Grrl Power #28 – Go go Tiger Mom!
You know this happens. If you’re white and you ask for the hottest thing they’ve got at an Indian or a Thai place or something, you don’t get the hottest thing they’ve got. Unless you go there with a friend of the matching ethnicity and he orders for you or you’ve been there enough times that you’re a regular and have sent back food that wasn’t hot enough.
Also, apparently that’s how you write 5 in Thai, at least according to google. I probably drew it wrong but my excuse is that most people have pretty bad handwriting. You’d think that in Asian languages, where a mark here or there can change the meaning of a word, everyone would have fantastic penmanship but that is not the case at all. Some of it is so bad that it makes stuff almost totally illegible out of context.
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So very true. My friend and I regularly frequent a great Thai place though, so we usually get the good stuff.
Either “spicy” isn’t spicy enough for her or she likes burning her mouth. I’d say the first is true.
She any relation to Wilbur Scoville?
That actually might be kind of amusing but it looks like William only had two daughters, so unless he had a brother who had male children, his family name was probably lost when his daughters married. Although it’s not like any descendant of his couldn’t reclaim the name. Hmm…
I try not to be as bad as Stan Lee when it comes to alliterative naming, but when trying out different names for her, Sydney Scoville (Jr.) stuck with me.
fun fact: Wilbur Scoville actually had two brothers, Augustus Ewing Scoville and Frank Fuller Scoville
Seems weird that she is such a regular that she has a standard order but the son who is the chef and can see the customers doesn’t know who she is.
Yeah that is… a legitimate writing problem on my part. I thought of that while I was coloring the thing. There are a few possibilities that can account for that though, one is that all white people look alike to him, the other is that Tiger Mom owns more than one restaurant and he’s subbing in from the “Queen of the Orient” location since the regular chef is sick and she has 3 children working at that location who can hold things down on their own. Yeah… let’s go with that one.
I don’t think that’s a writing problem. In most places I go, the waiters/owners would know me, but not so much the cooks. You see, the people who talk to you/write down your order has to see you, but the cook, not so much. If you happen to go when they’re in a hurry, the cook will only have a glimpse of you and, consequently, not really know what you’re eating.
that’s true i was a cook. sometimes even with an open window you can’t always see the customer. so me not have seen her at all.
Yeah, but if she always gets an ‘us five spice’ and the guy always double checks on an ‘us five spice’ then he would know. But yeah, could easily have been brought in from another place or something. Sounds like a good excu… I mean explanation to me :)
Not a writing issue at all. I did not even notice. There is a Chinese place I go to all the time and order the same thing every time. The Lady at the pay desk knows what I want every time but not many others.
The thing I order all the time is sweet and sour chicken, fried rice, crab Rangoon. I love that meal, specially the crab rangoon, I could eat those all day.
Personally I just assumed he had only just started working there. Probably lost his previous job, couldn’t find another, and ended up having to beg his momma to let him work at the restaurant.
Or son in law…Evil Laugh!
Or she beat some brain damage into him at some point.
I think we have a winner!
Another alternative is that she has several sons and this one has been elsewhere. Either off getting an education or working at another branch.
I suggest this as a more viable alternative, given that restaurants with more than one branch try to keep the customer service staff consistent, as maintaining the customer rapport is very important with oriental restaurants, in my experience.
That does require having consistent standards with the chefs mind. One that I used to go to I got in the habit of glancing through to the back, to see who was on duty, before going in. If it was the good chef, I would order a takeaway from there. Otherwise I would walk another ten minutes up the road to get to their restaurant, where he would be instead.
People tend to do that. I used to visit a mexican place where people were warned about how hot was a certain sauce.
Said sauce was served in a separate jar, and normal clients would have like 2 spoonfuls to share between 4. Most people would use only a small portion of that. In my case, I’d be served like half a jar of a more condensated sauce without warning. MAN, that was some sauce…. and cleaned your nouse if you was constipated.
What can I say. I LOVE having an ulcer… no, I don’t, but I’m sure mine was related to that sauce xD
You probably meant congested. That kind of stuff CAUSES constipation.
Actually, your body will probably be wanting to clear out the irritant as quickly as possible. Constipation will no longer be an issue.
Haha. The same is true with Mexican food.
the best part of this stip is it holds true to alot of people me and my sister adn father especialy we frequinted an asian resturant( taste of asian) often enough to work our way up the lvl 3 hot hotness on their scale best damn kung pow and egg rolls i have ever had
wow she’s my hero, i can barely take a 1.5
I’ve worked my way up to a 3. That’s just about right for me so that I have the spice sniffles toward the end of the meal, but it totally depends on the restaurant and even who’s cooking that day. I went to my second favorite Thai place once and got a 3 and it was really probably a 5. I could get 2 bites before I had to take a break. Wound up only eating 1/4 of it before I threw it out.
I order the “us” level of spicy and often times get the white person spicy and have to ask for more crushed thai peppers, only the places that know me make it correctly, I should find Sydney’s restaurant =D . And are we going to start calling them Sydney units?
I like the “hey – I’m new” explanation of the cook. And the “Dooooooom” is awesome. Although, for my palate, one-star spicy goes “DOOM!”
Maybe she’s powered by super spicy foods. Like, the extremely heightened metabolism… or maybe it just regulates her nerd metabolism. Gotta find a way to counteract all that soda and chips somehow, you know?
…not that I’m talking from personal experience…. I swear… stop looking at me like that!
That’s true. So many times I’ve had to send my curry order back…
It’s like “Lady; I asked for a Tikka Masala. That’s a medium spicy curry blend. I can’t even taste it.”
Or worse, korma’s. ALL YOU CAN TASTE IS COCONUT!!
I have a relative will ask for Thai spicy at a Thai restaurant, emphasizing that yes, that is what they want. and get a bowl of their spicy sauce on the side as well, which they then dump onto the food.
I am the opposite, I can taste spicy in things that others try to tell me is not spicy at ALL.
I can’t handle hot things either, but my husband is the type to take a spicy eating challenge – ghost chili pizza. He’s insane.
my dad and brother have a tendency to eat hot chili peppers whole! in fact my dad can eat some of the hottest peppers in the world and that is what he calls hot, while the stuff that we call hot is what he considers mild!! *in my best Mr. T impersonation* trump ‘dat foo’s!
My wife (native born Chinese-US citizen) and I have been living in China for the past few months. Many dishes served here in China are super-spicy, which my wife likes, but I can’t handle. I like enough heat to notice, but not much more. But this is a story about another aspect about eating in an Asian restaurant. We have visited enough of the local restaurants and markets that they know we are locals. The other night we went to one of our favorite dumpling restatrants with some other family members. They must have gotten a new waiter, because halfway through our meal he came up and asked my wife if I wanted a fork. When she translated it for me, as I was fixing to use chopsticks to shove the umpteenth dumpling in my mouth, I asked, “Does it look like I need one? I’m insulted!” When she translated my response, the family all burst out laughing, the manager heard it, came over to see what the joke was. When we told him, he started laughing too. The waiter was so embarassed he started gushing all over himself to apologize to me.
why do people think us americans can’t handle chopsticks. i always get chopsticks
I’m pretty good with chopsticks, I can actually use them with both hands at the same time, but very quickly, the muscle on the outside of my hand, running between the wrist and pinky, gets really sore. I think I hold them “wrong.” I do it more like Spock holding 2 pencils than the traditional way.
I always eat with chopsticks at a Chinese restaurant. They are not that difficult to use. I live in British Columbia, Canada. A lot of Chinese came over when we were building railroads and mining gold. Many stayed. Chopsticks are not an arcane item to me.
However, the Chinese-from-China students at the Interior university I attended were not aware of this. They were oohing and ahhing about my chopsticks dexterity. I thought at first that they were laying it on a bit thick.
isn’t that the same kind of scovill as in how to mesure heat in chillies?
maybe that’s why she can take it
there’s this mexican plave near my dad’s place it used to be called “Tex-Mex” or something, it was AWSOME, they had a sauce called “stupid sauce” it came with a little fortune cookie paper on it that said “this sauce is HOT use more than a drop, you must be stupid” it’s recently changed to “t-mex” and the stupid sauce kinda sucks now. not even a warning. and the old way you got about 2 ounces, now they give like 10-15. it’s weak now. and i call it weaksauce. my brother and i used to order a bunch of stuff with stupid sauce and bet who could take the most on a single item. i never won. but yea that’s my burnin hawt story. also, great comic! keep up the good work!
Really? It’s recipe must have been similar to my dads homemade hot sauce recipe, it’s called “One-Drop Atomic Hot Sauce” and when someone in our family gives some to someone else and says to only use one drop, take the warning seriously because one drop is all you need to make a plain dish spicy enough to burn your mouth!
DOOOoooom !
%D
I know I could not eat that. I can not stand spicy food. The heart burn, the pain going to the bathroom. I can not even eat onions as they are too spicy too. I have been told my chili is to bland for some people but then again I put only a pinch of chili powder in it or none at all.
it’s not chili without chili powder…it’s meat and tomato stew
you forgot the beans.
Some chili is perfectly fine beanless. . .
If it has beans in it, it’s not authentic. Also, Chili is the sauce, just as salsa is sauce in Spanish.
Ok so I don’t even know the story. I have a grasp of the characters that would be best described as “light” or “misleading” but I am already in love with this damn comic. I use damn because I sit here having just read to the point that I really want to see it get to the explosive action reveal sequence and realize it updates Mondays. As in I have to wait an entire week. Expletives GO! Anyway I thank you for your creative work, also is Sydney based off anyone? Cause I act in similar random three year old playtime moments. That thing where she is being a transport vehicle noises and all is something I HAVE actually done. The door as well. I have a love/hate for the revolving doors. DAMN DOORS! Crap I am rambling. Anyway LOVE THE COMIC!
Thanks a lot I’m glad you’re enjoying it. Sydney isn’t based off anyone, actually she was kind of a nebulous personality until I started drawing her. I know the role I want her to play in the story, her basic attributes, and the sorts of things that are outside her character, but for the most part she’s kind of writing herself week to week.
Sweet, characters writing themselves lead to the most amusing things. Also it gives them a lot more life in my opinion. Though meeting a girl like that would be freaking awesome! Thanks for the reply!
Ok so I was rereading and examining things as well as actually reading some of the comments when I got to the thing on military rank. Being a nerd/geek all my life I have continuously thought of that issue. Also being in the military helps. But as for how a specialized force such as this would be organized I would say a good fit with the AF especially it seems to take place more back home. Though Coast Guard would be the more traditional force for home forces the AF National Guard would be able to place them in any state. Army and Marines are more focused on international incidents even with the National Guard. And Navy while having ground forces is mainly a reactionary force. Also AF has a more specialized and specific MOS system than the Army. AS for the amount of people in an operation like this I would state that probably 60% is civilian contractors or Department of Defense employees. The actual power users would make up at most 1-2% or less. The others would be communications, mechanics, Security Forces and other support MOS military personnel. Pretty much everyone of these people would be required to have a Top Secret clearance. Basically the entire facility and people are there to support the “weapon system.” And as much as that sounds heartless to refer to the power users as that is the classification that would be given to power users. They would be classified as weapons based on damage area and amount of collateral damage they cannot avoid or control. If the collateral damages get to high they would be considered WMD’s and treated as such, ie their employment into a situation would require presidential order. But as to whether there would be a private power user. Yes actually. Though she would have to have someone as a superior enlisted. Ie Peggy. Also in a unit this specialized it would probably not have a traditional unit organization, in that Sydney would not be under the command of anyone without powers or as designated by the highest ranking power user ie. Maxima. So technically the entire establishment would run like a traditional unit except in the case of power users in that they only report and take orders from other power users or high ranking ie Generals and High Government individuals. I could explain in more detail but I think I need to go to bed as I really am rambling now and probably am addressing an issue already taken care of. Also I am tired. Yes I need sleep I will await the next comic with anxiousness. I am not even sure if that is a word. Goodnight from Iraq!
I’ll partially agree with you aboutthe air force structure and that the rest is there to support the 1 – 2% that are the ‘pointy end’,(I was an ammo tech in the RNoAF for a year. Happy days… ) but…
No, they don’t fit under the AF umbrella. The Air Force is too rigid.
The problem with most special forces, like the SEALS, SAS, SBS is that they ‘belong to’ a specific branch of the armed forces.
Here in Norway we have the normal branches, with ‘Jaegers’ in the Army and Navy to be ‘the pointy bit’ (they’re not as good as SEALS, but we have a few more of them… )
The best of those apply to the FSK(Forsvarets Spesial Kommando = Armed Forces Special Command)
This unit is NOT assigned to a branch at all.
Their main focus is anti-terror operations on ships and oil installations in the North Sea…
(Their specialized form of karate has only he most basic of blocks, no submission moves and a whole lot of deadly or ‘wish you were dead after being hit’. Even the SEALs doesn’t want to go one on one with them.)
Of course, they don’t only operate in Norway…
They were among the first to reach Afghanistan together with US Navy SEALs and other specialists.
(If they hadn’t been offered by our government, yeah it takes government approval to send them out, the US generals would have asked for them. At least according to a book that was released last year. Their cold-weather and high-altitude know-how was that important. )
Special forces needs the ability to cut through the chain of command and ask questions directly to the top. Being in a normal branch means that’s difficult.
The US General in Afghanistan loved sending out the Norwegians, because he knew he got results, but he REALLY HATED their ‘Red card’. If they said ‘Red Card’ after getting an order it meant NOTHING would happen until they had cleared the issue with the Norwegian government.
(Can you imagine a trooper calling up Bush or Obama in the middle of the night to hear his opinion? And getting that someone on the phone? as the troppers could be out in the field, there’s no time to go through flunkies… )
Basing rank on who is the most ‘badass’ is not a good idea.
Someone might decide that they’d like a promotion and decide to… well… prove their strength against their superior.
I agree on not letting the most powerful power user have command because of power. My exact words were “highest RANKING.” I agree on the special forces idea. I did think about that the problem with having them be like your FSK is that the idea of them being less of a public force and more of a war task force. Having them placed into a preexisting command structure, NOT one made specifically for power users would give a better overall image of adaptation. Making them seem more like a right hand of the President gives them a very hostile feel in that they would be not just be classified as weapons but seen as weapons by the general public. Being able to wear a symbol of a trusted and established organization would be crucial to help avoid ostracizing and alienation from the general public. Something you have to remember in this is politics. So far from what I gather this is maybe 5 to 25 years after power users came into the universe. I have such a big gap because people calmly talking about it like a normal thing would have to come after the initial SURPRISE there are superpowered people episodes. And depending on how the government handles that initial surprise that is the best to moderately bad case scenarios reflected in the gap of years. Worst case is similar to post-nuclear strike with Dread Overlords within 3 years. And while I will admit to the too rigid idea of the standard command structure, special units like the SEALS and such get treated in a much different manner than normal foot soldiers. From my talks with people from SF infantry soldiers they enjoy much more freedom between missions but have much higher physical, mental readiness standards as well as longer more intense and specific training times. Also dress codes are lighter among those units in that they are allowed to use non issued gear if cleared with their armorer.
You sir are evil. While I realize it is my fault for not going to sleep like I planned and checking this site again. You sir are evil. The one thing a nerd/geek cannot not do is back down in a debate over their logic. I have now attained that tired state where I know sleep would be the right, responsible and mature answer, but I am ignoring it because I have joined the debate! Though you probably yourself have gone to sleep and think little of this incident. I am actually more surprised at how well my internet is working tonight usually I can’t get it to work for more than 2 maybe 2 and a half hours before it just dies and I can’t do crap online. Also YAY! I have not had a good, theoretical universe politics/physics/workings debate in so long, everyone I work with sees it as pointless. Thank you!
I’m glad you guys are putting a lot of thought into this. It’s something I’ve been thinking about quite a bit, but unfortunately I have no military experience. Actually I count that as a positive, I don’t think I’d last very long in that environment. So a few things, the team is kind of based on Stargate SG-1, as far as command structure goes, so also consider that the cast page is pretty spartan right now. There are a lot of supporting cast that don’t appear there yet that will hopefully make a lot of things make more sense once they do. It’s not going to be a super hero team in the standard sense of the term at all, really nothing like the X-men or Justice League or anything. I guess something like the FSK is something along the lines of what I’m thinking. Or maybe the FSK combined with the BPRD from Hellboy. Something like that.
Maxima is the highest ranked not necessarily because she’s the most powerful, but of anyone on the team, she’s the only one that’s actually been in the military. She rose to the rank of Major before being reassigned to the team here, with an incentivary promotion. Also, not really having any military knowledge beyond pop culture, I think the cast page will probably need some adjustments in the near future. I threw that stuff out there thinking that all the supers would automatically become officers, like some kind of ROTC, but the more I think about it the more I don’t think that makes sense, so I’ll have to think about that more. The problem is that they’re not straight military, they’re military police, and they have an intelligence branch, so there’s officers, like police officers, then there’s officers like, ranked personnel, lieutenant, etc, and there’s agents, so figuring out the rank structure is a bit of a challenge.
Seeing where your pulling from gives me a lot of hope for the future of the comic in that SG-1 while not a very accurate portrayal of military life is by far one of the most sensible representations. But how you described your vision of the structure gave me a clearer idea on where people would sit. Also it would let a civilian go from….a civilian to enlisted WITHOUT a traditional “boot camp.” Basically you have a civilian power user out reach program. Basically Maxima would be in charge of a specialized TRAINING force. Basically it would work like this. The enlisted would be the new entry level power users. They would get an evaluation in which it would be determined how many years of “service” would be required to “pay” the training the AF puts in them to help them learn, hone, and control the new-found powers. This contract would not be as restrictive as a normal military enlistment contract. In that the power user would not be expected to deploy in times of war and may morally object to orders given. Now they are also paid an enlistment payroll. Now the officers in this unit would be the power users that enlisted and also gained a commission, went officer. So they would be held to the AF standards of physical readiness. This is more of a damage control public safety program. Basically the “Police Force” would be made up of people who joined the AF on normal I own your soul enlistment contracts, the High ranking Officers would be the power users who have military experience and rose through the ranks controlling the “Police Force” as well as the “Agents” like Sydney. Agents is a good term, because in a traditional sense they would not be Airmen, Soldier, Marine, or Sailor. Unless they joined in the more traditional sense and went through “boot camp” and had the same RIGID structure that the people with those titles go through they would not be considered as such. So Agents would be a good term. They would still go through the AF Rank structure, Private, corporal etc but would be separate but overseen by military. So it looks very government controlled without looking like government oppression or power-mongering because they don’t force people into the military only into “Service” for the public to pay the government back for “helping” them. God this is when I know I would make a Great politician. I see how to exploit someone while making it look like I am helping them. God I feel dirty.
Ok I explained that poorly. I wish I could draw in this thing. I could draw it better. But yeah I should let you do your thing and stop telling you how it would, should, could, might be organized or done. I usually keep my mouth shut but like I said a while back I have not had a good geek out session in forever. Also my internet has not worked this well in forever.
Thanks for the posting the comments that I wish I could have stated.
I thought it would be funny to show a superhero, after defeating the
villain du jour, return to his secret fortress of solitude…
only it’s full of administrators, technicians, and support staff….
And staff to take care of the staff…
And he has to be debriefed and fill out forms right away.
That 50 to one ratio of staff to supers sounds about right.
Technically the SAS & SBS are part of the United Kingdom Special Forces (Directorate) which is separate from the main branches of the military.
It would possible to have a Special Superpower Service or include such individuals in the Support Squadron which is pretty much “other” useful & skilled personnel.
I have a bad tendency on some of the spicy meals to forget that the peppers there are just there to leak spice into the meal and that nobody really eats them directly because they’re ridiculously spicy. So while I’m a bit of a wimp, every once in a while I’ll take a bite of one of those and try to hide it.
…..what? You leave papers on the plate?
And I thought I was the only person who ever played Angry Pigs in public and got vocal about it.
Another webcomic mentioned angry pigs. Must be a popular game.
Hey! Just found this comic today, and I read through it all in like ten minutes! I really, really enjoy this and I’m looking forward to more.
Hey that’s great cause they take me like 10 hours each to draw. Glad you like it so far!
LoL…yeah that happens when you make comics. They’re meant to be read quickly, but they take hours and hours to make each moment. It’s like Pixar – their most productive week during the production of Toy Story resulted in 3.5 minutes of finished film. But I still love the medium….
If I remember and I also admit I didn’t read the other comments all the way so this might have been mentioned already. But isn’t a Scoville also the unit of measurement for how spicy things are? If this is true was this planned? :P
Yeah it’s mentioned up there a bit and no it wasn’t planned at all. I just got aliterative with her name and then afterward thought up a few spice gags for her.
My dad – 5 star US spicy
my brothers – 5 star US spicy
Mysister – 4 star US spicy
grandfather – 8 star US spicy
mother – 5 star us spicy
me – onions are too spicy :P
I just ask for ‘Thai’ hot. Learned that from the Indians I always used to go out for lunch at the Thai places with. If there are two things Indians know, it’s where the best Thai food in town is, and where the best Indian food in town is! I love going to lunch with them.
Thai food is just all sorts of awesome.
Ahh, the ‘Are you sure you want that?’ from the waitstaff, even though you know exactly what you want…
not so bad when dabblers alien cousins ask I almost ordered a sentient being during a com error.
HA HA HA HA !!!
This happened to me so many times! I was born In Liverpool England and lived there till I was 9 . The Tie restaurant I go to would keep giving me crappy food till Complained to the Owner. She said and I quote” I lived in Liverpool England 10 years your only people on the planet that Eat Hotter food than us.I thought I would Never Have to see you CRAZY ENGLISH AGAIN, Give him a Special 10 Star!!”
Joke was on her there turned out to be a English couple right there Who begged for same thing!
She seemed to get head ache.
It was quite good for a Green Curry but I found it in truth only hot not really super hot I was hoping for.
PS not kidding really happened and she said CRAZY ENGLISH, LOL
I’m loving this comic. :) Great comment this time too. My favorite is when you get actual different menus and the white guy menu is tiny compared to the other one. :)
Wow you are really do well in comment department. Congrats! Cool page and Miss Schoville’s “die you pig” cry was well timed. Plus funny.
Thanks. It also helps that I dumped $80 into Project Wonderful advertising on Monday/Tuesday this week too. I want to spend a few bucks on it next week as I’m fairly pleased with how the page turned out but I want to refresh my banner with a more cheesecakey one. We’ll see if I have time this weekend though to draw in on top of working on a comic.
I saw your ad on my site, and was really blown away by your writing. I’m really liking it! I’m adding a link to your site from my frontpage. Enjoy!
Thanks a lot, glad you’re enjoying it. I’ll check out your page when I get a chance… and get through my massive backlog of webcomics that I have bookmarked. :P
this is a test
She has that “YES! My plan overly complex plan for world domination is one quarter complete!” look with a dash of unnecessarily slow deathtrap BDSM feel. Is she going to breath fire next? Will maniacal laughter ensue??
Hi there just wanted to give you a quick heads up. The words in your content seem to be running off the screen in Safari. I’m not sure if this is a format issue or something to do with browser compatibility but I thought I’d post to let you know. The design and style look great though! Hope you get the issue resolved soon. Kudos
Hmm. Is this in OSX? It’s fine on Safari Windows.
Ah, but of course. The alliterative superhero name.
I went to lunch with a buddy at a Thai place once, and he told the waiter “Tell the cook he can’t make it hot enough for me”(!!!). I swear when the waiter put his curry on the table across from me, my eyes started watering. So my buddy is shoveling this curry in, mopping his streaming forehead, scooping up another mouthful… The waiter and the cook both came over and watched for a moment. The cook asked “That hot enough for you?”. Bill is like “Oh yeah, this is really good!”. The cook shook his head and said “How you eat so hot? THAI people not eat that hot. You number one hot!”.
Never walk into a Thai restaurant and ask for it the way the chef has it. Just don’t.
Oh my opinion of this comic just went way up. Since I’m always telling the thai (and indian) places to make things as hot as they can make it and other than The King and I restaurant in St. Louis circa 2002 or earlier, they’re ALWAYS playing that card on me and underestimating me and giving me mild slop.
The difficult thing about foreign scripts, I think, is that you don’t know what’s significant and what’s the equivalent of a serif.
I never understood why people so often call, uh the taste of capsaicin, ‘spicy’. To me, spicy is just that -used/taste a lot of spice- and there is a lot more to spices and taste of spices than just Chili and capsaicin taste. Because I can’t stand chili but very fond of spicy (as in using lot and various spices) it always bothers me. The term ‘hot’ is better but still potentially misleading in different way. You, Enlish speaking folk need to come up with proper term for it ;)
Funny thing is I actually also very fond of ‘hot’ taste – just not from chili. Pepper, wasabi, ect those are delicious. But, chili, urk. Even, the milder variety is still taste (and smell) bad.