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WCDT strips 4146-4150 (2nd to 6th December 2019)
TheEvilDog:
As it has been mentioned, another "Claire manipulates someone" story.
I see this ending in one of three ways;
- In tears.
- In a lesson learned.
- Marten Reed, Instrument Repair.
And frankly, I can't see the last happening.
I don't know, I just can't stand Claire anymore. There's just something about her that sets me on edge. Actually, its not some nebulous something, its her manipulative and controlling nature. The fact that she seems to know whats best for everyone else even though its clearly apparent that Claire barely has any clue about her own life.
sitnspin:
--- Quote from: Perfectly Reasonable on 04 Dec 2019, 06:39 ---No, Claire wants Tai's job.
(And Tai's job security is the blackmail material she has -- suppose that goes away?)
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Tai spent that blackmail to get Marten a raise. She has her job legitimately as far as I can tell. Once she finishes her graduate studies, who knows?
tbm275:
--- Quote from: sitnspin on 04 Dec 2019, 11:27 ---
--- Quote from: Perfectly Reasonable on 04 Dec 2019, 06:39 ---No, Claire wants Tai's job.
(And Tai's job security is the blackmail material she has -- suppose that goes away?)
--- End quote ---
Tai spent that blackmail to get Marten a raise. She has her job legitimately as far as I can tell. Once she finishes her graduate studies, who knows?
--- End quote ---
There was a comic, Marten asked, Tai has graduated.
Also sheesh I would be Claire too, the best thing in a relationship is helping each other grow and build each other up. Marten needs someone to say hey I know you can do more, you just have to want it.
Sometimes you don't realize what you really can do until you are literally thrown out the nest and realize you can fly.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: JimC on 04 Dec 2019, 09:56 ---the only place you can do this unless you are much richer than (most of) our cast is a table in the front room...
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My wife's niece got an informal paid apprenticeship at a music shop in London, where she learnt to work on guitars, and kept at it for a while (because the customers asked her to) after the main repairman left - until the whole shop folded, and she went off to do something else because she was getting tendinitis.
andrybak:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 02 Dec 2019, 23:10 ---I've long felt that Marten is in many ways Jeph's self-insert
[...]
'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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