After my previous post - it's the last one on the previous page, so I think almost nobody actually saw it
- sprouted this interesting coffee discussion, here's something else I noticed (I'm currently rereading the comic from the beginning, this is why I stumble upon these things):
Steve and Marten talk about "speed beer" being their college sport:
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1386 Also, a few comics before that, Marten talks about college and winter and snow:
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1336 And here I was always thinking that Marten went to college in California and then only moved to Massachussets afterwards to be with Vicky, where he also met Steve! I just looked it up: California apparently has snow in the mountains, but probably not that much in the cities near the coast, right? So, where did Marten go to college? Is there a college town with lots of snow in California? Also, we still know Marten and Steve did not go to college together, so "speed beer" can't really have been their common hobby in college.
Possible solution: When Steve says "our school sport", the "our" might not mean Marten and him, but just his college.
So anyway, now I can't decide whether this is an inconsistency in the story or not.