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|    Wouter Valentijn to Vidcapper    |
|    Re: 9 Irritating Thngs About Buffy    |
|    04 Dec 14 19:53:29    |
      From: liam@valentijn.nu              Vidcapper schreef op 4-12-2014 18:18:       > On 04/12/2014 09:59, Wouter Valentijn wrote:       >> David schreef op 3-12-2014 21:30:       >>>       >>>       >>> http://www.bustle.com/articles/50379-9-irritating-things-abo       t-buffy-you-only-notice-when-you-re-watch-the-show       >>>       >>>       >>>       >>>       >>> DAWN WAS 14, BUT SHE ACTED WAY YOUNGER       >>> She was rude and annoying, always popping up when she wasn’t wanted and       >>> making the already-difficult lives of the Scooby Gang even harder. This       >>> might have been excusable if she was 10, even 12, but girl was 14 when       >>> she first appeared. She was a teenager in high school, and still she       >>> felt the need to whine about Buffy or incessantly badger Joyce every       >>> chance she got.       >>> [[more at the link]]       >>       >> She was the younger sibling. Probably more protected and pampered.       >> Stunts the need for 'growing up'.       >>       >>>       >>> NO ONE HAD SIBLINGS.       >>> And speaking of Dawn — before her arrival in season 5, no member of the       >>> show’s main trio, or even their friends, had siblings. Buffy, I get, but       >>> Xander, Willow, Cordelia and Oz? That seems like a bit of a stretch.       >>> [[more at the link]]       >>       >> Not really. On my mom's side of the family there was only one of her       >> siblings that had two kids. The other four (including herself that is)       >> only had one. Families are getting smaller and smaller.       >> A century ago families might have 10 kids or more.       >       > But only 2 or 3 of them might survive to adulthood...       >       >       >              That varied, a fair number did reach adulthood, looking at various       population registers. At least in my country.       I'm an archives guy. :-)              --       Wouter Valentijn http://www.j3v.net              "Nothing in Hell can stop the Timberwolves"              Motto of the 104th Infantry Division (United States)              http://zeppodunsel.blogspot.nl/              liam=mail              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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