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WCDT 11-15 April 2011 (1901-1905)
DSL:
Here's a vote for Clinton-got-creepy, but to be fair ... assuming Hanners is in Western Massachusetts, her outer defense perimeter extends to about, oh, Cleveland.
FieryGenius:
--- Quote from: 0kamisama on 13 Apr 2011, 00:26 ---I seem to recall somebody (Steve?) mentioning that Marten bought that broadsword back in high school many panels ago.
Anyone up for an archeological dig in the archives?
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Went digging with ohnorobot's search engine and found nothing. I also don't recall anything about Steve ever saying that in the comic.
jwhouk:
Steve bought some during one of his many drunken binges. Though it was more along the line of $500 of fantasy knives on eBay!
billydaking:
--- Quote from: Andy147 on 13 Apr 2011, 16:07 ---
--- Quote from: John_Knee on 13 Apr 2011, 11:48 ---
--- Quote from: Skewbrow on 13 Apr 2011, 05:19 ---@Carl-E: The car nerd example is illuminating. Hopefully I will get this eventually.
Yes. Clinton crossed the boundary of Hannelore's personal space in many ways.
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I don't think Clinton was creepy as people seem to think or a variation of. His reaction towards Hanners when he found out who she was was no worse than the reaction of a 12 year old girl who has won a competition to meet Justin Bleber or whatever his name is. The difference is that Hanners is oversensitive to contact and space due to her OCD. There is no reason why Clinton or anyone else who hasn't met her before to assume that and his reaction would have been alkward to most people with a more normal set of personal characteristics at worse - or simple amusement.
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Note that the people who think Clinton was creepy include Jeph.
Anyway, I repeat - look at Hanners' face in the penultimate panel of #1902... the appropriate response to that is "Sorry, I got carried away there", not to advance on her and start yelling personal questions. (Especially when you've just spontaneously burst into flames).
Incidentally - I hadn't noticed before just how angry Marten is in the following panel...
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Note...if you are a college-aged adult acting like a 12-year-old reacting to Justin Whatisname, then you are by Webster-Merriam Dictionary of Societal Tropes creepy as hell.
Things are affected by age. Kinda like how if you're 16 on your first date with a 16-year-old is fine, but if you're 35 on your first date with a 16-year-old you're creepy. And probably headed for trouble.
gprimr1:
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 13 Apr 2011, 18:37 ---Steve bought some during one of his many drunken binges. Though it was more along the line of $500 of fantasy knives on eBay!
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When I read that for the longest time I thought that strip was set in Antonio's Pizza by the Slice, but I just re-read the commentary and I think I'm wrong.
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