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WCDT Strips 3821-3825 (3-7 September 2018)
SmilingCat:
--- Quote from: dutchrvl on 04 Sep 2018, 08:36 ---It reads more as if Claire was venting about her conversation with Marten to Tai, and Tai corrected her when she realized Claire did not have her facts straight.
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It also works equally well if Claire was worrying over Marten's job security out of concern for him, leading to Tai explaining that he didn't get the job just because he had a friend there.
Of course, that would require not jumping to a negative conclusion about Claire, which seems to be a difficult thing around here.
Thrudd:
--- Quote from: Thrillho on 03 Sep 2018, 00:30 ---
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--- Quote from: Case on 02 Sep 2018, 23:51 ---
--- Quote from: Thrillho on 02 Sep 2018, 11:36 ---Definitely, DEFINITELY not melting my lug wrench.
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What are you melting?
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Butter on this delicious slice of toast.
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I was about to suggest cheese on toast.
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That was yesterday.
Also I love budgeting spreadsheets. Makes me feel like an adult and is genuinely helpful!
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I have been a praticing adult for decades and someday I may even get it right.
--- Quote from: Emperor Norton on 03 Sep 2018, 13:01 ---Man, if you believe the only thing that is needed for people to stop living paycheck to paycheck is for them to make better choices, then you live a much more privileged life than most people I know.
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Privaledge has nothing to do with it.
I know people on the edge of poverty as well as those living the upscale life with six figure - repeat - six figure - incomes that live paycheck to paycheck
dutchrvl:
--- Quote from: SmilingCat on 04 Sep 2018, 13:20 ---
--- Quote from: dutchrvl on 04 Sep 2018, 08:36 ---It reads more as if Claire was venting about her conversation with Marten to Tai, and Tai corrected her when she realized Claire did not have her facts straight.
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It also works equally well if Claire was worrying over Marten's job security out of concern for him, leading to Tai explaining that he didn't get the job just because he had a friend there.
Of course, that would require not jumping to a negative conclusion about Claire, which seems to be a difficult thing around here.
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That's true, that is a possibility. It's however not the impression I got from the cadence of Tai's initial correction. My impression on how the comic read to me has nothing to do with jumping to negative conclusion or whatever. I don't have a negative general impression of Claire, quite the opposite, actually, but if the comic to me reads in a way that makes Claire's behavior seem negative, then I'll mention that the same as I would for any other character.
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: Lucina on 04 Sep 2018, 11:30 ---I'm sorry but why would Claire specifically ask Tai, when Marten didn't correct her? She had no reason to assume the idea she had was wrong. That she realized how her behavior was wrong when she found out, as well as that Marten was deliberately holding back the information to give her space to be upset and work it out, is pretty much what she'd need to do in this situation. Where the original wrong assumption came from would need Jeph to clarify, she's clearly picked up bits and pieces but we don't know exactly what.
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The likely scenario was that Claire went into the library looking a little down, with Tai asking what was up, because Tai is a good boss and a good friend. Which probably lead to Claire recounting the argument and Tai prodding with some questions. Its not Claire asking Tai, its Tai stepping in with a correction.
Claire is someone who only gets part of the story and goes off before catching the rest. And its blown up in her face several times. Claire needs someone to take her to one side and remind her to stop, think and listen.
And if Claire is wondering why Marten didn't say anything, my uncle once told his son "Always let your wife have the last word in an argument. Because anything you say after that is the start of another argument." That said, he divorced my aunt and my cousin is separated from his own wife, so definitely not the best piece of "advice" he could have given.
Case:
--- Quote from: Castlerook on 04 Sep 2018, 15:43 ---Claire is someone who only gets part of the story and goes off before catching the rest. And its blown up in her face several times. Claire needs someone to take her to one side and remind her to stop, think and listen.
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No offence, CR, but I think that observation is true of pretty much the entire species, to varying degrees.
And while Claire can be meddlesome, she appears to be motivated by genuine goodwill for the 'victims' of her schemes - her kind of 'going off before catching the rest' isn't the kind that leads to protracted, pointless wars in South-east Asia, or the election of ageing conmen to high office.
--- Quote from: Castlerook on 04 Sep 2018, 15:43 ---And if Claire is wondering why Marten didn't say anything, my uncle once told his son "Always let your wife have the last word in an argument. Because anything you say after that is the start of another argument."
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While I find that advice a bit sexist in its generic form, I have to admit that it might align with the coping strategies developed by male offspring of professional dominatrices.
Then again, maybe he is simply being noble. Remember how he floored Dora with his 'being attentive & considerate'-overkill? (The comic where he comes into CoD & has tickets for a concert of a band she loves and bought her the new Terry Pratchet. Or something like that.)
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