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WCDT Strips 4316-4320 (27-31 July 2020)
Theta9:
--- Quote from: chris73 on 28 Jul 2020, 01:32 ---
--- Quote ---I assume you mean this strip? I never interpreted that as 'Marten is not allowed to be angry', but more as 'you cannot complain that life is passing you by when you do not make an effort to make things happen'.
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(Thanks for that)
In this instance Marten was justified in being angry in that he did everything right and he still got shafted. He left messages for her, didn't stalk her or make it weird and got nothing and then when she decided she wanted to see him the night before she left Marten did the right thing by not allowing himself to get even more hurt then he already was.
Fayes response to all this is to call him an asshole. Yeah good one Faye, Padma ghosts him and then you rip on him as well but its ok because shes telling him what he needs to hear...no what he needed was some support, someone to tell him yeah she was a b**ch and its not your fault but instead because a girl wanted to see him Marten should have dropped everything and gone rushing over
No, this was a bad storyline with bad messaging
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Did we read the same strip? I remember Padma telling Marten she was leaving in a couple of weeks, and his response was to ghost HER.
Roborat:
I was really expecting May's internet connection to crap out before she could load the website, or her software to bluescreen on her.
Gnabberwocky:
--- Quote from: Theta9 on 28 Jul 2020, 09:45 ---Did we read the same strip? I remember Padma telling Marten she was leaving in a couple of weeks, and his response was to ghost HER.
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You beat me to it. Faye pointed out to Marten what he couldn't see himself: Padma was pushing him away so she wouldn't be as attached, thus leading to more pain when she inevitably had to leave. Yes, she handled it badly, but then when she asked to see him one more time, Marten simply acted like a six-year-old trying to get revenge on a sibling and gave up his chance to end it on a good note. In conclusion: They both did the wrong thing at first, but Marten missed an easy chance to redeem himself, while Padma did not.
In response to the "not allowed to be angry at girls" message: That's not a case of Jeph trying to tell us something about life, that's a case of good character development. In every situation where Marten has a chance to be rightfully angry, he has always tended to try to defuse the conflict rather than escalate it (excepting his two breakups). When he yelled at Dora for watching his porn, she miserably failed at apologizing--rather than a sincere, heartfelt apology, she first tried to make it "not a big deal," then said she was sorry, and when Marten wouldn't accept it, she pinned the blame on him rather than herself. That isn't Marten's fault for getting angry, it's Dora's for not knowing how to say sorry and de-escalate.
Perfectly Reasonable:
The wonderful thing about WebMarvel is that you can make web pages without knowing HTML.
The horrid thing about WebMarvel is that people are making web pages without knowing HTML.
Yes, a macaque can make web pages. And Marigold knows that she could have done better, even as a beginner.
Gnabberwocky:
--- Quote from: Perfectly Reasonable on 28 Jul 2020, 13:15 ---The wonderful thing about WebMarvel is that you can make web pages without knowing HTML.
The horrid thing about WebMarvel is that people are making web pages without knowing HTML.
Yes, a macaque can make web pages. And Marigold knows that she could have done better, even as a beginner.
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Isn't it interesting how when it comes to learning talents (in QC if not necessarily real life), humans can outperform AIs? Beeps had the entire internet at her fingertips and was working with Roko, but Marigold still thinks she could have done better.
Then again, Beeps coded the whole thing in, like, a day, so that's impressive in and of itself.
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