Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT: 21-25 February 2011 (1866-1870)
cesariojpn:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 24 Feb 2011, 20:31 ---
--- Quote from: cesariojpn on 24 Feb 2011, 16:01 ---Most "Tofu Burgers" are actually made from Okara, a byproduct of Tofu making.
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I coulda swore that said okra. Took three readings to ralize I was wrong.
Thank goodness.
The thought of an okra burger is just... harsh
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Don't feel bad, I keep thinking of Okada for some odd reason.
Dr. ROFLPWN:
--- Quote from: Odin on 25 Feb 2011, 12:09 ---The only people that like Hannelore as a character are the ones not-so-secretly wishing Jeph would Rule 34 her.
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I hate to be the exception to your erudite goddamn theory, but I like Hannelore as a character, yet I don't pop huge boners off of her; it's hard to think of her as sexual at all.
And Armadillo, Carl: you're reaching. By a lot. Hannelore is not that fucking bad. Two of my best friends in the world have ADD/OCD combos in a hardcore way, and yet I love hanging out with them. Their "freakouts" become comedic once they settle down and are back at the level, and are really not that disruptive unless they occur at a big social gathering. Anyone going into FTFO mode at a big social gathering is disruptive, and I don't think we've actually seen her disrupt a party like that.
Her space-born naïveté, I admit, I've never had to deal with, but as an obviously exaggerated character, it's charming, a quirk. Probably dealing with it in real life would be grating? I guess? Dealing with Marigold in that setting would too: anyone who's actually spent time with someone like Marbear knows that; a male version of her was the dude my primary social group, nerds all, just had to cut ties with because he was too fucking annoying. Fuck, Faye would get one round of shitty, snotty remarks before I divested myself of her company entirely.
And then fucking Marten. I have dealt with Martens. You want to punch them. They are not cool. You know who had all the emotional breakdowns at parties/in public everywhere I've lived? The Marten types.
There is a reason they are "realistic characters", not real people.
StevenC:
Wanting to punch someone who had shitty things happen to him and isn't happy about them is kind of a dick move.
Dr. ROFLPWN:
If they can't stop bringing it up all the goddamn time or keep bemoaning that they don't even know why they came, this was stupid, bawwwwww, I feel perfectly justified in being a dick to them. I mean, it's like "sorry, skinny emo indie dude, I don't want to hear about your fucking problems all night. We asked if you felt like coming, you said yes; part of the social contract is not being a whiny piece of shit."
This could segue into a miniature rant about how the more I hear about Marten's problems, the less I like Marten himself. It makes him a cipher/Everyman a little more for me every time someone projects onto him, and it's kind of distasteful. I'm starting to agree with a friend of mine, who would suggest to Jeph that maybe he should go the Bobbins/Scary-Go-Round/Bad Machinery route; start fresh, same locale, but different characters as the focus.
Of course, I'm not Jeph, and I'd like to see what Marten has in store for him next, sure, but...come on, people, he had a girl break up with him? People are not as sensitive as you'd like about it? He can't score his first night back on the scene? CALL THE POLICE, IT'S THE MINOR PROBLEMS OF LIKE EVERY 20-SOMETHING. Yet every week, I hear about how shafted he gets and how terrible his life is! Bull, the dude has an intact social circle post-breakup, a job that pays for a snazzy goddamn apartment and looks ridiculously easy, and is blessed with good looks and charm. Marten is going to be just fine.
Shit, I went and did an acrobatic pirouette off the handle, but I'm tired of this phenomenon. It ain't gonna stop, but at least I registered my complaint. >:[
StevenC:
Well, that's it. It's not him who is complaining every time about how shitty his life is. The comics about his post-breakup have been going on for many weeks but in comic time, it was just 1-2 days after said breakup until recently. And I think a few days after, he is allowed to feel mopey about it. The ones complaining about his shitty life are we readers because for us it has been going on for weeks whereas for the character it has just been a few shitty days.
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