Don't worry, Emily. Lots of stuff has never made it to YouTube, so cyberdiscs may have existed.
Something something *physicist mumbles* moment of inertia something something violent explosion.Don't worry, Emily. Lots of stuff has never made it to YouTube, so cyberdiscs may have existed.
Probably not, though - being oblong would make it really awkward to read. There's a reason discs are circular.
Hmmm, no.
One should be enough because there's always something you remember more from your youth than anything else. I remember cassettes just from how much music I was exposed to as a kid.
The first LP machine in the house was a Webcor portable with a two-sided stylus, steel for 78s and diamond for vinyl 33s, 45s, and 16s (never have seen a 16 in the flesh to this day).
Hmmm, no.
One should be enough because there's always something you remember more from your youth than anything else. I remember cassettes just from how much music I was exposed to as a kid.
I still remember the day my father brought a video recorder home. Before that, it was audio cassettes, and vinyls.
(During the height of the C64-hype in the mid-80s, Commodore would sell a cassette-drive that used regular tapes for external data-storage, the "datasette (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_Datasette)", as a substitute for the more expensive 1541 Floppy-disk drives (5¼").)
The first LP machine in the house was a Webcor portable with a two-sided stylus, steel for 78s and diamond for vinyl 33s, 45s, and 16s (never have seen a 16 in the flesh to this day).
Neither have I, but I was told the 16RPM discs were for talking books for the blind.
Which makes sense, sacrificing frequency range for speech-only playing time.
Meanwhile, I'm pretty sure that 'Pretty, Pretty Unicorn Detective' is a reference to the character 'Shadow Spade' in the My Little Pony episode Rarity Investigates! (https://mpnoir.deviantart.com/art/Vector-033-Detective-Rarity-562088932)
Cyberdiscs never gained popularity due to their terrible tendency to explode violently when dropped, taking out nearby bystanders, buildings, and petrol stations, thereby creating an explosive chain reaction that wipes out half your team... wait, what are we talking about again?
There's no doubt that Emily has a semi-detached relationship with objective reality. However, she seems to be broadly aware of this, so this reduces somewhat the degree of risk posed to herself and others. However, yes, she is a person who is always going to be much safer with friends to act as a 'second opinion' of her perceptions and memories.I beg to differ. Emily does not suffer from a semi-detached relationship with objective reality.
It wasn't really stone tablets. My parents had a Philco 78 rpm phonograph, steel needle and all, and a bunch of pre-vinyl shelack records. The things were brittle as hell and would shatter with scarcely any provocation. The first LP machine in the house was a Webcor portable with a two-sided stylus, steel for 78s and diamond for vinyl 33s, 45s, and 16s (never have seen a 16 in the flesh to this day).
Here's one (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AetwIDdVfBg) my folks had. (If that fellow's voice sounds familiar, it's Mel "Bug Bunny and a bunch of others" Blanc.)It wasn't really stone tablets. My parents had a Philco 78 rpm phonograph, steel needle and all, and a bunch of pre-vinyl shelack records. The things were brittle as hell and would shatter with scarcely any provocation. The first LP machine in the house was a Webcor portable with a two-sided stylus, steel for 78s and diamond for vinyl 33s, 45s, and 16s (never have seen a 16 in the flesh to this day).
Yep,
We had an old 78 player and a nice pile of discs too which my parents 'inherited' from my grandparents.
I used to play the hell out of those old discs!
The bottom says "Xcom joke." Help? This is not my field of geekery.
The bottom says "Xcom joke." Help? This is not my field of geekery.
XCom, first published in the early 1990s as UFO - Enemy Unknown is a turn-based strategy game where you command a UN task-force that is attempting to repel an overt alien invasion of a contemporary Earth, a task complicated by the activities of a secretive cult trying to exploit the war to increase their own power. 'Cyberdisc' is the identifying name of an alien tank-like combat drone used in the latter phases of the game.
I believe it was called XCom in the US, even the original?
...I'm genuinely starting to think Emily needs help.
Freud's definition of mental health was the ability to love and to work. She clears that bar.
...I'm genuinely starting to think Emily needs help.
Freud's definition of mental health was the ability to love and to work. She clears that bar.
We still have a shelf full of VHS videos at home, and a VHS player that still works.
I was also a big fan of minidisc in its time.
I was quite shocked yesterday to discover that the 2018 Nissan LEAF doesn't have a CD player at all. For all I know, no new cars have CD players any more. And I have hundreds of CDs...
That's largely due to smartphones. Why have a radio in the car when someone is going to connect their phone to their car, after all its got Youtube, the owner's own music and of course a radio if needs be.
...I'm genuinely starting to think Emily needs help.
Freud's definition of mental health was the ability to love and to work. She clears that bar.
Freud's definition of mental health was the ability to love and to work. She clears that bar.
...I'm genuinely starting to think Emily needs help.
Freud's definition of mental health was the ability to love and to work. She clears that bar.
I'm a butcher and I love my work. The fact that I practice on humans is irrelevant.
Hey, according to Freud I'm perfectly sane, apparently. Perhaps even some sort of very stable genius.
Freud's definition of mental health was the ability to love and to work. She clears that bar.
Freud also thought Cocaine was pretty great. I like to imagine our understanding of health and well being has expanded a bit since then.
Freud's definition of mental health was the ability to love and to work. She clears that bar.
Freud also thought Cocaine was pretty great. I like to imagine our understanding of health and well being has expanded a bit since then.
Are you disagreeing with IICIH's comment, or just slipping in an anecdote?
Because I'm pretty sure that I was pointing out that Freud wasn't the last word in health an wellness.
Yes, I know. That is well known.
I was wondering whether you agreed or disagreed with what IICIH said.
And no, I don't agree that absolutely any reference to him is a joke.
Do I agree it's accurate? Well... for several years I was able to love, able to work, and borderline suicidal, so not really.
Also does "able to work" include physically able? Because I'm doing a lot better emotionally, but physically I'm disabled.
Oof, looks likr Marigold was a little jealous for a second therein the latest strip... hope that doesn't escalate to too much... Emily would never flirt with a taken man on purpose! Too innocent!
Thank you, that's all I was wanting to know. Fair comment and more persuasive than your ad hominem response.
Went for cassette, as that was what I really grew up with. My dad had some decent vinyls though.
I wonder if Emily is actually the nexus of a conduit for paralell universes. Her dreams are of realities that never came to be.
What? No wax cylinders?? :lol:Looks like clockworks got skippedover in general.
You know what? I think Emily knows exactly how cyberdiscs work - I think she had something to do with the actual R&D - and something weird started happening when they tested the prototype and a secret government organization shut down the research and neuralyzed the researchers when the cracks in reality started appearing... :wink:
Oof, looks likr Marigold was a little jealous for a second therein the latest strip... hope that doesn't escalate to too much... Emily would never flirt with a taken man on purpose! Too innocent!
I'm hoping it died as soon as Emily power-hugged her.Thank you, that's all I was wanting to know. Fair comment and more persuasive than your ad hominem response.
Ad hominem, huh? This is how it's going to be?
They were not going to arrive at a verdict that might interfere with killing him.
I wonder whether he was capable of love. Probably, under a special, restricted set of circumstances.
Okay, speak to me. What's the problem? If I've offended you, tell me. I genuinely wanted to understand your opinion. I have no beef with you and meant nothing more by that expression than its literal meaning.
I am a fan of CDs and still buy them, but I have a cd player in the car and I almost never use it. I could count on one hand the number of times I've stuck a CD in there, and I've had the car for about fifteen years.We have two cars, one larger that we use (among other things) for family trips. The CD player in that car is almost unused as the SD card reader is so much more versatile. The only time there's a CD in there if we buy something when we're not near a computer to move it to the SD card. The other, smaller (and older) car, which is almost 100% used for driving to work and back, on the other hand have a CD player that is used quite often - as soon as the radio doesn't have anything useful on, then I switch to the CD.
That's largely due to smartphones. Why have a radio in the car when someone is going to connect their phone to their car, after all its got Youtube, the owner's own music and of course a radio if needs be.
So many reasons...
- There are many places in the US where mobile phone coverage isn't good enough to provide good streaming audio.
- OTA radio is not subject to data caps.
- Terrestrial radio pays lower royalties than online "stations", so the former are more viable as business entities.
- I have Sirius XM in the car. But NPR's premium newscasts (ME and ATC) aren't on Sirius XM.
- OTA stations are located in specific places and have social and financial connections to those places. If they havent been taken over by iHeart they may have a local "lean" on their playlist that might let me hear something I wouldn't otherwise. Internet streaming "stations" don't do that.
- Many local stations do have online feeds. But just try finding one when you're in a strange city. There is no consistency or pattern to their URLs and I can't find an app that gives me a "scan up" button for searching for streams of local stations for wherever I happen to be. With the car radio I have a steering wheel button to do that. (And there is an "NPR station finder" app on my phone... it doesn't link me to their feeds, though!)
Here's one (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AetwIDdVfBg) my folks had. (If that fellow's voice sounds familiar, it's Mel "Bug Bunny and a bunch of others" Blanc.)It wasn't really stone tablets. My parents had a Philco 78 rpm phonograph, steel needle and all, and a bunch of pre-vinyl shelack records. The things were brittle as hell and would shatter with scarcely any provocation. The first LP machine in the house was a Webcor portable with a two-sided stylus, steel for 78s and diamond for vinyl 33s, 45s, and 16s (never have seen a 16 in the flesh to this day).
Yep,
We had an old 78 player and a nice pile of discs too which my parents 'inherited' from my grandparents.
I used to play the hell out of those old discs!
The collection wasn't just goofy stuff, either. I remember a bunch of Strauss Waltzes and other classical stuff, too. (Did they have green labels? That was a long time ago, and they were old then.)
We still have a shelf full of VHS videos at home, and a VHS player that still works.
I was also a big fan of minidisc in its time.
I was quite shocked yesterday to discover that the 2018 Nissan LEAF doesn't have a CD player at all. For all I know, no new cars have CD players any more. And I have hundreds of CDs...
My current car is a '99, and it'll probably be a *long* time before I have to worry about owning a car without a CD player. However, my brother's laptop has no disc drive and it drives him insane (& would me, too!).
Emily is functional and safe to those around her. She has deficits in her contact with reality. She is by her own assessment weird, but we must avoid pathologizing weirdness.
Glad to see Marigold back and hope we’re not getting a storyline where her insecurities wreck her relationship with Dale. With Angus and now Hannelore gone Momo is the only one who can reign in those problems.
Stop worrying.
Yeah, Marigold could definitely go that route. Let us hope she has a lick of sense.
There is still no long-term solution for this! Hard disc hasn't been round long enough to prove itself against 2-4" tape. Long-term storage is actually not something we have any solution to - save to keep moving the media from place to place - but thats impossible if you wish to keep your audio in the analogue realm....
Now, looking at panel 5, doesn't it look like Marigold may be pregnant?
Now, looking at panel 5, doesn't it look like Marigold may be pregnant?
I thought so too and I even showed my husband (who only follows the comic because I show it to him every day whenever I read it lol)... Even HE thought she liked
Now, looking at panel 5, doesn't it look like Marigold may be pregnant?
I thought so too and I even showed my husband (who only follows the comic because I show it to him every day whenever I read it lol)... Even HE thought she liked
It looks like a pregnancy belly to me, to. Something to wait for confirmation or denial of tomorrow.
Or an extended period of not saying anything at all about it. Either one.
I notice nobody has yet commented on the part of 3676 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3676) that amused me most: Emily saying "Dang it, did I dream up another nonexistant media format?" Hmm, "another"? Is this something you do on a regular basis, Emily? :psyduck:Instead of media, it's places I've lived in or visited. Sometimes it's a place I've actually been but it's vastly different. My paternal grandma's old one-story house with a basement suddenly has two additional floors and at least one sub-basement. The first basement has several more rooms and there's at least 10 bathrooms in the place.
I note that Marigold is wearing a hoodie devoid of nerdisms.Laundry day hoodie.
Also her acne is nearly gone.
Is she (ulp) maturing?
Now, about the treat itself... ((Checks Google)) Chocolate-covered breadsticks seems okay to me but fish-flavoured?!? Only Emily could think to offer such a thing to her friends! :-P
Why are Dales glasses not *white* in the two previous strips when it's just him and Emily...
But they turn white when Marigold comes in to CoD???
Hmmm... Isn't that a bit... forward... of Dale asking "where's my present" ???
But more oddly...
Why are Dales glasses not *white* in the two previous strips when it's just him and Emily...
But they turn white when Marigold comes in to CoD???
Emily is being remarkably socially adept for a giddy goofball here. She has affirmed them as a couple, given them a gift to share as a couple, and deepened the affection between them by giving Marigold a chance to be a good girlfriend. Marigold is going to have to work really hard if she wants to get jealous now. It could be that this is just niceness on Emily's part instead of cleverness, and an example of why being a good person works better than initially seems plausible.
Methinks that's "Ambiguous Innocence" (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AmbiguousInnocence).
I notice nobody has yet commented on the part of 3676 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3676) that amused me most: Emily saying "Dang it, did I dream up another nonexistant media format?" Hmm, "another"? Is this something you do on a regular basis, Emily? :psyduck:Instead of media, it's places I've lived in or visited. Sometimes it's a place I've actually been but it's vastly different. My paternal grandma's old one-story house with a basement suddenly has two additional floors and at least one sub-basement. The first basement has several more rooms and there's at least 10 bathrooms in the place.
Take one, Dale, just one. Then Marigold can say she shared them and Emily won't feel bad about not getting you some, too.Maybe it was just the brand that I got, but it tasted awful. I normally love Japanese junk food.
(What's so bad about the lobster flavored ones?)
Ever had that dream where an IRL dead relative is still alive and they're offended that everyone thought the had died?I notice nobody has yet commented on the part of 3676 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3676) that amused me most: Emily saying "Dang it, did I dream up another nonexistant media format?" Hmm, "another"? Is this something you do on a regular basis, Emily? :psyduck:Instead of media, it's places I've lived in or visited. Sometimes it's a place I've actually been but it's vastly different. My paternal grandma's old one-story house with a basement suddenly has two additional floors and at least one sub-basement. The first basement has several more rooms and there's at least 10 bathrooms in the place.
Can be anything with me: Most often it's details of family-lore, like the backstory to childhood pictures of me & sistermonster, or details of Grandpa's service with the Paratroopers. Me and Mom have different recollections of several events (in the latter example, obviously, recollections of previous second-hand recollections), and I'm not entirely sure whether I've 'retconned' some imaginary details into mine. It doesn't feel like it, but ...
TL;DR - I find Emily's 'Did I dream that up?'-comment far less remarkable than her telling another person about it.
.... for the love of whatever god/deity/higher-consciousness you believe in, DO NOT EAT THE LOBSTER FLAVORED ONES.
And we know Dale is also not exactly very good on the "interpersonal relationship" area. He might as well just react in exactly the worst way possible. Probably will, the comic needs some drama to keep things going.
"Oh Drama-Drama-Drama-Drama-Drama Chame-li-on,
You come and go,
You come and go,oo-oh
Mari would be happy if she didn't always see
through shades of green
through shades of gree-ee-een"
Oh Marbear, don't go there ..."Oh Drama-Drama-Drama-Drama-Drama Chame-li-on,
You come and go,
You come and go,oo-oh
Mari would be happy if she didn't always see
through shades of green
through shades of gree-ee-een"
Earworm-insertion successfully completed.
Thank you!
Nono, I REALLY MEAN IT!
NOT BEING SARCASTIC AT ALL ... ! :x
Is it weird that I kinda imagine that's how Emily would attempt sexy talk?I'd better not. I'll get in trouble for imagining that.
(Not so much those pants, though. I mean, imagine if the thong got caught on something while you were walking...)
The bodies in the porno-vision bit.
:? :-o
Eeeek.
We've seen jealousy before, but have we ever seen a QC character actually cheat on a relationship?
New comic, and Marigold is definitely jealous. Plus, Dale's glasses are both light and dark in this comic. Definitely deliberate. Perhaps it reflects the distance between Dale and Marigold.His glasses are Google glass ready. How has everyone forgotten that? I imagine he had been looming up the fish pocky.
Is it weird that I kinda imagine that's how Emily would attempt sexy talk?She's already going to have lower back issues from standing like that. That thong catching on anything will just make matters worse. :-P
(Not so much those pants, though. I mean, imagine if the thong got caught on something while you were walking...)
I notice nobody has yet commented on the part of 3676 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3676) that amused me most: Emily saying "Dang it, did I dream up another nonexistant media format?" Hmm, "another"? Is this something you do on a regular basis, Emily? :psyduck:Instead of media, it's places I've lived in or visited. Sometimes it's a place I've actually been but it's vastly different. My paternal grandma's old one-story house with a basement suddenly has two additional floors and at least one sub-basement. The first basement has several more rooms and there's at least 10 bathrooms in the place.
We've seen jealousy before, but have we ever seen a QC character actually cheat on a relationship?
We've seen jealousy before, but have we ever seen a QC character actually cheat on a relationship?
.....Sven....
So I think we can safely conclude Marigold doesn't know Emily very well...
I hadn't forgotten. I was just considering that he seemed to turn them on the instant Marigold walked in.New comic, and Marigold is definitely jealous. Plus, Dale's glasses are both light and dark in this comic. Definitely deliberate. Perhaps it reflects the distance between Dale and Marigold.His glasses are Google glass ready. How has everyone forgotten that? I imagine he had been looming up the fish pocky.
Okay, this is a technicality, but that was not an established exclusive relationship. So if that's the only example of cheating in QC, we still have never seen cheating in the context of an established, official, monogamous relationship.
We've seen jealousy before, but have we ever seen a QC character actually cheat on a relationship?
.....Sven....
Okay, this is a technicality, but that was not an established exclusive relationship. So if that's the only example of cheating in QC, we still have never seen cheating in the context of an established, official, monogamous relationship.
If Marigold has a shred of self-knowledge, she will see that her mind is torturing her for no reason. However, she has largely outsourced self-knowledge to Momo, and Momo is off at her job. Dale could in principle reassure her, but Dale has not shown himself articulate in matters of the heart.
Heh. In Dale's place, I would steal Sven's line: "Emily? Nah. Once you hit this, everything else looks flat," with "this" punctuated by a hug. It is often more convincing to present yourself as a bad guy who likes what he likes than as a good guy.
Marigold's low self-esteem is really kicking in strongly at the moment, isn't it? Either she's feeling unusually jealous at the moment for some reason or there is something that's making her feel extra insecure about Dale's feelings for her. I mean, the way she turned Emily from 'tall and gangly' into 'curvy vixen' inside her paranoid fantasy-world probably tells us a lot about how distorted her perceptions are at the moment!
So, the obvious question up for debate is: Why? In truth, I think it was just something inevitable for someone with Marigold's very insecure personality. She's fully aware that she's not perfect and is convinced that, because of this, no-one would want to spend too much time around her. Being abandoned is a deep and profound fear on her part.
Oh, by the way, I'm signing her up for fanfic-writing courses with Claire. The dialogue in that fantasy didn't even manage to achieve 'cheesy'.
Anyone remember the details of Tai going behind the back of one lover? Did that woman think it was monogamous?
Also, she is hot without being hot in a high-status way, which is a condition likely to have gotten her abuse from just about every single quarter.
What I'm trying to figure out is whether this is pathological jealousy in Marigold or something really going on with Dale and Emily.
Pathological jealousy can be a nasty pervasive condition that's hard to treat or control, and isn't fixed by 'going away and growing up' if it's real and chronic. Marigold has the kind of insecurity that makes her a candidate for that, and Dale's going to have a hard time if he's going to be living with it (as I did for several years, until it was safe to escape)
On the other hand, the first scene with Dale and Emily in the COD looked like the sort of high-energy flirtation that could develop into a lot more, in which case Marigold's concerns are quite legitimate.
I can only hope Dale will pick up on the boldface type of Marigold's "no reason" in that last panel so her jealousy can at least be addressed before it evolves into something dangerous, as jealousy does.
I also don't really understand the distaste for Marigold here. Maybe it's because I struggle with low self esteem in very similar ways to her, but I find her endearing.
So, I find myself really wondering what's Marigold's angle here.
Dale's being a little oblivious here.
So, I find myself really wondering what's Marigold's angle here.
I'm confused about why you'd expect jealousy to have an angle.
She walked in on Dale having fun with an attractive, available, intelligent young woman whom he sees most days of the week and had a gut reaction to it, and she's the type who dwells on those gut reactions rather than let them pass.
"It's not that deep," as they say.
What I'm trying to figure out is whether this is pathological jealousy in Marigold or something really going on with Dale and Emily. Pathological jealousy can be a nasty pervasive condition that's hard to treat or control, and isn't fixed by 'going away and growing up' if it's real and chronic.
...
Pathological jealousy, also known as Morbid jealousy, Othello syndrome or delusional jealousy, is a psychological disorder in which a person is preoccupied with the thought that their spouse or sexual partner is being unfaithful without having any real proof, along with socially unacceptable or abnormal behaviour related to these thoughts. The most common cited forms of psychopathology in morbid jealousy are delusions and obsessions. It is considered a subtype of delusional disorder.
Some symptoms of pathological jealousy include:[citation needed]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathological_jealousy
X is functional and safe to those around her. X has deficits in her contact with reality. She is by her own assessment weird, but we must avoid pathologizing weirdness.
"causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning".
I disagree. Not everybody goes this far in that matter. Some people actually believe denials.
Anyone remember the details of Tai going behind the back of one lover? Did that woman think it was monogamous?
That happened?
The only big relationship upset I recall with Tai was her asking a lover to go monogamous and the lover kinda blowing up at her for it.
"Significant distress or impairment", k?
Quote from: Case"Significant distress or impairment", k?
Does Emily experience clinically significant distress or impairment?
She's the one to ask of course. Without her input I think we could argue it either way.
Without her input I think we could argue it either way.
I disagree. Not everybody goes this far in that matter. Some people actually believe denials.
There's a ideal in law called "The Reasonable Person" focusing on how a typical person, with ordinary prudence, would act in certain circumstances.
Marigold in this instance is not a "reasonable person".
I disagree. Not everybody goes this far in that matter. Some people actually believe denials.
There's a ideal in law called "The Reasonable Person" focusing on how a typical person, with ordinary prudence, would act in certain circumstances.
Marigold in this instance is not a "reasonable person".
Not objecting to your characterization of Marigold (I think it's spot on) - just wanted to add that our capitalist/market economy/enter favouritetermhere societies put significant resources into ensuring that most women (and not a few men) feel precisely that way about themselves, their bodies, their behaviour, the degree of happiness/contentness. What better way to ensure there's demand for your product than by creating it? What easier way to create demand than by telling people they are deficient?
Yes, it is most definitely unreasonable, sometimes bordering on pathological even - but it's sadly also normal.
So this started with someone suggesting Emily needs help.
She apparently didn't have friends before "We've adopted another one". Major impairment compared to baseline, and social isolation causes organic problems in the long run. That points one way.
Her employer, her friends, and everyone we've seen her dating do not seem concerned. That points the other way.
Case, would it help if I rephrased it as "not all weird people need help"? 'Cause that is what I'm trying to say. Emily is certainly weird. That's not by itself enough data to show mental illness.
QuotePathological jealousy, also known as Morbid jealousy, Othello syndrome or delusional jealousy, is a psychological disorder in which a person is preoccupied with the thought that their spouse or sexual partner is being unfaithful without having any real proof, along with socially unacceptable or abnormal behaviour related to these thoughts. The most common cited forms of psychopathology in morbid jealousy are delusions and obsessions. It is considered a subtype of delusional disorder.
Some symptoms of pathological jealousy include:[citation needed]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathological_jealousy
I’m hoping there’s a “Momo to the rescue” component to this story, because Momo is the one person who can tell Marigold what an idiot she’s being. (Well, May could and would do that too, but Momo is the one she would listen to.)
I’m hoping there’s a “Momo to the rescue” component to this story, because Momo is the one person who can tell Marigold what an idiot she’s being. (Well, May could and would do that too, but Momo is the one she would listen to.)
Momo is also quite capable of zapping some sense into Marigold if need be.
These are also ever so typical of perpetrators of domestic violence.(click to show/hide)
What I'm trying to figure out is whether this is pathological jealousy in Marigold or something really going on with Dale and Emily. Pathological jealousy can be a nasty pervasive condition that's hard to treat or control, and isn't fixed by 'going away and growing up' if it's real and chronic.
...QuotePathological jealousy, also known as Morbid jealousy, Othello syndrome or delusional jealousy, is a psychological disorder in which a person is preoccupied with the thought that their spouse or sexual partner is being unfaithful without having any real proof, along with socially unacceptable or abnormal behaviour related to these thoughts. The most common cited forms of psychopathology in morbid jealousy are delusions and obsessions. It is considered a subtype of delusional disorder.
Some symptoms of pathological jealousy include:[citation needed]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathological_jealousy
Hmmmmmh ... IDK, 'delusional' is not the first word I'd associate with Marbear.
I can only hope Dale will pick up on the boldface type of Marigold's "no reason" in that last panel so her jealousy can at least be addressed before it evolves into something dangerous, as jealousy does.
I also don't really understand the distaste for Marigold here. Maybe it's because I struggle with low self esteem in very similar ways to her, but I find her endearing.
As one of the people who aren't as endeared by Marigold: her low self-esteem is a very relatable character trait, but the way she chooses to make other people suffer for it is annoying. Dale has no idea what's going on, and he's at the same level of social awkwardness as Marigold so she knows he needs things clearly spelled out just as she does.
So, armed with that knowledge,what does she do? She runs him through an interrogation about Emily while giving him no clue about the context. Charming.
Are you saying I'm accusing Marigold of being a potential puppy squisher or that I dislike her? Uh, no. I'm saying that if Jeph is going to tackle domestic violence in this arc (which he may or may not do), don't be surprised if he has Marigold acting out.
Seriously, I understand that people don't like certain characters, but can we perhaps draw a bloody breath between "dislike" and "I'm pretty sure she's gonna kill that puppy!"??
We're also in no position to characterise her jealousy as a preoccupation or as obsessive, which seems to me to be a key characteristic.
We're also in no position to characterise her jealousy as a preoccupation or as obsessive, which seems to me to be a key characteristic.
True, and my introduction of the topic was based only on her jealousy possibly having no real external cause (i.e. Dale might not actually be having/planning an affair with Emily).
A domestic violence story would be uncharacteristically dark.
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So, to summarise the last few weeks’ forums:
Tilly is evil
Evie is evil
Marigold is evil
Next week’s poll should be — who is going to be evil this week?