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WCDT: Independence Day Week (4 - 8 July, 1961-1965)
Emperor Norton:
--- Quote from: Dr. ROFLPWN on 09 Jul 2011, 01:44 ---To clarify where my long-winded rant cometh from, it is both from reading back Tiogyr's posts to analyze his viewpoint, which is not really all that objectionable (to me), the tide of increasingly vituperative responses to the fellow for saying pretty reasonable shit, and the pounding hammer of Glorious Marten and his Righteousness that has kept me away from the forum for several weeks for my own safety.
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What does, disagreeing with Tiogyr (who's viewpoint from what I can tell is that Exes should NEVER be friends, and that if your social circle is like that you are obviously from bumfuck nowhere, or are a hermit. Oh, also that if I haven't had a string of relationships to the point that I've gotten breaking up down to an art, there is something wrong with me) have to do with the "cult of Marten" that you are talking about.
That being said, he is a fairly harmless guy. The thing is, people don't tend to go out of their way to hate people whose problems (like Marten's passivity (which, is, not quite as extreme as the forums make it out to be at times, but does exist)) don't actively hurt anyone other than themselves (and even then, its generally hurting Marten over the long term, which is much harder to judge). The thing he said while drunk, is the only thing I can think of where he was DIRECTLY harmful towards anyone else without at least some provocation that makes it not OK but, understandable (such as some of his reactions to Dora). And honestly, can any of us say we've NEVER done something EVEN WHEN SOBER, that we shouldn't have done/said, that hurt someone else?
Actually there is no character in the comic I find awful or root against. Every single time I see discussions on the forum I just, am confused and wonder if people are as judgmental of their friends as they are of webcomic characters. I know if I judged every friend I had based on the worst actions they've ever taken, I wouldn't have any friends. No one is a saint. We all make mistakes. The fact that the characters make mistakes make them more HUMAN to me, not despicable.
Method of Madness:
Maybe it's because I generally stick to the WCDT, but I just don't see the community being divided. I've only been here for a few months, but I felt that the forum took me in right away, responding to my posts, voting in my polls and generally treating me like I was already a regular.
Border Reiver:
True dat
Method of Madness:
The townie remark can't really be held against her, since Marten realizes she's right, that it's absurd that he's avoiding CoD. She may not have intended to, but she probably helped Marten a lot with that.
pwhodges:
I've ended the poll, as it's pointless now. Given that I omitted any option for "awkward but calm conversation", the poll pretty much got it right (one could picture a chaste hug on or before Monday, perhaps). I won't copy the figures here as they're visible at the top of the page.
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