Topic: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread (Read 47073 times)

Smallest · « **Reply #150 on:** 11 Sep 2013, 10:00 »

Quote from: Neko_Ali on 11 Sep 2013, 07:32

It's entirely likely that Tai has talked about her piercings, including ones you can't see. She likes to talk about her hood piercing after all. Assuming she hasn't shown them off to the co-workers/friends anyway... This is Tai we are talking about. She dropped trousers in front of Marten when she got the piercing done with no problem.

This, and also she might have some facial ones that are worn on some days and not others

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #151 on:** 11 Sep 2013, 10:57 »

Quote from: Rghfrgl on 11 Sep 2013, 09:18

[...] Momo could have a arc about getting piercings [...]

I'm stealing this pun. I can't think what to do with it though

Thrudd · « **Reply #152 on:** 11 Sep 2013, 11:21 »

Quote from: Pilchard123 on 11 Sep 2013, 10:57

Quote from: Rghfrgl on 11 Sep 2013, 09:18
[...] Momo could have a arc about getting piercings [...]
I'm stealing this pun. I can't think what to do with it though

It would be a shocking reveal but only after she hammers out the rough spots.

jmucchiello · « **Reply #153 on:** 11 Sep 2013, 13:38 »

Quote from: Arancaytar on 11 Sep 2013, 03:51

Accompanying redheaded girls getting piercings is Marten's new side gig, I gather.

Maybe he gets a commission when he brings in a redheaded girl for a piercing.

It's my headcanon now!

FunkyTuba · « **Reply #154 on:** 11 Sep 2013, 14:12 »

here's hoping for a particular image to show up in next week's caption contest...

(click to show/hide)

muon · « **Reply #155 on:** 11 Sep 2013, 14:40 »

Quote from: ZoeB on 11 Sep 2013, 05:42

squee.

I say again, SQUEE

SQUEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

Quote

Getting my ears pierced was a big deal for me too.

And yeah, getting my ears pierced was a pretty big deal for me too, although at that point I had been pretty out with the way I dress for about a year already.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #156 on:** 11 Sep 2013, 14:47 »

I remember I got my ears pierced near the end of the summer between years of college, then stretched them out over the course of the school year, then took them out and let them shrink. Kind of tempted to repierce them but I don't know how professional it would be in law school.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #157 on:** 11 Sep 2013, 20:55 »

Claire is adorable.

Rghfrgl · « **Reply #158 on:** 11 Sep 2013, 20:58 »

Friday's is up too, at least at the moment.

Carl-E · « **Reply #159 on:** 11 Sep 2013, 21:04 »

Not anymore!

Method of Madness · « **Reply #160 on:** 11 Sep 2013, 21:47 »

On the contrary.

ankhtahr · « **Reply #161 on:** 11 Sep 2013, 22:45 »

I'm not gonna look. That'd be like opening presents early.

Kugai · « **Reply #162 on:** 11 Sep 2013, 23:56 »

She's done a bounce and go landing, now she has to go round and line up the runway again.

CrowFairy · « **Reply #163 on:** 12 Sep 2013, 00:30 »

I accidentally saw it before I saw today's actual comic. D: My boyfriend was all, "QC is up," and I was all, "Yeah, I know--wait, what's that?" By the time he looked, it was already the proper comic. Imagine my confusion!

KOK · « **Reply #164 on:** 12 Sep 2013, 01:37 »

Why does she do it if she finds it so frightening? Lots of women live happily with no piercings.

CrowFairy · « **Reply #165 on:** 12 Sep 2013, 01:48 »

Ears are fun to accessorize! I say this as a person who has been too afraid to get her ears pierced because I'd literally faint if I saw the needle. I have anxiety attacks over them. x_x And I know I'd spend all my money on earrings.

Seriously, go on Etsy and look at how many wonderful kinds of earrings there are. Accessorizing is fun, and my guess is that Claire wants to enjoy what so many other females our age have been brave enough to do.

DSL · « **Reply #166 on:** 12 Sep 2013, 02:06 »

Quote from: KOK on 12 Sep 2013, 01:37

Why does she do it if she finds it so frightening? Lots of women live happily with no piercings.

A possibility: "Go where you're not comfortable." Or facing a fear, or some such motivational stuff. Or as one of the more thoughtful forumites pointed out earlier, this might be her first "OK, now it's time to do a girl thing" thing -- although the number of guys getting punctured makes that a shaky generalization indeed.

Eh, me ... I don't elect to get punctured unless it involves the nice Red Cross lady trading me OJ for Type O, but that's just me.

KOK · « **Reply #167 on:** 12 Sep 2013, 02:12 »

But she does not need piercings to be more feminine. She is entirely feminine as is.

DSL · « **Reply #168 on:** 12 Sep 2013, 02:19 »

Quote from: KOK on 12 Sep 2013, 02:12

But she does not need piercings to be more feminine. She is entirely feminine as is.

Ain't what I said.

Welu · « **Reply #169 on:** 12 Sep 2013, 04:24 »

Quote from: KOK on 12 Sep 2013, 01:37

Why does she do it if she finds it so frightening? Lots of women live happily with no piercings.

Fear of pain, I'm guessing. I'm always terrified before a tattoo or piercings and build up the pain a lot in my head. Then, usually, it's nowhere near as painful as I thought and makes the getting a little easier since it wasn't as bad as in my head.
Then once I've got it, I'm super delighted and forget all about the pain. Claire may do the same.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #170 on:** 12 Sep 2013, 04:28 »

Feminine to your perception does not mean feminine in her head, and like Emo said, it's fun! Personally I've considered getting a piercing (outer ear, like a wrap around bit, I have no clue what those are called in this mythic "real world") but watch one or two earrings get ripped out in hand to hand and it puts you off them for good.

Quote from: jmucchiello on 11 Sep 2013, 13:38

Quote from: Arancaytar on 11 Sep 2013, 03:51
Accompanying redheaded girls getting piercings is Marten's new side gig, I gather.
Maybe he gets a commission when he brings in a redheaded girl for a piercing.

It's my headcanon now!

I just found my new calling in life.

Carl-E · « **Reply #171 on:** 12 Sep 2013, 06:57 »

Are you talking about an earcuff? Those don't generally need a piercing, they just wrap around the cartilage wave at the outside edge of your ear.

Big back in the 80's-90's.

Border Reiver · « **Reply #172 on:** 12 Sep 2013, 08:55 »

Quote from: jmucchiello on 11 Sep 2013, 13:38

Quote from: Arancaytar on 11 Sep 2013, 03:51
Accompanying redheaded girls getting piercings is Marten's new side gig, I gather.
Maybe he gets a commission when he brings in a redheaded girl for a piercing.

It's my headcanon now!

Why would Marten want to be an officer?

DSL · « **Reply #173 on:** 12 Sep 2013, 09:48 »

Quote from: Border Reiver on 12 Sep 2013, 08:55

Quote from: jmucchiello on 11 Sep 2013, 13:38
Quote from: Arancaytar on 11 Sep 2013, 03:51
Accompanying redheaded girls getting piercings is Marten's new side gig, I gather.
Maybe he gets a commission when he brings in a redheaded girl for a piercing.

It's my headcanon now!

Why would Marten want to be an officer?

Being an officer is cool only if you get your own head cannon.

(Who's left, then? Harriet?)

Barmymoo · « **Reply #174 on:** 12 Sep 2013, 10:12 »

I have a cuff (somewhere...) which has an earring on a chain attached to the ornate cuff bit. I feel like it makes me look a bit like a lesbian pirate. I'm not sure if I'd wear it any more but I wish I knew where it was so I could have the option!

Loki · « **Reply #175 on:** 12 Sep 2013, 11:12 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 12 Sep 2013, 06:57

Are you talking about an earcuff? Those don't generally need a piercing, they just wrap around the cartilage wave at the outside edge of your ear.

...I need that.

Storel · « **Reply #176 on:** 12 Sep 2013, 11:26 »

[ ] more funny!

Quote from: Westrim on 08 Sep 2013, 23:12

Jeez, what was Dale's issue with the pizza job? It didn't seem that bad.

I'm surprised nobody has posted this yet: 2476

Quote from: Westrim on 08 Sep 2013, 23:12

Quote from: ankhtahr on 08 Sep 2013, 04:10
What about "More doom"?
I thought More door was doomy enough. You can't simply walk into it, after all.

Grooooaaan.

Quote from: Zemyla on 10 Sep 2013, 08:52

Quote from: Neko_Ali on 10 Sep 2013, 05:37
Social stigmata is still a real thing, even if it is easing up.
Given we were talking about piercings, this is a particularly disturbing typo.

Well put, Zemyla, and a belated "Welcome!"

Quote from: Method of Madness on 10 Sep 2013, 18:48

I seriously doubt Tai would do that. I also wonder how he'll fit that many names in the liner notes.

Quote from: Redball on 10 Sep 2013, 19:00

Jeph's wondering that as I post this.

Multi-page liner notes, or three-point type. Or both, if necessary.

jwhouk · « **Reply #177 on:** 12 Sep 2013, 15:23 »

"For a list of everyone who helped on this album, please go to questionablecontent.net/linernotes."

Method of Madness · « **Reply #178 on:** 12 Sep 2013, 17:13 »

It's not there. That being said, I really hope he does put a QR code in the actual liner notes linking to that.

jwhouk · « **Reply #179 on:** 12 Sep 2013, 18:30 »

I didn't say it was actually there right now. I was just throwing that out as a suggestion.

Carl-E · « **Reply #180 on:** 12 Sep 2013, 20:21 »

www.gullible.com

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #181 on:** 12 Sep 2013, 20:22 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 12 Sep 2013, 06:57

Are you talking about an earcuff? Those don't generally need a piercing, they just wrap around the cartilage wave at the outside edge of your ear.

Big back in the 80's-90's.

So that's what they're called.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/157282280/the-dwarvish-ear-cuff-silver-lotr-hobbit?ref=sr_gallery_4&sref=sr_59bb20cade06639c91b03d5a412803765e3a7801bde89fd7a3d30bf66a453a91_1379042050_14674645_ear_cuff&ga_gclid=CN6vi_yzx7kCFUFnOgodqmYAIA&ga_search_query=celtic+ear+cuff&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_utm_source=google&ga_utm_medium=sem&ga_utm_geo=global&ga_utm_term=celtic+ear+cuff_Phrase&ga_utm_campaign=adobe_Jewelry-Body&ga_utm_ag=Body-Ear+Cuffs&ga_ef_id=UjKDAQAAAeE4wHTC%3A20130913031409%3As&ga_search_type=all

I like this one!

Quote from: Barmymoo on 12 Sep 2013, 10:12

I have a cuff (somewhere...) which has an earring on a chain attached to the ornate cuff bit. I feel like it makes me look a bit like a lesbian pirate. I'm not sure if I'd wear it any more but I wish I knew where it was so I could have the option!

No no! It makes you look Bajoran!

Arancaytar · « **Reply #182 on:** 12 Sep 2013, 20:38 »

Chekhov's sign:

Quote from: sign

You must be over 18 or have a guardian present.

Next week starts off with Marten being mistaken for underage-Claire's guardian (not implausible, since Claire could pass for fourteen and he for mid-thirties), causing further awkwardness between them and prematurely giving him midlife-crisis feels. I'm calling it.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #183 on:** 12 Sep 2013, 21:10 »

Quote from: jwhouk on 12 Sep 2013, 18:30

I didn't say it was actually there right now. I was just throwing that out as a suggestion.

You used quotes, and it wasn't unreasonable. Why wouldn't I have checked?

Skewbrow · « **Reply #184 on:** 12 Sep 2013, 21:12 »

So I had to google up "Prince Albert". The result was ... educational.

Carl-E · « **Reply #185 on:** 12 Sep 2013, 21:17 »

Was he in the can?

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #186 on:** 12 Sep 2013, 21:27 »

Prince Alberts visit the can several times a day.

Skewbrow · « **Reply #187 on:** 12 Sep 2013, 21:30 »

... and occasionally take Victoria for a joy ride.

Kugai · « **Reply #188 on:** 12 Sep 2013, 22:50 »

And this is where we find out about another of Jimbos jobs.

Akima · « **Reply #189 on:** 13 Sep 2013, 03:43 »

Why are there racks of sweaters or hoodies or something in a piercing/tattooing place? Do they normally sell clothes as well in the USA? Take in dry cleaning? Have a huge staff who nearly all wear black?

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #190 on:** 13 Sep 2013, 04:32 »

Quick replacements for blood-stained garments.

no one special · « **Reply #191 on:** 13 Sep 2013, 04:42 »

I love how Marten has absolutely zero reaction to the screams of horror. That man has seen some shit.

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #192 on:** 13 Sep 2013, 04:59 »

It occurs to me that "You must be 18 or have a guardian present" could be taken to mean that people who are 19-plus must also have a guardian present.

bhtooefr · « **Reply #193 on:** 13 Sep 2013, 05:07 »

Re: Prince Alberts:

NOPENOPENOPENOPENOPE

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #194 on:** 13 Sep 2013, 05:19 »

Iristindhe · « **Reply #195 on:** 13 Sep 2013, 05:36 »

Quote from: Arancaytar on 12 Sep 2013, 20:38

Chekhov's sign:

Quote from: sign
You must be over 18 or have a guardian present.

Next week starts off with Marten being mistaken for underage-Claire's guardian (not implausible, since Claire could pass for fourteen and he for mid-thirties), causing further awkwardness between them and prematurely giving him midlife-crisis feels. I'm calling it.

Or worse - Claire being asked for ID. She DOES look pretty young, and... well, if her ID still says 'male', she might not want to show it... I dunno.

I'm hoping it's not that, though. Too traumatic.

ankhtahr · « **Reply #196 on:** 13 Sep 2013, 05:37 »

Quote from: Pilchard123 on 13 Sep 2013, 04:59

It occurs to me that "You must be 18 or have a guardian present" could be taken to mean that people who are 19-plus must also have a guardian present.

Damn. A day too late. Good thing I don't want a piercing or tattoo.

Skewbrow · « **Reply #197 on:** 13 Sep 2013, 05:58 »

Happy B-day, Ankhtar, anyway :-/

Carl-E · « **Reply #198 on:** 13 Sep 2013, 06:31 »

Quote from: Akima on 13 Sep 2013, 03:43

Why are there racks of sweaters or hoodies or something in a piercing/tattooing place? Do they normally sell clothes as well in the USA? Take in dry cleaning? Have a huge staff who nearly all wear black?

The Bearded Lady in Provincetown sells t-shirts with her logo and several... "cute" sayings. She did my older daughter's eyebrow a few years ago.

Loki · « **Reply #199 on:** 13 Sep 2013, 06:59 »

Quote from: ankhtahr on 13 Sep 2013, 05:37

Quote from: Pilchard123 on 13 Sep 2013, 04:59
It occurs to me that "You must be 18 or have a guardian present" could be taken to mean that people who are 19-plus must also have a guardian present.

Damn. A day too late. Good thing I don't want a piercing or tattoo.

ARG GODDAMMIT I WROTE IT DOWN WHEN YOU MENTIONED IT LAST WEEK BUT I FORGOT

Happy Birthday!

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