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WCDT Strips 4316-4320 (27-31 July 2020)
ZoeB:
I can totally identify with May's reaction to significant, concrete and unexpected acts of kindness.
I'm the same way. And I've had many of them, so many you think I'd get used to them.
Nope. Still collapse into a blubbering mess.
N.N. Marf:
--- Quote from: Gnabberwocky on 28 Jul 2020, 21:15 ---
--- Quote from: N.N. Marf on 28 Jul 2020, 20:33 ---Was Marten's anger appropriate?
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I think it was. Marten actually addresses that in panel three of this comic. He shouldn't have had to encrypt anything, because he told Dora not to look, but she did anyway, and that's what led to the breakup.
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I'm familiar with that page---it doesn't address the appropriateness of Marten's anger. Marten having encrypted his data would not have precluded Dora's attempt to invade Marten's privacy, but that's as contemptible. The fact that an unauthorized person can look at the data if it's not encrypted is the exact reason to encrypt it. How much was his anger enhanced by the Dora having some of his private data? But that question won't get us closer to knowing whether Marten's anger was appropriate. Was there a response that could get to the same result, without the unnecessary pathos? If so, Marten has anger management problems. Sure, his anger management problems are pretty slight---he's quite a chill dude---but this riled him up.
In his place, I might get angry, too. That emotion might come up. But, in his place, I'd rather not get angry; instead, simply ending the relationship. (I mean entirely. Dora would become no more than a person behind the counter of a café I go to sometimes.)
Farideh:
--- Quote from: N.N. Marf on 28 Jul 2020, 20:33 ---<-- snipped for sanity -->
Your opinion about there being only one possible right opinion is wrong. Good heated arguments breed mutual understanding.
Hi ho.
<-- snipped for sanity -->
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Please don't put words in my mouth. I never said that there was "only one possible right opinion". What I meant was that in situations like this, where everyone has their own interpretation of what some comic means, it tends to devolve into "I must convince you why my opinion is the right one, because X Y Z". Then the other party comes back with: "No, your interpretation is wrong, because A B C". It's an interpretation. It's personal and based on a person's own experiences. Thus, to them, it cannot be wrong, but that doesn't mean that it's also the right one for others. By all means, explain what some comic means to you, but don't force that opinion upon others.
I hope this makes sense. It all sounds fine in my head, but it tends to come out as a garbled mess when I try to put it into words.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: N.N. Marf on 29 Jul 2020, 01:44 ---But, in his place, I'd rather not get angry; instead, simply ending the relationship. (I mean entirely. Dora would become no more than a person behind the counter of a café I go to sometimes.)
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You make it sound easy; but for established relationships it's really not like that - they can't simply be turned on or off like a switch.
Cornelius:
--- Quote from: N.N. Marf on 29 Jul 2020, 01:44 ---
--- Quote from: Gnabberwocky on 28 Jul 2020, 21:15 ---
--- Quote from: N.N. Marf on 28 Jul 2020, 20:33 ---Was Marten's anger appropriate?
--- End quote ---
I think it was. Marten actually addresses that in panel three of this comic. He shouldn't have had to encrypt anything, because he told Dora not to look, but she did anyway, and that's what led to the breakup.
--- End quote ---
I'm familiar with that page---it doesn't address the appropriateness of Marten's anger. Marten having encrypted his data would not have precluded Dora's attempt to invade Marten's privacy, but that's as contemptible. The fact that an unauthorized person can look at the data if it's not encrypted is the exact reason to encrypt it. How much was his anger enhanced by the Dora having some of his private data? But that question won't get us closer to knowing whether Marten's anger was appropriate. Was there a response that could get to the same result, without the unnecessary pathos? If so, Marten has anger management problems. Sure, his anger management problems are pretty slight---he's quite a chill dude---but this riled him up.
In his place, I might get angry, too. That emotion might come up. But, in his place, I'd rather not get angry; instead, simply ending the relationship. (I mean entirely. Dora would become no more than a person behind the counter of a café I go to sometimes.)
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I was going to reply to this, but any discussion about appropriateness of anger, and how they broke up, would mean looking at all that was mentioned on that page, and I'm sure the Dorapocalypse already takes up too much space in this forum.
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