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Title: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 02 Mar 2013, 20:40
And here we go, a post-convention week - and a milestone of sorts, as we hit 2.4k strips!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 02 Mar 2013, 20:52
I caught the garter... and the bride's weird aunt caught the bouquet. They made me put the garter on her leg. :-o

edit - and both the bridesmaids were already married, so I didn't get to get it on with either of them...

edit2 - not that I would have had the chance if they weren't married...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 02 Mar 2013, 22:33
I'd been to a job interview, and there was a wedding reception in the ballroom of the hotel I was staying in. 

I already had a suit and tie on...

Free drinks, dinner, and a lot of people I didn't know.  Struck up a few pleasant conversations.  Said I was a friend of a friend of the grooom's when anyone asked. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: techkid on 03 Mar 2013, 01:39
I got to embarrass my sister at her own wedding a couple of years ago (yep, stood up and did a speech).

But at my various aunts and uncles various weddings, it's mostly a case of meeting family members for the first (or more embarrassingly, second) time in your life...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 03 Mar 2013, 04:54
HA!  When they say, "Oh, you haven't changed a bit!" and you don't even recognize them...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DrBear on 03 Mar 2013, 05:31
I was driving back from a reception about 100 miles away from where most of the wedding party lived - they got married in her hometown. Suddenly, on a big curve on a four-lane highway, there was a car in the middle of the road, sideways. I missed it, pulled over to see if I could help - and it was several members of the party who had been driving home and slid in the curve. A couple were hurt and I ended up staying with them in the hospital.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 03 Mar 2013, 07:19
My girlfriend's brother got married last December. It was a Jewish wedding and I got to help lift the chair, good times. Also last May I caught the garter and put it on this cute girl that was there that caught the bouquet. Neither of us were single, so it didn't go further than that, but it was still fun.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 03 Mar 2013, 09:51
See, it's supposed to be the single women who gather to catch the bouquet, and single men who catch the garter. 


Prevents things like that from happening...  :-D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Pilchard123 on 03 Mar 2013, 10:02
Before he married, my dad hated it when relatives would go up to him at weddings and say "You're next!". He stopped it by doing it to them at funerals.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 03 Mar 2013, 12:00
Last reception I went to, my sister, her boyfriend and I had fun with some of the younger folks' style of party clothes -- ranging from hoodies and cutoff sweats to a dress made of sequins the size of saucers, but not very many.

And the maid of honor stood to give her toast to the happy couple, talking about how she and the bride had been besties since the sandbox days and turning to the groom, glass upraised, and saying, "and if you make her cry, I will find you and hurt you." She looked like she could do it, too.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Aethien on 03 Mar 2013, 12:45
Before he married, my dad hated it when relatives would go up to him at weddings and say "You're next!". He stopped it by doing it to them at funerals.
Classy.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 03 Mar 2013, 14:55
See, it's supposed to be the single women who gather to catch the bouquet, and single men who catch the garter. 

Prevents things like that from happening...  :-D
Ha, they just said "unmarried" people at that wedding.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 03 Mar 2013, 17:24
Before he married, my dad hated it when relatives would go up to him at weddings and say "You're next!". He stopped it by doing it to them at funerals.
I like the way he thinks.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: mabhatter on 03 Mar 2013, 20:43
I'm pretty sure, in the Princess Bride anyway, that you have to say "I do." or you're not really married?

Claire was really looking forward to the whole "Marwwage, is a beautiful thing..." Sermon, speeches, vows, rings, etc, etc...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: celticgeek on 03 Mar 2013, 21:41
Well, apparently Momo won the robot fight.  PT410x seems pretty pissed off about it, though.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 03 Mar 2013, 22:22
He doubtless considers it exploitive and degrading.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Indicible on 03 Mar 2013, 22:23
Having the comics resume tomorrow means that by Friday, we will be back on multiples of five at the end of a week. [/OCD Moment]
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 03 Mar 2013, 22:25
He doubtless considers it exploitive and degrading.

Nah, he's just ticked off at having lost the last round to Pintsize. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: slydon on 04 Mar 2013, 01:17
My ex-gf caught the bouquet. The garter came right at me. Between the awkwardness and the huge stink-eye my current gf was giving me, I had no choice but the shove the total stranger next to me at it.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Adjamemnon on 04 Mar 2013, 02:01
I'm not sure which I enjoy more; Momo's "VICTORY!" stance or Winslow's happiness at Momo's victory.

Meanwhile, before two friends of mine got married, I warned them that, at their reception, I would do the "Mawwage" speech from The Princess Bride.  I made good on that threat, but turned it into a pretty decent toast afterward.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ZoeB on 04 Mar 2013, 02:20
My own wedding reception - the food wasn't wonderful. Many of the guests got food poisoning, as did my partner.
My wedding night was spent cleaning up at both ends. Oddly enough, a more intimate bonding moment you couldn't imagine, it meant "I will always love you forever no matter what, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health".
32 years and 11 days ago.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ZoeB on 04 Mar 2013, 02:26
I wonder.. will we make AI's so much in our own image? Will our species' children be better than their parents, or just different?

Will Momo and Station....  will they have that capability, to bond with another person, to fall in love and be loved? I hope so. I can't imagine forming them without that, it's the greatest gift we were given by evolution. Perhaps we can even improve on it, for them?

OK, I'm a hopeless romantic. Meh. It's me.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Welu on 04 Mar 2013, 03:13
I once bumped into my aunt in an unexpected place. She came up to me all excited and, "Haven't you grown!!" I didn't recognise her at all and said do. I think she was pretty hurt.
I'd met her maybe four or five times at that point and hadn't seen her for a few years! Plus she looked different.
Although that was true of her meeting me too so maybe I have no excuse.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: techkid on 04 Mar 2013, 03:48
I wonder.. will we make AI's so much in our own image? Will our species' children be better than their parents, or just different?

Will Momo and Station....  will they have that capability, to bond with another person, to fall in love and be loved? I hope so. I can't imagine forming them without that, it's the greatest gift we were given by evolution. Perhaps we can even improve on it, for them?

OK, I'm a hopeless romantic. Meh. It's me.
We'd done a discussion on this (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,27713.0.html) before (from comic #2085 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2085)). And for the most part, in an ideal situation, I'd agree with you. But with the amount of indifference, and indeed hate, in the world... would you really want to curse them with such a thing as human emotions at this stage?

Hopefully, when we've finally developed true AI, we've settled our differences completely. Then I'll happily call you a romantic, and things won't be so hopeless... :)

Shit. Now who's being the hopeless romantic?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Akima on 04 Mar 2013, 04:43
I'm glad PT410X (don't call him Petey) got a new head (and neckbeard (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1105)!) since we saw him last (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1921). His default emotional setting is grumpy.

Momo is the champ!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 04 Mar 2013, 05:16
His default emotional setting is grumpy.

Happy.  Dopey.  Doc.  Sleepy, Sneezy, Winslow...

Momo and the seven Anthro PC's. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 04 Mar 2013, 05:33
Hm. PT definitely Grumpy. Winslow would be Happy, Station has the chops to be Doc, Pintsize is Dopey ... the Roomba is Sneezy? All that dust ...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 04 Mar 2013, 06:06
So, since today's comic is "omghidden", that means that QC is returning to Friday comic numbers ending in 5s and 0s. Unless Jeph does another "omghidden" comic.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Lubricus on 04 Mar 2013, 06:10
So, since today's comic is "omghidden", that means that QC is returning to Friday comic numbers ending in 5s and 0s. Unless Jeph does another "omghidden" comic.

What? How do you get to see this comic? I can't figure it out!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 04 Mar 2013, 06:13
So, since today's comic is "omghidden", that means that QC is returning to Friday comic numbers ending in 5s and 0s. Unless Jeph does another "omghidden" comic.

What? How do you get to see this comic? I can't figure it out!
You can't see it at all? If you've got an adblocker, check whether it's blocking things with "hidden" in the filename, since the image file is in a directory called "omghidden".
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 04 Mar 2013, 06:14
What's your favorite Wedding Reception memory?

Party ALL NIGHT LONG, Baby!    2 (9.1%)
The dinner spread (I LOVED the sliced roast beef!)    1 (4.5%)
I caught the garter one year. Never did get it on with the bridesmaid, though.    2 (9.1%)
I caught the boquet one time. Instinctively wanted to toss it away.    0 (0%)
Never caught either, but I won a bottle of champagne once during the dance off!    0 (0%)
Caught it, got lucky, and got married within two years.    0 (0%)
Random later-regretted hookups (ala "The Wedding Crashers")    1 (4.5%)
I had absolutely NO idea who anyone was, so I cut out early.    1 (4.5%)
I got to make the embarrassing speech!    2 (9.1%)
Eh, it was normal.    4 (18.2%)
Something that involved a trampoline, a chainsaw, and the UCLA Marching Band.    0 (0%)
Waking up the next day and realizing I was MARRIED!    9 (40.9%)

Total Members Voted: 22

Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Lubricus on 04 Mar 2013, 06:15
So, since today's comic is "omghidden", that means that QC is returning to Friday comic numbers ending in 5s and 0s. Unless Jeph does another "omghidden" comic.

What? How do you get to see this comic? I can't figure it out!
You can't see it at all? If you've got an adblocker, check whether it's blocking things with "hidden" in the filename, since the image file is in a directory called "omghidden".

Gah! It's probably the seriously outdated IE on my work computer. Maybe I'll see it when I get home.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 04 Mar 2013, 06:31
That could be it. I can't see it in IE9, but in Chrome it's fine.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ZoeB on 04 Mar 2013, 06:41
But with the amount of indifference, and indeed hate, in the world... would you really want to curse them with such a thing as human emotions at this stage?
Yes.

I suspect I'm the only person here whose species has been debated. Not for long, the medical team quickly came to he decision that I was rightly classified as H.Sap... but it was reasonable to consider the question. Even I thought so, after seeing the blood tests.

I'm far enough from the norm that I take a rather relaxed view about wetware/hardware platform, those are implementation details, part of the design, not the requirements.

 Is this a person? Is this a good person? Has this person got the intellect required to be a "responsible adult"? So far, only (some) members of H.Sap qualify in all three. But some members of other species qualify fpr #1 at least. Some for #1 and #2 - they keep and love their pets.
I think it's that latter, as much as anything, that defines "intelligent life". The ability to form ad hoc symbiosis, emotional attachments, with multiple high level species, rather than language or tool use.

As for "Civil Rights" - I'm with Asimov. Any entity that is capable of requesting them is entitled to them.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 04 Mar 2013, 07:40
I think it's appropriate to deeplink in this case for anyone not able to see the panel: http://www.questionablecontent.net/omghidden/robotfightpanel.png


Also, in The Long Earth by Pratchett, which I yet have to read

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Game and Watch Forever on 04 Mar 2013, 08:03
I... think I need a wallpaper of this strip.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 04 Mar 2013, 08:04
I suspect I'm the only person here whose species has been debated. Not for long, the medical team quickly came to he decision that I was rightly classified as H.Sap... but it was reasonable to consider the question. Even I thought so, after seeing the blood tests.

Seriously? There was actually a medical question about your species? To say that I'm appalled is to greatly understate my reaction to this.

If I'm overreacting, it's because I grew up in the American South, where one occasionally runs into an idiot who will offer up the opinion that people who aren't white aren't homo sapiens and therefore aren't entitled to human rights. These people always make me see red. Even more so when they assume that I'd agree with them because I'm white - I always quickly and in no uncertain terms disabuse them of that assumption. So I'm primed to respond with outrage whenever a person's basic humanity is questioned.

If and when we get to the point where we actually do have non-human (or even part-human) intelligent life, I imagine I'll be one of the people advocating for "person" to be defined broadly rather than narrowly. Civil rights for all people, damn it, because I refuse to be part of a master race.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Valdís on 04 Mar 2013, 08:23
If I'm overreacting, it's because I grew up in the American South, where one occasionally runs into an idiot who will offer up the opinion that people who aren't white aren't homo sapiens and therefore aren't entitled to human rights. These people always make me see red. Even more so when they assume that I'd agree with them because I'm white - I always quickly and in no uncertain terms disabuse them of that assumption. So I'm primed to respond with outrage whenever a person's basic humanity is questioned.

Let me guess.. They simultaneously rant about interracial baby-making? *Hint-hint* ;)

Civil rights for all people, damn it, because I refuse to be part of a master race.

On a related note: Keep in mind that the "Over-man" (Übermensch) has nothing to do with a Master-Slave relation, it has to do with the Self-realized man transcending dogma and forging their own path. The "Master race" of the past was just dogma. Contrast with Transhumanism. Yay, superior humanity!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 04 Mar 2013, 08:46
So I assume that a robot game of Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots would involve calculations of the maximum frequency at which the button could be pressed without breaking the game?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 04 Mar 2013, 08:51
Let me guess.. They simultaneously rant about interracial baby-making? *Hint-hint* ;)

Hence my use of the term "idiot."  :-D

On a related note: Keep in mind that the "Over-man" (Übermensch) has nothing to do with a Master-Slave relation, it has to do with the Self-realized man transcending dogma and forging their own path. The "Master race" of the past was just dogma. Contrast with Transhumanism. Yay, superior humanity!

What I'm against is any kind of legally defined "master race", where one genetically or racially defined group has more rights under the law than another. If transhumanists realize their goals and actually engineer something "superior" to homo sapiens, fine, but I'm not offering them any more rights because of it. On the flip side, I won't try to take their rights away either.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 04 Mar 2013, 08:53
He doubtless considers it exploitive and degrading.

He was OK with it until Gordon beat him.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 04 Mar 2013, 10:07
You took my joke! (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,28740.msg1135711.html#msg1135711)

Actually, I think it's more a case of "great minds think alike...











...and so do ours."
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: FunkyTuba on 04 Mar 2013, 10:12
how does Station actuate the rockem sockem robots? Does he take over another AI's chassis or parts of it?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 04 Mar 2013, 10:15
You took my joke! (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,28740.msg1135711.html#msg1135711)

Actually, I think it's more a case of "great minds think alike...



...and so do ours."
Oh heck, sorry man. Didn't see that. GMTA works for me if it works for you ...

Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 04 Mar 2013, 10:16
how does Station actuate the rockem sockem robots? Does he take over another AI's chassis or parts of it?

I was gonna say it was a holo-game, but I like your idea better. And maybe that's why PT's pissed ...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Pilchard123 on 04 Mar 2013, 11:17
I... think I need a wallpaper of this strip.

It doesn't look to bad scaled up to 1680x1050. You can tell it's a smaller-res picture made big, but it doesn't really spoil it.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Aethien on 04 Mar 2013, 11:45
You took my joke! (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,28740.msg1135711.html#msg1135711)

Actually, I think it's more a case of "great minds think alike...











...and so do ours."
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1_7CIkYf_KI/Tns6nZzxQJI/AAAAAAAAAGM/hnvxZh9bawY/s1600/Great-Divide-Brewing-Company-Bottle-Cap.jpg)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 04 Mar 2013, 12:12
ZoeB, happy belated anniversary!

QC AIs seem to have some of humanity's less enjoyable emotions. Momo has been violently angry with Pintsize, and Station has engaged in premeditated meanness.

It's not clear how much of the creation of AIs was design and how much was accident.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 04 Mar 2013, 12:13
I could do with a beer right now.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Aethien on 04 Mar 2013, 12:17
great Divide makes some good ones. They're fairly widely distributed too.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Akima on 04 Mar 2013, 13:06
I suspect I'm the only person here whose species has been debated.
"you can't help but feel that the Chinese are a subspecies" - Morrissey
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 04 Mar 2013, 13:23
I have a horrible feeling that you could find at least one 19th century anthropologist who said the same thing.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 04 Mar 2013, 13:44

great Divide makes some good ones. They're fairly widely distributed too.

Do you think they do overnight shipping to Germany?  :-\

Wtf, my browser is having caching issues or something.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 04 Mar 2013, 13:47
I have a horrible feeling that you could find at least one 19th century anthropologist who said the same thing.

Oh, you could, very easily. 19th and early 20th century anthropologists were very keen on classifying the human species into distinct sub-groups. The problem was that, in trying to make all the groups homogenous while still trying to make their classification systems account for all of human diversity, they kept dividing us into smaller and smaller groups until their systems became so unwieldy and divorced from reality that they were meaningless.

Modern white supremacist groups tend to rely heavily on these century-old classification schemes to support their views. They get a wee bit testy when anyone points out that these schemes have been thoroughly debunked by modern science. I've had some entertaining arguments with them about it.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Aethien on 04 Mar 2013, 14:09

great Divide makes some good ones. They're fairly widely distributed too.

Do you think they do overnight shipping to Germany?  :-\

Wtf, my browser is having caching issues or something.
Ahh, you're German. Well in that case, try BeerNavigator (http://www.beernavigator.com). It'll cost you €13.25 in shipping and they don't have any Great Divide at the moment but they do have a metric fuckton of good beer from all over Europe and the US.

If you need/want recommendations, just let me know :-P
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 04 Mar 2013, 14:14
I.... didn't actually expect such a helpful answer. But I am afraid I am not willing to order beer for so much money without trying it first. I was just moping around. ...This now catches me off-guard.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Aethien on 04 Mar 2013, 14:42
Yeah, well, I am Dutch (so hai there neighbor) and a little bit much of a beer geek so I could actually give you a helpful answer. :-P

Also, trying new beers is half the reason to order there and half the fun in drinking beer. That said, I can give you recommendations based on what you like and sites like Beer Advocate (http://www.BeerAdvocate.com) and RateBeer (http://www.ratebeer.com) are quite helpful in determining whether a beer is good and/or popular.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Valdís on 04 Mar 2013, 14:49
19th and early 20th century anthropologists were very keen on classifying the human species into distinct sub-groups. The problem was that, in trying to make all the groups homogenous while still trying to make their classification systems account for all of human diversity, they kept dividing us into smaller and smaller groups until their systems became so unwieldy and divorced from reality that they were meaningless.

To be fair that's a problem with "subspecies" in general, there not being much of a clear demarcation in how much variation needs to be present in a given population. Makes me think of the bird species with hundreds of "subspecies" with just tiny differences in beak-shape or colouration and so forth. All of evolution is a continuum, not clear distinct categories (dating back to biblical "kinds" etc.), so if one is doing that with the birds then of course it's pretty understandable to do so with the Far-Eastern epicanthal fold, dry earwax and what-not in humans. But like with anything such genetic traits aren't set in stone, so the groupings end up inaccurate as well apart from general guidelines. [Swede] (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Jens_Byggmark_Schladming_2008.jpg) [Southern Africans] (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Namibian_Bushmen_Girls.JPG)

I think it's also rather telling than when doing a quick look on bird subspecies, since they came to mind, the first Google hit was the Royal Society article "Are subspecies useful in evolutionary and conservation biology?".  :-D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Sidhekin on 04 Mar 2013, 15:37
The topics of birds and subspecies make me think of ring species (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_species).  Anyone interested in speciation might enjoy musing on this special case.  Can we say they might find it ... amusing?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bluesummers on 04 Mar 2013, 15:48
ROCKEM SOCKEM MOMO FSCK YEAH YOU GUYS

And so forth. ;D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Tobimaro on 04 Mar 2013, 16:00
I want to add my own memory of that one time at a wedding reception.  A couple of decades ago, I had been invited to one of my best friend's wedding.  He had it at the chapel where they had attended college together (he was from the Chicago area, she was from western IL).  I remember wearing the suit that I had had from my own graduation.  I caught the garter, and one of their younger cousins caught the bouquet.  The main reasons that I did not do anything with her was that 1) she was much younger than me (I think early teens), and 2) in catching the garter I had split my pants.  Luckily I had a pair of sweat pants in my car so that I could change, but I left the reception soon after a photo was taken of me and her with the married couple.   :oops:  And no, I was not the next person to get married (not even in my family).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 04 Mar 2013, 16:36
I have a horrible feeling that you could find at least one 19th century anthropologist who said the same thing.

The house I lived in in Hackney was once owned by a doctor who had to get out of Edinburgh because his habit of grave-robbing for anatomy lessons was not appreciated.  He diversified into importing black people, initially to be displayed in zoos.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: MillionDollar Belt Sander on 04 Mar 2013, 17:07
I have a horrible feeling that you could find at least one 19th century anthropologist who said the same thing.

The house I lived in in Hackney was once owned by a doctor who had to get out of Edinburgh because his habit of grave-robbing for anatomy lessons was not appreciated.  He diversified into importing black people, initially to be displayed in zoos.

Today we import other foreigners and lock them in jail.  Same thing?      *runs like hell*    :-o
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 04 Mar 2013, 17:43
*Watches large, loud angry mob of various foreign nationals wielding torches, various large farm tools and ropes chase MDBS*


Opposable thumbs rule!  :D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Ph2 on 04 Mar 2013, 18:46
This is probably my new favorite comic.

As well, the only wedding reception I've ever been to was remarkably boring, they didn't have throw the bouquet/garter. Though it could have been due to them being fairly conservative (to my knowledge).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 04 Mar 2013, 18:59
The last two weddings I've been to also lacked this.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Asterus on 04 Mar 2013, 20:52
I love how Claire's final dress was the SECOND to last one she's shown trying XD
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 04 Mar 2013, 20:54
I like the green one, at least the color of it. Also, I love her expression in the Bjork dress.
I love how Claire's final dress was the SECOND to last one she's shown trying XD
Well yeah, she may be the prettiest princess, but you shouldn't upstage the couple getting married! :emotrex:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Valdís on 04 Mar 2013, 21:29
I suspect I'm the only person here whose species has been debated. Not for long, the medical team quickly came to he decision that I was rightly classified as H.Sap... but it was reasonable to consider the question. Even I thought so, after seeing the blood tests.

I just realized, guys.. Zoe is a sleeper-agent Cylon..  :psyduck:


(Can I meet Gaius Baltar? He's mai husbando..)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ZoeB on 04 Mar 2013, 21:35
I suspect I'm the only person here whose species has been debated. Not for long, the medical team quickly came to he decision that I was rightly classified as H.Sap... but it was reasonable to consider the question. Even I thought so, after seeing the blood tests.

Seriously? There was actually a medical question about your species?
More a biological one, but yes.
Quote
To say that I'm appalled is to greatly understate my reaction to this.

If I'm overreacting, it's because I grew up in the American South, where one occasionally runs into an idiot who will offer up the opinion that people who aren't white aren't homo sapiens and therefore aren't entitled to human rights.
Blood Pressure Warning:

Woods vs CG Studios (US 6th circuit)
: Submitted: that as a plaintiff who is Intersex is neither a "Man, Woman or Child", they are not "Natural Persons" so have no standing in court, any more than a dog or horse.
Held: that an Intersex person is neither a man nor woman so cannot be discriminated against on the basis of their sex - no matter how badly they're treated, it can't be considered discrimination.

In the marriage of C and D (falsely called C). (Brisbane Family Court) : Held: that an Intersex entity cannot marry anyone of either sex, as they are neither man nor woman, and marriage is between a man and a woman.


I'm used to it. In my case, my species was questioned based on purely biological test results. Whether I was a person deserving of civil rights was not, that question would never arise in the minds of my thoroughly professional, competent and caring medical team.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: mustang6172 on 04 Mar 2013, 21:49
  THANK YOU MARIO!

BUT OUR PRINCESS IS IN
ANOTHER CASTLE!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ZoeB on 04 Mar 2013, 21:54
I just realized, guys.. Zoe is a sleeper-agent Cylon..
We get treated like that sometimes, yes.

One episode of BSG in particular was severely triggering for many of us.

For that matter, a lot of Trans women really identified with Zoe in "Caprica"
Do I look male to you.... FRACK!!

OK, I think that's enough thread derailment.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Indicible on 04 Mar 2013, 22:14
Blood Pressure Warning:

Woods vs CG Studios (US 6th circuit)
: Submitted: that as a plaintiff who is Intersex is neither a "Man, Woman or Child", they are not "Natural Persons" so have no standing in court, any more than a dog or horse.
Held: that an Intersex person is neither a man nor woman so cannot be discriminated against on the basis of their sex - no matter how badly they're treated, it can't be considered discrimination.

In the marriage of C and D (falsely called C). (Brisbane Family Court) : Held: that an Intersex entity cannot marry anyone of either sex, as they are neither man nor woman, and marriage is between a man and a woman.


I'm used to it. In my case, my species was questioned based on purely biological test results. Whether I was a person deserving of civil rights was not, that question would never arise in the minds of my thoroughly professional, competent and caring medical team.

Wow. Now, THAT is vile.
Another reason I am glad to live on this side of the Atlantic. And to think the judges that took those decisions are supposed to be from the enlightened part of the population (or, at least, educated).
We are lucky to have a the ECHR around (European Court of Human Rights), who decided some times ago that a transsexual person should have her/his civil informations changed to reflect the change of sex.
Still work to be done, though.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesariojpn on 04 Mar 2013, 22:47
6 and 8 is not Claire. The rest looks great.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Near Lurker on 04 Mar 2013, 22:55
I've got to say I'm with her all the way.  1 looks nice; 2 has those weird, ugly whatchamacallits; 3 is almost more of a tunic than a dress; 4... I can't put my finger on it, but between the color, neckline, length, and loose fit, it just looks wrong, and her complexion doesn't help; 5 is a nice dress, but again not great for a redhead; 6 and 8 are obvious jokes.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bluesummers on 04 Mar 2013, 22:57
8 is a pretty princess...but it only works when she's supposed to steal the spotlight from someone else...doing that at the wedding would be incredibly bad form.  :angel:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Tabfan on 04 Mar 2013, 23:11
I actually rather like the panel 4 dress.  It's kinda slinky, and I enjoy the color, though I realize others might find it a bit glaring.  Of course, it seems more like a date dress, rather than one for a social function, so it's probably for the best that she didn't choose it.  And panel 5 is cute, too, though a bit on the dowdy side.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Soulsynger on 04 Mar 2013, 23:15
I like the plain one, actually. But then again I'm a sucker for clothes women feel comfortable in.

Quote from: Jeph
If you were wondering what Claire's dress-selection process looked like, well, not you know.

... what?


Tabfan:
I got the streetwalker-vibe from No.4. Albeit a classy one. °O
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: chrisa1 on 04 Mar 2013, 23:19
I wonder.. will we make AI's so much in our own image? Will our species' children be better than their parents, or just different? [...]

OK, I'm a hopeless romantic. Meh. It's me.

What a great sentiment. However, AI is "artificial intelligence", which seems to preclude an emotional component, at least to me.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: K1dmor on 04 Mar 2013, 23:33
 Since this is no longer available on the web, or in the tumblr, i'm just gonna post it here in case someone wants to save it or something  :angel: :

  (http://i.imgur.com/e1ktRQp.png)
 Entitled "RobotFightPanel".

 Seeya.-
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: helloandgoodbye on 04 Mar 2013, 23:41
The green dress is by far the best, imo.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 04 Mar 2013, 23:44
Dress three is hot as hell for some reason.... I have odd tastes.

Happy late anniversary ZoeB, I'm glad someone figured out you're human and slapped the pen away from the idiot who brought the question up. Wait. What other species were suggested? Could you have been a pony instead? *trying to make light of a horrible situation on no sleep and a lot of caffeine, so I will apologize now and save myself some time, I'm so sorry*

Blood Pressure Warning:

Woods vs CG Studios (US 6th circuit)
: Submitted: that as a plaintiff who is Intersex is neither a "Man, Woman or Child", they are not "Natural Persons" so have no standing in court, any more than a dog or horse.
Held: that an Intersex person is neither a man nor woman so cannot be discriminated against on the basis of their sex - no matter how badly they're treated, it can't be considered discrimination.

In the marriage of C and D (falsely called C). (Brisbane Family Court) : Held: that an Intersex entity cannot marry anyone of either sex, as they are neither man nor woman, and marriage is between a man and a woman.


I'm used to it. In my case, my species was questioned based on purely biological test results. Whether I was a person deserving of civil rights was not, that question would never arise in the minds of my thoroughly professional, competent and caring medical team.

Wow. Now, THAT is vile.
Another reason I am glad to live on this side of the Atlantic. And to think the judges that took those decisions are supposed to be from the enlightened part of the population (or, at least, educated).
We are lucky to have a the ECHR around (European Court of Human Rights), who decided some times ago that a transsexual person should have her/his civil informations changed to reflect the change of sex.
Still work to be done, though.

Quite... one of the few European ideas we could stand to import over here.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: de_la_Nae on 04 Mar 2013, 23:57
Ugh, I kind of hate it when Jeph decides to get weird about hiding fillers. Thanks to the folks who've posted it in here!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Akima on 05 Mar 2013, 00:12
Well, it certainly makes any comments on the vanished strip pretty incomprehensible.

It might be a cliché, but the greens are best for Claire. The slinky pinky is terrible.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Lubricus on 05 Mar 2013, 00:25
Claire looks awesome in the first green dress. I like the one she ended up with, but I'd love to see her appear in the green one, too. Most of the others are less impressive, though both the red one and the "too plain" one look OK.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: St.Clair on 05 Mar 2013, 01:05
The green (#1) is nice but slightly cliche for a redhead.  Likewise, #2 could be made to work, but...
Fully agree on the grey sack (#3) and the pink... thing (#4).
I actually rather like the turquoise number (#5) that Claire considers "Meh."
Nothing more need be said of the Bjork-swan (#6).
I can see why she went with the blue (#7)... even though the Pretty Pink Princess look (#8) is adorable on her.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: arkady on 05 Mar 2013, 02:35
Claire looks awesome in the first green dress. I like the one she ended up with, but I'd love to see her appear in the green one, too. Most of the others are less impressive, though both the red one and the "too plain" one look OK.

Red hair / green dress is a very striking choice. Jeph does seem to like blue dresses. IIRC Hannelore wore a (beautiful!) blue dress on her "date" with Sven.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 05 Mar 2013, 02:49
I actually rather like the turquoise number (#5) that Claire considers "Meh."

She probably thinks the embroidered bust is a bit old-lady-ish.

Quote
the Pretty Pink Princess look (#8) is adorable on her.

Note how she is blushing at her guilty pleasure in it.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: techkid on 05 Mar 2013, 03:06
IIRC Hannelore wore a (beautiful!) blue dress on her "date" with Sven.
Yes. Yes she did. (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1763)

1. Not a bad choice, actually.
2. Better for a classy cocktail party than a wedding, I'd say.
3. Plain? There'd be more interest and excitement in a school of accountancy...
4. Agreed.
5. Actually surprised she didn't go with that. Pretty darn classy.
6. :psyduck:
7. Probably would be a number 2 choice, if it were me.
8. "The squee factor goes up to 11."
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Border Reiver on 05 Mar 2013, 03:22
One and five would have warranted a second look (and a cuff to the back of the head had I stared while Mrs Reiver was about).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: bhtooefr on 05 Mar 2013, 03:41
Hmm...

1. Looks good on her, but yes, green on a redhead is a cliché. Mind you, it's as common as it is because it looks good.
2. Could work in the right scenario. The wedding is the wrong scenario.
3. Yeah, it's got the burlap sack thing going on. The color works on her, though.
4. Agreed, Claire. I can't figure out exactly the image I'm getting, but it's not a good one, and it's not just the pink. Almost like it doesn't look anywhere near feminine enough (and given that it's Claire, that's even worse) despite the pink, actually, although I could almost see Dora wearing it.
5. Agreed. It just seems like it doesn't go with her well.
6. LOLWUT
7. That works, too. (I think #1 looks better on her, but that's just me.)
8. Yeah, no, upstaging the couple is a bad idea, Claire.

And now I've just commented on the appearance of dresses on a fictional character in a webcomic. Welp, there goes my dignity.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Mr_Rose on 05 Mar 2013, 04:16
6. "Why do I even own this‽"
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 05 Mar 2013, 05:32
Also, trying new beers is half the reason to order there and half the fun in drinking beer. That said, I can give you recommendations based on what you like and sites like Beer Advocate (http://www.BeerAdvocate.com) and RateBeer (http://www.ratebeer.com) are quite helpful in determining whether a beer is good and/or popular.

You should start a beer appreciation thread over in "ENJOY (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/board,11.0.html)"

Edit:  Too late - I see it's in CHATTER. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Aethien on 05 Mar 2013, 05:51
Also, trying new beers is half the reason to order there and half the fun in drinking beer. That said, I can give you recommendations based on what you like and sites like Beer Advocate (http://www.BeerAdvocate.com) and RateBeer (http://www.ratebeer.com) are quite helpful in determining whether a beer is good and/or popular.

You should start a beer appreciation thread over in "ENJOY (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/board,11.0.html)"

Edit:  Too late - I see it's in CHATTER.
That's where the No Sober and Whisk(e)y threads are too so I figured it fit there. And feel free to join in, even if you haven't yet enjoyed the many wonders of craft beer. :-P
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bluesummers on 05 Mar 2013, 05:54
Since this is no longer available on the web, or in the tumblr, i'm just gonna post it here in case someone wants to save it or something  :angel: :

  {image}
 Entitled "RobotFightPanel".

 Seeya.-

Wait, come back! Is there an archive of these hidden ones? (One that doesn't give me a 403 error)?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 05 Mar 2013, 05:59
Somehow I don't see the beer and whisk(e)y threads quite fitting in with the rest of the enjoy category.



An archive of odd comics?  I'm not aware of one, though I haven't checked in the wiki; there are links to a number just scattered around, and probably impossible to find conveniently.  There aren't many, anyway - and the most interesting are probably ones that were changed after first publication (like the fireworks one in which Sweet Tits and Yelling Bird changed places).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Aethien on 05 Mar 2013, 06:09
Somehow I don't see the beer and whisk(e)y threads quite fitting in with the rest of the enjoy category.
That's why they're in chatter :-P
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ZoeB on 05 Mar 2013, 06:18
Well, it certainly makes any comments on the vanished strip pretty incomprehensible.

It might be a cliché, but the greens are best for Claire. The slinky pinky is terrible.
I wonder how that would look in black though... nah, her colouring's wrong for it.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Lubricus on 05 Mar 2013, 06:23
Well, it certainly makes any comments on the vanished strip pretty incomprehensible.

It might be a cliché, but the greens are best for Claire. The slinky pinky is terrible.
I wonder how that would look in black though... nah, her colouring's wrong for it.

Doesn't look like a flattering fit for her, either. She isn't exactly curvy, and a dress like that sort of demands some curves. Still, it's the colour that really kills it.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 05 Mar 2013, 06:34
Just my two cents: #3 is something she might wear to work at the library, but not to a wedding. #4 is the wrong color for her, but if it was black I think it would look great. Slinky black dresses are hard to beat. #7 is probably her best bet for the wedding (which is obviously why she chose it.) #8... Well, let's just say I'm not partial to grown women in frilly princess dresses and leave it at that.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ecstaticjoy on 05 Mar 2013, 06:40
The QC timeline never did follow the rules of time. Glad to see it's still the same. :)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 05 Mar 2013, 06:49
I wonder how that would look in black though... nah, her colouring's wrong for it.

(http://i1042.photobucket.com/albums/b429/zebgodwin/Claire-blackdress.png)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 05 Mar 2013, 07:02
This looks like something that would more befit Ms. Vance, to be honest. But maybe I am just saying this because I am thinking of Angelina Jolie as a dominatrix (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVuhbwV3q5Q) (NSFW if you couldn't tell. And it's also Spanish Italian).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 05 Mar 2013, 07:24
Quote from: Jeph's Twitter
That strip would've been better without any dialogue but I was really tired when I drew it and can't change it from here
Part of me agrees, but I still really hope he doesn't change it.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 05 Mar 2013, 07:29
What's your favorite Wedding Reception memory?

Party ALL NIGHT LONG, Baby!    4 (9.8%)
The dinner spread (I LOVED the sliced roast beef!)    3 (7.3%)
I caught the garter one year. Never did get it on with the bridesmaid, though.    4 (9.8%)
I caught the boquet one time. Instinctively wanted to toss it away.    0 (0%)
Never caught either, but I won a bottle of champagne once during the dance off!    0 (0%)
Caught it, got lucky, and got married within two years.    0 (0%)
Random later-regretted hookups (ala "The Wedding Crashers")    2 (4.9%)
I had absolutely NO idea who anyone was, so I cut out early.    3 (7.3%)
I got to make the embarassing speech!    3 (7.3%)
Eh, it was normal.    9 (22%)
Something that involved a trampoline, a chainsaw, and the UCLA Marching Band.    0 (0%)
Waking up the next day and realizing I was MARRIED!    13 (31.7%)

Total Members Voted: 41

Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: sitnspin on 05 Mar 2013, 07:31
I really like the third one, the so-called "plain" one. If I were to wear a dress (highly unlikely as I haven't even worn a skirt in 10 years), I would choose that one.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Mr. Doctor on 05 Mar 2013, 08:13
I dig the "plain" one too...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Sidhekin on 05 Mar 2013, 09:47
Plain is often the most elegant.  All those frills look more or less (opinion, don't shoot) childish to me.  Well, except 6.  I don't know quite what that looks like.  :psyduck:

7 is good.  The black variation is not bad either.  But I vote for 3.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: FunkyTuba on 05 Mar 2013, 10:00
Ugh, I kind of hate it when Jeph decides to get weird about hiding fillers. Thanks to the folks who've posted it in here!

I don't think he's being weird about hiding the strip. It's more that for out-of-continuity comics (that is, ones without a number) the name and location of the file on his server don't fit the pattern that the comic handling software expects. Special-casing it is probably a pain and/or easy to forget to do, especially when he's going to special effort to travel to make himself available at a con.

The image is still there: http://www.questionablecontent.net/omghidden/robotfightpanel.png if you know how to address it directly. If you ask nicely he might even put it up on his tumblr, but I'd suggest you let him get back into what passes for his normal routine first.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: TheRedMaiden on 05 Mar 2013, 10:15
As a redhead, I don't care if it's cliche or not, greens are my especial favorite color to wear. I wore green to my first prom (bf was a hs senior to my little junior self at the time) and I went for a purple dress my own senior prom, because purple is my favorite color. Well, I tried at least. I brought about  8 different purple dresses into the dressing room and they all looked good with my hair and coloring. I ended up bringing a red one in too because red is the bf's favorite color, though I didn't think my red hair would work with it....Damn thing ended up looking the best on me. :roll:

For the sake of relating myself even more to Claire, I'll mention that I also own a blue dress that does indeed look surprisingly lovely on a redhead. But green will always be my favorite color on me with a nice brown coming in at a close second.

And just as an aside, when the interns were all introduced, I'll admit I had an inward moment of "Ugh, talking background characters," but since then I'm delighted Claire was the one to join the main cast and I'm loving her more every time we see her  :-D

Well, let's just say I'm not partial to grown women in frilly princess dresses and leave it at that.

EDITED just to add that Claire never exactly got to be a little girl in a frilly princess dress, so I'll pardon any appearances of her in it in later strips, because we all KNOW she bought that one too ;) 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 05 Mar 2013, 10:26
Yeah, I can see that she might be trying to make up for what she missed when she was a child. But still, there's a reason that my favorite Disney princess is Merida from Brave. No pink frills on that girl.  :-D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Near Lurker on 05 Mar 2013, 10:40
I wonder how that would look in black though... nah, her colouring's wrong for it.

[snip]

It's better than the hot pink, but I still say a dress with that neckline shouldn't end above the knee.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Valdís on 05 Mar 2013, 11:09
Yeah, I can see that she might be trying to make up for what she missed when she was a child. But still, there's a reason that my favorite Disney princess is Merida from Brave. No pink frills on that girl.  :-D

That's just silly. Mulan is clearly the bestest "Disney Princess"! Yay, homoerotic subtext and eventual relief over the not-gays.

*In before Akima rage, since we all know how great cartoons are at cultures and history (http://www.imagozone.com/var/albums/filme/Asterix%20et%20les%20Vikings/asterix-and-vikings_01_pl.jpg?m=1293115125)* :wink:


(Apparently emoticons are broken if you post them below embedded videos, btw.)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 05 Mar 2013, 11:16
(Apparently emoticons are broken if you post them below embedded videos, btw.)

So they are!  Well, I'll look at it sometime, but certainly not this week - so don't expect a quick fix...   :oops:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 05 Mar 2013, 11:30
That's just silly. Mulan is clearly the bestest "Disney Princess"! Yay, homoerotic subtext and eventual relief over the not-gays.
[snip]

Huh. So the English version is, once again, superior to the German. I had heard this was one if the rare cases where it wasn't.

Well, we Germans still have the better Digimon intro songs.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: TinPenguin on 05 Mar 2013, 11:38
That's just silly. Mulan is clearly the bestest "Disney Princess"! Yay, homoerotic subtext and eventual relief over the not-gays.

You want homoerotic subtext, you need to watch Lady General Hua Mulan, a Huangmei opera from the 60s.

"You could be my wife if you were a woman..."
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Valdís on 05 Mar 2013, 11:40
Huh. So the English version is, once again, superior to the German. I had heard this was one if the rare cases where it wasn't.

It ain't got nothing on the Mandarin one (http://www.jpopasia.com/lyrics/8445/jackie-chan/ill-make-a-man-out-of-you-mandarin.html)! I actually more or less knew this by heart as a teenager, although the pronunciations would probably be lackluster to native speakers. Got me weird looks by others, but hey, I think it sounds great.


Well, we Germans still have the better Digimon intro songs.

We Swedes have Sailor Moon and Pokémon far better than them, IMO!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: K1dmor on 05 Mar 2013, 12:00
 Gotta love Phil Collins in Disney movies; he sang in english, german, italian, french and spanish (latin) versions of movies like Bear Brother and Tarzan  :-D .
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 05 Mar 2013, 12:01
Huh. So the English version is, once again, superior to the German. I had heard this was one if the rare cases where it wasn't.

It ain't got nothing on the Mandarin one (http://www.jpopasia.com/lyrics/8445/jackie-chan/ill-make-a-man-out-of-you-mandarin.html)! I actually more or less knew this by heart as a teenager, although the pronunciations would probably be lackluster to native speakers. Got me weird looks by others, but hey, I think it sounds great.


[...]
Hah, that's awesome. And oddly hilarious.

Quote
We Swedes have Sailor Moon and Pokémon far better than them, IMO!

See, I am inclined to agree regarding Sailor Moon, but imho the German version of the Pokémon themes is slightly superior. Speaking of which, I should at some point upload that "Zac Efron sings the Orange League theme" video I have lying around somewhere and which I totally did not make myself in Windows Video Editor...

Your version of the Gummi Bears intro song is also among the best.

Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 05 Mar 2013, 12:02
I'm pretty sure, in the Princess Bride anyway, that you have to say "I do." or you're not really married?

Leaping back a few days here, but in the Church of England despite common belief, what you actually say at weddings is "I will". "I do" is what is said at adult baptisms - which was quite amusing at my baptism, since there were two people being baptised: me, and a boy in the choir. Saying "I do", standing opposite each other, next to a priest.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Pilchard123 on 05 Mar 2013, 12:08
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 05 Mar 2013, 12:09
It's better than the hot pink, but I still say a dress with that neckline shouldn't end above the knee.
I don't follow, that neckline isn't particularly low...is it?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Aethien on 05 Mar 2013, 12:17
It's better than the hot pink, but I still say a dress with that neckline shouldn't end above the knee.
I don't follow, that neckline isn't particularly low...is it?
I think that's why it shouldn't end above the knee? High neckline and above the knee is a conflicting message?


I dunno, I barely get men's fashion.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 05 Mar 2013, 12:19
Wouldn't that accentuate legs?


...I have no qualification on that matter, either.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 05 Mar 2013, 12:40
It's better than the hot pink, but I still say a dress with that neckline shouldn't end above the knee.
I don't follow, that neckline isn't particularly low...is it?
I think that's why it shouldn't end above the knee? High neckline and above the knee is a conflicting message?


I dunno, I barely get men's fashion.
I'm so confused, I thought low neckline and above the knee would be too much, but apparently high neckline and above the knee is bad too?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Aethien on 05 Mar 2013, 12:49
It seems to me to give a conflicting message which confuses people and makes it less pleasant to look at.



It's always good to remember that people are really fucking stupid and easy to confuse.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: St.Clair on 05 Mar 2013, 12:50
Thanks for the black recolor.  IMO, that makes it no longer "UGH", but still not really appropriate.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Valdís on 05 Mar 2013, 12:52
Come now, guys, what could be more simple than amount of leg shown? *Ahem*

(click to show/hide)

(They all move around every few years, of course!)

You want homoerotic subtext, you need to watch Lady General Hua Mulan, a Huangmei opera from the 60s.

"You could be my wife if you were a woman..."

Sounds more like an open confession of love.  :laugh:

See, I am inclined to agree regarding Sailor Moon, but imho the German version of the Pokémon themes is slightly superior.

Ah, I meant compared to the English ones, but alrighty. It seems to be doing the wheezing thing the English one does as well, which isn't really my thing.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 05 Mar 2013, 12:53
I don't see a conflicting message, it just shows off her legs more than her upper body. :psyduck: 

I guess I'm easy to confuse, because fashion confuses me.

Edit: Oh, I didn't see Valdis's picture. Also, I assumed we were talking about people who aren't horrible. Was that a bad assumption to make?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Valdís on 05 Mar 2013, 13:02
Edit: Oh, I didn't see Valdis's picture. Also, I assumed we were talking about people who aren't horrible. Was that a bad assumption to make?

Don't mind me, I'm sure it's quite unrelated. Still, what is considered proper in that regard is constantly in flux (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2d1PmYFrrLc/T56pjXh9-YI/AAAAAAAABvg/m-BO3L1_R-Q/s1600/ROKetship+luke+martin+modesty+korean+seoul+korea+skirt+short+cleavage+legs.jpg), even if a formal event is more well-defined for appropriateness.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 05 Mar 2013, 13:08
Come now, guys, what could be more simple than amount of leg shown? *Ahem*

Shouldn't "cheeky" be, ahem, much further up? :-D *rimshot*

Quote
Ah, I meant compared to the English ones, but alrighty. It seems to be doing the wheezing thing the English one does as well, which isn't really my thing.

Ah, gotcha. *listens to English* Is this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6_RZhh44NY) the original English Sailor Moon one? It. Ahem. I will restrain myself from commenting.

English Pokémon one is okay.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Aethien on 05 Mar 2013, 13:24
Come now, guys, what could be more simple than amount of leg shown? *Ahem*

Shouldn't "cheeky" be, ahem, much further up? :-D *rimshot*
Rimshot is even further up, it's not even in the picture.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Mr_Rose on 05 Mar 2013, 13:29
I'm with the "I like the “plain” one (#3)" group. The colour really works for her and the cut is nice too. But the best part is that even if you think it is too plain for a guest of the wedding party, it has lots of room to accessorise. Like a nice belt slung diagonally across the hips or a chunky necklace.

Still wondering why she owns the swan-thing though. Ballet?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 05 Mar 2013, 13:33
Rimshot is even further up, it's not even in the picture.


Touche.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: judemorrigan on 05 Mar 2013, 13:33
Plain is often the most elegant.  All those frills look more or less (opinion, don't shoot) childish to me.  Well, except 6.  I don't know quite what that looks like.  :psyduck:
For those of you who are confused by dress #6:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan_dress_of_Bj%C3%B6rk
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Valdís on 05 Mar 2013, 13:33
Still wondering why she owns the swan-thing though. Ballet?

It's a Björk dress. The Icelandic musician. [1] (http://lumikkoinwonderland.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/bjork-wearing-swan-dress-2.jpg) [2] (http://photos.posh24.com/p/1608725/z/style_spotlight/bjork_swan_dress_academy_award.jpg)

Edit: Darn Ninjas!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Aethien on 05 Mar 2013, 13:51
Ninja! (http://satwcomic.com/clothes-confusion)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 05 Mar 2013, 14:02
The black version of Claire's #4 dress is basically this: http://www.legersales.com/images/Black-Signature-Essential-Long-Sleeve-Cocktail-Dress-2.jpg (http://www.legersales.com/images/Black-Signature-Essential-Long-Sleeve-Cocktail-Dress-2.jpg)

Which is tastefully sexy and is actually tamer than a lot of what you see if you google "black cocktail dresses with sleeves".
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 05 Mar 2013, 14:42
Still wondering why she owns the swan-thing though. Ballet?

I was assuming she was trying them on in the shop.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 05 Mar 2013, 15:17
I love it when Jeph just tosses poll questions right into my wheelhouse.

"Get up, get up, get out of here, GONE!" :D

(For those of you in the UK: "And THAT one is over the boundary for six!")
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Tobimaro on 05 Mar 2013, 15:27
I personally like the odd numbers (7, 1, 3, and 5 in that order).  And, as a red-head myself, I felt that 2 and 4 were the worst for her.  Seeing the solid red dress with her solid red hair is not the sight that she should want.  And the pink dress in 4 is also not right for her, in my opinion (a black version would be better, but not by much).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 05 Mar 2013, 16:57
Still wondering why she owns the swan-thing though. Ballet?

I was assuming she was trying them on in the shop.

Especially given that the title of the comic was "Fitting Room".
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bluesummers on 05 Mar 2013, 18:04
Indeed. She did say she had to go buy a fancy dress. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2377)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Ruhtrax on 05 Mar 2013, 18:09
The Swan Dress is um ...
I have no idea what to say ...
just like her face.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 05 Mar 2013, 18:13
She probably got #6 cheap at Auction.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: de_la_Nae on 05 Mar 2013, 18:31
Ugh, I kind of hate it when Jeph decides to get weird about hiding fillers. Thanks to the folks who've posted it in here!

I don't think he's being weird about hiding the strip. It's more that for out-of-continuity comics (that is, ones without a number) the name and location of the file on his server don't fit the pattern that the comic handling software expects. Special-casing it is probably a pain and/or easy to forget to do, especially when he's going to special effort to travel to make himself available at a con.

The image is still there: http://www.questionablecontent.net/omghidden/robotfightpanel.png if you know how to address it directly. If you ask nicely he might even put it up on his tumblr, but I'd suggest you let him get back into what passes for his normal routine first.


He's also weird for bothering to differentiate them and give them special designations instead of just adding them to the numbering scheme. It's not a big deal, it's his comic, but that doesn't change that it's weird to me.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 05 Mar 2013, 18:33
Still wondering why she owns the swan-thing though. Ballet?

It's a Björk dress. The Icelandic musician. [1] (http://lumikkoinwonderland.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/bjork-wearing-swan-dress-2.jpg) [2] (http://photos.posh24.com/p/1608725/z/style_spotlight/bjork_swan_dress_academy_award.jpg)

Edit: Darn Ninjas!
If by ninja you mean late last night when I mentioned it :roll:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: vforvancouver on 05 Mar 2013, 18:38
All right, I just came to ask, about poll answer #2: brown?  :? I see a red dress...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Valdís on 05 Mar 2013, 18:47
All right, I just came to ask, about poll answer #2: brown?  :? I see a red dress...

You clearly have screwed up colour-vision.. Sorry..  :-\

(Everyone play along, it couldn't possibly be a mistake in the poll!)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 05 Mar 2013, 18:55
Yes, there are no mistakes in the poll. The red dress is really brown. The cocktail dress is not mistakenly called a pantsuit. These aren't the droids you're looking for. Move along.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 05 Mar 2013, 19:37
Apparently "slate" is another word for bluish-gray. I didn't know that.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Near Lurker on 05 Mar 2013, 22:22
...what the heck does J/O friendly mean?  They'll happily serve Hope Chapman?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: WAYF on 05 Mar 2013, 23:13
Glad I wasn't the only one who thought that, even though I don't even watch That Guy With the Glasses that much. :P

(For those of you who watch even less than me, J/O = JesuOtaku, the character played by Hope Chapman who reviews... anime related things, I guess?)

I've been thinking. Yelling Bird strips are a fantastic way of easing the pressure on Jeph. I mean, I like the regularly scheduled updates and everything, but Questionable Content just wouldn't be the same without a foul-mouthed bird interrupting the story every once in a while. :D

Also, misread that as "bags of heron". Wow, that's a hungry seagull.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesariojpn on 05 Mar 2013, 23:16
...what the heck does J/O friendly mean?  They'll happily serve Hope Chapman?

Hey mods, how sexually explicit can I be before I get banned?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 05 Mar 2013, 23:50
Well if it's comic-related it's fine, but if it's inappropriate put it in a spoiler tag.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 05 Mar 2013, 23:52
This forum is intended to be a pleasant place to post and interact with other QC fans, and I intend to keep it that way.

[...]

Porn, gore, and other offensive material will get you banned. Immediately.

Beyond that, we use our judgement.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Near Lurker on 06 Mar 2013, 00:24
(For those of you who watch even less than me, J/O = JesuOtaku, the character played by Hope Chapman who reviews... anime related things, I guess?)

She comes from an old team of anime reviewers, and she oversaw a dub of the Fruits Basket radio dramas, but I for one mostly know her as Girlfriend of Angry Fat Jesus (http://blip.tv/radio-dead-air).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: XSin on 06 Mar 2013, 00:25
Dress 3 is very nice, not what you'd wear to a wedding but damn cute :)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Smerf on 06 Mar 2013, 00:36
*bursts in*
 
Nobody expects the ECCC plague!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
...except anyone who's been to a con.  Seriously, how do you not know to expect the plague?  It seems like you catch it from some con every year.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 06 Mar 2013, 00:46
(J/O = JesuOtaku, the character played by Hope Chapman who reviews... anime related things, I guess?)

Too obscure, even for this audience. 

I'm-a gonna ninja cesariojpn, J/O is text slang for jack off. 


Hey, it's yelling bird, after all.  Who else would look for a starbucks where he could do that? 



Please, don't answer that. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Lummer on 06 Mar 2013, 02:30
As much as I really, really like the current arc and the fleshing out of Claire as a character, I just really really really love Yelling Bird.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Aethien on 06 Mar 2013, 03:03
I'm-a gonna ninja cesariojpn, J/O is text slang for jack off. 


Hey, it's yelling bird, after all.  Who else would look for a starbucks where he could do that?
Who wouldn't?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: WAYF on 06 Mar 2013, 03:25
Oh! To be clear, I wasn't implying that J/O actually meant JesuOtaku. That was just my train of thought. I couldn't actually think of what it might mean.

Carl-E, I like your theory in the sense that I think it is correct. I don't like it otherwise. Damnit Yelling Bird.
Cesario, I really really wouldn't. :P

And thinking about it some more, I suppose Claire didn't choose the pink dress because it's too eye-catching; would draw attention away from the grooms and to herself. Which is very bad form.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 06 Mar 2013, 06:27
All right, I just came to ask, about poll answer #2: brown?  :? I see a red dress...

You clearly have screwed up colour-vision.. Sorry..  :-\

(Everyone play along, it couldn't possibly be a mistake in the poll!)

Yes, there are no mistakes in the poll. The red dress is really brown. The cocktail dress is not mistakenly called a pantsuit. These aren't the droids you're looking for. Move along.

Oh, shut up. :P

WhatColor told me that one dress was brown. I am Color Deficient with severe Deuteranopia. Sue me.

And I've never seen a cocktail dress that looked that much like a pantsuit.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 06 Mar 2013, 06:32
So - which dress? (strip 2397)

1 (Dark Green with Frill Crossover)    8 (14.8%)
2 (Brown with odd bustline)    1 (1.9%) <== Okay, it appears that I got a tinge of her ponytail when I moused-over it. It's apparently a Dark Red.
3 (Slate Tunic)    8 (14.8%)
4 (Pink Pantsuit)    1 (1.9%)  <== And it IS a pantsuit. So there. :P
5 (Turquoise Top)    3 (5.6%)
6 (Björk Björk Björk)    1 (1.9%)
7 (The Blue Dress)    14 (25.9%) <== Is it strange that we all have the same taste as a web comic character?
8 (Princess Peach!)    4 (7.4%)
I'm torn.    2 (3.7%)
She looks cute in ALL of them!    4 (7.4%)
Meh.    1 (1.9%)
I'm lousy at dresses.    7 (13%)

Total Members Voted: 54
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Valdís on 06 Mar 2013, 07:00
Sue me.

FINE, I WILL!

(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6njgeUoao1qbvovho1_500.gif)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 06 Mar 2013, 07:19
Uh, WAYF? Little help?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 06 Mar 2013, 07:22
WhatColor told me that one dress was brown.

I'm as happy with calling that brown as red, frankly.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Valdís on 06 Mar 2013, 07:39
Uh, WAYF? Little help?

"WAYF"? She's from Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, anyhow. She often screams she'll sue everyone for any disagreement. :)

(Edit: Right! Another person in here. First thought went to being some acronym/initialism I couldn't find.)

I'm as happy with calling that brown as red, frankly.

That's crazy-talk, it's dead-center in the red palette! :psyduck:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Aethien on 06 Mar 2013, 07:48
Uh, WAYF? Little help?

"WAYF"? She's from Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, anyhow. She often screams she'll sue everyone for any disagreement. :)
She does this because she's American/grew up in America. Got to love stereotypes, no?

And this is to test your color vision (http://www.xrite.com/custom_page.aspx?PageID=77), to solve  the whole dress colour thing.



Also, it's really just red, no other colour than red. And the pink one is a dress, it may look like a pantsuit because she has her left leg forward so there's a fold right at the legs that makes it look a little like it's got legs.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Valdís on 06 Mar 2013, 07:59
She does this because she's American/grew up in America. Got to love stereotypes, no?

They don't ever say it's America. In fact people presume she's great at English just for being foreign, despite actually being terrible at it to the point of barely communicating (and gets caught out around other foreigners). She's probably just personally demented. It's not like Mr. Despair has a particularly normal bunch (http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7lxi6384p1r869mto1_500.png). :-)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Aethien on 06 Mar 2013, 08:11
He's not exactly normal either.

Maybe I should watch the series again sometime, it's been years.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 06 Mar 2013, 08:58
Also, misread that as "bags of heron". Wow, that's a hungry seagull.

As confused as Raven, since it probably wanted herring instead.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Aethien on 06 Mar 2013, 09:24
Herrings are pretty birds. (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=336)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 06 Mar 2013, 09:26
And this is to test your color vision (http://www.xrite.com/custom_page.aspx?PageID=77), to solve  the whole dress colour thing.

I got 28. Apparently, I suck at green-blue and red-orange.

Herrings are pretty birds. (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=336)

Hey, are those red herrings? :D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: bhtooefr on 06 Mar 2013, 09:46
I scored 12, on a 6-bit IPS panel. Seemed to be weak in the blue-green. (Display quality matters on this test, for what it's worth.)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 06 Mar 2013, 10:20
OK, I'll use screen resolution as my excuse for the 42. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 06 Mar 2013, 10:30
11 here.  But the colour swatch at the end is shown with distinct banding on my monitor.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 06 Mar 2013, 10:37
I'm working on an Acer netbook - the screen's the size of a large index card...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Valdís on 06 Mar 2013, 10:49
I got a 2. Wonder if I could have gotten a perfect score if I spent more time on it?  :-D

"FACT: 1 out of 255 women and 1 out of 12 men have some form of color vision deficiency."

Get your shit together, Y-chromosome. That's a sad stat difference.  :-(
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Near Lurker on 06 Mar 2013, 10:52
I got a thirty-two... apparently my problem is right in the middle of the greens.  I got the feeling during the test that my glasses and my dirty screen were getting in the way?  Dunno.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: bhtooefr on 06 Mar 2013, 11:29
I should clarify, screen size and resolution have no bearing on this test's accuracy.

Only color accuracy, and the ability to render high color detail. (So, a 10-bit panel (if the images were in a 30-bit format, which they aren't) would be best, an 8-bit panel pretending to be a 10-bit panel would be very good, an 8-bit panel would be good, a 6-bit panel pretending to be an 8-bit panel may visibly "flicker" and be mediocre, and a 6-bit panel would be bad.)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 06 Mar 2013, 12:09
Get your shit together, Y-chromosome. That's a sad stat difference.  :-(
It's actually the X-chromosome that's the problem. It only affects you if all your X-chromosomes have that problem, which makes it much more likely for males because "all" is just one instead of two.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bluesummers on 06 Mar 2013, 13:03
I got a twenty. I'm not surprised, my eyes are terrible. I have three blind spots in one eye and four in the other. It was kinda sad, doing the "find your blind spot" test in science class.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Sidhekin on 06 Mar 2013, 13:35
I got 61.  Frankly I figure I only got that low because of minute brightness differences ...

(It's been 22 ½ years since I was first told I have reduced colour vision.  My brother, who at the time was working as a ship's captain, was kinda worried when I told him, knowing that it could be hereditary ... the helmsman had better be able to tell red from green, no matter how faint or foggy!)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: riccostar on 06 Mar 2013, 14:10
Imagine how much money you could make if you discovered that seagulls were actually just made of heroin.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Akima on 06 Mar 2013, 14:18
You want homoerotic subtext, you need to watch Lady General Hua Mulan, a Huangmei opera from the 60s.
Hua Mulan didn't need to be a princess to be awesome. Pretty much every modern work based on her legend has homoerotic touches. The original, being mainly based on filial piety, not so much. Blood-spattered armour makes a bold fashion statement. Red is always a good colour for Chinese girls.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 06 Mar 2013, 14:20
Red is always a good colour for Chinese girls.


*looks to the left of your post* Yes, indeed  :angel:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: riccostar on 06 Mar 2013, 14:21
Not to extend my streak of posting seemingly under the influence (and I might be totally late on the uptake here) but woah, real news there was.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Aethien on 06 Mar 2013, 14:29
Real news? Who what where now?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: WAYF on 06 Mar 2013, 14:52
Uh, WAYF? Little help?
Sure! Uh, what kind of help?
Do I have a certain habit when posting on these forums that can deal with lawsuits?
That'd be an awesome Very Mild Superpower actually.

Uh, you there! Sassy anime character!
(http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk86/wayf_photos/HorriblepunfoulONE_zps9f216b88.gif)

Take that! :D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 06 Mar 2013, 16:00
There is no Yelling Bird, there is only Zuul
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 06 Mar 2013, 17:09
And this is to test your color vision (http://www.xrite.com/custom_page.aspx?PageID=77), to solve  the whole dress colour thing.

219.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: riccostar on 06 Mar 2013, 17:29
Real news? Who what where now?

Right up at the top man, where there is never supposed to be news! It was telling us that QC is entertaining or something like that. Crazy stuff  :psyduck:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Aethien on 06 Mar 2013, 17:33
It's been doing that for as long as I've been posting here.




Which is about a week or so?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: henri bemis on 06 Mar 2013, 17:42

And this is to test your color vision (http://www.xrite.com/custom_page.aspx?PageID=77), to solve  the whole dress colour thing.


31, but I was sure I nailed it!  I'm blaming it on my monitor.

I liked the red dress, though.  That fancy bustline?! 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: SLC_Fan on 06 Mar 2013, 17:57
And this is to test your color vision (http://www.xrite.com/custom_page.aspx?PageID=77), to solve  the whole dress colour thing.

3 - But I got bored after a while and gave up on the last set....

And I still haven't figured out what J/O Friendly is.....
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 06 Mar 2013, 18:03
It means a man and his sock are welcome.

It means you can watch a Star Wars festival featuring Han Solo.

It means you can go there with your date, Rosie Palms.

It means you might see the young son of Mr. and Mrs. Bates.


Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 06 Mar 2013, 18:10
I wasn't kidding about the 219, by the way.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Aethien on 06 Mar 2013, 18:12
It's ok, you probably have other talents.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 06 Mar 2013, 18:18
I got bored after the first line, but I think I got it perfect.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Near Lurker on 06 Mar 2013, 19:29
So did I.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Redball on 06 Mar 2013, 21:20
I never heard of Ellen Allien, sheltered person that I am. Had to make sure the woman wasn't the Ellen of earlier QC comics. Allien's bio seems to make her twice Earlier Ellen's age.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: mustang6172 on 06 Mar 2013, 21:28
I think that young lady is having a stroke.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ankhtahr on 06 Mar 2013, 21:28
I never heard of her as well. But Marten seems to know her.

I consider it funny how the first panel of many comics seems to answer/confirm the stuff being mentioned in this thread.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 06 Mar 2013, 21:36
Know of her, perhaps. She seems to be pretty famous among DJs and DJ connoisseurs, for all that Jeph's rendering of her looks remarkably like someone who once tried to teach Derrida to moray eels.

She is also "so ashamed." Perhaps ironically?

Also, Marten ... she's RIGHT THERE.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Blackie62 on 06 Mar 2013, 22:27
Swearing loudly at your fathers' wedding. Oh yeah Marten, that's totally acceptable.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: MillionDollar Belt Sander on 06 Mar 2013, 22:28
If that last panel doesn't make the caption contest next week so help me I will murder ALL OF YOU with an arc-welder.   ESPECIALLY ALL OF YOU.   :x

I already have 13 crude and offensive caption-sets jotted down.  *nod*
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Gerardic on 06 Mar 2013, 22:47
The question is will Marten finally take the initiative and hit on Ellen?
Lets hope he doesn't ditch her if she becomes too mainstream for indie.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Ashtagon on 06 Mar 2013, 22:55
And this is to test your color vision (http://www.xrite.com/custom_page.aspx?PageID=77), to solve  the whole dress colour thing.

I got 28. Apparently, I suck at green-blue and red-orange.

I got 16. My weak spot is in the yellow-green range.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Lubricus on 06 Mar 2013, 22:59
I got a perfect score. I'm not surprised, I knew I had good colour vision, but it's still nice to get it affirmed.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 06 Mar 2013, 23:08
The question is will Marten finally take the initiative and hit on Ellen?

Very unlikely, I think.  It's one thing for Jeph to include a real person as a cameo, but getting her involved in a story arc would surely be a step too far.

Anyway, Marten is dazzled by her fame, and his brain is currently rebooting.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Soulsynger on 06 Mar 2013, 23:13
She's embarrassed about having been beaten at beer pong.

Also, she's much cuter in the comic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Allien).
Gotta have to listen to some of her sets when I get home.


Very unlikely, I think.  It's one thing for Jeph to include a real person as a cameo, but getting her involved in a story arc would surely be a step too far.
Anyway, Marten is dazzled by her fame, and his brain is currently rebooting.

I wonder if real life Ellen knows about this...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: hakko504 on 06 Mar 2013, 23:31
4. I'm quite satisfied, especially as all problems seems to be in the same area.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Valdís on 06 Mar 2013, 23:35
Very unlikely, I think.  It's one thing for Jeph to include a real person as a cameo, but getting her involved in a story arc would surely be a step too far.

Yeah, that'd be kinda weird unless thoroughly discussed with the person in question beforehand. Also about how old is Marten in-universe? Not that age would be a huge thing given the event they're attending, but still.  :-)

One episode of BSG in particular was severely triggering for many of us.

For that matter, a lot of Trans women really identified with Zoe in "Caprica"
Do I look male to you.... FRACK!!

Which particular bit did you have in mind? I'm curious.

Heh, I wasn't even aware that an important character in Caprica was named Zoe. Hadn't seen the show yet, but started today because you reminded me of it (and it's given me sads). Was just thinking of Baltar's Cylon Detection Device at the time.

(click to show/hide)

zoe plz ;_;
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: WAYF on 06 Mar 2013, 23:40
For anyone who's wondering, I ran Ellen's lines through Google Translate, and she's really embarrassed that Maurice was able to beat her in Beer Pong.
I also learned some rudimentary German today. Knowing the sort of person I am, this one may come in handy:
Es ist mir so peinlich = "It is so embarrassing".
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesariojpn on 06 Mar 2013, 23:41
I already have 13 crude and offensive caption-sets jotted down.  *nod*

You do realize not all Germans are crude boorish sexual deviants now....
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ankhtahr on 06 Mar 2013, 23:47
For anyone who's wondering, I ran Ellen's lines through Google Translate, and she's really embarrassed that Maurice was able to beat her in Beer Pong.
I also learned some rudimentary German today. Knowing the sort of person I am, this one may come in handy:
Es ist mir so peinlich = "It is so embarrassing".

A little remark about something which is not really translateble: "Es ist mir so peinlich" states that she is embarressed by it, not that something is embarrassing in general.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Soulsynger on 07 Mar 2013, 00:01
She's embarrassed about having been beaten at beer pong.
[ ... ]
For anyone who's wondering, I ran Ellen's lines through Google Translate, and she's really embarrassed that Maurice was able to beat her in Beer Pong.
[ ... ]

I feel neglected. :-D
And if translated true to the meaning it would even be "It is so embarrassing to me."

@cesariojpn:
Wherever did you get "boorish sexual deviants" from? °O
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Sidhekin on 07 Mar 2013, 00:02
A little remark about something which is not really translateble: "Es ist mir so peinlich" states that she is embarressed by it, not that something is embarrassing in general.

Hey natives, would "it embarrasses me (so)" do the trick?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ankhtahr on 07 Mar 2013, 00:07
Well, "it embarrasses me so" sounds to me (as a non-native speaker in English) like the German "Es beschämt mich so sehr", which is rather old fashioned, and doesn't catch the whole meaning of the sentence as well. I consider Soulsynger's translation more fitting: "It's so embarrassing to me"
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 07 Mar 2013, 00:42
What ankhtahr said.


I assume, though, that Jeph was going for something along the lines of "this is awkward". If you have "Oh my gosh, this is awkward" anywhere in one of 'em American highschool girl movies, it will mostly be translated as "Oh mein Gott, das ist mir soooo peinlich!"
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 07 Mar 2013, 01:08
Also about how old is Marten in-universe? Not that age would be a huge thing given the event they're attending, but still.  :-)

He's younger than Dora, who is a year younger than Sven, who recently told The Pugnacious Peach that he's 28.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Akima on 07 Mar 2013, 02:00
And this is to test your color vision (http://www.xrite.com/custom_page.aspx?PageID=77), to solve  the whole dress colour thing.
I scored a perfect zero!  :-D  It's a pity the test doesn't tell you into which percentile you fall. Or whether the distribution is Gaussian.

Speaking of famous Germans, I have listened to Ellen Allien's stuff, and it is very good, but when I see random German in an English-language work, I hear another, quite different, voice declaring: "I don't speak German, but I can if you like." (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sNi9nIXxVo)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: TinPenguin on 07 Mar 2013, 02:04
When I read the name Ellen, and saw that red hair, I was certain that this must be steve-dating, dolphin-loving, probably-legal-now Ellen, and drama was about to ensue. Five seconds later, crushing disappointment.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: bhtooefr on 07 Mar 2013, 02:16
Also, she's much cuter in the comic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Allien).
Mind you, Wikipedia shots tend to bring out the absolute worst in people's appearances. (It's weird, it's not just because they tend to be candid shots (because the set up shots aren't under CC-BY-SA or any less restrictive license), because Wikipedia shots tend to be WORSE than most candid shots.)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Soulsynger on 07 Mar 2013, 02:29
Chose to go with the most true-to-life appearance of her I could find on the nets. Lucky coincidence for me it was also on her wiki page.
I don't go to the staged professional shoots for references about what people look like. :-D

There are a few (http://www.laut.de/bilder/wortlaut/artists/a/allien_ellen/defimage1.jpg) other (http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/03/music/niki/szenenbilder/ellen_allien_mini02.jpg) pictures of (http://cdn.prinz.de/imedia/238/617238,cX8lSVmDnTmMKuXvVnzn2cbTgai9TuXinqw8nSwKWX0%3D.jpg) her (http://a1.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/52/5dca3009ed88d1162f2761c44ce53829/l.jpg) floating around which would've also proven my point. (Which btw. was not that she wasn't cute at all. Just that in my eyes Jeph seems to have depicted here somewhat cuter or even younger than her real life self.)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: bhtooefr on 07 Mar 2013, 02:34
Honestly, I think it mainly needed for her to look closer to her age, then it would've looked fine (what he drew looks like a 20-something, when... *hits up Google* damn, she does look good for ~44).

But, my point was that Wikipedia shots have a talent for making even good looking people look horrible, when they don't look that bad in real life or in other candid shots.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Aethien on 07 Mar 2013, 02:45
The question is will Marten finally take the initiative and hit on Ellen?

Very unlikely, I think.  It's one thing for Jeph to include a real person as a cameo, but getting her involved in a story arc would surely be a step too far.

Anyway, Marten is dazzled by her fame, and his brain is currently rebooting.
Well, as long as he doesn't start humping her leg and shouting that he loves her he'll be ok.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Soulsynger on 07 Mar 2013, 03:14
[ ... ]
But, my point was that Wikipedia shots have a talent for making even good looking people look horrible, when they don't look that bad in real life or in other candid shots.
Agreed, that they actually do. But in this case it wasn't THAT bad. It just looked most authentic to me.
(And... wow, ~44? Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang.)


@Aethien:
You avatar is mesmerising.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: bhtooefr on 07 Mar 2013, 03:34
That's actually one thing I've noticed in Jeph's art - he draws a comic of 20-somethings, so he has trouble making someone look older than mid 30s.

I can't decide whether Amir was lampshaded or not (he was 35, and looked mid 20s), and Hannerdad, Hannermom, and Jim look their ages, but Veronica and Henry don't look anywhere near their ages. I mean, ffs, Henry looks like he's in his 30s or 40s, except for going gray early, when Word of Author is that he's in his late 50s.

And, I second that comment on Aethien's avatar.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Mr_Rose on 07 Mar 2013, 03:50
[ ... ]
But, my point was that Wikipedia shots have a talent for making even good looking people look horrible, when they don't look that bad in real life or in other candid shots.
Agreed, that they actually do. But in this case it wasn't THAT bad. It just looked most authentic to me.
(And... wow, ~44? Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang.)


@Aethien:
You avatar is mesmerising.

Re: Daang; agreement. But then Pauley Perette.
Re: avatar; run it through tineye if you wish to see something revelatory and very NSFW.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: bhtooefr on 07 Mar 2013, 03:56
It did look rather porny, I was wondering if the hot dog was covering something else.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Aethien on 07 Mar 2013, 04:02
That's the whole point of the thing. It's like those shitty MsPaint porn image coverups but done well.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: docC on 07 Mar 2013, 04:09
A little remark about something which is not really translateble: "Es ist mir so peinlich" states that she is embarressed by it, not that something is embarrassing in general.

Hey natives, would "it embarrasses me (so)" do the trick?
I'm not a native (of the English language, I'm actually German), but "it embarrasses me (so)" feels/looks/sounds pretty weird to me, like something a German would say, you know one of those things that give away that you're a foreigner.
I think, "I feel so embarrassed" would be the best translation as it includes that "undertone" that ankhtahr mentions.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: techkid on 07 Mar 2013, 04:51
I got nothing to really contribute from today's comic. So...
And this is to test your color vision (http://www.xrite.com/custom_page.aspx?PageID=77), to solve  the whole dress colour thing.
I scored 15. Slight problems in red-brown, olive-green, green-aqua and some blue hue transitions.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Mad Cat on 07 Mar 2013, 05:01
I scored a perfect zero!  :-D  It's a pity the test doesn't tell you into which percentile you fall. Or whether the distribution is Gaussian.
If you answer the demographics questions and get a report, it does show you on a scale of 0-99, but you might have to save it as a graphic and them impose a decile break down on it graphicly to get a percentile number.

I scored an 11, but I don't think that translates to my percentile.

I'm not a native (of the English language, I'm actually German), but "it embarrasses me (so)" feels/looks/sounds pretty weird to me, like something a German would say, you know one of those things that give away that you're a foreigner.
I think, "I feel so embarrassed" would be the best translation as it includes that "undertone" that ankhtahr mentions.
While technicly both "I feel so embarrassed." and "It embarrasses me so." are both perfectly acceptable English, the latter has the feeling for this native speaker of being a little old fashioned, bordering on archaic. Like, I would expect to hear it from a Civil War or Victorian era period piece. Still, I think a modern American wouldn't bother mentioning the word "feel", as feelings would be implied in the word "embarrass". So, to sound like a native, "This is so embarrassing." would do it more convincingly.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Skaltura on 07 Mar 2013, 05:16
Scored an eight, slight problems on the yellow-green and green-blue transition. :-\
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Soulsynger on 07 Mar 2013, 05:41
Scored a 3.

With problems around cyan (http://i.imgur.com/v0sCrWA.png).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: WAYF on 07 Mar 2013, 05:54
I scored 4, which is not bad. I do kind of wish I was perfect though. It's bad enough that I didn't realize I was short-sighted until last year, but now my colour is a little off too?

Colour is what makes sight so great... :(
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: kent_eh on 07 Mar 2013, 05:58

And this is to test your color vision (http://www.xrite.com/custom_page.aspx?PageID=77), to solve  the whole dress colour thing.

200 for me.

I expected to be a lot worse, actually.

What allowed me to do as good as I did was to sort by brightness, and not hue. One of the coping skills that I've developed over the decades, I guess.

Now, if you ask me to name what any of those colours actually are, or change the test so there is a bit of white space between the swatches, I'm pretty sure I'd get a record fail score.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: MillionDollar Belt Sander on 07 Mar 2013, 06:58
I already have 13 crude and offensive caption-sets jotted down.  *nod*

You do realize not all Germans are crude boorish sexual deviants now....

Who said anything about Ellen being crude and boorish?  There are two men standing RIGHT THERE ya know.  :P
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 07 Mar 2013, 07:07
If it weren't for the color-picker tool in PaintShop and WhatColor, I'd be lost when it comes to doing anything artistic on the internet.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 07 Mar 2013, 07:26

And this is to test your color vision (http://www.xrite.com/custom_page.aspx?PageID=77), to solve  the whole dress colour thing.

200 for me.

I expected to be a lot worse, actually.

What allowed me to do as good as I did was to sort by brightness, and not hue. One of the coping skills that I've developed over the decades, I guess.

Now, if you ask me to name what any of those colours actually are, or change the test so there is a bit of white space between the swatches, I'm pretty sure I'd get a record fail score.

WHEW. I was starting to wonder if I was the only one off on the Island of Misfit Toys.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Valdís on 07 Mar 2013, 07:57
WHEW. I was starting to wonder if I was the only one off on the Island of Misfit Toys.

Do you seriously need to wonder that around here (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1196)?  :roll:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: HiFranc on 07 Mar 2013, 09:05
[...]
Es ist mir so peinlich = "It is so embarrassing".

A better translation would be "I'm so embarrassed".  In German people generally use "es ist mir" rather than "ich bin" (because the form "I am" would be taken to mean one is the emotion rather than one feels the emotion).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 07 Mar 2013, 09:27
I think "this is so embarrassing" works better, "this" being the story.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 07 Mar 2013, 09:55
I am amazed by how many Germans frequent this forum.

Now because of all this talk of German and embarrassment, I keep thinking about the word "fremdschämen (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fremdsch%C3%A4men)".
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ButterToes on 07 Mar 2013, 10:29
After reading today's strip I immediately thought of this:
Iron Maiden At A Polish Wedding
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knC743Nds4Q (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knC743Nds4Q)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: KOK on 07 Mar 2013, 10:54
For anyone who's wondering, I ran Ellen's lines through Google Translate, and she's really embarrassed that Maurice was able to beat her in Beer Pong.
I also learned some rudimentary German today. Knowing the sort of person I am, this one may come in handy:
Es ist mir so peinlich = "It is so embarrassing".

Maybe this is what she means:
http://ourvaluedcustomers.blogspot.dk/2012/11/to-her-friend.html
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 07 Mar 2013, 11:04
95.... I suppose I'll have to retake it after I get PRK next week.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 07 Mar 2013, 11:10
Welcome, new people!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Near Lurker on 07 Mar 2013, 11:47
Speaking of famous Germans, I have listened to Ellen Allien's stuff, and it is very good, but when I see random German in an English-language work, I hear another, quite different, voice declaring: "I don't speak German, but I can if you like." (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sNi9nIXxVo)

Now that DJ would have prompted a much less enthused, but equally perplexed reaction.

(...she did DJ a bit as Stefani, didn't she?)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 07 Mar 2013, 14:48
And, of course, some intrepid WikiEditor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Allien) has already noted her appearance in the comic.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 07 Mar 2013, 15:30
...and it got undone (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ellen_Allien&diff=542697943&oldid=542684313) one hour later.

 :police: Hey, do you want a lecture on why the term Wiki-Editor was likely not what you meant? If yes, read the spoiler, otherwise continue on.

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 07 Mar 2013, 16:22
Correct or not, "wiki" has been associated enough by general use to simply mean Wikipedia. I think it's the reverse of the Kleenex scenario, though. It'd be like saying "tissue" and specifically meaning Kleenex.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 07 Mar 2013, 16:42
Word of Author is that he's in his late 50s.

I'd like to put that in the Wiki if you can tell me where you saw it (so I can link to the citation).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: LantisEscudo on 07 Mar 2013, 19:47
Ellen's name in today's comic jumped out at me, because I've been running through the archive recently.  So I dug back again and found that she's been referenced at least once before (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=802).  It's been a long time, though.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: bhtooefr on 07 Mar 2013, 20:30
I'd like to put that in the Wiki if you can tell me where you saw it (so I can link to the citation).
http://jephjacques.com/post/44755819106/qa-dump-the-reckoning
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 07 Mar 2013, 20:54
Hmmmm

I wonder if she knows DJ Tai_Fighter    :D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: KOK on 07 Mar 2013, 22:04
...and it got undone (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ellen_Allien&diff=542697943&oldid=542684313) one hour later.

 :police: Hey, do you want a lecture on why the term Wiki-Editor was likely not what you meant?

Both adding and removing the tidbit was done by an anonymous user, not by one of the Wikipedia editors.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Sidhekin on 07 Mar 2013, 22:24
ITYM "unregistered editor" or "editor identified by IP address".

(Not only does the editing in question imply that the user is an editor – on Wikipedia, unregistered users are less anonymous than registered users need be.)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ankhtahr on 07 Mar 2013, 23:32
woo! New comic!

So now I wonder how Claire knows what a peaty scotch tastes like, if she enjoys drinking it for the first time…

But I think the others' reactions make this comic!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 07 Mar 2013, 23:41
Really gotta love Marten's face in the second-to-last panel.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 07 Mar 2013, 23:53
"What's inside the glass?"
"Pain"

XD

I freaking love whiskey, oh why are women with good taste in booze so hard to find?


*goes back to drinking moonshine*


Seriously, I found moonshine!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 08 Mar 2013, 00:05
Looks like she's getting in touch with her scottish heritage...


Seriously, just look at her.  If that hair and complexion's not indicative of scottish ancestry, what is? 




(besides a kilt in the closet...)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: kytheros on 08 Mar 2013, 00:34
Looks like she's getting in touch with her scottish heritage...


Seriously, just look at her.  If that hair and complexion's not indicative of scottish ancestry, what is? 




(besides a kilt in the closet...)
Could be indicative of Irish. Or German. Or Scandinavian/Norse (or, by extension, just about anywhere they got to back in the day).
Still, she's channeling her alcoholic ancestors.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Skewbrow on 08 Mar 2013, 01:05
Claire's got a hidden talent. Go girl!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: St.Clair on 08 Mar 2013, 03:11
(belated)
I got a 13 on the quiz, with most of the errors in blue/green.  Whether that's actually true or that's just the one I was sloppier on/couldn't be arsed, hard to say.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesariojpn on 08 Mar 2013, 03:43
Looks like she's getting in touch with her scottish heritage...

Seriously, just look at her.  If that hair and complexion's not indicative of scottish ancestry, what is? 

(besides a kilt in the closet...)

Playing on racial stereotypes?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Border Reiver on 08 Mar 2013, 04:18
Looks like she's getting in touch with her scottish heritage...


Seriously, just look at her.  If that hair and complexion's not indicative of scottish ancestry, what is? 




(besides a kilt in the closet...)

Claymore above the fireplace, a drive to prove that you're really better than/different from the English, pick one and run with it.

And at least we know she's not drinking an Islay malt, or she'd have commented on the iodine.....
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 08 Mar 2013, 05:29
Looks like she's getting in touch with her scottish heritage...

Seriously, just look at her.  If that hair and complexion's not indicative of scottish ancestry, what is? 

(besides a kilt in the closet...)

Playing on racial stereotypes?

It's not a stereotype. I have a kilt in my closet. And a claymore hidden where my son can't find it (he will not know that it exists until he's old enough to understand that it's not a toy.)

I don't have bagpipes, but that's just because I'm not a musician.  8-)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 08 Mar 2013, 05:31
I freaking love whiskey, oh why are women with good taste in booze so hard to find?

Sorry, I married one of the last available.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Truec on 08 Mar 2013, 05:53
Seriously, just look at her.  If that hair and complexion's not indicative of scottish ancestry, what is? 

Viking ancestry, same place everybody else in northern Europe got it from.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Pilchard123 on 08 Mar 2013, 06:44
I don't have bagpipes, but that's just because I'm not a musician.  8-)

<insert "bagpipes are not music" joke here>
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 08 Mar 2013, 07:11
By the way: strip 2400 is, should Jeph decide to keep the numbering pattern alive, the last page of what will probably be volume 8 of the QC dead tree edition.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: sitnspin on 08 Mar 2013, 07:19
I freaking love whiskey, oh why are women with good taste in booze so hard to find?

I'm one, but I already have a girlfriend. Sorry. 

We are indeed rare. Too many love their froo froo drinks. Not that there is anything wrong with a froo froo drink now and again, but I consider those to be more alcoholic candy than real liquor. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ZoeB on 08 Mar 2013, 07:37
It's not a stereotype. I have a kilt in my closet. And a claymore hidden where my son can't find it (he will not know that it exists until he's old enough to understand that it's not a toy.)

(http://i70.servimg.com/u/f70/15/50/52/57/the-cl10.jpg)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Redball on 08 Mar 2013, 08:02
Could be indicative of Irish. Or German. Or Scandinavian/Norse (or, by extension, just about anywhere they got to back in the day).
Still, she's channeling her alcoholic ancestors.
Welcome, new person. If you choose to introduce yourself up in Hi I'm New, guard your lug wrench.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 08 Mar 2013, 08:06
I don't have bagpipes, but that's just because I'm not a musician.  8-)

<insert "bagpipes are not music" joke here>

Leave that cat alone!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Calcite on 08 Mar 2013, 08:30
Looks like she's getting in touch with her scottish heritage...


Seriously, just look at her.  If that hair and complexion's not indicative of scottish ancestry, what is? 




(besides a kilt in the closet...)

As a pale redhead with freckles, I resent this post.  I can't count the number of times someone has assumed I'm Scottish or Irish just by my physical features.

My ethnic background is German, Polish, and Norwegian.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: MillionDollar Belt Sander on 08 Mar 2013, 08:33
Looks like she's getting in touch with her scottish heritage...


Seriously, just look at her.  If that hair and complexion's not indicative of scottish ancestry, what is? 




(besides a kilt in the closet...)

As a pale redhead with freckles, I resent this post.  I can't count the number of times someone has assumed I'm Scottish or Irish just by my physical features.

My ethnic background is German, Polish, and Norwegian.

So you're basically Klingon?   (runs)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Nepiophage on 08 Mar 2013, 08:46
I don't have bagpipes, but that's just because I'm not a musician.  8-)

<insert "bagpipes are not music" joke here>
Q. What is a musical gentleman?
A. A man who can play the bagpipes but doesn't.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 08 Mar 2013, 08:57
Welcome, new person!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Pilchard123 on 08 Mar 2013, 09:12
Picture

Quote from: The 213 things Skippy is no longer allowed to do in the U.S. Army
100. Claymore mines are not filled with yummy candy, and it is wrong to tell new soldiers that they are.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Aethien on 08 Mar 2013, 09:25
Picture

Quote from: The 213 things Skippy is no longer allowed to do in the U.S. Army
100. Claymore mines are not filled with yummy candy, and it is wrong to tell new soldiers that they are.
To be honest, if they fall for that they deserve the pain.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Mr_Rose on 08 Mar 2013, 10:15
Depends if they try to open it with a screwdriver or with the det. handle, really. Most of the explosives used in those things aren't normally impact sensitive, you see. Heck, you can use C4 basically the same way you use barbecue firelighters. Or, in an emergency, as the whole fire, except that you can't douse it, ever.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bluesummers on 08 Mar 2013, 10:22
Claire has become...The Scotch Whisperer. oohwahwahwahwah~~~
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 08 Mar 2013, 10:42
Claire has become...The Scotch Whisperer. oohwahwahwahwah~~~

But after a certain amount, doesn't a Scotch Whisperer become a  Scotch Yeller?

YELLING.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: slaufer on 08 Mar 2013, 10:46
man, why did you have to awaken the sleeper?

...

now how are the rest of us gonna get primal velium weapons?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 08 Mar 2013, 12:01
Claire has become...The Scotch Whisperer. oohwahwahwahwah~~~

Oh goddess, coffee, burning in nose. Warn a man when you're going to say something like that!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Akima on 08 Mar 2013, 13:45
Claire's reaction to scotch (from toxic to terrific) reminds us that whisky derives from usquebaugh meaning "water of life (http://dune.wikia.com/wiki/Water_of_Life)". She is now a Reverend Mother.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesariojpn on 08 Mar 2013, 15:40
And a claymore hidden where my son can't find it (he will not know that it exists until he's old enough to understand that it's not a toy.)

I didn't know we civilians can have Claymore Mines in our closets.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: celticgeek on 08 Mar 2013, 15:44
One of the domains that I own is claymorewielder.com.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: TimO on 08 Mar 2013, 16:03
I like Veronica reactions at the start to "...drinks until then", "Excellent!".  Her hands and the phrase almost feel like they should be done by Doctor Evil. :-D

The concept of a Whisky Savant is certainly novel, although it'll be interesting to see if Jeph runs with this, and whether they'll have her working her way through the entire collections of Whiskies behind the bar!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: RedWolf4 on 08 Mar 2013, 16:29
I can see a Kwisatz Scotherach moment in the sands, I can.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: celticgeek on 08 Mar 2013, 16:34
Looks like she's getting in touch with her scottish heritage...
 

It just takes a little while before the single malt penetrates your very being, and then...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Akima on 08 Mar 2013, 16:54
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Type_66_-_Chinese_Claymore_mine.jpg/214px-Type_66_-_Chinese_Claymore_mine.jpg) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Type_66_-_Chinese_Claymore_mine.jpg/427px-Type_66_-_Chinese_Claymore_mine.jpg)
此面向敌 = This face towards enemy.
No prizes for guessing that, BTW.  :-D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: St.Clair on 08 Mar 2013, 18:00
I have often imagined and vaguely desired a claidhmohr with those instructions engraved along the blade (in Gaelic, of course).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesariojpn on 08 Mar 2013, 18:09
Nice Ralph Wiggum reference in the comic.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 08 Mar 2013, 18:37
Eh...putting in the word "horrible" kind of makes it not one. Although the first time I tried a shot of 151, my reaction was indeed "it tastes like burning".
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 08 Mar 2013, 18:41
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc_xGu-9Jyk
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 08 Mar 2013, 18:50
I still need to read that...but I have the second half of A Song of Ice and Fire to finish first, which has got to be at least...two thousand pages. (Maybe not exactly half, but I'm about halfway through book 3, so close enough)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 08 Mar 2013, 19:02
Haven't read the Dune saga in a long while myself actually.  Might do that after I get through Karen Traviss' series which I'm doing ATM
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 08 Mar 2013, 19:10
I like Veronica reactions at the start to "...drinks until then", "Excellent!".  Her hands and the phrase almost feel like they should be done by Doctor Evil. :-D

Really?  I get more of a Monty Burns vibe...



And I haven't read the Dune trilogy since it was one, back in the 70's. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 08 Mar 2013, 19:26
She is tenting her fingers. Good eye. Also:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: mustang6172 on 08 Mar 2013, 19:30
I get the feeling that a gong should have rung after that last pannel.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 08 Mar 2013, 19:41
Now, the vibe I got from V.V.'s pose was less "Dr. Evil Burns" and more "Yay!"
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 08 Mar 2013, 21:59
People don't do the Burns "excellent" thing when they're excited?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bluesummers on 08 Mar 2013, 22:10
I do...but only when I'm talking to myself, which is more often than not.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: de_la_Nae on 09 Mar 2013, 01:44
DUNE REFERENCES.

On that note I would like to say Dune used to be my emergency glovebox book in my old car.

Also I have *absolutely no idea* what you mean by trilogy. There was only one Dune book. And only one Matrix movie while we're at it.  /JediMindTrick
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: RedWolf4 on 09 Mar 2013, 02:54
There was only one Dune book. And only one Matrix movie, while we're at it.

Move along.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 09 Mar 2013, 04:55
People don't do the Burns "excellent" thing when they're excited?

It's all in the eyebrows. Head down + eyebrows lowered = Burns; Head level + eyebrows up = "Yay!"
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 09 Mar 2013, 05:13
There was only one Dune book. And only one Matrix movie, while we're at it.

Move along.

(http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/matrix_revisited.png)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: MillionDollar Belt Sander on 09 Mar 2013, 05:38
I tried to read Dune once,  I just didn't like it.  Put it down and never picked it back up again.

USER HAS BEEN BANNED FROM FORUM
REASON:  WTF DON'T LIKE DUNE WE DON'T WANT YOUR KIND HERE
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: RedWolf4 on 09 Mar 2013, 05:58
Aww, I missed it? I had my torch and pitchfork and everything. . .
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 09 Mar 2013, 08:19
While the third movie is awful and the first movie stands far and above the best one, I'm going to ignore everyone and admit that I really like Matrix Reloaded. It's absurd escapist fun. But I never watch it because, I mean, come on, I can just watch the first one instead.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 09 Mar 2013, 13:05
Aww, I missed it? I had my torch and pitchfork and everything. . .

We fed him to a Sandworm
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: MillionDollar Belt Sander on 09 Mar 2013, 14:00
Aww, I missed it? I had my torch and pitchfork and everything. . .

We fed him to a Sandworm

*punches out the side of the sandworm -- Yelling Bird Style!*

MOTHERFUCKERS!

[/yelling bird]

 :-D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Akima on 09 Mar 2013, 14:01
And only one Matrix movie, while we're at it.
I've only seen the first Matrix film, because I didn't think it was that great. Brilliant photography/effects sure, but also Keanu Reeves.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Pilchard123 on 09 Mar 2013, 14:04
Also known to the Scottish population as "Keanu Act".
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 09 Mar 2013, 14:55
But who else could have delivered the classic line "Whoa! I know kung fu!" with such feeling?

And yes, I realize that he never said that. He said "Whoa!" repeatedly, and he said "I know kung fu", but not at the same time. But he should have. (Insert remark about respecting headcanon.)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Akima on 09 Mar 2013, 17:06
There are good actors and bad actors, and then there is Keanu Reeves, the un-actor.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: K1dmor on 09 Mar 2013, 17:21
 I Liked him at "Point Break"; fuck me, right?  :psyduck:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Aethien on 09 Mar 2013, 17:31
I've never even heard of Point Break.




Then again, you can count the amount of movies I watch a year on one hand and half of those are me rewatching movies I've already seen.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: WAYF on 09 Mar 2013, 17:58
Funny thing; just before I came to this thread, I happened to be thinking about how terribly unsatisfying Keanu Reeves was as the villain of Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing.
(For those who are in the know, I think Sean Maher is going to do much, much better. ;D )
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 09 Mar 2013, 18:35
Bill and Ted. 


'nuff said. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 09 Mar 2013, 18:42
Point Break was a potentially great movie buried under formula.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 09 Mar 2013, 19:18
I haven't seen it, but I still find it hilarious that it was directed by Kathryn Bigelow, considering her last two movies.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesariojpn on 10 Mar 2013, 03:00
Bill and Ted. 


'nuff said.

Worse time travelers ever.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Mr_Rose on 10 Mar 2013, 03:27
Worst time machine ever; only accurate to the nearest day and lands you in that day at a point relatively later than your departure. Helps avoid collisions I guess, but really?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 10 Mar 2013, 05:32
It made me laugh, that's what it was for. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 10 Mar 2013, 06:03
"THAT'S....


...Debatable!"
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 10 Mar 2013, 20:06
When last seen, the Phone Booth was run over by a Delorian and swept up and stuck in a trash bin next to a Police Box.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 10 Mar 2013, 20:48
The DeLorean was swerving to avoid something that looked like the offspring of a Tiffany lamp and an airboat.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 10 Mar 2013, 22:43
And it barely missed a blonde lady holding a pendant that was standing on the street corner in period clothing.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Soulsynger on 11 Mar 2013, 01:34
And it barely missed a blonde lady holding a pendant that was standing on the street corner in period clothing.
Oh. Dear. God. What? Also, why was the pendant standing there?


Also, all of those crafty devices named herein completely drove by the Phoenix Gate (http://gargoyles.wikia.com/wiki/Phoenix_Gate)-
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 11 Mar 2013, 03:44
No, she was holding the pendant while standing there watching the car wreck.

And she's met the fellow in the police box before. (http://timeslikethis.com/index.php?id=490)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 11 Mar 2013, 04:58
And she's met the fellow in the phone booth police box before. (http://timeslikethis.com/index.php?id=490)

The phone booth was... Bill and Ted (http://frontrowreviews.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Bill-and-Teds-Excellent-Adventure.jpg).  (Third base!) 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Mr_Rose on 11 Mar 2013, 05:53
Of course, none of them noticed the bushy-haired brunette with the tiny hourglass and a bag full of schoolbooks looking around furtively.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 11 Mar 2013, 06:02
Does that qualify for a "50-Delorean Pileup"?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 11 Mar 2013, 06:39
Curiously, all 50 DeLoreans were actually the same car.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 11 Mar 2013, 08:25
There were only 50 Deloreans.  John kept on reselling them...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 11 Mar 2013, 09:54
Or was that the Tucker Torpedo? (A car ahead of its time ...)

Oh, look. We're launched into a (Girls with) Slingshots maneuver around the sun ...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 11 Mar 2013, 15:38
Just cling on to the bird of prey passing by.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 11 Mar 2013, 15:51
Just cling on to the bird of prey passing by.
I see one with a bat on her chest, one with a little itty-bitty crossbow and one in a leather jacket and fishnets. Will any one of them do?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 11 Mar 2013, 19:40
If you can actually catch any of them, yes, they'll do. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 11 Mar 2013, 21:06
Try a powered Wheelchair.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 13 Mar 2013, 07:48
Try a powered Wheelchair.

Is that related to the Time Toilet? (http://www.antonemdin.com/blog/2011/09/time-toilet/)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 13 Mar 2013, 17:13
I prefer The Hot Tub Time Machine - It's warmer. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: hakko504 on 18 Mar 2013, 04:52

Is that related to the Time Toilet? (http://www.antonemdin.com/blog/2011/09/time-toilet/)
No the time toilet is a newer version of the TURDIS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottom_Live_2003:_Weapons_Grade_Y-Fronts_Tour)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2397-2401 (4-8 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 18 Mar 2013, 15:07
What, no IID (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjbtZ4NgtdA)?