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Title: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: ysth on 12 Jul 2009, 18:47
F5
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: akronnick on 12 Jul 2009, 21:27
indeed.

I love it when Faye acts all innocent.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Fenriswolf on 13 Jul 2009, 00:44
But plenty of stuff can do that!  :laugh:
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Zingoleb on 13 Jul 2009, 00:54
Like a coffee bean grinder.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: ysth on 13 Jul 2009, 01:37
But plenty of stuff can do that!  :laugh:
Indeed. (http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html)
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: nichidani on 13 Jul 2009, 04:16
yeah, i mean, what can't kill a baby these days. pfft.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: pwhodges on 13 Jul 2009, 04:28
Babies just aren't what they were.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Muirghiel on 13 Jul 2009, 07:26
I find Dora to be sexiest when she actually steps up, takes charge, and makes everyone else her bitch.

More of this, please.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: AngryCallCenterAgent on 13 Jul 2009, 08:54
Speaking of Dora, is it just me, or has she been filling out lately? (Her bosom is still petite, but that's okay...)
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Juniper Jade on 13 Jul 2009, 09:02
Babies are evil, Dora should really give Faye a medal for wanting to kill them whether it be on purpose or not.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 13 Jul 2009, 09:25
Dora's the right age for the Great Metabolic Shift to be happening, and it's been foreshadowed.

Murighiel is back!

Maybe it really was a coffee grinder, specifically the one mentioned on a misheard lyrice site in a Steppenwolf song:
"Why don't you come with me little girl
On a magic coffee grinder"
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Shok Xone Studios on 13 Jul 2009, 09:53
The baby probably had it coming.

YEAH I SED IT
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: ecstaticjoy on 13 Jul 2009, 11:02
AHahahhahahahhaha
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Fenriswolf on 13 Jul 2009, 12:31
Indeed. (http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html):

Quote
Should I be concerned about Dihydrogen Monoxide?
Yes, you should be concerned about DHMO!

Some of the well-known uses of Dihydrogen Monoxide are:
# as an industrial solvent and coolant,
# in nuclear power plants,
# by the U.S. Navy in the propulsion systems of some older vessels,
# by elite athletes to improve performance,
...
# by the Church of Scientology on their members and their members' families (although surprisingly, many members recently have contacted DHMO.org to vehemently deny such use),
...

What is the link between Dihydrogen Monoxide and school violence?
A recent stunning revelation is that in every single instance of violence in our country's schools, including infamous shootings in high schools in Denver and Arkansas, Dihydrogen Monoxide was involved.

Oh, my god.  :laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Somebody on 13 Jul 2009, 14:35
That's be funnier if it wasn't so far down the humour/popularity scale (http://www.topatoco.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TO&Product_Code=QC-MEMES&Category_Code=QC) by now.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Kugai on 13 Jul 2009, 15:18
I wonder if it was supposed to be an 'Angus Termination Device.'   :evil:
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Aurjay on 13 Jul 2009, 20:20
so i just googled baby killing sculpture and didnt get any hits so I think Faye might be onto something here
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Fenriswolf on 13 Jul 2009, 21:29
Wow, and I thought I spent too much time on the internet - obviously I don't travel in the right circles for I have never heard of this!  :police:
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: ysth on 13 Jul 2009, 23:28
Wil is looking remarkably domestic.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Fenriswolf on 13 Jul 2009, 23:35
Eugh. Wil is a pillock.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: TryScience on 13 Jul 2009, 23:45
Ahem...does Penny have rickets?
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: akronnick on 14 Jul 2009, 01:11
Indeed, why would you think that?
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: FourNineFoxtrot on 14 Jul 2009, 01:23
"Rime of the English Major" indeed.  I look forward to a fruitful career of menial labor upon completion of my degree.

Serving fries in iambic pentameter:

"Your fries do come with free-ly giv-en sauce;
Wouldst thou be-like to or-der a dess-ert?"

At the drive-thru, I shall speak in trochaic tetrameter:

"Shall I up-grade your or-der now?
The large runs on-ly ten cents more.
A com-bo would, if truth is told,
Take ev-en less from your bill-fold."


... I'm a pretty useless human being.


Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: ecstaticjoy on 14 Jul 2009, 02:57
Wil's not my favorite. But I'm liking Penny more and more.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: doombilly on 14 Jul 2009, 05:23
You know what? Fuck Will. Ooooh I'm to good to wash dishes. LOSER. I hope the bear comes back for him.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: snubnose on 14 Jul 2009, 05:50
Nice comic.

I'm more fuzzed about the fact people start bashing on other people so quick. Personally, I can perfectly well understand Wil's complaints. Such jobs dont have the habit of being intellectually stimulating.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: BryanP on 14 Jul 2009, 06:06
I'm suddenly reminded of a friend complaining about not having any money.  She was a medieval studies major, her husband was a philosophy major.  I told her that humanities majors should never marry.  Each of them was supposed to marry someone with a practical career.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: innermoppet on 14 Jul 2009, 06:29
I'm holding out hope for Wil but he's sort of pissing me off right now. "Dreary Manual Labor"??? Seriously? His "goddess" Penelope works at a coffee shop and I'm sure she wipes down tables and probably washes dishes.

I hate pretentious people who think they are ABOVE doing work with their hands. I am a writer so I get the whole artist thing, but I also have a full time job, because I get the-not wanting to be a useless lump who has to be taken care of- thing. What floors me is that it never occurred to Wil to get a job before he asked if he could live with Penny. Did he seriously think she'd be his sugar mama when they still barely know each other?

Previously I thought Penny was being kind of a bitch to Wil but I should have withheld my opinion. I've dated enough lazy-ass pseudo-intellectuals to be wary of guys who expect to be taken care of.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: plethora on 14 Jul 2009, 06:33
Yeah, but does anyone ever really want to wash dishes? Surely it would be anyone's last resort. Because as snubnose said, it's not particularly stimulating, plus it's not very pleasant. And, it's not great money, either.

So, that high horse you're on? Dismount.

And before you ask, yes, I've done it.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: maddness on 14 Jul 2009, 06:37
^ What he said!

I'm sorry, but everyone who's harping on Wil for hoping to avoid dish washing and table busing is high like a muthafuckin' kite! Who the hell wants to do those jobs? Nobody dreams of growing up to be a dishwasher. If it's all you can get then you take it and suck it up, but most people would avoid it like the plague if they had a choice.

Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: plethora on 14 Jul 2009, 06:58
*cough*she *cough*

And thank you.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: nichidani on 14 Jul 2009, 07:03
seriously, what did he expect? "looking for english major to sit around and write poetry all day. will pay in fairy dust and unicorn farts, also a million dollars per day. inquire within." seriously. the fuck? i mean, manual labor is a shitty gig (i've done it), but noone's above it. the key is to be realistic.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: BryanP on 14 Jul 2009, 07:05
Yeah, but does anyone ever really want to wash dishes?

And before you ask, yes, I've done it.

So have I.  It's a great incentive to find a better job.  But when you have bills to pay you take your money where you can earn it.  If that means standing behind the counter at the convenience store at 3am or loading trucks, oh well. 
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: plethora on 14 Jul 2009, 07:09
He ever said, "I refuse to apply for such a job because it is beneath me". He said he was hoping to avoid it, because it would suck.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: nichidani on 14 Jul 2009, 07:10
But when you have bills to pay you take your money where you can earn it.  If that means standing behind the counter at the convenience store at 3am or loading trucks, oh well. 


yeah, if you are above manual labor/otherwise shitty jobs you must also be above eating and living under your own roof
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: lowbart on 14 Jul 2009, 07:31
"I was hoping to avoid that sort of dreary manual labor".

Somebody call the WAAAHHMBULANCE!
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: sophle on 14 Jul 2009, 07:43
really what bugs me is just how terrible of a poet he is.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: nichidani on 14 Jul 2009, 07:47
Speaking of Dora, is it just me, or has she been filling out lately? (Her bosom is still petite, but that's okay...)

i looked back, and yeah she's been filling out a bit. but i think jeph just enjoys drawing his female characters a little curvier as time passes, anyway. faye was the same basic shape as dora when the comic started, and she's definitely gotten curvier with jeph's art improvement. i think it's just him getting more and more comfortable with drawing dora, and she's taking different shape. kind of like hannelore. she was completely different looking when she was introduced into the comic. not to mention, dora is approaching the 'great metaboic shift' as someone above me said.

edit (citin' the source):
Dora's the right age for the Great Metabolic Shift to be happening, and it's been foreshadowed.

Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: nichidani on 14 Jul 2009, 07:49
really what bugs me is just how terrible of a poet he is.

that too. eesh.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Juniper Jade on 14 Jul 2009, 09:39
Eh... I feel kind of bad for Wil.

Okay, I get it. He's in in his late 20s/ early 30s... he NEEDS a mother fucking job. You will not hear a disagreement from me on that stance. I just feel bad that he's getting pushed into doing it by Penelope. Again, I understand... he NEEDS a mother fucking job and maybe Penelope pushing him will help him realize this. I'm just getting the feeling of Penelope becoming one of those pushy girlfriends who expects Wil to change every time he does something she doesn't think is right. I mean... look at the guy's face you can tell he doesn't want to be doing this. Yes, I know... he NEEDS a mother fucking job.

I don't know, I guess for some weird way I feel bad for the man.

About the whole dish washing thing... I've done it. It's a terribad job. Any one would chose that as a last resort. Like someone said, Wil didn't say he WOULDN'T do it just that he would PREFER not to end up in that situation and can you really blame him?

Oh and I forgot to mention how cute Pen looks in the second panel!
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Kugai on 14 Jul 2009, 12:20
I like the fact that Penny's not letting him get away with any shit over this.  Like I said, Pen may just be the 'Reality Check' that Wil has long needed.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: nichidani on 14 Jul 2009, 12:42
Oh and I forgot to mention how cute Pen looks in the second panel!

all this talk made me forget to mention the same. i really love that post. and her nose looks awfully adorable. ^^
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Zingoleb on 14 Jul 2009, 14:52


yeah, if you are above manual labor/otherwise shitty jobs you must also be above eating and living under your own roof

Wait what how can you be above living under your own roof
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: TryScience on 14 Jul 2009, 17:15
Indeed, why would you think that?

The shape/size of her legs in the second panel.

I'm quite enjoying the contrast of outrageous fantasy and gritty realism in the Wil and Penelope storyline. I may hope Marten does better than Dora and all males realize Faye is a hot, hot mess but I'm pulling for Pizza Girl and the Pansy Poet.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: LunchBagArt on 14 Jul 2009, 22:16
Living off of others is fine if that's what you want to do.

It's just fundamentally unattractive behavior, male or female.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: IlGreven on 14 Jul 2009, 23:22
...are we about to re-enter the Awkward Zone?
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: TheReaper on 14 Jul 2009, 23:27
The better question is: Have we ever truly left it?
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: snubnose on 14 Jul 2009, 23:47
I always thought women LIKE it when men show their feelings.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Koremora on 14 Jul 2009, 23:55
They like it until you actually show your feelings. THEN NO.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Tobimaro on 14 Jul 2009, 23:56
I always thought women LIKE it when men show their feelings.


I guess it depends on the situation.  I see that some women want their man to show their feelings, but then I see that women are on the hunt for the "strong man".  Mind you, all I know of this is popular culture (not that I am actively searching for a partner.  I'll get to that sometime soon...)   :roll:
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Cartilage Head on 15 Jul 2009, 00:08
I'd just like to congratulate Jeph on being pretty good with the writing recently. The strips have started to make me laugh again. Good work, Jeph!
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: akronnick on 15 Jul 2009, 00:19
Indeed.

Looks like Angus isn't going to totally lay down and take all of Faye's shit. He enjoys the back and forth, but in the end, there are boundaries.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: fifthfiend on 15 Jul 2009, 00:47
You're right Faye, what a man ought to do is bottle those feelings up, putting up a brave and unchanging face to the world while deep inside him his sadness eats away at him day by day by day until one day he blows his brains out all over the backyard while his baby daughter watches.

That's what a man oughtta do.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: ecstaticjoy on 15 Jul 2009, 01:05
You're right Faye, what a man ought to do is bottle those feelings up, putting up a brave and unchanging face to the world while deep inside him his sadness eats away at him day by day by day until one day he blows his brains out all over the backyard while his baby daughter watches.

That's what a man oughtta do.

Too far man, too far.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 15 Jul 2009, 01:55
Exercise for the reader: if a man does something that Faye likes, will she respond by letting him get closer or by pushing him away?

What Faye likes may be different from what "women" like, but we know that she was attracted to the severely non-macho Marten.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: danman on 15 Jul 2009, 02:15
You're right Faye, what a man ought to do is bottle those feelings up, putting up a brave and unchanging face to the world while deep inside him his sadness eats away at him day by day by day until one day he blows his brains out all over the backyard while his baby daughter watches.

That's what a man oughtta do.

Actually , that would be somewhat unmanly as well, assuming he did not have a terminal illness, or something similar, ie that he would die shortly anyway, only in horrid pain.
And crying at cartoons is hardly a good trait for a woman to have, not even beginning to speak about men.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: snubnose on 15 Jul 2009, 03:01
You're right Faye, what a man ought to do is bottle those feelings up, putting up a brave and unchanging face to the world while deep inside him his sadness eats away at him day by day by day until one day he blows his brains out all over the backyard while his baby daughter watches.

That's what a man oughtta do.
Muhahaha yes, indeed. :-D You hit the nail on the head...
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: evilbobthebob on 15 Jul 2009, 03:15
You're right Faye, what a man ought to do is bottle those feelings up, putting up a brave and unchanging face to the world while deep inside him his sadness eats away at him day by day by day until one day he blows his brains out all over the backyard while his baby daughter watches.

That's what a man oughtta do.

Hell yes. I have stopped lurking just to agree with that  :-P but also because Faye is starting to remind me a lot of a girl I know. What with the punching, sarcasm and general put downs, as well as underlying psychological issues...to mangle a cliché from xkcd: get out of my friends Jeph  :-P

Oh, and the comic is getting more comic again. Yay!  :lol:
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Delirium on 15 Jul 2009, 04:24
You're right Faye, what a man ought to do is bottle those feelings up, putting up a brave and unchanging face to the world while deep inside him his sadness eats away at him day by day by day until one day he blows his brains out all over the backyard while his baby daughter watches.

That's what a man oughtta do.

Actually , that would be somewhat unmanly as well, assuming he did not have a terminal illness, or something similar, ie that he would die shortly anyway, only in horrid pain.
And crying at cartoons is hardly a good trait for a woman to have, not even beginning to speak about men.
The backyard, where your daughter might see it, and where someone has to clean you up, is is still not the place to off yourself. Far better to go out into the wilderness, where those who clean you up will be happy to do so.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: fifthfiend on 15 Jul 2009, 05:07
Actually , that would be somewhat unmanly as well

(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o159/posindustries/facepalm/facepalm3.gif)
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: danman on 15 Jul 2009, 06:35
I fail to understand, whether you are expressing incredulity, or consider my statement utterly obvious.
Please explain yourself.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: themacnut on 15 Jul 2009, 06:36
The backyard, where your daughter might see it, and where someone has to clean you up, is is still not the place to off yourself. Far better to go out into the wilderness, where those who clean you up will be happy to do so.

The problem with that is, then your loved ones are liable to think you've run off on them, or been kidnapped, thereby triggering a frantic missing person's search, years of posting "Have You Seen This Person?" flyers all over, someone possibly being falsely accused of kidnapping/murdering you and perhaps people thinking you're a despicable loser because you ran away. And if you go far enough into the wilderness where your remains are never found (by people) then loved ones will be left wondering just what happened to you.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: nichidani on 15 Jul 2009, 07:07
i dunno about anyone else, but maybe faye's just giving him a hard time out of her utter faye-ness?

although, remember she IS southern. being a georgia peach myself, i can attest that we [southern accent] don't take too kindly down here to men cryin' like sissies. [/southern accent]
myself not included, i am a sucker for the sensitive, but when something's ingrained into your head for so long you can't help but to form some kind of opinion about it.
maybe that is just one thing she happened to take away from living down south for so long?
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: SleeperCylon on 15 Jul 2009, 08:28
I say there is no statistically significant interaction between gender and acceptability of crying!

Now, crying at a hackneyed romance plot, that's not okay no matter what the content of your pants.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Juniper Jade on 15 Jul 2009, 08:56
Okay, this strip really made me laugh. Mostly Angus' face did it for me in the third panel while Marten was talking. I LOVE that face to death and I love it when Jeph draws that face on any character in any instance. It's fucking classic.

Anyway, I think Faye is more or less a little weirded out Angus cried during an anime. Usually people who don't watch anime look down on it and think it's garbage, I mean look at how Angus reacted when he first walked into the room. So I don't think it's a matter of not liking sensitive guys, (she was into Marten who's the most sensitive guy in the world) I think it's just a matter he cried during and anime. Ooooh.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Delirium on 15 Jul 2009, 10:29
I fail to understand, whether you are expressing incredulity, or consider my statement utterly obvious.
Please explain yourself.
You completely missed the sarcasm, that's what.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Juniper Jade on 15 Jul 2009, 10:29
Oh forgot to say... rage coffee mug. MUST HAVE.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: danman on 15 Jul 2009, 10:45
If you mean the original comment, i did not. Although it was sarcastic, it was sarcastic of the opinion that a man should not basically be so womanly as to cry over TV, which is just plain wrong.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Near Lurker on 15 Jul 2009, 11:36
I guess Marten just has a thing about moms dying, since too many people "died for" his mother.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Shawn on 15 Jul 2009, 12:40
You're right Faye, what a man ought to do is bottle those feelings up, putting up a brave and unchanging face to the world while deep inside him his sadness eats away at him day by day by day until one day he blows his brains out all over the backyard while his baby daughter watches.

That's what a man oughtta do.


Actually , that would be somewhat unmanly as well, assuming he did not have a terminal illness, or something similar, ie that he would die shortly anyway, only in horrid pain.
And crying at cartoons is hardly a good trait for a woman to have, not even beginning to speak about men.

I fail to understand, whether you are expressing incredulity, or consider my statement utterly obvious.
Please explain yourself.

The whole point of fifthfiend's post was to refrence when Faye's dad shot himself in front of her (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=504)... not sure if you got that.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: danman on 15 Jul 2009, 12:47


yes i did get the reference, just i did not think it was the WHOLE point of the post, rather , i thought he was using it to underline his point, and bash the opinion Faye had expressed
.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Kugai on 15 Jul 2009, 14:04
Faye The Bitch is back
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: shatterednoises on 15 Jul 2009, 14:06
That shoe scene was pretty heart-wrenching.  I'm one of those people who can't really watch certain movies without a partner to clutch at in the dramatic/ scary moments.  I wouldn't blame anyone, man or beast, for crying at cartoon atrocities.

Sooooomewhere out there, beneath the pale moooooonliiiiight...
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Delirium on 15 Jul 2009, 15:23
If you mean the original comment, i did not. Although it was sarcastic, it was sarcastic of the opinion that a man should not basically be so womanly as to cry over TV, which is just plain wrong.

Dude, you earned a Captain Sisko facepalm. You are failing hard
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: helloandgoodbye on 15 Jul 2009, 16:39
  I've only cried over It's a Wonerful Life TV/moviewise.  I have to admit that I'd be a little weirded out if I knew a guy who cried over an anime mainly because most of them are so damn cheesy, and I usually laugh over the "sad" parts of them.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Delirium on 15 Jul 2009, 16:43
That's called narm. Not all anime is like that.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: helloandgoodbye on 15 Jul 2009, 16:48
That's called narm. Not all anime is like that.

  Ah, yes, narm.  Forgot the word.  Looked it up on TVTropes once.  I haven't seen much anime.  Only the ones my friends have made me watch.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Pseudowolf on 15 Jul 2009, 17:08
I was sad remembering those scenes. Then I laughed aloud at the punchline.

I must find a way to work "HUSH YE, WOMAN!" into my conversations.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: nichidani on 15 Jul 2009, 18:42
man, anime just kind of sucks you in without you realizing it, and before you know it you are way too into it.

i think that's what happened to angus.

obviously this has never happened to faye.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Random832 on 15 Jul 2009, 21:41
Not cool of Marten, throwing Angus under the bus like that.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Aurjay on 15 Jul 2009, 21:44
have to agree with angus here. grave of fireflies made me tear up. granted its not the typical anime with big titted women killing demons or whatnot.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: willstarrunner on 15 Jul 2009, 22:44
the hell do they all have red noses for
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: akronnick on 15 Jul 2009, 22:54
I was sad remembering those scenes. Then I laughed aloud at the punchline.

I must find a way to work "HUSH YE, WOMAN!" into my conversations.

And not get smacked?


Good luck!
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: tomselleck69 on 15 Jul 2009, 23:08
the hell do they all have red noses for

to piss you off

i call this art successful
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: pwhodges on 15 Jul 2009, 23:13
the hell do they all have red noses for

Swine Flue.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Kross on 15 Jul 2009, 23:29
Since when did Velma work at Coffee of Doom?

Actually, I like the art. :)
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Juniper Jade on 15 Jul 2009, 23:30
Aww, the guest comic made me chuckle.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Delirium on 15 Jul 2009, 23:35
Yay!!!! Scalding milk on Angus! The deadliest of the food groups strikes again
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: piepiepie on 16 Jul 2009, 00:16
Yay!!!! Scalding milk on Angus! The deadliest of the food groups strikes again

Is he supposed to be Angus? I just figured it was an impatient patron of COD. Not too Angus-esque to be checking his watch and not hitting on Faye.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Delirium on 16 Jul 2009, 00:30
Ugh, you're right. I hadn't noticed the man getting scalded in the last panel was the same guy checking his watch in the first. It's just that, previously on Questionable content, Dora had talked about Faye throwing hot milk at Angus.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: snubnose on 16 Jul 2009, 01:03
...

I would ban anyone who would post in my forum a direct link to a video. In an instant.

And about the guest strip, overall I like it. It shows the author must have followed the comic itself for quite a long time to know that many things about it.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Delirium on 16 Jul 2009, 01:08
Why not just disable such things?
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: maddness on 16 Jul 2009, 06:25
Mine is probably the unpopular opinion, but I just found it a little too squicky to be funny to me. Marten's mom is knowingly doing her son's girlfriend, Dora is gleefully cheating on Marten with his own mother, and Marten appears to know nothing about what is going on.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: rudyhenkel on 16 Jul 2009, 08:23
Mine is probably the unpopular opinion, but I just found it a little too squicky to be funny to me. Marten's mom is knowingly doing her son's girlfriend, Dora is gleefully cheating on Marten with his own mother, and Marten appears to know nothing about what is going on.
See, I'd absolutely agree if this was canon.  However, since it's intended as a goofy, one-time joke, which is clearly not canon, I can enjoy it. :)
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: MillionDollar Belt Sander on 16 Jul 2009, 09:59
Amusing guest strip.   I love how Martin is totally clueless about the whole thing.   :D
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 16 Jul 2009, 11:53
The strip has mentioned Velma (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=273) before, though not as a potential employee. I wonder if Dora has the same opinion of her that Faye and Marten do.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: chowburger on 16 Jul 2009, 13:25
With a guest comic like this, who needs QC fanfiction?  :-D
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Kugai on 16 Jul 2009, 13:26
Great guest strip!

Being a follower of YU+ME, it was good to see Megan's take on things.  AND we got the 'Lesbian Sex' moment that some have been clamoring for  :D   ;)
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Mojo on 16 Jul 2009, 21:28
Neither here nor there, but sometimes I miss THESE guys...

http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: parm on 17 Jul 2009, 00:55
...I thought Pintsize had already seen Faye's boobies. "Firm, with just the right amount of jiggling"...
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 17 Jul 2009, 01:08
#33

Would "Gauss-rifle cock" be a rad band name?
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: snubnose on 17 Jul 2009, 01:15
I'm very surprised Printsize is still able to answer any questions afterwards.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: ysth on 17 Jul 2009, 02:22
I would ban anyone who would post in my forum a direct link to a video. In an instant.
Good thing that wasn't a video, then; if it had been, you might have been irked.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Kazukagii on 17 Jul 2009, 02:42
#33

Would "Gauss-rifle cock" be a rad band name?
Fuck yeah it would.

And I feel sorry for Marigold. She is the most likely canidate for fixing Pintsize again, and that damage won't be easy to fix.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: evilbobthebob on 17 Jul 2009, 03:32
Oooh the look on Faye's face. Pure venom.  :lol:
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Jeff7 on 17 Jul 2009, 04:02
His look in panel 5 is like that of a
puppy who's just shredded your shoes and peed on them, and thinks he's doing you a favor.


And of course....Proposal 1. So there are others? He gonna be in for a world of hurt if she finds them.

Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: danman on 17 Jul 2009, 04:48
Proposal 2 apparently involved her building him a 'machine tool' - he simply thought if he puts a worse proposal up first, she is less likely to disagree ... 
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: G-Smo on 17 Jul 2009, 05:54
Only thing is the comment... that little green button, isn't that where the laser (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=61) used to be?
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: tinysmidgen on 17 Jul 2009, 06:20
#33

Would "Gauss-rifle cock" be a rad band name?
Fuck yeah it would.

And I feel sorry for Marigold. She is the most likely canidate for fixing Pintsize again, and that damage won't be easy to fix.

Or he's getting a new chassis again.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: philharmonic on 17 Jul 2009, 07:59
2 things...1st guest comic. wow actually just for fun I hit the random link after reading it and it landed me in the middle of the mom's visit story arc. So I flipped back a few and read through that arc. nice to see Martins mom again.

2nd damaged Pintsize... a new chassis might not be a bad idea. One with thumbs perhaps?!
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: MrMonk on 17 Jul 2009, 08:55
The links and twitter box on the right side of the home page are missing (except for the ads).  Has anyone else noticed this?
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: celticgeek on 17 Jul 2009, 09:00
I can still see them.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Juniper Jade on 17 Jul 2009, 09:29
Blahahaha. Classic Pintsize. How we love thee. <3

I find it hilarious that Pintisze can draw Faye very well but he gets his face to look goofy, unless he did it on purpose haha. Yes, Faye's look! Fucking awesome. I'm interested to see how they repair him, another trip to Marigold?

Either way, this was a good end to a week before guest comics. I r pleased.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: akronnick on 17 Jul 2009, 09:36
... a new chassis might not be a bad idea. One with thumbs perhaps?!

No.

No no, no no no.

Just, no.

Pintsize does not need thumbs.

That would be bad.

That would be very, very bad.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Shteevie on 17 Jul 2009, 10:24
The links and twitter box on the right side of the home page are missing (except for the ads).  Has anyone else noticed this?

The links and twitter boxes et al appear on the home page but not the archives pages. If you navigate to the current comic with the 'next' link at the top instead of the 'home' link, you will see the current comic on an archive page. Thus, no side links.

Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: pwhodges on 17 Jul 2009, 12:03
Pintsize does not need thumbs.

We don't want him to invoke the rule of thumb (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1020)!
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Kross on 17 Jul 2009, 12:43
Oh god, why can't I stop laughing!?
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 17 Jul 2009, 13:16
Quote from: Marten in strip 1015
...if you had opposable thumbs you'd be a threat to civilization
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: MrMonk on 17 Jul 2009, 13:56
The links and twitter box on the right side of the home page are missing (except for the ads).  Has anyone else noticed this?

The links and twitter boxes et al appear on the home page but not the archives pages. If you navigate to the current comic with the 'next' link at the top instead of the 'home' link, you will see the current comic on an archive page. Thus, no side links.



Yes, I'm having the problem at the home page.  However, I'm writing it off as a browser error at my laptop, since links are fine in Firefox and in Explorer on my work computer (which, of course, I wouldn't know about since it is forbidden to go online unless I'm doing research for a specific project and which I wouldn't do anyway since that would just be wrong).
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: pwhodges on 17 Jul 2009, 15:07
I'm writing it off as a browser error at my laptop, since links are fine in Firefox and in Explorer on my work computer

It's an error in the HTML.  There is a comment which is terminated by --!> instead of --> and Firefox and Chrome are handling it as a termination, but IE and Opera are not.  Opera is a bit in two minds about it, in that it (correctly) fails to render it, but when showing the source colours it as if that termination is valid.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: The Joker on 17 Jul 2009, 15:15
... a new chassis might not be a bad idea. One with thumbs perhaps?!

Why?  He can fap without them.

(just kidding)

(I mean it's true that he can but yeah you know what I mean)
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Kugai on 17 Jul 2009, 19:41
Sometimes I think Pintsize has an inbuilt Suicide Program that occasionally activates without his being completely aware of it.


Either that or he's developing masochistic tendencies.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 17 Jul 2009, 21:36
A robot in search of a dominatrix?
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Tobimaro on 17 Jul 2009, 21:55
Man.  And I thought that Pintsize was crazy before today's strip.  I just hope that the chassis repairs include some reprogramming.   :wink:
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 17 Jul 2009, 22:21
Maybe change his regional settings to "Canadian"?
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Random832 on 17 Jul 2009, 23:00
It's an error in the HTML.  There is a comment which is terminated by --!> instead of --> and Firefox and Chrome are handling it as a termination, but IE and Opera are not.  Opera is a bit in two minds about it, in that it (correctly) fails to render it, but when showing the source colours it as if that termination is valid.

Formally, there are some versions of the HTML standard in which this would constitute a termination (any -- puts the parser in a state where any > will end the tag) but still be an invalid tag. There are other versions of the HTML standard in which this would not constitute a termination (-- and > can only be separated by blank space). There was confusion for quite some time over which a browser should do (and for a while, some browsers did <! anything > as a comment without the -- at all

This behavior varies between browsers, between relatively recent versions of some browsers, and I think in some cases it depends on whether the browser is in what is called "quirks mode" (don't ask).
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Akima on 17 Jul 2009, 23:30
Oooh the look on Faye's face. Pure venom.  :lol:
Definitely! Best "face of death" ever!
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: pwhodges on 18 Jul 2009, 01:08
Formally, there are some versions of the HTML standard in which this would constitute a termination (any -- puts the parser in a state where any > will end the tag) but still be an invalid tag.

Not my understanding.  In origin, a comment in HTML is one or more SGML comments (which start and end with two dashes) contained in a null tag (<!>), with possibly white space as well; the ! before Jeph's closing > violates this syntax.  The only way to get it right is to count the dashes in pairs of pairs (ignoring other characters, including single dashes, between alternate pairs, and accepting the > at the right point; many browsers even now do not do this exactly.  The W3C HTML4.01 definition demands that there be no space  between the opening <! and --, but allows space (only) between the closing -- and >; in XML, and hence XHTML, the close of the tag may no longer be divided by a space.  In real life, using <!-- and --> and being careful not to have any -- or > in between should avoid pitfalls.  This all has curious effects, like <!------------> is a valid comment, but <!-------------> is not (not a multiple of four dashes), so be careful when making dash separators in HTML!


Not to forget the comic, in earlier comics, Pintsize could just be pulled apart at the joints (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=464) without damage ("contained-field magnetics" (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=465)); but this time there seem to be wires at his joints - not that breaking them has stopped his "brain" (which has always continued to function when separated from his body).
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: SJCrew on 18 Jul 2009, 02:11
Indeed, why would you think that?

The shape/size of her legs in the second panel.

I'm quite enjoying the contrast of outrageous fantasy and gritty realism in the Wil and Penelope storyline. I may hope Marten does better than Dora and all males realize Faye is a hot, hot mess but I'm pulling for Pizza Girl and the Pansy Poet.
I'm still holding out for Marten/Faye in the future. His relationship with Dora is incredibly boring and doesn't show a lot of chemistry which makes me sometimes forget they're going out.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: SuperSUGA on 18 Jul 2009, 03:58
I'm quite enjoying the contrast of outrageous fantasy and gritty realism in the Wil and Penelope storyline.
It must be annoying for Wil to look at every other character who has some sort of fantasy career when he's facing the prospect of actually having to do work!
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 18 Jul 2009, 22:13
Especially since the one he knows best is Sven, who has the sweetest deal of all of the characters.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Mad Cat on 19 Jul 2009, 12:21
(http://questionablecontent.net/cast/pintsize.png) + (http://media.news-gazette.com/img/ebert/thumb.jpg) = (http://goatmilk.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/mushroom-cloud1.jpg)

What I wanna know is how did Faye wreck a mil-spec anthro PC chassis? With her bare hands? With a Louisville Slugger? How? Inquiring minds want to know.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: evilbobthebob on 19 Jul 2009, 12:36
Bare hands of course! This is Faye remember  :-P
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Random832 on 19 Jul 2009, 13:01
Formally, there are some versions of the HTML standard in which this would constitute a termination (any -- puts the parser in a state where any > will end the tag) but still be an invalid tag.

Not my understanding.  In origin, a comment in HTML is one or more SGML comments (which start and end with two dashes) contained in a null tag (<!>), with possibly white space as well; the ! before Jeph's closing > violates this syntax.

Wasn't that what I said? I did mention that it's an invalid tag  - removing the SGML comment results in <!!>.  Regardless of it violating the syntax, it _does_ clearly terminate. Under the SGML rule interpretation there is no way to justify material after the > being ignored.

Whereas under the HTML 4 rule, it can be justified. That was my point - it terminates under the SGML rule (html before 4, but not always followed by browsers), but not the HTML 4 or XML rules.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: xenmaster4 on 19 Jul 2009, 13:26
Bare hands of course! This is Faye remember  :-P

FAYE SMASH!
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Nodaisho on 19 Jul 2009, 14:25
I just noticed that Faye has actually pushed that button before, here: http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=71

Sure, the button thing was just a joke, but I thought it was kind of funny to see her having pushed it almost directly after seeing it suggested that it was an anthro-PC's arousal button.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Juniper Jade on 19 Jul 2009, 14:27
I always took that comic as she just pushed him off the desk, but you're right she is pushing the button. Huh.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 19 Jul 2009, 15:26
Winslow pushed the button in the strip with Eve. #855.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: akronnick on 19 Jul 2009, 18:14
Bare hands of course! This is Faye remember  :-P

Bare hands? Pftt! all she had to do was give him that look from panel 5 and he spontaneously imploded into the configuration we see in the last panel.
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Kugai on 19 Jul 2009, 21:56
I think if that were the case then Kathryn Janeway would definitely have a rival for her patented Force 10 Glare.

:D
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Delirium on 19 Jul 2009, 22:03
Please don't bring up V****er on this board. :x
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Kugai on 19 Jul 2009, 22:14
Please don't bring up V****er on this board. :x

*Shakes head*
Title: Re: WCT: July 13-17, 2009
Post by: Deacon on 20 Jul 2009, 12:41
I have to admit, Pintsize's proposal is the first time I abruptly erupted into laughter at a comic in a good while. Very nice. I think the "show me ur tits" part really sold it and knocked it home  :laugh: