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WCDT 8-12 August 2011 (1986-1990) aka Method's birth week
Tova:
Actually, I've just been reminded of an F Chords story arc:
http://fchords.com/2008/08/25/a-dire-riff/
stoutfiles:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 09 Aug 2011, 16:27 ---Remember that we actually see only glimpses of the characters in this comic. They do add up, but there is plenty of scope for aspects of their characters that we haven't really seen to be developed - without it having to involve reversals of their present characters. And very few people get famous - that's a really, really bad measure of success in life.
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My goal of success is that Marten makes enough money to not barely get by. I'd like him to be able to afford to retire, start a family, etc. Right now he's living in a world where robots could and should be doing his library job. In other words, he's completely replaceable.
--- Quote from: idontunderstand on 09 Aug 2011, 16:35 ---One thing that completely speaks against you, stoutflies, is that you have never, and will never, hear Marten play. Without that piece of information you don't know how far he could go.
(I know there are deathmole tracks out there, but I don't think we're supposed to take them as literally being played by Marten and the guys, they are Jeph's songs, nothing else)
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Unless he's a musical prodigy, I think he'd be spending more of his time playing and getting better. He wasn't doing that as far as I know. However, that's not the roadblock, it's the rest of the band, and we do know how well they can play. Whether they decide to get as good as Marten, if that's even good enough, remains to be seen. With the information we have it's skeptical that they would succeed, and by succeed I refer to making money for their efforts.
Tova:
--- Quote from: stoutfiles on 09 Aug 2011, 17:44 ---I'd like him to be able to afford to retire, start a family, etc.
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I don't like to state the obvious, but this shouldn't be about what you'd like.
--- Quote from: stoutfiles on 09 Aug 2011, 17:44 ---With the information we have it's skeptical that they would succeed, and by succeed I refer to making money for their efforts.
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Skeptical, sure. Impossible, no.
stoutfiles:
--- Quote from: Tova on 09 Aug 2011, 17:57 ---
--- Quote from: stoutfiles on 09 Aug 2011, 17:44 ---I'd like him to be able to afford to retire, start a family, etc.
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I don't like to state the obvious, but this shouldn't be about what you'd like.
--- Quote from: stoutfiles on 09 Aug 2011, 17:44 ---With the information we have it's skeptical that they would succeed, and by succeed I refer to making money for their efforts.
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Skeptical, sure. Impossible, no.
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Do you think Marten wants to have to work his whole life and never retire? Do you think he wants to be so poor he can't afford to go anywhere with a girl? If his guitar broke, could he even afford a new one? That he'd likely have to move out if he got fired from his library job? If Marten didn't care about money then great, but he's shown no signs that he wouldn't like to be better off.
Tova:
--- Quote from: stoutfiles on 09 Aug 2011, 18:11 ---If Marten didn't care about money then great, but he's shown no signs that he wouldn't like to be better off.
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To steal your words, with the information we have, he doesn't care about money.
He does care about having a crappy job he doesn't enjoy.
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