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WCDT 2056-2060; Nov. 14-18, 2011

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Dust:
I wonder if the others are still hiding in the kitchen.

VonKleist:

--- Quote from: snubnose on 15 Nov 2011, 00:21 ---Err ... what ?

In the 1950's (pre pill, when was it developed anyway ?) you would have had to marry a woman to have sex with her. At least that was still the official version back then.

Rules like "no sex on the first date" ARE definitely 2010's, not 1950's. Not to mention there are of course still parts of the world (huge parts) where "no sex before marriage" is still in effect.

Calling a woman a "slut" though is definitely outdated now.


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Yesyes, I was exaggerating in order to make a point. I did not literally mean the 1950's.
Maybe I should have gone with the "ringring, oh,itīs the 1950's calling, they want their code of morales back" telephone-bit.

Sidhekin:

--- Quote from: Carl-E on 14 Nov 2011, 23:50 ---Over the years, I've learned that you should try to live your life with as few regrets as possible.  they tend to pile up, especially late at night. 

So, which would give Marten more regrets, and more to mope about;

Having fun sexytimes with someone who's willing, and to whom he's attracted, even though he knows full well she's moving away, possible for good;

-or-

Not doing so? 




I'm afraid I know the answer from experience, but that's a story for another day...

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How did it go ... ?


--- Quote from: Zachary Scott ---As you grow older, you'll find the only things you regret are the things you didn't do.
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Eh, no, that's not the quote I had in mind ... not quite ...

I'm drawing a blank on who or the exact words, but the sentiment was along the lines that, as the speaker grows older, he finds that the mistakes he regrets the most, are those he did not make.

Which in the end, I suppose, is technically a license to screw around and do stupid things.  I'm sure you'll appreciate.  8-)

Paranoid:

--- Quote from: akronnick on 15 Nov 2011, 00:41 ---Marten is responsible for his actions as well as his feelings.

Marten knows full well that Padma is leaving.

If he thinks he might not be able to deal with the emotional fallout that comes from this, he is perfectly able to not participate.

Putting the responsibility on Padma for whatever consequences come of this is denying Marten's agency over his decisions.

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Point, however right now he is drunk, and I saw no evidence of him actively pursuing Padma before then.  Remember, he was trying to bow out of the camping trip, and that was before he even knew she was planning on moving.  And his whiplash comment when she invited him dancing was pretty informative as well imho.  Meanwhile, looking back we see that Padma has been actively pursuing Marten for some time now, and while it does tend to get masked in her... "unique" worldview in retrospect I feel it's pretty unmistakable.

So, yeah, while I agree Marten will have to live with his stupid drunk decisions like everyone else, I do feel considerably more sympathetic towards him, because at least in his case it wasn't premeditated stupidity.

Akima:

--- Quote from: Fen on 14 Nov 2011, 21:24 ---
--- Quote from: stoutfiles on 14 Nov 2011, 21:01 ---Also, sex on a first date?  Padma is the definition of slut.  I think if Marten got herpes that would be a good lesson for all the readers out there, a girl putting out on the first date is usually a girl putting out for everyone.
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4. I am horribly offended by your use of the term slut solely referring to Padma. Though I understand your personal values place a person who has casual sex at an unpleasant level(see pt. 3) I would kindly remind you that both of them are at "a first date", as you call it. Therefore, both of them are sluts.
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I concur. Applying different standards to women's chastity and sexuality from men's and labelling only women as sluts is bedrock misogynism. I won't even attempt to characterise the attitude that approves disease as some sort of appropriate judgement on, or lesson about, people's sexual behaviour, or I'd probably earn another cautionary PM from the mods.

<Deep Breath>

It's a nicely-drawn strip, but... Marten wears mauve underwear? He doesn't seem the type somehow.

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