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WCDT: 2031-2035 (10-14 October 2011)
WAYF:
I, however, shall gladly invoke the SkiFree Slopes. :evil:
"A slap to the face is an insult. A slap to the back of the head is a wake-up call."
- Leroy Jethro Gibbs, the king of the Dope Slap.
I get the same impression here. Steve isn't trying to actually hurt Marten by hitting him, he's trying to say in a non-verbal yet clear and concise way, "Get your head in order." Marten's looking at this, not necessarily from the wrong point of view, but he is being too one-sided. Sure, if he'd been sad because he was stuck on the idea that Padma's grandma was sick, then that would be ok, but the excuse "I don't know how to dance!" is so bad it's almost irrelevant. I think Marten should count his blessings a bit more often.
HOWEVER, if there needed to be someone to put Steve in his place, and to be honest this is how I usually feel, I'd say... Hannelore. It's worked before.
Paranoid:
--- Quote from: SomeCanadianWeirdo on 13 Oct 2011, 11:24 ---
--- Quote from: Paranoid on 13 Oct 2011, 10:46 ---Speaking of Tai, wouldn't it be funny if Tai admitted to Marten that she can't dance either, and he slapped her in the back of her head too? "I'm sorry, I was hanging out with Steve all day, and apparently his douchiness is contagious." :evil:
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I suspect slapping Tai would not be a good idea. We've never seen any evidence she knows any martial arts, but given some of the other female members of the cast it wouldn't surprise me at all if she knows some form of ass kicking.
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Good point.
DSL:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 13 Oct 2011, 15:56 ---The Pugnacious Peach has a proven ability to make someone reconsider his life choices.
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She was the one I thought of, but Steve seems to be resistant to her persuasive abilities. However, WAYF has a point about Hannelore. Perhaps the first impression is the one that sticks with Steve. And it was a hell of a first impression.
jwhouk:
Actually, I think Steve is getting the Gibbs-slap thing from Cosette.
stoutfiles:
--- Quote from: Tova on 13 Oct 2011, 14:28 ---Stout,
Haven't we had this conversation before? You know, the one where there is horseplay, sass, or some other kind of interaction between friends which wouldn't necessarily be appropriate between strangers or even in every social group, but is perfectly normal between those friends? You may not accept it, but maybe it's time to acknowledge that other people interact differently to the way you do.
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Yeah, Marten looks really happy in that last panel. Slouched over as a loud SMACK! comes off his head from a full arm swing of Steve. This is just normal, non-abusive friend interaction. What a great guy that Steve is. Marten needs to be more like Steve, who has it all together. Going to bars and flirting with women while in a relationship. Such an awesome guy he is.
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--- Quote from: stoutfiles on 13 Oct 2011, 06:14 ---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.
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I sympathise with the "don't hit people" sentiment, but if there is "No excuse. Period.", then retaliation isn't an excuse, is it? Non-violence cuts both ways.
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If someone hits you for no reason, you need to defend yourself. I would not let myself get pushed around like Marten does 24/7. I wonder how much abuse Marten would take before he does something. He took a world of abuse from Dora before he finally said something, but only because the bottle he stored his anger in exploded.
My "No excuse. Period" refers to treating your friends like a piece of shit. I wouldn't take it form my friends, I'd hope you wouldn't either...and I'd hope you'd have more of a spine than Marten.
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