosts.
8. That can touch you.
9. PG rating exceeded
10. No Update!

For starters, your list was just 0-10, not 1-10. Also, if it's an arbitrarily quantified system like that, orders of magnitude would be meaningless because there's only two.

Oh right, why did I put 0 in there. Oh well.

Yup, I figured it only boils down to scary or not.

[Sinder]

Grape believes that Sabrina was able to manipulate Max into letting her join their Scare Crew by acting like she didn't want in on it (due to her and Max's prior history and antagonism toward one another).

In reality, Sabrina openly volunteered, and Max is being a jerkwad to her anyway because that's kind of what he does.

[Sleet]

Yup, I figured it only boils down to scary or not.

I was speaking mathematically. An order of magnitude can generally be considered how many digits a number has (though it gets more complicated when you go below 1). 10 is an order of magnitude larger than 1, and everything else is in between, so you'd only have two.

[ChewyChewy]

Grape believes that Sabrina was able to manipulate Max into letting her join their Scare Crew by acting like she didn't want in on it (due to her and Max's prior history and antagonism toward one another).

In reality, Sabrina openly volunteered, and Max is being a jerkwad to her anyway because that's kind of what he does.

Okay, the latter part I understand, but why would Grape think that? Wasn't she THERE when Sabrina openly volunteered?

I'm sorry, I'm still confused....

[Private Elliot]

Grape believes that Sabrina was able to manipulate Max into letting her join their Scare Crew by acting like she didn't want in on it (due to her and Max's prior history and antagonism toward one another).

In reality, Sabrina openly volunteered, and Max is being a jerkwad to her anyway because that's kind of what he does.

Okay, the latter part I understand, but why would Grape think that? Wasn't she THERE when Sabrina openly volunteered?

I'm sorry, I'm still confused....

Rick, Here would be a good time to explain, without spoilers.

[Sinder]

Not exactly. Initially, Max is vocally opposed to the idea of letting Sabrina join, but relents when she calls him out on it; Grape assumes that this was some kind of sly trickery on Sabrina's part, but she's wrong. You can see how exasperated Sabrina is in the final panel when she was just trying to help.

[ChewyChewy]

Never mind, never mind, I got it. I can't believe I missed that, sorry for being dense....

[Private Elliot]

Never mind, never mind, I got it. I can't believe I missed that, sorry for being dense....

Nah, It's alright. Good thing we have Sinder.
Even though sometimes he is annoying...

[Teh Brawler]

Oh, play nice.

[Sleet]

Good thing we have Sinder.

He is credit to team.

Even though sometimes he is annoying...

>.>

[Sinder]

also, I see that Rick apparently didn't feel like drawing a new background tonight

[ChewyChewy]

The thing is, Sabrina said she was coming to make sure the house WASN'T haunted, and Grape thinks that Sabrina was only PRETENDING to come for that reason and was really trying to join their scare fest. That's the "reverse psychology".

Is that right?

[rickgriffin]

also, I see that Rick apparently didn't feel like drawing a new background tonight

You'll get enough of that later

[Private Elliot]

Oh, play nice.

Oh But Brawler, If I did, I would not be Elliot. I would be a normal per--

I suddenly see why I should now.

[Dissension]

Guys, I don't think you're getting it.

[Sinder]

I'm sure that Rick finds it very gratifying when we're all too stupid to get his jokes

[rickgriffin]

Not that much

[Sleet]

Even in the event that I don't get a joke, I usually get some residual humor from the fact that a joke went over my head.

[Teh Brawler]

All I know is, somehow Peanut is bound to get worked into the plot in a Scooby-Doo-esque finale. That alone gives me the giggles.

[Private Elliot]

Well to be true I got annoyed by his reaction to not knowing that anise was real (Like I was supposed to know that somehow? Do I look like a vet?) Besides, I'm only thirteen.
Okay Rant over.
Now time for a long wait 'till Monday.

All I know is, somehow Peanut is bound to get worked into the plot in a Scooby-Doo-esque finale. That alone gives me the giggles.

* chuckle*

[Sinder]

Okay, Chewy is correct. Look at it this way:

- Sabrina accompanies Max and Grape to verify that the house is, in fact, haunted. He doesn't want Sabrina as part of their fright crew because A) she's his ex, and B) she's kinda-psychic, which is bad.

- Sabrina informs Max that the house is not haunted at all.

- Max finds this unacceptable, because the house needs to be haunted in order to be scary, and forcibly recruits Sabrina so the lot of them can actually summon up something suitable.

- Grape is very impressed that Sabrina has gone from being forbidden to being a member of the team, and thinks this was her plan all along; Sabrina, however, is less than enthusiastic.

[ChewyChewy]

Okay, Chewy is correct. Look at it this way:

- Sabrina accompanies Max and Grape to verify that the house is, in fact, haunted. He doesn't want Sabrina as part of their fright crew because A) she's his ex, and B) she's kinda-psychic, which is bad.

- Sabrina informs Max that the house is not haunted at all.

- Max finds this unacceptable, because the house needs to be haunted in order to be scary, and forcibly recruits Sabrina so the lot of them can actually summon up something suitable.

- Grape is very impressed that Sabrina has gone from being forbidden to being a member of the team, and thinks this was her plan all along; Sabrina, however, is less than enthusiastic.

Okay, so I was on the right TRACK. Sabrina was going to check to make sure the house wasn't haunted, and Max WANTED it to be haunted....

Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive....

[Esquire Fox]

Sinder, I thought you'd know better.
Don't explain the joke.

DX

[Sinder]

I have to, we're idiots!

Dolphins, the whole lot of us!

[Private Elliot]

I have to, we're idiots!

Dolphins, the whole lot of us!

[Dissension]

Er.

[Sleet]

[Private Elliot]

Er.

Does that count as spam?

I don't get what you mean...

[Teh Brawler]

I have to, we're idiots!

Dolphins, the whole lot of us!

FISH FISH FISH FISH FISH FISH FISH FISH FISH FISH FISH

[Two_Twig]

Could be worse, we could be using graphs. But at least graphs could give us a opportunity to throw in a graph joke while explaining a joke

[Dissension]

Does that count as spam?

Nothing I say ever counts as spam. Ever.

I don't get what you mean...

I mean that I think you guys are still not getting it.

[Sinder]

Maybe you're not getting it.

[Dissension]

Impossible, I am golden. Wait, what?

...

Impossible, I am a self-confident egomaniac!

[Sinder]

We already knew that.

[Dissension]

Max is a total life-troll, huh?