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WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
JohnTheWysard:
--- Quote from: Truec on 28 Mar 2013, 00:49 ---The only acceptable ginger ale is Vernors. Which I'm not certain is even marketed in all states, let alone in other countries.
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When I went to college at Michigan State University (over forty years ago... yipe!) I had a friend who lived in Colorado. He'd drive home for holidays with a trunkful of cases of Michigan-made Vernors and sell it there; he'd return with three or four cases of Coors Beer (brewed in Colorado, not then available in Michigan). He easily doubled his cost both ways.
Shogouki:
--- Quote from: jesslc on 28 Mar 2013, 13:12 ---
--- Quote from: Sassafras on 28 Mar 2013, 06:19 ---That he went out of his way to insert himself into her life and annoy her repeatedly just because she was rude to him once doesn't help, it makes him look like a grudgy douche.
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This is exactly why I don't like Dale!
The way he repeatedly came up to annoy her, and particularly the way he often invaded her personal space when he did so... I found him very creepy. I know that Marigold's behaviour to him was pretty awful too but that doesn't make his behaviour acceptable.
I'd be curious to know if there's a gender difference between the sides of thoughts on Dale's behaviour... Because as a woman, if any stranger or relative stranger invading my personal space like that, I would be seriously creeped out. Unwanted attention like that just sets the warning bells ringing. If on the other hand he had said the same insults to her from across the room/at a normal distance for a stranger, I would (probably) have been fine with Dale.
Angus did keep coming back and annoying Faye - true. But he wasn't ever like this:
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1895
That's not flirting. That's creepy and being a douche.
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I think a lot of it probably comes down to the competitiveness in them. They both think of themselves as hardcore gamers and the way they first met could be interpreted by Dale as a throwing down of the gauntlet. There is often a lot of competitiveness between players who play their faction seriously in WoW, especially on PvP servers. I also kind of think that they've both been growing somewhat attracted to each other and neither of them seem to know how to express that in a healthy way. It seemed to me that they act towards each other in a way that's very reminiscent of the tsundre personality trait (Basically a character who is unable to express their affection for another in a way other than being seemingly hostile or insulting) that is pretty popular in anime right now. And since Jeph seems to be quite a fan of anime himself I wondered if that might have something to do with the way Dale and Marigold act towards each other.
And the Gendo villain vibe is pretty strong in that strip as well. Just noticed his shirt!
Is it cold in here?:
Male here. Thought Dale in 1895 was creepy and out of line.
Masterpiece:
... so that's what Tsundere is!
Kugai:
Well, that was an interesting week
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