Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCT: September 14-18, 2009
MegaLexi:
--- Quote from: Blackjoker on 16 Sep 2009, 03:43 ---suddenly remembered the man-bot Hannelore got from her dad. Dunno why, but I could see Marigold learning about it and wanting to..experiment. If nothing else, if it fails as a companion she can play WoW on it.
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Oh lord. Winslow and Momo are known to talk, if I remember correctly. What if they end up trying to modify it to give Momo an un-chibi body?
Binary:
--- Quote from: danman on 16 Sep 2009, 08:41 ---
--- Quote from: nichidani on 16 Sep 2009, 05:24 ---yeesh, tell me about it. besides, don't you know the classic 90s movie formula?
nerdy girl - glasses = hot girl
... though i am still not POKING MYSELF IN THE EYE for fashion purposes, and i also really like my glasses.
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Hmm, it need not to be for fashion purposes...
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Glasses do not function well in rain. It was pouring down on the day I was first fitted with contacts (bloody hell, that was 32 years ago!) and I can still remember how wonderful it was to be able to walk home from the opticians and see the world clearly instead of through a blur of droplets.
The poking yourself in the eye thing... not so bad. You don't jab them into place, you gently offer them up to the eyeball until the surface tension of the wetting fluid pulls the lens into place. It really is painless.
Also, sometimes nerdy girl + glasses = hot girl. Sue Perkins is hot.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38523000/jpg/_38523851_sue_perkins_300c4.jpg
http://www.chortle.co.uk/shows/edinburgh_fringe_2005/s/1645/sue_perkins:_spectacle_wearer_of_the_year_2006
Gespenst:
--- Quote from: danman on 16 Sep 2009, 13:25 ---
Firstly, using this number is an gross overestimate a) incidence of homosexuality certainly does not exceed 5% (look at STATISTICS)
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I'd be quite interested in seeing your statistics. As far as I know the only real statistics available are from the Kinsey reports. Which gave the number at around 10%. Now admittedly the reports are nearly 60 years out of date (although honestly I'd expect that to increase the numbers not decrease them), Dr. Kinsey's methodology was at times... questionable (to say the least) and we must always remember the three kinds of lies (lies, damn lies and statistics) but since they're all we've got to work with...
--- Quote from: danman on 16 Sep 2009, 13:25 ---secondly none of them can be homosexual since both enjoy looking at MEN!
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Because there are no bisexuals?
By the way: every single lesbian that I know likes to read yaoi. It's no indicator at all.
--- Quote from: danman on 16 Sep 2009, 13:25 ---It is interesting that you object to choosing the most probable possibility - at the chance being 1:19 at best and QC already having several such characters , finding another would be statistically anonymous
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It... what?
...Anomalous?
Just looking at the numbers might give you the impression that only x% of a group is y, but a random selection might chose every member of the group that is y. And there isn't going to be an even distribution in real life. What are the chances that a gay man would chose to live in ...say...Louisiana versus San Francisco? Not only that but ...well... "birds of a feather flock together" it makes sense for a number of reasons that gay people will have a higher number of gay friends (they aren't going to be homophonic at the very least). Almost all of my close friends are either gay or bisexual.
But no matter what you do and where you go some bugger is going to screw up your curve. :-P
--- Quote from: danman on 16 Sep 2009, 13:25 ---And what does 'originate in homophobia' even mean ...
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It means that it has it's roots in homophobia?
But what I think that poster meant to refer to was the idea that heterosexuality is 'the norm'. Therefore everyone is straight until proven otherwise. (And the threshold is usually staggeringly high, often just saying that you are isn’t enough).
I think that's called heteronormativity or something.
But whether that is a homophobic stance I couldn't say.
...of course none of the things I've said mean that I think that either Hannelore and Marigold are gay or bisexual. They say they aren't so that's good enough for me.
The Duke:
Jesus, did I miss the memo about the Longest Post Contest? Wow.
Jeff7:
--- Quote from: snubnose on 16 Sep 2009, 00:47 ---In reality, Merigold would be the hottest chick a nerd could ever imagine.
And they're seriously girl-starved, too.
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Hey! No we'....I....you......I'm going to shake my fist in your general direction, and possibly bite my thumb as well.
Darn kids....
:-D
--- Quote from: plethora on 16 Sep 2009, 07:03 ---
--- Quote from: nichidani on 16 Sep 2009, 05:24 ---... though i am still not POKING MYSELF IN THE EYE for fashion purposes, and i also really like my glasses.
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I love my glasses too. Glasses are sexy.
And the poking yourself in the eye thing freaks me out too, but you get used to it.
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My glasses have saved my eyes from pretty serious damage on several occasions. The most random one was standing by a street waiting to cross, and a stone smacked my glasses with quite a good bit of speed. I'd rather not think too much about what would have happened otherwise.
Other things glasses have saved me from:
- The corner of a table when I tripped slightly.
- My own damn clumsy, twitchy fingers.
- A screwdriver.
- Solder flux - incidentally, I also learned that eye protection is normally recommended when soldering.
--- Quote from: Delirium on 16 Sep 2009, 14:35 ---Marigold's nose looks REALLY unappealing from the side.
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--- Quote from: maddness on 16 Sep 2009, 14:38 ---I think Marigold's face is my favorite of all the QC characters partly because of her nose.
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Aaaaaand, FIGHT!
I rather like it.
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