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   rayannina said, 5 months ago

   Save the drama for your mama. Oh, wait – she won’t buy it either!

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   lightenup said, 5 months ago

   I do remember being a kid and thinking my problems were sooo hard. Too bad we don’t know what’s to come, it would make our current problems seem almost enjoyable.

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   prasrinivara said, 5 months ago

   You want Alix to say “well, you imposed this one on yourself; I have only the simple one of possibly sprialling due to lost flipflop”?

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   Macushlalondra said, 5 months ago

   I agree Lightenup. That’s why adults tell kids these are the best years of your life. It doesn’t seem that way at the time since it seems adults get to do so much more (like stay up as late as they want) but it’s true.

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   ejcapulet said, 5 months ago

   I remember my mom saying that, too, except I noticed that adults always looked way stressed out and tired so believed her and made the most of it.

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   Nozzi said, 5 months ago

   Believe me, there are countless kids in the world who have it way tough.

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   Sharch said, 5 months ago

   Yep, Nozzi. But Holly ain’t one of ‘em!

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   Rmom said, 5 months ago

   We kept telling our sons that they had it easy. They believed us, and now they don’t want to grow up and start working.

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   dicatduke said, 5 months ago

   Well, if you’d have done the work, you wouldn’t have to go to summer school! Lesson learned……..we hope! (but I’m not holding my breath!)

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    RinaFarina said, 5 months ago

    What’s this “spiralling”? Can anyone explain it to me?

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    CoBass said, 5 months ago

    A friend of mine once told me that his kid told him “That’s not fair!”.

    He said he replied. “Yep. Life’s not fair. And most of it’s not fair in your favor.”

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    fritzoid said, 5 months ago

    Rina, I think Alix’s line can be rephrased as “I have my own problem to deal with, and if I add your suffering to mine the weight will drag me down so precipitously that I might not recover.” I can’t decide whether Alix is being sarcastic or sincere, but it works (albeit differently) either way.

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    Nozzi said, 5 months ago

    I think today’s strip has some deep, psychological implications. Look at Holly’s face, the way her hair is parted which resembles horns & her grumpy, morbid expression gives her a devilish disposition, whereas Alix finds the simple joys in life with merely a stick & butterflies & does not want to involve herself with negative burdens.
    It’s a matter of outlook.

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    s.mack said, 5 months ago

    I thought that ‘spiraling’ meant that having only one flip-flop would force Alix to walk in circles! Silly me!

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    Burgundy2 said, 5 months ago

    Although I have problems to deal with now that I never had to as a teenager, I NEVER EVER want to go back to being a teenager.

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    fritzoid said, 5 months ago

    Good point. Can’t drive, can’t buy beer.

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    Terry1844 said, 5 months ago

    for $20 you can get a Taxi to the nearest liquor store