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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. :-)   
      
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