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WCDT strips 4146-4150 (2nd to 6th December 2019)
Gyrre:
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--- Quote from: BenRG on 02 Dec 2019, 23:10 ---I've long felt that Marten is in many ways Jeph's self-insert
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'guitar repair guy' is a bit of a specialist field
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About two years ago it just happened, that one million subscriber YouTube channels were rarer than Nobel Prize laureates. I.e. by this measure, one million YouTube subscribers is more prestigious than the Nobel Prize. This may have changed since then, I didn't have a chance to check.
So, combining this with the parallel that BenRG has laid out: How many 'guitar repair guys' are there in the world? How many webcomic artists are there in the world? It's easy to count the former. How would you count webcomic artists? How about only those, who do it full time? Maybe only those with 1000 daily hits on their site? 10000 hits per week?
How would you count webcomic artists, if you wanted to compare this occupation with another?
--- Quote from: Killspree on 02 Dec 2019, 23:54 ---Oh look, Claire's attempts to manipulate someone's life again.
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The word "manipulate" usually has a negative connotation. I've never understood this sentiment. All people affect lives of others around them. People are not isolated from outside influences.
Of course, effect of all people is different. Both in who it covers, and the impact's magnitude. Some affect whole countries, some affect only their family. Some reach into your soul, others you forget the next moment.
Why do people think that Claire's influence is somehow bad?
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'Manipulation' has negative connotations when it specifically refers to something being done for incredibly selfish and/or deceitful reasons.
Example: billionaires manipulate the system to extract wealth from it while adding (comparatively) little value to it.
Mr Intrepid:
Claire isn't being manipulative. She's concluded that her best life is with Marten. And she wants to be sure his life isn't one of regret and dissatisfaction. Claire is a very focused and driven person, and Marten provides a kind of anchor, a counterweight to that. She also realizes he can be more.
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: Mr Intrepid on 07 Dec 2019, 11:38 ---Claire isn't being manipulative. She's concluded that her best life is with Marten. And she wants to be sure his life isn't one of regret and dissatisfaction. Claire is a very focused and driven person, and Marten provides a kind of anchor, a counterweight to that. She also realizes he can be more.
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Exactly!
chris73:
Interesting hes wanting to talk to Steve about this and not Dora, Faye etc.
I recall a while back saying that one of Martens issues is that he doesn't have enough male friends (for exactly times like these) and that having both male and female friends is better for you than friends of one gender only (which I still stand by)
cybersmurf:
--- Quote from: chris73 on 08 Dec 2019, 00:25 ---Interesting hes wanting to talk to Steve about this and not Dora, Faye etc.
I recall a while back saying that one of Martens issues is that he doesn't have enough male friends (for exactly times like these) and that having both male and female friends is better for you than friends of one gender only (which I still stand by)
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Well, Steve used to be a ladies' man, so Marten would be used to asking Steve about girl trouble. Seems Steve has been off a bit. Maybe that's just Steve, or Cosette "derailed" him. Or Tortura. We will never know.
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