In the comments, I mean. Not in the strip on that day.
https://www.gocomics.com/forbetterorforworse/2024/08/27
John Jorgensen:
"I don’t understand why anyone would lie about his or her age. There are basically two types of situations where it comes up: ones where you need
to give your DOB for some sort of official purpose, and ones where you
don’t. In the former, you usually need to verify your age, so unless
you’ve got a fake ID or something your lie is easily exposed (and now you’ve potentially committed perjury). In the latter...why not just
refuse to say? There are no consequences for doing so." ________________________________________________
And, I would add, had Elly done just that and THEN been confronted by
April's last question (obviously, all the dialogue before that would
have to be re-written to leave out the word "lie"), Elly could have said
the same thing...and it would be both amusing AND pedagogically correct!
Not every question made by an adult deserves an answer, after all.
Especially rude, nosy questions from adults who don't know you that
well.
(Of course, small children are even more likely to ask questions that
don't deserve answers.)
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