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WCDT 1-5 August 2011 (1981-85)
DSL:
Thing is, Blackjoker, I think you're rightand I still think I'm right. The abuse you cite from Faye, Pintsize et al, I accepted as over-the-top comic strip humor but Marten's mispaced sassery was realstic enough to bother me. As I said, probably because it reminded me of something I regret about myself.
cassie:
I kind of saw it as everyone was tolerant of one another. They all seem to be pretty aware of their issues (Marten knows he can say the wrong thing at the wrong time, often in an attempt to lighten the mood; Faye knows that she is abusive and was (?) incapable of being emotionally responsive; Dora knows she is pretty neurotic; Steve... well Steve might not be aware of his stuff, haha). They're tolerant of one another because they know that they have their bad moments too, that they're no better than the next person.
Anyway, I think Marten's comment about cheeseburgers and haircuts was just a joke. I doubt that that was his true ambition in life--he just has a sense of humor about his future, which is a good thing in my book.
Kugai:
1983 - the year I turned 21
themacnut:
Middle-aged fart. :D
Of course I'm only about 5 years younger than you so I really shouldn't be throwing that particular stone...
stoutfiles:
--- Quote from: dragontart on 02 Aug 2011, 17:00 ---
--- Quote ---I mean, that's fine if they do, but a goal is something positive like doing well at work or writing a song.
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Why? Of course you could also ask me "why not". And I don't know.
It's indeed true that I don't mind people simply having goals and ambitions, like I don't mind people painting their walls pink. That's something I consider everyone's own business. I do mind people who try to paint my walls pink and think of me as weird when I find pink annoying and won't let them.
And I do find pink annoying, so I am not highly comfortable in a pink room, as I won't be in company of people whose whole life revolves about goals and ambitions which tends to be obvious in anything they think, say and do.
And as far as my experience goes, people are never satisfied with only painting their own walls.
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I agree with that. His friends can't force him to be something he's not. However, if something doesn't change, he will go to work, go to the coffee/bread shop, and go to the bar. This is all he does and he's not very happy with his life. For his own sake he should branch away from that and do something new.
--- Quote from: dragontart on 02 Aug 2011, 17:00 ---So Marten would be quite pleasant company for me when it comes to that. But that's about it, there are way too many other things he'd need to have or to not have to be interesting to date. Actually I think we don't even know much about Marten.
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Anytime we have Marten strips they're usually just Pintsize and Marten, aka Garfield and Jon Arbuckle. Otherwise, Marten is basically the dull everyman and the story is told with he and us listening to the other, more interesting characters. Hearing about Marten's day would make for a boring comic minus a few exceptions (bar hijinks, library hookups)
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