Oh god, please don't let it be Marten and Hairy-Armpits girl macking it out later....
Oh god, please don't let it be Marten and Hairy-Armpits girl macking it out later....:? Um, why not ? :?
Could be wrong, but from what little we have seen of Delilah I didn't get the feeling she was interested in Martin.
Some people seem to have an irrational disgust for armpit hair.Oh god, please don't let it be Marten and Hairy-Armpits girl macking it out later....:? Um, why not ? :?
Actually, Abby Potter is a lieutenant.
Actually, Abby Potter is a lieutenant.
TBH. Lt Potter would be perfect for Marten. He needs a dom.
TBH. Lt Potter would be perfect for Marten. He needs a dom.
I can't agree with that. Marten need someone who is willing and able to give him some space. Otherwise he'll erase himself completely, and resent both himself and his partner.
Delilah somehow feels wrong. And I do not think it is because of the hair. Marten, please stay away!Delilah looks like she'll be his wingwoman. If Tai flies, then he'll have two!
TBH. Lt Potter would be perfect for Marten. He needs a dom.
I can't agree with that. Marten need someone who is willing and able to give him some space. Otherwise he'll erase himself completely, and resent both himself and his partner.
Then a space lieutenant would be perfect.
Some people seem to have an irrational disgust for armpit hair.Hu ? Weird !
Space Lt is past and gone; further discussion of that sort may unleash the anti-shipping monster.
Definitely agreeing with this, I don't think Delilah is interested but she may well play alongDelilah somehow feels wrong. And I do not think it is because of the hair. Marten, please stay away!Delilah looks like she'll be his wingwoman. If Tai flies, then he'll have two!
But unless Marten ups his game, we might see at the end of the night the dreaded 'missing man' formation.
I think all of you interpret too much into these comics.
TBH. Lt Potter would be perfect for Marten. He needs a dom.
I can't agree with that. Marten need someone who is willing and able to give him some space. Otherwise he'll erase himself completely, and resent both himself and his partner.
I picture something like the space monsters (http://www.toponeraegunbuster.com/Gunbuster-Aliens.html) in GunBuster and Diebuster:(click to show/hide)
(In that picture, Gunbuster is speared by the monster, top left, but is destroying it with lightning.)
Definitely agreeing with this, I don't think Delilah is interested but she may well play along
Made it to JFK. Now I have three hours to kill. There won’t be a regular comic tonight but I’ll get something up when I get home at 2am.
Hm. Seems like Marten doesn't like the thought that Tai may think she owes Marten. Or the thought that the party may have simply been Mission: Get Marten Laid. One of the two, or possibly both.
About the poll: since I do not know the etiquette in those cases, I leave the poll to the iniative of a better-versed forum dweller.Nope, only the thread creator and the mods can change the poll. I added a poll in there, but it's on you to provide the options!
Hm. Seems like Marten doesn't like the thought that Tai may think she owes Marten. Or the thought that the party may have simply been Mission: Get Marten Laid. One of the two, or possibly both.
I think he was just surprised that she was so straightforward about it. Also i think he's gonna feel pressured now and be nervous, but hopefully get over it. I think swingseat girl is a good choice, because she seems to be a quieter, more reserved person that marten might actually be able to approach. Also, as we noted last week, she was left out of introductions. Maybe Mr. Jemphs decided that so he would have an open. Now he can go up and say "hey, i didn't get your name" or something.
TBH. Lt Potter would be perfect for Marten. He needs a dom.
I can't agree with that. Marten need someone who is willing and able to give him some space. Otherwise he'll erase himself completely, and resent both himself and his partner.
I agree with Lubricus. Marten's already HAD a dom for most of his life -- his mother -- and IMHO she's the reason he's so passive in the first place. He needs someone much mellower, but I don't think Delilah is right for him either, and she doesn't seem interested anyway.I picture something like the space monsters (http://www.toponeraegunbuster.com/Gunbuster-Aliens.html) in GunBuster and Diebuster:(click to show/hide)
(In that picture, Gunbuster is speared by the monster, top left, but is destroying it with lightning.)
Now that's an anti-space-shipping monster if I ever saw one! Great pic. 8-)Definitely agreeing with this, I don't think Delilah is interested but she may well play along
Yes, this.
bazookaBazookat?
Is that Sweet Tits firing the bazooka? Unusual filler art this time.
It is an RPC (Rocket Propelled Cat).RPC-7 by the looks. Well drawn too.
Swingseat girl is the only other girl at the party we've seen so far but from what we've seen of her in 2617 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2617) she seems somewhat reserved or timid
Jeph's habit of drawing a bonercat when he took a break was the reason for his accounts being closed at not one but two (possibly even three?) streaming services that he used to use so that we could watch him drawing. Bonercat corrupts the nation by its very existence, in case you didn't know; and now he's put it in the main comic!
Jeph's habit of drawing a bonercat when he took a break was the reason for his accounts being closed at not one but two (possibly even three?) streaming services that he used to use so that we could watch him drawing. Bonercat corrupts the nation by its very existence, in case you didn't know; and now he's put it in the main comic!
I have to wonder, what is a valid target for a Bonercat, since they are clearly and verifiably disruptive in nature? Maybe it's the only thing capable of taking down an espresso fueled Pintsize. (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2126)
Well now I know what to use as a weapon in the Mafia game.Note to self: add a Bonercat character to the game. :evil:
With all of the shipping of Marten and Delilah- do we even know if she is into guys? She might be only into girls and is being friendly with a friend of a friend who is clearly not comfortable
Nachos are life. Life is desire. Desire is suffering. Suffering is life. Suffering is not nachos. Nachos are tasty. I think my train of thought derailed.http://xkcd.com/140/
I think the only reason swingseat girl is even coming up as an option for people is that we know absolutely nothing about her.Thank you! This thread suddenly makes sense to me now. :-D
Blank screens are the best ones for projecting... :roll:
I think the only reason swingseat girl is even coming up as an option for people is that we know absolutely nothing about her.
Blank screens are the best ones for projecting... :roll:
yes, it's bonercat (http://bonercat.tumblr.com/) all right
Aliens crashing on Earth, Hannelore ends up being their mouthpiece like Fry in FuturamaNO TOUCHING HANNERS !!! :x :x :x
I think the only reason swingseat girl is even coming up as an option for people is that we know absolutely nothing about her.I dont come up with the option, I just find it weird it gets ruled out.
Blank screens are the best ones for projecting... :roll:
If we couldn't date women our friends had dated, we wouldn't be able to date anyone.Um, what ? I never dated a woman my friends had dated before ... where are you living that you only have such a small pool of options ?!?!?
Mu ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Why are they called bonercat? I can see why you could call the one in yesterday's filler page that, but why are those this link points to called bonercats?
Ask and Wikipedia shall provide (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu_%28negative%29).Mu ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?I think it's a Zen thing - it 'unasks' the question, or something.
Ask and Wikipedia shall provide (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu_%28negative%29).Mu ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?I think it's a Zen thing - it 'unasks' the question, or something.
If we couldn't date women our friends had dated, we wouldn't be able to date anyone.Um, what ? I never dated a woman my friends had dated before ... where are you living that you only have such a small pool of options ?!?!?
The way I see Delilah's behavior toward Marten, she's mostly being platonically friendly and making him welcome, and also having a little fun at his expense by saying stuff to get a reaction out of him. She could be a good pal, but if he hangs out with her, he's gonna be the straight man.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Wu_%28negative%29.svg/200px-Wu_%28negative%29.svg.png)
Delilah's use of mu (wu in Chinese) is questionably appropriate, but she certainly succeeded in provoking the Great Doubt in Marten. The journey of a thousand miles begins with but a single step.
"At the bottom of great doubt lies great awakening. If you doubt fully, you will awaken fully". Hakuin Ekaku.
yes, it's bonercat (http://bonercat.tumblr.com/) all right
Why are they called bonercat? I can see why you could call the one in yesterday's filler page that, but why are those this link points to called bonercats?
Delilah's use of mu (wu in Chinese) is questionably appropriateAppropriate as in fitting?
Actually, Abby Potter is a lieutenant.
TBH. Lt Potter would be perfect for Marten. He needs a dom.
I can't agree with that. Marten need someone who is willing and able to give him some space. Otherwise he'll erase himself completely, and resent both himself and his partner.
Oh gawwwwd, how did I not see that? (I was thinking of this (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2481).)The way I see Delilah's behavior toward Marten, she's mostly being platonically friendly and making him welcome, and also having a little fun at his expense by saying stuff to get a reaction out of him. She could be a good pal, but if he hangs out with her, he's gonna be the straight man.
...I think the pun jar wants to have a word with you.
...I think the pun jar wants to have a word with you.Damn it, what have I said about pun shaming? ::)
Other way around.
If we couldn't date women our friends had dated, we wouldn't be able to date anyone.Um, what ? I never dated a woman my friends had dated before ... where are you living that you only have such a small pool of options ?!?!?
Sitnspin said it in the part you didn't quote. Lesbians. Or really gay and transgender people as well. In fact that was an exact complaint that one of my cousins (who is lesbian) said to me one time. Especially true in smaller towns, there are really only so many other lesbians around that most of the time people wind up dating everyone eventually, trying to find someone to match. Bigger cities it would be better. More people, even with low percentages of same-sex attracted people you have a bigger pool to choose from.. But when you know of maybe a dozen same-sex attracted people within driving dis
Beer and nachos are the answer to everything!
And Swing Girl gets her first lines! And based off a remark by one of the posters? Nicely done Jeph, nicely done :-o
Or puns could just be recognized as like any other jokes. Most of them suck but some of them are funny.
Nachos are life. Life is desire. Desire is suffering. Suffering is life. Suffering is not nachos. Nachos are tasty. I think my train of thought derailed.Information is not Knowledge. Knowledge is not Wisdom. Wisdom is not Truth. Truth is not Beauty. Beauty is not Love. Love is...not Music. Music is the Best.
What is not actually Swedish like "dyembe"?
Anyone who does NOT get the reference in panel three, please report to the Reeducation Department IMMEDIATELY.
And Swing Girl gets her first lines! And based off a remark by one of the posters? Nicely done Jeph, nicely done :-o
And there is also another girl in the first panel that we've seen for the first time.
My vote for how things end badly: someone ends up swallowing/inhaling a balloon.
I only get two of the poll's references, I'm afraid (first and third).
I only get two of the poll's references, I'm afraid (first and third). I know what a stock 69 Charger is, and what's at Cheyenne Mountain, but I still think I'm missing something with those two. The others... ?
And before you shake your head and tsk, remember - I'm old. My cultural absorption dropped off drastically about 20 - 25 years ago.
I only get the one with the blue police box, although I've never watched Dr. Who. I think I'm possibly too young for the others? Or maybe just not into these kinds of things...
Djembe. The drums they're playing in that panel are called djembe which, as far as I know, is pronounced "jem-bay."More specifically, the drums the girl in the middle and the guy on the right are playing are djembes. The guy with a green shirt is playing bongos and the person off-panel on the left is playing claves.
(meaning the clubs don't allow Non-Japanese past the front door)Is such a policy legal in Japan?
Electric Sheep — PK Dick's novel/Blade Runner (the film based on the same story)In one of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy books, Marvin says that he "tries to count electric sheep", so it could be that too.
(meaning the clubs don't allow Non-Japanese past the front door)Is such a policy legal in Japan?
(meaning the clubs don't allow Non-Japanese past the front door)Is such a policy legal in Japan?
(meaning the clubs don't allow Non-Japanese past the front door)Is such a policy legal in Japan?
It's either legal or any laws against it are not enforced. I know several people who have lived in Japan, and they've all reported things like this. For example, a friend said she was turned down for several apartments solely on the basis that she was American.
To this date, I have no idea what he said to them.Guesses:
Electric Sheep — PK Dick's novel/Blade Runner (the film based on the same story)
How can he think that dyembe sounds Swedish?
I'm pretty sure he was joking.
Am I the only one who really wants to see the story of the strip club in Montreal run by the Russian mob? I feel like I'm being denied the best arc ever here!
And Swing Girl gets her first lines! And based off a remark by one of the posters? Nicely done Jeph, nicely done :-oDid somebody on the forum say they could get stoned and play with balloons?
Am I the only one who really wants to see the story of the strip club in Montreal run by the Russian mob? I feel like I'm being denied the best arc ever here!
Sorry to tell you, but this is an example of the Noodle Incident (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoodleIncident). Explanation would never live up to it.
It's either legal or any laws against it are not enforced. I know several people who have lived in Japan, and they've all reported things like this. For example, a friend said she was turned down for several apartments solely on the basis that she was American.
I only get two of the poll's references, I'm afraid (first and third). I know what a stock 69 Charger is, and what's at Cheyenne Mountain, but I still think I'm missing something with those two. The others... ?
And before you shake your head and tsk, remember - I'm old. My cultural absorption dropped off drastically about 20 - 25 years ago.
Tai and Marten repopulate the world from a bunker deep in the mountain.
So did Marten not have any chance at all, or did Tai ruin his chance if he had one? :psyduck:
I just realized that this is Friday's comic, so we won't see Delilah's reaction until at least Monday. Damn you Jacques!
* Ally and Lisa as friends of Veronica Vance -> And that'd be ... ?
* Pintsize making a deal for the Robotdevil's hands -> Mu? Cowboy Bebop?
Anyway, if anything happens between Delilah and Marten, I don't see it going towards romance proper.
I see something more casual. Maybe casually carnal.
Or maybe, maybe, they'll just cuddle a bit.
Or maybe they'll just spend the rest of the night sharing the leftover booze and casually chatting.
But I don't see romance, I'm not sure why.
Anyone feel that D's reaction to getting a bearhug from Bob screams 'not interested in male attention'?
Lt. Potter is assigned to Cheyenne Mountain. Meets man of her dreams. They are interrupted by a robot thinking it's World War III. Robot launches entire nuclear arsenal of the U.S. The world ends.
edit -- new comic's up. Judging by her look in the last panel, I don't know is Delilah is in on Marten's scheme...
Except Marten isn't in that panel...
*Pintsize dreaming of electrical sheeps [sic]
How can he think that dyembe sounds Swedish?I'm pretty sure he was saying he thought the "j" in "djembe" might be pronounced like a "y", as in Swedish.
Anyone feel that D's reaction to getting a bearhug from Bob screams 'not interested in male attention'?
Time to heavily over analyze speech bubbles. Does Marten's ",uh," in panel two suggest that he was looking for a reason to stay behind and therefore has alternate intentions...? :psyduck:
I'm pretty sure he was saying he thought the "j" in "djembe" might be pronounced like a "y", as in Swedish.
Is there a difference? To me the English j sounds just like dj. That is, if you run "had yet" together as one word, it is indistinguishable from "hajet".
Yeah, I don't rule it out. I can see just about anything happen but romance.
I can't imagine either saying "I love you" to the other. But I can imagine either of them finding the other cool and maybe cute.
The English j is not part of the Danish sound system, and gets approximated by dj in loanwords. Or at least is does by me.
I was puzzled by the scene in V for Vendetta when V corrects Evey: it is jukebox, not dukebox. They sound exactly the same to me. Note that this takes place in Britain, where the u of duke is pronounces ju, (as in uniform), not in America where it is pronounced u.
Oh godfuckingdamn it, Cesario. What is it with you and body hair shaming? You are usually better than that, man.Yeah, I don't rule it out. I can see just about anything happen but romance.
I can't imagine either saying "I love you" to the other. But I can imagine either of them finding the other cool and maybe cute.
Considering one is almost a Half-Type Sasquatch.....
The English j is not part of the Danish sound system, and gets approximated by dj in loanwords. Or at least is does by me.
I was puzzled by the scene in V for Vendetta when V corrects Evey: it is jukebox, not dukebox. They sound exactly the same to me. Note that this takes place in Britain, where the u of duke is pronounces ju, (as in uniform), not in America where it is pronounced u.
Ah, interesting. I've read before that people who grow up speaking a language or dialect that doesn't have certain sounds (phonemes) in it often can't even hear the phoneme when it's pronounced carefully (unless they're exposed to other language that do have that phoneme while they're still young), and this seems to be a case of that. (As one example, even native English-speakers who grow up in a region where "nuclear" is pronounced "nucular" often can't actually hear the difference.)
Even pronouncing the u in duke the British way, the difference betweeen jukebox and dukebox is quite distinct to a native English speaker. An initial j is pronounced as a "hard" j, with a sound somewhere in between "zh" (as in French "Jacques") and "ch" (as in English "church", not the Scottish/German/Hebrew "ch").
Marten has a body hair hangup (http://questionablecontent.net/1507).I wouldn't read that as a sign for general hangups with body hair. Pubic hair specifically has certain, uh, practical implications.
Marten has a body hair hangup (http://questionablecontent.net/1507).I wouldn't read that as a sign for general hangups with body hair. Pubic hair specifically has certain, uh, practical implications.
Anyway, I still feel the manner body hair is referred to here is unnecessarily unnice.
Exactly what? Other than being a tell-at-a-glance sign of whether a person is pre- or post puberty?Marten has a body hair hangup (http://questionablecontent.net/1507).I wouldn't read that as a sign for general hangups with body hair. Pubic hair specifically has certain, uh, practical implications.
Pubic hair specifically has certain, uh, practical implications.
My guess is that he does not want to hit on her, and that he resents Tai's implication that he does.Maybe, but something has been going on behind the scenes. Otherwise, it would not be natural for Marten to stay behind after Tai and the others leave. Delilah could have asked Marten to stay, for several possible reasons:
Could someone please find Tais Reset Button, it may be in the same place as Hanners one.You are referring to this (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2545).
Could someone please find Tais Reset Button, it may be in the same place as Hanners one.You are referring to this (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2545).
I just realised I have two identically shaped moles at the same place as Marigold on my face.
Could someone please find Tais Reset Button, it may be in the same place as Hanners one.The belly button (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2250) has already been used. Other buttons, anyone?
I just realized that this is Friday's comic, so we won't see Delilah's reaction until at least Monday. Damn you Jacques!
Yep, this was most likely his intent.
Tai has some lessons to learn about how to be a good wing-lady, that's for sure!What's a wing-lady supposed to do, anyway? It's a sincere question. I've considered asking my best friend to play that role for me, but neither she nor I have the first idea of what it involves. All I can imagine is her being around and us being obviously friends, in order to defuse my irrational fear of creeping ladies out.
:parrot: :parrot: :parrot: Perhaps we should stop there. But somebody needs to carry Tai to CoD so Dora can push the button :lol: :lol: :lol:Could someone please find Tais Reset Button, it may be in the same place as Hanners one.The belly button (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2250) has already been used. Other buttons, anyone?
...a little button that only Dora can press maybe? :-D :-P
:parrot: :parrot: :parrot: Perhaps we should stop there. But somebody needs to carry Tai to CoD so Dora can push the button :lol: :lol: :lol:Could someone please find Tais Reset Button, it may be in the same place as Hanners one.The belly button (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2250) has already been used. Other buttons, anyone?
...a little button that only Dora can press maybe? :-D :-P
Marten has never seemed like the random hookup kind of guy.
Tai has some lessons to learn about how to be a good wing-lady, that's for sure!
What's a wing-lady supposed to do, anyway? It's a sincere question. I've considered asking my best friend to play that role for me, but neither she nor I have the first idea of what it involves. All I can imagine is her being around and us being obviously friends, in order to defuse my irrational fear of creeping ladies out.I've never played the role or asked anyone to play it, but I thiiiink the role involves things along these lines:
I dunno...could it be he doesn't find it attractive? I don't either. I don't get why that's now frowned upon. I'm sure there are plenty of physical things other people look at and find disgusting in a potential partner Beards, tats, piercings, rat-tails, mullets...do we get to cry about tattoo shaming or rat-tail shaming?
Oh godfuckingdamn it, Cesario. What is it with you and body hair shaming? You are usually better than that, man.
Yeah, I don't rule it out. I can see just about anything happen but romance.
I can't imagine either saying "I love you" to the other. But I can imagine either of them finding the other cool and maybe cute.
She would look into the distance and murmur "but he's the only man who really knows how to ignite me …".
RE: ShamingWell, cesariojpn has been called out on his shit since more than a week ago, and kept bringing it up again like it was okay. Which it isn't. At all.
I don't think the intent is to shame people who have body hair.