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Title: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: calliope07 on 04 Oct 2009, 18:26
Oh god, Hannelore's dad... Shouldn't be surprised but still sorta am.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 04 Oct 2009, 18:34
Hannelore is still cute and innocent-looking even with the smaller eyes.

This seems to contradict my theory that Raven invented the AnthroPC during her days as a child prodigy.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Near Lurker on 04 Oct 2009, 18:45
Hmm...Dora/Chatham/Computer threesome...?
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: jonarus_drakus on 04 Oct 2009, 18:53
Both me and my computer a crying out in sheer terror. Be glad this post isn't accompanied by Audio...
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Tuitsuro on 04 Oct 2009, 19:00
Granted, the entire phone call could have been a sleep-deprived delusion; after all she's on what, her 3rd or 4th day without sleep? 
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Delirium on 04 Oct 2009, 19:06
yay for Fleshdrives
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Jeff7 on 04 Oct 2009, 19:36
"Thumbdrive" was actually just what came about when someone misheard "cumdrive." :-o


And I guess the next question would be, what were the computer's first words?

"More please."
or
"Kill me."
or
"Massive corn clog in port 7."


Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: the_shankmaster on 04 Oct 2009, 19:48
Hanners' leg looks kind of rubbery in the third panel.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 04 Oct 2009, 19:55
Granted, the entire phone call could have been a sleep-deprived delusion; after all she's on what, her 3rd or 4th day without sleep? 
Oh no. This makes too much sense. In strip 517, Hannelore said "Besides, I haven't slept in something like four days, so this all might be a hallunication anyway". The weirdness of the QC universe could be completely explained if it's all in Hanners's addled mind.

No. No. I don't want to believe this.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Random832 on 04 Oct 2009, 20:10
"who would ever want to have sex with a regular old COMPUTER?"

That just raises further questions!
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Delirium on 04 Oct 2009, 20:12
"who would ever want to have sex with a regular old COMPUTER?"

That just raises further questions!
like whether or not Hanners is a toaster?
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: the_shankmaster on 04 Oct 2009, 20:27
I have a character who has an appliance fetish.  He's most turned on by toasters.

http://socialprisoner.deviantart.com/art/RoyxTostina-44234820
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: soniku64 on 04 Oct 2009, 20:40
This seems to contradict my theory that Raven invented the AnthroPC during her days as a child prodigy.

It does?
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: the_shankmaster on 04 Oct 2009, 20:44
Depends on what kind of prodigy.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: westrim on 04 Oct 2009, 21:54
"who would ever want to have sex with a regular old COMPUTER?"

That just raises further questions!
like whether or not Hanners is a toaster?

I have a character who has an appliance fetish.  He's most turned on by toasters.

http://socialprisoner.deviantart.com/art/RoyxTostina-44234820


 Hey, toasters are hot.  (http://images.chron.com/blogs/tubular/archives/3%20queens%20small.JPG)
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: the_shankmaster on 04 Oct 2009, 22:26
Oh my, the one on the left has exquisite cheekbones.  How old are they?  Aside from toasters he also likes older women.  If they're over 26 he just might explode.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: westrim on 04 Oct 2009, 22:44
Oh my, the one on the left has exquisite cheekbones.  How old are they?  Aside from toasters he also likes older women.  If they're over 26 he just might explode.

You talkin' to me? Well, who the hell else are you talkin' to?

I kid, but I do presume you were talking to me. From the left, may I present Tricia Helfer 35, Lucy Lawless 41, and Grace Park 35. Two in March and one in April, if that matters.

Oh, and toaster is a derogatory term for the race they played members of on Battlestar Galactica, being theoretically robots and all.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: kgbisouttogetme on 04 Oct 2009, 22:45
i dont like the new dora. i dunno... she was fine a couple days ago but today she looks kinda funny....
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: maddness on 04 Oct 2009, 22:51
Oh my, the one on the left has exquisite cheekbones.  How old are they?  Aside from toasters he also likes older women.  If they're over 26 he just might explode.

You talkin' to me? Well, who the hell else are you talkin' to?

I kid, but I do presume you were talking to me. From the left, may I present Tricia Helfer 35, Lucy Lawless 41, and Grace Park 35. Two in March and one in April, if that matters.

Oh, and toaster is a derogatory term for the race they played members of on Battlestar Galactica, being theoretically robots and all.


I prefer the term skinjob. It just sounds dirtier than toaster and some of those skinjobs were damn dirty ... like the apes!

P.S.  Even though Lucy Lawless looked a lot more strinking with the black hair in her Xena days, she looks pretty damn good blond.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: LTK on 05 Oct 2009, 00:48
MYTHICAL SLAUGHTER BEAST

Dora's face looks kind of weird in that last panel, actually.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: scarred on 05 Oct 2009, 00:56
Hey, toasters are hot.  (http://images.chron.com/blogs/tubular/archives/3%20queens%20small.JPG)

This thread is over.

westrim wins life.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Tuitsuro on 05 Oct 2009, 00:57
Whatever scientists created Hannelore cylons did a pretty good job in preventing them from overthrowing humanity.

Hannelore:  "Kill all humans!  No wait I'll get blood on me!  Waaaaugh!"
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: SuperSUGA on 05 Oct 2009, 01:35
This latest art development is definitely an interesting direction and I think I like it! I prefer Hannelore looking more human than her previous huge-eyed look. I think if Jeph carries on down this direction the look could really come together well.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: tinkerbell on 05 Oct 2009, 02:09
"Massive corn clog in port 7."

Thankfully this should lead to "MEMORY DELETED".
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: westrim on 05 Oct 2009, 02:55
Oh my, the one on the left has exquisite cheekbones.  How old are they?  Aside from toasters he also likes older women.  If they're over 26 he just might explode.

You talkin' to me? Well, who the hell else are you talkin' to?

I kid, but I do presume you were talking to me. From the left, may I present Tricia Helfer 35, Lucy Lawless 41, and Grace Park 35. Two in March and one in April, if that matters.

Oh, and toaster is a derogatory term for the race they played members of on Battlestar Galactica, being theoretically robots and all.


I prefer the term skinjob. It just sounds dirtier than toaster and some of those skinjobs were damn dirty ... like the apes!

P.S.  Even though Lucy Lawless looked a lot more striking with the black hair in her Xena days, she looks pretty damn good blond.

Well sure, because of the similarity to blowjob, handjob, rimjob, and such. But toaster was the applicable term here. And LL is hot in any hair color.

Hey, toasters are hot.  (http://images.chron.com/blogs/tubular/archives/3%20queens%20small.JPG)
This thread is over.
westrim wins life.

Aw, but I already have a life (of sorts- its gotten a bit banged up recently). Can't I get a cash prize? Or at least cookies?

Whatever scientists created Hannelore cylons did a pretty good job in preventing them from overthrowing humanity.

Hannelore:  "Kill all humans!  No wait I'll get blood on me!  Waaaaugh!"

But that's what thermonuclear warheads are for! No muss, no fuss, just stay in the bunker for a few years and Presto! You've got yourself a lifeless ball of dirt!

"Massive corn clog in port 7."

Thankfully this should lead to "MEMORY DELETED".

Aw man, don't say that. I just paid 150 dollars to get off whatever could be salvaged from my crispy fried hard drive. I think they got most of it, but the files are all gone and everything is sorted by extension.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Coffee_Kaioken on 05 Oct 2009, 03:15
Honestly, I prefer the art before this, but that's just me.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: tinkerbell on 05 Oct 2009, 04:01
"Massive corn clog in port 7."

Thankfully this should lead to "MEMORY DELETED".

Aw man, don't say that. I just paid 150 dollars to get off whatever could be salvaged from my crispy fried hard drive. I think they got most of it, but the files are all gone and everything is sorted by extension.

I feel for you... but I was joining in with the Futurama quote. Lucy Liu-bots are taking over New New York... you know what, it is a little weird to describe. Just watch Futurama. The whole series. It will change your life. Seriously.
(not seriously)
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Thaes on 05 Oct 2009, 04:38
I just have to say that I rather like this new, more realistic look Hannelore has.

Also, I predict that, since the artwork in QC evidently becomes more and more realistic, the moment when Jeph draws his characters with such skill that QC looks like a photocomic heralds the end of QC. After that point, Jeph's skills would change QC from realism to reality, causing the charactes to become physically existent.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Llewellian on 05 Oct 2009, 04:44
Oh noes. This cant end well. We all remember how strange HAL 9000 started to be after they gave him contradictory input.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Mad Cat on 05 Oct 2009, 05:11
Oh no. No one anywhere, ever wants to have sex with their computers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teledildonics

I don't buy the Hannelore as a toaster theory. If her dad had that kind of capacity 20+ years ago, why would he have sent her a less evolved model as a roboyfriend?
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: snubnose on 05 Oct 2009, 05:21
 :-o

Hammers ... in ... underwear ...  :-o

(Well... at least it looks like underwear :wink:)

SO ...

... where the heck is the "drool" smilley ? :-D
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: plethora on 05 Oct 2009, 05:23
I don't buy the Hannelore as a toaster theory. If her dad had that kind of capacity 20+ years ago, why would he have sent her a less evolved model as a roboyfriend?
To avoid suspicion?
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: schmeeble on 05 Oct 2009, 05:43
:-o

Hammers ... in ... underwear ...  :-o

(Well... at least it looks like underwear :wink:)

SO ...

... where the heck is the "drool" smilley ? :-D


pretty sure those are shorts. and ew, she's a cartoon character?!
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: matachin on 05 Oct 2009, 05:43
Oh no. No one anywhere, ever wants to have sex with their computers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teledildonics

I don't buy the Hannelore as a toaster theory. If her dad had that kind of capacity 20+ years ago, why would he have sent her a less evolved model as a roboyfriend?

First thought:  Susan Calvin would disapprove very strongly of this kind of behavior.

Second thought:  Surprised no one else remembered this oldie...


SEX(6)              EUNUCH Programmer's Manual               SEX(6)

NAME
     sex - have sex

SYNOPSIS
     sex [ options ] ...  [ username ] ...

DESCRIPTION
     sex allows the invoker to have sex with the user(s) speci-
     fied in the command line.  If no users are specified, they
     are taken from the LOVERS environment variable.  Options to
     make things more interesting are as follows:

     -1   masturbate

     -a   external stimulus (aphrodisiac) option

     -b   buggery

     -B   bestiality with

     -c   chocolate sauce option

     -C   chaining option (cuffs included) (see also -m -s -W)

     -d   get a date with the features described in

     -e   exhibitionism (image sent to all machines on the net)

     -f    foreplay option

     -F   nasal sex with plants

     -i   coitus interruptus (messy!)

     -j   jacuzzi option (California sites only)

     -l   leather option

     -m  masochism (see -s)

     -M  triple parallel (Menage a Trois) option

     -n  necrophilia (if target process is not dead, program
          kills it)

     -o  oral option

     -O   parallel access (orgy)

     -p   debug option (proposition only)

     -P   pedophilia (must specify a child process)



Printed 2/15/87              2/15/87                            1






SEX(6)              EUNUCH Programmer's Manual               SEX(6)



     -q   quickie (wham, bam, thank you, ma'am)

     -s   sadism (target must set -m)

     -S   sundae option

     -v   voyeurism (surveys the entire net)

     -w   whipped cream option

     -W   whips (see also -s, -C, and -m)

ENVIRONMENT
     LOVERS
          is a list of default partners which will be used if
          none are specified in the command line.  If any are
          specified, the values in LOVERS is ignored.

FILES
     /usr/lib/sex/animals          animals for bestiality

     /usr/lib/sex/blackbook        possible dates

     /usr/lib/sex/sundaes          sundae recipes

     /usr/lib/sex/s&m         sado-masochistic equipment

SEE ALSO
     baby(1)

BUGS
     ^C (quit process) may leave the user very unsatisfied.

     ^Z (stop process) is usually quite messy.

MAN AUTHOR
     Author prefers to be anonymous.

HISTORY
     Oldest program ever.


Predates the newer GNU version, which is like emacs; everything & the kitchen sink, or in this case every possible fetish that the internet has had an unfortunate meeting with.  And long double dash options.

Third thought:  Whatever you do, don't get Warren Ellis involved.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Tuitsuro on 05 Oct 2009, 05:49
Also, I predict that, since the artwork in QC evidently becomes more and more realistic, the moment when Jeph draws his characters with such skill that QC looks like a photocomic heralds the end of QC. After that point, Jeph's skills would change QC from realism to reality, causing the charactes to become physically existent.

Already have.  I've met photorealistic Hannelore, she works at the checkout line at Walmart. 
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Carl-E on 05 Oct 2009, 06:02
All I could think of when Winslow said, "Well, that's what I have in my memory, but..."  was Harrison Ford in Blade runner saying "She doesn't know, does she?" 

Remember kids, programmed memories are autiomatically suspect! 

That includes any activity your parents did with you as a child...

 :evil:
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: matachin on 05 Oct 2009, 07:09
Remember kids, programmed memories are autiomatically suspect! 

That includes any activity your parents did with you as a child...

 :evil:

Don't scare the kiddies...extended, it means all memory is suspect & is shaking hands w/ Last Thursdayism

However, does this mean I can blame the hell that is work this week (half the place going to a seminar Thursday-Saturday, and Monday-Wednesday is the oh **** preparation) on hallucinations/delusions bought about by the large quantities of vodka consumed over the weekend?
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 05 Oct 2009, 10:35
Don't we have evidence that Hannelore is not a cyborg? In strip 1175, the robots were scanning her for data interfaces, without success.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: raoullefere on 05 Oct 2009, 11:00
Perhaps what's what they wanted us to think. Or perhaps Hannerdad reprogrammed every single anthropc in the world not to reveal Hanners' secret. The BF bot was also a blind. It would go a long way towards explaining Hannelore's change in personality. "Different meds" is okay, but "firmware upgrades" is a much more satisfying explanation.

Yes, I picked today to let the paranoia run amok.

Third thought:  Whatever you do, don't get Warren Ellis involved.
Words to live by, no matter the endeavor.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Heranje on 05 Oct 2009, 12:22
Hm... new art. Interesting.

I think Hanners looks cool - especially in the sixth panel. Dora looks weird though =/
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: LTK on 05 Oct 2009, 13:39
Don't we have evidence that Hannelore is not a cyborg? In strip 1175, the robots were scanning her for data interfaces, without success.

They only checked the belly button. Maybe her ports are hidden elsewhere, and her OCD preventing relationships might just be a cover-up of something much greater...

Oh god, Hannelore's nether regions are the same as a toaster!

(Worst rule 34 ever.)
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: The Duke on 05 Oct 2009, 13:56
Well, we only saw them checking the belly button.  I assumed this was after a more thorough search.

Preemptive strike: Not like that, you perverts.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Delirium on 05 Oct 2009, 15:35
I prefer the term skinjob. It just sounds dirtier than toaster and some of those skinjobs were damn dirty ... like the apes!
I prefer the term toaster because the Cylon Genocide has come to be known in fan circles as "The Great Toasting of the Colonies"
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Binary on 05 Oct 2009, 15:38
So, I've examined my PC on all sides and from every angle. Now I'm a pretty imaginative guy, but apart from frottage, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-penetrative_sex#Frottage) there is no way to have sex with that sucker.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Shteevie on 05 Oct 2009, 16:22
Wow. Hanners is even flatter-chested than I had thought.

Not that it makes her less cool, or anything. I'm just sayin'.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Delirium on 05 Oct 2009, 17:59
So, I've examined my PC on all sides and from every angle. Now I'm a pretty imaginative guy, but apart from frottage, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-penetrative_sex#Frottage) there is no way to have sex with that sucker.
You don't know what kind of "ordinary computers" HannerDad has.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: the_shankmaster on 05 Oct 2009, 17:59
So, I've examined my PC on all sides and from every angle. Now I'm a pretty imaginative guy, but apart from frottage, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-penetrative_sex#Frottage) there is no way to have sex with that sucker.

But it's not a sucker.  That's part of the problem.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Near Lurker on 05 Oct 2009, 19:00
Ugh.  I really wish sometimes I had facial hair like that.  I tried to grow it out once, but it was all scraggly, and besides, facial hair wouldn't suit me anyway.  I just always look like I haven't shaved in a day or two - I can never get that last bit off.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: MrDorman on 05 Oct 2009, 19:10
oh noes a typo


APOCALYPSE COMETH
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Kazukagii on 05 Oct 2009, 19:28
Good to see that Jeph knows how to throw in some high-brow humor. After that last strip about the origins of computer sentience, I personally felt like Jeph's humor was degrading to low-brow junk. Thanks for proving me wrong!

Also, didn't notice the typo till the second go around. Whatev'
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: wargrafix on 05 Oct 2009, 19:30
dora international airport is open....all night long. and weekends too. and public holidays. even Santa pops in to say hello.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Tuitsuro on 05 Oct 2009, 20:04
Later at home, Faye discovers a cockring with a luggage tag labeled DBI in the laundry.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: the_shankmaster on 05 Oct 2009, 20:09
Are guys really that picky about what's surrounding a vagina?  Besides, I think if there's going to be a grooming deal like that it should be of a comparable area.  If a girl has to keep the basement neat, so should a guy.


All that said, what's the big deal?  Facial hair is awesome.  I get so sad when my boyfriend shaves.  I need to get him a trimmer so his facial hair is always the perfect length.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: LeeC on 05 Oct 2009, 20:27
Are guys really that picky about what's surrounding a vagina? 

not picky per se but um yeah we care.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: akronnick on 05 Oct 2009, 20:45
Is Faye grabbin' Marten's butt in panel 3?

Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: maddness on 05 Oct 2009, 21:00
I'm picky about what's around my vagina, why shouldn't the guy who spends time there? Besides, it only seems fair since I'm picky about the "manscaping".

Alas, my airport is not international. It's more like a regional.  :|

I don't get why Dora is so uptight about Marten trying out the whole mustache thing. I'd have been curious. I've tried to get The Man to try growing a beard, but he's against it.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: ChopstickForge on 05 Oct 2009, 21:27
Hair in teeth = not a good time.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 05 Oct 2009, 21:32
Yes, WHAT was Faye doing??
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: LeeC on 05 Oct 2009, 21:58

I don't get why Dora is so uptight about Marten trying out the whole mustache thing. I'd have been curious. I've tried to get The Man to try growing a beard, but he's against it.

In my experience, and the social stereotype of the times, women typically abhor male facial hair.  Not always but its said to be scratchy for the females or tickles them.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: JD on 05 Oct 2009, 22:08
I like my face clean of hair.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Kugai on 05 Oct 2009, 22:10
Hanner's no Cylon



She's a full body Cyborg and a sleeper agent for Section 9



Marten would just look silly in a Pencil Mustache - More Hooded Claw than Don Diego
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Delirium on 05 Oct 2009, 22:42
A moustache is hard to pull off. And wtf he's seriously doing it because it's "kinda in style"?
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Carl-E on 05 Oct 2009, 23:58
Definitely, the worst hipsterism there is!  I never put him as a "style junkie". 

With me, I started wearing facial hair 'cause I'm a bleeder.  Even witih an electric razor... I got sick of cleaning the blood out of the sink every morning. 

I hear razors have gotten better. 

Don't care, at this point. 

Proud beard wearer since 1978TM
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: akronnick on 06 Oct 2009, 00:07
I don't think a 'stache would be a good look for Marten. He would look llike a skinny Ron Jeremy, and if Dora carried out her threat to let her garden run wild, as it were, things would take on way too much of a '70's porn vibe
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Carl-E on 06 Oct 2009, 00:13
Ooh, I can hear the music now!  Cue the bassist... gotta get that *throb* beat going...
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: snubnose on 06 Oct 2009, 01:54
Are guys really that picky about what's surrounding a vagina?
Not me.

All that said, what's the big deal?  Facial hair is awesome.  I get so sad when my boyfriend shaves.  I need to get him a trimmer so his facial hair is always the perfect length.
I prefer to shave. I once tried to grow a beard but it looked really awful.

Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: akronnick on 06 Oct 2009, 04:31
Plus, it gets really itchy after a few days.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: evilbobthebob on 06 Oct 2009, 04:39
Don't forget, Marten has already had a moustache. Admittedly it was in one of Faye's daydreams, and it was a ridiculous curly thing...maybe we're heading towards Faye's dream coming true...

Nah.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: raoullefere on 06 Oct 2009, 05:39
Mustache good! Beard better! YES! <grunt> <snort>

Raoullefere, growin' hair since before about half the readers were born.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: monkeyangst on 06 Oct 2009, 05:51
I like that in today's comic, someone actually managed to talk Marten OUT of following a ridiculous trend. That needs to happen more in real life. They could call it "hipstervention."  Just a a couple of people cruising around in a van looking calculator watches and bedhead. When they find the target, they shove them in the back and make them listen to early U2 until their sense of irony has eroded completely.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: jonarus_drakus on 06 Oct 2009, 06:07
I have it worse than Marten, not only am i incapable or growing myself a decent set of facial hair, but i suffer from masses of ingrown hairs every time i shave. Damned if i do, damned if i dont... No wonder i have issues...
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: workingrobbie on 06 Oct 2009, 06:15
Are guys really that picky about what's surrounding a vagina?
Not me.

Me neither. In fact, I don't reallly care for the shaven-brazilian-12-year-old-look.

As far as facial hair is concerned, I personally couldn't do it because my facial hair is scraggly and patchy (some asian genes) and it wouldn't look good on me.
Plus I must have missed the whole thing about moustaches being in style. Still reminds me of 70's porn.

Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: kent_eh on 06 Oct 2009, 06:20
Are guys really that picky about what's surrounding a vagina?
Not me.

Me neither.

Matter of fact, I prefer non-shaved.

Makes you look more like a woman, not a little girl. I have no interest in little girl bits. (that's creepy to even think about)
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: LTK on 06 Oct 2009, 06:36
I once knew a girl whose dad thought she was mentally ill because she didn't want to shave. I have no problems with hair myself, as long as it doesn't get out of proportion. Bears and 'staches are pretty cool sometimes, depending on the person donning them. I can't grow any decent beard myself, unfortunately, so I just don't try. I think attempted beards look ridiculous.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Carl-E on 06 Oct 2009, 06:45
To those of you complaiin' about not being able to grow facial hair;  

Give it time.  Try again in a decade or so, you'll be pleasantly surprised by the results.  

And if it's still weird, or patchy, well - how do you think things like van dykes were invented?  If the beard/stash/sideburns don't connect, just don't connect 'em!  

Just remember, length doesn't make up for thinness.  Unless you're FuManchu!
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: tinkerbell on 06 Oct 2009, 07:10
I once knew a girl whose dad thought she was mentally ill because she didn't want to shave.

Ummmm... what? If you are referring to the same female region as the topic of the comic and the conversation that is one weird family. I think if my father even mentioned my region I would have to move to the other side of the world for a few years at least.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Wiregeek on 06 Oct 2009, 07:45
WOW, amazingly, people have different preferences regarding body hair!

AMAZING!

-WG, rockin' the Full Amish for winter, bitches! Line for beard rides forms on the right.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: maddness on 06 Oct 2009, 08:09
I once knew a girl whose dad thought she was mentally ill because she didn't want to shave.

Ummmm... what? If you are referring to the same female region as the topic of the comic and the conversation that is one weird family. I think if my father even mentioned my region I would have to move to the other side of the world for a few years at least.


Amen! There are just some areas where a parent's thoughts don't belong and their child's crotch is one of them. I think this should also apply the other way around, but once you reach a certain age some parents think it's ok to over share. I've lost count of the times I've had to say "TMI, mom!" really, cause there are just some things you don't need to know about your mother.

P.S. Ya'll make it sound like it's an all or nothing proposition! You don't have to go hairless, or nearly so, to keep it neat down there. Some people just keep it trimmed close.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Mad Cat on 06 Oct 2009, 08:15
I tried to grow a beard once. It never really worked. I dunno why.
<_<     >_>    o_o

If you are a guy who has horribly patterned facial hair and can't or don't want to shave it constantly, I suggest laser hair removal. I'm seriously considering it for my nether bits. I actually like the 12-year-old look for myself.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: raoullefere on 06 Oct 2009, 09:29
just remember, length doesn't make up for thinness.  Unless you're FuManchu!
Or Billy Gibbons, or Dusty Hill. I'm not sure thinness is an issue, but at this point who can tell?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/ZZ_Top_Live.jpg
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: epoch on 06 Oct 2009, 09:35
I prefer no hair, even a little bit weirds me out. Its gross. And I'm the same way, shaven clean, 'cause that's only fair.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: themacnut on 06 Oct 2009, 10:23
Yes, facial hair or lack thereof is a personal preference and genetics thing. Some people like it, some people hate it. Some men can grow a decent beard from an early age (mid-to-late teens), some men can't ever grow a decent one at any age.

And some men need to grow a beard or at least a mustache, 'cause they have little-boy faces or weak chins and need a decent beard to make themselves look like they've actually passed puberty.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: LTK on 06 Oct 2009, 11:05
I once knew a girl whose dad thought she was mentally ill because she didn't want to shave.

Ummmm... what? If you are referring to the same female region as the topic of the comic and the conversation that is one weird family. I think if my father even mentioned my region I would have to move to the other side of the world for a few years at least.

That not specifically, no. The topic was legs, and while that's not as much creepy, I find that you should seriously reconsider your way of parentage as a father if you're telling your daughter how to look. Never mind, end topic.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Delirium on 06 Oct 2009, 12:08
I tried to grow a beard once. It never really worked. I dunno why.
<_<     >_>    o_o

If you are a guy who has horribly patterned facial hair and can't or don't want to shave it constantly, I suggest laser hair removal. I'm seriously considering it for my nether bits. I actually like the 12-year-old look for myself.
hell no, men don't need to be doing anything irreverable to their faces when they probably just need to wait for testosterone to do its work. As for your nether bits, you're not removing ALL of it are you? a landing strip can be nice
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: LeeC on 06 Oct 2009, 12:23
I think arrows are funny...
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: ink slinger on 06 Oct 2009, 12:27
I prefer no hair, even a little bit weirds me out. Its gross.

You mean pubic hair? Because, I mean, if that's what you prefer, that's fine. But, it shouldn't weird you out. It's natural, after all.

Are guys really that picky about what's surrounding a vagina?  Besides, I think if there's going to be a grooming deal like that it should be of a comparable area.  If a girl has to keep the basement neat, so should a guy.

I care. But only a bit. I prefer a woman to have some hair down there (but, really, I'm not going to complain if she removes it all), but I definitely like her to keep it neat. Of course, like you said, it's only fair that the guy reciprocates by doing some man-scaping (unless his lady...or man...prefers that he doesn't).
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Binary on 06 Oct 2009, 13:15
I had a beard from ages 23 to 48, but I developed a white patch on the chin. For 18 months I coloured it out with Just For Men until I noticed the chemicals were giving me a rash. With a choice between losing the beard or looking like a badger, I opted to shave.

(At the time, I was due to attend a charity fund-raiser of a somewhat risqué nature (http://www.nightofthesenses.com/), (N.B. NSFW!) so I ended up shaving off all my body hair as well, and going in full head-to-toe bodypaint. One must suffer for one's art).

A moustache is hard to pull off.

And bloody painful, too. I would recommend just shaving it off.

I tried to grow a beard once. It never really worked. I dunno why.

I take it we can rule out the possibility that you are female?  :-)
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: slingstone on 06 Oct 2009, 13:41
Maybe it's tradition, or a police cliche  :police: but I've found that having a mustache help give me authority over folks that might be less inclined to listen to me.  For example, I volunteer with a high school service group as a leader.  I'm in college so I'm only 3 years older than some of the kids I'm supposed to be directing/supervising.  Having a mustache definitely helped distinguish me from the crowd (and make me seem older/more mature that I was).
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Delirium on 06 Oct 2009, 14:22
I had a beard from ages 23 to 48, but I developed a white patch on the chin. For 18 months I coloured it out with Just For Men until I noticed the chemicals were giving me a rash. With a choice between losing the beard or looking like a badger, I opted to shave.
And what is wrong with looking like a badger?

My sister and one of my aunts both developed a white streak in their hair in their late 20s, and opted to leave it in, as it gave them a more authoritarian look, which is beneficial in their lines of work (the former is an optometric... something, and the other's a lawyer)
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Binary on 06 Oct 2009, 15:17
Just not a look I aspire to - although badgers are cool. I always had a soft spot for Roger Dean's badgers (http://www.rogerdean.com/upclose/badger.htm).



(Must. Not. Mention. Lily. Munster.)
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: LeeC on 06 Oct 2009, 15:22
wasnt she the super hot munster?
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Binary on 06 Oct 2009, 15:28
Lily was the mother. Marilyn was the hot "normal" daughter.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: sarcasticsmoothie on 06 Oct 2009, 16:27
hmph. I want to grow a beard now, but the whole 15 year old thing is getting in the way.

Also, that is a fine turtle :P

I wish we could see the specials better more often.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: The Duke on 06 Oct 2009, 19:07
^Same here, man.

just remember, length doesn't make up for thinness.  Unless you're FuManchu!
Or Billy Gibbons, or Dusty Hill. I'm not sure thinness is an issue, but at this point who can tell?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/ZZ_Top_Live.jpg

ZZ Top would kick ass even without the beards.  Also, that is a fucking huge picture.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: LeeC on 06 Oct 2009, 19:18
a dune themed group going to a Halloween party would be pretty rad.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: NeverQuiteGoth on 06 Oct 2009, 20:16
I kept a gotee from ages 14 (yes, 14. I'm hairy as all get out) to age 18, before I came to my senses and went clean-shaven.

If you are a guy who has horribly patterned facial hair and can't or don't want to shave it constantly, I suggest laser hair removal. I'm seriously considering it for my nether bits. I actually like the 12-year-old look for myself.
If you do that, post about it. The only thing stopping me from getting it is I can't afford a full round of treatments yet.


---


Steve! Does this mean we're gonna see awkward girl again?
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Delirium on 06 Oct 2009, 20:24
Thufir Hawat?

LOL WUT
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: PHeller on 06 Oct 2009, 20:29
totally didn't know what coital meant. Now I do. Thanks Jeph.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: AnotherQCaddict on 06 Oct 2009, 20:40
I suppose he likes to spice up his wall.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: the_shankmaster on 06 Oct 2009, 20:55
I prefer no hair, even a little bit weirds me out. Its gross. And I'm the same way, shaven clean, 'cause that's only fair.

Oh my.  You're like the scholar  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruskin)who rejected his wife on their wedding night because his only previous exposure to naked women was Greek statues. (Of course that's only speculation).
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: epoch on 06 Oct 2009, 21:24
I prefer no hair, even a little bit weirds me out. Its gross.

You mean pubic hair? Because, I mean, if that's what you prefer, that's fine. But, it shouldn't weird you out. It's natural, after all.
Yea, I don't know why, but I think its fucking disgusting.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: epoch on 06 Oct 2009, 21:28
I prefer no hair, even a little bit weirds me out. Its gross. And I'm the same way, shaven clean, 'cause that's only fair.

Oh my.  You're like the scholar  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruskin)who rejected his wife on their wedding night because his only previous exposure to naked women was Greek statues. (Of course that's only speculation).
No, I'm like the guy who would rather not stick his bits into a jungle, thank you very much.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: scarred on 06 Oct 2009, 22:18
Some of us like to be reminded that we're fucking adults, occasionally


pervert
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Kugai on 06 Oct 2009, 22:29
So, would Sven look better as a Sardaukar or a Fremen?
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: pendrake on 06 Oct 2009, 23:54
A Dune-themed costume party would be very appropriate for this time of year, not to mention to see who would dress to which role/character.

I can only imagine at the hijinks Hannelore would have with a stillsuit... :roll:
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Delirium on 06 Oct 2009, 23:57
Some of us like to be reminded that we're fucking adults, occasionally


pervert

The boobs do a well enough job of that.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: jonarus_drakus on 07 Oct 2009, 00:30
^ Then you havn't met the 13yr old with porn-star sized boobs in my hometown. With all the hormones they pump into our food these days its far too easy to get confused.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: tinkerbell on 07 Oct 2009, 01:13
Some of us like to be reminded that we're fucking adults, occasionally


pervert

The boobs do a well enough job of that.

I do not know... It is all really to do with hormones, teenage boys can end up with them if they have an imbalance. I prefer to be clean-shaven, I get a little miffed if I am with a guy who clearly has made no effort at all to tame it. Also where I live it is really hot and it is just more comfortable not to have any.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: snubnose on 07 Oct 2009, 02:02
Are guys really that picky about what's surrounding a vagina?
Not me.
Me neither. In fact, I don't reallly care for the shaven-brazilian-12-year-old-look.

Matter of fact, I prefer non-shaved.

Makes you look more like a woman, not a little girl. I have no interest in little girl bits. (that's creepy to even think about)

Well, its kind of the last thing you find out about a woman, so its a bit late for complaining, but in principle I prefer my women womanlike, not babylike.

Also the reason why I would prefer a Kirsten Dunst over a Megan Fox any day. Yeah Megan Fox is more beautiful, but she looks too much like a baby and thats horribly offturning and completely unsexy.


I once knew a girl whose dad thought she was mentally ill because she didn't want to shave.
Sounds like a candidate for the creepiest dad ever.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: scarred on 07 Oct 2009, 02:10
I guess the point I am trying to make is that as long as it's well-maintained a lil' bush isn't bothersome. However if your hedges are overgrown and small forest animals have taken refuge in your nether regions then it is probably time for a trim
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Llewellian on 07 Oct 2009, 02:21
 :-D Pubic Hair Jokes?

Hmmm.. got one too: Michelle Obama - "Read my lips, no Bush anymore" ;o)

Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Dliessmgg on 07 Oct 2009, 02:21
Okay what is it with you americans and your halloween? I never understood that.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: akronnick on 07 Oct 2009, 02:23
Also the reason why I would prefer a Kirsten Dunst over a Megan Fox any day. Yeah Megan Fox is more beautiful, but she looks too much like a baby and thats horribly offturning and completely unsexy.


Also, Kirsten Dunst seems like she's more likely to read books that don't have pictures in them, whereas Megan Fox seems more like an Us Magazine kind of gal. At least that's the image they seem to be selling. In real life I'm sure they're both very intelligent.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: tinkerbell on 07 Oct 2009, 03:29

Also the reason why I would prefer a Kirsten Dunst over a Megan Fox any day. Yeah Megan Fox is more beautiful, but she looks too much like a baby and thats horribly offturning and completely unsexy.


I suppose in that comparison Megan Fox is more beautiful than Kirsten Dunst (who really needs to buy a damn bra), but the perma-tan is a real turn off for me. If I were to pick a really beautiful female adult celebrity I would have to go for someone like Natalie Portman or Abbie Cornish.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Akima on 07 Oct 2009, 03:39
So, would Sven look better as a Sardaukar or a Fremen?

Sven as Piter De Vries of course (No, I haven't forgiven him...  :evil: )
Will and Penny as Count Hasimir and Lady Margot Fenring
Fay as Shadout Mapes
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Akima on 07 Oct 2009, 03:47
badgers are cool.

How true! Badger, badger, badger, badger... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIyixC9NsLI)
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: tinkerbell on 07 Oct 2009, 04:15
Just to try to stay off the topic of pubic hair and badgers, does anyone else feel like Dora may be going a little too far? All Marten wanted to do was try out a moustache, and then she could make a judgement on whether she thinks he should keep it. It is his face, what if he objected to her going back to blonde? Should she automatically follow what he says?
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Carl-E on 07 Oct 2009, 04:20
STEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVE!!

(needs to be read with the same voice that you use for "SQUEEEEEEEEEEE!")

Maybe it was all the facial hair commentary that brought him back... naaah, that would be too easy.  

It was probably the pubic hair comments!  

When did his nose turn into Marigold's nose?  Maybe they're related?  Talk about opposite sibling temperaments!  

OK, now the Steve/Marigold shipping may begin...

(Yuck)
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: raoullefere on 07 Oct 2009, 05:34
There are some girls who just can't stand the facial hair; claim it jabs them. If Dora is very bare down there, I can see that being a reason for objecting.

badgers are cool.
How true! Badger, badger, badger, badger... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIyixC9NsLI)
Badgers are over. It's narwhals (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykwqXuMPsoc&feature=related), now, Kid. They keep Cthulu [from] eating ye!
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Binary on 07 Oct 2009, 05:46
Sven as Piter De Vries of course (No, I haven't forgiven him...  :evil: )
Will and Penny as Count Hasimir and Lady Margot Fenring
Fay as Shadout Mapes

Momo as Alia Atreides
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: evilbobthebob on 07 Oct 2009, 05:54
Pintsize as Baron Harkonnen...he would enjoy that.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: maddness on 07 Oct 2009, 07:10
Hair in teeth = not a good time.

Yeah, but a worse time is when you get one in your throat. Impossible to feel sexy while sounding like a cat trying to cough up a hairball.


Some of us like to be reminded that we're fucking adults, occasionally


pervert

The boobs do a well enough job of that.

I started growing boobs at the age of 9. I was in a C-cup at 13. Boobs, especially in my family, aren't much of a sign of adulthood.


YAY Dune!

I think Faye would also make a good Reverend Mother Mohiam sporting a A Gom Jabbar. That would be my costume of choice were I to attend a Dune party. Alas, none of my peeps are fond of Dune.

 
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: epoch on 07 Oct 2009, 11:15
Some of us like to be reminded that we're fucking adults, occasionally


pervert

Who said anything about them not being adults? What the hell does that have to do with anything?
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Carl-E on 07 Oct 2009, 11:38
[YAY Dune!

I think Faye would also make a good Reverend Mother Mohiam sporting a A Gom Jabbar. That would be my costume of choice were I to attend a Dune party. Alas, none of my peeps are fond of Dune.

I read the Dune trilogy once.  I remember having to wait for the third book to be published.  Some of the names are familiar - Baron Harkonnen, Bene Gesserit (some kind of holy order?), the Spice, the stillsuits recycling water on a desert planet, and of course the worms.  But damn, I was a teenager back then!  A lot of these references are long lost in the fog of time...

Never saw the movie, either - was it worth it?  Or should I put the books back into my ever-growing-stack-of-things-I-need-to-read-someday? 
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: ink slinger on 07 Oct 2009, 11:41
Just to try to stay off the topic of pubic hair and badgers, does anyone else feel like Dora may be going a little too far? All Marten wanted to do was try out a moustache, and then she could make a judgement on whether she thinks he should keep it. It is his face, what if he objected to her going back to blonde? Should she automatically follow what he says?
I agree that she may be going to far, but her reaction isn't particularly uncommon. In my experience, most woman in our culture (i.e.: Anglo-American/Canadian) are not fond of men with facial hair. My ex actually once said to me, upon my considering growing a beard, "No. You can't have a beard. Well, maybe when you're an old man, but not now." So, yeah, perhaps "too far," but not uncommon.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Carl-E on 07 Oct 2009, 11:46
There's a balance of power going on there, too, both in the Dora/Marten and Ink Slinger/ex Mrs. ink slinger relationship.  Do you do what they want to make them happy, or do they allow you to do what you want to make you happy? 

Damn, now all I can think of is the Gift of the Magi...

"But dear, I sold my pubic hair so I could buy you ..." 

Nevermind. 
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: LTK on 07 Oct 2009, 11:48
I never really got to the end of the Dune series. I kind of lost interest after the first novel. Maybe I'll try rereading them some time.

I'd like to see Marten man up a bit and grow that 'stache, then see if it looks creepy or bitchin'. If Dora thinks it's too prickly, then he can just withhold kissing.  :evil:

Back to girls for a bit: I'd pick Kirsten Dunst over any other female to gawk at. It's the sunshine in that smile that does it.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: evilbobthebob on 07 Oct 2009, 11:50
[YAY Dune!

I think Faye would also make a good Reverend Mother Mohiam sporting a A Gom Jabbar. That would be my costume of choice were I to attend a Dune party. Alas, none of my peeps are fond of Dune.

I read the Dune trilogy once.  I remember having to wait for the third book to be published.  Some of the names are familiar - Baron Harkonnen, Bene Gesserit (some kind of holy order?), the Spice, the stillsuits recycling water on a desert planet, and of course the worms.  But damn, I was a teenager back then!  A lot of these references are long lost in the fog of time...

Never saw the movie, either - was it worth it?  Or should I put the books back into my ever-growing-stack-of-things-I-need-to-read-someday? 

BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS. The original Dune is the best book in my opinion; the others drag on a little. The film is very stylised, very different to the book, and slightly strange.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: The Duke on 07 Oct 2009, 12:45
dora international airport is open....all night long. and weekends too. and public holidays. even Santa pops in to say hello.

Definitely thought that said Satan at first.  I was all like "she's not really goth anymore, and I don't know if she was ever that goth"


Also: today's comic felt more like QC than some past ones have.  Don't know why.  Anyway, keep it up, Jeph.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: LeeC on 07 Oct 2009, 13:00
It did feel like a good change of pace despite the pace not changing.  It also somehow fits the time of the year.  I cant explain it, but I likes it!
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: the_shankmaster on 07 Oct 2009, 13:38

I started growing boobs at the age of 9. I was in a C-cup at 13. Boobs, especially in my family, aren't much of a sign of adulthood.

 

That must have been difficult.  I started at 12, but I guess I grew fast because I also hit a C-cup at 13.  I think I got up to C and a half (seriously.  Bra sizes.  Someone fix these things) but I lost weight during my senior year in high school and they got smaller again.  DAMN YOU STRESS OF HIGH SCHOOL.


Annnnnnd I always get offered a kids menu at restaurants even if I purposely dress in ways that show my boobs.  They must think I'm an over-developed hoochie 10-year-old
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Shteevie on 07 Oct 2009, 15:43
To return the conversation to the topic of pubic hair:

It's almost certainly got something to do with media influences, but I prefer the women I /interact/ with to be body-hairless. Bits are fun to look at and play with - why cover them up? Going further, up here in the PacNorWes, there's a decidedly conspicuous 'female freedom' movement where some girls not only don't shave, but then dress in ways to make you notice that they don't shave. Those ladies are free to do [or not] what they like - it's their body and they are the only boss - but I hope that I never have to have that conversation with a furred girl. If you look like chewbacca from the knees down, wear pants.

The trade of 'I'll shave here when you shave there' is a familiar one, and I'll make it any day.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: slingstone on 07 Oct 2009, 16:38
Some of us like to be reminded that we're fucking adults, occasionally


pervert


I agree.  We need to see/feel hair be 'reminded' that we're with an adult; we should expect every man to embrace their facial hair, no matter how it grows in or looks like.  Those women (or dudes) who prefer clean-shaven men must have a perverse desire for pre-pubescent boys, obviously.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Kugai on 07 Oct 2009, 18:11
YAY Dune!

I think Faye would also make a good Reverend Mother Mohiam sporting a A Gom Jabbar. That would be my costume of choice were I to attend a Dune party. Alas, none of my peeps are fond of Dune.

Sounds good, but who would be Dr. Yueh?
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: maddness on 07 Oct 2009, 18:44
At this point it's down to Wil or Angus. While I see Angus as being the more capable where being a sort of double agent is concerned, I could see totally see Wil vowing revenge for his lady.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: raoullefere on 07 Oct 2009, 19:27
Forget the gender thing and I'll put Tai up for Yueh. Angus is Gurney Hallack. I'm guessing Dora is Chani, which would make Mr. Bianchi Liet-Kynes.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Aurjay on 07 Oct 2009, 19:47
Am i the only one who has to run to google to get some of these references. I normally am pretty good at knowing what they are talking about but todays comic had me completely lost. I think it has something to do with Dune(which ive seen once) but no idea.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Carl-E on 07 Oct 2009, 20:38
Yeah, the Dune reerences are getting a little thick (but then, so am I). 

In fact, I really don't know what half of ya's are talkin' 'bout. 

Doesn't stop me from posting, though! 

Back to the hair thing; facial or pubic, I can't imagine keeping it really clean.  I mean, an hour after shaving, I feel sand-papery, and that's on my neck - I don't shave the thick part on the face! 

Never shaved anything else though, so I don't really know growback times.  But if you're not shaving the bits daily, doesn't it prickle in the panties? 

I can't imagine that being comfy in any way...
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Kugai on 07 Oct 2009, 20:40
I see Steve as Stilgar


Or maybe Duncan Idaho
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: BlakeJustBlake on 07 Oct 2009, 20:43
you really have to have a certain face to pull off a mustache. basically, you have to look like burt reynolds.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: MIB4u on 07 Oct 2009, 21:41
ok, recent comic...:

"zug zug"? wtf does that mean?
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: kemon on 07 Oct 2009, 21:48
it's from warcraft.   the peons and other characters say it, when they are selected and given commands.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Delirium on 07 Oct 2009, 21:52
LOL @ Warcraft reference
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: LeeC on 07 Oct 2009, 21:53
they also say dah-bu and lok'tar.  I loved that game. Poor peons, smacked by their older tougher jock brother the grunt. :mrgreen:
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: jonarus_drakus on 07 Oct 2009, 22:05
Lets not forget the other greenskin clasics like "Jol'dax" and "I not sound like Yoda, Do I?" (said in yoda voice).

and the sheep in warcraft 2 "Baaaaah ram you!" and if you did it three times they exploded!
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: akronnick on 07 Oct 2009, 22:15
I never played much Warcraft. Played alot of Age of Empires though, and the little dudes would say 'Erectus!' when you gfave them an order.

Also, does this comic officialy declare Raven to have been put on a bus? (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PutOnABus)
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Kross on 07 Oct 2009, 22:23
Dryad: "I'll distract them with my human mating call: "I'm so wasted, *giggle* I'm so wasted!""
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 07 Oct 2009, 22:31
I read the first panel and smiled and said out loud "This is gonna be good!", but it sure sounds like a goodbye for Raven.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Delirium on 07 Oct 2009, 22:38
Raven? gone?

FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUU-
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: bicostp on 07 Oct 2009, 22:41
Seems like Jeph just got bored with writing for her, and honestly I can see why. She's a one-trick pony. (No not that kind of trick.) You have to admit she's pretty much at a dead end; the only thing I think could be done with her at this point is make her intelligence less ambiguous, and even then what nice would she fill? How many "hey guys I'm dumb but maybe not" jokes can one come up with before they get stale?

I don't think she ever had the spotlight in the strip (there was more focus on the Penelope/Wil subplot). Well, maybe the few strips centered around her hiring at CoD, but that's going back almost to the beginning.

Sure she's the sentimental favorite, but she's just 'there'. Stuck playing the same unchanging role the entire time, like Frank Burns on MASH. I think Marigold and Angus are already more interesting characters. :\
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Akima on 07 Oct 2009, 22:43
it's from warcraft.   the peons and other characters say it, when they are selected and given commands.

Thanks for that tip. I didn't get the joke either... I suppose having Fay say something like "Sí, señorita" would have had "unfortunate implications"...

I was watching an episode of The Venture Brothers last night for the first time since I discovered QC. I had a sudden flash of Triana Orpheus as Dora at the same age.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Delirium on 07 Oct 2009, 22:44
She's certainly less flat than Hanners.

In more ways than one.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: scarred on 07 Oct 2009, 23:00
Raven's gone? More room for interesting characters??


BLASPHEME
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: themacnut on 07 Oct 2009, 23:33
Just to try to stay off the topic of pubic hair and badgers, does anyone else feel like Dora may be going a little too far? All Marten wanted to do was try out a moustache, and then she could make a judgement on whether she thinks he should keep it. It is his face, what if he objected to her going back to blonde? Should she automatically follow what he says?
I agree that she may be going to far, but her reaction isn't particularly uncommon. In my experience, most woman in our culture (i.e.: Anglo-American/Canadian) are not fond of men with facial hair. My ex actually once said to me, upon my considering growing a beard, "No. You can't have a beard. Well, maybe when you're an old man, but not now." So, yeah, perhaps "too far," but not uncommon.

There's only one out of two things a guy who wants a beard can do under those circumstances; either grow a beard while he's single and not dating anyone, so he'll end up with a girl who likes or at least tolerates facial hair, or go ahead and grow the beard anyway, despite his gf's objections. She'll either get used to it, or dump him ;)

Curiously I find girls tend to object just as strongly to a guy with facial hair wanting to shave it all off. As I found out when I mangled my beard while trimming it one day and just cut it all off. My wife was like "Why did you do that????" I'd had a goatee for as long as she'd known me, so I imagine that the sudden change was jarring.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: epoch on 07 Oct 2009, 23:42
Yeah, the Dune reerences are getting a little thick (but then, so am I). 

In fact, I really don't know what half of ya's are talkin' 'bout. 

Doesn't stop me from posting, though! 

Back to the hair thing; facial or pubic, I can't imagine keeping it really clean.  I mean, an hour after shaving, I feel sand-papery, and that's on my neck - I don't shave the thick part on the face! 

Never shaved anything else though, so I don't really know growback times.  But if you're not shaving the bits daily, doesn't it prickle in the panties? 

I can't imagine that being comfy in any way...
Oh yea, if you're going to shave the nether-regions, you've got to keep up with it every day, or at least every other day.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 07 Oct 2009, 23:44
Raven's joie de vivre was unique among the cast.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: scarred on 07 Oct 2009, 23:47
Curiously I find girls tend to object just as strongly to a guy with facial hair wanting to shave it all off. As I found out when I mangled my beard while trimming it one day and just cut it all off. My wife was like "Why did you do that????" I'd had a goatee for as long as she'd known me, so I imagine that the sudden change was jarring.

She was upset that instead of looking like

(http://images.smarter.com/blogs/guests/spock%20goatee.jpg)

you now look like


(http://thetvaddict.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/leonard_nimoy.jpg)
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: akronnick on 07 Oct 2009, 23:49
Raven? gone?

FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUU-


Raven's joie de vivre was unique among the cast.

At least the allosaurus hasn't eaten her (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KilledOffForReal)
yet
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Mojo on 07 Oct 2009, 23:58
Nah, Raven will be back.  It's a chance (and an explanation) for her character to grow somewhat.

Actually, the reference to Frank Burns is interesting.  I actually thought Larry Linville should have stayed on the show; circumstances for Frank had changed so drastically, that it could have easily taken his character in a whole new direction.

So it is with Raven.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 08 Oct 2009, 00:02
Was Dora being mean to Faye?

That was a stretch for friendly ribbing.

I think she's intentionally pushing Faye not to fall into a lifetime rut, with this line of talk and with the sculpture commission.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: LizziL on 08 Oct 2009, 00:14
DAMN YOU TROPES, I HAVE A PAPER TO WRITE!!!  :x
Also, I wasn't big on the really sudden art change, but, it's growing on me - I really like Dora in the second panel.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: akronnick on 08 Oct 2009, 00:19
Nobody forced you click those links :evil: (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife)
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: IlGreven on 08 Oct 2009, 01:22
Raven's gone to get her physics degree from Allosaurus U., eh? :P
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Akima on 08 Oct 2009, 01:32
Badgers are over. It's narwhals (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykwqXuMPsoc&feature=related), now, Kid. They keep Cthulu [from] eating ye!

Narwalsome! But doesn't just looking at  Cthulhu drive you mad anyway?

As for Raven, perhaps she will specialise in Jiggle Physics (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JigglePhysics)?
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Dliessmgg on 08 Oct 2009, 03:34
So we have to wait until Raven comes back with a SPACE SUBMACOPTER WITH WHEELS!
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: akronnick on 08 Oct 2009, 03:38
Why would a Space Submacopter need wheels? Wouldn't levitate on some kind of force field?
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Dliessmgg on 08 Oct 2009, 03:52
If the machines were running constantly, it would heat up too much. And we don't know if the force field produces any noise. Also it can drive!
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Llewellian on 08 Oct 2009, 04:03
 :-D Unbelievable. Comic meets personal reallity....

I know a guy from my circle of buddies that was... well, he just seemed not to be the brightest bulb in the box, for years. And he was slow. Not caring much... well, he smoked weed at every given moment we met him.

Then, one night, shortly after he ended college with surprisingly good notes, he moved to another city. No one ever heard anything again from him. 4 years long. Then he came back. Beeing 25, graduated in maths and theoretical informatics, now working for Fraunhofer Institute (the german version of the MIT) and currently working on his second Doctor title.

Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: themacnut on 08 Oct 2009, 04:06
Bet he wasn't smoking weed anymore either. Or at least had cut down considerably.

Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: giant_bug on 08 Oct 2009, 05:15

Damn, now all I can think of is the Gift of the Magi...

"But dear, I sold my pubic hair so I could buy you ..." 

A  merkin!
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Llewellian on 08 Oct 2009, 05:17
Bet he wasn't smoking weed anymore either. Or at least had cut down considerably.




Yup. Was our guess too. Like a F1 Racer on full throttle while not releasing the breakes...

I think the only drug ok for math doctors is LSD. Firsthand expirience in multidimensional non-euclidian spaces.


By the way: "Zug zug" ;o) Yay for Warcraft References.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: workingrobbie on 08 Oct 2009, 05:50
Zug zug!  :-D

Now I want to play the original Warcraft :(

Wasn't it the grunts who complained "Stop poking me!" (in reference to the title)?
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Carl-E on 08 Oct 2009, 05:54
I think the only drug ok for math doctors is LSD. Firsthand expirience in multidimensional non-euclidian spaces.

Actually, the math itself does that for us.  When you actually understand what's going on, it's... well, trippy!  

The LSD only made me want to draw all those things.  

And that ain't easy, believe me!  
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: elionbel on 08 Oct 2009, 05:58
Zug zug!  :-D

Now I want to play the original Warcraft :(

Wasn't it the grunts who complained "Stop poking me!" (in reference to the title)?
haha, yeah they did ^^

You'd poke them once, "Zug Zug!" Poke them again "Wha' you wan'?" and eventually they'd whine "Stop poking me!!!"

:D
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Border Reiver on 08 Oct 2009, 06:41
Was Dora being mean to Faye?

That was a stretch for friendly ribbing.

I think she's intentionally pushing Faye not to fall into a lifetime rut, with this line of talk and with the sculpture commission.

No, she's not being mean, she's being a friend and forcing her to face reality - nothing like waking up at 40 going - "I've spent how much of my life making minimum wage?"  My wife was in Dora's shoes, small business owner and all, but her store eventually died.  Then she realized that without some college credentials stating on your resume that you have high school and 20 years of retail experience (as manager and owner) doesn't qualify you for much other than retail.....
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Dliessmgg on 08 Oct 2009, 08:13
I think the only drug ok for math doctors is LSD. Firsthand expirience in multidimensional non-euclidian spaces.

Actually, the math itself does that for us.  When you actually understand what's going on, it's... well, trippy!  

The LSD only made me want to draw all those things.  

And that ain't easy, believe me!  
Let a programmer do it. Why else do they exist?
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: raoullefere on 08 Oct 2009, 08:14
I can do this. I will do this. Just because everyone else ignored Jeph's request, doesn't mean I have to. After all, just because they are all sheep jumping off a cliff, I wouldn't, would I? WOULD I?

BONZAI!

Also, does this comic officialy declare Raven to have been put on a bus? (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PutOnABus)
Maybe Raven's going to school to learn to design a fuel cell-powered submabusnacopter! Eco-friendly all-terrain transport for the masses! Arrgghh!

Also, Baaa! Baaaa!
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Tormuse on 08 Oct 2009, 10:50
Zug zug!  :-D

Now I want to play the original Warcraft :(

Wasn't it the grunts who complained "Stop poking me!" (in reference to the title)?
haha, yeah they did ^^

You'd poke them once, "Zug Zug!" Poke them again "Wha' you wan'?" and eventually they'd whine "Stop poking me!!!"

:D

Yeah, that brings back memories...  :)  It's an Easter Egg they put into all the Warcraft games, (and Starcraft too) that the characters have extra things to say if you click on the same guy several times in a row.  As I recall, the humans in the original Warcraft would say, in an indignant tone of voice, "Why do you keep touching me?"

They even put one in the Warcraft 2 setup program.  If you test the sound card, you hear the guy who did the human voices saying in an English accent, "Your soundcard works perfectly."  If you click the test sound card button enough times, he says in a very irritated tone, "IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS!"  :D

My all-time favourite, though, is the humans' ships from Warcraft 2.  "Stop rocking the boat!"  "You're making me seasick!"  *Sounds of vomiting followed by a splash*  That one had me literally on the floor in hysterics laughing until I could hardly breathe.   :-D
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Steve the Pocket on 08 Oct 2009, 11:51
So am I the first to notice the perspective error with Faye's arm?
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: ink slinger on 08 Oct 2009, 11:52
Just to try to stay off the topic of pubic hair and badgers, does anyone else feel like Dora may be going a little too far? All Marten wanted to do was try out a moustache, and then she could make a judgement on whether she thinks he should keep it. It is his face, what if he objected to her going back to blonde? Should she automatically follow what he says?
I agree that she may be going to far, but her reaction isn't particularly uncommon. In my experience, most woman in our culture (i.e.: Anglo-American/Canadian) are not fond of men with facial hair. My ex actually once said to me, upon my considering growing a beard, "No. You can't have a beard. Well, maybe when you're an old man, but not now." So, yeah, perhaps "too far," but not uncommon.

There's only one out of two things a guy who wants a beard can do under those circumstances; either grow a beard while he's single and not dating anyone, so he'll end up with a girl who likes or at least tolerates facial hair...

I did exactly this. I once told my current girlfriend that I shaved off my beard (over the phone) just to see her reaction (because I'm a jackass). She was not happy. So, apparently she prefers it, rather than just tolerates it.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: smack that isaiah on 08 Oct 2009, 11:53
My ex really hated when I had any amount of stubble.  I eventually got into the habit of shaving an hour before any dates.  I still do this because of her--so far no one I've dated since has complained about getting their chins all scratched up from me kissing on them.

So am I the first to notice the perspective error with Faye's arm?

I guess so.  What is the problem? I just relooked at the comic and couldn't find an error
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: LeeC on 08 Oct 2009, 11:58
Dryad: "I'll distract them with my human mating call: "I'm so wasted, *giggle* I'm so wasted!""

dude I gotta play WC3 now.  They seriously say that? haha!
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Kugai on 08 Oct 2009, 14:04
Now all she needs to do is build a Barracks   :D


I do hope we see Raven again, and when she comes back she'll be the head of some international Think Tank.



Glad to see the Blood Bank has finally put it's foot down about that.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Akima on 08 Oct 2009, 17:59
Glad to see the Blood Bank has finally put it's foot down about that.

LOL! I hadn't noticed that red sticker on the till. I suppose Dora no longer needs a regular supply... (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=157)
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Aegir on 08 Oct 2009, 19:21
"Raven fans rejoice?"

Raven fans rejoice.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Delirium on 08 Oct 2009, 19:23
RAVEN RAVEN RAVEN RAVEN RAVEN RAVEN!!!!1!!
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: LeeC on 08 Oct 2009, 19:23
WOO HOO! that last panel was awsome.  Sadly I plan to do that in my anthropology class, The professor would be pissed if I showed up in a fedora. :mrgreen:
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: raoullefere on 08 Oct 2009, 19:34
Just so long as you don't forget the bullwhip.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: The Duke on 08 Oct 2009, 20:00
Didn't realize there was another comic up.  I was all like "why would raven fans rejoice about a reason for her not to be in the comic as much?" and then I checked and was like "woot lab coats ftw".

That is how my thoughts think.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Coffee_Kaioken on 08 Oct 2009, 20:07
... He called her "Miss Pritchard" and she has a clipboard.

Is she the teacher (with this being another example of her "being a dumb bimbo on the outside and a smart person on the inside" theme) or the student?
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: LeeC on 08 Oct 2009, 20:17
shes a student, he says miss to be proper, and its a way of teachers to scold people. Mr. Smith sit down!
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: BobtheDancingFlea on 08 Oct 2009, 20:51
Just to try to stay off the topic of pubic hair and badgers, does anyone else feel like Dora may be going a little too far? All Marten wanted to do was try out a moustache, and then she could make a judgement on whether she thinks he should keep it. It is his face, what if he objected to her going back to blonde? Should she automatically follow what he says?
I agree that she may be going to far, but her reaction isn't particularly uncommon. In my experience, most woman in our culture (i.e.: Anglo-American/Canadian) are not fond of men with facial hair. My ex actually once said to me, upon my considering growing a beard, "No. You can't have a beard. Well, maybe when you're an old man, but not now." So, yeah, perhaps "too far," but not uncommon.

There's only one out of two things a guy who wants a beard can do under those circumstances; either grow a beard while he's single and not dating anyone, so he'll end up with a girl who likes or at least tolerates facial hair...

I did exactly this. I once told my current girlfriend that I shaved off my beard (over the phone) just to see her reaction (because I'm a jackass). She was not happy. So, apparently she prefers it, rather than just tolerates it.
The complete opposite happened to me. I LOVED my boyfriend's beard when we first started dating, and I was pretty sad when he had to shave it off for work, and so I made him promise he would at least keep his little soul patch. Then, one day, he came over with it shaved off and I didn't even notice.

Also, Raven is so fucking cute in this comic. I'm sad she's gonna stay gone for a while, I loved her adorable super sweet dumbness. She's so precious! <3
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: bicostp on 08 Oct 2009, 20:57
Could she possibly get her own spinoff? "That's So Raven"?



Wait...



"Everybody Loves Raven"? (It's fitting on multiple levels.)


Uh... This is going to take some work.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: the_shankmaster on 08 Oct 2009, 21:03
Her lab cute looks like a cute, stylish coat that happens to be white.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Random832 on 08 Oct 2009, 21:05
LOL! I hadn't noticed that red sticker on the till.
That's the coffee maker.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: ysth on 08 Oct 2009, 21:19
Could she possibly get her own spinoff?  "Everybody Loves Raven"? (It's fitting on multiple levels.)

"That reminds me Raven, didn't you get eaten by an allosaurus?"  "No, I had Yelling Bird blackmail Jeph to extend my lifetime."
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: vettechinohio on 08 Oct 2009, 21:54
It's funny to see Faye looking her normal (little bit chunkier) self in panel one, then see her look almost as thin as Dora in the first part of panel three. I wonder if it's just variations in Jeph's current style or if he meant to draw her thinner, or if the thinner look is due to her posture?
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: snubnose on 08 Oct 2009, 23:41
Woa woa we got Ravens last name !

We didnt had it before, did we ?
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 08 Oct 2009, 23:57
We had not only her last name, but her first name (which isn't Raven).

638 and 376.

Not only that, but 376 was about characters burping their names, and Raven's initials are BRP. If Jeph did that on purpose I'm impressed.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Scarblac on 09 Oct 2009, 02:09
Yeah, that brings back memories...  :)  It's an Easter Egg they put into all the Warcraft games, (and Starcraft too) that the characters have extra things to say if you click on the same guy several times in a row.  As I recall, the humans in the original Warcraft would say, in an indignant tone of voice, "Why do you keep touching me?"
For some reason I played the press review version of Warcraft 2, before the game came out. It probably came with some magazine. It was pretty unfinished, it had resources you could mine that weren't actually used for anything, etc...

A few lines of the peons stick with me:
"You are the greatest reviewer in all the lands!"
"And remember, a good review, for Warcraft two!"
"Have we kissed your butt enough yet?"
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Mojo on 09 Oct 2009, 02:20
Was Dora being mean to Faye?

That was a stretch for friendly ribbing.

I think she's intentionally pushing Faye not to fall into a lifetime rut, with this line of talk and with the sculpture commission.

No, she's not being mean, she's being a friend and forcing her to face reality - nothing like waking up at 40 going - "I've spent how much of my life making minimum wage?"  My wife was in Dora's shoes, small business owner and all, but her store eventually died.  Then she realized that without some college credentials stating on your resume that you have high school and 20 years of retail experience (as manager and owner) doesn't qualify you for much other than retail.....

Yep, that about sums it up for me.  Two degrees and 25 years of minimum wage...
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Dliessmgg on 09 Oct 2009, 04:46
Oh man, now I want to see Raven as a mad scientist. I guess that labcoat is a short one because she still has to climb the mad scientist ladder.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Carl-E on 09 Oct 2009, 05:22
I loved Physics.  It was my major, until that damned quantum physics lab.  Couldn't get anything to work...  and no, I couldn't blame it on "erratic quantum behaviour" or anything like that! 

'twas then I realised that what I loved about physics was the math behind it.  Changed majors again

5 years, 158 credits, and I still couldn't get a friggin' degree...

And no, there wasn't a "Theoretical Physics" option that was lab-free, not at my school, at least. 
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: jonarus_drakus on 09 Oct 2009, 05:34
OMG, i know im likely feeding all kinds of shippers here, but Raven actually looks kinda hot in the new style (I didn't like her previously as she reminded me of an ex that cheated on me... shes on 'the death list' now... You know, the one for when i take over the world... Doesnt everyone have one?).

Looks like Raven really is on of those savant types that is just waiting to find her 'one talent'. If i recall Tai said: "One day she going to turn on the weather channel and spontaniously fix global warming".






Oh, and potential Cameo for Hannerdad as one of Raven's Proffesors? Hanners actually calling him on a normal phone DOES seem to indicate that he is currently on Earth... hmmmm...
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: snubnose on 09 Oct 2009, 05:53
... shes on 'the death list' now... You know, the one for when i take over the world... Doesnt everyone have one?
Nope, not me.

Should I ever manage to take over the world, I will enforce human rights everywhere, will stop world hunger, and will outlaw neoclassic and monetaristic economy (this is the kind of economy "science" that explains that the rich have to get rich and richer; in short, its a bunch of lies) and install a truely fair world economy based on keynes modern economy theories (which currently get kind of a renaissance thanks to the world wide crisis, but will be forgotten again all too soon).

And the whole "human rights for everybody" part sadly disallows the execution of any personal grudges. Even if I have those too, of course.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: workingrobbie on 09 Oct 2009, 06:16
^^^

Sadly "human rights to everybody" often conflict on what the rights allow. For example, freedom of religion is often expressed as "You must believe in my god else you are persecuting me"
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Mr_Rose on 09 Oct 2009, 08:00
Well see that's just dumb; "freedom of religion" is like "freedom of psychosis" - of course you may have whatever mental defect you like, but if you turn out to be dangerous (contagion being simply one form of danger) we will have to fix you. Many mental patients consider the attempts of healthcare professionals to help them become functioning people rather than raving lunatics to be persecution; why should one set of them be excused because they say their voices are from a god?
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Kross on 09 Oct 2009, 11:16
I would love the read the strip, but fucking Opera won't load the strip all the way, no matter how many times I refresh. -_-
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 09 Oct 2009, 14:45
Hannelore may have been calling her dad's SkypeIn number that's a gateway to the space station's Internet feed.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Akima on 09 Oct 2009, 14:54
shes on 'the death list' now... You know, the one for when i take over the world... Doesnt everyone have one?).

When I become Great Helmsman, I don't think I'll engage much in executions, though a bracing period of Re-education Through Labour in Australia's tropical cane-fields would do some people a power of good: Reality-show contestants, home-shopping channel presenters, fan-artists who can't draw, and above all web-cartoonists!  :evil:

My People's Magistrates will however Strike Hard against Reactionary Deviations from Correct Akima-Thought, such as:
  * People who buy more cars than they can park off the street.
  * Households with more cars than people (the cars will be cubed while the people watch, or should it be the other way round?).
  * Hip-hop, Rap, and Country & Western.
  * Furries.

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Oh, and potential Cameo for Hannerdad as one of Raven's Proffesors? Hanners actually calling him on a normal phone DOES seem to indicate that he is currently on Earth... hmmmm...

Pfffft! Call forwarding.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: thaX on 09 Oct 2009, 16:48
Badgers are over. It's narwhals (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykwqXuMPsoc&feature=related), now, Kid. They keep Cthulu [from] eating ye!

Narwalsome! But doesn't just looking at  Cthulhu drive you mad anyway?

As for Raven, perhaps she will specialise in Jiggle Physics (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JigglePhysics)?

I like the last line in the article, "Note that most real women in these situations would have the foresight to wear this strange and wonderous device called a bra. " Heh
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Kugai on 09 Oct 2009, 20:24
I wonder how long it'll be before she starts hitting on her Prof?
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Moxie on 09 Oct 2009, 21:13
It's funny to see Faye looking her normal (little bit chunkier) self in panel one, then see her look almost as thin as Dora in the first part of panel three. I wonder if it's just variations in Jeph's current style or if he meant to draw her thinner, or if the thinner look is due to her posture?

When you look at panel 3, you can just see the bottom of Faye's shirt below her left arm, implying her normal self. It blends in pretty well with the background though, which is why it does seem like she's as thin as Dora.
That's how I saw it anyway.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: SleeperCylon on 10 Oct 2009, 13:30
I'm starting to see Faye as someone driven by her anxiety.

She avoids relationships because she's afraid of losing them, she stifles ambition because she's afraid of failure.  She avoids the prospect of a rewarding platonic friendship with Sven because she's (In my interpretation) afraid of how society will judge her.

And it's all her father's fault.  You know I've got an uncle with a ten year old daughter who has now twice attempted suicide?  I should force him to read this strip.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Akima on 10 Oct 2009, 23:49
You know I've got an uncle with a ten year old daughter who has now twice attempted suicide?

The uncle or the daughter? From the context I'm guessing the uncle, but...
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: thatcrazycommie on 11 Oct 2009, 10:02
so does Raven go to Smith or Mount Holyoke?
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 11 Oct 2009, 12:20
Depends on how much Jeph wants to keep her in the story. I bet Raven and Tai would get along.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: JD on 11 Oct 2009, 12:31
Nobody forced you click those links :evil: (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife)

I don't get why people find TV Tropes so interesting. I find it rather boring.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Akima on 11 Oct 2009, 18:16
I don't get why people find TV Tropes so interesting. I find it rather boring.

In Soviet Russia (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InSovietRussiaTropeMocksYou), TVTtropes finds you boring. :)
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: The Duke on 11 Oct 2009, 20:05
Nice segue.
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: JD on 11 Oct 2009, 21:18
In Soviet Russia? (http://encyclopediadramatica.com/In_Soviet_Russia...)
Title: Re: WCT: October 5-9, 2009
Post by: Carl-E on 13 Oct 2009, 05:44
One of my colleagues at my first job was a soviet emigree who spent his adolescence under Stalin.  His stock line was, "(With an attitude like that), you wouldn't have lasted very long under Stalin."

He was lucky he was an academic at a technical institute before he got out.  They were tolerated. 

Scary shit, man.