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WCDT Strips 3131 to 3135 (11-15 January 2016)

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swapna:
Well, she did it again. The 'following Sam who explicitly invited her home'-part wasn't the creepy part.
The creepy part was the manipulative way she got Sam to invite her. May be a pet peeve of mine, but I know a few people like that and they don't ask for anything but look pathetic and sad until you offer it. And then they don't say thank you, because you offered. They, however, almost never offer help themselves. (As observed the first time we meet Marigold. Marten thought he was getting a favour from Momo's friend, Marigold wants to be paid. Dora sees the state she lives in and asks her friend for help, without asking Marigold for payment/anything) And it continues until now. Yes, in-comic only a year or so has passed, but all the others grew a lot in that time.

themacnut:

--- Quote from: Jakk Frost on 14 Jan 2016, 09:52 ---
--- Quote from: Thrillho on 14 Jan 2016, 08:43 ---Basically, a minority makes it more difficult for everyone else. There is a difference between hanging around with your brother and his friends because they like you and you're quite mature and being 14 and hanging out one-on-one with a 27 year old.
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There shouldn't be a difference, that's the thing.  But American society has made it too hard to reconcile "protecting children" with "innocent until proven guilty".  You can't have both, it's one or the other.

In this day and age, Mr. Miyagi would have been investigated for having "Daniel-san" working up a sweat in his back yard with no shirt on, had his name dragged through the mud in the newspapers, been registered as a sex offender, and deported back to Japan.

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Yeah, that's another thing. A woman is more likely to be cut some slack about that kind of thing. A man though? Forget it, especially if he's hanging out with an unrelated teenage girl! He must be up to no good, and since everyone knows pedophiles are males  :roll: . Yeah, that's why it is generally quite unwise for a grown man in the US to hang around children he's not related to, unless it's part of his job and even then he'd better take precautions against false accusations and conclusion-jumping, either of which could ruin him.

Marigold is quite right to be concerned, a rare bit of actual self-awareness from her. And she should count her lucky stars she's not a dude.

Y:

--- Quote from: swapna on 14 Jan 2016, 13:38 ---The creepy part was the manipulative way she got Sam to invite her. May be a pet peeve of mine, but I know a few people like that and they don't ask for anything but look pathetic and sad until you offer it.

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I wouldn't know, perhaps she is used to be left out the fun activities. At least she's actively socializing now. Perhaps I'm just an enabler, I do give people several chances as (almost) always see the good in people.

As for hanging out with younger people, or doing 'kids' stuff. I remember thinking back when I was a teen that I should act my age, no longer watching cartoons and stuff, but then I thought screw that, I should do what I like doing and not live a certain way to appear grown up. What's next, no more gaming? After all as a kid you can't wait to grow up, as grown-up however you'd wish to be a kid again. Also I found out in high school/college that the girls actually like the kids channel, though this may be some kind of maternal instinct.

But I remember having the uneasy realization Marigold was having, when I was trying out WoW for a couple months when it first came out. I was doing some quests with someone, which turned out to be a 9yo girl(or so she claimed). And that was just virtually following someone, which felt a bit creepy, though the dilemma was that if I didn't know that fact, it wouldn't have been a problem. So I suppose it society which makes us think it's either creepy or letting you're realize you're playing a 'kids' game, which by extension might turn it into virtual babysitting, which might feel too much like it being a job. But once you get over that it becomes less of deal, after all I shouldn't discriminate based on age, right?

neurocase:

--- Quote from: War Sparrow on 14 Jan 2016, 06:38 ---
--- Quote from: neurocase on 14 Jan 2016, 02:02 ---Hopefully this leads into a mini-arc where Marigold learns that it's actually okay to hang out with teenagers, to quell the chattering, panicked Americans who seem completely baffled by the idea that you can hang with people outside your age bracket and have it not be creepy/a huge deal.

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I don't think "taking a child's companions into consideration" equates into panic, or a plastic bubble. Nor did anyone on the forum say Marigold was a pervert for having a teenage friend. There was one comment that did more than raise an eyebrow, and the poster did say it hit a sore spot, so let's maybe cut them some slack.

I said it would be peculiar if it wasn't Marigold, because Marigold is at least in her late 20's, and Sam is 14. And I stand by that statement, because I am in my late 20's, and I will sometimes say and do things that are inappropriate to do around a child.  Pretty sure that's what the "social boundaries" comment was referring to, as well.

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Actually, my statement wasn't really referring to the forum itself; moreso the reactions on Twitter and tumblr, which had far more panicky, knee-jerk outcries. I might have made that a little more clear.

Perfectly Reasonable:
So what is Sam going to take away from this?

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