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On the Grind no. 1

The first official comic of On The Grind--a new comic that explores the realities of coffee shop culture. http://drunkduck.com/on_the_grind

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  • Date 11/29/2008 5:55:12 PM
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On the Grind no. 1

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WilliVanilli : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

WilliVanilli

3 votes NegativePositive

358 days 3 hours ago...

oh....yep.

baldrodan : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

baldrodan

11 votes NegativePositive

357 days 4 hours ago...

I`ve always been enthralled with the "realilties of coffee shop culture". Thank goodness someone has finally answered my prayers with this comic strip. YEEE-HAWWW!!!

trbcomic : LVL 2: VP 1.1: said:

trbcomic

-4 votes NegativePositive

355 days 10 hours ago...

Thanks! New comics every weekday at http://drunkduck.com/on_the_grind

thatguyrom : LVL 30: VP 3.9: said:

thatguyrom

7 votes NegativePositive

352 days 17 hours ago...

Sorry man, the comic sucks balls.

Red Heaven : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

Red Heaven

1 votes NegativePositive

352 days 10 hours ago...

It`s not a "Grand" size, it`s "Gran-day".

You know, like the thousands of other words we use everyday that we lift off from other cultures and then purposefully speak them wrong.

The comic comes across as being more ignorant than funny.

xpotsmoker : LVL 14: VP 2.3: said:

xpotsmoker

1 votes NegativePositive

352 days 9 hours ago...

not funny...

at all....

MatumbiMonkey : LVL 13: VP 2.2: said:

MatumbiMonkey

0 votes NegativePositive

351 days 17 hours ago...

Red Heaven it says Grande

Red Heaven : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

Red Heaven

0 votes NegativePositive

351 days 6 hours ago...

^
It says "Grande", yes, but I`m talking about the said pronunciation of the word. Which is supposed to be the "joke" of the comic anyways.

trbcomic : LVL 2: VP 1.1: said:

trbcomic

0 votes NegativePositive

348 days 17 hours ago...

Obviously if you`ve never been behind that counter serving coffee, you`ll feel offended.

Red Heaven : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

Red Heaven

0 votes NegativePositive

346 days 22 hours ago...

^
How is that supposed to make any difference?

It`s a "Gran-day" coffee, that`s the only way to pronounce it. What? Because people pronounce it incorrectly in this country? Because you can`t pronounce it properly?

Listen up, "Grande" isn`t even a fucking English word. If you want to say "Grand" we already have a word to go with that. Say it fucking right and stop looking like a tool. You know all those people learning english that muck up the pronunciations? How they get laughed at?

Same.

Fuckin`.

Thing.

trbcomic : LVL 2: VP 1.1: said:

trbcomic

0 votes NegativePositive

346 days 16 hours ago...

Um, you`re getting upset over something completely different. Ever walk into a Starbucks? That`s actually what they call their medium cups. I was lampooning THAT, and not the actual word. I think it`s stupid for them to do that, and it screws other non-Starbucks shops because unknowing customers tend to come in and say tall, grande, or venti...

...not knocking other cultures, but this stuff REALLY do go on in coffee shops on a daily basis.

Red Heaven : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

Red Heaven

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346 days 9 hours ago...

In that regard I hope you realize that you should write a little more carefully. Second panel has the customer saying "That`s what they tell me to -say-".

To say. I`m aware that they`re called Grande at Starbucks, yes, but I can glean that from the fact that it says it on the board behind them. Just that one little word skews the whole thing and makes the context verbal. Then third strip follows up with the "actually teach their customers a new language" bit, which only reinforced that the intention is verbal and not corporate.

On top of that some people have no idea what this coffee house culture is or it`s contexts, subtleties and nuances. Inside jokes are only funny on the inside.

trbcomic : LVL 2: VP 1.1: said:

trbcomic

0 votes NegativePositive

346 days 8 hours ago...

Yea, but coffee shop culture is definitely growing, especially within the media. Might as well strike early, right? Anyways, appreciate u taking the time to comment on the comic, and please feel free to read the rest.

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