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[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 116 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The comic is good. The text for the post by OP is... strange.

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 98 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Op works customer service, strange depressive behavior is to be expected.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 22 points 4 days ago

I guess that makes sense. I couldn't do it myslef

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 18 points 4 days ago

Prob a millennial too, I didn't even think twice about ops post title.

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Explanation:

Title: reference to the Fairly Odd parents meme "this is where I'd put my trophy... IF I HAD ONE"

Body: the witch sold something an is thus in customer service. Even though her profession appears to be cursing people, she found a way to feel horrible through work anyway

[–] JeezNutz@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 days ago

I feel like you're just jumping to conclusions from a simple statement

[–] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 50 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] BenFranklinsDick@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Thank you. Fuck low quality submissions. It means they got it somewhere besides the primary source.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 0 points 3 days ago

Which means their theft at least didn't also cost the artist money for bandwidth.

[–] onlooker@lemmy.ml 40 points 3 days ago (2 children)

So, the kid is trying to give her mom an extra 6 days by exploiting the curse. I suppose I should be feeling some profound sadness or something, but instead I'm confused. Isn't the kid really just prolonging her suffering?

[–] NoSpiritAnimal@lemmy.world 32 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Next you'll tell us that kids don't think logically about situations, particularly regarding the adults that they love.

[–] onlooker@lemmy.ml 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Kids don't think logically about situations, particularly regarding the adults that they lo- shit! How did you do that?!

[–] Alice@beehaw.org 16 points 3 days ago

I thought so too but that's part of what makes it sad to me. I don't know if a kid would think about it that way, they'd just be so desperate for more time with their mom.

Maybe the artist didn't think about it that hard, I don't know.

[–] Szyler@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

2, 2, 3?, 3?! What is this shit?

What happened to 1, 2, 2, L?

[–] Aksamit 4 points 3 days ago

It's evolving.

[–] essteeyou@lemmy.world 38 points 4 days ago

Oof. Thanks for that kick in the feeling department.

[–] butsbutts@lemmy.ml 27 points 4 days ago

i think witch is sad because its killing power is going to waste

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What happens if you get 2 necklaces and put the second one on 3 days after the first one?

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

My thoughts would be that she'll not make it through the night in any case. Having another cause of death waiting in the future doesn't mean the earlier ones aren't as effective as without. That's not how death works.

(And, actually, if she did somehow survive, the son caused her a guaranteed death date later.)

But of course it's magic, so all bets are off unless you know exactly what the rules are and how to lawyer it.

[–] Piemanding@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Well she did say the wearer will die 7 days later as a fact. If it didn't happen that means her curses don't work and she has no power.

[–] Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That doesn't make sense at all. It could easily be some kind of poison curse that takes 7 days, that doesn't mean if they get stabbed they'll just be invincible, or if they die that the curse didn't work, it just means something killed them sooner.

It doesn't have to be an all powerful curse necklace that literally changes the entire universe to make you avoid death under all circumstances for the next 7 days.

[–] Piemanding@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

Well the all powerful thing is kinda how curses work in fantasy settings usually. The witch says it'll kill them in 7 days so it kinda has to. Maybe the universe will find some easier way of achieving that. Like reviving her in the grave just to instantly die again or something.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago

What if you take it off and put it back on every day? Does the timer reset, or does it only work once per person?

IANAW but it should have been a potion.

[–] Mnemnosyne@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago

Nice attempt at using the curse, but I see another possibility:

She dies that night anyway. Comes back undead. Is killed at the appropriate time for the necklace curse. Curse fulfilled.

[–] buycurious@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Sorry, I’m a bit dense.

Is it sad because his mom is dying and he put the necklace on her anyway?

Or that the necklace will allow her to pass away due to her poor health vs. suffering?

[–] FoxyGrandpa@lemmy.world 86 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The wearer will die in seven days, he's trying to get more time with her

[–] buycurious@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

Ah, thank you.

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 44 points 4 days ago (1 children)

6 bonus days of being with mum, is what I'm going with.

[–] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 21 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

My dad almost died of a massive heart attack 5 years ago. It was bad enough that we agreed to a ~~NDA~~ DNR after his 4th crash in the ICU. We joke that he heard us talking and said "screw that" because he didn't crash again and made a recovery.

He's now in the final stages of renal failure, and every extra day we got these last 5 years has been precious.

If you have family you love, go give them a hug. They won't be around forever, even if it feels like it sometimes

*edit: DNR, I'm dumb

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Did you mean a DNR? Or if NDA is correct, what does it stand for in this context?

[–] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Oh dang yeah DNR. Sometimes I'm a big ol dumb dumb

[–] flicker@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

And to add my own experience; if you have family you despise, don't worry. They'll outlive the heat death of the universe.

[–] FollyDolly@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Truth. Coworkers too. The good die young and assholes live forever.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 12 points 4 days ago

My first reading was fucked up, and that the kid is the cause of the death by giving her the necklace.

What's really going on is the necklace makes them die in 7 days. They had less than 1, so the necklace will actually keep them alive longer.

Boy and Mum, tears are bittersweet because they have 7 days to express a lifetime of love, but she will then die. Witch is either sad because curse is foiled, or she's got a heart and is affected by what the boy did for his mum.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 2 points 3 days ago

Curse turned into blessing. Boy is a genius.