Pretty damn clever way to score a free hot dog, if you ask me.Yep...and eating it while the thought of an erect elephant dong is still fresh in your mind...
The question is, are the elephants purple, or just the boners? :psyduck:
Even Tai wants Emily. (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvenTheGirlsWantHer)
A technique pioneered by Terry Pratchett, the only way to not think of an object when it is mentioned is to not actually know what that object looks like.
I'm not sure where all this Emily love comes from. Yes, she's tall and asian, which is different. But thus far, Claire has the most actual character development. All we know about Emily is that she loves the smell of books, she's in Compsci, and the idea of a smashed bananna is a cup amuses her. This makes her 'cooler'?
I'm not sure where all this Emily love comes from. Yes, she's tall and asian, which is different. But thus far, Claire has the most actual character development. All we know about Emily is that she loves the smell of books, she's in Compsci, and the idea of a smashed bananna is a cup amuses her. This makes her 'cooler'?
I find Claire more relatable. She's driven, she's a skosh insecure, she's passionate, she wants to make a good impression ,but doesn't brook bullshit...and she actually looks *different* than any character thus far. And is different, really.
I find Claire more relatable. She's driven, she's a skosh insecure, she's passionate, she wants to make a good impression ,but doesn't brook bullshit...and she actually looks *different* than any character thus far. And is different, really.
And we know Tai is all about the deep relatable character traits. :roll:
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HiFranc makes some interesting points about Emily...That said, those conclusions only work because we have Claire to compare to. I think there needs to be more datapoints before we can nail anything down.
I just realised that you've only made 2 posts so:
Welcome to the QC and its forum.
Yeah, except I'm not discussing who Tai wants to boff. The poll above was specifically discussing what role Claire is going to play in the future story. Yes, one of the choices was a possible love interest for Tai, but I was responding to the overwhelming assertion that 'Emily is cooler'.
In other words both Claire and Emily are ambitious but Emily still finds the time to enjoy life and Claire gives the impression that she's so driven she'll either turn into a workaholic, have a nervous breakdown or both.We don't know anything about Emily's background, but if her family's like a lot of Asian families, she'd have learned to deal with the incessant push to succeed early on, or had a nervous breakdown at age ten. And it is cool for me at least to see someone who looks a little like me in a Western work who isn't a villain.
It could be worse, I guess. At least none of us (I rather think) know what a purple elephant boner would taste like.
(...aaaaaand you're welcome.)
One thing about Claire is that she reminds me a bit too much of Penelope so far and it doesn't feel like she can add much to the cast/storyline. But I may very well be wrong in this, feel free to prove me wrong.What if she had a pet elephant? (all the signs point to it)
The return (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=519) of the bizarrely not to scale foodstuffs!
Edit to include:
*Cough* (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1006)
*Cough* (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1006)Meh. There are plenty of trendy restaurants in Sydney that serve portions that small. What I want to know is why Marten appears to be drinking orange juice with dinner. How old is he, twelve or something? I suppose it could be some weak-sinners-brew American beer?
*Cough* (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1006)Meh. There are plenty of trendy restaurants in Sydney that serve portions that small. What I want to know is why Marten appears to be drinking orange juice with dinner. How old is he, twelve or something? I suppose it could be some weak-sinners-brew American beer?
*Cough* (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1006)What I want to know is why Marten appears to be drinking orange juice with dinner. How old is he, twelve or something? I suppose it could be some weak-sinners-brew American beer?
What I want to know is why Marten appears to be drinking orange juice with dinner. How old is he, twelve or something?
... wait, what? You have to be 12 years old to drink orange juice? Do we really live in a society now where you have to justify not drinking alcohol with a meal? :psyduck:
Now I'm jealous because you're clearly smoking stronger stuff than I am.
Go to a fancy meal, or any evening occasion where alcohol is served, and don't drink. I guarantee that people will assume you're an alcoholic trying not to air your dirty laundry.
Quite so. It's a minor quibble, but "slash" fiction actually applies exclusively to homosexual pairings.
Wow, Tai just used "slashfic" in a very archaic sense.
Jeph said in the commentary at the bottom that he was making fun of shippers.
Go to a fancy meal, or any evening occasion where alcohol is served, and don't drink. I guarantee that people will assume you're an alcoholic trying not to air your dirty laundry.
Slash fiction can apply to any two people whose names it is possible to put a slash between. Carrot/bagel could be slashfic. Probably exists, in fact.
Revenge is a dish best served phallic.
You have to be 12 years old to drink orange juice? Do we really live in a society now where you have to justify not drinking alcohol with a meal? :psyduck:It's not the lack of alcohol that bothers me; water or tea is what I often drink with a meal. But OJ? Seriously? I can't imagine any food the flavour of OJ would enhance. Like Coca-Cola, it just doesn't strike me as an adult taste, and if a guy took me out on a dinner date and drank OJ, I would start to suspect he had Optimus Prime sheets on his bed... :-D
Wow, Tai just used "slashfic" in a very archaic sense.
No, she's hip and modern and with it. The archaic sense is explicitly referring to (sometimes even canon) same-sex pairings... or before that, m/m... or before that, a single pairing, that of a certain starship captain and Vulcan.
You have to be 12 years old to drink orange juice? Do we really live in a society now where you have to justify not drinking alcohol with a meal? :psyduck:It's not the lack of alcohol that bothers me; water or tea is what I often drink with a meal. But OJ? Seriously? I can't imagine any food the flavour of OJ would enhance. Like Coca-Cola, it just doesn't strike me as an adult taste, and if a guy took me out on a dinner date and drank OJ, I would start to suspect he had Optimus Prime sheets on his bed... :-D
Wow! Jeph was really leaning on the fourth wall tonight. The way Faye was tossing Pintsize, I was almost expecting to see a basketball hoop on the wall.
It's not the lack of alcohol that bothers me; water or tea is what I often drink with a meal. But OJ? Seriously? I can't imagine any food the flavour of OJ would enhance. Like Coca-Cola, it just doesn't strike me as an adult taste, and if a guy took me out on a dinner date and drank OJ, I would start to suspect he had Optimus Prime sheets on his bed... :-D
You have to be 12 years old to drink orange juice? Do we really live in a society now where you have to justify not drinking alcohol with a meal? :psyduck:It's not the lack of alcohol that bothers me; water or tea is what I often drink with a meal. But OJ? Seriously? I can't imagine any food the flavour of OJ would enhance. Like Coca-Cola, it just doesn't strike me as an adult taste, and if a guy took me out on a dinner date and drank OJ, I would start to suspect he had Optimus Prime sheets on his bed... :-D
I don't mind OJ with a meal really, but then it all depends on the restaurant you're eating at. I mean, if you're at the classier sort of place then you'd be better off with tea (although I do usually stick with juice anyway) and probably have one or two alcoholic drinks if you're with a significant other.You have to be 12 years old to drink orange juice? Do we really live in a society now where you have to justify not drinking alcohol with a meal? :psyduck:It's not the lack of alcohol that bothers me; water or tea is what I often drink with a meal. But OJ? Seriously? I can't imagine any food the flavour of OJ would enhance. Like Coca-Cola, it just doesn't strike me as an adult taste, and if a guy took me out on a dinner date and drank OJ, I would start to suspect he had Optimus Prime sheets on his bed... :-D
Wow! Jeph was really leaning on the fourth wall tonight. The way Faye was tossing Pintsize, I was almost expecting to see a basketball hoop on the wall.That would have been brilliant if there was a hoop. More so if Pintsize was stuck halfway through...
OJ was mentioned as part of the Government's Five a Day Campaign (http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2003/jan/20/medicineandhealth.publichealth1) but "smooth" orange juice (i.e. without bits of the fruit in) may not be as healthy as first thought.The smooth stuff is more likely to come from concentrated juice, which they dilute to roughly its previous osmolarity. You can taste the difference - the diluted stuff is indeed more sour - and I wouldn't be surprised if the health benefits were less as well. Frankly, there's nothing better to start breakfast than a hard-boiled egg and some fresh orange juice. When you're buying the stuff, look at the ingredients. If it says 'juice from concentrated orange juice', then it's diluted. Here, the fresh stuff comes in plastic or glass bottles instead of cartons.
Totally poking fun at everybody who assumes Marten is gonna hook up with one of the interns
{emphasis mine}
OJ was mentioned as part of the Government's Five a Day Campaign (http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2003/jan/20/medicineandhealth.publichealth1) but "smooth" orange juice (i.e. without bits of the fruit in) may not be as healthy as first thought.The smooth stuff is more likely to come from concentrated juice, which they dilute to roughly its previous osmolarity. You can taste the difference - the diluted stuff is indeed more sour - and I wouldn't be surprised if the health benefits were less as well. Frankly, there's nothing better to start breakfast than a hard-boiled egg and some fresh orange juice. When you're buying the stuff, look at the ingredients. If it says 'juice from concentrated orange juice', then it's diluted. Here, the fresh stuff comes in plastic or glass bottles instead of cartons.
As for today's comic, Jeph wrote:QuoteTotally poking fun at everybody who assumes Marten is gonna hook up with one of the interns
{emphasis mine}
(clearly this means he's going to hook up with all three; all that remains is to speculate on order :angel: )
There is a kind of inherent contradiction, I would almost say hypocrisy with what Marten said today in panel 3. Since comic one, one of his primary concerns with almost all his female interactions has been about the possibility of romantic connection. From Faye to Dora to Padma to even smaller short term characters like LT Potter. So it's kind of odd for him to protest now that people are assuming he's always looking for the next girl, given that...he always has been.Small difference. None of those women were part of his job. None of those women were people he had responsibility over. I think he considers his function as a library employee to be more important than looking to get laid, which is not a bad thing at all.
But I want to know what happened to precipitate the Pintsize throw.My guess: Boredom.
OK. Now I'm pretty sure Jeph's just fucking with us now. Characters in the comic are engaging in the same kind of childish matchmaking that is so notorious in the forums? That can't be a coincidence!
[...] I can't imagine any food the flavour of OJ would enhance. [...]I drink because I'm thirsty and I eat because I'm hungry.
LTK, I would say Marten has seniority over the new members of the library team, but seniority isn't the same thing as responsibility. And while you're right in so far as that would be good for Marten to be prioritising working with them and looking after them, given his history with placing a very high priority on relationships and sex, its not exactly an unreasonable leap for Faye/Tai to make. Furthermore, from what we've seen of Tai/Marten's friendship/colleage relationship, I would have described working at the library as a pretty informal gig, so I think that you might be overplaying the role of responsability/seniority in this context.I see what you mean, but it seems logical to me because Marten recently gained a newfound respect for his admittedly rather informal job, which might also lead to him feeling more of a sense of responsibility towards the interns, who clearly have a greater motivation to pursue a career in library science, something he can facilitate. (Looong sentence) But when I look back at the strips he shows none of those feelings whatsoever, so maybe he's just huffy for no reason.
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Emily's cooler. ;) 19 (37.3%)
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Go to a fancy meal, or any evening occasion where alcohol is served, and don't drink. I guarantee that people will assume you're an alcoholic trying not to air your dirty laundry.
As somebody who has never once drunk something more alcoholic than lemon, lime and bitters, I take exception to this statement. I actually prefer not to drink alcohol. Don't like the smell, can't stand the idea of winding up drunk.
It's also entirely possible that he was so flustered and downright scared over the whole thing that the thought hadn't even crossed his mind until Tai said something. And he probably wasn't even thinking about which gal he'd want because Tai was lusting after them all herself, which may have turned him off from thinking anything like that.I would side with this scenario, maybe adding to it a little bit of his just having conditioned himself over the years that the workplace is not the meet market. Maybe if later on in the evening they all coincided in a casual social environment, say at the bar over drinks and fancy outfits, then that would be different and he would be in a state of mind to think in those terms.
Now there's an idea! Caffeinated OJ!
I mean, if they can sell caffeinated soap….
I smiled and shook my head a bit at Akima's OJ declaration ... but dang, there needs to be a decaf OJ so some of y'all can switch to it.
If thats the whole point of interacting with ladies, why would (heterosexual) men in general bother interacting with other men at all ?Some people look at members of their own sex as complete human beings (and potential friends or role models or whatever), but only look at members of the opposite sex as sex objects/potential hookups.
Or women with each other.
Then again, maybe he was just thinking that sex in space would be awesome and, now that he's back on Earth, he's more grounded (*puts sunglasses on* EE--YEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!)
So, isn't Faye committing a crime by chucking Pintsize around like that in an AI rights world?In a world where both humans and AI have rights, everyone still has the ability to be jerks to each other.
...it seems like Marten might try to (awkwardly) make a move on one of them eventually.
So, isn't Faye committing a crime by chucking Pintsize around like that in an AI rights world?
She might have been waiting on the other end of the toss with Hanners' cricket bat or her own squirrel-gettin' stick.If the latter (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1485), we could say that Pintsize was distracted by the shinai (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinai)...
I know that Jeph is totally screwing with us and making fun of everyone suggesting that Marten will hook up with one of the interns (I mean, he said as much in the blog post under the comic), but it seems like Marten might try to (awkwardly) make a move on one of them eventually. He's just met three new women and, based on his attempts at being a smooth operator with Lt. Potter, it seems like he's aiming for the rebound. Then again, maybe he was just thinking that sex in space would be awesome and, now that he's back on Earth, he's more grounded (*puts sunglasses on* EE--YEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!)
I *did* find myself wondering what Momo would have had to say about this situation. As a being who is intensely aware of the state of AI rights, she might protest. Then again, it is Pintsize.OK, I get some understanding of AI rights, but I'm not sure about AI responsibilities. Momo seems responsible. But Pintsize? What kind of rights would he have in a human-AI community? He seems far more dependent on Marten than Momo on Marigold.
I *did* find myself wondering what Momo would have had to say about this situation. As a being who is intensely aware of the state of AI rights, she might protest. Then again, it is Pintsize.OK, I get some understanding of AI rights, but I'm not sure about AI responsibilities. Momo seems responsible. But Pintsize? What kind of rights would he have in a human-AI community? He seems far more dependent on Marten than Momo on Marigold.
This one was up incredibly early. Also, I do NOT want to know what Pintsize has been doing with those tampons.
Also, I do NOT want to know what Pintsize has been doing with those tampons.
I *did* find myself wondering what Momo would have had to say about this situation. As a being who is intensely aware of the state of AI rights, she might protest. Then again, it is Pintsize. She might have been waiting on the other end of the toss with Hanners' cricket bat or her own squirrel-gettin' stick.
I vaguely recall a strip where Marigold is on the verge of having Marten arrested, but then Pintsize does something that makes her join in the abuse.
TaioraDora is orientation-compatible, hasn't said no, and thinks Tai is cute. So that's clearly legitimate speculation, but I believe there's official discouragement of portmanteau names now.
This one was up incredibly early. Also, I do NOT want to know what Pintsize has been doing with those tampons.
You can often find unorthodox uses for some items. I can recall one story where a woman used some extra tampons she had to plug a oil leak in her car long enough to limp to a service station.
Then there is the use of condoms on guns..... (http://www.mangareader.net/high-school-of-the-dead/29/5)
I believe there's official discouragement of portmanteau names now.And praise the Powers for that. Those things'll rot your brain.
I wonder if they'd make a good couple. Tai might remind Dora of her parents, which could be either good or bad.If Dora's not ready to date Secret Bakery-owner-guy, she's certainly not ready to start seeing Miss Instability there. And yes, I'm sure Tai's driver's license has 'Tactless" on it somewhere, possibly as a warning or a disability.
So if Jeph starts trolling the same way we usually troll, is all subsequent trolling not really trolling anymore?
Given another instance when deodorant was shared (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=992) I wonder if Dora would jump to the conclusion that Marten and Faye are now an item?
Most so-called 'deodorant' I've encountered smells far worse than anything the body can achieve. I don't understand why people are ashamed of smelling like a human.A quick spray is enough to tone down a "ripe" smell (eg exercising or working in hot weather) and is pleasant overall (compared to the smell raised after sweating in the heat). But if you spray like you're trying to conceal the fact that you're undead (zombies take note), then yeah, that is too much.
TaioraHmm... If we must come up with a portmanteau name, how about Tora (Tora Tora)? Because if it ever happened, complete surprise would have been achieved, and there would be lots of explosions.
Re Pintsize: Do we want to know? do we really want to know??No.
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Sleep? Please?
Mr. Brain: Stop whining!
By the way, I saw that Danielle Corsetto has enabled comments for GWS in her blog posts, and so far she's getting all the overanalysis and occasionally misdirected emotion of the QC and Ponyleaks Discussion Forum, but without the moderators and sensible regular contributors. :psyduck: :psyduck: :psyduck: :psyduck: :psyduck:
What that strip's comment section needs is a good caption contest.
Probably. It's still speech by a single character, and since you are your brain, and your brain is you, it's still a monologue. Or so I think.Ah, the self-referential "circularity of the mind" argument... how shallow. :-D
(Incidentally, has anyone considered how insanely weird it is to have friends who write slash fiction featuring you?)
Given another instance when deodorant was shared (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=992) I wonder if Dora would jump to the conclusion that Marten and Faye are now an item?
If she smelled Marten's deodorant on Tai?
(Incidentally, has anyone considered how insanely weird it is to have friends who write slash fiction featuring you?)
Doesn't everyone do that?
"Y'know......for a buncha perverts, your friends are really nice." (http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/173/8/d/fifth_wedding_anniversary___i_found_a_time_machine_by_shiniez-d54fzfw.jpg)
I believe there's official discouragement of portmanteau names now.And praise the Powers for that. Those things'll rot your brain.I wonder if they'd make a good couple. Tai might remind Dora of her parents, which could be either good or bad.If Dora's not ready to date Secret Bakery-owner-guy, she's certainly not ready to start seeing Miss Instability there. And yes, I'm sure Tai's driver's license has 'Tactless" on it somewhere, possibly as a warning or a disability.
Now, Mr. Brain, may I please have some sleep?
Mr. Brain: Screw that. We slept all evening from the narcotic pain-killers you took because you didn't want to feel me aching. Let's go comment on Candi now. I hear that douche Alex actually apologized to Candi, but I'll bet it's a dirty, dirty lie.
Sigh Yes, Mr. Brain. You know, somebody could use some rotting.
Mr. Brain: How's that?
Nothing, Mr. Brain, Candi it is.
"Y'know......for a buncha perverts, your friends are really nice." (http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/173/8/d/fifth_wedding_anniversary___i_found_a_time_machine_by_shiniez-d54fzfw.jpg)
I know I'm going to regret asking, but what's that from?
"Huh? Buh! Duh!" You know I have to say this... She is tongue-tai'd.
If it happens, that would be an unusually straightforward relationship development for QC.I thought I remembered that. Straight forward if it happens, but certainly not out of the blue. Tai's been interested in Dora for awhile. I think the first mention of it was in the library well before the breakup when Tai accused Marten of cockblocking her with Dora. I can't find the strip. My archive fu is weak and it is past time for me to go to bed.
Dora could be good for Tai, but vice versa?
EDIT: do you remember any context for Dora not liking butch girls? Something that one of the archive masters could use to locate it? It would contradict "I love adorable little butch girls!" (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=776).
EDIT: Found it, it's strip 222.
This........
Is going to turn into an interesting evening
Did Dora just drop the wine on the carpet in her excitement to hold Tai's arms?
Dora could be good for Tai, but vice versa?Well, someone like Tai would certainly put a test on Dora's control issues.
"Huh? Buh! Duh!" You know I have to say this... She is tongue-tai'd.
My first thought was that Marten was being rude talking about Dora in the third person (and about very personal things) whilst Dora was there. ...
I really don't know if Marten's reaction is healthy or not. It doesn't seem natural to be so easy-going about it, [...]Um, what ? Why not ? He is over Dora.
Why does Tai always get the best lines?She wasnt the one who said "I attained girl-vana", so I strongly oppose this claim ! But then again, Tai wasnt in the strip yet at that point.
My thought was, Damn, Dora, don't you knock?I think the problem was that Jeph tried to show two things in the same Frame: Marten talking about Dora, and Dora entering causing Tai to go all dumb.
My first thought was that Marten was being rude talking about Dora in the third person (and about very personal things) whilst Dora was there.
Looking at it again, their reactions are not the ones I would expect. It's almost as if Tai has picked up some of Marten's traits, Dora has picked up some of Tai's traits and Marten has picked up some of Dora's traits. After all, Marten is the one that normally has the brain freezes (e.g. when his father asked his permission to marry), Dora was the one translating when Faye and Angus were trying to get together (e.g. when Angus asked Faye out to a restaurant after kissing her in CoD) and Tai is the one that is usually confident.
Actually, come to think of it, Dora has always been confident about sex, just not relationships.
I tend to think Tai's carefree lifestyle would not mesh well with Dora's control issues. But then she has expressed a desire to try something else. I guess I'm on the fence on this one.
Good point HiFranc, it did seem to me everyone was acting kind of out of character. But then they are Jeph's characters.. and people often act differently on a friday night, I guess.
I really don't know if Marten's reaction is healthy or not. It doesn't seem natural to be so easy-going about it, although he has been behaving like that before (the first example that comes to mind is when Faye and Sven hooked up and he was completely fine with it, even though he and Faye almost got together at one point, same with Angus and Faye btw). I really dunno what to think. As long as he is really cool with it and doesn't just hide what he really feels, all good. But his drunken behavior, the often-quoted one where he berated Faye for getting together with Angus, hints otherwise. Actually, but don't take me too seriously, I'm starting to wonder if he really is a coherent character or if Jeph is just drawing what the reaction should be, i.e. the most ideal response.
Dale.JW, that officially blew my mind, right there.
"Huh? Buh! Duh!" You know I have to say this... She is tongue-tai'd.
If Marten get´s any more goody good accepting I´m gonna puke rainbows and bluebirds
Am I the only one who wouldn't like to see your ex-girlfriend being seduced in front of your eyes, no matter how "over" her I may be?
Am I the only one who wouldn't like to see your ex-girlfriend being seduced in front of your eyes, no matter how "over" her I may be?
Anyway Friday's comic is set up to be a cliff hanger and a half in traditional Questionable Content style.
My viewpoint is thus: If I broke up with someone, I personally wouldn't hook up with someone else in front of them, no matter how much they said it was fine.Hey, you left out the issue of the hook up being your boss. Doesn't that make it worse?
I'd also prefer not to see an ex hooking up with someone in front of me. It's nothing to do with gender stereotypes about "ownership" or anything, more just that: I wouldn't do it because it might hurt their feelings, so I'd appreciate it if they didn't do it because it might hurt my feelings. Even if you're no longer in a relationship with someone - even if it ended pretty badly, your ex partner is still a human being and a little bit of compassion can go a long way.
Also, were a million donuts present, Hanners wouldn't have a chance if Faye was around. Girl loves her baked goods, and she'll fight for them.
I wonder if Jeph anticipated that whatever Marigold friggin does would be seen as so hilarious that it would become a meme forever more...
I wonder if Jeph anticipated that whatever Marigold friggin does would be seen as so hilarious that it would become a meme forever more...
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