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WCDT: Independence Day Week (4 - 8 July, 1961-1965)
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: HeadphonesJeff on 07 Jul 2011, 07:57 ---The moderators would seriously close the weekly discussion thread over such a thing? Has this happened before?
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No and no.
I don't normally see the poll, because I go straight to next unread; and if there were something really objectionable (unlikely, I imagine), I'd simply edit it away (and have a word with the writer) rather than close the thread on that account.
Swedish Chef:
Wile E Coyote's impersonation, by the whole gang, on panel 4 had me giggling.
gprimr1:
You don't have to, but I think in this case, they were friends before, so it would be a shame to loose everything.
leahneedsanap:
--- Quote from: Tiogyr on 07 Jul 2011, 07:49 ---
Why do people keep acting like exes have to reconcile and become friends after breaking up?
Why can't they have an "Our relationship was doomed to start with, we weren't compatible, but it was fun while it lasted until shit hit the fan" moment and move on with their lives?
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I am with you on this one... I have found that I NEED that sharp cutoff in order to really move on, and once I have, there's not a gap in my social circle that needs to be filled by someone who (at least with my exes) isn't a particularly good or interesting person. Every time I've tried to "be friends" I've used that relationship as an emotional crutch to keep myself from moving on or dealing with my pain. Then again, I have mostly dated people who weren't core members of my friend group, so I'm sure that would be different.
Still, I can see why grudges or walls of silence are pretty unworkable in a comic when the relationship is between two major characters, unless you are going to write one of them out. And given that Marten is arguably the main character and Dora is Jeph's favorite character, that seems pretty unlikely. If they are just totally not interacting it means you have to have these major demarcations in your storylines where certain characters can't be, or can't be in the same place, or someone has to reiterate what the other one said. When you share friends you generally have to get at least to a place where you're not putting your friends through this "I'm having a party but if I invite him I can't invite HER, and I can't invite HIM cause now she's dating him and that would be uncomfortable" thing.
LeeC:
Uh Oh!
really wish I could find a lumpy space princess meme saying drama bomb.
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