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WCDT 14-18 February 2011 (1861-1865)
pwhodges:
Respect is an important part of it. Looking at someone as a body without a personality is a bad thingTM
CompSarge:
I couldn't help but laugh about today's comic. All talk about "THE REAL WORLD" aside, Marten getting slapped for staring too long, too obviously, and too creepily (Come on, did you even LOOK at his expression in panel 3?) is a comedy staple dating back to the earliest days of comedy. It's slapstick (pun intended) humor, and should not be read into any further than that.
As for the rest of the argument, all I have to say is...
:psyduck: Psy-yi-yiiiiii! :psyduck:
westrim:
--- Quote from: est on 14 Feb 2011, 01:31 ---The tightness of the woman's jeans should play no part in how much respect you afford her as a fellow human being.
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And we are missing one salient point. Staring at anyone for more than 10 seconds is bound to be creepy, no matter the circumstances. I'm not factoring Marten staring too long to my position on look/don't look.
As to whether or not to look, I point to the below.
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 14 Feb 2011, 01:42 ---Respect is an important part of it. Looking at someone as a body without a personality is a bad thingTM
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I disagree. Whether we realize it or not, that's exactly what we're doing whenever we look at a stranger and think "wow, they're hot". You always notice the body first, because that's what you can see. It's what you think after that that matters. and how you appraise the person. Marten never got to afterwards, he was still at the "nice ass" phase. A respect/no respect judgment has not been added yet. The closest example I can think of is Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Marten's still at the third step, respect is the next step up.
--- Quote from: CompSarge on 14 Feb 2011, 01:58 ---I couldn't help but laugh about today's comic. All talk about "THE REAL WORLD" aside, Marten getting slapped for staring too long, too obviously, and too creepily (Come on, did you even LOOK at his expression in panel 3?) is a comedy staple dating back to the earliest days of comedy. It's slapstick (pun intended) humor, and should not be read into any further than that.
As for the rest of the argument, all I have to say is...
:psyduck: Psy-yi-yiiiiii! :psyduck:
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Of course it shouldn't. Did that ever keep us from over analyzing before? *insert bob the builder/ Obama voice here* No! It! Didn't!
akronnick:
I think staring too long is inherently disrespectful.
Yes your initial reaction is hot/not hot, but if it gets to the point where someone can whip out the old "take a picture it'll last longer" phase, you're being disrespectful.
snubnose:
Oooh, Raven. Totally missed Raven. Hmm, nah, my choice is still Hanners. By far. :-D
--- Quote from: Napoleon_Blownapart on 13 Feb 2011, 20:47 ---For once Jeph, just for once, please recognize that when you make Marten engage in these antics, they are not so heinous that he deserves frigging abuse. :psyduck:
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Uh, Jeph has said he loves being mean to his characters, and thats what many of the strips of this Comic is about.
--- Quote from: iduguphergrave on 13 Feb 2011, 21:03 ---I always knew Marty was an ass man.
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Uh ... ? He oggles her other assets, doesnt he ?
--- Quote from: Akima on 13 Feb 2011, 23:01 ---
--- Quote from: Napoleon_Blownapart on 13 Feb 2011, 22:23 ---But unless you choose to wear a burka, anyone has the right to just look - so long as that's all they do.
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If we don't want to be stared at we should wear a burka? :psyduck:
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I am as amazed as you are ... no woman should ever wear a Burka. It makes them to non-people.
Or highheels, while we're on that topic. Highheels kill feet. And they really look akward. Especially while the woman moves.
--- Quote from: Odal on 14 Feb 2011, 00:52 ---No other Pintsize lovers? She's totally a cutie imo.
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She is a he, not cute at all - and your taste in women is Shar-Teel from Baldurs Gate 1, right ?
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 14 Feb 2011, 01:09 ---That one took me a minute too, even though in these parts it's called DUI (driving under the influence) rather than DWI (driving while intoxicated).
As for dealing with it, we are. In our usual hyperbolic way.
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I never heard of either acronym but then again I dont live in an english speaking country.
--- Quote from: est on 14 Feb 2011, 01:31 ---The tightness of the woman's jeans should play no part in how much respect you afford her as a fellow human being.
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They should still be respected even if they would run around in the nude.
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