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WCDT 7-11 January 2019 (3911-3915)
Milayna:
...Faye's comment just looked like a statement of fact to me. Malicious? Only in that it was blunt, and social appropriateness usually calls for an annoying song and dance, I guess. Actually I smirked a little when I read it since she was actually being fair, less emotionally overbearing, than usual.
Theta9:
--- Quote from: SordidEuphemism on 12 Jan 2019, 06:56 ---I guess I'm in the minority here. I didn't read it as an intentional expression of anger from Faye at all, but more as a Southern Grandma thing.
"Bernard, nobody's gonna like you for a little while. You need to deal with that."
--- End quote ---
Fay-Fay is a southerner, so it fits.
OldGoat:
As others have pointed out, Faye has known Crushbot for some time, longer than she's known Roko and being Faye she's developed some level of friendship with him, and he with her, not unlike a doctor/patient relationship. She's a nurturing personality under all the prickle she's pounded dents and dings out and reassembled him a number of times. Any feelings of friendship Faye may have toward Roko are really quite recent. SordidEuphemism is spot on about Faye's use of southernisms.
Faye is just telling Crushbot, "Shut up and hold still," and he's receiving the message loud and clear.
Case:
--- Quote from: Theta9 on 12 Jan 2019, 07:46 ---
--- Quote from: SordidEuphemism on 12 Jan 2019, 06:56 ---I guess I'm in the minority here. I didn't read it as an intentional expression of anger from Faye at all, but more as a Southern Grandma thing.
"Bernard, nobody's gonna like you for a little while. You need to deal with that."
--- End quote ---
Fay-Fay is a southerner, so it fits.
--- End quote ---
Once again please, for the Non-Americans: Is this the 'tough love'-thingy we hear so much about?
Is it specific to the American south, or sort of a universal feature with local variations?
pwhodges:
Here is an account of an extreme version of tough love. I was surprised to find that such a book could even exist today:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25268343
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