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Comic Discussion => QUESTIONABLE CONTENT => Topic started by: jwhouk on 01 Jan 2012, 12:12
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New Year, New Week, New Poll.
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Awwww - I was looking forward to more hallucinatory bandicoot antics.
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You could try self-inducing them with bandicoot teleportation.
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This week
Hobbits
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Way to start the year with more whine =/
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Marten looks happy.
It shall have to be paid for. :psyduck:
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That... is not a good look.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J-y2rFfny8
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If I'm reading this correctly (and I'm only pretty sure I am; this one took me awhile), I feel intense pity for Marten. It seems almost out of character for him to be lying to himself at this degree, but it could be a sign of how desperate he is to hold on to that feeling for as long as he can. Does that make sense?
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Did it look to anyone else that Padma was about to say something there?
And #### it, he IS gonna break the two of them up while he's in NZ.
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We're about at the point where we've just gotten to the top of the lift hill and the chains are about disengage from the cars.
My arms are both up.
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If I'm reading this correctly (and I'm only pretty sure I am; this one took me awhile), I feel intense pity for Marten. It seems almost out of character for him to be lying to himself at this degree, but it could be a sign of how desperate he is to hold on to that feeling for as long as he can. Does that make sense?
I...I am not sure what is going on? I mean fffff Marten's not wrong? He was whinier a year ago--he's still whiny, but he's not nearly as bad as when he started the comic I mean fuck
What did he say wrong why does she look like that
FFFFFFFFFfffff I hate this I wanted them to be happy till she left D:
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I thought she said something important but Marten blocked it out or pretended he didn't hear her. Am I wrong? I was a little confused when I first read it.
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No, it did look like she was supposed to say something there. Second time with her, I think... (laugh)
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I figured she was gasping in shock.
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If I'm reading this correctly (and I'm only pretty sure I am; this one took me awhile), I feel intense pity for Marten. It seems almost out of character for him to be lying to himself at this degree, but it could be a sign of how desperate he is to hold on to that feeling for as long as he can. Does that make sense?
I...I am not sure what is going on? I mean fffff Marten's not wrong? He was whinier a year ago--he's still whiny, but he's not nearly as bad as when he started the comic I mean fuck
What did he say wrong why does she look like that
FFFFFFFFFfffff I hate this I wanted them to be happy till she left D:
I'm guessing it's something along the lines of "I don't care and you're not helping. Please don't try to make those assumptions on my account."
Or at least that's what people seem to tell me when I accuse myself of being whiny and useless.
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From what I'm seeing, Marten is acting selfish and disregarding Padma's feelings. As he said before, he just wants to live out the next few weeks worry free. But what about Padma?
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I am still curious to see which of these two is playing it "too cool". Neither seems to want to reveal to the other how hard they've fallen.
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From what I'm seeing, Marten is acting selfish and disregarding Padma's feelings. As he said before, he just wants to live out the next few weeks worry free. But what about Padma?
Now, see, this is interesting to me, because I might just say something like this and it wouldn't occur to me that it might come off as selfish. If there's a subtext to what she's saying, I wouldn't pick up on it.
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Also, a year ago he wasn't single. (Well, a year ago in the QCU, it's been slightly more than a year in our universe)
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She just doesn't look happy.
But that's hard to tell in the dark. So I'm guessing marten's not going to pick up on it for a while. But she'll say something soon.
Probably to Elliott.
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Aww yeah, Marten Reed, gents, fucking it up New Years style.
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Also, a year ago he wasn't single. (Well, a year ago in the QCU, it's been slightly more than a year in our universe)
Wait, It's been more than a year ago since the breakup?(in our time)
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Also, a year ago he wasn't single. (Well, a year ago in the QCU, it's been slightly more than a year in our universe)
Wait, It's been more than a year ago since the breakup?(in our time)
1799 vs. 2091, yeah.
I would posit that it's probably only been... six, seven months?... since the breakup.
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New Comic: awesome !
I dont get todays poll though. What is "NZ" ? Can one eat that ?
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Jeph is going on holiday for the first time for many years, and he's going to New Zealand (NZ). He has written the comics for this period in advance.
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Marten completely missed a chance to talk seriously about this situation. Padma was clearly trying to open up here, and Marten just brushed it aside with attempted levity. He is definitely being selfish and self-involved here. I think he is trying so hard to just "be cool" about the situation and not let himself be concerned about the outcome, that he is ignoring how it might be affecting her. His comment was dismissive of her feelings. Self-deprecation can be healthy, but it can also come off as invalidating the thoughts and feelings of others.
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Jeph is going on holiday for the first time for many years, and he's going to New Zealand (NZ). He has written the comics for this period in advance.
Ooooh cool ! I didnt knew that. I am surprised he didnt take any vacation for so long ... if I would live from making comics (but I dont have the necessary talent for that), thats how I would get a lot of vacation out of it.
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This is going to be a sad week.
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Have to say, I didn't really get this one before reading the comments here. But I think I can understand Padma's expression in the last two panels now.
Marten may or may not be acting selfishly, but he is obviously oblivious to it if he is. I think that as far as he's concerned, Padma was saying how happy she is. He's pleased she'd like to have met him earlier, but he doesn't realise it's a genuine regret.
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Marten, Marten. The lady in your arms is in some kind of a distress, and you are just wearing a goofy grin. Ok, you have an excuse, but please...
May be their discussion will continue in tomorrow's strip?
I hope.
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...I think now I get this more and frankly it's really tragic because you can see exactly how the mistakes got made. I mean, hell, with Marty's history, it's hard to blame him for going "Well, this is going to end sooner rather than later, might as well live in the moment."
So this is Padma trying to tell him "hey, I seriously have relationship-level feelings for you, and if we'd met a year ago maybe I could've asked you to come with me or at least had more time with you and I want to have a future..." and he's just like "Yeah, oh well, let's just have fun! :D"
...I just...shit isn't fair, yo.
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Uh-oh,
sounds like someone´s getting their ass dumped :O
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I think her question is her showing she's really liking Marten and he's unintentionally brushed her off a bit. As someone who thinks of dancing a second after a serious conversation about her grandmother being sick, this was probably really hard for her to say seriously.
Marten has been freaking out about this too so I think it's kind of unfair to jump to he's being selfish. More oblivious. It's most likely post-coital stupidity. Padma could follow up now with, "No, I'm serious." (which could have been what she might have said in Panel 3?) and that should get his attention, no problem.
Marten's been the one wanting to pursue something with Padma for a while before he even knew she was leaving. Then he started getting signals she wanted something just fun before she left and encouraged to think that by Steve. They've just passed each other on the crossroads, I think.
They're both at blame for not discussing what the hell they're doing before or at the start of getting into this. :psyduck:
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...I think now I get this more and frankly it's really tragic because you can see exactly how the mistakes got made. I mean, hell, with Marty's history, it's hard to blame him for going "Well, this is going to end sooner rather than later, might as well live in the moment."
So this is Padma trying to tell him "hey, I seriously have relationship-level feelings for you, and if we'd met a year ago maybe I could've asked you to come with me or at least had more time with you and I want to have a future..." and he's just like "Yeah, oh well, let's just have fun! :D"
...I just...shit isn't fair, yo.
I think what Marten's doing here is - unconsciously - trying to rip this thing apart before it gets too serious, he has convinced himself (with healthy prodding by Steve and his "Yo dude, like, relax and enjoy it while it lasts bro" advice - I am exaggerating, because fuck it, Steve has been a total douchebag in most of his recent appearences) that it will end. And so, this time, Marten Reed will not be follow the girl across the country, he will not passively watch it all go up in flames while this limp metaphorical firehose that he calls a spine curls up in the fetal position. No, this time, Marten Reed will be cool, and since he has no fucking idea what that means and how to do it, he will fuck it up.
Warning: above post is conjectured, cluster-f-bomb ridden, clueless WMG.
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And 2012 starts with a sad. :-(
Dammit, Marten.
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Marten is an idiot. He has always been a bit of one, but he is kicking it into overdrive.
When I say he is being selfish and self-involved, i don't mean he is doing it intentionally. I don't think he is deliberately brushing off her feelings, but he is missing some pretty big signals. In his attempt to play it cool and not freak out about the situation, he is taking it to the opposite extreme.
I am not sure Marten has ever been good at reading signals from the ladies.
In Padma's defense, she is TRYING to get her feelings out there, but considering Marten is displaying that he just sees this as casual (likely in response to how he perceives her to see it) she'd be taking a risk to put it too bluntly. She's testing the waters here and he totally missed it.
I think they are both misreading each other.
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Yes, exactly. I don't think Marten has any idea that Padma meant that to be Important and not Flirty.
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They're both at blame for not discussing what the hell they're doing before or at the start of getting into this. :psyduck:
There's nothing more to say about this comic tbh, this quote says it all to me.
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Isn't that why bloody near every releationship has some problems?
Who discusses everything they want out of a relationship with that person before they start? The whole relationship thing tends to be an evolutionary process with most of us humans.
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Yes, exactly. I don't think Marten has any idea that Padma meant that to be Important and not Flirty.
PADMA: Don't you know I'm crazy about you?
MARTEN: Um, no, but if you hum a few bars I'll see if I can pick it up. :roll:
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Marten, the over-thinker, is trying to live in the moment. Padma, who describes herself as not always thinking before acting, is starting to think things through. Each is trying to compensate for a self-perceived weakness, and in so doing, will only make things worse. Further pillow and post-pillow talk has the potential to alleviate or exacerbate.
Neither Marten nor Padma is evil, or stupid, not the way Jeph writes them. Were they real people, I'd say cut 'em some slack and hope it ends with the two at least liking each other.
The story parallel I see here is "The Gift of the Magi," in which a young couple with little money buys each other small Christmas gifts each knows will mean a great deal to the other -- but to afford the gifts, each makes a material sacrifice that renders the gifts useless. Of course, from this, the couple discovers What's Important ...
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I think it's time for one of my favourites:
The problem with communication is the illusion that it has already occurred.
Marten thinks Padme has already communicated what this means and what their future may be. She's just having fun. And she'll be leaving.
But really, she hasn't ... yet.
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My feeling is that you all (and Jeph, if the prevailing interpretation is correct) are being a bit hard on Marten here. It's not really completely reasonable to expect a perfectly modulated response to a remark with so few cues to the underlying thoughts.
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They've just passed each other on the crossroads, I think.
This metaphor is just perfect. Marten's crossed from serious to living in the moment, and Padma's crossing the other way - possibly for the first time. I think I read in those eyes of hers someting she's not felt before, and that she's really pretty scared about it.
I have faith in Jeph that it's not going to be a total disaster, but that there will be enough trouble along the way for a few uncomfortable moments and equally uncomfortable laughs.
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My feeling is that you all (and Jeph, if the prevailing interpretation is correct) are being a bit hard on Marten here. It's not really completely reasonable to expect a perfectly modulated response to a remark with so few cues to the underlying thoughts.
I tend to agree. Marten can't really know what's going on here. What I think is going on is that Padma wants him to ask her to stay, and I have a funny feeling Padma had or will have a conversation with her grandmother telling her to go for it. She's already said she can stay a few extra weeks, so there's got to be something along those lines going on.
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Thanks, Carl-E. I've been writing today so feeling quite lyrical in my posts. :laugh:
Who discusses everything they want out of a relationship with that person before they start? The whole relationship thing tends to be an evolutionary process with most of us humans.
It's not really practical in most normal getting together situations. However when they both knew she'd be leaving soon, they should have had a bit more sense. They don't need an all night conversation where they discuss every detail of the possible future. One of them just needed to ask, "So, is this potentially serious or just for fun?" Even if the answer was, "We'll see how it goes." then there would be less uncertainty and they'd know how the other feels, even if that feeling is also confused.
The big missed opportunity to do was when Padma said she might stay for a few more weeks.
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Discussion wouldn't have helped, especially if said discussion happened right after the first or even second time they slept together. They both would have agreed it was just for fun, and they'd enjoy it while it lasted (or Marten would have gotten so whiny about Padma leaving she would've decided he just wasn't worth the trouble, dumped him on the spot and not spoken to him again) . Even Padma announcing she could postpone leaving would have been seen by Marten as postponing the end, and therefore extending the fun awhile longer.
Marten is too clueless to catch any subtle signs that Padma's feelings have changed, so she's going to have to come right out and say so. Otherwise, they'll just carry on as before, with Marten (unintentionally) brushing off any signals from Padma that she wants things to be more serious between them, until the time comes when she can't postpone leaving any longer, or it gets too painful for her to carry on like things are still casual between them, and then she'll dump Marten, possibly after a big fight between them where Padma basically accuses Marten of not being able to read her subtle signals and maybe using her for sex.
And Marten will be left broken-hearted and confused.
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No, Padma's more straight forward than that. She'll say someting.
As soon as she figures out what the hell she's going through...
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The other problem with communication is that in order to communicate clearly, you have to know what it is you want to say. Between that and thinking you HAVE communicated it when you haven't, most problems with human relationships (romantic and otherwise) are summed up nicely.
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I am surprised he didnt take any vacation for so long
Self-employment is not the ticket to endless vacations. It's pretty much the ticket to never taking a break. Remember that Jeph doesn't just draw comics all day long. Most of his business, aside from the ads, involves doing things above and beyond the usual drawing. I don't imagine it is easy to find the time to draw a ton of comics in advance.
On a lighter note: guys, Padma isn't shocked or upset at anything Marten said. She's shocked because he's giving her a purple nurple under the blankets. /sarcasm
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Wow. I just read the expression on her face to be incredulity at the thought of a MORE whiny Marten than the one she knows.
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I am surprised he didnt take any vacation for so long
Self-employment is not the ticket to endless vacations. It's pretty much the ticket to never taking a break.
This is very true.
You sometimes go without a paycheck too, to keep the business running.
It's not a case of "press button, money-truck arrives twice a week."
If it looks that way to you non-business-owning people... it's because we're finally getting the hang of things. ;)
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This will all end in tears at the Airport, Emergency Bourbon and Marten getting decked by The Pugnacious Peach - again.
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Jeph tries to avoid obvious repeats.
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It's not Marten's fault she changed her mind when it came to fun or relationship. That's being a little harsh on him to hold him liable for being fun and compatible enough with her that she apparently did change her mind.
She made it clear going in that she wasn't going to be around, so technically she got exactly what she asked for on this. I mean, it still sucks for her, but it's not really Marten's fault- he shouldn't have to be picking clues up on this.
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Wow. I just read the expression on her face to be incredulity at the thought of a MORE whiny Marten than the one she knows.
That's an interesting take on things! She also ALSO managed to NOT speak the first thing that came to mind too.
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Now wait a minute ... why assume this was Marten trying to 'keep it casual' ... can't Padma's comment be read as an attempt on her part to push the relationship back a bit - couldn't she be saying that she wishes they had met a year ago so she wouldn't have to keep it superficial?
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That was my take on it, too. But Marten seems to have missed that subtext.
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Wow. I just read the expression on her face to be incredulity at the thought of a MORE whiny Marten than the one she knows.
Maybe she just realized that Marten is a bit of a whiner. She has been oblivious in similar ways. Maybe she's looking back and realizing he was a bit creepy towards her for a while, and that's a problem.
I kind of doubt it.
Anyway, if Padma's having trouble communicating, it's so totally on her when she isn't even trying to be clear. Saturation of the opinion that the ability to "pick up signals" is and/or should be a requirement for relationships may be the latest herald of the downfall of humanity (like we need more). We coddle overly self-conscious behavior in adults *way* too much (though I suppose the definition of adult is a bit anomalous).
Prediction: Padma--disheartened by Marten's response--says they should stop "this." Marten is sad in response, but doesn't try to fight for it because he doesn't know there's a fight to win. She leaves. In a year or so of strips, a few months in QC time, she comes back (after Marten's found a new love interest).
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Isn't that why bloody near every relationship has some problems?
And that is the reason why we have romantic comedies. (See Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" for the Ur Example)
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Yes, exactly. I don't think Marten has any idea that Padma meant that to be Important and not Flirty.
And, contrary to several comments here, I'm not seeing why he would.
Up until now, she's given him every reason to think this is a short-term thing for her, and indeed, that she might not even be the sort of person you want a long-term relationship with. The sudden 180 from her grandma's situation to dancing, in particular, makes her look pretty flighty. It's true that Marten's not particularly good at reading signals, and that's coming into play here too, but this doesn't strike me as the extraordinarily egregious example of it that some here are taking it as - it's not as though Padma has been giving him consistent or unambiguous signals that she is at all serious about this, in fact this is the first sign of such that I've seen; I certainly haven't noticed sitnspin's "pretty big signals" (plural!) to the contrary. It is perfectly reasonable for Marten to think this is more or less casual for her, short of her actually saying something different.
(Notice I haven't even mentioned Steve's potential influence, but that's certainly another factor pushing Marten in the general direction I outline.)
She made it clear going in that she wasn't going to be around, so technically she got exactly what she asked for on this. I mean, it still sucks for her, but it's not really Marten's fault- he shouldn't have to be picking clues up on this.
Or to put my point in fewer words, yeah, this.
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It doesn't help that Jeph is (intentionally or unintentionally) drawing her, in certain situations, like she should be saying something - but doesn't.
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It doesn't help that Jeph is (intentionally or unintentionally) drawing her, in certain situations, like she should be saying something - but doesn't.
Or:
Padma:
1. Think of something serious to say
2. Open mouth to say it
3. Realize Marten is already saying something superficial
4. Get somewhat annoyed
5. Repeat
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1.) What BoDJangles said.
2.) I can't stop laughing at the third panel.
3.) I am choosing to interpret Hannelore's expression in the fourth panel as "I didn't know you couldn't do that, either!"
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Or maybe she was going to bring up something that would lead to depression/a fight/an end to what they have, and she realizes it's better to not say anything and to continue living in denial and be happy for the time-being like Marten seems to be doing. I see nothing so terrible with what Marten said, he's just trying to enjoy the time he spends with her. He obviously cares a great deal for her and isn't some jerk who wants an easy lay.
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Poor Marigold. Maybe she could either go to a different grocery store or just send Hanners to buy the eggs?
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Have we seen Hannelore in red before? Interesting how this dress is a variatiion on the blue ones she's worn before.
You'd think in this day and age you'd be able to buy eggs singly. A lot of people probably won't go through even a half dozen eggs before they go bad.
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You'd think in this day and age you'd be able to buy eggs singly. A lot of people probably won't go through even a half dozen eggs before they go bad.
In my experience, it's increasingly difficult to buy stuff (not just eggs) singly...
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You can buy six eggs to a carton in some convenience stores. Or (blecch) eggs that you pour, with or without yolks.
But that's not as funny as one egg, on the counter.
This also reminds me of the old and oft-repeated gag cartoon in which a customer is going through an express (10 items or less) checkout with one carton of eggs; cashier says, "That's 12."
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This is the real reason I went vegan.
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Is it just the flavor of English that I grew up with talking, or does "We were short on egg" sound odd to anyone else?
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Oh come on, am I really the only one who wants to see more Dora and Raven? :?
And Mari with a ponytail = yes.
Wtf...two Post clicks and RED text both times...
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How could you possibly ever deliberately want to be without eggs? If baking is science for hungry people, and sufficiently advanced science is indisginguishable from magic, then eggs would have to be just about the number one magic ingredient.
Is it just the flavor of English that I grew up with talking, or does "We were short on egg" sound odd to anyone else?
She actually says "We were short an egg".
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NOT LABELED FOR INDIVIDUAL SALE
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How could you possibly ever deliberately want to be without eggs? If baking is science for hungry people, and sufficiently advanced science is indisginguishable from magic, then eggs would have to be just about the number one magic ingredient.
Is it just the flavor of English that I grew up with talking, or does "We were short on egg" sound odd to anyone else?
She actually says "We were short an egg".
Any way you want to look at it, the meaning of today's strip is that the yolk's on us. :-D
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Ooof. The joke material in this thread is a shell of its former self. :laugh:
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Seeing Marigold and the cashier staring at the egg reminded me of the scene in Clerks where the guy is doing endurance tests on the eggs.
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So i LOVE how Jeph has created the word "eierschade", which roughly means "egg-related shame" (simple, and hilarious).
What also cracks me up is the other translation for "eier":
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German
eier (noun)
1. Eier {pl} [vulg.] [Hoden]
nuts [vulg.]
goolies [Br.] [vulg.]
balls [vulg.] [testicles]
cobblers [vulg.] [testicles]
cojones [esp. Am.] [coll.]
whirlygigs [vulg.] [testicles]
bollocks [Br.] [vulg.] [testicles]
nards [vulg.] [testicles]
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All of a sudden, that becomes a whole different kind of shame! Which, oddly enough, could probably be attributed to Marigold as well!! :laugh:
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How eggscruciatingly embarrassing :-D
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Was the date to make cookies? Hanners is really a bit overdressed for that...
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I note that the boy in the store has an NZ tee-shirt, in line with Jeph's preoccupation as he started building his buffer of strips! (He's also cute enough to use as a character.)
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Don't think it's a boy...
Sorry, N7 checkout lady changed her twitter name and I keep forgetting
And she probably doesn't need 5000 people creeping on her anyway
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Personally, I think Marten would do good to be casually dating for a bit.
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I'm surprised Marigold managed to set that egg standing up on one end.
By Spanish custom, she should then be given three ships, a full crew for each and enough provisions for sail to either the New World or a westward passage to Indian trade ports.
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Ha ! I won the poll ! Though I just selected "Hanners and Marigold" because, well, it had Hanners. :D
I think that's a girl. She's got thin eyebrows, that's the big giveaway.
If that is true, she makes Tai look busty.
Personally, I think Marten would do good to be casually dating for a bit.
If he's always dating Padma I'm fine with that. :evil: SCNR :wink:
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Oh, yeah - it's a girl. Jeph's code for that is the fuller lips.
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registered just to say that this is pure fiction:
a girl can not get into a store for one item and just buy that one item. There will always be something else on sale or something they really really really needed.
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You can buy six eggs to a carton in some convenience stores.
One eggsbox for 3 pounds, 60 pence!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAG39jKi0lI)
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I always think it is remarkable that even in so thoroughly metricated and decimalised a country as Australia, we still buy eggs in dozens and half-dozens. Of course twelve is an excellent base, being divisible by 2, 3, 4 & 6, and the traditional 2x6 moulded paper egg-box does potentially allow cutting, but I've never seen anyone buy fewer than six eggs in Australia (though I've always lived in the big city). If you buy eggs at the market in China, they are sold loose, so theoretically you could buy just one. Are eggs sold loose anywhere in the USA?
Once again Hanners is the QC clothes-horse, but I'm not sure about that tomato-red as a colour for her. It makes a change from Jeph's standard blue-dress-with-white-piping though.
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By Spanish custom, she should then be given three ships, a full crew for each and enough provisions for sail to either the New World or a westward passage to Indian trade ports.
Hhahahahhahahahah brillitant. I totally forgot that and I should know about it, our school forced us Columbus life in our throats every year.
a girl can not get into a store for one item and just buy that one item. There will always be something else on sale or something they really really really needed.
I know this is just a stereotyupe but it doesn't stop me from laughing at it. The again Marigold isn't your "normal" girl.
If you buy eggs at the market in China, they are sold loose by weight, so theoretically you could buy just one. Are eggs sold loose anywhere in the USA?
Well, I don't live in the USA but you can buy some loose eggs in some small supermarkets here in Sweden but the bigger ones just have 6,10,12 egg-boxes. I've seen 25-boxes before, We used to buy those when we were 5 in the house. But yeah, I've never really seen anyone buying less than six. I just think it's kind of useless to buy less than 6 since you always need eggs (Well... that is if your diet allows you to eat eggs).
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registered just for sexism. yay sexism!
:roll:
Also, there should be a band called "Cookie Time is Cancelled".
And thirdofly - Akima, I don't think I've ever seen eggs sold by the half dozen. I'm pretty sure all I've seen is 12 or 18 per carton.
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Are eggs sold loose anywhere in the USA?
Well, I cant speak for the USA, but here in europe I've only ever seen 6, 8, 10 or 12 packs of eggs.
Makes sense to me, too, since eggs break easily, thus selling them without a container is kinda, well, not very practical.
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I always think it is remarkable that even in so thoroughly metricated and decimalised a country as Australia, we still buy eggs in dozens and half-dozens.
Just by the by, there is at least one brand now that sells cartons of ten eggs.
And thirdofly - Akima, I don't think I've ever seen eggs sold by the half dozen. I'm pretty sure all I've seen is 12 or 18 per carton.
It's been possible to buy eggs by the half dozen in Sydney since forever ("forever" being defined in my case as "since I was a kid"). In fact, you used to be able to rip the carton of a dozen eggs in half yourself and buy six that way. Maybe in some stores you still can.
I agree that I can't ever see myself buying less than half a dozen eggs... I would always find a use for whatever I didn't initially plan to use.
"Cookie Time is Cancelled" would have to be the most emo name for a band I've ever heard. It makes me kind of teary just thinking about it.
Finally... is it really possible to overdress for making cookies? Well... yes. But I think Hannelore's dress is perfect for cookie-making, truely. :)
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We are also members of the metric majority, but locally sold egg cartons usually have 6. I do remember those 12/18 cartons from the US. They either bake (or make pancakes/waffles) more often than we do, or they simply have bigger refrigerators (or both). Some places offer 2x5 cartons (or at least used to), but a 2x3 has a sturdier feel to it (a concern with something as fragile as eggs). It is also easier to pack into a shopping bag.
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Are eggs sold loose anywhere in the USA?
Yes, but they are hard boiled.
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Let's just be glad she didn't need a cup of flour.
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Oh, Marigold, never change. :lol:
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registered just to say that this is pure fiction:
a girl can not get into a store for one item and just buy that one item. There will always be something else on sale or something they really really really needed.
Let's just not go too far waving offensive stereotypes around.
Men can do that too!
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Let's just be glad she didn't need a cup of flour.
Or a teaspoon of vanilla extract.
Let's just not go too far waving offensive stereotypes around.
Men can do that too!
Mancaves!! Mid Life Crisis!! Sexualizing Women!!
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In Germany, eggs are commonly sold in packages of 10 or 6, sometimes 4. Google images overview. (http://www.google.de/search?um=1&hl=de&safe=off&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=hfICT57jKcPLswbRovn_Dw&ved=0CDoQBSgA&q=eierverpackung&spell=1&biw=1024&bih=607)
You can buy single eggs (or as much as you want) on weekly fresh food markets in most towns and some bigger cities (or directly from producers in rural areas).
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Are eggs sold loose anywhere in the USA?
Yes, but they are hard boiled.
Oh, hard boiled eggs are sold in single items here in germany, too. They are only available around easter, though, and already colored, too.
In Germany, eggs are commonly sold in packages of 10 or 6, sometimes 4. Google images overview. (http://www.google.de/search?um=1&hl=de&safe=off&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=hfICT57jKcPLswbRovn_Dw&ved=0CDoQBSgA&q=eierverpackung&spell=1&biw=1024&bih=607)
You can buy single eggs (or as much as you want) on weekly fresh food markets in most towns and some bigger cities (or directly from producers in rural areas).
Really ? I never noticed that.
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That female stereotype definitely works for my mom. She just can't buy one thing from the supermarket.
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Really ? I never noticed that.
Aye, they usually offer different empty egg cartons to put them in. Might depend on the area you live in, me and friends can tell for northern and western areas.
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Supermarkets, at least in North America, are laid out to try to make you want to buy more stuff. Just look at the areas around the checkouts, which are filled with magazines, candy, soft drinks and other things you might purchase on impulse..
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Some larger chain grocery stores sell eggs by the half-dozen and dozen-and-a-half, as well as the usual dozen - but never less than six.
To me, Hanners is giving that "You're $#!++!\' me!" look at Momo. Classic.
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What kind of monster cancels "Cookie time" for just a little embarassment?
These are cookies we're talking about people!
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I know, right??? At the very least, she could have called Hanners to let her know of the predicament and Hanners could have either bought eggs or even a package of cookies. :-P
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I like my eggs straight from the hen
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You'd think in this day and age you'd be able to buy eggs singly. A lot of people probably won't go through even a half dozen eggs before they go bad.
It generally takes an incredibly long time for eggs to go bad. I am single. I buy eggs by the dozen. I don't eat eggs every day or even every week. I have never had a carton go bad.
You can buy eggs by the half-dozen now, though, at least in Canada.
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Either way, that is a really androgynous cashier. (I'm pretty sure we've seen at least one man with lips like that... I have it in my head he was a goth...)
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Yay Marigold! Always great to see a "funny" strip to cut through the drama and angst.
That female stereotype definitely works for my mom. She just can't buy one thing form the supermarket.
I can rarely go into a supermarket without buying an extra something or other, and I'm not female. They MANIPULATE YOUR MIND, man. They get in your head.
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In Norway, I have bought eggs in packages of 6 (2 by 3), 9 (3 by 3), and 12 (2 by 6).
I've seen the shops sell them in packages of 18 (3 by 6), 20 (4 by 5), and 30 (5 by 6), but I have never needed that many ...
I've heard of packages of 10, but I have never seen them.
And the only place where you might be able to buy a single egg, is from the farmer. A supermarket would be the last place I'd look. But hey, if our dear Farmer has other ideas ...
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Why aren't dozens sold n a 3x4 package? It's be more efficient and stable.
...because it would be harder to cut in half than the 2x6 packages. I've even seen them with dotted lines in the middle, and most are more thinly constructed in the center so they can be broken torn in half by the shopper who only wants 6.
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Supermarkets, at least in North America, are laid out to try to make you want to buy more stuff. Just look at the areas around the checkouts, which are filled with magazines, candy, soft drinks and other things you might purchase on impulse..
Many supermarkets are like that, I dare say most of them. It's really smart to put some of the most basic stuff like milk and eggs as far away as possible so people are forced to go through a large amount of products they didn't even think of buying at all.
That female stereotype definitely works for my mom. She just can't buy one thing form the supermarket.
I can rarely go into a supermarket without buying an extra something or other, and I'm not female. They MANIPULATE YOUR MIND, man. They get in your head.
Towards other people I'm very generous, I like to give.... But I'm not really generous with myself so when I go to buy something... I just go and buy that something because I don't like spending money on something I didn't think of spending on.
THEY CAN'T CONTROL ME
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The trick is to open onto the produce section. To most people, fresh produce looks much more appealing than in their heads, so they put it out so you'll see it first when you're there for something else. They then put their top small-purchase sellers (baking staples and snack food, IIRC) either at the back-left or in the center aisles, where people will go through the most merchandise to find them.
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Here I can buy Eggs by the Tray (2.5 Dozen), Extra Box (1.5 Dozen, basically a dozen Eggs with half a dozen thrown in for free), a standard dozen carton and a half dozen carton. There is also a carton of extra large (size 8 Eggs), but that only contains 10 Eggs.
We also have a choice of Battery, Caged or Free Range as well as Grain Fed.
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I live in a rural area in the US, and if you know the right people you can get eggs in whatever quantity you want.
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That female stereotype definitely works for my mom. She just can't buy one thing form the supermarket.
I can rarely go into a supermarket without buying an extra something or other, and I'm not female. They MANIPULATE YOUR MIND, man. They get in your head.
Towards other people I'm very generous, I like to give.... But I'm not really generous with myself so when I go to buy something... I just go and buy that something because I don't like spending money on something I didn't think of spending on.
THEY CAN'T CONTROL ME
Amen to that! When you understand that every aspect of the supermarket as a concept - including the placement of the products on the shop floor as well as the shelf height, the advertisements, discounts, two-for-one deals, muzak, and probably more that I don't even know of - has the sole purpose of getting you to spend more money than you were initially planning to, you're much less likely to buy things you don't need.
(Also, the most common sizes for boxes of eggs here are 2x3 and 2x5. Bulk sized cartons are 5x5. I keep a 2x5 box and then refill it with a 2x3 box once I'm down to 1 or 2 eggs.)
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What kind of monster cancels "Cookie time"
(http://bmpr.com/chip_martin/blogs/images/chip_martin/cookiemonster.jpg)
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All I'm reminded of is the hotdog bun scene from Father of the Bride.
YES! That's the first thing I thought of, too! Love that movie. :)
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If anyone is interested, I am the tiny judgy cashier in the latest QC. tinyurl.com/6mzhdxc (thaaaanks @jephjacques)
:D
(also I'm giggling at "tiny judgy cashier")
(also dat ponytail)
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I thought that was a ponytail on the cashier ... finally figured out it was a person shopping in the background.
Or were you talking about Marigold's ponytail, IDUHG?
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Yeah I meant Marigold's. She's so darn cute in the last panel :3
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I live in a rural area in the US, and if you know the right people you can get eggs in whatever quantity you want.
And if you keep your own chickens, you know they're fresh (and free!).
Either way, that is a really androgynous cashier. (I'm pretty sure we've seen at least one man with lips like that... I have it in my head he was a goth...)
Eh, never crossed my mind for a second that it was a guy. Some women are just small A-cup even as adults.
And as someone said earlier, the females in QC have full lips, so that was a giveaway too :-P (don't remember the goth guy though...)
registered just to say that this is pure fiction:
a girl can not get into a store for one item and just buy that one item. There will always be something else on sale or something they really really really needed.
You obviously haven't been reading the comic long if you believe that Mari (or any girl in the strip, really, from what we've seen thus far) falls into the 'stereotypical girl' category.
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registered just to say that this is pure fiction:
a girl can not get into a store for one item and just buy that one item. There will always be something else on sale or something they really really really needed.
You obviously haven't been reading the comic long if you believe that Mari (or any girl in the strip, really, from what we've seen thus far) falls into the 'stereotypical girl' category.
Faye only bought one item from that sex shop......
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Well, looks like tonight's comic is going under "Medium Awareness" on the QC TVTropes page.
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God DAMN that boy's skinny.
...siiigh... damn my teenage lust for bacon.
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HEY! Quit pounding on the fourth wall! We can't hear ourselves forum-ulate!
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Eh, never crossed my mind for a second that it was a guy. Some women are just small A-cup even as adults.
A good example would be the Chinese actress Vivian Wu. Given how much acting she's done in Western films and TV I'm surprised she was never convinced to get breast implants by some slick talking agent.
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So apparently marten is aware of the 4th wall or has a serious case of synesthesia
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[SlightlyObscureCulturalReference]
"We're doomed! We're doomed!! "
"Shut up Fraser!"
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[SlightlyObscureCulturalReference]
"We're doomed! We're doomed!! "
"Shut up Fraser!"
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And yet she probably is blowing him off...
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This is all I could think of when I saw the final two panels...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v421/Dragonpen/doooooom.jpg)
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Well, looks like tonight's comic is going under "Medium Awareness" on the QC TVTropes page.
Considering QC is loosely connected to the Walkyverse along with Something Positive, Girls with Slingshots, Penny and Aggie, Diesel Sweeties, and who knows how many other webcomics -- in other words, the webcomic world's equivalent of the Westphall universe -- medium awareness surprises you?
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Come on, it's just a vague sense of foreboding - we've all had that before!
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Man, Marten's so bad off even the 4th wall is coming crashing down around him.
:psyduck: (that was better before I typed it.)
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Perhaps some early-onset Happy Relationship Paranoia (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=254) for Marten?
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Padma got that bitch a foreboding absence.
Bitches love foreboding absences.
I also love how Jeph's happy travel newspost contrasts with incoming sadbombs.
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I love how Marten's the bitch in that scenario. Appropriate, really. He's already being a teenage girl here, flopping onto the couch backwards with the phone :P
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I just had a different sense of foreboding.
Padma's tired? I wonder if she's avoiding Marten, or if she really is tired.
And maybe a little nauseous, too? :-o
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Nah, she's just avoiding Marten. Hope Marten enjoyed his last bedroom romp with Padma, 'cause it really was his last romp with her.
No more nooky for Marten!
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And maybe a little nauseous, too? :-o
...no. No.
And Jeph's already said he won't do a pregnancy storyline, he hates them.
I probably won't see Jeph on his travels (depends where in Aus he goes) but it'd be really funny if he's here when I'm in NZ next month and in NZ when I'm back here.
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This kind of reminds me of Glooooooom (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1947).
And I wonder if the Forebodings mean anything, or whether this was just for one-time comic effect?
Ok, now I've stopped wondering, and I definitely think that they mean something. :P
Especially if Marten has to start double and triple-checking the arrangements (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=257).
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Generally, when someone has an actual excuse and really does want to see the person, they'll offer a replacement time, like Padma did in the comic.
Though I do expect Marten to mope and bring it up with his friends who inform him that being female, "I'm tired" is code for "I'm on my period"
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being female, "I'm tired" is code for "I'm on my period"
Or code for...
"I'm tired".
Gender stereotypes, whee!
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Generally, when someone has an actual excuse and really does want to see the person, they'll offer a replacement time, like Padma did in the comic.
You're right, she did offer an alternative, and that's a good thing....but 'Friday' sounds so far away. It's not like she said 'tomorrow.' If you're really just tired tonight....you should be rested by tomorrow. Shouldn't you? I really need to know what day of the week today is in the QC universe to fully assess the implications of her not being available tonight!
I've been in Padma's situation before when you think the guy isn't as serious as you are and your response is to get all cool and casual so you don't get hurt. One of two things can then happen...he panics and starts the hot pursuit...or he thinks you're not that interested either and the budding relationship fizzles. :|
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If she throws out another excuse not to see Marten when Friday comes around, it'll be a bad sign. It'll be an even worse sign if she stops taking his calls.
At that point he'll be expected to take the hint and stop "bothering" her...
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She could be working until Friday? We're not sure what day this is in QC, right? It could be Wednesday so Friday isn't that far away. Or it could be Monday and seem very far away.
Maybe we should hope Marten's foreboding feelings won't make him go to tSB and cause a mini-scene. Discussing love-life problems at work isn't fun for any one, especially for people not involved in the discussion but in hearing range of it. Damn, I hate my coworkers sometimes.
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And yet she probably is blowing him off...
Why would that be a problem? :roll:
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A good example would be the Chinese actress Vivian Wu. Given how much acting she's done in Western films and TV I'm surprised she was never convinced to get breast implants by some slick talking agent.
Err ... I dont know her, but google gives me the pictures of a really busty asian woman when I search for that name ?!?
http://content6.flixster.com/photo/10/30/69/10306928_sma.jpg (http://content6.flixster.com/photo/10/30/69/10306928_sma.jpg)
http://images.tvrage.com/people_galleries/13/37729/71244.jpg (http://images.tvrage.com/people_galleries/13/37729/71244.jpg)
http://i2.listal.com/image/565622/600full-vivian-wu.jpg (http://i2.listal.com/image/565622/600full-vivian-wu.jpg)
And yet she probably is blowing him off...
Why would that be a problem? :roll:
Not THAT kind of blowing ...
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So apparently marten is aware of the 4th wall or has a serious case of synesthesia
Actually, it's the fifth wall (the ceiling).
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A good example would be the Chinese actress Vivian Wu. Given how much acting she's done in Western films and TV I'm surprised she was never convinced to get breast implants by some slick talking agent.
Err ... I dont know her, but google gives me the pictures of a really busty asian woman when I search for that name ?!?
They look natural to me.
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All good work does. But that's beside the point.
Some company started makng between-cup-sizes a few years back. My younger daughter, the athlete, was an A- for years.
Then she got treated with steroids at the hospital. You wouldn't believe how excited she was to finally have cleavage! :|
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being female, "I'm tired" is code for "I'm on my period"
Maybe, but that's not necessarily a "don't come over" situation. Depends on the woman. Shocking, I know! :psyduck:
Is this the first time we've seen this kind of breaking of the 4th wall? I honestly can't recall (and do not have the drive to go digging through the archives).
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Dude's so getting dumped.
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being female, "I'm tired" is code for "I'm on my period"
Maybe, but that's not necessarily a "don't come over" situation. Depends on the woman. Shocking, I know! :psyduck:
Is this the first time we've seen this kind of breaking of the 4th wall? I honestly can't recall (and do not have the drive to go digging through the archives).
Think so, at least in the "main" strip as opposed to YB, ST and friends. Think, though, this is more "painting" the fourth wall (acknowleding and using comic graphic conventions as in-universe real) than "breaking" it (directly addressing the audience) ... at least according to the "So you want to draw cartoons" books in my possession and the Site That Must Not Be Linked.
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Agreed. No direct adressing of audience = no breaking of the 4th wall.
It's getting thin, though, and if we clap loudly enough...
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Ok, so now that I have some attention span to comment with...
I saw Monday's comic, and I think the principal thing Marten was trying to do was cheer Padma up. It wasn't an attempt to dismiss her feelings or what she's trying to say so much as a "I'm really not sure what to say, so I'm going to focus on trying to make you feel better" deal. He went with self-deprecating humor because it was the safest target. More likely than not, he didn't even consider the possibility she would consider it dismissive. I think somewhere in the back of his mind, Marten thinks that if Padma has something to get off her chest, she'll just talk to him about it directly. It certainly wouldn't occur to him to think her comment was a sort of prelude or invitation to a serious discussion.
Of course, with today's comic, he is now worrying that something terrible may happen in his future. I think it's quite justified to prepare himself for the worst. After all, if you expect the end of the world tomorrow, and it does end, it's exactly what you expected. But if it doesn't end, then you will be pleasantly surprised!
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While that's an acceptable (and even viable) way to think of things, it's really a pessimist's point of view, and based on what we know of Marten, it's probably not the way he thinks about things.
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It doesn't have to be even painting the fourth wall; Marten might not actually be able to see the words, he could have just realized how quickly his anxiety was rising and is joking around about it to keep his mood from crashing. Maybe.
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I'm pretty sure I have before now made physical motions to dispel unwanted thoughts.
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Has it bothered anyone else that she said she's still tired, implying she's used this excuse before? Maybe I just missed something?
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It's not about what Marten's doing with the floating words, it's what Jeph is doing with the floating words.
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So my original prediction still stands
Hmmmmm.
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Has it bothered anyone else that she said she's still tired, implying she's used this excuse before? Maybe I just missed something?
I assumed that she was tired after their last tete-a-tete, then Padma went to work (tired), has been working all day and is still tired.
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So apparently marten is aware of the 4th wall or has a serious case of synesthesia
Actually, it's the fifth wall (the ceiling).
Jeph has used words as emotion signifiers before:
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1841
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1947
But yes, I think this may be the first time a character has noticed... I like the effect it has.
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A good example would be the Chinese actress Vivian Wu. Given how much acting she's done in Western films and TV I'm surprised she was never convinced to get breast implants by some slick talking agent.
Err ... I dont know her, but google gives me the pictures of a really busty asian woman when I search for that name ?!?
Regardless of her actual build, those are carefully posed glamour photographs. Consider by contrast a still from one of her recent movies (http://img3.yxlady.com/yl/UploadFiles_5361/20101016/20101016153349421.JPG), or this shot with her husband (http://tupian.hudong.com/a0_34_55_01300000178518124920559194874_jpg.html), where she's not so carefully packaged for the male gaze ;). Vivian Wu (邬君梅 Wu Junmei) is one of my favourite actors (I will admit partly because she comes from my home town). I've seen as many of her films as I can get hold of, even the awful stinkers like The Guyver...
I have certainly made waving gestures to echo dismissing depressing or intrusive thoughts. I don't think I've actually talked to them but it's a good visual punchline.
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Doomed (http://doubledoomd.ytmnd.com/)
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Oh great.
Starting to see co-dependent marten all over again. I don't like this :psyduck:
We're even starting to see the baggy eyes that we've had for more than a hundred comics again!
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Yep, Marten and Padma are officially over, and I think he knows it. Like I said before, when someone you're seeing starts cancelling dates and making up excuses why they can't see you, it's the beginning of the end. Next Marten won't even be able to get her on the phone anymore...
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Alas. But where did the bomb come from? Does the explosion at the end mean that Jeph followed Chekhov's rule (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ChekhovsGun)?
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Yay! Marten's back! :roll:
Now all we need to make it complete is for Padma to confess she's been calling him from LA and the circle will be complete.
Is that the Ceti Alpha V rule Akima?
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Alas. But where did the bomb come from?
It's Upshot-Knothole Grable (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upshot-Knothole_Grable).
/nerd :psyduck:
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Yay! Marten's back! :roll:
Now all we need to make it complete is for Padma to confess she's been calling him from LA and the circle will be complete.
That would not surprise me in the least. Of course, this assumes Marten will even hear it from Padma-if she's already in LA, it'll be easy for her to screen his calls from here on out and he'll have to hear it from one of the staff of tSB when he goes there looking for her (and you KNOW he will).
For an extra twist of the knife, the news will come from Renee, who will of course make no attempt to soften the blow, and will probably even throw in a "townie loser" insult or two in there to make it really sting.
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Now THIS is getting weird. Wasn't Padma the one who suggested that she could stay for a while longer? And now she's postponing all their dates in a suspicious really-really-reminds-me-of-this-comic (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=257) kind of way?
Did we have a major time-skip that I didn't notice?
So, Marten might chalk it up to Happy Relationship Paranoia again... or it might be Herpes Results: Positive this time. :evil:
But I think you're right, themacnut, Marten knows he's in trouble this time.
Either way, I'm pretty sure he'll do his very best to salvage the situation, even if it's un-salvageable, cause that's the kind of guy he is.
Hopefully this doesn't mean he'll move to LA... :psyduck:
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The schadenfreude in here is a little suffocating.
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This kind of comic makes me suddenly dislike Marten. Before, I'd always been pretty okay with him. Suddenly...dislike.
But why? I can't put my finger on it.
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Who else was so distracted by Padma's ass in panel 4 that you didn't notice what Marten was doin?
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So apparently marten is aware of the 4th wall or has a serious case of synesthesia
Actually, it's the fifth wall (the ceiling).
Jeph has used words as emotion signifiers before:
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1841
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1947
But yes, I think this may be the first time a character has noticed... I like the effect it has.
Faye once sassed Angus so hard the word "SCORN" physically hurled him out of CoD. (It was one of the same strips with a background cameo by Sweet-Tits.)
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Who else was so distracted by Padma's ass in panel 4 that you didn't notice what Marten was doin?
*quietly raises hand*
But to be fair, she's got a DYNAMITE ass.
I'll just let that hang.
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I didn't notice it OR Pintsize's panic. Both awesome things to notice.
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You know, if this turns out to be exactly what it looks like, I'll be very disappointed in Jeph for spending most of a week leading up to the blatantly obvious.
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My take on the whole situation:
Padma told Marten this couldn't last long, let's make in fun while it lasts. She probably meant it at the time. Marten was a bit mopey about it at first, but finally decided to go with the flow for the sake of fun. In order to be able to do so, he wrestled himself into a new, more care-free, state of mind. This made him even more oblivious than usual. And completely miss that Padma's feelings have evolved.
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You know, if this turns out to be exactly what it looks like, I'll be very disappointed in Jeph for spending most of a week leading up to the blatantly obvious.
Why do you think he's come down here for a holiday :-D
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Poor, poor Marten !! :-(
Poooooooooooooooooooooooooooooorrrrr Marten !!! :-( :-( :-(
A good example would be the Chinese actress Vivian Wu. Given how much acting she's done in Western films and TV I'm surprised she was never convinced to get breast implants by some slick talking agent.
Err ... I dont know her, but google gives me the pictures of a really busty asian woman when I search for that name ?!?
They look natural to me.
That was my point.
A good example would be the Chinese actress Vivian Wu. Given how much acting she's done in Western films and TV I'm surprised she was never convinced to get breast implants by some slick talking agent.
Err ... I dont know her, but google gives me the pictures of a really busty asian woman when I search for that name ?!?
Regardless of her actual build, those are carefully posed glamour photographs. Consider by contrast a still from one of her recent movies (http://img3.yxlady.com/yl/UploadFiles_5361/20101016/20101016153349421.JPG), or this shot with her husband (http://tupian.hudong.com/a0_34_55_01300000178518124920559194874_jpg.html), where she's not so carefully packaged for the male gaze ;). Vivian Wu (邬君梅 Wu Junmei) is one of my favourite actors (I will admit partly because she comes from my home town). I've seen as many of her films as I can get hold of, even the awful stinkers like The Guyver...
I have certainly made waving gestures to echo dismissing depressing or intrusive thoughts. I don't think I've actually talked to them but it's a good visual punchline.
Well ok, that really doesnt look too busty.
Oh great.
Starting to see co-dependent marten all over again. I don't like this :psyduck: [...]
Yeah, that guy loves a woman. Cant have that. Shoot him ! Not cool enough for the 21. century.
This kind of comic makes me suddenly dislike Marten. Before, I'd always been pretty okay with him. Suddenly...dislike.
But why? I can't put my finger on it.
He has feelings for a woman. What man ever had that ? Cant have that. Nonono ! Just not cool.
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I'm hoping that because this has happened to Marten before he doesn't let it go without a fight this time.
Because the moral of this story is that they need to get together and Talk About Feelings.
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Dude should just man up and talk to her about it. It's pretty clear she's trying to cut the strings before it gets too late and too painful.
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Definitely time for a face-to-face. The phone thing ain't workin', no matter who's doing the calling.
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Hopefully she's still in town. If Kugai's right and she's already left, then the face-to-face won't work either...
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*sob*
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DAT AVOIDANCE
DAT VICKI 2.0
You know, if this turns out to be exactly what it looks like, I'll be very disappointed in Jeph for spending most of a week leading up to the blatantly obvious.
So am I. :| I really would rather not see this become just Marten Fucks Up Again. Shit would be lame.
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Did anyone else hear the Metal Gear alert sound in their heads?
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The title is "Time flies"; the first few panels are all different days (change of clothes). It could be that Marten is counting down to the suggested Friday hookup, or it could even be that they have been meeting during the passing time and we have now come to the end of her extension. Either way, the really ominous thing is not that she has cancelled, but that no date has been suggested for the next meeting.
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The following is intended to be funny:
Martin, please meet David Pollock's "Normal transition cycle".
Padma, despite knowing she was leaving got INVOLVED with you (State one)
However since she is nearing her departure she is now in the LEAVING stage (Stage two), where we being to loosen emotional ties. Normally this happens on BOTH ends but you, I believe, are in denial.
When Padma enters the TRANSITION phase she will have her head full of packing/moving. At which point I hope you have caught up and either decided to not let her transition without you (which would be chaotic for you) or you have entered the leaving phase at least.
Unless you leave with her the last two phases don't involve you and really, at that point, you are not a huge part of her life anymore. Now don't you wish you spent less time being a sick puppy dog and more time transitioning normally?
Sincerely,
Me.
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My take on the whole situation:
Padma told Marten this couldn't last long, let's make in fun while it lasts. She probably meant it at the time. Marten was a bit mopey about it at first, but finally decided to go with the flow for the sake of fun. In order to be able to do so, he wrestled himself into a new, more care-free, state of mind. This made him even more oblivious than usual. And completely miss that Padma's feelings have evolved.
If her feelings have 'evolved' then why does she seem to not want to see him at the moment? Because he's acting too casual about the whole thing?
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Yay for Pintsize-trying-to-destroy-the-world shenanigans
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A good example would be the Chinese actress Vivian Wu. Given how much acting she's done in Western films and TV I'm surprised she was never convinced to get breast implants by some slick talking agent.
Err ... I dont know her, but google gives me the pictures of a really busty asian woman when I search for that name ?!?
They look natural to me.
That was my point.
Ah lols, I thought you implied the opposite.
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Yay for Pintsize-trying-to-destroy-the-world shenanigans
Looks like just some explosives.
A doomsday machine would be much more than just that.
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Just an everyday week in Marten's life... thinkin' bout Padma, playin' the guitar, preventing the deadly explosion of a pack of TNT...
:psyduck:
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In the final panel, he is clearly still dwelling on the TNT.
Bonus comic: swap the thought balloons in panels 4 and 8. :lol:
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Jeph's going to NZ - what are WE going to be stuck with?
Marten and Padma. - 48 (52.2%)
Faye and Angus. - 5 (5.4%)
Dora and Raven. - 3 (3.3%)
Hanners and Marigold. - 8 (8.7%)
Marigold and Dale. - 2 (2.2%)
Steve and Cosette. - 1 (1.1%)
Tai and her DJ career. - 2 (2.2%)
The Secret Bakery crew. - 0 (0%)
AnthroPC's All The Time! - 7 (7.6%)
Something COMPLETELY Different. - 16 (17.4%)
Total Voters: 92
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Just an everyday week in Marten's life... thinkin' bout Padma, playin' the guitar, preventing the deadly explosion of a pack of TNT...
:psyduck:
Marten lives with a roommate, if you can call him that, who once gave Hannelore the chance to stop nuclear war for her birthday. I doubt that's the first time Marten has had to defuse a bomb.
As far as Vivian Wu's bust goes I'm going by Peter Greenaway's 1996 movie The Pillow Book, which features Wu naked in a number of scenes. Admittedly I saw it years ago, and memory is a funny thing. I believe you can also get a look at Ewan McGregor's naughty bits, if that's your kind of thing.
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In the final panel, he is clearly still dwelling on the TNT.
Well ... um ... I guess if you manage to pack several thousand tons of TNT into one place and let them explode, they would create a compareable mushroom.
Buying several thousands of tons of TNT would probably be very expensive though.
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The title is "Time flies"; the first few panels are all different days (change of clothes). It could be that Marten is counting down to the suggested Friday hookup, or it could even be that they have been meeting during the passing time and we have now come to the end of her extension. Either way, the really ominous thing is not that she has cancelled, but that no date has been suggested for the next meeting.
I'm glad hodges is around. His hawk eyes catch everything. Anyway, it wasn't until I read this that I realized the time progression. The sad thing is that they both seem to have developed feelings for each other in excess of "just having fun" and neither one of them has opened up about it to the other person, probably chiefly to continue "having fun," with the ironic result being that there will be no more fun and no budding relationship because neither of them opened their pieholes.
Who else was so distracted by Padma's ass in panel 4 that you didn't notice what Marten was doin?
*quietly raises hand*
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Hmmm.... methinks Marten's more serious about it than he realizes.
Three out of four panels are Padma's face, only one is her curves...
The bomb may be that of realization of this fact. He was planning on going for the fun, but as Dora observed, he's screwed (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2079). And not just in Raven's misinterpreted way!
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Yay for Pintsize-trying-to-destroy-the-world shenanigans
Looks like just some explosives.
A doomsday machine would be much more than just that.
The journey of a thousand miles...
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Hah! I'm like Marten every time I start dating a new girl. Can't stop thinking about her, and there's always a nuke if she won't see me that week, or has to cancel.Thing is you wake up the next day and she's all you can think about again, and your coworkers ask you why you still seem to have a stupid grin on your face...
Sometimes I wonder if I only date because I get a kick out of the butterflies-in-the-stomach feeling.
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To be honest, this is my favorite Marten comic in a while. It's nice seeing what he does in a day/week. I like seeing him play the guitar, instead of just talking about it every once in a while. I really don't like the Padma/Marten thing, so this whole story arc has not been my favorite. (Even though I'm still hoping that it will end up being helpful to Marten in the long run.) But I do think it's nice to see Marten being more active.
As far as things with Padma go-- I really don't think Marten has done anything wrong. She made it clear she was moving, and she has never said anything to make him think she would take this "relationship" seriously. Even though I think he SHOULD have made an attempt to talk to her about all of this, it isn't wrong of him to just go with the obvious assumption and not even bring it up. He's being nice with her-- it's obvious he really likes her, too, and he hasn't hidden that fact. (He's cuddling with her, making daytime plans, etc. It's not him just using her for sex.) Sure, he might be trying to play it "cool," but he is still showing that he cares about more than just having a fun fling. So, if SHE is unhappy with something, she really needs to be the one to say it. She was the one who put limitations on the relationship to begin with, so it's not fair to expect Marten to pick up on any changes in feelings after that.
Unless we're all jumping the gun and she's really just busy packing or some such thing. :roll:
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Just an everyday week in Marten's life... thinkin' bout Padma, playin' the guitar, preventing the deadly explosion of a pack of TNT...
:psyduck:
The really psyducky part of that is the bomb-defusing was NOT the most traumatic thing that happened to him that week...
:psyduck: indeed.
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My take on the whole situation:
Padma told Marten this couldn't last long, let's make in fun while it lasts. She probably meant it at the time. Marten was a bit mopey about it at first, but finally decided to go with the flow for the sake of fun. In order to be able to do so, he wrestled himself into a new, more care-free, state of mind. This made him even more oblivious than usual. And completely miss that Padma's feelings have evolved.
If her feelings have 'evolved' then why does she seem to not want to see him at the moment? Because he's acting too casual about the whole thing?
I think she's trying to avoid growing even more fond of him. It would be too painful in the end.
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My take on the whole situation:
Padma told Marten this couldn't last long, let's make in fun while it lasts. She probably meant it at the time. Marten was a bit mopey about it at first, but finally decided to go with the flow for the sake of fun. In order to be able to do so, he wrestled himself into a new, more care-free, state of mind. This made him even more oblivious than usual. And completely miss that Padma's feelings have evolved.
If her feelings have 'evolved' then why does she seem to not want to see him at the moment? Because he's acting too casual about the whole thing?
Bingo! That's how I have been reading the situation, especially after that discussion in bed where he unintentionally cut off her attempt at expressing deeper feelings with his typical self-flagellating humor.
Who else was so distracted by Padma's ass in panel 4 that you didn't notice what Marten was doin?
Who wouldn't be distracted by that? It wasn't until reading a comment about "risking his life" here on the forum that I went back and saw what they were talking about. I freely admit I am a bit of an ass girl.
I am pretty sure Marten is hearing echoes of the Vicki Situation all over again. If he has any degree of self-awareness, he would. Whether or not this IS a repeat of that situation is a different matter, but he would be a fool not to notice the similarities. Talk to the woman, ya dumbass.
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I got really happy seeing Marten playing the guitar. We know he's still working on it!
Just had a thought looking at the second last panel. The exclamation point suggests Marten knew it was Padma before taking his phone out so he must have a custom ringtone for her. Ooh, girl, that means he likes her something fierce! ... That might only be funny to me because of how I heard it in my head.
Also I noticed what was going on in the fourth panel despite Padma's booty but the ridiculous aspect didn't hit till someone else said it out loud.
I do hope a face-to-face happens soon. Unless some twist is coming it's getting kinda hard to watch Marten being kicked this hard when we're pretty sure where this is going.
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Just had a thought looking at the second last panel. The exclamation point suggests Marten knew it was Padma before taking his phone out so he must have a custom ringtone for her. Ooh, girl, that means he likes her something fierce! ... That might only be funny to me because of how I heard it in my head.
it's even funnier reading it with Christopher Walken Voice :-P
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"Cut the blue wire.... CUT THE BLUE WIRE". (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=IBus5_maGR8#t=109s)
(Possibly not the cultural reference Jeph had in mind, what with the wires being red and green...)
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And boom goes the dynamite :(
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MARVIN: "Where was the kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering kaboom."
SUSAN: "No boom today. Boom tomorrow. Always boom tomorrow."
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The exclamation point suggests Marten knew it was Padma before taking his phone out so he must have a custom ringtone for her.
Maybe guy doesn't get many phonecalls and has been waiting for that call all [amount of time that has passed]? If you are eagerly awaiting a phonecall or a visit, you will expect every call/knock to be the one you are waiting for.
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Either that, or he's programed a specific tune to play whenever Padma calls him on his Mobile.
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What if Padma just spent this week getting things situated with her grandma so that she didnt have to go back to California but didn't want to ruin the surprise for Marten.
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If each new Marten outfit represents a different day...it's already been five days since he's seen her! Her cancelling a date after FIVE days without seeing him is baaaad, oh so bad!
I agree with Schmorgluck that "she's trying to avoid growing even more fond of him. It would be too painful in the end." *sniffle* It's so sad...I liked their chemistry.
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Well something tells me that the fourth panel might just be a humorous exaggeration. Something.
But you never know with that little robo-bastard.
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I gotta say, thinking about Padma's difficulty explaining her deeper feelings, I'm convinced she is avoiding Marten not for bad news, but for good instead. I really hope this ends up her meeting him out of the blue and her professing her care for her, and that all the avoidance was so she could think and come to the decision not to move. A happy Marten in a healthy relationship would be a wonderful thing.
Marten is also one to be expecting the worst. Mind you, given his past adventures in lady-land, I'm not really surprised, but we have seen Padma be suspiciously busy only twice now. Enough to make Marten mentalize mayhem, but not me.
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"Cut the blue wire.... CUT THE BLUE WIRE". (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=IBus5_maGR8#t=109s)
(Possibly not the cultural reference Jeph had in mind, what with the wires being red and green...)
When I make my bombs I use nothing but brown wire - just to avoid the stereotypes.
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I notice people assume Pintsize set the bomb.... :lol:
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I notice people assume Pintsize set the bomb.... :lol:
Well, he appears to be protesting whatever Marten is doing. Can you imagine Pintsize protesting the making of a bomb?
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I notice people assume Pintsize set the bomb.... :lol:
Oh come on MDBS, this is PINTSIZE we're talking about here.
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You don't KNOW it's a bomb. Maybe Marten has invented Digital Pringles as an accessory to Espressosaurus 3.
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Well, he appears to be protesting whatever Marten is doing. Can you imagine Pintsize protesting the making of a bomb?
I'm thinking he made the bomb is is protesting Marten's trying to dismantle it! :D
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I was thinking he "acquired" it somehow and was panicking because he accidentally set-off the countdown, forcing Marten to cut da wire.
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I was thinking he "acquired" it somehow and was panicking because he accidentally set-off the countdown, forcing Marten to cut da wire.
Yes! Yes! That sounds about right!
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Because I believe that everyone else should suffer the same time-wasting that I have just gone through:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WireDilemma
You're welcome.
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Marten: "FML..."
Poor Marten.
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Marten, Marten, Marten...
Did you think to ask why she's feeling down?
[shakes head slowly and sighs]
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One guess.
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*sigh*
Although... for some reason I found panel one to be hilarious.
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I think that Faye should forget about that Counseling Career.
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If Faye ever became a counselor, three weeks in she'd start drowning clients in the toilet.
F:<undunk> Are you going to be back in here next week crying about the same old shit?
Unsuspecting Patient: ...<gasp>... I can't breathe!!!... <gasp><gasp>
F: <dunk> Wrong answer.
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Damn bro your interpretation of Faye belongs in the Irish Mob. Actually I can see Faye in the Irish Mob.
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Whow. How could Marten miss that opportunity ? He could have said something along the lines "You dont need to be".
Yay for Pintsize-trying-to-destroy-the-world shenanigans
Looks like just some explosives.
A doomsday machine would be much more than just that.
The journey of a thousand miles...
Starts with the first yocto (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI_prefix)meter ?
Hah! I'm like Marten every time I start dating a new girl. Can't stop thinking about her, [...]
Um. Anybody isnt ?
What if Padma just spent this week getting things situated with her grandma so that she didnt have to go back to California but didn't want to ruin the surprise for Marten.
That doesnt sound like Padma.
When I make my bombs I use nothing but brown wire - just to avoid the stereotypes.
Oh ? And which wire do you cut ?
I notice people assume Pintsize set the bomb.... :lol:
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Well, he appears to be protesting whatever Marten is doing. Can you imagine Pintsize protesting the making of a bomb?
He is panicking, not protesting.
You don't KNOW it's a bomb. [...]
... :eek:
Because I believe that everyone else should suffer the same time-wasting that I have just gone through:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WireDilemma
You're welcome.
I obviously start to develop an immunity against tvtropes (spent under a minute on that link).
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Next time I need to get out of something I'm going to say I just have the shits
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Ugh... Dairy products.
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White socks? Oh Marten.
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I don't get it. Before I started wearing black sneakers, I always wore white socks. What's wrong with them?
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Ugh... Dairy products.
I guess that perhaps like many people who share meaningless and irrelevant outward characteristics with you, you are genetically predisposed to be unable to process them properly.
(But have I avoided getting shouted at for trying to express a plain and scientifically verifiable fact?)
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Although... for some reason I found panel one to be hilarious.
That would be because it is. :D
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Ugh... Dairy products.
I guess that perhaps like many people who share meaningless and irrelevant outward characteristics with you, you are genetically predisposed to be unable to process them properly.
(But have I avoided getting shouted at for trying to express a plain and scientifically verifiable fact?)
The way I heard it: Caucasioids are the exception, having developed the ability to process dairy products properly, even into adulthood. Not that all of us have retained this ability, mind ...
Then again, I also heard the Mongol hordes of old drank plenty of horse milk ... so take this dairy hearsay with appropriate amounts of Sodium Chloride.
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I don't get it. Before I started wearing black sneakers, I always wore white socks. What's wrong with them?
Well they were Screamingly fashionable in 1986, not so much since.
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Then again, I also heard the Mongol hordes of old drank plenty of horse milk ... so take this dairy hearsay with appropriate amounts of Sodium Chloride.
fermented horse milk. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airag)
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I don't get it. Before I started wearing black sneakers, I always wore white socks. What's wrong with them?
Well they were Screamingly fashionable in 1986, not so much since.
Well I'm in big-ass trouble then; I've been wearing white socks my whole friggin life, and currently WITH black sneakers. Didn't think anything was wrong with it, except sometimes it does kinda remind me of those cultists that all killed themselves.
...
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Well I'm in big-ass trouble then; I've been wearing white socks my whole friggin life, and currently WITH black sneakers. Didn't think anything was wrong with it, except sometimes it does kinda remind me of those cultists that all killed themselves.
I didn't think white socks EVER went out of style (in casualwear, of course).
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Oh and: Dont get sunburned. Ever.
Well I'm in big-ass trouble then; I've been wearing white socks my whole friggin life, and currently WITH black sneakers. Didn't think anything was wrong with it, except sometimes it does kinda remind me of those cultists that all killed themselves.
I didn't think white socks EVER went out of style (in casualwear, of course).
Hey dont spoil a joke with facts.
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And the bombshell is...
Duh. She's already gone to LA. - 7 (14.6%)
She's in LA for an arranged marriage. - 7 (14.6%)
...and her maid of honor is VICKI! - 1 (2.1%)
She said something about spilling milk on him next time he sees her. - 2 (4.2%)
Something about being a lousy lay. - 2 (4.2%)
She's pregnant (yeah, yeah, I know). - 3 (6.3%)
Renee's pregnant. - 0 (0%)
PINTSIZE is pregnant! - 7 (14.6%)
No more comedy; from here out it's ALL SRS BIZNESS - 7 (14.6%)
We're out of waffles. - 2 (4.2%)
We're out of COFFEE! - 1 (2.1%)
I don't get the Coffee reference. - 1 (2.1%) < -- Airplane!
Rock falls, everyone dies. - 8 (16.7%)
Total Voters: 48
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How can Marten possibly be so dense! The girl is screaming for him to give her some sign that he really cares! I could just give him a good shake!
Oh...and Faye, Faye, Faye....*shakes head* Funny though! :lol:
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Anybody else notice that it's Friday realtime and Friday comic time?
At last! A lynchpin for the timeline!
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How can Marten possibly be so dense! The girl is screaming for him to give her some sign that he really cares! I could just give him a good shake!
Clueless Marten is Clueless. Doesn't help that Padma isn't saying what she wants either-clueless guys often need to be given a clue...
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This moment of the week poll misses THE moment of the week: Padmas behind in Martens thoughts while he was disarming the bomb.
Ugh... Dairy products.
I can drink pure milk by the liter ... most asians cant, though. See for example lactose intolerance (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactose_intolerance) on Wikipedia.
Oh, and this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactase_persistence). Interesting, only 0.3% of Basques are lactose intolerant - but 100% of native americans.
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This moment of the week poll misses THE moment of the week: Padmas behind in Martens thoughts while he was disarming the bomb.
I "added" it to the "Thinking of Padma" option.
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Wait, did Padma say she "wouldn't be fun to hang out with" because Marten said "you probably wouldn't have liked me back then"? I'm as clueless as he is.
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I didn't know that lactose intolerance was that regional.
The more you know.
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Explosive diharrea: the ultimate get-out-of-anything excuse.
(unless you're dating someone who's into scat...)
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Clearly 84 of the Basques were not lactose intolerant, as was 75% of the 85th. :-P
I love Wikipedia, but man, it is riddled with badness. Read the sources. In this case, I find for Basques, in table 3 of the source, that 91.7% of them displayed lactase persistence. I guess that would make 8.3% (7 of them) more-or-less lactose intolerant. I don't find the 0.3% anywhere in the source.
And what do you know – this error crept into Wikipedia when an 008 was mistaken for 000 by a user removing "preceding zeroes". Time to get me another edit on the English Wikipedia ...
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Anybody else notice that it's Friday realtime and Friday comic time?
I thought TMI day was Tuesday
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Easy solution: "Padma, I don't mind if you're bad company. I love you."
Well, not that easy, for obvious reasons...
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Easy solution: "Padma, I don't mind if you're bad company. I love you."
Well, not that easy, for obvious reasons...
God no. That is a terrible solution, especially because we have no reason to assume that it's even true. Sure, he is infatuated with her, but does he love her? I think that's a bit too much, too soon. Also: she's still leaving, so all that does is make her feel worse about it.
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Ugh... Dairy products.
The deadliest of the food groups.
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Ugh... Dairy products.
The deadliest of the food groups.
Deadly....but oh so delicious.
I ca never help myself when it comes to cheese, ice cream, sour cream (oh god sour cream i love you) but i could do without plain old milk if i had to. oh yeah, and lactaid is probably the most useless product on the face of the planet.
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At the risk of crossing a line here, if a girl tells you she's "feeling down", NEVER respond "Well maybe I can feel you up". It's not going to be taken as a joke.
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The girl is screaming for him to give her some sign that he really cares!
You mean like, I dunno, ASKING A QUESTION LIKE THAT?
It might be a stereotype but blast it, lots of men don't do "signs" very well.
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I really do think that Marten is doing enough to show her that he likes her and isn't just in it for the sex. It's natural for him to not be trying to LOOK for hints or signs, though, since he has set his mind on the "she's leaving, this is just a fling" mode. He's doing this so HE won't be hurt-- and probably because that's what he thinks she wants. If you know (or think you know) that someone is only ever going to look at you as a fling or someone to have fun with for a short period of time, you are going to go out of your way to NOT see any hints that they may actually like you or want more from the relationship. If you get your hopes up, you could a) be hurt and b) lose what little connection you do have to the person.
Plus, Padma has presented herself to him as someone who speaks/acts first and thinks later. I'm sure he assumed that if she wanted more or was unhappy with something that she would have SAID it. She didn't seem like the type of person who would just run off and disappear on the person. If I were Marten, I would be completely confused at this point. Sometimes he does silly things, but I don't think he has done anything "wrong" in this situation.
And if he tells her that he loves her at this point, I'm going to...take a deep, calming breath. Too soon for that.
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The girl is screaming for him to give her some sign that he really cares!
You mean like, I dunno, ASKING A QUESTION LIKE THAT?
It might be a stereotype but blast it, lots of men don't do "signs" very well.
I guess not...
It's wrong, I know for us to do this to men...but it's like you want the guy to ask, "Why're you down?"
Of course, initially you'd say, "I don't know," (*siiiiiiiiiigh*) and if he didn't totally give up at that point, you'd spill the beans and probably say more than you meant to.
I have no idea why we do this! I suspect it is uncertainty about his feelings, and in this case...Padma tested the waters with the "Wish I'd met you a year ago' thing...and that didn't go so well. If I was her I might be pretty mortified, thinking I'd totally embarrassed myself.
When I was younger I'm pretty sure I totally have acted the way Padma is!!! My partner says I'm better now at saying what I want. But I think it's because I'm secure about how he feels about me.
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"I want to tell you
My head is filled with things to say
When you're here
All those words, they seem to slip away
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Sometimes I wish I knew you well,
Then I could speak my mind and tell you
Maybe you'd understand."
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Neither of them is doing anything wrong.
Both are trying to protect themselves and the other from getting hurt.
Given the situation, and the expectations at the beginning of this...whatever it is, they're both doing the prudent thing.
The thing is, sometimes, by doing something other than the prudent thing the payoff can be much greater for both partners.
The situation that Marten and Padma find themselves in is like an inverted Prisoner's Dilemma. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma)
For both of them to get what they both seem to want, at least one of them is going to have to take a risk and open their mouth.
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It's wrong, I know for us to do this to men...but it's like you want the guy to ask, "Why're you down?"
Of course, initially you'd say, "I don't know," (*siiiiiiiiiigh*) and if he didn't totally give up at that point, you'd spill the beans and probably say more than you meant to.
It's reasonable to have this reaction if you're insecure about the relationship.
However, in my estimation, while it may not be wrong per se, it will be a problem the culprit of the mind game is creating. The disservice one does to one's partner (and, by extension, oneself) by not being clear sort of disqualifies one from a stable long-term relationship. I.e., until one can accept one's own insecurity without letting it dominate important interactions, the relationship will probably not be stable.
Of course, stability isn't necessarily the most important aspect of a long-term relationship, whatever the common wisdom is. I'd say this is because there are plenty of other "problems" that can jeopardize stability.
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Easy solution: "Padma, I don't mind if you're bad company. I love you."
Well, not that easy, for obvious reasons...
God no. That is a terrible solution, especially because we have no reason to assume that it's even true. Sure, he is infatuated with her, but does he love her? I think that's a bit too much, too soon. Also: she's still leaving, so all that does is make her feel worse about it.
Well, yeah, there's that. But that just makes it more difficult...
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I don't get it. Before I started wearing black sneakers, I always wore white socks. What's wrong with them?
Well they were Screamingly fashionable in 1986, not so much since.
Well I'm in big-ass trouble then; I've been wearing white socks my whole friggin life, and currently WITH black sneakers. Didn't think anything was wrong with it, except sometimes it does kinda remind me of those cultists that all killed themselves.
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I only wear white socks. Fashion can kiss my ass.
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(But have I avoided getting shouted at for trying to express a plain and scientifically verifiable fact?)
Entirely, as far as I am concerned. :-)
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In trying to keep from getting hurt, they're making it worse for each other.
I'd bet that Padma is going through the GLOOOOOOOM routine at work or home or wherever, just as much as Marten is.
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The girl is screaming for him to give her some sign that he really cares!
You mean like, I dunno, ASKING A QUESTION LIKE THAT?
It might be a stereotype but blast it, lots of men don't do "signs" very well.
I guess not...
It's wrong, I know for us to do this to men...but it's like you want the guy to ask, "Why're you down?"
Of course, initially you'd say, "I don't know," (*siiiiiiiiiigh*) and if he didn't totally give up at that point, you'd spill the beans and probably say more than you meant to.
ARG to this whole quote tunnel!
ilikefishfood, can you please not use "we" when talking about people talking around a point? Women are not a monolith. Most people say "nothing" when that's a big lie at one point or another I believe - the problem lies in expecting the other person to be a mind reader/teaching them to disbelieve you and have to go through a whole rigmarole to get an answer.
I am finding this whole "Marten is missing something/should be doing something different" thing... weird. When you joke around a lot with a person you are liable to miss it when they say something serious (the "if only I'd met you a year ago" thing) and I think he responded in the only reasonable way to her saying she was feeling down. Forcing yourself on someone when they say they want to be left around may be romantic in some people's realities but I am not a fan of normalising disrespecting people's boundaries. Even if they secretly actually wanted you to do it.
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ilikefishfood, can you please not use "we" when talking about people talking around a point?
I ougt not to have generalized. Ironically, I often protest generalizations about women. I guess I just got caught up in the moment. Your point is duly noted.
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Oh, Marten. Time to bring her some roses. (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=839) It worked well (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=840) last time (in the end).
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Could someone else do the WCDT poll this week?
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Consider it done.
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(But have I avoided getting shouted at for trying to express a plain and scientifically verifiable fact?)
Entirely, as far as I am concerned. :-)
Of course, it might have been that, biology aside, you prefer your beverages free of secretions from a large stinky mammal.
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(But have I avoided getting shouted at for trying to express a plain and scientifically verifiable fact?)
Entirely, as far as I am concerned. :-)
Of course, it might have been that, biology aside, you prefer your beverages free of secretions from a large stinky mammal.
That may be harder than you think. Ever had an Energy Drink? There's a reason it's called Red Bull. Not to mention a lot of food colorings, gelatine... There is a whole lotta stuff they make outta them large stinky mammals. And bugs.
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Taurine. :-P
But it doesn't actually come from bulls, that's just where it was first isolated.
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Taurine. :-P
But it doesn't actually come from bulls, that's just where it was first isolated.
So they say.
All I know is that when you're gulpin' down an energy drink, you're gettin' an amino acid originally derived from the naughty bits of a bull.
I like my caffeine, but there are limits as to how far I'll go to get it.
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Bile would explain the taste. No more for me, thanks.
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What's naughty about bile?
I was actually talking about the popular myth that the substance is derived from bull testicles, actually...