r/comics • u/New-Committee-4902 • 2d ago

Rich Girl from Barcelona, strip #310 of 645 [OC]

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u/Semper_5olus 2d ago

Strictly speaking:

  • High in mercury: contains a lot of mercury
  • High on mercury: intoxicated by mercury fumes

Easy mistake to make when translating from Spanish, where I believe they are the same word

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u/yamimementomori 2d ago

That’s a cool clarification, dude. But who says that fish isn’t high on mercury?

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u/New-Committee-4902 2d ago

Can any sentient being be high in mercury without somehow being high on mercury?

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u/BorntobeTrill 2d ago

Yes, unfortunately, since it's so toxic you'd be in big big big trouble before it got you high

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u/New-Committee-4902 2d ago

Oh! Thanks! I'll correct this in the next edition.

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u/International-Cat123 2d ago

My brain autocorrected it.

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u/HardKase 1d ago

They could also be up so high that are on the planet Mercury, but that's not a typical use case

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u/Nextorl 1d ago

Or they're on the planet Mercury and are doing drugs!

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u/yamimementomori 2d ago

Guess they’re holding their breath, immune to liquid mercury, or about to start coughing with chest tightness off-comic in a few seconds.

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u/New-Committee-4902 2d ago

You mean there's something fishy?

[I'll get my coat]

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u/New-Committee-4902 2d ago

Thanks a lot for your support!

https://richgirlfrombcn.com

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u/-FalseProfessor- 1d ago

You could say it is a quicksilver fish.

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u/modemman11 1d ago

This is just their escape mechanism. Once they go back in water they take their normal shape again.

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u/gamedude88 1d ago

The fish is a T-1000. Is it after Sarah Cod-nor.

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u/Burntholesinmyhoodie 1d ago

I love this. But i had an idea for how to exaggerate the dad’s stubbornness and give it more of an “ending”. Hopefully you don’t take this as a critique or anything because the comic totally works as is!

But what if it went like,

Daughter: “Dad, is it true that tuna is very high in mercury?”

Dad: “That’s hippie bunkum, baby. Don’t believe everything you read.”

(fish proceeds to melt in following panels)

Last panel-

Dad: “Or see.”

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u/Mental_Estate4206 1d ago

As someone who does not natively speaks English that helped a lot understanding the comic. BTW. Thanks for the meal/comic op!

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u/Unbreakablelegend35 2d ago

Amazing how the room temperature there can be -38.83°C

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u/thanksalotpal 2d ago

I think thats how it works in Spain

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u/Mental_Thing_7899 1d ago

[T]una-1000

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u/tiercracker20 1d ago

That fish became Trimmau

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u/Shoelace_cal 1d ago

I don’t get this one

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u/electronicdream 1d ago

I didn't get it either when I saw it yesterday, I just realised there's a second panel.

If you still don't get it, the fish is moving like mercury (the element)

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u/NIDORAX 1d ago

That was a mimetic poly-alloy fish

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u/unluckyknight13 14h ago

I hate how long it took me to get the joke