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WCDT Strips 3206 to 3210 (25 to 29 April 2016)
Is it cold in here?:
That's a spectacular reaction to a routine rejection. I wonder what's going on in his head or in his history to account for it.
Jazzmaster:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 26 Apr 2016, 09:16 ---Emily did say she doesn't have time for dates right now. No indication she wouldn't be interested when she has the time.
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Often times when a woman has told me "I don't have time to date, I have to focus on myself/work/school etc." what it really meant was "I'm not interested in dating you. Sorry."
Really, everyone is busy, but few are so very busy that they absolutely cannot carve out time to date somebody they are interested in. I know too many people who work multiple jobs and juggle all sorts of responsibilities, yet still manage a relationship.
That said, Clinton really felt the rejection in this one. Damn. He'll owe Emily an apology later, but I'm sure she feels just as bad for how this turned out as well.
Analogy:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 26 Apr 2016, 09:16 ---Emily did say she doesn't have time for dates right now. No indication she wouldn't be interested when she has the time.
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"I don't have time for dates right now" is girl-language for "I don't want to hurt your feelings too bad 'cause I think you're a nice guy and I hate confrontation so I'm gonna try and make it not sound like a complete rejection." This has the unfortunate effect of leaving the guy with a shred of hope, making it all the more painful when he sees her with another guy and he realizes that, no, she has plenty of time for dates when she actually wants to, she just doesn't have time for dates with him.
Source: This has happened to me many, many times. Hopefully when it happens to Clinton he won't get angry and confrontational about it.
Analogy:
I don't think it's terrible unreasonable for Clinton to be angry right now, if you look at the emotional rollercoaster he's just been through. Before this encounter he was probably like "yeah, I like Emily, but I'm pretty sure I blew it and that ship has sailed." Hence, he hasn't tried to interact with her in months. Now Claire shoves him into the coffee shop and is like "you should totally ask her out again." Clinton at this point is like "well, maybe my sister knows something I don't?" and gets his hopes up all over again. Only for those hopes to get crushed again. Claire didn't know something he didn't, put him in this situation anyway, and now he's been crushed again by something that he had already decided to put behind him and only allowed to come back because he thought his sister knew what she was doing. That's really hurtful. He has every right to be angry right now.
hedgie:
--- Quote from: brightwings00 on 26 Apr 2016, 19:20 ---(Also, "asshole"? I've never heard guys use that against girls--is Clinton misgendering her?)
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I've heard it. I suspect that Jeph also wanted to stay away from such gendered insults such as "you bitch". Either would work for this comic, and a less problematic insult was used. Clinton is angry, not malicious. he's not Mary
--- Quote from: Analogy on 26 Apr 2016, 19:44 ---"I don't have time for dates right now" is girl-language for <snip>
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That is almost certainly how Clinton is reading it. But this *is* Emily. She is rather literal-minded, and says exactly what she thinks. She hasn't shown any aptitude for any sort of code that doesn't involve computers.
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