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WCDT: 2510-2514 (August 12-16, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
techkid:
--- Quote from: ankhtahr on 14 Aug 2013, 02:09 ---Most of the time even casual talk is too difficult for me. OTOH, I have trouble with casual talk with anybody.
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Ditto. Well, if the topic is interesting enough, and I have some knowledge or input on the subject in question, then that can override my sense of awkwardness at least for the duration. The rest of the time, it's just awkward silence or useless stammering.
Online is definitely a more "natural" habitat for me. As unnatural as it sounds.
On comic: I can't really stand Momo with the glasses. I suppose I can get used to it, but... to me, the glasses don't really suit her.
Carl-E:
--- Quote from: Somebody on 14 Aug 2013, 05:36 ---Does this feel like we missed a strip with Dale getting entry to her room and trying to calm her down to apologise, after the way she reacted to him being in her flat, to anyone else? Not to mention entering her bedroom after being told to get out at all!
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--- Quote from: ankhtahr on 14 Aug 2013, 01:59 ---Maybe it was more like a "*knock knock* 'May I come in? I wanna apologise.'"
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I'm willing to go with something like this.
TheBiscuit:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 13 Aug 2013, 22:07 ---Dale seemed to be a confident conversationalist when he and Marigold first met. How do we reconcile that with his saying he's afraid of talking to girls? It's also worth remembering that he's a favorite at Coffee of Doom.
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I have a minor problem talking to anyone I don't know. Those people will generally not realize this.
It's because as soon as I realize conversation will happen I fall back on projected artificial confidence and humour. It's a trained response, and it is also completely superficial. I would have trouble having a sincere and meaningful conversation with any of the people in question, but I can easily manage to mask my nervousness.
It's a... survival skill. It stops people from thinking I'm anti-social (I'm not, I'm just bad at it) and it effectively puts a shield up. I'm also good at diverting the conversation from anything too personal, because I don't really want to talk about me, or my life. In truth, I've practised it for so long that it is completely automatic and while I still feel nervous, it's not an issue as much as it once was. Becoming the mask.
Sounds at all like what happened to Dale? He fell back on his projection of confidence. He also went straight for trash talk which is (sadly) a major part of online interaction. I'd argue that Marigold didn't really have the skill of projecting confidence in their early encounters and that's why she seemed to come off a little worse than he did.
Anyway I'll be glad if they are friends now. It is unlikely to turn into romance at least for a while. Marigold is still maintaining a relationship with the handsome scientist from the station, is she not? I don't think she's likely to dump him for no reason. He might even come back dirtside one day.
ankhtahr:
techkid:
I agree. Talking about factual topics is no problem to me. But as soon as I don't know what to talk about anymore, well then I don't know what to talk about.
Game and Watch Forever:
--- Quote from: TheBiscuit on 14 Aug 2013, 07:21 ---Marigold is still maintaining a relationship with the handsome scientist from the station, is she not? I don't think she's likely to dump him for no reason. He might even come back dirtside one day.
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Is she??? She hasn't even mentioned him or anything since the space arc. I'm worried he got eaten by a space allosaurus or something...
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