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So is it me or...
Surgoshan:
Language is like jump rope for the brain.
muffin_of_chaos:
Hmm.
The fact is that these people act a heck of a lot like normal people I know. This doesn't mean they aren't obnoxiously crazy or wussy. I used to be a bit of a wuss myself, and there was a time I couldn't identify the craziness in many of my friends because what do you compare crazy to when everyone is?
But yeah. If Sven was well-adjusted, he wouldn't be feeling guilty about doing exactly what he stipulated he might do at the beginning of their "relationship"...maybe concerned and worried and annoyed, but not guilty. If Faye was well-adjusted, she probably wouldn't have such unrealistic and thus unfair expectations of Sven to the point where she suddenly becomes hostile towards him despite his giving her what she wants for however many months. If anyone in the strip was well-adjusted, they wouldn't constantly be calling Sven an asshole. Sometimes people like to have sex, and they shouldn't become obligated to people they have sex with because those people want something from people like Sven that said people never pretended to intend on giving.
Anyway, so few people are well-adjusted, I generally don't expect it represented in comics. Sorta nice when they pop up though, easier to relate. Martin seems pretty good.
Edited for clarity.
Guido Sarducci:
--- Quote from: lucychi on 18 Feb 2009, 11:37 ---Hm...I feel like there's so much more going on in this story arc to ponder than just "Is Sven being a jerk?"
Am I the only one who's ever gotten into a non-romantic yet physical relationship and didn't realize they actually cared until a catalyst in the form of another person showed up?
--- End quote ---
yes. you are. :laugh:
championofkhorne:
--- Quote from: Mallli_kite on 18 Feb 2009, 20:18 ---
--- Quote from: championofkhorne on 17 Feb 2009, 15:22 ---Mark Twain isn't real.
and in any case, he uses ain't as dialogue for his characters, who are in the south.
the two situations (and authors) are hardly comparable
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You should take a look at some of his essays, written in first person. Samuel Clemens could get very colloquial when the mood struck. Also "ain't" is not strictly a Southernism. You'll find it used with some regularity in other regions and countries.
--- End quote ---
does he use the tern 'snerks', too.
does he call you dawg, too?
Mallli_kite:
--- Quote from: championofkhorne on 19 Feb 2009, 07:43 ---
--- Quote from: Mallli_kite on 18 Feb 2009, 20:18 ---
--- Quote from: championofkhorne on 17 Feb 2009, 15:22 ---Mark Twain isn't real.
and in any case, he uses ain't as dialogue for his characters, who are in the south.
the two situations (and authors) are hardly comparable
--- End quote ---
You should take a look at some of his essays, written in first person. Samuel Clemens could get very colloquial when the mood struck. Also "ain't" is not strictly a Southernism. You'll find it used with some regularity in other regions and countries.
--- End quote ---
does he use the tern 'snerks', too.
does he call you dawg, too?
--- End quote ---
How now my sweet creature of bombast? Ahh, wonderful examples of true eloquence. Your masterful renderings of ancient urban slang leave me insouciant.
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