I wonder how many labels there are. Or rather, how many posts before it stops changing.
Vulcan Three Dimensional Chess Master?Since the Vulcans/Romulans are the good guy/yellow peril fantasy Asian counterpart culture (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FantasyCounterpartCulture) of the Star Drek universe, I've always thought they should play weiqi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weiqi). Three-dimensional Go would be a real test even of the Vulcan intellect...
Hey Method, when did you become a Global Moderator Bling blang blong blung?This made me laugh more than it should have.
I get the impression that Global Moderator Bling blang blong blung is a very respectable title indeed, so congratulations! :P
I thought you said Necromongers there for a moment.
I wonder if there's a lower DICKFISH so we can see how long it's been without a change.
I wondered what an Notorious N.U.R.R. was, but then I made a few more posts, found this link and stopped wondering: http://questionablecontent.wikia.com/wiki/Questionable_Content_forumThat chart is out of date, though. I don't have the title it says I should have, at least.
Well, so much for that bottle of uber-rare whiskey, Hanners had to go and surprise her dad and make him drop the bottle & smash it into a million pieces! :(Judging by the reaction of half of the wakeup song duo in the first panel, that may not be a bad thing (though she recovered quickly), but he probably passed it off to someone else.
Maybe this strip is why she was pushing herself (hugging Marten, the date with Sven, etc)?
i always thought the romulans were supposed to be modeled after the roman empireVulcan Three Dimensional Chess Master?Since the Vulcans/Romulans are the good guy/yellow peril fantasy Asian counterpart culture (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FantasyCounterpartCulture) of the Star Drek universe, I've always thought they should play weiqi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weiqi). Three-dimensional Go would be a real test even of the Vulcan intellect...
Wooow, Lt. Potter must have celebrated her principles REALLY hard.
I wondered what an Notorious N.U.R.R. was, but then I made a few more posts, found this link and stopped wondering: http://questionablecontent.wikia.com/wiki/Questionable_Content_forumThat chart is out of date, though. I don't have the title it says I should have, at least.
Everyone together now: D'AWWWWWWWWWWWWW! :-D
I wonder how old she was the last time she was able to give him a hug. Four? Five? Maybe eight? When did the OCD set in? Clearly before the teen years Dr. Case described...
Wooow, Lt. Potter must have celebrated her principles REALLY hard.
She's basically right back to the behavior got her in that situation in the first place...
Hey, thanks for drawing my attention to the Poster Titles, Method! Since when was I afraid of cantaloupes?! :PActually, it seems you're fear of cantaloupes, not afraid of them.
Lt. Potter is about to become Ms. Potter after the Major gets done with this charge report:
Lt. Potter
Charge 1: s.92 Scandalous Conduct by Officer
In that she, on or about March 19, 2012, at Space Station Chatham, at the birthday party of Dr. Chatham, when not in uniform, used offensive language and behaved in a drunken and riotous manner by yelling, "F*ck yeah! Hug the sh*t out of him!"
Charge 2: s.129 Conduct to the Prejudice of Good Order and Discipline
Alternate to Charge 1
In that she, on or about March 19, 2012, at Space Station Chatham , at the birthday part of Dr. Chatham, while not in uniform, did completely ruin the moment by yelling, "F*ck yeah! Hug the sh*t out of him!" at a moment of extreme "D' awwness".
Charge 3: s.97 Drunkeness
In that she, on or about March 19, 2012, at Space Station Chatham, was drunk and behaving in a disorderly manner likely to bring discredit to Her Majesty's service.
Charge 4: s.129 Conduct to the Prejudice of Good Order and Discipline
Alternate to Charge 3
In that she, on or about March 19, 2012, at Space Station Chatham, was severely intoxicated and behaving in a disorderly manner, and was rendered unfit for duty
Why yes, I have had to write a few of these up over the years.
i always thought the romulans were supposed to be modeled after the roman empireArguably in TOS, but in TNE and DS9 the characterisation and image changed. A lot.
Exactly... she wasn't on duty so she was just like any other civil with the right to get drunk.I don't think military personel, especially on an active-duty station, and especially especially when commissioned, are ever entirely off-duty in the sense of being exempt from military discipline. But this is a comic, so yeah... "Hug the shit out of him" Hanners!
Comic's up.
And suddenly I find myself reaching for the tissues. :psyduck:
I like the idea of this strip, and the last panel's punchline, but having most everyone staring ahead blankly like that (definitely "wide-eyed") in panel four is unnerving, and didn't provoke the intended ("Daww...") response from me.
I wonder how old she was the last time she was able to give him a hug. Four? Five? Maybe eight? When did the OCD set in? Clearly before the teen years Dr. Case described...
I understand, Carl, but the replication of so many near-identical facial expressions in panel four just seemed "off" to me.
I wonder how old she was the last time she was able to give him a hug. Four? Five? Maybe eight? When did the OCD set in? Clearly before the teen years Dr. Case described...I started showing OCD symptoms before I could even walk and talk (even though nobody realized that's what it was until I figured it out a few years ago). Because a person with OCD is born with it, I'd guess she probably started early on in her life, too. She'd be lucky if she made it to three without showing weird signs. It also depends on how her neuroses changed over the years. Most of mine have stayed pretty constant, but I had a few things that have dropped off or changed into something else. Therefore, it is possible she lasted a little longer, but I find it unlikely. If she was a strong germophobe like that as a teen, I'd guess you're probably pretty close with age four or five. I started having very minor germophobic tendencies around the same time (kindergarten, I'd say), and she probably became aware of germs before I did (because of her family) and was smart enough to understand what they were and what they could do early enough that it's possibly been a fear for her for longer than she can remember.
Lt. Potter is about to become Ms. Potter after the Major gets done with this charge report:
Lt. Potter
Charge 1: s.92 Scandalous Conduct by Officer
In that she, on or about March 19, 2012, at Space Station Chatham, at the birthday party of Dr. Chatham, when not in uniform, used offensive language and behaved in a drunken and riotous manner by yelling, "F*ck yeah! Hug the sh*t out of him!"
Charge 2: s.129 Conduct to the Prejudice of Good Order and Discipline
Alternate to Charge 1
In that she, on or about March 19, 2012, at Space Station Chatham , at the birthday part of Dr. Chatham, while not in uniform, did completely ruin the moment by yelling, "F*ck yeah! Hug the sh*t out of him!" at a moment of extreme "D' awwness".
Charge 3: s.97 Drunkeness
In that she, on or about March 19, 2012, at Space Station Chatham, was drunk and behaving in a disorderly manner likely to bring discredit to Her Majesty's service.
Charge 4: s.129 Conduct to the Prejudice of Good Order and Discipline
Alternate to Charge 3
In that she, on or about March 19, 2012, at Space Station Chatham, was severely intoxicated and behaving in a disorderly manner, and was rendered unfit for duty
Why yes, I have had to write a few of these up over the years.
Ruling: case dismissed.
In as much as Lt. Potter is an Officer in the United States Air Force, said Officer is not in Her Majesty's service, and this court therefore has no jurisdiction in this matter.
Lt. Potter is about to become Ms. Potter after the Major gets done with this charge report:
Lt. Potter
Charge 1: s.92 Scandalous Conduct by Officer
In that she, on or about March 19, 2012, at Space Station Chatham, at the birthday party of Dr. Chatham, when not in uniform, used offensive language and behaved in a drunken and riotous manner by yelling, "F*ck yeah! Hug the sh*t out of him!"
Charge 2: s.129 Conduct to the Prejudice of Good Order and Discipline
Alternate to Charge 1
In that she, on or about March 19, 2012, at Space Station Chatham , at the birthday part of Dr. Chatham, while not in uniform, did completely ruin the moment by yelling, "F*ck yeah! Hug the sh*t out of him!" at a moment of extreme "D' awwness".
Charge 3: s.97 Drunkeness
In that she, on or about March 19, 2012, at Space Station Chatham, was drunk and behaving in a disorderly manner likely to bring discredit to Her Majesty's service.
Charge 4: s.129 Conduct to the Prejudice of Good Order and Discipline
Alternate to Charge 3
In that she, on or about March 19, 2012, at Space Station Chatham, was severely intoxicated and behaving in a disorderly manner, and was rendered unfit for duty
Why yes, I have had to write a few of these up over the years.
Ruling: case dismissed.
In as much as Lt. Potter is an Officer in the United States Air Force, said Officer is not in Her Majesty's service, and this court therefore has no jurisdiction in this matter.
Exactly... she wasn't on duty so she was just like any other civil with the right to get drunk.I don't think military personel, especially on an active-duty station, and especially especially when commissioned, are ever entirely off-duty in the sense of being exempt from military discipline. But this is a comic, so yeah... "Hug the shit out of him" Hanners!
As much as I enjoyed the complete aw-ness of the moment, I find it hard to believe that EVERYBODY at the party understood the enormity of Hanners hugging her dad. There should have been a few people who went about their business as if nothing special were going on.
I noticed when we first met hannerdad (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2118) that he didn't hug her.
Is this the big reveal? Or will there be something with more consequences that will come out of the trip to spaaaace!?
I noticed when we first met hannerdad (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2118) that he didn't hug her.http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=907
Is this the big reveal?
I understand, Carl, but the replication of so many near-identical facial expressions in panel four just seemed "off" to me.
Yeah, something about the comic just didn't hit my adorable bone right, and I'm pretty sure that that's it. The beginning is really sweet, but then they're all just lookin' at them. Thank goodness Potter came in to save the day.
I couldn't help but wonder how many of them actually know Hanners either. Obviously she grew up on the station and we know that a lot of the older scientists and workers there do, but some of them look pretty young. Having them just staring at a girl they only know as "the boss's daughter" like that is even odder.
Also pointing out the differences between the panels made me notice the person on the left with their back to the scene. Also strange.
All in all, though...pretty cute. The HannerHug and having Marigold turned in towards the Science Man like that made up for some of the creepy.
5. Lt. Potter may not be discharged, or necessarily even disciplined/punished for being drunk whilst off-duty, despite opinions and military experiences from our forum-cast. However, public drunkeness has rarely (if ever) been beneficial to one's career or service, as well.
Lt. Potter is about to become Ms. Potter after the Major gets done with this charge report:Pfft, if the Air Force were this strict, then about a dozen colonels and GS11-14's would be kicked out for vandalizing my unit's mascot and our HQ while they were drunk (on a work night, no less). What did they do? TP'd the HQ, and 'decorated' our mascot (a giant concrete gator) with a red hat, an Angry Birds bag in its mouth, chocolate syrup and maple syrup poured all over it, cotton balls, string cheese, a feather boa and more TP, topped off with a giant cardboard and marker sign mocking us.
Lt. Potter
Charge 1: s.92 Scandalous Conduct by Officer
In that she, on or about March 19, 2012, at Space Station Chatham, at the birthday party of Dr. Chatham, when not in uniform, used offensive language and behaved in a drunken and riotous manner by yelling, "F*ck yeah! Hug the sh*t out of him!"
Charge 2: s.129 Conduct to the Prejudice of Good Order and Discipline
Alternate to Charge 1
In that she, on or about March 19, 2012, at Space Station Chatham , at the birthday part of Dr. Chatham, while not in uniform, did completely ruin the moment by yelling, "F*ck yeah! Hug the sh*t out of him!" at a moment of extreme "D' awwness".
Charge 3: s.97 Drunkeness
In that she, on or about March 19, 2012, at Space Station Chatham, was drunk and behaving in a disorderly manner likely to bring discredit to Her Majesty's service.
Charge 4: s.129 Conduct to the Prejudice of Good Order and Discipline
Alternate to Charge 3
In that she, on or about March 19, 2012, at Space Station Chatham, was severely intoxicated and behaving in a disorderly manner, and was rendered unfit for duty
Why yes, I have had to write a few of these up over the years.
*Force 10 Glare*
"You are confined to quarters during your off duty hours for the next five days Lieutenant. While on duty, you will report to engineering. I'm sure Lieutenant Commander Torres can find ........ suitable duties for you to perform. Dismissed Lieutenant!"
I hope she likes scrubbing out Plasma Conduits. :-D
We don't actually know when Hannelore came down to earth. We know she's been in therapy since she was eleven, and she said that good therapy wasn't available in orbit. Put those together and you've got a case that she left the station at age 11. (Links to relevant strips are in the wiki).
Never pegged an Ellicott-Chatham for usig Yiddish...Doesn't everyone? Do you have the chutzpah to claim you've never used bagel, glitch, klutz, schmaltz, schmuck or schlep? Come on, be a mensch and admit it! If I can use Yiddish, anyone can! I will admit, however, that schtup is not a word I use...
This might explain my own dissatisfaction with the comic. I assumed she left the station near 11 when no good therapists could be found in space. Most of the people in the picture look young. I suspect E-C hunts down the child geniuses and lures them to work there IN SPACE at a young age. And I'm sure IN SPACE loses its luster after 5 years when you are young and have nowhere to really party.I understand, Carl, but the replication of so many near-identical facial expressions in panel four just seemed "off" to me.
Yeah, something about the comic just didn't hit my adorable bone right, and I'm pretty sure that that's it. The beginning is really sweet, but then they're all just lookin' at them. Thank goodness Potter came in to save the day.
I couldn't help but wonder how many of them actually know Hanners either. Obviously she grew up on the station and we know that a lot of the older scientists and workers there do, but some of them look pretty young. Having them just staring at a girl they only know as "the boss's daughter" like that is even odder.
Also pointing out the differences between the panels made me notice the person on the left with their back to the scene. Also strange.
All in all, though...pretty cute. The HannerHug and having Marigold turned in towards the Science Man like that made up for some of the creepy.
Well, how long ago did Hanners leave the station? She's 22 now and I'm pretty sure she was there during her teen years. As far as I know* she could have left between ages 15-17. Maybe even 18. That's only 4-7 years off station. Most of the people could have probably been there like 5 years. Yeah, most of them would at least have a 4 year degree of some sort, but everyone's a genius so some people probably got a degree and went up to the station at like 18 or something.
*sorry if it's known when she left and I'm way off
She didn't need to be in orbit for dad to throw her a party. Parties do happen in rented halls, I hear, perhaps even in the QC universe.We don't actually know when Hannelore came down to earth. We know she's been in therapy since she was eleven, and she said that good therapy wasn't available in orbit. Put those together and you've got a case that she left the station at age 11. (Links to relevant strips are in the wiki).
I think that Hannelore's descent to Earth is more recent than that. Her Dad did throw her a sweet-sixteen party. When she wet her pants.
No. But for me Yiddish is comedians like Buddy Hackett. I know no one who speaks it commonly.Never pegged an Ellicott-Chatham for usig Yiddish...Doesn't everyone? Do you have the chutzpah to claim you've never used bagel, glitch, klutz, schmaltz, schmuck or schlep? Come on, be a mensch and admit it! If I can use Yiddish, anyone can! I will admit, however, that schtup is not a word I use...
Scienceweight is one division up from Mistakeweight and one division below Kittenweight.
I read that as that she tried to sterilise herself using the boiling water, not pouring it on the boy.Notice the title of that one: "Wait, On Him Or Her?"
For comic #2146...
4. Drunken Lt. Potter and her (somewhat) ruining the moment is a very good reminder of why I no longer drink. Being way in the rear of the crowd and mostly blocked from view, hopefully she is not "cheering" this moment in only a bra and panties :evil: .
First thing that went through my mind on reachign the last panel was "Perhaps the smug smile was NOT the expression to have been wearing at that time Marty..."Precisely. Smug smile and hands on your hips speaks "Yeah, I hit that". You might not want to look like that in front of her father.
Never pegged an Ellicott-Chatham for usig Yiddish...Doesn't everyone? Do you have the chutzpah to claim you've never used bagel, glitch, klutz, schmaltz, schmuck or schlep? Come on, be a mensch and admit it! If I can use Yiddish, anyone can! I will admit, however, that schtup is not a word I use...
i'll put $10 on Science-Daddy.I wager 400 quatloos on the newcomer.
Single malt Scotch is an acquired taste. To some neophytes, it can be like trying to drink a tree that's on fire.
Never pegged an Ellicott-Chatham for usig Yiddish...Doesn't everyone? Do you have the chutzpah to claim you've never used bagel, glitch, klutz, schmaltz, schmuck or schlep? Come on, be a mensch and admit it! If I can use Yiddish, anyone can! I will admit, however, that schtup is not a word I use...
If Dr. E-C holds his fists like that, I don't think Marten is in much danger. Marten has a reach advantage too.
Or the Song of Fire & Ice series, forget exactly which book it was, but there was a a point of 400+ pages of text and the most exciting and active thing that happened was an army marched across a farmer's crop field into a village :psyduck: .
I recall a comic in which she said she poured boiling water on someone who tried to kiss her in 8th grade?
Which would put the timeline at 14 or so for her coming down to Earth, at the latest, and she had to have been functional enough to go to a school.
Edit: http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=896
As an asian-american, raised in jewish suburbia, I would rate the english-yiddish axis as:Well, bagels are ubiquitous in the Northeast US. Calling them Jewish is like calling pizza Italian. (the word is Italian, the food not so much)
Bagel<glitch<klutz<schmuck, chutzpah<mensch<shlep<schtup<schmaltz. (tongue firmly in cheek)
So, yeah, an Ellicott-Chatham using a very Yiddish expression was surprising, and funny. Protective dad is protective!
It not only borrows words from other languages; it has on occasion chased other languages down dark alley-ways, clubbed them unconscious and rifled their pockets for new vocabulary
I think your hope is misplaced. Check her uniform in the previous strips (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2132 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2132) for instance), they are most assuredly long-sleeved.
I now have a taste reference for "peaty" and "boggish". I can't describe them, but I know what they taste like, LOL.Oh, so I guess you must love Islay whiskies, then, and Laphroaig in particular, the most peaty whisky in the world. (Important note to whisky lovers: it's a bad idea to buy a bottle of Laphroaig if you have never tasted it. It's taste is very, very peculiar.)
Laphroaig in particular, the most peaty whisky in the world.
I wager 400 quatloos on the newcomer.futurama strikes again
In panel one Marigold looks like she's thinking "Gee, I wish someone would give me a hug."
Huh? That's an original series Star Trek reference.I wager 400 quatloos on the newcomer.futurama strikes again
As for the shipping, Hanners looks at Martin a little too friendly in the second to last panel and looks a bit more embarrassed in the last panel.I assumed the looks exchanged here involved thanks and pride.
As for the shipping, Hanners looks at Martin a little too friendly in the second to last panel and looks a bit more embarrassed in the last panel.I assumed the looks exchanged here involved thanks and pride.
Huh? That's an original series Star Trek reference.I wager 400 quatloos on the newcomer.futurama strikes again
I'd say chutzpah is more commonly used in English than schmuck nowadays.My favorite is farblondjet, rarely understood in my part of rural Michigan. It means lost or confused, and it describes me trying to steer through some of the unfamiliar cultural references in the comic and the forum.
I don't know about you schmucks, but I'm all verklempt.I didn't think we were THAT good.
Color me puzzled on that one. Lagavulin is strongly peaty, definitely more than Bowmore. I can't really compare it to Ardbeg, because while I had Ardbeg recently, I haven't had Lagavulin in years. So I can't say which one is peatier among those two. But none of them come close to being as peaty as Laphroaig.Laphroaig in particular, the most peaty whisky in the world.
Lagavulin is peatier in my experience.
I'm just really, really hoping that there isn't some ...silliness between Hanners and Marten in this arc. They seem a lot closer, and maybe it's easy to imagine that as sweet and stuff, but I suspect Jeph would turn anything vocalized or physically instigated into a prompt for a full on mental regression for Hanners and/or awkwardness between the two, and everything would be bad and we'd all feel bad.
The return address on the robot boyfriend was "John Ellicott Chatham".
Confirmed.Huh? That's an original series Star Trek reference.I wager 400 quatloos on the newcomer.futurama strikes again
I get the awkward and the regression argument, too. But, dammit, I need a guilty pleasure and that guilty pleasure is imagining Hanners being normal enough and strong enough to try a relationship.
Confirmed.Huh? That's an original series Star Trek reference.I wager 400 quatloos on the newcomer.futurama strikes again
Actually, it was used in a Simpson's episode - Deep Space Homer (the one where he eats potato chips in zero G). Pretty close to futurama, I suppose.
So there's now a secondary reference...
I guess the space janitor will have fun tracking down every vomit particle.They'll fall somewhere after a pretty short time. It is microgravity not zero-gravity.
I shouldn't say that, I actually do ship Hanners and Marten.As for the shipping, Hanners looks at Martin a little too friendly in the second to last panel and looks a bit more embarrassed in the last panel.I assumed the looks exchanged here involved thanks and pride.
Still, those wet stains will dance around like dry dust as soon as you try to mop them up. Not envying that one.I guess the space janitor will have fun tracking down every vomit particle.They'll fall somewhere after a pretty short time. It is microgravity not zero-gravity.
Dammit, Francis, you are alone in a zero-gravity observation deck with a young lady who wants to make out with you. You get in there, vomit aftertaste be damned. Be a man.
I guess the space janitor will have fun tracking down every vomit particle.
The killer for me here is she knew going to microgravity was a bad idea and didn't warn him.Yeah, Francis would have understood if she had said "I get terribly spacesick", it's a common enough occurrence (and he surely could think of an alternative?).
Dammit, Francis, you are alone in a zero-gravity observation deck with a young lady who wants to make out with you. You get in there, vomit aftertaste be damned. Be a man.Actually, it doesn't take long for the aftertaste (if any) to disappear. How would I know? Well... let's just say that my first kiss was kinda messed up...
Yeah, Francis would have understood if she had said "I get terribly spacesick", it's a common enough occurrence (and he surely could think of an alternative?).
Also, Space Ham turns blue when it goes bad?
I think Hannelore has some vague thoughts in that direction, and she's on a trajectory that might lead to good things in a future too distant to be visible from here. She has a good heart.
Something you and other new people haven't seen is a history of mistreatment of Hannelore's sexuality on the forum, and the incandescent backlash to it (things got spectacular for a while). Many people here are rubbed raw and may seem to overreact to Hannelore relationship forecasting.
(moderator)
You're doing fine! You're within the rules. You would have heard about it if you weren't.
(/moderator)
Dammit, Francis, you are alone in a zero-gravity observation deck with a young lady who wants to make out with you. You get in there, vomit aftertaste be damned. Be a man.Actually, it doesn't take long for the aftertaste (if any) to disappear. How would I know? Well... let's just say that my first kiss was kinda messed up...
At the end of QC, Marten is given three choices but no matter what you pick Faye barfs on him and headbutts him in the balls
let's make a QC video game, it can be equal parts dating sim and Street Fighter III am okay with this.
I think Hannelore has some vague thoughts in that direction, and she's on a trajectory that might lead to good things in a future too distant to be visible from here. She has a good heart.
Something you and other new people haven't seen is a history of mistreatment of Hannelore's sexuality on the forum, and the incandescent backlash to it (things got spectacular for a while). Many people here are rubbed raw and may seem to overreact to Hannelore relationship forecasting.
(moderator)
You're doing fine! You're within the rules. You would have heard about it if you weren't.
(/moderator)
Ah man. See, I'm glad I'm not the only one that saw some vague undefined thoughts from Hanners. I thought maybe I was fangirling too hard.
I'm not forecasting a relationship, either. I don't want either person to break character (one person mentioned but I'm stupid and can't quote more than one thing at a time...) and, currently, it would uber break character. However, its still a cute thing to think about.
I think the main thing is is that I relate to Hanners a bit more than the other characters. I'm not OCD, no, but I get those crippling anxieties and, even if her's are over-the-top, its nice to see I'm not crazy. I guess I'm like a mix of Hannelore and Faye, ultimately. So, I want her to be happy and I think she likes Marten. So, therefore, I ship her and Marten. But you won't see me argueing against the reasons why it could never happen ;) I'll just squeee myself to death every time something cute happens between them.
Sidenote: Aww man, todays strip had ick-factor extreme. Poor Marigold :(
I totally get this and I want to Hanners in a relationship too, but that doesn't mean it has to be a relationship with Marten or a heterosexual relationship either. Maybe the best option for her is a Hetero-Asexual relationship. Romance without the physical and sex part. That important part is that no matter what Jeph writes for Hanners is that it must be organic (aka sounds right in his mind for his characters) and hopefully more people will accept that attitude that you said:
"So, I want her to be happy"
Clearly, she is just human and wants to have the same experiences that other people enjoy.
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2056
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1768
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1659
sidenote: Marbear, I KNOW YOUR PAIN
I get the awkward and the regression argument, too. But, dammit, I need a guilty pleasure and that guilty pleasure is imagining Hanners being normal enough and strong enough to try a relationship.
I think Hannelore has some vague thoughts in that direction, and she's on a trajectory that might lead to good things in a future too distant to be visible from here. She has a good heart.
Something you and other new people haven't seen is a history of mistreatment of Hannelore's sexuality on the forum, and the incandescent backlash to it (things got spectacular for a while). Many people here are rubbed raw and may seem to overreact to Hannelore relationship forecasting.
(moderator)
You're doing fine! You're within the rules. You would have heard about it if you weren't.
(/moderator)
I hear, no one knows time... there are good guesses, but it's not a well defined thing.Hodges' law.
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Clearly, she is just human and wants to have the same experiences that other people enjoy.
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2056
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1768
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1659
I totally get this and I want to Hanners in a relationship too, but that doesn't mean it has to be a relationship with Marten or a heterosexual relationship either. Maybe the best option for her is a Hetero-Asexual relationship. Romance without the physical and sex part. That important part is that no matter what Jeph writes for Hanners is that it must be organic (aka sounds right in his mind for his characters) and hopefully more people will accept that attitude that you said:
"So, I want her to be happy"
Clearly, she is just human and wants to have the same experiences that other people enjoy.
Oh, I know. I totally agree. I am just in full on agreement mode today about Hanners. I just think Marten would be the most understanding. But, you know, I kinda really REALLY liked the Hanners-Sven arc. The one you posted, 1768, the panel where they just look at each other always makes me kinda sad.
I hope Marten doesn't say to Hannerdad "All I did was poke her!".
Does this really happen to people?
In your chromosome #18. There is this gene that makes you lack ambition..."
In your chromosome #18. There is this gene that makes you lack ambition..."
He'd be lucky! Chromosome 18 abnormality (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwards_syndrome) is much worse than that.
WARNINGSoon to be legislated onto a bathroom wall near you.
This toilet is equipped with a two position seat
Please ensure seat is in correct position for your intended use before using.
You should close the lid on the toilet whether you live with a woman or not. Keeps any mist that might be generated in the toilet bowl.EDIT: removed for inability to find a source.
WARNING
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Faye looks very butch in this strip. Of course thinking that may have something to do with having just read a couple of articles about lesbian separatists during the '70s/
My response to my wife the only time this came up was "You don't rely on my memory for anything else. Why should this be any different? Look before you stick your ass somewhere."You brave, brave idiot. How many nights were you on the couch for that?
My response to my wife the only time this came up was "You don't rely on my memory for anything else. Why should this be any different? Look before you stick your ass somewhere."This is genius. Any time you are being confronted, just claim unreliability. Ye goats da stoff prezzedents're maed oaff. :-D
I don't always put on my glasses for a middle-of-the-night bathroom trip.This isn't the middle of the night. Unless Angus is enough of a jerk to read with the room fully lit (actually, why is the room so well lit?) while she was trying to sleep (or he's in Marten's room for some reason), both of them are only ready for bed. Why would she have taken them off- or, if she had already climbed into bed and was reading next to him or something, why would she not put back on the glasses she took off a few minutes before?
Urine is only sterile if there's no kidney disease and no urinary tract infection, and if you don't count viruses, and if it's fresh. In a short time it turns into a culture medium.
3. Seriously? Faye's hips don't naturally prevent that sort of thing? We've spent 8 years discussing how Faye's defining physical characteristic is her curves, and then BOOM she falls into a toilet? Oh and I checked, the first time we get the comic verbally detailing her curviness, it is in fact about her hips being specifically designed to prevent falling into a toilet. (http://questionablecontent.net/comics/84.png)
1. My toilet shares the room with my toothbrush. I put the seat and lid down every time. I read an article in Nick Magazine as a kid that talked about mist water particles shooting into the air while flushing the toilet and ever since the lid has stayed down.the shit particles are everywhere in the air. mist or no mist you are inhaling them anyway.
If I remember correctly, Faye really really can't see without her glasses (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=266).Yes, which is why it's so weird that she'd go anywhere without them.
The obvious answer to all these toilet-seat shenanigans is to adopt the Asian squat toilet. No lid, no seat, no worries! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjfZEGLyosk) Just equal falling-in opportunities, and and general hilarity from people who didn't grow up with them.Which is also much better mechanically speaking, as it puts the important bits in a straight line. Westerners have far more problems with defecating, and due to natural spreading of the cheeks they result in far less residue and far fewer cling-ons circling your anus.
And do Americans seriously obsess about germ-laden mists rising from their toilets? Your immune-systems will atrophy and you'll all be wiped out by an infectious disease spread by unsanitized telephones.
The obvious answer to all these toilet-seat shenanigans is to adopt the Asian squat toilet. No lid, no seat, no worries! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjfZEGLyosk) Just equal falling-in opportunities, and and general hilarity from people who didn't grow up with them.
Seriously? Faye's hips don't naturally prevent that sort of thing? We've spent 8 years discussing how Faye's defining physical characteristic is her curves, and then BOOM she falls into a toilet?This was my first reaction. As soon as I read the strip I instantly said to myself "Isn't her butt big enough to prevent that?"
The bigger the fall, the greater the spray raised as it splashes!
If I remember correctly, Faye really really can't see without her glasses (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=266).
For some reason media in my life has been filled with male vs. female toilet use lately.
Does this really happen to people? I always thought it WAS something sitcoms made up just to take "the war of the sexes" to its silliest extremes? And why have I never heard about a guy falling in when he tries to poop?
This is all way too confusing for me :psyduck:
Look before you stick your ass somewhere."
The obvious answer to all these toilet-seat shenanigans is to adopt the Asian squat toilet. No lid, no seat, no worries! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjfZEGLyosk) Just equal falling-in opportunities, and and general hilarity from people who didn't grow up with them.
And do Americans seriously obsess about germ-laden mists rising from their toilets? Your immune-systems will atrophy and you'll all be wiped out by an infectious disease spread by unsanitized telephones.
Ow, ow, ow, I think I got whiplash coming out of orbit that fast.
My response to my wife the only time this came up was "You don't rely on my memory for anything else. Why should this be any different? Look before you stick your ass somewhere."
Huh? That's an original series Star Trek reference.I wager 400 quatloos on the newcomer.futurama strikes again
Confirmed.
Am I the only one here who closes the toilet lid because A) It looks nicer and B) I'm sick of things falling into it*?
*By this I mean objects, not asses. I've only done that once and had a good laugh about it. :-P
I guess Jeph wanted *puts sunglasses on* to bring us down to earth.Affirmative (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YMPAH67f4o)
She's probably not THAT blind.
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Isn't it easier to just learn to aim in the smaller hole? You don't have to put the seat down if you never lift it up.
Given that the dude lives with at least one lady, I'd think he was inthe habit of leaving it down by now.
Which he is.
Mostly. We all have lapses...
1. My toilet shares the room with my toothbrush. I put the seat and lid down every time. I read an article in Nick Magazine as a kid that talked about mist water particles shooting into the air while flushing the toilet and ever since the lid has stayed down.If you can smell it, IT IS IN YOUR NOSE.
Um, zero. I don't accept passive aggressive behavior from anyone.My response to my wife the only time this came up was "You don't rely on my memory for anything else. Why should this be any different? Look before you stick your ass somewhere."You brave, brave idiot. How many nights were you on the couch for that?
If your wife actually knocked you out, you should leave her. I know you were joking but battering should never be considered funny. Not even when Faye does it.My response to my wife the only time this came up was "You don't rely on my memory for anything else. Why should this be any different? Look before you stick your ass somewhere."Tried that once, when I regained conciousness...
I don't remember her having one period, but then again, she might have never been shown in profile while talking.I can find plenty of examples of that. Just none with that overbite.
Thinking about making this a new avatar on here.To be honest, yes. If you get angry about something, you definitely give at least one shit.
"Do I LOOK like I give a SHIT?"
I thought the problem was that she tried to give a shit and fell in.Thinking about making this a new avatar on here.To be honest, yes. If you get angry about something, you definitely give at least one shit.
"Do I LOOK like I give a SHIT?"
Am I the only one here who closes the toilet lid because A) It looks nicer and B) I'm sick of things falling into it*?No. Closing the lid also protects your expensive porcelain from clumsy plumbers who drop hammers. If you travel on trains in China (not the flashy new high-speed ones) they have stainless-steel squatters (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EhAIprlmvVQ/TUU4GShKYKI/AAAAAAAAAhI/UnpjUODcnm0/s1600/china-train-toilet.jpg) which are sometimes heavily dented. I always wonder what happened. Possibly one of these people who poops golf-balls used it?
And I ALWAYS checked before I sat down. Not because I was afraid of falling in, but because I was afraid of spiders (stupid Discovery Channel...).Famously, in Australia, poisonous spiders hide under the toilet seat... You're welcome! :evil:
Am I missing something here? LOOK AT THE FREAKIN' TOILET BEFORE YOU SIT DOWN, LADIES!!! Do you change lanes without looking or take off running with your eyes closed? Why is the bathroom so freakin' different than LIFE?!?
*rant done, gotta poop*
Speaking of Faye, has she always had as much overbite as displayed in panel 5?
1. Faye is (knowingly!) blind as Stevie Wonder without her glasses, yet she walks around without them on.
If I go to pee at night (due to boredom)* I sit, because it's too dark to see my aim from standing - turning on the lights would hurt my eyes and wake my wife, neither a good thing. So seat down as a habit suits me too; but I also have the habit of feeling for the seat with my hands before committing my weight to it.Ditto here, minus anyone else in the house to wake. I wake up with night vision, get to the toilet and back to bed with night vision intact. If I turn on the light in the bathroom, say, to take a pill, I crash into things on the way back to bed. And I often sit to pee anyway. Comfortable, better aim.
* You have about a 2% chance that my avatar will match that remark.
I always thought it WAS something sitcoms made up just to take "the war of the sexes" to its silliest extremes?I was thinking the same thing when I read today's comic.
Cats don't use their paws to drink.
The little stinker is just fuckin' with you.
Just Sayin'
there is an annual running-with-your-eyes-closed every year, similar to the running of the bulls, in my household.
That is sarcasm, of course. Its actually bi-annual.
The bigger the fall, the greater the spray raised as it splashes!
Bleargh, forgot about that part. Guess you gotta squat either way, and hope you've got good balance-and aim :psyduck:
For the poll you forgot "Puking during makeouts"Two girls one cup style?
You're all welcome for the mental image.
Count me as a "lid down" kind of fella. That way, EVERYBODY has skin in the "make sure the potty is correctly configured" game.
As to this particular comic:
1. Faye is (knowingly!) blind as Stevie Wonder without her glasses, yet she walks around without them on.
2. She apparently backed in to the bathroom and launched herself ass-first at whatever she felt like launching herself at without making sure everything was ship-shape.
3. She called her boyfriend an "asshole" because SHE did something stupid.
Am I missing something here? LOOK AT THE FREAKIN' TOILET BEFORE YOU SIT DOWN, LADIES!!! Do you change lanes without looking or take off running with your eyes closed? Why is the bathroom so freakin' different than LIFE?!?
*rant done, gotta poop*
Odd. Exact same file, if I linked it as a URL to the image, the forum boards mangled it, it was illegible and forced to be square, making Faye look, well, like no woman wants to look. But by uploading it from my hard drive, it was scaled just fine.
Someday, everything is going to go right for you, and it will be so wonderful you won't even know what to do.
I find these rants funny, because it's just as hard for the ladies to check and put the seat down when the go to the washroom as it is for men to simply put it down when they're done.
On the other hand, if you don't check the toilet before you sit down it's just a matter of time before you fall in. So peoples should always look.
Oh, Marigold. :(
He's waiting outside. He still wants to talk to you. He was a little taken aback but he hasn't given up yet.
You apparently have.
I'm beginning to think Hanners' name is really spelled Hannelawww. And doesn't she look elegant in that LBD?
Having been away most of the week I'm amazed that this collection of nerds, otherwise known as a 'forum', missed Akima's Hitchhikers quip yesterday. :-o Where are your towels?!
I keep the whole thing lidded, mainly because the cats will drink out of it and then unerringly stick their wet paws on my face in the morning.D'oh! Cat....another reason I keep the lid down. We use those cleaner tabs that make your toilet water blue and the last thing I want is a cat poisoned by my toilet.
Cats don't use their paws to drink.
The little stinker is just fuckin' with you.
Just Sayin'
Having been away most of the week I'm amazed that this collection of nerds, otherwise known as a 'forum', missed Akima's Hitchhikers quip yesterday. :-o Where are your towels?!
Who says we missed it? We're not all hairdressers!
She's not hopeless, but she will be if she convinces herself otherwise.
I guess Jeph wanted *puts sunglasses on* to bring us down to earth.Affirmative (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YMPAH67f4o)
I don't remember her having one period, but then again, she might have never been shown in profile while talking.You know, you really ought to have put a comma between "one" and "period". I was skimming the thread, and the first part of your sentence caused me some confusion.
I don't remember her having one period, but then again, she might have never been shown in profile while talking.You know, you really ought to have put a comma between "one" and "period". I was skimming the thread, and the first part of your sentence caused me some confusion.
"Someday everything is going to go right for you, and it will be so wonderful you won't even know what to do."
This happened to me.
Then she died.
Still... it WAS wonderful.
I think that seems to be the difference between Marigold and Hannelore - Marigold does give up a bit easily and she feels sorry for herself more readily than Hanners seems to.
Her relationships with guys are pretty limited (WoW and family notwithstanding): yaoi and slash fiction (yeah, not real, but people are weird like that sometimes), that guy that used to rile her up about her WoW character (I forgot his name, my memory sucks), and recently Marten. I don't remember if there was anything that could be called "intimate" in her life, and my guess is she just doesn't know how to handle it.She may not know how to handle it, but she's always seemed eager enough. The guy is still interested, she's being very foolish. Mind you, in any sane universe she'd plenty of options. She's a female gamer. That's a position of power in the dating world.
Well, thats the point, isn't it? Jeph has created characters that fit real life personalities. They are larger than life, but at the same time we can all relate. We've all been friends with someone the complete opposite of us. Hell, my best friend and I are completely different and I couldn't live without her. And, I think they are weak and strong in different ways, really. Perhaps Hannelore shows her strength of will more, but Marigold is also working hard at changing herself. She is more sociable, more open, and is trying to get out of her shell.
I think Marigold IS the person with the problems that everyone has had for a reason. We can more easily relate and feel sympathy to someone like Marigold. She has crippling self esteem NOT because of mental issues such as Hanners but because of basing her outside world experience on what the internet and gaming has taught her they should be. You spend your whole life on the internet, its harder to walk outside and have a conversation and laugh with people because you always think "Well, when are they going to insult me or be mean or go away for a game".
Perhaps Hannelore has stronger things to overcome because of her mental illness. But, Marigold still has issues that do hurt her to overcome and shes doing it in a way that we can relate to: Quietly, gradually, and with bumps along the way. I think all the characters are overcoming things in their own way instead of just wallowing and not admitting problems. Thats strength to me.
Dammit, I keep ranting.
Her relationships with guys are pretty limited (WoW and family notwithstanding): yaoi and slash fiction (yeah, not real, but people are weird like that sometimes), that guy that used to rile her up about her WoW character (I forgot his name, my memory sucks), and recently Marten. I don't remember if there was anything that could be called "intimate" in her life, and my guess is she just doesn't know how to handle it.She may not know how to handle it, but she's always seemed eager enough. The guy is still interested, she's being very foolish. Mind you, in any sane universe she'd plenty of options. She's a female gamer. That's a position of power in the dating world.
Kenyahp, I disagree with a kind of central point in what you're saying (if I'm reading it correctly) - It kind of reads to me like you're saying Marigold hasn't had any support and that's why she's like that? Because that would typify the difference - Hanners is taking responsibility for her condition, where as Marigold isn't.
Support or not, the decision to act and to improve yourself is one you make on your own and if you don't decide to do that then no amount of outside help will make any lasting improvement. I don't see a huge amount of Marigold development here to be honest. She's not dealing with her screw up, getting back up and doing something, she's blaming herself and wallowing in self pity, even in the face of Hanners, a woman with a bunch of issues herself who gets up every day and tries to better herself. If I was Hannerelore I'd get a bit pissed with Marigold's attitude.
She's not even replying to her properly. "Meh" ? "No. Wanna Sleep." ? What kind of way is that to speak to someone who's clearly trying to help you?
Kenyahp, I disagree with a kind of central point in what you're saying (if I'm reading it correctly) - It kind of reads to me like you're saying Marigold hasn't had any support and that's why she's like that? Because that would typify the difference - Hanners is taking responsibility for her condition, where as Marigold isn't.
Support or not, the decision to act and to improve yourself is one you make on your own and if you don't decide to do that then no amount of outside help will make any lasting improvement. I don't see a huge amount of Marigold development here to be honest. She's not dealing with her screw up, getting back up and doing something, she's blaming herself and wallowing in self pity, even in the face of Hanners, a woman with a bunch of issues herself who gets up every day and tries to better herself. If I was Hannerelore I'd get a bit pissed with Marigold's attitude.
She's not even replying to her properly. "Meh" ? "No. Wanna Sleep." ? What kind of way is that to speak to someone who's clearly trying to help you?
Plus, Hannelore will put up with Marigold's crap for any chance of there being a reasonable amount of babies in the future.
(Also, I agree completely, Bastion. Though, I imagine you have to have been awkward like Marigold to understand Marigold. Because I'm totally awkward.)
Hannelore wants others to be well so she can use them as examples for herself (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1144)."We're all puppets, [Hanners]. I'm just a puppet who can see the strings."
Her relationships with guys are pretty limited (WoW and family notwithstanding): yaoi and slash fiction (yeah, not real, but people are weird like that sometimes), that guy that used to rile her up about her WoW character (I forgot his name, my memory sucks), and recently Marten. I don't remember if there was anything that could be called "intimate" in her life, and my guess is she just doesn't know how to handle it.She may not know how to handle it, but she's always seemed eager enough. The guy is still interested, she's being very foolish. Mind you, in any sane universe she'd plenty of options. She's a female gamer. That's a position of power in the dating world.
Since when? Marigold also has that shes a complete cutey. If all it took to get a boyfriend was being a gamer girl and having a tiny bit of confidence, I'd be crawling in guys right now. Unfortunately, you gotta be hot, too.
Yes, that is bitterness you see. I get sick of guys complaining about being friendzoned when the girls they want are way attractive and the girls they don't want are perfect personalities for them but not super hot.
How do I insert a URL with words that you can click to take you there?!
arguably the strongest character in the strip is bffs with arguably the weakest.
I get sick of guys complaining about being friendzoned when the girls they want are way attractive and the girls they don't want are perfect personalities for them but not super hot.
"Someday everything is going to go right for you, and it will be so wonderful you won't even know what to do."
This happened to me.
Then she died.
Still... it WAS wonderful.
I'm sad for you ): That she died, of course, not that you got to experience the relationship. I'm glad it was wonderful while you had it. It reminds me of a bit from one of my favorite movies: "No man, nor anything in this world preserves their life forever. But only to men is it given to know that we must die, and that is a precious gift. This life, that is both our torment and our treasure, was never meant to endure for eternity. Life is a wave on the sea."
I've always thought that; that the knowledge of our own mortality is a gift, and what makes life precious. And that giving life to someone else is the only way we can live forever. I don't necessarily mean having children, but having a significant other or even a very close friend, someone that has come alive as a result of knowing you, is giving life to someone. That is something that will never disappear. It becomes part of both of you. And it sounds like you had that.
And for that, I'm so very, very happy for you (:
[URL=http://whatever]words that show up clickable[/URL],Since when? Marigold also has that shes a complete cutey. If all it took to get a boyfriend was being a gamer girl and having a tiny bit of confidence, I'd be crawling in guys right now. Unfortunately, you gotta be hot, too.I'm sorry to hear that. I'm sure you're very attractive too, to the right man. Not everyone expects a movie star or lingerie model to fall into his arms, and not every man even wants that. There's someone out there who will fall in love with you for the qualities you have. Not just because they like your personality but also because that one guy thinks you're super-hot too. Taste in women varies a lot, there's gonna someone who thinks you're just perfect.
Yes, that is bitterness you see. I get sick of guys complaining about being friendzoned when the girls they want are way attractive and the girls they don't want are perfect personalities for them but not super hot. Not that you were complaining or even said anything about that. I'm just saying, gamer girls have just as much trouble as normal girls.
I kind of have to agree what's being said here. Us "non-attractive gamer chicks" know when there's a good gamer chick who's ALSO good looking in room that we're kinda pwned.Did you ever stop to think that self-identifying as a "non-attractive" gamer chick is part of the problem? If you've already made that determination, it reflects in your attitude. It's hard for someone else to find you sexy or cute if you don't believe it yourself. I did read your full post and know that you're happily married, but still this is an important theoretical point even if of no practical use to you.
Hannelore wants others to be well so she can use them as examples for herself (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1144).The interesting thing with that, as well as a few other strips (the veterinarian/fireman arc, the Indiana Jones thing, the robot boyfriend thing, the horrible smile arc, the Sven date arc, the Hannelore and Marten talking about the mechanics of doing it strip), tells me that there's a long, slow arc here that will build up to Hannelore overcoming her OCD to have a satisfying relationship with someone. (Not speculating on who it'll be.) Of course, at QC's pacing, that'll take 5-10 years... :-P
Plus, she's compassionate.
Please, everyone - remember, Faye grew up in an all-women household (after her father departed), wherein the seat was always down.Faye didn't "grow up" in an all-woman household; by the time of her father's death, she was old enough to drive.
Please, everyone - remember, Faye grew up in an all-women household (after her father departed), wherein the seat was always down.
Faye didn't "grow up" in an all-woman household; by the time of her father's death, she was old enough to drive.
Please, everyone - remember, Faye grew up in an all-women household (after her father departed), wherein the seat was always down.
Faye didn't "grow up" in an all-woman household; by the time of her father's death, she was old enough to drive.
Please, everyone - remember, Faye grew up in an all-women household (after her father departed), wherein the seat was always down.
Faye didn't "grow up" in an all-woman household; by the time of her father's death, she was old enough to drive.
She lived with Marten for a very long time, and while I don't recall any strips indicating a separate bathroom (one for her and one for him) - I'm going to assume that Marten was good about keeping the seat down. And speaking as a woman who does wear glasses, having had the seat left up instead of down, accidentally "falling in" actually DOES kind of hurt - especially if you weren't paying attention and say "fell in" when really tired/sleepy.
Thanks, pwhodges. I knew I had seen it somewhere but couldn't remember if it was somewhere I had posted or if it was somewhere I had lurked. Thanks so much!
So, lets try again. This is the comic aforementioned. (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=804)
Magdalena- I hate that "one of the guys" bullshit. So much. I've never had it pulled on me, either, and I still hate it. So many of my friends have that happen to them. Luckily, I guess I'm just so unattractive that guys don't even bother saying "one of the guys" and just leave it at "Well. I dont feel that way."
God, maybe thats why I have such sympathy for Marigold. Shes trying her best to get some and I'm all stuck here on bitter avenue. Hahaha.
"Someday everything is going to go right for you, and it will be so wonderful you won't even know what to do."I don't think that's the case. I looked around for "happiness index," and the U.S. ranks quite well, although I'm not sure how scientific that is. There might be a difference in perception between the present and the past, i.e., "I'm not particularly happy at the moment," and years later, "I had a helluva good run." But I believe more people are satisfied with their lives than you apparently do.
It's a good thing this was said in a comic and previously in a fictional fantasy series, because in real life it is more like, "Most of the time things are going to either go wrong or be mediocre, and you will slog along like the rest of us schleps not knowing what to do."
Oh, wow. An unusual amount of people have taken what I said about gamer girls wrongly. Lets say it differently. At least, about myself. See, I think I'm pretty. I dress nicely, have nice skin that doesn't require makeup, but am overweight. Because of that, I've been bullied my whole life. I still am confident and love myself. Confident enough to willingly give speeches in front on large audiences. The thing is, I know that, to 'normal' people, I'm not attractive. And, its not for lack of trying. I literally can't lose weight. Exercised and ate a balanced diet for over a year and stayed exactly the same. That being, literally, walking two miles every day and eating correctly based on nutrition. I started taking metabolism pills and have lost some weight, but still not much. I love myself the way I am, anyways. So, that bitterness isn't from a bad view on myself. Its from literally every guy I've ever liked treating me like dirt and not being my friend anymore when they found out I liked them. My bitterness towards gamer guys is the fact that I know so many gamer girls that guys have said "well, I love your personality, but you just aren't hot enough". You don't say that to a girl. I believe everyone is beautiful in their own way. And, if you aren't attracted to someone, thats fine. You can't force it. But, I have seen and gotten too much of that to not be bitter.Been there, seen that... I'm a guy, but even I get a bit disgusted by another guy's treatment of girls (attractive or not). That being said, my personality is rather messy (I have trouble dealing with people in real life, but online I am capable of being me quite well (I reckon it's due to the whole "safety zone" feeling you get in an online discussion, that and I have time to think of what I am going to say)), and my looks are pretty much substandard (a bit podgy, uncooperative facial hair and two-toned skin colour (my head, neck and lower arms are more or less exposed to the elements, but the rest of me is white as a ghost), so judging someone on looks alone is horrendously hypocritical in my books.
For the record, I can admit that I am wrong and just being vindictive on some points. Totally. I'm just saying that its not a lack of confidence that makes me bitter, haha.
Thank you for this. That was a beautiful quote, and sounds familiar. What film is it from?
It was rough for a long time, but I am slowly getting to where I can appreciate the joy we had together more than I mourn the loss. Even starting to get serious with someone new, which I honestly thought I would never do.
Moments in life are transitory. This doesn't make them less meaningful, it makes them matter even more.
It was from the movie Tales from Earthsea, but I'm not sure if that quote was in the books as well. I think someone mentioned they recognized it from the books.
Not we just need to know the difference between girls and women, and we'll be all set for techkid up above. Although, my mom told me once how a girl becomes a woman...I didn't really wanna know...Naw, a girl becomes a woman when she can tell the difference between boys and men.
Not we just need to know the difference between girls and women, and we'll be all set for techkid up above. Although, my mom told me once how a girl becomes a woman...I didn't really wanna know...Naw, a girl becomes a woman when she can tell the difference between boys and men.
Does a boy become a man when he can tell the difference between girls and women? I honestly don't get what jmucchiello is saying.I don't think it's a reference to the physical attributes&differences, the Ts and the As, but to the maturity.
I gotta go along with Redball. I find myself looking back fondly on times and situations during which, if I remember honestly, I did a lot of bitching. A friend who went through some of those times with me summed it up with, " We didn't appreciate what we had." (I should add neither of us are doing badly at the moment.)
... when she can not only tell, but prefers maturity in a mate.Yeah, but if maturity is just preferring maturity in a mate, then maturity is preferring someone who prefers maturity and we're stuck in a loop.
I figured that part was just understood. But apparently I was wrong.Not we just need to know the difference between girls and women, and we'll be all set for techkid up above. Although, my mom told me once how a girl becomes a woman...I didn't really wanna know...Naw, a girl becomes a woman when she can tell the difference between boys and men.
And realizes she prefers the latter.
What are you talking about? Maturity is attracted to maturity. Period. There is no loop.... when she can not only tell, but prefers maturity in a mate.Yeah, but if maturity is just preferring maturity in a mate, then maturity is preferring someone who prefers maturity and we're stuck in a loop.