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Title: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: westrim on 25 Aug 2013, 12:59
Here is the thread for the week, and a poll, slightly dated but still tasty. Ill add any options people want to the end, and I've allowed voters to vote times and change their minds (though that function hasn't worked in the past.)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Stybar on 25 Aug 2013, 13:24
How about DAMN LOOK AT THE CANS ON THAT ONE?
By far my favorite.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: muon on 25 Aug 2013, 13:34
Aaah! Two WCDTs! But I think I like this poll better.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 25 Aug 2013, 13:37
There is a clear Salomonic solution to this.

We cut both of them in half and merge half of them into the respective other thread.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 25 Aug 2013, 13:39
I like this poll better than mine, so I'm gonna lock mine (but I'll leave the poll open). For future reference, Westrim, if there's already a WCDT for the week, don't create a new one.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: westrim on 25 Aug 2013, 13:56
I like this poll better than mine, so I'm gonna lock mine (but I'll leave the poll open). For future reference, Westrim, if there's already a WCDT for the week, don't create a new one.
When I posted this, there were two for last week.  :?

Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: MillionDollar Belt Sander on 25 Aug 2013, 13:59
How about DAMN LOOK AT THE CANS ON THAT ONE?
By far my favorite.

Yes.  This one.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 25 Aug 2013, 14:03
DAMN! LOOK AT THE POLL ON THIS ONE!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 25 Aug 2013, 15:19
We are indeed spoilt for choice


But you still forgot the Waffles option  :-D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 25 Aug 2013, 16:19
I like this poll better than mine, so I'm gonna lock mine (but I'll leave the poll open). For future reference, Westrim, if there's already a WCDT for the week, don't create a new one.
When I posted this, there were two for last week.  :?


No, the one I'd started about two hours before this one was for this week, it just had the wrong dates (oops) but the right comic numbers. No worries, I'd only put it up because there wasn't one for the week yet. Also, how could you forget "Dickmouth Stinkface"?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 25 Aug 2013, 17:41
See, THIS is what I have to deal with.  :psyduck:

;)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Jeva on 25 Aug 2013, 18:50
New (guest) comic! First thing that came to mind:

(http://reactimg.com/images/97245c56f24d944c0f1cc6f39c41b561.jpg)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Mmeaninglessnamee on 25 Aug 2013, 19:15
Also, how about any of the Barbie Doll lines? (though I think any one of them would cover all of them)

And wow, this batch of guest-comics has been pretty weird.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 25 Aug 2013, 19:23
Little Ship of Horrors, that one is.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: bhtooefr on 25 Aug 2013, 19:23
Well, that's just the dose of nightmare fuel that I needed...

(Also, batten down the hatches after that last panel... constant mod patrols definitely needed!)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: K1dmor on 25 Aug 2013, 19:32
 (http://i.imgur.com/1MJAMsA.jpg)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: MillionDollar Belt Sander on 25 Aug 2013, 19:36
Anti-ship missiles ready for launch.    8-)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 25 Aug 2013, 19:57
So do we ban David McGuire?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: FunkyTuba on 25 Aug 2013, 20:00
Something tells me Hanners would be pretty immune to negging
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 25 Aug 2013, 20:13
Winslow is gonna be so damn mad.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 25 Aug 2013, 20:59
Something tells me Hanners would be pretty immune to negging

Probably. Most women are.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 25 Aug 2013, 21:05
Ah, to be young again. And also a robot.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: westrim on 25 Aug 2013, 21:22
Winslow is gonna be so damn mad.
She'll have to explain she sees him as a good friend or little brother or something. My mind is converting this into an anime as I type and it's really disturbing.  :psyduck:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesariojpn on 25 Aug 2013, 23:21
So do we ban David McGuire?

If I can get banned for suggesting a (CENSORED)/(CENSORED) pairing, then the rules apply to him as well.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 25 Aug 2013, 23:51
So do we ban David McGuire?

In favor.

Oh, wait, let's get him a fair trial (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1017) first.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: WAYF on 26 Aug 2013, 00:20
"Only if you wear the fireman hat..."

:psyduck::psyduck::psyduck:

This comic just broke my brain. I can't deal with it. There is just no way for me to process it mentally.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Stybar on 26 Aug 2013, 00:58
It would make sense, Hanners could never go with a human, considering all the fluids and icky involved, but a robot can be cleaned, sterilized and oh dear god I'm talking about pintsize/hanners sex D:

Where is the self-destruct button on this PC?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: bhtooefr on 26 Aug 2013, 02:46
I could totally see Hanners being with a robot.

There's no way in hell I could see her being with Pintsize.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: techkid on 26 Aug 2013, 05:07
Pintsize might be sterilised, but he most certainly not CLEAN.

She'd have to do a full initialisation of his hard drive, including the AnthroPC equivalent of DBAN.

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Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 26 Aug 2013, 05:55
This comic just broke my brain. I can't deal with it. There is just no way for me to process it mentally.

I really hope Jeph knew about it before he put it up...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: FuryoftheStars on 26 Aug 2013, 06:04
Here is the thread for the week, and a poll, slightly dated but still tasty. Ill add any options people want to the end, and I've allowed voters to vote times and change their minds (though that function hasn't worked in the past.)
My favorite was actually Momo's threat to May... but I voted on what you had.

Oh, wait, let's get him a fair trial (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1017) first.
Doesn't she still have that thing...?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 26 Aug 2013, 06:23
So, what were your favorite lines of the May arc?

~Good morning Master~    4 (3%)
NOPE    6 (4.5%)
OH, THANK FUCKIN' GOD!    6 (4.5%)
Hey hey! Looks like I can make SOME changes!    6 (4.5%)
Are you sure I can't opt out?    0 (0%)
You've got glowing glasses dude. People already think you're a freak.    4 (3%)
REAL FUCKIN' CLEVER    1 (0.7%)
I AM TRYING TO DRIVE    5 (3.7%)
God damn it.    1 (0.7%)
No, May.    7 (5.2%)
You know what? I think youre bluffing.    2 (1.5%)
Sorry you suck so bad.    3 (2.2%)
I dunno, it IS kinda funny.    0 (0%)
HELLO I coulda been a FIGHTER JET    16 (11.9%)
I TOLD you, I have POOR IMPULSE CONTROL    6 (4.5%)
I KNOW, IT SUCKS    3 (2.2%)
Oh, this is going to be COMEDY GOLD.    1 (0.7%)
Well. you're doing a bang up job of it now, sparky!    6 (4.5%)
I dunno, but I like her moxy!    8 (6%)
SO glad she can't hear you.    0 (0%)
OH MY GOD THIS IS THE STUPIDEST FUCKING THING.    4 (3%)
Well, maybe... maybe we can be friends?    2 (1.5%)
Nah, I'm looking forward to it.    0 (0%)
I'd like to watch the stars.    6 (4.5%)
Oh, and I lke the name you gave me. I think I'll keep it.    5 (3.7%)
This poll is way too long    2 (1.5%)
There are way too many options    3 (2.2%)
And you forgot something    6 (4.5%)
DAMN, LOOK AT THE CANS ON THAT ONE    21 (15.7%)

Total Members Voted: 38
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 26 Aug 2013, 07:25
Pintsize is not, in any way, sanitary. GODDAMN WE ALL KNOW WHERE HE'S BEEN.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DrBear on 26 Aug 2013, 07:36
Well, I hope he's gone through the dishwasher at least once since the Castro imitation.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 26 Aug 2013, 08:09
This comic just broke my brain. I can't deal with it. There is just no way for me to process it mentally.

I really hope Jeph knew about it before he put it up...

He is quietly chortling to himself: "Best. Vacation. EVER." Or maybe "Mission accomplished." Which the other passengers on the plane back from PR find mildly unsettling.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 26 Aug 2013, 08:55
In the context of today's comic, I'll just leave this link here for y'all to ponder (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23637225).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Max Wilder on 26 Aug 2013, 09:17
THAT'S NOT WHAT NEGGING IS!!!

Sigh, I give up. The internet has decided insulting women is negging. So stupid.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Mr_Rose on 26 Aug 2013, 09:29
Incorrect sir; the Internet has, in fact, decided that negging is an insult to women.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Sidhekin on 26 Aug 2013, 09:34
One does not contradict the other ...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 26 Aug 2013, 09:38
I'm also curious what you think negging is, Mr. Wilder.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Valdís on 26 Aug 2013, 09:55
Incorrect sir; the Internet has, in fact, decided that negging is an insult to women.

Fucking this. Undermining a person's confidence and self-image as a tactic to have sex with them is despicable.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 26 Aug 2013, 10:46
The FUCK is this bullshit. I had never heard of negging before and I really wish I hadn't googled it. Is Jesse Charger for real?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Mr_Rose on 26 Aug 2013, 10:56
One does not contradict the other ...
Technically this is true, but in the context where our friend Max Wilder here was complaining that the internet was incorrectly portraying this phenomenon because "they just don't understand, man" it makes a vital difference. the Internet does not misunderstand negging; instead the opposite is true. The Internet fully comprehends the method and objective and finds it disgusting and therefore fit only for parody and (not so) subtle misrepresentation.

After all, you cannot actually make napalm with a 1:1 mix of gasoline and frozen concentrated orange juice…
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 26 Aug 2013, 11:00
Undermining a person's confidence and self-image as a tactic to have sex with them is despicable.

This; but it should hardly have needed saying - except that there are still, as there always have been, assholes out there.  It's sad that there's even a word for it.

The Internet fully comprehends the method and objective and finds it disgusting and therefore fit only for parody and (not so) subtle misrepresentation.

Even Urban Dictionary despises it.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ankhtahr on 26 Aug 2013, 11:50
After all, you cannot actually make napalm with a 1:1 mix of gasoline and frozen concentrated orange juice…

But you can almost make Napalm-B with a 1:1 mixture of polystyrene and gasoline. The only difference to the original Napalm-B is a higher concentration of benzene in that.

Anyway, that negging thing? Disgusting. But I don't understand people who only want to "get in somebody's pants" anyway. I like emotional attachment.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 26 Aug 2013, 12:51
I never quite understood the appeal of negging anyway. Any guy who does it is basically admitting to himself that he's so pathetic that he doesn't have a shot with a women who has any sense of self-worth - he has to make women feel worthless so that they believe he's the best they'll be able to get. :facepalm:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: bhtooefr on 26 Aug 2013, 14:10
I never quite understood the appeal of negging anyway. Any guy who does it is basically admitting to himself that he's so pathetic that he doesn't have a shot with a women who has any sense of self-worth - he has to make women feel worthless so that they believe he's the best they'll be able to get. :facepalm:

What the proponents of negging claim is that everyone who has sex with women does it.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 26 Aug 2013, 14:12
I wasn't aware, but I should not have been surprised to learn, there is a specific word for the sexual-politics version of the same old crap of building yourself up by cutting someone else down. This guy is, however, pleased to realize most of the women he knows would find this laughable, and would be uniformly adroit at making this backfire in the most hilarious way possible.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 26 Aug 2013, 14:26
*Shakes head*


Same here DSL.  I know a couple of women who would very heavily Gibbsmack any male that tried that bullshit on 'em.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Stybar on 26 Aug 2013, 15:17
With full right. What would a male do when someone told him he looks like a liitle weenie? I sure as fuck wouldn't sleep with the insulter, that's for sure.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Emperor Norton on 26 Aug 2013, 15:39
(http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/beautiful_dream.png)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: FunkyTuba on 26 Aug 2013, 16:24
and as long as we're quoting Randall Munroe on the subject, we must include his 1027 (http://xkcd.com/1027):

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Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 26 Aug 2013, 17:44
Hannelore has been offered a robot and indignantly declined (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1011).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesariojpn on 26 Aug 2013, 20:41
Funny, I thought negging was this. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8CEzILvtg8)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: bryntheskits on 26 Aug 2013, 22:14
Hannelore has been offered a robot and indignantly declined (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1011).
Quote
His bait and tackle are still in beta.
Hahahha oh man, I loved that story arc.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Akima on 27 Aug 2013, 02:48
Negging and similar tactics are useful, kind of like the stink on a skunk. It is nature's way of telling a girl right up front that the guy is a putrid douchebag who's better avoided.

Can you fire heat-vision through glasses? Faye's prescription is canonically expensive; imagine if she had to specify ruby quartz!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: bhtooefr on 27 Aug 2013, 02:49
Hannelore has been offered a robot and indignantly declined (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1011).

Still didn't stop her from getting curious (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1017).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 27 Aug 2013, 09:50
I sincerely hope that none of the pickup game assholes find out how many hundreds of love letters Ted Bundy got in prison.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: WareWolf on 27 Aug 2013, 12:01
I never quite understood the appeal of negging anyway. Any guy who does it is basically admitting to himself that he's so pathetic that he doesn't have a shot with a women who has any sense of self-worth - he has to make women feel worthless so that they believe he's the best they'll be able to get. :facepalm:

Yeah, the problem with negging is that it brings into your life the type of women who respond to negging: low self esteem, needy, desperate for approval. In the long term, just not worth the drama.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 27 Aug 2013, 12:12
I think the kind of people to use this don't look for "the long run".
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Valdís on 27 Aug 2013, 12:43
Yeah, the problem with negging is that it brings into your life the type of women who respond to negging: low self esteem, needy, desperate for approval. In the long term, just not worth the drama.

Or, y'know, the problem with it is that it hurts people already in a bad place even more. But what's really important here is your feelings and the 'hassle' as the one saying it to them? Oookay.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: SageJiraiya on 27 Aug 2013, 19:39
Notice the title of the most recent comic? It's named "Highdeas."

There's a subreddit by that name. I am subscribed to it.

I hope Jephasdfghjkl does not think he coined it.

Is he a redditor? Is the term more popular than I thought?

It's rather satisfying that a famous* person and I could have seen, submitted, or just replied to the same thread, and not known.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 27 Aug 2013, 20:03
Based on the results of a Google search I just ran, I don't think anyone should be too strenuously laying claim to being the term's unique originator.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 27 Aug 2013, 20:10
What DSL said, it's a simple portmanteau that's probably used all the time. As for the comic itself, what would the promotion be? Manager? Does that mean that Dora's thinking about taking a less active role in the shop or maybe is thinking of opening a second one? LET THE SPECULATION COMMENCE! (who am I kidding it never stops)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: SageJiraiya on 27 Aug 2013, 20:11
I was afraid running a google query would ruin the magic of the moment, so I did not. I am now mildly angered however understanding of you, for actually answering my question.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: SageJiraiya on 27 Aug 2013, 20:21
New speculation! Dora starts a second shop near the library to be closer to Tai. Tai can't seem to commit to a non-polyamorous  relationship, they break up, Dora is left insecurely alone, AGAIN, and is then forced to still run that second shop, while getting bad vibes from seeing her ex so often! Ah, speculation.

On a more serious note, how long were Dora and Marten together in the QCVerse, as opposed to how long Dora has been with Tai?

I just remembered that tiny subplot of a subplot of a subplot when Marten went with Tai to get her lady bits pierced, and we learned she was allergic to latex, as she was informed that she could not have unprotected sexy times for a week. So, how did that week go? Has her latex allergy ever been a serious problem for her?

Wait. Now I also remember something else. Dora didn't mind that Marten saw Tai get her hood pierced, but when he was caught hugging Faye in her underwear it indeed set her off. I demand more therapy and closure for Dora and her insecurities!

Ahhh, ramblings.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 27 Aug 2013, 21:15
"God help you if you ever earn a promotion" (http://questionablecontent.net/1228)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Stybar on 27 Aug 2013, 21:25
What does that mean, Dora-Tai-Faye threeway?

I'm guessing assistant manager or something. Maybe it's a plan to ensure that Faye stays, instead of moving with Angus to NY.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 27 Aug 2013, 22:02
I wonder what responsibilities would come with the promotion. I wonder how The Pugnacious Peach will handle actual responsibility.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: J on 27 Aug 2013, 22:09
isn't faye already basically the 2nd in command?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 27 Aug 2013, 22:20
What does that mean, Dora-Tai-Faye threeway?

I'm guessing assistant manager or something. Maybe it's a plan to ensure that Faye stays, instead of moving with Angus to NY.
Dammit... I tried to look up this comic (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1408) thinking it was before The Talk, but I was way off. QC really needs a text search function.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: mustang6172 on 27 Aug 2013, 22:27
New speculation! Dora starts a second shop near the library to be closer to Tai.

I think The Secret Bakery has that location.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Dr. ROFLPWN on 28 Aug 2013, 00:35
Man looks like it's up to me to ask the Big Questions this week

Did anyone else look at Faye's outfit and think "man, Faye, put on some damn pants, you ain't need to go out to work in boyshorts and a tank top"

Before realizing that those shorts probably were meant to be her pants

I don't know what this says about me
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 28 Aug 2013, 00:39
Wow.  Panel 5 just blew me away.  Part of it is Faye's expression, part of it is that she's speechless.     :laugh:

Does anyone else get bothered by stupid details?  Panel one has Dora's hair parted real low, then in the rest it's parted up high.  Oddly enough, she almost looks exactly the same as in

"God help you if you ever earn a promotion" (http://questionablecontent.net/1228)

only more realistic. 

I'm guessing assistant manager or something. Maybe it's a plan to ensure that Faye stays, instead of moving with Angus to NY.

No, that's backwards, because she checked if Faye was going to move in the first place - if she were to follow Angus, then the promotion wouldn't be offered. 

I'm betting on manager.  Or Secret Bakery liaison, and she finally gets to meet Renee, and the world collapses...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 28 Aug 2013, 00:41
They aren't pants, they're shorts. But Dora hardly seems like she enforces a dress code, what's wrong with shorts? And what makes them boyshorts? Fashion is confusing :psyduck:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Dr. ROFLPWN on 28 Aug 2013, 00:44
They aren't pants, they're shorts. But Dora hardly seems like she enforces a dress code, what's wrong with shorts? And what makes them boyshorts? Fashion is confusing :psyduck:

Boyshorts are a style of panties. My initial thought was Faye was stone cold walking around town in her underpants.

To be fair, I think out of all the cast she'd be the only one who could pull it off
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Sidhekin on 28 Aug 2013, 00:53
My initial thought was Faye was stone cold walking around town in her underpants.

To be fair, I think out of all the cast she'd be the only one who could pull it off
... yeah, it's not like she'd let anyone else ...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 28 Aug 2013, 00:54
Those aren't even close to boyshorts. 

And Hanners has done it... (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=800)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ankhtahr on 28 Aug 2013, 01:24
Well, and Marten too, during the Padma arc.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Akima on 28 Aug 2013, 02:15
I wonder what responsibilities would come with the promotion.
Yes. Otherwise it's a promotion from making and serving coffee to... making and serving coffee. Is Dora going to delegate doing the accounts? Roasting the coffee?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Eternal_Newbie on 28 Aug 2013, 03:18
They aren't pants, they're shorts. But Dora hardly seems like she enforces a dress code, what's wrong with shorts? And what makes them boyshorts? Fashion is confusing :psyduck:

Boyshorts are a style of panties. My initial thought was Faye was stone cold walking around town in her underpants.

To be fair, I think out of all the cast she'd be the only one who could pull it off

They remind me of the sort of shorts that were insanely popular with both sexes and all ages in the 70's and early 80's.  They really should be a neon colour or have a hideous pattern, though.

Although I sleep in a very similar looking pair of pj bottoms.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Dr. ROFLPWN on 28 Aug 2013, 03:34
Those aren't even close to boyshorts. 

And Hanners has done it... (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=800)

Yeah on further inspection they would be more like lady-boxers if they were underwear

What this proves is I flunked out of Panties Inspector Academy

Also Hanners did, yes, but I mean, she was on meds. Faye could totally walk around in undies sober, not giving a fuck

They remind me of the sort of shorts that were insanely popular with both sexes and all ages in the 70's and early 80's.  They really should be a neon colour or have a hideous pattern, though.

Although I sleep in a very similar looking pair of pj bottoms.

I want to use the term Bermuda shorts, but I think that's wrong.

Wait. Shit. JAMS. That's what you mean, is jams.

I would pay at least a dollar to see Faye wear jams. Especially hideous tropical print ones.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ChaoSera on 28 Aug 2013, 03:38
Crazy thought: We know CoD is going pretty well, what if Dora is planning on opening a second location and is preparing Faye to managing one of them completely?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 28 Aug 2013, 03:51
Back during the Secret Bakery trade arc, I seem to remember that it was Faye's job to roast the coffee beans anyway. Someone with more archive fu than me will probably be able to find the script.

I douora will be intending to open another location, not least because it would dilute the plot (less chance of major characters being in the same place at the same time) without adding anything new. I figured it was more than Faye was going to get a pay rise and official recognition of the fact that she is senior to the rash of newish employees.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: crazdgamer on 28 Aug 2013, 04:19
Back during the Secret Bakery trade arc, I seem to remember that it was Faye's job to roast the coffee beans anyway. Someone with more archive fu than me will probably be able to find the script.
Quite the opposite, actually...

I can't quote it since I can't find it, but the jist of it is that Dora uses a secret process to roast the coffee.  No one knows the process she uses, not even Faye. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 28 Aug 2013, 04:43
Faye's getting promoted to assistant manager so that Dora can actually take a vacation once in a while. Leading to a new story arc: Dora and Tai take a vacation together. Even odds of the vacation going spectacularly well or spectacularly wrong.  Meanwhile, Faye proves to be such a competent manager that the other staff and customers are disappointed when Dora comes back.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: techkid on 28 Aug 2013, 04:57
I reckon Faye is due for some managerial work in CoD. Accounts, ordering, payments and exactly how much to bribe the health inspector.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 28 Aug 2013, 05:00
Oh - I guess I am as bad at remembering as I am at archive searching!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Welu on 28 Aug 2013, 05:12
I'm glad to see Faye again and especially glad to see her getting a chance to move upwards. I wonder if her promotion will involve more sculpting.

Also credit to Dora since giving Faye managerial duties is a step to relenquishing some control.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Border Reiver on 28 Aug 2013, 06:26
Given Dora's need to be in control, giving ANYONE managerial duties is a huge step.  Heck, my wife took years to get to the idea of not going into the store for a day off was huge (let alone go out of town for a couple of days for our honeymoon).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Black Sword on 28 Aug 2013, 06:45
Why is it that the sentence "We need to talk" can inspire such universal terror? Lord knows that when I hear or read it, I automatically reach for a tower shield and plate mail.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 28 Aug 2013, 07:07
You're forgetting something: The basement.

Yes, we had that joke a few weeks ago about it being the "home of spiders" and everything, but Dora had discussed possibly putting a restaurant or something down there.

Perhaps that's what Dora wants from Faye - someone to run the shop either upstairs or downstairs.

Possibility: Dora has Faye run the coffee shop while Dora runs the cafe downstairs. Hanners and Cosette work with Faye while Raven and Penelope help Dora with the cafe - which she names something weird, like "Dungeon Cafe" or "Cafe of Doom".

Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 28 Aug 2013, 07:11
Spider Zone Bar and Grill
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Neko_Ali on 28 Aug 2013, 08:02
Why is it that the sentence "We need to talk" can inspire such universal terror? Lord knows that when I hear or read it, I automatically reach for a tower shield and plate mail.

It's the word 'need' in there. It implies that it is something necessary but unpleasant to do. If it was a happy conversation, you would want to talk, not need to. That, and social conditioning that 'We need to talk' usually precedes bad news.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ankhtahr on 28 Aug 2013, 08:37
And another important factor I see in that phrase is that it's used to announce something important. If it was something trivial you want to talk about, then you could just say it, without announcing it beforehand. That gives you a bad feeling. It's almost like a very light version of asking somebody to sit down before saying what you want to say. It's like "Brace for impact".
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: celticgeek on 28 Aug 2013, 08:39
Back during the Secret Bakery trade arc, I seem to remember that it was Faye's job to roast the coffee beans anyway. Someone with more archive fu than me will probably be able to find the script.
Quite the opposite, actually...

I can't quote it since I can't find it, but the jist of it is that Dora uses a secret process to roast the coffee.  No one knows the process she uses, not even Faye.


Coffee Roasting (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1923)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Thrudd on 28 Aug 2013, 09:10
Lolthe's Pantry

Charlotte's Cafe

Cavern Cafe ..... no beetles because of the spiders.

House of the rising bun ... no wait, that was a bakery in Ottawa  :psyduck:

Donuts of Despair ..... you will eat just one and realize that you will never be able to enjoy any other baked good ever.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 28 Aug 2013, 09:12
There is...a shop...in Ottawa...they caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall it the riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiising bun. (Random aside: I went to see Muse in April, and at one point, it may have been before they started their setlist, I'm not entirely sure, but they started playing the music to it and the entire stadium started singing it. Good times, and great show.)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Emperor Norton on 28 Aug 2013, 09:19
I don't think they are adding anything on to the store, just delegating some responsibilities.

Even the small pretzel shop I worked at in a mall when I was 17 that had only 5 employees had a manager and assistant manager (5 including the two managers).

Man, all the soft pretzels you could eat for free. I don't miss the shit pay, but man, all the soft pretzels you could eat for free.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 28 Aug 2013, 10:26
Other story potential: Faye discovers actually *being* in charge (even at a second-in-command level) is nowhere near as fun as *acting as if* you're in charge.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Sidhekin on 28 Aug 2013, 10:32
Other story potential: Faye discovers actually *being* in charge (even at a second-in-command level) is nowhere near as fun as *acting as if* you're in charge.
That sounds to me like an underestimation of Faye: I'm pretty sure she's quite aware.

... unless plot dictates otherwise, of course ... not that Jeph is the worst in that regard.  :-P
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 28 Aug 2013, 10:38
Yes, but there's a huge difference between knowing about it abstractly and actually experiencing it.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 28 Aug 2013, 10:53
She's already training the noobs (someone else can dig it up, but I can clearly see Hanner's contempt-face). 

She opens, closes... all that's left is scheduling and the books, and Dora might appreciate the help after her decimal point fiasco. 

She might need more help with the training and scheduling if she hires Dale, too.  Then she can get some time off for herself. 


Maybe take a bus trip. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Mr_Rose on 28 Aug 2013, 11:22
Scheduling, the books, and the secret recipe, you mean.

Of course, Dora would probably keep that to herself lest Faye decide she can have it all…
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 28 Aug 2013, 14:15
Dora is about to announce her Political Career and run for office in Mass.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 28 Aug 2013, 14:17
Dora is about to announce her Political Career and run for office in Mass.

Ooh, and then either she or her opponent hires Angus as a strawman debater. Hilarity, etc.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: muon on 28 Aug 2013, 14:41
Well, Faye did want to take on an intern.
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1233 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1233)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 28 Aug 2013, 16:12
I am going to bet half of a yen from my signature that we will go to a "Angus gets a job in NY" arc within ten strips.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: FuryoftheStars on 28 Aug 2013, 16:29
So, if someone takes you up on that bet, what happens if you're right?  If wrong?  And what to the other person? :)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: MillionDollar Belt Sander on 28 Aug 2013, 16:29
I am going to bet half of a yen from my signature that we will go to a "Angus gets a job in NY" arc within ten strips.

Great and by doing that you just perturbed the quantum-fuckery-wave-ama-jigger that controls the universe... and Jeph will do the total OPPOSITE of what you just posted.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: FuryoftheStars on 28 Aug 2013, 16:35
Well, that's hard to say.  If I was to take him up on that bet, there's actually a good chance we'd see it happen within the next couple of strips (as my luck typically runs).  Unless we hit the "not important" factor of my luck, in which case we'll see Angus not get the part.

Long story....
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 28 Aug 2013, 17:53
I am going to bet half of a yen from my signature that we will go to a "Angus gets a job in NY" arc within ten strips.

No, just to mess with you, Jeph is now going to wait precisely eleven strips.  :evil:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: SageJiraiya on 28 Aug 2013, 19:06
HI JEPH.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Sorflakne on 28 Aug 2013, 20:30
Comic is broken :(
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 28 Aug 2013, 21:14
Works fine for me. Anyway, Assistant Manager Faye...who has the same responsibilities as Peon Faye.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 28 Aug 2013, 22:20
Evidently learning to delegate is going to be a personal growth opportunity for Dora.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 28 Aug 2013, 23:12
So, if someone takes you up on that bet, what happens if you're right?  If wrong?  And what to the other person? :)

If I lose, the winner(s) get to add a half yen to their signature  and I subtract half a yen per lost bet from mine.
If I win, I add half a yen per won bet to my signature.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 28 Aug 2013, 23:34
Would Pennelope have been the better candidate for promotion?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Border Reiver on 29 Aug 2013, 03:20
Evidently learning to delegate is going to be a personal growth opportunity for Dora.

Learning to do that is really hard for many people.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Sidhekin on 29 Aug 2013, 03:25
Everyone with any pride in their work has a control freak looming under the surface, unless it's in the open.

What about Dora's control freak?  "Well, duh!"  It's very much in the open.  But she's aware, since some time, she's working on it, and I expect she'll soon enough either recognize the opportunity or have Faye knock recognition into her.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 29 Aug 2013, 14:29
Let the games commence.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 29 Aug 2013, 14:56
If Pennelope and Cosette are serious, there will be job openings, and Dale has an application in progress.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 29 Aug 2013, 15:06
I reckon one of them will be serious and the other not - I predict Cosette will be leaving.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: KOK on 29 Aug 2013, 15:45
We have not seen much of either recently. Maybe Jeph wants one or both out the story.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: FunkyTuba on 29 Aug 2013, 16:28
Let's assume for a minute that the shop is still doing well enough to support these changes. Yes, I realize that the "shop is the new cool thing because they insult you" storyline was quite a while back IRL, but it's only a few months ago in QC time.

If Dora's really working 80 hrs a week and is serious about coming down to one FTE (Full Time Equivalent = 40 hours a week) by offloading her duties on Faye, that means Faye's shifts as a regular employee are now available. This isn't probably a 1 to 1 swap, but if Dora stops shifts behind the counter as manager and gives them to Faye, they'll still need up to a FTE of just plain counter coverage so Dora can spend more time in the back room doing books, or ordering, or roasting for her burgeoning wholesale business (my head canon...respect it).

That leaves plenty of available slots in the schedule for Dale, who was already probably part time at each of his other jobs, to give up the pizza job and pick up 20-40 hours at CoD.

Also, if Penelope or Cosette decide to take a hike, or Hanners decides to cut back to go back to counting (or whatever...like she has to work... well, maybe she does for her sanity) there will be even more hours/shifts to go around.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 29 Aug 2013, 18:44
If Pennelope and Cosette are serious, there will be job openings, and Dale has an application in progress.
Serious about what?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Redball on 29 Aug 2013, 18:48
Tomorrow's strip, inadvertently posted some hours ago. So early that it distorted my understanding of time and space. Kind of a bummer, actually.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 29 Aug 2013, 18:52
I figured as much, but it seems he took it down, since when I looked it wasn't there. :(
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 29 Aug 2013, 18:55
I think the indie rag story was the equivalent of last fall under the current storyline.

And yes, Jeph apparently "accidentally" put Friday's comic up (which you can still see if you know the "secret doorway").
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: FuryoftheStars on 29 Aug 2013, 18:56
I figured as much, but it seems he took it down, since when I looked it wasn't there. :(
Manually increment the strip number in the url

EDIT:
(which you can still see if you know the "secret doorway").
Oh, sorry... I think I gave it away...  :-P
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 29 Aug 2013, 18:59
Weird, I could've sworn I already tried that with no luck before but I guess I just hit forward from today's. As for the comic, Penelope's response makes sense, Cosette's less so.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: MillionDollar Belt Sander on 29 Aug 2013, 19:43
Is this the actual comic... or the Best Troll Ever?

We'll find out very soon, yes.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: blacksinow on 29 Aug 2013, 21:07
Somehow, I knew this was the conclusion. Penelope can now further her career as Pizza Girl and complete her work in pizza-powered death rays.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: mustang6172 on 29 Aug 2013, 21:22
I totally expected that reaction.  It wasn't very hard.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Rghfrgl on 29 Aug 2013, 22:11
Cosette doesn't really add anything and was never really a regular anyway, but Pe-ne-lope plays off Faye really well. Even if the character doesn't go anywhere it's good to have her around just for that. The grumpy, dry sarcasm is good for setting up or delivering a punchline. There's no need to push her out for Dale when Dale can just be a customer.

If that's the plan anyway as today's comic is just as likely a throwaway gag. Though even if it is she's still been underutilized ever since Hanners was hired.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Spiritz on 29 Aug 2013, 22:24
I get the feeling that someone is going to head over to the Secret Bakery (after all, with Padma gone, there is a position open over there).  Sure.. there might be some issues with Jim picking off one of Dora's employees.

Would love to see someone who was written out come back in, but the chances of someone like Sara coming back.. I think I have a better shot winning the lottery.. twice.

Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Tova on 29 Aug 2013, 22:44
I totally expected that reaction.  It wasn't very hard.

I didn't see it coming, but probably should have. Then again, apparently Dora didn't.

Interesting to note that Faye does look nearly as shocked (but again, perhaps not surprising).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Sorflakne on 29 Aug 2013, 22:55
Not sure if they're just in jest or whatever, but Faye does have seniority.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: HiFranc on 29 Aug 2013, 23:01
Let's assume for a minute that the shop is still doing well enough to support these changes. Yes, I realize that the "shop is the new cool thing because they insult you" storyline was quite a while back IRL, but it's only a few months ago in QC time.

My calculations are that it was about a year ago, last summer to be precise.  It was just when Faye got herself into counselling.

However, the impression I got from that storyline was not that Coffee of Doom was new but it had just been discovered by a reviewer.  I got the impression from the conversations between Dora and Marten's mother (and Dora and the guy who runs the other bakery) that Coffee of Doom had been around for a while.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Rghfrgl on 29 Aug 2013, 23:19
 Cosette looks kinda like a Hobbit this strip.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 29 Aug 2013, 23:31
A couple of years, as of a thousand comics ago (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1217).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Delator on 30 Aug 2013, 00:11
Not sure if they're just in jest or whatever, but Faye does have seniority.

Pretty sure they're serious.  Faye is quite often condescending, and has never demonstrated the ability to manage people. The closest she has come is minding Jim's daughter.

Would you want Faye as your boss??
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Sidhekin on 30 Aug 2013, 00:13
Hey, after some start-up troubles, she managed Raven well, as I recall.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 30 Aug 2013, 00:15
If only this meant we would see more of Raven. I still want her to meet Emily.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: CrowFairy on 30 Aug 2013, 00:17
Honestly, I hate this sort of situation. People have knee-jerk reactions like Penelope and Cosette because of their general dislike for Faye. But I think Faye is probably quite capable of doing her new job. People see her having power as something she would wield dangerously. But you don't know how someone will treat power until they are given it. I have seen many people rise from the ashes when no one thought they would succeed. Giving someone responsibility will teach them how to use it properly. Faye looks genuinely happy. She doesn't have an evil grin or anything. Acting like her being in management is worth quitting over... that's just childish, to me. I seriously hope they're being sarcastic. I have an inclination to think that they're not. And that bothers me.

Pretty sure they're serious.  Faye is quite often condescending, and has never demonstrated the ability to manage people. The closest she has come is minding Jim's daughter.

Would you want Faye as your boss??
I actually wouldn't mind having Faye as my boss, as long as I'd be allowed to joke back with her. I think she's capable of stepping up to the plate. She can also handle criticism if she's being problematic. She's grown a lot, and I don't think very many people are giving her the credit she deserves. I honestly didn't care for her for a long time, for how she was so casually mean-spirited. She's a different person now. If she proves she can't handle the job, well, she can get demoted. No harm done.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 30 Aug 2013, 00:30
To quibble, if she has to be demoted, it will be because there was some harm done.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: CrowFairy on 30 Aug 2013, 00:45
That's a good point. ^.^;;; I would guess that if something bad happened, then it would be taken care of as quickly as possible to minimize the damage, then. Is that specific enough to cover my original error of phrasing? :)

Faye may be chaotic, but I don't think she's destructive enough at this point in her life to do enough harm that it couldn't be solved quickly. Unless she's secretly messing up bookkeeping or something and not telling anyone for months. @_@ Maybe I'm too optimistic, but I think Faye would own up to a mistake if she realized she didn't deserve the promotion anymore because of it.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: KOK on 30 Aug 2013, 01:02
I get the feeling that someone is going to head over to the Secret Bakery (after all, with Padma gone, there is a position open over there).  Sure.. there might be some issues with Jim picking off one of Dora's employees.

That must have been long since filled.

Would love to see someone who was written out come back in, but the chances of someone like Sara coming back.. I think I have a better shot winning the lottery.. twice.

How about Gabby?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Mr. Doctor on 30 Aug 2013, 01:06
If this is a way to write both characters off... I don't care that much (I still do) about Cosette but I will get seriously sad about Penelope leaving. I really like her... and this would look like a cheap way to say good bye to those chracters. Time will tell thugh. :(
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Delator on 30 Aug 2013, 01:46
If this is a way to write both characters off... I don't care that much (I still do) about Cosette but I will get seriously sad about Penelope leaving. I really like her... and this would look like a cheap way to say good bye to those chracters. Time will tell thugh. :(

Cosette will be around for a while, I think. She's still Steve's girlfriend, after all...and he's not going anywhere.

As for Penelope, we see her rarely enough as it is, and Wil has all but disappeared (a good thing, IMO)...so it would not surprise me if we never hear from her again.

Aside from the occasional Pizza Girl gag.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ankhtahr on 30 Aug 2013, 02:15
I'd be sadder about Penelope leaving than about Cosette. And I have to say, I like Wil.

This said, I don't want either to leave. I can live with them being "just to the right", but them leaving completely just doesn't seem right.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 30 Aug 2013, 02:33
Wil won't vanish - at least to the extent that any story that has a visit to the pub will have him serving.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Akima on 30 Aug 2013, 02:39
It's a cliff-hanger, so it must be Friday. Cosette seems to have shrunk. I'd miss Penelope more than Cosette, but it's been a long time since they were important in the strip.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: TheBiscuit on 30 Aug 2013, 03:06
I can't for the life of me understand why Wil leaving would be considered a good thing.

I'm pretty sure that at least one of these two will be convinced to stay anyway. They may not be too important to the strip, but Coffee of Doom somehow feels more real for having a variety of employees around. It would also feel more real if there were more customers, but never mind that.

I can't imagine either of them being 'put on a bus'. When has that happened in QC? All the old characters are still around, with maybe... two exceptions? Padma is the only character I can think of right now who is just not going to make an appearance again, and even that could change.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Sidhekin on 30 Aug 2013, 03:06
Wil won't vanish - at least to the extent that any story that has a visit to the pub will have him serving.
And how often has that been?

(Plus, it's not the only bar about ...)

Not saying Jeph is writing anyone out, but Wil, Penelope, and Cosette are not exactly linchpins here.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 30 Aug 2013, 03:23
Wil won't vanish - at least to the extent that any story that has a visit to the pub will have him serving.
And how often has that been?

Let's just say "from time to time".
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: toffee-skye on 30 Aug 2013, 03:57
come on now, how often have any of them said they quit or they're leaving or gone or out or words to that effect? i hope am pretty sure they're just joking.

wouldn't mind seeing the back of Cosette though. she irks me for reasons i really can't describe. the others seem to exist in a state of suspended disbelief, in regards to their sense of humour to anthroPCs to everything else, but Cosette seems not to be in the same state. sorry, that was probably really badly written!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 30 Aug 2013, 04:44
I'd also be on board with Cosette leaving and Penelope staying. Cosette is just... weird.

That said, it's still Jeph's comic and I think it will be fine whatever he decides to do.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Melauren on 30 Aug 2013, 05:12
Would Pennelope have been the better candidate for promotion?

Perhaps Penelope thinks so... which could be the real reason behind her apparent resignation. Getting passed over for a promotion you think you deserve pretty much bites.

I see why Dora did it, though. Aside from the obvious friendship/seniority/strip importance factors between Dora and Faye, this job was always a hiccup on Penelope's resume. Not sure what kind of education she has, but she wants to be in the writing and publishing business. Faye is in a better position to build a career working with Dora and doing her art on the side.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ankhtahr on 30 Aug 2013, 06:02
I don't really think their resignation is meant seriously. It seems more like a small joking stab in Faye's direction.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Mad Cat on 30 Aug 2013, 06:23
That middle one's Cosette? She has shrunk.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Boradis on 30 Aug 2013, 07:30
I'm hardly a fan of Faye as she reminds me too much of some people I've known. In my experience someone with a gruff-but-jovial demeanor usually evolves into a petty asshole once they've gotten enough power-ups. So yeah, I'm comparing Faye to a bitch-type Pokemon.

Until now Faye's mean-spiritedness (and let's be fair, she enjoys making people feel like shit) has been limited by her being on an even playing field with those around her. And maybe she's nice to the kid who comes around, but that's just been playing. But put someone like Faye in charge and add some pressure? I wouldn't want to work for her. Imagine what it would be like to work for someone who's that caustic and snide when you can't snark back? And it doesn't matter how casual the workplace might be, it's never a good idea to snark at a supervisor. Even if it doesn't cause trouble, you'll never know for sure and always worry.

And to those who think they're joking, I dunno. Granted it is a comic strip, but that didn't look like a funny panel to me. It looked like two people calmly making a dead serious decision, two innocents being shocked by it (Hanners I can understand, but how out of touch must Dora be to not even expect this reaction?) and Faye resentfully having her concerns confirmed.

This feels like something plot heavy rather than jokey.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: FuryoftheStars on 30 Aug 2013, 08:35
It could very well be.  But, yeah, it is a comic, so... it could go either way.  And also being a comic, Faye doesn't have to turn out for the worse from it.  Too bad RL wasn't the same way, right?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Mr_Rose on 30 Aug 2013, 09:13
Er Faye "enjoys making people feel like shit" now?
Since when?
No, seriously, what?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Thrudd on 30 Aug 2013, 10:11
Remember, this IS "Coffee of Doom" where people come for the abuse and stay for the really good coffee.  8-)
Also, we love our customers, even when we encourage them leave.  :-D

These people have been working at CoD how long? Of course the snark will be there. It's in the job description.
Just because they love her doesn't mean they won't yank her chain.

If things reveal themselves as I think they will, I predict they will do the equivalent of "just kidding", "Cheeze, you've known us how long?"
all followed by a "It's about friggin time" and "now where are our hatssss?" as well as "Trozz" or would it be more of a "Poit" moment?

Now watch as we get Yelling Bird for the next few strips, just to give us all a wedgie.

Bacciferous Platin Pachinko Crocoite
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 30 Aug 2013, 10:50
I can't imagine either of them being 'put on a bus'. When has that happened in QC? All the old characters are still around, with maybe... two exceptions? Padma is the only character I can think of right now who is just not going to make an appearance again, and even that could change.

Word of God is that Ellen, Natasha, and Sara are gone forever. Others have gone so far into the background that it would take a major archaeological dig to find them again.

Er Faye "enjoys making people feel like shit" now?
Since when?
No, seriously, what?

Hemingway. Also the Insult Vampire strip, also her early treatment of Raven.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 30 Aug 2013, 11:00
Word of God is that Ellen, Natasha, and Sara are gone forever.
Until they aren't.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: FunkyTuba on 30 Aug 2013, 11:45
Yes, I realize that the "shop is the new cool thing because they insult you" storyline was quite a while back IRL, but it's only a few months ago in QC time.

However, the impression I got from that storyline was not that Coffee of Doom was new but it had just been discovered by a reviewer.  I got the impression from the conversations between Dora and Marten's mother (and Dora and the guy who runs the other bakery) that Coffee of Doom had been around for a while.

I completely agree, even if I didn't say that clearly in my post... sometimes the 'new cool thing' is actually quite established and only becomes new and cool when it gets publicity. My sense is that that happened recently enough for the shop to still be riding that wave... has there been a winter in-comic since then?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Mr. Doctor on 30 Aug 2013, 11:49
Also the Insult Vampire strip
Damn, I don't remember this one at all. D:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Boradis on 30 Aug 2013, 11:51
Er Faye "enjoys making people feel like shit" now?
Since when?
No, seriously, what?

Hemingway. Also the Insult Vampire strip, also her early treatment of Raven.

The entire arc of her relationship with Angus was about her allowing someone inside her personal space. She pushes people away because she's emotionally damaged and she blunts her insults with humor to protect herself from the scorn that would come from just being snarly.

Anytime someone displays a chink in their armor Faye is there to stab them with a smirk. I'm only a casual reader and I know that's pretty much her whole shtick. When it comes to punchlines Pintsize says vulgar things, Hanners says insecure things, and Faye insults.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jmucchiello on 30 Aug 2013, 12:14
I actually wouldn't mind having Faye as my boss
But are you basing that on strictly what you know about Faye as heard at work or are you basing that on having ready 2000+ comics she appears frequently in. We know why Faye keeps the world at arms length with biting sarcasm. Do Penelope and Cosette know that?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 30 Aug 2013, 12:36
They've been working with Faye long enough to have a clue about how she operates.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Storel on 30 Aug 2013, 13:18
The thing is, Faye was already pretty much in charge of things whenever Dora wasn't around. Why would they even see it as a big change?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Blood-Tree on 30 Aug 2013, 14:24
Well, I say good for Penelope, way to stick it to the man and hit out against nepotism.

Dora totally should have given the others the chance to apply for the role.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 30 Aug 2013, 14:54
...why? What good would an interview do?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 30 Aug 2013, 15:09
Faye has seniority.


And what??!


Hmmm.  I really hope Pen-Pen stays, Cosette we could probably loose without too much harlm - Leaving room for 'The Coming Of Dale!'   :-D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: TangleTree on 30 Aug 2013, 15:31
finally, after 5 years... :
http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1228 (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1228)

"the mind, it doth boggle"  :psyduck:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Blood-Tree on 30 Aug 2013, 15:34
...why? What good would an interview do?

I guess I just don't see Faye as being obviously more skilled or deserving of a promotion than the others?

I see 'interview' as a fairly flexible sort of term that can cover a wide variety of different selection methods. The matter should be settled through trial by combat. Preferably battle spatulas at dawn.

(I would also point out that I have never claimed my opinions are sensible or coherent)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Mr_Rose on 30 Aug 2013, 15:41
Uh, she has like at least eighteen months seniority on Penelope, regularly trains new employees, and actually gives enough of a damn about the place to think up ways to save money and/or boost revenue on her own initiative.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 30 Aug 2013, 15:46
Faye trained Cosette, so there's no way that Cosette has seniority over her. I don't think Penelope has ever shown any signs whatsoever of being manager material - she's never opened or closed, she's never had any ideas or done anything to help the business, she doesn't really care about the shop. It's not nepotism because they are not related. It's a business owner making a sensible and straightforward decision about her business, how is that wrong?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Blood-Tree on 30 Aug 2013, 16:03
Those are all great points and you win.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 30 Aug 2013, 17:11
I can't tell whether or not you are being sarcastic but there's not exactly anything to win here, it's just a discussion.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 30 Aug 2013, 17:35
Insult Vampire (http://www.questionablecontent.net/656).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 30 Aug 2013, 18:58
Of course, there's also the negotiating she's done on behalf of the shop (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1924) in the past...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Masterpiece on 31 Aug 2013, 01:25
Faye has repeatedly proven to be a valuable asset to the shop and is a remembered by customers, whereas Penelope just fades into the background.

Which sorta makes me miss the times when Penelope was a more active character.

And whatever happened to Raven?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Mr_Rose on 31 Aug 2013, 01:43
Cut waaaay back on her hours so she could attend uni to get a degree in (astro?)physics(?) and/or confuse the faculty into submission.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 31 Aug 2013, 12:11
More recently came back to earn enough money not to have to move in with her parents.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: 94ssd on 31 Aug 2013, 12:15
it's never a good idea to snark at a supervisor. Even if it doesn't cause trouble, you'll never know for sure and always worry.

If there was any concern about snark being an issue, everyone would have been fired about 2000 comics ago.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: celticgeek on 31 Aug 2013, 12:21
Not that it hasn't been suggested. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=82)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 31 Aug 2013, 13:22
Not that it hasn't been suggested. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=82)

Geez. Compare that strip to Friday's (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2524) and you'd swear it wasn't the same comic.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 31 Aug 2013, 22:31
Pretty sure that was fighting snark with snark. 

Or just thinly veiled threats. 



OK, unveiled threats. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 31 Aug 2013, 22:42
Just so long as it wasn't a Boojum.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 01 Sep 2013, 03:56
Westrim, you HAVE to go with "Will they or won't they?" as the poll question this week...

Waitaminute... what am I saying?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Pilchard123 on 01 Sep 2013, 15:26
I'm hardly a fan of Faye as she reminds me too much of some people I've known. In my experience someone with a gruff-but-jovial demeanor usually evolves into a petty asshole once they've gotten enough power-ups. So yeah, I'm comparing Faye to a bitch-type Pokemon.

Or, as of X and Y, a Faye-ry type.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2520-2524 (August 26-30, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 01 Sep 2013, 15:39
*groan*

(explanation (http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Fairy_%28type%29))