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Comic Discussion => QUESTIONABLE CONTENT => Topic started by: jwhouk on 19 May 2012, 19:09
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And yet another week in the books!
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Literally. Jeph tweets, "Making notes for QC volume 3, and whoo boy am I missing a lot of strips. Time to go dig through some old hard drives."
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Not to make more work for him but I hope that means he'll have to redraw some of them like he did in book one; I liked seeing older strips in the current style. :-)
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My memory is that he was learning dialog as well as drawing skills; I like the early art, and dialog, because it tells a story but also shows his fans how far he's progressed.
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For Volume 3, he's got a pretty significant number of "guest strips" in his archives in the 600-899 range. Wonder if he's gonna go all the way up to the arrival of HannerMom.
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I've actually bought two of the QC books as a presents (but never had time to look through them properly either time...)
Do guest strips appear in the QC books?
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No; however, he did provide a few of the ones he did for other artists/strips.
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*Sigh.*
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Baby steps, Dora.
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Holy fuck yes, Sven.
Less Marigold and Hanners, more Sven and Steve please.
Goddamn I didn't realize how much I missed the man.
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How much of this is due to Faye?
He may have been growing up already by the time they had their affair. He treated her better than he treated Genevieve, for example.
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I think the big thing that started Sven changing was Faye calling him out on a lot of his BS, which made him take another look at a lot of the feelings he'd been suppressing. Also, did the art change slightly? I feel like something changed for the better but I can't figure out what.
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Gee, I'm starting to like Sven. ;D
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Thanks to Sven, I now know of Montreal exists. Interesting.
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Okay, Faye - you can recall that apology.
But now you need to prepare another one...!
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You do mean Dora, right John? I think Faye's got nothin' to 'pologise fo'!
And MoM (heh, mom), seriously? I know Canada's like the land of myth and legend, surely you'd have heard of Montreal!
Speaking of which, Sven shouldn't be wearing that shirt. Misrepresentation of identity! D:<
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Method is talking about the band, of Montreal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Of_Montreal), on Sven's shirt.
Hm, they're from Georgia, I wonder if our peachy friend got him into them...
Holy fuck yes, Sven.
You mean "fuck no Sven", right? ;)
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Yay! Happy to see Sven. I've missed him.
I wonder if this will lead to some Faye discussion.
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Sven is right, no takebacks allowed, in fact... Dora probably needs to make another apology just because she didn't bother to ask before.
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You mean "fuck no Sven", right? ;)
Or perhaps "No fuck Sven"?
It takes a secure man to wear a shirt as pink as that.
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It matches the highlight colour of the main menu above, too.
A century ago, pink was regarded as the male colour, not the female:
An article in the trade publication Earnshaw's Infants' Department in June 1918 said: "The generally accepted rule is pink for the boys, and blue for the girls. The reason is that pink, being a more decided and stronger color, is more suitable for the boy, while blue, which is more delicate and dainty, is prettier for the girl." From then until the 1940s, pink was considered appropriate for boys because being related to red it was the more masculine and decided color, while blue was considered appropriate for girls because it was the more delicate and dainty color, or related to the Virgin Mary. Since the 1940s, the societal norm was inverted; pink became considered appropriate for girls and blue appropriate for boys, a practice that has continued into the 21st century.
And pale pink is a common colour for shirts in a formal office to this day.
Incidentally, the term "pink" for a huntsman's red jacket comes not from the colour, but from the name of the maker who originated it. Pink's is still a respected tailoring firm.
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I've been seeing a lot of discussion about men wearing pink lately. I'm blaming Cracked.
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It takes a secure man to wear a shirt as pink as that.
Listen to some of Montreal, and the fact that it's pink will be the least of your worries.
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Take away the band name, and what you have left is a femmy dude in a pink shirt talking about his decreased interest in sex with hot chicks.
Just sayin...
:angel: /isuck
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Keep the band name, and what you have is a femmy dude in a pink shirt telling his sister about decreased interest in sex with hot chicks while wearing insignia of a man who performs songs of often incestuous psychosexual nightmares in heavy makeup, naked from the waist down in the tortured persona of
Ziggy Stardust "Georgie Fruit."
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Method is talking about the band, of Montreal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Of_Montreal), on Sven's shirt.
Yep. In fact, last summer I went to Montreal for the first time, and it was awesome. But I'd never heard of the band.
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Go Sven!
This is all I have to say about this strip.
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Ah Dora, one step forward, two steps back.
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Is Sven pining for Faye? Is this setting up a Sven/Angus confrontation?
Schmaybe... schmaybenot.
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Sven might be pining for Faye but, short of Gary showing up, he isn't stupid enough to actually pursue her again, especially not when she's otherwise occupied.
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Is this setting up a Sven/Angus confrontation?
Cue epic brawl (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Yo_YfzvAYJY#t=34s)? Probably not; QC guys don't have hands and heads made of concrete.
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I love how she tries to control her apology for being cotrolling by taking it back.
I personally think she and Sven could use some little hatsssss ,yesssssssss............
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She should write down her apology on a tiny chalkboard, and atop that chalkboard place a little hat...yesssssssss.
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Which of these is more likely?
Cute Overload - The Kawaii Reckoning 0 (0%)
Revenge of the Guest Strip Week 0 (0%)
Dora Drama Days 14 (32.6%)
Monty Python ("And now, for something completely different...") 5 (11.6%)
Jeph forgets to do strips because he's playing Diablo 3 6 (14%)
It's All About Clinton Week 1 (2.3%)
The Ultimate Superhero Team-Up: Pizza Girl, LOLbat, and The Pythagorean! 1 (2.3%) <Bonus Points if you can name the other two webcomics>
Get the dickbrooms out, We're about to get a WHAM episode... 6 (14%)
Oh, come off it with that. It's going to be a great week. 5 (11.6%)
Space Ham, Waffles, and an Old Fashioned. 3 (7%)
Jeph forgets to do strips because OMG I HAVE TO REDRAW LIKE 300 STRIPS I LOST! 2 (4.7%)
Total Members Voted: 43
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She should write down her apology on a tiny chalkboard, and atop that chalkboard place a little hat...yesssssssss.
Have you been reading Surviving the World (http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson1402.html)?
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It looks to me as if they are drinking out of mason jars. White Lightning?
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It looks to me as if they are drinking out of mason jars. White Lightning?
According to the blog, it's just red wine in mason jars.
And horny must be an emotion because I sure can feel it. :wink:
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It takes a secure man to wear a shirt as pink as that.
Or someone naive. I once wore a pink piece of clothing in public and suddenly some man started hitting on me. Hu ! I like that color, but I dont wear it anymore.
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I only own one pink tshirt (http://www.giftag.com/clip/allantaylor/typetees-t-shirt-meat-is-murder-tasty-tasty-murder-clip.jpg) but it's not the kind of pink that hits you in the face with its pink-ness.
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I'm surprised that Sven hasn't exploded yet.
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Hopefully he'll wait until Dora leaves.
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Hopefully he'll wait until Dora leaves.
OH YOU!
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It looks to me as if they are drinking out of mason jars. White Lightning?
According to the blog, it's just red wine in mason jars.
You haven't lived until you drank some form of alcohol out of a mason jar.
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I drink mine out of a ceramic vase, how's that?
I love how she tries to control her apology for being cotrolling by taking it back.
I noted that too. This is the difficulty in trying to get in control of your control freak behaviour.
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You haven't lived until you drank some form of alcohol out of a mason jar.
Guess that makes me officially a Zombie (I never drink alcohol).
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There's this old metal Cup I wouldn't mind swigging champagne from.
Too bad I'm not a Kings, Devils or Rags fan...
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You haven't lived until you drank some form of alcohol out of a mason jar.
Guess that makes me officially a Zombie (I never drink alcohol).
You should try it sometime. That is, drinking out of a mason jar, it doesn't have to be alcohol.
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Drinkin' out of a mason jar isn't any different from drinkin' out of any glass mug in my experience any way.
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It has to be surrounded by a bunch of people wearin' overalls, sittin' on rockin' chairs on the veranda and speakin' in a dialect that uses heavy doses of "y'all" and "all y'all" and "fixin' to go".
Oh, and there has to be a cracker barrel.
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I only own one pink tshirt (http://www.giftag.com/clip/allantaylor/typetees-t-shirt-meat-is-murder-tasty-tasty-murder-clip.jpg) but it's not the kind of pink that hits you in the face with its pink-ness.
That's the kind of pink shirt that would leave people to assume you left a red shirt in with your whites once.
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i've never understood what the shape of the container has to do with the specific beverage a person is supposed to drink it out of.
and horny is totally an emotion. it's one of the 6 Officially Sanctioned Male Emotions that it is socially acceptable to express. (hungry, angry, happy, sad, tired, & horney)
I'm surprised that Sven hasn't exploded yet.
after months, he probably feels like he's walking around with a pair of armed grenades down his pants.
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and horny is totally an emotion. it's one of the 6 Officially Sanctioned Male Emotions that it is socially acceptable to express. (hungry, angry, happy, sad, tired, & horney)
References? What/which officials sanctioned something like that? I GOTS TO KNOW!
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Drinkin' out of a mason jar isn't any different from drinkin' out of any glass mug in my experience any way.
Try drinking out of a juice box the experience will be both childlike grown up.
don't really see the whole controlling the conversation thing or maybe that was a joke and I just didn't get it. :-P
Also I hope the apology won't go too long I've been feeling a strange development brewing for Marten.
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and horny is totally an emotion. it's one of the 6 Officially Sanctioned Male Emotions that it is socially acceptable to express. (hungry, angry, happy, sad, tired, & horney)
I'm pretty sure "sad" isn't on the list. In fact, it's kind of the canonical emotion not on the list.
And mason jars are really popular in PV restaurants for some reason...
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don't really see the whole controlling the conversation thing or maybe that was a joke and I just didn't get it. :-P
Dora starts to apologize, but then in the very same sentence -- when she justifies herself as to how it's concern over his "having meaningless sex with random women" -- she comes across as unable to resist an urge to judge.
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I have a mason jar wineglass. Yeah...a mason jar mounted on a stem and base...because I got style.
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I have a mason jar wineglass. Yeah...a mason jar mounted on a stem and base...because I got style.
Photo? I like style.
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What is a cracker barrel? A barrel of actual crackers? Something to do with cheese? A third option?
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What is a cracker barrel? A barrel of actual crackers? Something to do with cheese? A third option?
Originally, yes. More commonly nowadays, a (mostly) eastern-U.S. restaurant chain specializing in comfort food and country kitsch. Most menu items can be consumed in five minutes. Within five minutes of finishing, you are unable to remember what it tasted like.
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Unable?
Or unwilling?
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I drink most of my alcohol out of a metal goblet shared by at least half a dozen other people.
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Unable?
Or unwilling?
Unable, unless it's the cheese then it's unwilling
that's some nasty cheese
Worst gift baskets ever too
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Unable?
Or unwilling?
Unable. To my mind, it's neither good nor bad, just ... unmemorable. It's a fuel stop, not a dining place.
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I drink most of my alcohol out of a metal goblet shared by at least half a dozen other people.
That sounds like a religious experience.
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...or a medieval one.
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I actually really like Svens expression in the last panel, as well as the somewhat morose comment about how how much further he has to go if horniness is not an emotion, and I actually wonder if it's an emotion or something closer to an urge...or perhaps a combination of the two.
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I ate at cracker barrel once and mostly I remember that afterwards it was like there was a soft boulder in my stomach. It's so heavy :psyduck:
On the other hand, they have saltwater taffy.
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five minutes?!
Cracker Barrel is an ode to flour and fat.
= = =
Post a pic of the mason jar wine goblet, Sorflakne! :-o :-)
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I think the big thing that started Sven changing was Faye calling him out on a lot of his BS, which made him take another look at a lot of the feelings he'd been suppressing. Also, did the art change slightly? I feel like something changed for the better but I can't figure out what.
His glasses are round/oval-ish in these newer strips. His hair is draw differently making it look more rounded instead of rectangular) and his chin is pointy instead of very slightly squared at the tip. And his skin tone looks SLIGHTLY different, though that may be a case of lighting rather than actual coloration.
I like old Sven better. And yes I do have a crush on Sven. I noticed these things right away.
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Now, y'all better not be dissin' the Cracker Barrel. Y'all don't want a bunch of angry lovers of the Uncle Herschel's Breakfast come charging after you with forks in one hand and home-made biscuits in the other...
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We'll lose 'em in the chicken'n'dumplings patch.
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Cracker Barrel serves perfect comfort food: Cholesterol surrounded by trans fat. And they have horehound drops.
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I mostly stop into a Cracker Barrel when I'm on a long drive for a book on CD.
Which I promptly forget to return for three weeks...
which gets kinda expensive.
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I liked 'em when I had to drive 50 miles to have lunch with my folks at one which was convenient to all of us.
Was happy when one opened a couple miles from where I lived.
Novelty wore off pretty quickly.
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Truth.
Now that it's so freakin' far away, it's more special to go to one.
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Now I go for the kitsch on the walls. There's one piece of 1920s advertising art (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1971751790001&l=fafd9ab67f) that is so horrible it's good.
EDIT: Just had to share the photo.
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I wanted to say that I very much like Sven's pose in that last panel, where he's thinking. It's really well done - perspective is great, and the gesture/pose he has, with the finger curled in front of his mouth, is just so - well - perfect! It made me grin. It also made me realize how much your art has improved over just the last few months. The learning curve is beginning to look like a half-pipe :P
Re: Cracker Barrel. I have been there once. I have also eaten "real" country food in the sense of being served breakfast by a woman who grew up in a sharecropper's shack. Cracker Barrel isn't bad; but it's not real country food.
Note I am not saying not real comfort food. Just not authentically country to the area where I live at least (Deep South). Their biscuits are OK but that's about it. Everything else is just Shoney's in a country-kitsch package.
Well, okay, I take it back. I didn't get food poisoning at Cracker Barrel.
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I'm amused by the idea of a bianci going without sex causing an eldrich abomination to rise... Oddly that might explain Svens 'attempts' with Hannelore causing both HAnnelore and Dora to speak in the dark tongues of the elder ones.
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Now I want to see Dora's grandpa show up.
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Well, maybe we want to see the Dark Lord Azathoth. Did you think of that? Does he drop anything good?
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I'm kind of wondering why she said "Dad," not "Mom and Dad"...
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Those look like roughly quart jars. And he's getting them pretty full...
I think we'll be seeing little drunk bubbles soon!
Also, grampa reminded me of the right-hand end of this (http://xkcd.com/907/) comic.
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I'm kind of wondering why she said "Dad," not "Mom and Dad"...
Because technically their dad is the Bianchi, not their mom.
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Mom just married into the family...
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Those look like roughly quart jars. And he's getting them pretty full...
I think we'll be seeing little drunk bubbles soon!
Also, grampa reminded me of the right-hand end of this (http://xkcd.com/907/) comic.
Nah, those look like pints to me. We do a -lot- of canning, and those look too small to be quarts to me.
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Well, that explains why there's a character named Raven in QC. :-D
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I've never had a sister. Is that a normal brother-sister conversation?
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INB4 "Church of Azathoth" becoming a real thing.
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Too late. (http://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Azathoth#Church_of_Azathoth)
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I don't understand why a well-off urbanite (Northampton MA calls itself a city anyway) would serve wine in Mason Jars. He isn't a backwoods hillbilly, and I doubt he's a keen fruit-bottler or jam-maker. Is this some sort of pretend-to-be-poor pose thing? If so, it is still weird. In Australia, 1 USPint (473ml) Mason Jars cost around A$35 for a dozen, while you can buy a dozen wine glasses at IKEA (http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/40137812/) for around A$12, or a dozen 650ml tumblers (http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/30137916/) for A$22. Perhaps it's beginning to make sense; it's like people who pay extra for brand new jeans or guitars that have been pre-distressed (http://idolator.com/293881/pre-distressed-guitars-like-pre-distressed-jeans-except-no-theyre-pretty-much-the-same-thing) to look old and ratty.
I am beginning to sympathise with Penny (http://twitter.com/#!/penelopegaines).
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Sooo ... no more waffles ? Its all hatssss now ? Damn. They just dont taste at all !
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Too late. (http://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Azathoth#Church_of_Azathoth)
Damn my youth and these cultural references.
Also this world where everything has been done already. (Mostly by the Simpsons. -.-)
I don't understand why a well-off urbanite (Northampton MA calls itself a city anyway) would serve wine in Mason Jars. He isn't a backwoods hillbilly, and I doubt he's a keen fruit-bottler or jam-maker. Is this some sort of pretend-to-be-poor pose thing? [ ... ]
I think its simply supposed to be "Indy". Or maybe he didn't do his dishes in a while.
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I liked Cracker Barrel when Camp Eed visited three years ago. There was a Christmas section. It was August. I bought a Dolly Parton album. It was wonderful.
I think this isn't an unusual sibling conversation, I talk about sex with my brother and he's only 18. In ten years we'll probably be even more casual about it.
Oh btw whoever commented on the shared-goblet thing, it is indeed a religious thing.
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I like the mason-jar thing.
My family had a ton of empty mustard glasses to drink from
http://www.derheiko.de/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/cimg3827.jpg
Which is pretty commonplace in Germany.
Or at least was
In the 80´s
Oh dear.
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I don't understand why a well-off urbanite (Northampton MA calls itself a city anyway) would serve wine in Mason Jars. He isn't a backwoods hillbilly,
He does write songs for them, though.
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I don't understand why a well-off urbanite (Northampton MA calls itself a city anyway) would serve wine in Mason Jars. He isn't a backwoods hillbilly, and I doubt he's a keen fruit-bottler or jam-maker. Is this some sort of pretend-to-be-poor pose thing? If so, it is still weird.
Again, mason jars are pretty popular in PV. I can think of at least two restaurants where tea and water are automatically brought in mason jars. Even if that weren't the case, it's available, and it's quite likely he's a canner if nothing else.
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and horny is totally an emotion. it's one of the 6 Officially Sanctioned Male Emotions that it is socially acceptable to express. (hungry, angry, happy, sad, tired, & horny)
I'm pretty sure "sad" isn't on the list. In fact, it's kind of the canonical emotion not on the list.
I think that comes under "cutting onions" or "dirt in the eye". There are very few exceptions to the rule...
I've never had a sister. Is that a normal brother-sister conversation?
I would say it's fairly common. Between me and my sister, we've talked pretty openly about stuff that we wouldn't under normal circumstances tell our parents. We more or less see each other as a cross between a best friend and a confessional booth.
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I've never had a sister. Is that a normal brother-sister conversation?
I can't speak for anyone else and it of course depend on how close you are, but I can at least say it would be completely normal between me and my sister. Except for that "horny" comment..
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I can pretty conclusively say I'd never have this conversation with either of my siblings. Then again, I expect I'm too English to ever have this conversation with anybody.
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I also never had such a conversation with my siblings - but I did have a somewhat similar one with my by then elderly mother after my divorce.
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My younger-older (older than me but not the oldest) brother has told PG details about his escapades but only when they had a funny outcome. Both my brothers are comfortable enough with me to point out attractive women in a, "She's hot" way. We do all talk to Mammy though and Mammy keeps us informed of each other. I've gossiped quite a bit with my Mammy about one of my brother's questionable relationship with his supervisor.
Although Sven and Dora are a year apart in age if that means anything. I'm 21, my next brother is 24 and then oldest brother is nearly 28. I'd say I'm closer with my oldest brother but it would be the other who I would discuss some details with, generally in a jokey way.
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Interesting conversation so far.
Is it a bad sign that after reading Sven's last speech bubble, my thought was "Meh, these things happen."?
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I'm kind of wondering why she said "Dad," not "Mom and Dad"...
Blood, I'd reckon.
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So - is "horny" an emotion?
Yes. When you haven't had any in THAT long... 2 (5.4%)
No! It's a state of existence! 2 (5.4%)
It's a feeling, but not an emotion. 10 (27%)
Sven DOES have a lot to learn. 3 (8.1%)
Celibacy does not become him. 2 (5.4%)
But this is all about DORA, right? 2 (5.4%)
(Geez, she even has to have control over these polls, too?) 3 (8.1%)
Back off, Dictator! 1 (2.7%)
Could that shirt be any more PINK? 2 (5.4%)
We need more Spathe Ham. 1 (2.7%)
And little hats. Yesssss.... 6 (16.2%)
Okay, I give up. 3 (8.1%)
Total Members Voted: 37
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I wouldn't have that exact conversation, because I wouldn't use those exact words with anyone. But I have had similar conversations to today's strip with my brother after he had his heart trampled all over by a girl at school (recommending dating other people, rather than having lots of sex, though) and the conversation from yesterday with a couple of friends, minus the horny comment.
Interesting question though; how many people actually do talk to their parents about sex in the way that Marten presumably could, and Faye certainly doesn't? I'd only ever talk about sex to my dad's girlfriend, never my mum or dad, and certainly never my stepdad who I believe probably thinks I'm still a virgin and I'm happy to keep it that way until I'm married.
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I don't understand why a well-off urbanite (Northampton MA calls itself a city anyway) would serve wine in Mason Jars. He isn't a backwoods hillbilly, and I doubt he's a keen fruit-bottler or jam-maker. Is this some sort of pretend-to-be-poor pose thing? If so, it is still weird. In Australia, 1 USPint (473ml) Mason Jars cost around A$35 for a dozen, while you can buy a dozen wine glasses at IKEA (http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/40137812/) for around A$12, or a dozen 650ml tumblers (http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/30137916/) for A$22. Perhaps it's beginning to make sense; it's like people who pay extra for brand new jeans or guitars that have been pre-distressed (http://idolator.com/293881/pre-distressed-guitars-like-pre-distressed-jeans-except-no-theyre-pretty-much-the-same-thing) to look old and ratty.
I am beginning to sympathise with Penny (http://twitter.com/#!/penelopegaines).
They might just be regular jars that he washed out when they were empty and started using them as glasses.
Regional practices are allowed to penetrate other regions; Individual tastes should be accounted for, and as somebody pointed out, Sven does spend quite a bit of time with the country music crowd. Why couldn't an urbanite enjoy "country" things on occasion?
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I think IDUHG is right. The mason jars serve two functions - one, they're generally cheaper than formal glassware (which fits the bachelor lifestyle of Sven), and two, they do fit in with his vocation of writing country songs. I'd have to bet that somewhere in his house he may have received a jug or two of 'shine from an appreciative singer/band for writing one of their big hits.
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I'd have to bet that somewhere in his house he may have received a jug or two of 'shine from an appreciative singer/band for writing one of their big hits.
Something I'd bet Faye would've loved to dip into several months back.
"Secret moonshine time!"
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He probably hid it from her after her comment about how much she hated country music.
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She might loathe country music, but is she the type of woman to turn down free booze?....honestly?
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White Lightning is not booze. It's nearly 200-proof alcohol.
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sooooo super-hooch then?
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The distilled essece of Mr. James Beam himself.
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I think it might be more of a New England-college-town thing. I've used mason jars as drinking glasses for quite a while now; it's really simple -- the feel of thick-cut knobby glass is just comfortable for some of the older Massachusetts / northern CT / Maine jam or honey jars that they still manufacture.
Heck, some of my Chinese work colleagues use them for tea.
Not everything is a hipster-pose, it's just practicality. Why throw away or recycle the empty jar if it's useful as a mug?
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Faye and Fayemom talk about sex (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=597).
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I like the mason-jar thing.
My family had a ton of empty mustard glasses to drink from
http://www.derheiko.de/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/cimg3827.jpg
Which is pretty commonplace in Germany.
Or at least was
In the 80´s
Oh dear.
I HAVE THOSE IN MY HOUSE
And I wasn't alive in the 80s. Also, german family background. Sorta.
I wouldn't have that exact conversation, because I wouldn't use those exact words with anyone. But I have had similar conversations to today's strip with my brother after he had his heart trampled all over by a girl at school (recommending dating other people, rather than having lots of sex, though) and the conversation from yesterday with a couple of friends, minus the horny comment.
Interesting question though; how many people actually do talk to their parents about sex in the way that Marten presumably could, and Faye certainly doesn't? I'd only ever talk about sex to my dad's girlfriend, never my mum or dad, and certainly never my stepdad who I believe probably thinks I'm still a virgin and I'm happy to keep it that way until I'm married.
Not many people could handle that conversation with their mom. It's easier with one's father, but it's still kinda awkward - some of that awkwardness is because his sex life is quite often, um, the mother.
Reverse mom and dad to get what (I think) is a typical woman's perspective. Oh, and I tried writing it from a gender-neutral position, but that was awkward. (Not many people could handle that conversation with their opposite gendered parent... yeah.)
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I just noticed something: the pose that Dora strikes in the first panel Wednesday (2193) seems reminiscent of how Jeph drew her and the others back about 1500 strips ago (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=610) - which is interesting, considering he's working on Volume 3.
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Oh, and I'm drinking out of a mason jar right now. Not red wine, though. Sprite Zero.
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I just noticed something: the pose that Dora strikes in the first panel Wednesday (2193) seems reminiscent of how Jeph drew her and the others back about 1500 strips ago (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=610) - which is interesting, considering he's working on Volume 3.
Also interesting in that Marten's been to the store and gotten some soup since then. Sort of.
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Heh. "Pantone wants to license the color."
And I have a sneaky suspicion that IDUHG is going to do something with that third panel...
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Raising the question of why Sven is no longer having solitary sex.
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I'm sure he is; but it's no substitute for the real deal, especially since he used to have it so often, so I'm sure it's not terribly satisfying.
Heh. "Pantone wants to license the color."
And I have a sneaky suspicion that IDUHG is going to do something with that third panel...
I dunno, something tells me that the captions generated by Sven's pervy look in that panel might get the negative attention of the mods.
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Awwwwwkwarrrrd....
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Bianchi Blue (https://twitter.com/NickBMorgan/status/205528114346999809/photo/1/large), if you're wondering.
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Re: Poll - It's not just pink, it's Space Ham Pink!
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Is it just me or is a celibate Sven just a little bit creepy?
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Is it just me or is a celibate Sven just a little bit creepy?
... what ?
That must be the "has no girlfriend, then no woman interested" effect in action.
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and horny is totally an emotion. it's one of the 6 Officially Sanctioned Male Emotions that it is socially acceptable to express. (hungry, angry, happy, sad, tired, & horny)
I'm pretty sure "sad" isn't on the list. In fact, it's kind of the canonical emotion not on the list.
I think that comes under "cutting onions" or "dirt in the eye". There are very few exceptions to the rule...
sad has a bit of a caviate attached to it: you can be sad, provided that you have a recognized valid reason to do so, and only insofar as it does not compromise your manly stoicism.
I don't understand why a well-off urbanite (Northampton MA calls itself a city anyway) would serve wine in Mason Jars.
simplest explanation would probably be that all his real glasses are dirty at the moment.
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and horny is totally an emotion. it's one of the 6 Officially Sanctioned Male Emotions that it is socially acceptable to express. (hungry, angry, happy, sad, tired, & horney)
I'm pretty sure than hungry isn't an emotion. Or tired. I'm not sure about horny.
Why does nobody talk about blue ovaries?
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Because nobody can see them?
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Why does nobody talk about blue ovaries?
Intrigued. I rarely hear about symptoms of sexual abstinence in females... is there even such a thing and how does that manifest? (I mean everyone misses fun things ... but other than that?)
As to why: Male to female ratio maybe? Nobody thought of it because the character the "discussion" is about is male? ... dunno.
Because nobody can see them?
I can see a red ball... and we're not talking about visuals here. 8-)
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As to why: pretty sure it's because there hasn't been much in the way of a perceived "need" to 'justify' promiscuity in females with a pseudo-medical explanation–it's always been much easier, in patriarchal westernised societies at least, to default to slut shaming instead–so no one ever came up with an equivalent.
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Hysteria?
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[ ... ] ... it's always been much easier, in patriarchal westernised societies at least, to default to slut shaming instead–so no one ever came up with an equivalent.
Ouch, my gender.
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Why does nobody talk about blue ovaries?
Because the ovaries continue their monthly function regardless of sexual release. Also, note that blue balls are not a symptom of abstinence alone, but abstinence in the face of a specific desire.
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Why does nobody talk about blue ovaries?
Intrigued. I rarely hear about symptoms of sexual abstinence in females... is there even such a thing and how does that manifest? (I mean everyone misses fun things ... but other than that?)
I guess promiscuity as a percentage between males and females would be pretty even. I mean, there are males and females out there that can go without sexual stimulation for days, weeks... whatever length of time (not to say they're not interested in getting any, just that it doesn't take priority). On the other hand, others are so damned horny that they'd give rabbits a bit of a shock. Self-satisfaction doesn't help much either. It's like chewing a pen when you quit smoking.
Calling it "hormonal" doesn't really explain the situation, but that's the best I can think of at this point.
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Why does nobody talk about blue ovaries?
Let's not forget that it just doesn't have the same ring to it as blue balls.
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Blue balls is such an odd term. "Heavy balls" was how I always heard it described, which makes much more sense.
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I think now would be perfect for Raven to come and jump Sven
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Blue balls is such an odd term. "Heavy balls" was how I always heard it described, which makes much more sense.
Generally the image of balls swelling up during longer periods of sexual inactivity strikes me as medically questionable.
(I have those constantly and mine haven't changed in size - or color - at all... tmi?)
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Wikipedia, that paragon of useful information, does seem to suggest it's a genuine thing, although not all men suffer from it.
Women do get sexual desires without the opportunity to do anything about them, obviously, surely no one is doubting that? But I think that people don't like the idea of women (other than porn stars) masturbating, maybe? Like somehow it's a male thing. There was a girl in my class at school who was well known for being a big fan of sex, but vehemently denied ever touching herself in any way. Could have been true, I guess, but it seemed like she thought it would be more shameful than just hooking up with boys a lot.
I wonder whether Sven is going to be able to follow through on this, and become better at relationships as a result, or whether he is in fact going to snap and end up sleeping with Raven or something.
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TMI.
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So - is "horny" an emotion?
Yes. When you haven't had any in THAT long... 3 (6.1%)
No! It's a state of existence! 2 (4.1%)
It's a feeling, but not an emotion. 12 (24.5%)
Sven DOES have a lot to learn. 3 (6.1%)
Celibacy does not become him. 2 (4.1%)
But this is all about DORA, right? 2 (4.1%)
(Geez, she even has to have control over these polls, too?) 4 (8.2%)
Back off, Dictator! 1 (2%)
Could that shirt be any more PINK? 6 (12.2%)
We need more Spathe Ham. 1 (2%)
And little hats. Yesssss.... 9 (18.4%)
Okay, I give up. 4 (8.2%)
Total Members Voted: 49
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Wikipedia, that paragon of useful information, does seem to suggest it's a genuine thing,
I don't need to resort to Wikipedia to confirm that.
Generally the image of balls swelling up during longer periods of sexual inactivity strikes me as medically questionable.
It's more a build-up of pressure within their fixed size, so they harden and that causes an ache.
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But I think that people don't like the idea of women (other than porn stars) masturbating, maybe?
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Yeah, I noticed. What is THAT all about? It seems to be an opinion quite common in America.
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Why does nobody talk about blue ovaries?
the term 'blue balls' doesn't just describe a psychological state of frustration, but also a physical sensation. essentially, the testes produce sperm continually throughout the adult male's life. thus if said sperm is not flushed from the system occasionally the hydraulic pressure can build to painful levels. in addition, the rate of that production correlates with the hormone levels within the body; thus a male who is frequently stimulated sexually will have a higher average rate of production than one who is not, and so will be more prone to this condition.
in essence, a guy who has blue balls is not just horny and frustrated, he is actually in physical pain. so far as i am aware, there is no exact female equivalent to that.
i've also heard it called 'rubber nuts'
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But I think that people don't like the idea of women (other than porn stars) masturbating, maybe?
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Yeah, I noticed. What is THAT all about? It seems to be an opinion quite common in America.
really depends on where you are and who you talk to. my hypothesis is that the act is considered as coarse regardless, but men get a pass because we are generally expected to be coarse/gross/pervy/etc.
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My hat off to the poll btw, jwhouk. Made me giggle multiple times!
(multiple giggleasm... now there's a stupid pun °O)
[ ... ]but men get a pass because we are generally expected to be coarse/gross/pervy/etc.
Thanks, might be. oO
And again "Ouch, my gender."
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...but men get a pass because we are generally expected to be coarse/gross/pervy/etc.
Ouch, that's my gender.
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Many of the ladies of my acquaintance can more than hold their own in the Coarse/Gross/Pervy Olympics. All while smiling prettily and holding their pinkies out while they sip their tea.
Not that I'm complaining, mind ...
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Trying to figure out what color would be THAT blue
(http://www.colorhexa.com/0040ff.png)
#0040FF blue, of course.
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Mason Jars - I very vaguely recall using jelly jars as a child for tea/juice/milk. Doesn't bother me one way or the other. As to why Sven is using them, why not? Probably is a case of a fan or band member he wrote music for either did canning themselves or knew someone who did, gave him the jars, he ate whatever was inside the jars, and decided "Meh, why not keep them around for when all the cups are in the sink/dishwasher."
Cracker Barrel - Having grown up in the Deep South I can say that when I'm REALLY hungry for Southern-ish food (now living in New Mexico) I'll go there. Is it the same as a real hole in the wall restaurant that tastes just like your grandma cooked it place? Not at all. Kitschy enough to make me forgive it for it's not so authentic Southern southern? Sure. And anyway who doesn't love sitting at the table with the peg board game waiting for your food?
That awkward brother sister talk - My brother and I haven't spoken in years - but I don't think this conversation would work for us even if we did speak on a regular basis.
Blue Balls - I'm not a man so I can't really speak to the condition itself, though I did have some friends who worked at planned parenthood (who had actually asked the clinicians) said that most of the condition itself is psychological, yes there is SOME pain, but the great majority of it (ironically) is in the guy's head. Not dismissing the amount of pain one might feel in such a situation of course.
Sven Creepy? - :S Sadly slightly yes.
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Blue balls? Yeah I've had em, although they wern't so much from length of time not -ahem- releasing. But from being on a date and being teased throughout most of it, was the most physically painful night of my love life. But it ended well :evil:
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I mostly stop into a Cracker Barrel when I'm on a long drive for a book on CD.
Which I promptly forget to return for three weeks...
which gets kinda expensive.
I'm confused, is Cracker Barrel a restaurant and a library?
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No, but they have gift shops
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Hysteria?
Yes. The symptoms for which doctors treated women with vibrators sound to modern ears like sexual deprivation.
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Better than anything Dr Kellogg would've done... he'd have melted it off.
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Dammit, now I want chicken'n'dumplings .or. pot roast from Cracker Barrel.
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No no, you want the broccoli cheddar chicken. It is the BEST. THING. EVER.
Chicken and dumplings are nothing more than boiled and unseasoned chicken tenders with lumpy squares of dough in a strange and tasteless floury gravy. ::shudder::
Did y'all hear about the shooting at the Cracker Barrel in Brooklyn, Ohio a month or two back? I live near there, and I was just there the day before. The second daughter, the one he chased into the bathroom to shoot, just died last week ):
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There is a Cracker Barrel about 15 minutes south of Northampton off of I-91 in Holyoke...
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vettech, the Sandusky one's out every time I ask.
Yeah, I heard about that shooting. Sick miserable b*****d. People like that make me hope Dante was right.
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Did y'all hear about the shooting at the Cracker Barrel in Brooklyn, Ohio a month or two back? I live near there, and I was just there the day before. The second daughter, the one he chased into the bathroom to shoot, just died last week ):
God help me, my first knee-jerk reaction was to make a joke. Yuck! And I had read about it.
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But I think that people don't like the idea of women (other than porn stars) masturbating, maybe?
What people? Being disturbed by that is nonsense.
There was a girl in my class at school who was well known for being a big fan of sex, but vehemently denied ever touching herself in any way.
Did you ever see her sitting with her legs crossed swinging the top leg with a hint of vigor? For some women....
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Marten's learning his faults. Slowly but surely. :)
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Did y'all hear about the shooting at the Cracker Barrel in Brooklyn, Ohio a month or two back? I live near there, and I was just there the day before. The second daughter, the one he chased into the bathroom to shoot, just died last week ):
God help me, my first knee-jerk reaction was to make a joke. Yuck! And I had read about it.
I was once feeling bad about enjoying a piece of black humor, and a wise friend pointed out that laughing at evil is a way of denying it respect. “The devil...the prowde spirite...cannot endure to be mocked.”
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@Comic:
Kind of anti-climactic, no?
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But I think that people don't like the idea of women (other than porn stars) masturbating, maybe?
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Yeah, I noticed. What is THAT all about? It seems to be an opinion quite common in America.
really depends on where you are and who you talk to. my hypothesis is that the act is considered as coarse regardless, but men get a pass because we are generally expected to be coarse/gross/pervy/etc.
I suggest this with no small amount of hesitation, but I was under the general impression that society saw men masturbating is seen as shameful, whereas for women it's empowering.
I am thinking in particular of their depiction in Smallville versus American Beauty, for example. Although that may not be the best example...
OK, I'd be happy to be proven wrong! I probably am. It's happened before. :roll:
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Well, at least Faye hasn't had to hit him
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I guess promiscuity as a percentage between males and females would be pretty even. [...]
Thats the politically correct assumption, but in reality I would expect there to be more males than females being promiscious. Because women are kind of more concious about feelings, on average, and being promiscious isnt really a healthy attitude towards your own feelings. In fact in more serious cases its even a state of mind that might demand theraphy (*).
Unless you go promisicious = sex without being married = including serially monogamic, then thats pretty popular with pretty much everybody nowadays. But thats kind of a definition from past ages.
Not that I dont consider the idea of finding one partner and only having with that person sex in your whole life highly romantic.
(*): I wanted to link the article about Hypersexuality on Wikipedia at this place, but man thats a heap of bull. Reads like written by teenager virgins from the USA bible belt, not by doctors of medicine. Seriously, Hypersexuality includes the sensation of pleasure from masturbation ? We are all doomed.
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I remember reading some study where they asked a load of twenty somethings of male and female, if they would have satisfying sex consequence free with no-strings. Apparently the rates of they would were pretty even between male and female. It wasn't the no-strings thing that got women to say no to casual encounters, it's that basically, women weren't sure if it would be worth their time because generally the first sex with a new stranger wouldn't be all that satisfying in the technical department.
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I think it depends hugely on where you are and who you're asking. I personally feel that women, or at least young women (I'm talking about people from age maybe 15 to about 25, because that's the age range I know best) are more worried about the emotional attachment of a relationship than the sexual pleasure, whereas young men in the same age range are more bothered about sex than emotions. It seems to even out a bit as people get older and manage to throw off the societal expectations and discover how they actually feel about things.
Also, I wouldn't say that being serially monogamous is universally popular. A lot of my friends only date people if they think they're likely to get married - not so much serially but singularly, although obviously sometimes they discover they wouldn't want to get married and break up. Whilst this is generally amongst my Christian friends, we aren't talking about Bible-belt southern states Christianity but well-educated and liberal-leaning British women (I think religion has a more balanced view on sex on this side of the pond).
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(I think religion has a more balanced view on sex on this side of the pond).
Well, once you move away from Rome, that is.
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Well, at least Faye hasn't had to hit him
Yet
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I suggest this with no small amount of hesitation, but I was under the general impression that society saw men masturbating is seen as shameful, whereas for women it's empowering.
Masturbation is nothing to crow about for either sex. "Guess what I just did? WOOOT!" But that doesn't make doing it a shameful act, either. It is what it is. Most people will just see at a waste of time. But frankly, so is watching most television shows, getting drunk with friends, "hanging out", etc. So as a time waster, it isn't the worst way to waste time either. Anyone telling you it is a shameful act should mind their own business.
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I suggest this with no small amount of hesitation, but I was under the general impression that society saw men masturbating is seen as shameful, whereas for women it's empowering.
My impression is that many see either gender masturbating as a negative. Those who see it empowering for women would have no reason to see it as shameful for men. But I'm wary of generalizing about my culture, especially in this forum. I don't watch a lot of TV, don't see a lot of movies, and assume most forum folks are more clued in than I.
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Re: Today's comic - Sometimes, after you've been doing things for so long, dialogue just writes itself.
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But frankly, so is watching most television shows, getting drunk with friends, "hanging out", etc.
Not to mention reading webcomics and posting on forums.
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i've never understood what the shape of the container has to do with the specific beverage a person is supposed to drink it out of.
It has to do with texture, aromas, and temperature control. For example, some people drink whisky in a tumbler, while a snifter is far better - but this kind of glass (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bowmore_whisky_12_years.JPG) is actually the optimal choice to benefit from the aromas. The material is important, too: according to a Belgian friend of mine, who's the most impressive beer nerd I know (even more of a beer nerd than your average Belgian), some special beers are better served in an earthenware cup, for better temperature control. Champagne is better served in a flute than in a coupe. Etc.
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Definition of Creepy?
Talking about blueballs with your sister... 1 (2.2%)
...while you are hugging her. 9 (20%)
Putting little hats on your AnthroPC's. 0 (0%)
Saying "yesssssss" after doing so. 10 (22.2%)
Creating threads including the words "hot" and "Hannelore". 4 (8.9%)
Bearhat guy. 4 (8.9%)
Pink t-shirts. 0 (0%)
Pink t-shirts with the name of a punk anarchist band. 0 (0%)
Trying to figure out what color would be THAT blue 2 (4.4%)
...and if it was humanly possible to have them. 0 (0%)
Talking about blue ovaries. 2 (4.4%)
Wanting SPATHE HAM! (#CC3366, by the way) 1 (2.2%)
Writing slashfic, of course. 1 (2.2%)
Stuff like ==MODERATOR EDIT== 11 (24.4%)
Total Members Voted: 45
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Boy, this is going to be a low-turnout poll.