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WCDT: 2031-2035 (10-14 October 2011)
stoutfiles:
So now we're slapping Marten for not wanting to attempt to hook up with a girl who
A) is leaving soon and Marten is known for getting attached
B) betraying a guy who is twice your size
Steve is a huge, huge douchebag. Why is Marten friends with this loser again? If Steve slapped me for not being a douche like him I'd rear back and kick him in the balls as hard as I could. It's a low blow, but just what he deserves.
gangler:
Slapping him because he's being a dumbass right now. If he doesn't know how to dance he can either figure something out or play it by ear when he gets there. If the problem is, as you say, that he doesn't actually want to spend time with this woman then he can just say no like every other vertebrate on the planet.
stoutfiles:
--- Quote from: gangler on 13 Oct 2011, 05:58 ---Slapping him because he's being a dumbass right now. If he doesn't know how to dance he can either figure something out or play it by ear when he gets there. If the problem is, as you say, that he doesn't actually want to spend time with this woman then he can just say no like every other vertebrate on the planet.
--- End quote ---
You don't slap someone when, in your opinion, they say something dumb. That is a form of bullying. If any of my friends would hit me I would hit them back much harder, then question why I am friends with them. You don't hit people, especially in the head. No excuse. Period.
Steve is hitting him because he thinks Marten should be happy he has a chance to get laid and dancing is only a minor obstacle. However, if Steve knew anything about Marten he'd know that the closer he gets to Padma the sadder he's going to be when she leaves. If he sleeps with her, might as well say goodbye to Marten as he flies to L.A.
gangler:
It's a love tap. A swat to the back of the head. Hell, my own parents have done worse on a friendly day. You're creating an act of aggression where there is none. It's like interpreting friendly ribbing as verbal abuse.
Regardless what he feels Marten's motivations should be though it's the same overall issue. Marten's creating a mountain of drama and troubles when all that's happened is that he's been invited to a social outing. He accepted, so he must want to go. Where's this disappointment coming from? Or to use Steve's own words "For some Goddamn reason you're sad about this".
This isn't Steve pressuring Marten to bang everything that presents itself. This is Steve telling Marten to get his head out of his ass and just have fun with a cool situation. Well, okay. It might be the first one as well ;). Whatever. What do you expect from Steve?
Seriously though. If I had a friend who would go out, meet someone, get along well with them, end it with an agreement to meet up and have some fun later, and he walks away from this mopey and depressed about it, I'd be concerned. That's not a normal reaction to such a series of events. Hell, agreeing to do something that only makes you feel mopey and depressed is itself concerning behavior. If you didn't want to do this then why did you say yes? Attempting to bring his attention to the fact that he could maybe cheer up a little, that he's doing fine, is the bare minimum that would be expected of me as a friend.
SomeCanadianWeirdo:
Hmmm, people getting slapped popped up on this thread earlier in the week. Second last comic of the week, we get a scene of Marten getting slapped. Hmmm....
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