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WCDT: 2001-2005 (29 Aug-2 Sept 2011)
westrim:
*reads thread* :psyduck: My signature is supposed to be funny true, not painful true.
Doctor Online:
--- Quote from: Tova on 30 Aug 2011, 18:24 ---For the usual reasons - forgiveness allows you to let go of your harmful (to yourself) resentment and bitterness.
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I'm living proof, if you don't let go of what people have done it can make you sick. Stress, anger, all of that goes hand in hand and can actually cause physical sickness. It sounds kinda crazy but when you think back to all the upset stomachs, headaches, depression, anything... it's most likely linked to these things. I'm not saying you got the flu from being angry, so don't think that's what I'm saying. =P
Edit: The whole reason I dropped in was to say... I laughed really hard at today's comic. I see Jeph is starting to enjoy playing with animations. ^.^ It really adds to the funny for me.
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: Faye ---God, I'm such an awful person
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J:
so, one of the other comics i follow is menage a 3 (occasionally nsfw), it's protagonist is almost a male version of marigold; a 29 year old geek who has never had a girlfriend, lacks anything resembling self confidence or self esteem, and has so thoroughly given up that he puts basically no effort whatsoever into changing his circumstances.
now the reason i bring this up is that a surprising and depressing number of the people on the forum really identify with this character, and loudly object when jokes are at his expense, scream when things don't go his way (or more accurately the way they want for him), and fill entire threads with inane hatred of any character who doesn't put his desires above and beyond all other concerns. essentially, they see so much of themselves in the character that it hampers their ability to enjoy the strip because they so desperately want it to be their vicarious wish fulfillment fantasy.
basically look at the above argument and imagine it happening in every second or third thread.
what i'm saying is that perhaps some people here are abit too emotionally close to the subject matter to discuss it objectively, and that they may enjoy the strip more if they back up and distance themselves abit.
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yeah, i don't really care
billydaking:
--- Quote from: questionablecontentfan on 30 Aug 2011, 17:19 ---
--- Quote from: Akima on 30 Aug 2011, 17:11 ---Nobody has a duty to love anyone*. None of us are special snowflakes. Nobody's personality entitles them to affection, or to be looked after by somebody else. Life is suffering.
*Romantically anyway. I'll leave parental love and religious love to those better qualified to comment.
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I don't agree.
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Then you're headed for some real trouble.
Romantic love is, as others have said, a two-way street. One of the most despicable things that you can do to a friend is to pretend to have feelings for her (or him) simply because that friend has feelings for you. I've seen it happen before, and it's utterly destructive to both people. I've *never* seen it work out.
Angus did the absolutely correct and kindest thing any friend could do in that situation--he was honest with her and stopped it before things got worse. He then talked with her the next morning when she was sober and later to try to find out how she wound up in that place. Honesty hurts, but it's usually the shortest pain.
Wishing that Angus and Marigold were together because Angus somehow is denying feelings for her is simply that--wishing. Angus did not return the kiss at all. Plus, they've been friends for a while and only recently did Marigold, by her own admission, develop feelings for him, simply because he was nice to her. That in itself is a problem for Marigold--she jumped to a conclusion and probably even lied to herself (note that she really hasn't shown much of a crush, if any, on Angus after she made her drunken pass, despite the fact they're still roommates). If you believe somebody may like you more than a friend, then the next step is usually asking them or telling them how you feel, not suddenly planting a kiss on their lips. No matter what the movies tell us.
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