Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT: 2882-2886 (26-30 January 2015)
bartman:
--- Quote from: FilliamHMuffman on 30 Jan 2015, 03:59 ---Yes. But while you might have issues out of your control, your response to it is.
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Not always. I've been diagnosed as depressed in the past after hurting myself, and while I took all the right steps in going to a doctor as soon as I realised what I had done, if I was in control of my response to feeling depressed then perhaps I wouldn't have hurt myself in the first place because, y'know, hurting yourself hurts.
--- Quote from: FilliamHMuffman on 30 Jan 2015, 03:59 ---I would be more lenient if this was a sudden collapse, but this has really been panning out for a while, and Faye has had many opportunities to prevent this. I remember an old strip where marten of all people made a quip about her drinking and she got mad instead of understanding where it was coming from. She has supportive friends and has even gone to a therapist. Is she still going? Doesn't look like it, even though it was clear she had many issues to work through. Just her demeanor to begin with is toxic, she insults people and while it was simply a device for comedy early on, it is now just sad to revisit. I really have no sympathy for a character that has made what little progress over the past ten years in spite of herself not because of herself. Or maybe this is just because Dora was always my favorite character. It's only a comic, so I shouldn't get so worked up.
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I think its clear that something isn't right with Faye that points to a gap of some sort in her therapy needs but are we assuming that if it didn't happen 'on screen' then it didn't happen at all? I tend to think that the characters in a comic or TV show or whatever have perfectly normal lives and we're only being shown the interesting stuff. Just because Faye hasn't been shown to brush her teeth in the comic strip every single day doesn't mean she rarely brushes her teeth. Just because Faye hasn't been shown in therapy doesn't mean she's stopped going. Yes she could have but equally she could still be going and its just not helping, or she's being dishonest about part of her feelings with her therapist and therefore not being helped with those issues, or whatever.
Japheree:
--- Quote from: Oilman on 30 Jan 2015, 03:22 ---Eeeerrrrrrmmmmmmm........ yeah, but no. Marten actually reminds me a good deal of my elder son, who ambled along doing not very much until suddenly, and to no-one's surprise but his own, reality overtook him and he had to grow up a lot, very quickly. He's doing pretty well now but the change is very big and very obvious.
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Ah the old grow up trope. Pathetic recourse to belittling people with different views.
There is nothing immature whatsoever in recognising that you can't go on being a high achiever and that you need to take a step back. Nor does such a move mean you are abrogating your responsibilities as an adult. Marten has a stable job and to use a horrible phrase, a pretty good work life balance. He isn't rich but he also has no need to be since he has no significant expenditures. He has no plans for kids and for all we know may not even want them. He probably couldn't afford a house, even if he earned potloads because people of my generation are realising we have been pretty shafted in that regard and are, healthily, readjusting to different circumstances.
I don't know your circumstances, I don't care, frankly but to assume you know the answers to how everyone chooses to live their lives. To presume you are more mature than people who do not follow the path you do is the height of arrogance. Me? I've been to hell and back and I know the value of happiness and 'immaturity'. If things work out well for Faye, she is going to learn this too.
The is no more sour, bitter person than he who looks on at happy people and gleefully tells themselves that 'one day they will have to grow up'.
Method of Madness:
I won't say she will or even should, but putting off officially firing Faye means Dora has the chance to change her mind if she so chooses.
pwhodges:
Some people have mentioned an option for employers to offer some extension of insurance as part of the severance. Wouldn't that have been a more honest way to deal with this, if it's applicable?
DillyDolly:
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--- Quote from: bhtooefr on 30 Jan 2015, 02:25 ---Is it just me, or is part of this thread better off in DISCUSS?
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The discussion has generally remained sufficiently in touch with the comic and its characters and matters arising, so I don't think its worth the confusion of trying to split it up.
Also, those suggesting that Dora would have done better to use Marten to pass her message forget that he is currently glued to Faye's bedside, so Dora couldn't give him a message without facing Faye in any case.
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Yes, it has deadly venomous creatures—BUT—I think it was actually safer to live in during Colonial times than—say—New England was to English settlers. Look at how many English settlers croaked when they first came to the US and you have to wonder what they were thinking (aside from running away from England because they were Puritan fanatics).
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