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WCDT 14 Mar-18 Mar 2011 (1881-1885)

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iduguphergrave:
Not too surprising the quality's slipping a little....Faye's been a bit...distracted  lately  :wink:

Skewbrow:

--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 15 Mar 2011, 00:39 ---And considering what can happen at CoD, for once Hannelore isn't being overprepared.

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Well, Cosette works there, so...


--- Quote from: Deadlywonky on 15 Mar 2011, 00:48 ---It isn't Fukushima

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I have mixed feelings about this. Magnitude 9 quake followed by a tsunami is about the worst imaginable thing our dear planet can throw at a construction, so I have been impressed with the way the reactors (presumably the oldest designs at this site) are holding up. Perhaps we should buy our next one from Japan? I like to think that most of the reactors in the world have been built/designed with that kind of redundancy upon redundancy principle, but that is probably an optimistic view.

Moxie:

--- Quote from: TheEvilDog on 14 Mar 2011, 19:01 ---Disagree
* This stuff about waiting half as long as the relationship lasted. Honestly, think about it, and how impractical it would be after a significant period of time, say three years, or four years. Its too impractical to wait 2 years before saying "Well, I'm better, off I go." I do believe that everyone recovers at their own pace, but there is a limit to how long someone can mope around. Quick example, if a relationship lasted 3 years before it broke up, I'd expect to be understanding for either friend for three months, possibly four, but after that, I'm going to try and get them off their ass and do something rather than vegetate. If they persist or insist or wallowing in self pity after that, I will drag them out the back and hose them down, and I'll walk away. I will be there for my friends, I would like to believe I'll be there when they need my help. But as a friend I will not put up with they're whiny crap for 18 bloody months.
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Wow, I didn't think that comment would create this much discussion! I just wanted to clarify what I meant by that.
I did not mean that, if a relationship lasted 2 years, after a break-up it's fine it the person whines and mopes and is a general sad sack for a year.

I did mean that it's possible for it to take a year for a person to fully go through the grieving process of losing the relationship. That means that maybe for the first month or two the person may be sad and mopey, and want to be isolated, then maybe for another month the person would be angry, and then for another month or two the person might be thinking about ways to fix the relationship and get back into it, and then maybe there's another sad/wistful month or so and eventually the person accepts the break-up and is able to move on, a hopefully better person for it. Depending on how much was invested by the person into the relationship, it could take only a month to get over a 2 year relationship, or possibly that full year to be totally accepting of it.

I see it more as, if the person continues to be sad, or to not really accept the fact that the relationship is over past that half mark, then there is probably good reason to be concerned. But before that, it's just the person going through the stages of grief. And I think there are a lot of factors that influence how quickly a person does that. And naturally, not every person is the same, and naturally, it's not saying that if a person dates or gets involved in another relationship it's going to be the end of the world (after all, how common are rebound relationships?) but most of what people do seems to be with the effort of recovering and moving on from that break-up (again, how many rebounds last?). Some people may need more prodding from friends, given personalities and all, but most people seem to be able to handle getting over a relationship in a reasonable about of time. I think all that half of the time rule is trying to say is, anything over this is not reasonable, especially if the person is still in that sad and isolated stage of grief.

I don't know if that makes it better or worse, but that's more what I meant by that. :)


Meanwhile, today's comic!
I don't think Dora is as affected by Tai as Tai was by Dora. This is all based on the fact that Dora is back to business as usual.

snubnose:
I think a 6 month period after a breakup is in order.

Or a full year, depending upon the person.

Anyway, I really wonder why Hanners would own a helmet. After all, thats something that does NOT help against bacteria and stuff.

Akima:

--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 15 Mar 2011, 00:39 ---I like the experimental camera angle too. And considering what can happen at CoD, for once Hannelore isn't being overprepared.

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The camera angle is very dynamic and cinematic. Jeph is mostly fairly conventional in his placing of the fourth wall, and it's nice to see something different.

Possibly Faye's in the wrong line of business. A contract to develop grenade-launchers might be more up her street.

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