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Title: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: westrim on 08 Sep 2013, 00:01
Well, here's the polread, because portmanteaus make EVERYTHING BETTER!!! Right?

Yes, there are a dozen options I left out, some of which I thought of and nixed. Anything Dale would probably dominate the poll, for instance.

I am curious if the guy in 2529 is a fan of Jackie Robinson or Hitchhikers Guide?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: WAYF on 08 Sep 2013, 02:13
Ah yes, portmanteaus could never lead to bad things (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm8AwrL_Hyw)...

Actually, there are a lot of sensible, practical things I could choose, but I didn't realize until I looked at the poll just how much I kinda missed the hipster slander (that would NEVER fly in real life).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Pilchard123 on 08 Sep 2013, 02:48
[ ] More cowbell
[ ] More desu
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ankhtahr on 08 Sep 2013, 04:10
What about "More doom"?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 08 Sep 2013, 05:38
Thanks for taking the thread this week.

The tank top and numbers look like a basketball uniform of some sort. If it doesn't match one of the local schools, I'd almost think it was the University of Kansas.

</sports_geek>
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DrBear on 08 Sep 2013, 05:57
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 08 Sep 2013, 07:54
I am curious if the guy in 2529 is a fan of Jackie Robinson or Hitchhikers Guide?

He does look as if his smartphone should be telling him, "Don't Panic."
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ankhtahr on 08 Sep 2013, 09:43
I just hope that there won't be some evil cliffhanger on Friday. I want my birthday cliffhanger-free.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Rghfrgl on 08 Sep 2013, 11:00
I just hope that there won't be some evil cliffhanger on Friday. I want my birthday cliffhanger-free.

Dora's been murdered! Who could have done this? The girlfriend? The jealous ex-boyfriend? The ambitious underling making a play for the shop? Or Hanners?

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Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 08 Sep 2013, 11:50
No, obviously
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Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 08 Sep 2013, 11:52
No, no, you've got that confused.

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Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: mtmerrick on 08 Sep 2013, 12:07
More specials, obviously!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Masterpiece on 08 Sep 2013, 12:17
I just hope that there won't be some evil cliffhanger on Friday. I want my birthday cliffhanger-free.



Subtle hint that it's your birthday this Friday?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ankhtahr on 08 Sep 2013, 12:23
Rather not-too-subtle. Actually I think I mentioned it somewhere else before. Actually I was serious. I don't want this birthday to suck like the last one. Which I spent working for a school project due the day after it, about which my teacher told me that day.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: mtmerrick on 08 Sep 2013, 12:51
I just hope that there won't be some evil cliffhanger on Friday. I want my birthday cliffhanger-free.
Subtle hint that it's your birthday this Friday?
it was my birthday yesterday. i did not make a big deal out of it.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 08 Sep 2013, 14:30
Once you've had enough of them, they stop being such a big deal.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ankhtahr on 08 Sep 2013, 15:32
I guess this one would be much less of a big deal to me, if I'd have had an opportunity to celebrate my last one. 'Cause when you're 18 you're basically allowed to do anything here, so the birthdays after your 18's aren't so important anymore.

Also belated happy birthday mtmerrick!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 08 Sep 2013, 16:25
You're all wrong


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Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: mtmerrick on 08 Sep 2013, 16:52
(click to show/hide)

D= butwhy
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Rghfrgl on 08 Sep 2013, 16:58
 Mystery savvy. It's always the guy they try and make you forget was ever there in the first place.

 He also looks like he could be a butler.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 08 Sep 2013, 17:00
Because it's so completely random and senseless, they'd never suspect him. It's the perfect crime!  :police:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 08 Sep 2013, 17:19
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Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: mtmerrick on 08 Sep 2013, 17:40
seriously why does everyone want dora dead?  :psyduck:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 08 Sep 2013, 17:42
I'm missing how "polread" is a portmanteau.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 08 Sep 2013, 17:51
"poll thread"
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 08 Sep 2013, 17:55
Oh. Does...does anyone call it that?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 08 Sep 2013, 17:58
Westrim, apparently, I guess?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 08 Sep 2013, 18:13
Ah. I'm not really sure polread works, shouldn't a portmanteau be fewer syllables than the actual phrase? Maybe pread would work.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 08 Sep 2013, 18:23
No, if I did the WCDT, it'd be a "Pred."

Or, as has been thrown around the internets lately, "Perd."
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 08 Sep 2013, 18:58
Pronounced pred, but spelled pread.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 08 Sep 2013, 20:47
(http://www.virginmedia.com/images/praed-now-290x400.jpg)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: FunkyTuba on 08 Sep 2013, 20:53
[X] More cowbell
[ ] More desu
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 08 Sep 2013, 20:59
Will Dale learn to be rude to customers, or will CoD become a more polite place?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 08 Sep 2013, 21:01
It's probably not best to tell your new boss that you quit your old job with no notice whatsoever...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Truec on 08 Sep 2013, 21:08
I am shocked, dismayed, and horrifed!  You went through all the trouble of shortening Faye's new rank to Ass Man, but not a single poll option related to butts?  Scorn and disapproval!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Indicible on 08 Sep 2013, 22:59
Dale knows how to quit a job. Although it did not get as hysterical as this... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChbaCxpB5ck) (the guy in this ad supposedly won the French lottery. And thus quit.)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: westrim on 08 Sep 2013, 23:12
Jeez, what was Dale's issue with the pizza job? It didn't seem that bad.

I am shocked, dismayed, and horrified!  You went through all the trouble of shortening Faye's new rank to Ass Man, but not a single poll option related to butts?  Scorn and disapproval!
My Butts Disease infection is quite mild.

Oh. Does...does anyone call it that?
No.

Pronounced pred, but spelled pread.
Sounds better, but I was trying to make it vaguely obvious.

Seriously why does everyone want dora dead?  :psyduck:
She knows why.

What about "More doom"?
I thought More door was doomy enough.  You can't simply walk into it, after all.

[ ] More cowbell
[ ] More desu
No.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Nepiophage on 08 Sep 2013, 23:32
Walk in on a meeting between the boss and some important clients, and staple your resignation to his tie.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: snubnose on 08 Sep 2013, 23:41
Dale goes up in the coorperate world.

Soon he'll be waiter at a fancy restaurant.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: J on 09 Sep 2013, 00:27
what, did he sprint all the way to the coffee shop or something?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: rschill on 09 Sep 2013, 00:29
Yay!  No more glowing glasses! 

Sorry, but it's almost as bad as a bluetooth headset. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Mr_Rose on 09 Sep 2013, 00:43
Jeez, what was Dale's issue with the pizza job? It didn't seem that bad.

It's pizza delivery. It starts that bad then gets worse as time goes on. At least Dale has a car though; I'd really ate to be doing that on a rusting hulk of a bike like the kids around here have to.

(In case your imagination needs a kickstart, delivering pizzas combines the very worst of retail with the very worst of delivery then paints a target on your back…)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesariojpn on 09 Sep 2013, 01:17
seriously why does everyone want dora dead?  :psyduck:

We wanna collect on her Life Insurance policy.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: rschill on 09 Sep 2013, 01:54
Jeez, what was Dale's issue with the pizza job? It didn't seem that bad.

It's pizza delivery. It starts that bad then gets worse as time goes on. At least Dale has a car though; I'd really ate to be doing that on a rusting hulk of a bike like the kids around here have to.

(In case your imagination needs a kickstart, delivering pizzas combines the very worst of retail with the very worst of delivery then paints a target on your back…)

It's not that bad really, especially if you're an introvert with ADD.  The take home pay can be pretty good depending on your area, there are regular intervals of alone time, and there is outside stimulation for most of the day.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: WAYF on 09 Sep 2013, 02:21
I found panel 3 oddly satisfying. Dale's got style.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesariojpn on 09 Sep 2013, 03:52
Jeez, what was Dale's issue with the pizza job? It didn't seem that bad.

It's pizza delivery. It starts that bad then gets worse as time goes on. At least Dale has a car though; I'd really ate to be doing that on a rusting hulk of a bike like the kids around here have to.

(In case your imagination needs a kickstart, delivering pizzas combines the very worst of retail with the very worst of delivery then paints a target on your back…)

It's not that bad really, especially if you're an introvert with ADD.  The take home pay can be pretty good depending on your area, there are regular intervals of alone time, and there is outside stimulation for most of the day.

Factor in the wear and tear on your car, the shitty tips, and the hours.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ZoeB on 09 Sep 2013, 04:31
Jeez, what was Dale's issue with the pizza job? It didn't seem that bad.
Something about the interminable smell of Pizza in his car...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: techkid on 09 Sep 2013, 05:14
Waving sparklers in the air is classier than giving everyone in the place the finger. Nice :)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: rschill on 09 Sep 2013, 05:16
Jeez, what was Dale's issue with the pizza job? It didn't seem that bad.

It's pizza delivery. It starts that bad then gets worse as time goes on. At least Dale has a car though; I'd really ate to be doing that on a rusting hulk of a bike like the kids around here have to.

(In case your imagination needs a kickstart, delivering pizzas combines the very worst of retail with the very worst of delivery then paints a target on your back…)

It's not that bad really, especially if you're an introvert with ADD.  The take home pay can be pretty good depending on your area, there are regular intervals of alone time, and there is outside stimulation for most of the day.

Factor in the wear and tear on your car, the shitty tips, and the hours.

Tips you have to average, I buy cars that are close to the end of their lifespan and have always been a night owl.  The only thing that's a major drawback for me from a lot of other jobs is the stigma the job title carries as I get older. 

Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Akima on 09 Sep 2013, 06:46
Either it's a long way from the pizza-shop to CoD, or Dale is out of condition.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ankhtahr on 09 Sep 2013, 06:51
Well, it could easily be that he sprinted the 5 minutes it took him to arrive at CoD.

It just makes you wonder, what or who he ran from. Was he chased out of the pizza store?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: rschill on 09 Sep 2013, 06:55
Either it's a long way from the pizza-shop to CoD, or Dale is out of condition.

Did he sell his car? 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ankhtahr on 09 Sep 2013, 07:10
Something is wrong with the Forum I believe. I posted a reply, and it's visible everywhere except in the normal ”thread view”. I can even see it in the ”Topic Summary” in the reply page.

Here's what I wrote:

Quote
Well, it could easily be that he sprinted the 5 minutes it took him to arrive at CoD.

It just makes you wonder, what or who he ran from. Was he chased out of the pizza store?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: westrim on 09 Sep 2013, 07:39
When I picture a pizza boy, Glenn jumps to mind, so that may alter my perception.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: iconmaster on 09 Sep 2013, 07:55
Yay!  No more glowing glasses! 

Was the May storyline just an elaborate ploy for Mr. Jacques to replace Dale's glasses with normal specs?

If so... well played, Mr. Jacques.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Masterpiece on 09 Sep 2013, 08:15
UuuuuuUUUUUU you guys! DALE IS NOW HIRED BY COD!

Raaarhhurghl
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 09 Sep 2013, 09:10
Either it's a long way from the pizza-shop to CoD, or Dale is out of condition.

Did he sell his car?

There's probably no available parking anywhere near CoD.

I mean, have you ever tried to find an open parking space anywhere in Massachusetts? They're all taken.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: sitnspin on 09 Sep 2013, 09:56
There's probably no available parking anywhere near CoD.

I mean, have you ever tried to find an open parking space anywhere in Massachusetts? They're all taken.

This is so true. It is insane. I am fortunate that I get a parking spot as part of my apartment, but if I ever actually try taking my car anywhere I can't park when I get there.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 09 Sep 2013, 10:32
Well, it could easily be that he sprinted the 5 minutes it took him to arrive at CoD.

It just makes you wonder, what or who he ran from. Was he chased out of the pizza store?

Just trying to work out why the quoted message is invisible.

[EDIT]

Administrator Comment Now fixed; there is a forum test and repair function which found the error (and a handful of others) without my having to get the server administrator to do an off-line database verification.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Mlle Germain on 09 Sep 2013, 11:02
I like the "traditional QC" vibe this story arc has. Faye and Dora in the coffee shop, occasional chats with the other employes (hopefully this will become more frequent now Dale's hired), visits from other characters... Great. Also, it's nice that Dale was hired and that one can actually see his eyes.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: foolsguinea on 09 Sep 2013, 14:20
More chaos, more customers, and more Sam.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 09 Sep 2013, 14:48
The third kind of makes the first redundant.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 09 Sep 2013, 14:49
Well, at least we know he was definitely interested in the job.  ;D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: WAYF on 09 Sep 2013, 15:04
Soon CoD will grow into a hugely successful chain run exclusively by Dora's social circle. :P
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 09 Sep 2013, 15:13
The nine of The Council of Doom?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: celticgeek on 09 Sep 2013, 15:31
Dale has an "in" - he knows about the Secret Menu. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1640)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 09 Sep 2013, 15:32
The nine of The Council of Doom?
The Fellowship of the Mug?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: celticgeek on 09 Sep 2013, 15:33
But who has the "ONE RING"?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 09 Sep 2013, 15:36
Pintsize.

You don't want to know.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 09 Sep 2013, 15:46
Actually, it's Yelling Bird (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1304) (he made four more).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Coffee_Kaioken on 09 Sep 2013, 15:57
It's probably not best to tell your new boss that you quit your old job with no notice whatsoever...

Agreed.

Just a few notes on why being a pizza delivery guy can suck after a while:

- You're driving in all kinds of conditions. Rain, snow, when it's dark, when it's blazing hot, etc. and if your boss is an asshole, he'll threaten to fire you if you refuse to deliver in a superstorm.

- You're on your customer's turf and if you have to deliver to a bad part of town - at night - you're pretty much risking your neck.

-  People will tip a waitress/waiter more for walking back and forth with their pizza, than they will a driver who uses their own car/gas. If you deliver part time, you'll pretty much be spending a better deal of what you make on repairs; and if you get into an accident while on delivery, your insurance isn't going to cover you.

It was definitely fun at times, though - I loved driving faster than usual (and getting leniency for it =P), playing my music, having some small talk here and there with the nicer customers, and I had fun messing around with my coworkers in the kitchen/getting free pizza when my boss wasn't in asshole-mode. Still, once I quit, that smell took over a week to get out of my car.

Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 09 Sep 2013, 16:17
I've only ordered pizza a couple of times. The last time, I absolutely did not tip. I almost refused to pay - the pizza arrived over an hour after it was ordered, stone cold.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ankhtahr on 09 Sep 2013, 16:18
Just trying to work out why the quoted message is invisible.

So I apparently really stumbled into an error on this forum software? Hm. I wonder what caused it. I thought all the pages would generate the content from one central database which contains the posts, so when the post appears on one page, it appears on all.

On the other hand: I have no idea how forum software, especially SMF, works.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 09 Sep 2013, 16:48
I have no means to find out what happened; I imagine that there are multiple indexes for different purposes, and that one of them got out of step because of an error somewhere.  However, as there were only a handful of errors after several years of the test routine not being run (I didn't even know it was there until I decided to look today), I guess the error is not easy to trigger.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Coffee_Kaioken on 09 Sep 2013, 18:35
I've only ordered pizza a couple of times. The last time, I absolutely did not tip. I almost refused to pay - the pizza arrived over an hour after it was ordered, stone cold.

We had one driver who would sometimes get high on the job and take an hour to deliver an order. Maybe your guy was high?  :-D

OH, ON A SECOND NOTE - MARIGOLD'S REACTION IF SHE WALKS INTO COD NOWWWWW
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 09 Sep 2013, 20:02
That will be Friday's comic / cliffhanger. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: maxh on 09 Sep 2013, 21:24
I guess this kills the Claire/Marten shipping, then.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 09 Sep 2013, 21:40
I had a job where I could've kept a bong.   



I just used a pipe instead. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 09 Sep 2013, 21:47
The possibly obscure reference (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1572).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Rghfrgl on 09 Sep 2013, 22:03
I guess this kills the Claire/Marten shipping, then.

Only for I imagine 4-6 weeks.

Shit, that's like 2 years real time...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jmucchiello on 09 Sep 2013, 22:07
For the record, I am also not letting someone rub their dick on my ears.


I'm just saying...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: westrim on 09 Sep 2013, 22:08
It's hard to avoid it if you get whacked in the face by a Broom Made Entirely of Dicks.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: mustang6172 on 09 Sep 2013, 22:10
No ear job?  What a tease!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Rghfrgl on 09 Sep 2013, 22:31
No ear job?  What a tease!

When it comes to infections it's best to ear on the side of caution.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: westrim on 09 Sep 2013, 22:33
It's still too early to tell where this will go.

I'd like to note that this strip is strong evidence that Claire is into dudes, since her mind jumped to dicks and not pussies. Though I must say, rubbing a cat against the side of your face is quite pleasurable.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Mr_Rose on 09 Sep 2013, 22:52
Just try not to let it lick the piercing.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 09 Sep 2013, 23:16
Not everyone is into aural sex.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: wiserd on 09 Sep 2013, 23:34
You should never ever let someone rub their dick on your ear if it has any open wounds. That's how people get hearing AIDS.

*rimshot*
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Vurogj on 10 Sep 2013, 00:19
The possibly obscure reference (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1572).
I'm surprised you didn't go straight to the action (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1574).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: wiserd on 10 Sep 2013, 01:21
Not everyone is into aural sex.

Niiiice.  :lol:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Akima on 10 Sep 2013, 02:07
*rimshot*
Would that be a rimshot on an eardrum?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Border Reiver on 10 Sep 2013, 02:45
It's still too early to tell where this will go.

I'd like to note that this strip is strong evidence that Claire is into dudes, since her mind jumped to dicks and not pussies. Though I must say, rubbing a cat against the side of your face is quite pleasurable.

This strip, her reaction to Marten's Dad and also her reaction to Steve's butt at the party.

The lady is hetro. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: bhtooefr on 10 Sep 2013, 03:43
Clearly, she doesn't lobe getting fucked in the ear.

/me tosses a banana nut muffin in the pun jar
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 10 Sep 2013, 03:53
The pun jar has a butter overflow.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 10 Sep 2013, 04:28
The lady is hetero.
Just because she likes one doesn't mean she doesn't like the other. There's no way to know for sure yet.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 10 Sep 2013, 04:38
There's been nothing to indicate that she might be attracted to women. Considering how open and candid the other characters are about their sexuality, I'd have expected Claire to have mentioned it if she were bi by now. While I think it's good not to make assumptions, I hope people aren't assuming that Claire must be attracted to women as well because she's trans. I've never seen any speculation about Dale maybe being bi, for example, or Raven.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 10 Sep 2013, 04:46
I have quit a job like Dale did. Interestingly the only job I wanted to quit like that after the job that shall not be named was working as a barista. The coworkers were fine, the coffee drinks fun to make, but the public at large were apparently part of an attempt to turn me into a serial killer. Dale's gonna need to learn sass, sarcasm and loathing for all human life fast, the public can smell weakness on a barista without these traits.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 10 Sep 2013, 05:08
@Barmy - I really hope you don't think that's what I was assuming. I wasn't assuming anything about Claire's sexuality, I was only responding to a post that seemed to claim with certainty that she wasn't bi by pointing out that we don't know that for sure. As for Raven, I didn't realize people thought she wasn't. Also, didn't Claire say that Marten was lucky for dating Dora? (Or maybe it was the other way around, who knows?)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Neko_Ali on 10 Sep 2013, 05:19
That was a very neutral comment. When asked if Marten and Dora dated, Claire responded with a simply 'Lucky.....'. And she has commented that Marten has a lot of really attractive friends. Most of Marten's friends are girls. Really I think Steve and Pintsize are his only male friends. Sven is more like, brother of his ex, he's never hung out that much with Dale or Clinton.  So there is that. Not really an indication that Claire is into girls though. You can appreciate beauty without being sexually attracted to someone. She's definitely into the dudes though, from her reaction in so many strips.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 10 Sep 2013, 05:29
Since I know you well enough to know that you wouldn't make an assumption like "trans women must be attracted to women as well", I didn't think that - but I wanted to make the point in general because I think some people do get very muddled about the relationship between gender and sexuality. It's actually quite nice that people are talking about bisexuality as a thing that really exists, since most of the general media present it as binary: attracted to men, or attracted to women.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Neko_Ali on 10 Sep 2013, 05:37
Social stigmata is still a real thing, even if it is easing up. The people around here seem pretty open and accepting though. Which shouldn't be much of a surprise given how the comic characters are like. I've always found Dora to be a refreshing and honest take on a bisexual character. Anybody who goes so far as to like the comic enough to join the forums is probably pretty open minded, mostly.

Being trans can muddy the sexual orientation waters even further though. Depending on family and social background even more so. Because of my very conservative and gay-hating father and being bullied through high school I denied for the longest time that I was attracted to men and only dated women. It wasn't until I came out to myself as transsexual that I could admit, even to myself, that I liked both men and women. And anyone in between. (Especially those in between. mmmm androgyny.)

Claire could be easily still working out her own sexual orientation. She's only been in transition a few years at most by her own admission. Or she could know exactly what she likes. We don't have enough information to say yet.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 10 Sep 2013, 06:29
Or she could know exactly what she likes.

I think the involuntary blushing over Steve at the pool party indicates that, whether we know or not, she certainly does know what she likes...

At least, some part of her does! 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 10 Sep 2013, 06:32
I'd just like to add that recognizing that someone is good-looking isn't the same as being sexually attracted to them. I'm pretty much 100% hetero, but I can acknowlege that a man is good-looking - usually in the context of "Damn, I wish I looked more like that guy." (This thought is often directed towards Liam Neeson and Harrison Ford.)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 10 Sep 2013, 06:38
That's definitely true, I have friends who talk about finding women attractive but not being attracted to them (and I experience this even though I am attracted to both genders: I can acknowledge attractiveness without being affected by it). Basically sexuality is complicated! But I do think that Claire is definitely attracted to Steve, not just acknowledging he's attractive.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: westrim on 10 Sep 2013, 06:50
It's actually quite nice that people are talking about bisexuality as a thing that really exists, since most of the general media present it as binary: attracted to men, or attracted to women.
To be fair, that's because most of society IS binary, both outwardly and in actual fact. Males especially are very unlikely to be bisexual. Lots of people still are having a hard time or have yet to accept interest in the same sex alone- being interested in both is going to take a bit more time to represent. I don't really see that as an issue so long as what bisexual characters there are aren't caricatures- it would get very annoying if media became obsessed with matching exact ratios of human society to characters.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Neko_Ali on 10 Sep 2013, 07:28
I would personally disagree with the assessment that most people are monosexual. I think that society has to well programmed us into thinking that. We've been taught that there are boxes of sexuality, rather than a sliding curve. You are straight or gay... sometimes people add bi in there too. By which they usually mean people equally attracted to both men and women, or less polite ways of phrasing it. So pervasive this thought is that many people deny it in themselves. Then again I think a lot of the people who so strongly believe in the 'homosexuality is a choice' dogma are actually either homosexual or bisexual themselves, but don't admit to it. They decided to just date someone off the opposite sex, so they assume everyone else can do the same.

Of course I have no evidence to back this up. It's hard to get evidence on how often people deceive themselves. And I certainly don't suggest the theory that some have that 'all people are bi'. But through personal experience, other people's anecdotes and observations I suspect a lot more people are bisexual to some degree than they would admit.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: westrim on 10 Sep 2013, 07:43
I would personally disagree with the assessment that most people are monosexual. I think that society has to well programmed us into thinking that. We've been taught that there are boxes of sexuality, rather than a sliding curve. You are straight or gay... sometimes people add bi in there too. By which they usually mean people equally attracted to both men and women, or less polite ways of phrasing it. So pervasive this thought is that many people deny it in themselves. Then again I think a lot of the people who so strongly believe in the 'homosexuality is a choice' dogma are actually either homosexual or bisexual themselves, but don't admit to it. They decided to just date someone off the opposite sex, so they assume everyone else can do the same.

Of course I have no evidence to back this up. It's hard to get evidence on how often people deceive themselves. And I certainly don't suggest the theory that some have that 'all people are bi'. But through personal experience, other people's anecdotes and observations I suspect a lot more people are bisexual to some degree than they would admit.
I refuse to peck around for a full response on a smartphone screen, but suffice to say for now that we are working from a similar data set; I am quite aware that sexuality is currently simplified as a scale.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ankhtahr on 10 Sep 2013, 08:34
One of the reasons why I like this forums so much is how much I have learned from being here. I was always very open minded, but I just didn't know much about the whole topic of gender, sex, and sexuality. I never stumbled about this topic before, as I'm cis and probably hetero. But having read so much about this, from all you nice people has in a way opened my eyes to all the hetero- and cisnormativity in our society. That of course is uncomfortable, learning how bad so many people think about others, but I prefer it over being ignorant and, through that, unwillingly and unknowingly intolerant.

And just because I consider some men very attractive doesn't mean I'm sexually attracted to them. I mean, damn, David Tennant e.g. is incredibly handsome in my eyes.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zemyla on 10 Sep 2013, 08:52
Social stigmata is still a real thing, even if it is easing up.
Given we were talking about piercings, this is a particularly disturbing typo.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Neko_Ali on 10 Sep 2013, 09:06
Social stigmata is still a real thing, even if it is easing up.
Given we were talking about piercings, this is a particularly disturbing typo.
Woops! I didn't even notice I did that...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Mr_Rose on 10 Sep 2013, 11:39
Social stigmata is still a real thing, even if it is easing up.
Given we were talking about piercings, this is a particularly disturbing typo.
Woops! I didn't even notice I did that...
Now I'm glad I didn't make that herpes joke…
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 10 Sep 2013, 18:20
Best not nail that one to the masthead.



I wonder if Tai'll talk Claire into getting a piercing?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 10 Sep 2013, 18:46
...And when she does, she'll discover Claire's "secret".

Unfortunately, this is Tai we're talking about, so it'll get blabbed around - and somehow Claire will blame Marten for it.



Hilarity ensues.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 10 Sep 2013, 18:47
Oh, and in case anyone cares:

The Deathmole Kickstarter:
4,506 Backers
$137,065 pledged of $9,500 goal
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 10 Sep 2013, 18:48
I seriously doubt Tai would do that. I also wonder how he'll fit that many names in the liner notes.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Redball on 10 Sep 2013, 19:00
Jeph's wondering that as I post this.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 10 Sep 2013, 19:14
Since I posted, I added myself to that list. $10'll get me two albums and a Deathmole comic. Not a bad deal :)

92 minutes to go, everyone!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Rghfrgl on 10 Sep 2013, 19:32
...And when she does, she'll discover Claire's "secret".

Unfortunately, this is Tai we're talking about, so it'll get blabbed around - and somehow Claire will blame Marten for it.



Hilarity ensues.

There's really no evidence of it, but it's my headcanon that as her boss Tai knows and doesn't care. Like, maybe her legal paperwork isn't finished or she just told her just because. It just seems like something that'd be more likely than not.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Valdís on 10 Sep 2013, 19:47
Hilarity ensues.

..Yes, because being outted is hilarious!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: FunkyTuba on 10 Sep 2013, 20:17
30 minutes left ... and he's only $80 from $140K

If you're so inclined, here's that link (one more time!)
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/168734274/permanence-the-new-album-by-deathmle/posts
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: FunkyTuba on 10 Sep 2013, 20:19
never mind. he made it :D  :roll:  :-o
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 10 Sep 2013, 20:20
He's at $140k, I wonder what the final stretch goal is.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: MillionDollar Belt Sander on 10 Sep 2013, 20:51
He's at $140k, I wonder what the final stretch goal is.

Butts.   Plural.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 10 Sep 2013, 21:04
Something bothers me...

"Hey Tai?  You've got a lot of piercings..." 

Does she?  We see the ears.  Maybe her tongue?  Not visible, but possible.  We know about her hood, but would Claire? 

In that shirt, nipple piercings would probably be visible.  But really, alll I see are the ears.  Is that "a lot"? 

Hanners has a lot of piercings, and that's just in the ears... she'd also be a good one to ask about sanitary conditions...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ankhtahr on 10 Sep 2013, 21:16
When I saw this comic in the stream I was afraid Jeph would be planning something evil. Something along the lines of Claire dragging Marten off to accompany her for a piercing, just like he did with Tai, and Marten not knowing that she's talking about her ears. Thanks for not doing this cheap joke, Jeph!

Edit: It also just occurred to me, that this arc might deal with anxiety issues, as Claire apparently has a history with these. Why else would she have had Ativan at hand when Clinton performed his grande faux pas[/s] after the wedding. Let's hope for some positive character developments here!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 10 Sep 2013, 21:25
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand Holllldiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiingggggggggggggggggg...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Rghfrgl on 10 Sep 2013, 21:44
Something bothers me...

"Hey Tai?  You've got a lot of piercings..." 

Does she?  We see the ears.  Maybe her tongue?  Not visible, but possible.  We know about her hood, but would Claire? 

Her nose is pierced. Or she has a wart.

And I think Tai is shipping.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Spitfire on 10 Sep 2013, 21:57
Marten and Claire, holding hands. I ship it.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 10 Sep 2013, 22:17
Welcome, new person!

This strip was touching. It's a reminder that there are many ways to show affection and caring.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Squiddlywinx on 10 Sep 2013, 22:24
That was the storyline going on when I first went through the archives.

Also, don't make promises you can't keep, Claire.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Rghfrgl on 10 Sep 2013, 22:58
Also, don't make promises you can't keep, Claire.

When she tells a lie her freckles fall off.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: CrowFairy on 10 Sep 2013, 23:08
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

SO CUTE
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: techkid on 10 Sep 2013, 23:32
D'awww...

I can't think of any other response to that.

Congratulations to Jeph as well! Unfortunately, he didn't quite make 1,500% funding for his project...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 10 Sep 2013, 23:49
Major squeeing by the fanboys ensues.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 11 Sep 2013, 00:10
Something bothers me...

"Hey Tai?  You've got a lot of piercings..." 

Does she?  We see the ears.  Maybe her tongue?  Not visible, but possible.  We know about her hood, but would Claire? 

In that shirt, nipple piercings would probably be visible.  But really, alll I see are the ears.  Is that "a lot"? 

Hanners has a lot of piercings, and that's just in the ears... she'd also be a good one to ask about sanitary conditions...


People are prone to putting other people in boxes, and sometimes, when they are looking for someone who they need for something (a person to get support from, someone who'd lend you money, someone who'll watch your child, provide information on Egyptian history...), they look into a particular box, whose contents seem to meet the criteria. For example, if you don't know an Egyptologist, you'll probably look for someone with interest in ancient history next. Of course, doing so, they fail to account for some people who are not "tagged" in their mind as fitting the criteria.

tl;dr: Tai seems more like the adventurous one, so Claire probably forgot about Hanners. Or heck, Jeph did. Or maybe Claire just was thinking about piercings and Tai was the most geographically available.

Also, a gentle reminder to not go overboard with shipping. The forum does not particularly like it. I realize this may be unfamiliar waters for some members who have just recently docked here, but still, the forum is *sunglasses* not a shipping haven.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Schmee on 11 Sep 2013, 00:34
Keep your ships close, or *sunglasses* the canon will sink them.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: wiserd on 11 Sep 2013, 00:45
*rimshot*
Would that be a rimshot on an eardrum?
Touche
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Masterpiece on 11 Sep 2013, 01:39
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand Holllldiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiingggggggggggggggggg...
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

SO CUTE
Rghfrgl
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Soulsynger on 11 Sep 2013, 02:26
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand Holllldiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiingggggggggggggggggg...
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
SO CUTE
Rghfrgl

Hey! That's MY line!

Wonder what kinda earpiece Claire would get. ... or did she want an entire artificial ear like Clinton has an artificial hand? °O
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Mr_Rose on 11 Sep 2013, 03:39
…I'm not sure that would technically qualify as a piercing.
Unless the new ear was put through the old one somehow?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Arancaytar on 11 Sep 2013, 03:51
Accompanying redheaded girls getting piercings is Marten's new side gig, I gather. :P
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 11 Sep 2013, 04:00
So is there anyone here who didn't see this coming?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 11 Sep 2013, 04:44
I didn't really see Claire getting a piercing no. In fact I didn't know her ears weren't pierced already.

*insert five minutes of fanboy squees and "they're holding hands! they're holding hands!" here*
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ZoeB on 11 Sep 2013, 05:42
(http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ZBqH2RPmER0/UjBeai1ItCI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/RS5MZ3i1qck/w283-h267-no/shipahoy.JPG)

squee.

I say again, SQUEE

Getting my ears pierced was a big deal for me too. The first thing where I actively did something about transition, rather than just rolling with the punches. An admission that this was what I wanted, an irrevocable step in my own mind. It *was* the decision to have surgery, not just what was needed for urinary function and to remove cancer risk, but to have normal female genitalia. Or as close as I could get.

The rest followed inevitably, but this, this was my decision. And my acknowledgement to myself that this is what I'd always wanted, always needed, since childhood.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Soulsynger on 11 Sep 2013, 07:01
By the by, if THAT panel doesn't make it into the QC Captions thread I'm gonna shoot this guy (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php?action=profile;u=58628).

Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 11 Sep 2013, 07:03
$30.51 per person donating.  :-o
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Neko_Ali on 11 Sep 2013, 07:32
It's entirely likely that Tai has talked about her piercings, including ones you can't see. She likes to talk about her hood piercing after all. Assuming she hasn't shown them off to the co-workers/friends anyway... This is Tai we are talking about. She dropped trousers in front of Marten when she got the piercing done with no problem. I guess I can see why Claire would be nervous. I can't say I had the same reaction though.. I got my left ear pierced back in high school, when I was in boy-mode and that was the 'cool' thing to do. Probably my one nod to being coolness... but I really just wanted both ears pierced. It just wasn't done back then, unless you were showing off that you were gay, and I had enough trouble with that. When I made my decision that I needed to transition I went out and got  both ears done. The left side had grown over by then. And that was ten years before I was able to actually get around to transitioning... So it really wasn't that big a thing for me.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 11 Sep 2013, 07:39
Claire said some things on her Twitter feed about wanting a piercing but being nervous.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: kyomi on 11 Sep 2013, 08:57
I miss Pintsize, Momo and May :(
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Rghfrgl on 11 Sep 2013, 09:18
 Well, Momo could have a arc about getting piercings, but you'd need a pretty strong drill.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Smallest on 11 Sep 2013, 10:00
It's entirely likely that Tai has talked about her piercings, including ones you can't see. She likes to talk about her hood piercing after all. Assuming she hasn't shown them off to the co-workers/friends anyway... This is Tai we are talking about. She dropped trousers in front of Marten when she got the piercing done with no problem.

This, and also she might have some facial ones that are worn on some days and not others
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Pilchard123 on 11 Sep 2013, 10:57
[...] Momo could have a arc about getting piercings [...]

I'm stealing this pun. I can't think what to do with it though :(
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Thrudd on 11 Sep 2013, 11:21
[...] Momo could have a arc about getting piercings [...]
I'm stealing this pun. I can't think what to do with it though :(
It would be a shocking reveal but only after she hammers out the rough spots.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jmucchiello on 11 Sep 2013, 13:38
Accompanying redheaded girls getting piercings is Marten's new side gig, I gather. :P
Maybe he gets a commission when he brings in a redheaded girl for a piercing.

It's my headcanon now!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: FunkyTuba on 11 Sep 2013, 14:12
here's hoping for a particular image to show up in next week's caption contest...

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: muon on 11 Sep 2013, 14:40
squee.

I say again, SQUEE

SQUEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

Quote
Getting my ears pierced was a big deal for me too.
And yeah, getting my ears pierced was a pretty big deal for me too, although at that point I had been pretty out with the way I dress for about a year already.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 11 Sep 2013, 14:47
I remember I got my ears pierced near the end of the summer between years of college, then stretched them out over the course of the school year, then took them out and let them shrink. Kind of tempted to repierce them but I don't know how professional it would be in law school.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 11 Sep 2013, 20:55
Claire is adorable.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Rghfrgl on 11 Sep 2013, 20:58
Friday's is up too, at least at the moment.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 11 Sep 2013, 21:04
Not anymore! 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 11 Sep 2013, 21:47
On the contrary. (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2534)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ankhtahr on 11 Sep 2013, 22:45
I'm not gonna look. That'd be like opening presents early.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 11 Sep 2013, 23:56
She's done a bounce and go landing, now she has to go round and line up the runway again.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: CrowFairy on 12 Sep 2013, 00:30
I accidentally saw it before I saw today's actual comic. D: My boyfriend was all, "QC is up," and I was all, "Yeah, I know--wait, what's that?" By the time he looked, it was already the proper comic. Imagine my confusion!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: KOK on 12 Sep 2013, 01:37
Why does she do it if she finds it so frightening? Lots of women live happily with no piercings.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: CrowFairy on 12 Sep 2013, 01:48
Ears are fun to accessorize! I say this as a person who has been too afraid to get her ears pierced because I'd literally faint if I saw the needle. I have anxiety attacks over them. x_x And I know I'd spend all my money on earrings.

Seriously, go on Etsy and look at how many wonderful kinds of earrings there are. Accessorizing is fun, and my guess is that Claire wants to enjoy what so many other females our age have been brave enough to do.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 12 Sep 2013, 02:06
Why does she do it if she finds it so frightening? Lots of women live happily with no piercings.

A possibility: "Go where you're not comfortable." Or facing a fear, or some such motivational stuff. Or as one of the more thoughtful forumites pointed out earlier, this might be her first "OK, now it's time to do a girl thing" thing -- although the number of guys getting punctured makes that a shaky generalization indeed.

Eh, me ... I don't elect to get punctured unless it involves the nice Red Cross lady trading me OJ for Type O, but that's just me.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: KOK on 12 Sep 2013, 02:12
But she does not need piercings to be more feminine. She is entirely feminine as is.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 12 Sep 2013, 02:19
But she does not need piercings to be more feminine. She is entirely feminine as is.

Ain't what I said.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Welu on 12 Sep 2013, 04:24
Why does she do it if she finds it so frightening? Lots of women live happily with no piercings.

Fear of pain, I'm guessing. I'm always terrified before a tattoo or piercings and build up the pain a lot in my head. Then, usually, it's nowhere near as painful as I thought and makes the getting a little easier since it wasn't as bad as in my head.
Then once I've got it, I'm super delighted and forget all about the pain. Claire may do the same.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 12 Sep 2013, 04:28
Feminine to your perception does not mean feminine in her head, and like Emo said, it's fun! Personally I've considered getting a piercing (outer ear, like a wrap around bit, I have no clue what those are called in this mythic "real world") but watch one or two earrings get ripped out in hand to hand and it puts you off them for good.


Accompanying redheaded girls getting piercings is Marten's new side gig, I gather. :P
Maybe he gets a commission when he brings in a redheaded girl for a piercing.

It's my headcanon now!

I just found my new calling in life.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 12 Sep 2013, 06:57
Are you talking about an earcuff?  Those don't generally need a piercing, they just wrap around the cartilage wave at the outside edge of your ear. 

Big back in the 80's-90's. 


(http://nakedboutique.com/system/0001/4039/ear_cuff_gala_small.jpg?1334419387)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Border Reiver on 12 Sep 2013, 08:55
Accompanying redheaded girls getting piercings is Marten's new side gig, I gather. :P
Maybe he gets a commission when he brings in a redheaded girl for a piercing.

It's my headcanon now!

Why would Marten want to be an officer?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 12 Sep 2013, 09:48
Accompanying redheaded girls getting piercings is Marten's new side gig, I gather. :P
Maybe he gets a commission when he brings in a redheaded girl for a piercing.

It's my headcanon now!

Why would Marten want to be an officer?

Being an officer is cool only if you get your own head cannon.

(Who's left, then? Harriet?)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 12 Sep 2013, 10:12
I have a cuff (somewhere...) which has an earring on a chain attached to the ornate cuff bit. I feel like it makes me look a bit like a lesbian pirate. I'm not sure if I'd wear it any more but I wish I knew where it was so I could have the option!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 12 Sep 2013, 11:12
Are you talking about an earcuff?  Those don't generally need a piercing, they just wrap around the cartilage wave at the outside edge of your ear. 

...I need that.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Storel on 12 Sep 2013, 11:26
[ ] more funny!

Jeez, what was Dale's issue with the pizza job? It didn't seem that bad.

I'm surprised nobody has posted this yet: 2476 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2476)

What about "More doom"?
I thought More door was doomy enough.  You can't simply walk into it, after all.

Grooooaaan.

Social stigmata is still a real thing, even if it is easing up.
Given we were talking about piercings, this is a particularly disturbing typo.

 :lol: Well put, Zemyla, and a belated "Welcome!"

I seriously doubt Tai would do that. I also wonder how he'll fit that many names in the liner notes.
Jeph's wondering that as I post this.

Multi-page liner notes, or three-point type. Or both, if necessary.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 12 Sep 2013, 15:23
"For a list of everyone who helped on this album, please go to questionablecontent.net/linernotes."
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 12 Sep 2013, 17:13
It's not there. That being said, I really hope he does put a QR code in the actual liner notes linking to that.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 12 Sep 2013, 18:30
I didn't say it was actually there right now. I was just throwing that out as a suggestion.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 12 Sep 2013, 20:21
www.gullible.com 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 12 Sep 2013, 20:22
Are you talking about an earcuff?  Those don't generally need a piercing, they just wrap around the cartilage wave at the outside edge of your ear. 

Big back in the 80's-90's. 


(http://nakedboutique.com/system/0001/4039/ear_cuff_gala_small.jpg?1334419387)

So that's what they're called.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/157282280/the-dwarvish-ear-cuff-silver-lotr-hobbit?ref=sr_gallery_4&sref=sr_59bb20cade06639c91b03d5a412803765e3a7801bde89fd7a3d30bf66a453a91_1379042050_14674645_ear_cuff&ga_gclid=CN6vi_yzx7kCFUFnOgodqmYAIA&ga_search_query=celtic+ear+cuff&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_utm_source=google&ga_utm_medium=sem&ga_utm_geo=global&ga_utm_term=celtic+ear+cuff_Phrase&ga_utm_campaign=adobe_Jewelry-Body&ga_utm_ag=Body-Ear+Cuffs&ga_ef_id=UjKDAQAAAeE4wHTC%3A20130913031409%3As&ga_search_type=all

I like this one!


I have a cuff (somewhere...) which has an earring on a chain attached to the ornate cuff bit. I feel like it makes me look a bit like a lesbian pirate. I'm not sure if I'd wear it any more but I wish I knew where it was so I could have the option!

No no! It makes you look Bajoran!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Arancaytar on 12 Sep 2013, 20:38
Chekhov's sign:

Quote from: sign
You must be over 18 or have a guardian present.

Next week starts off with Marten being mistaken for underage-Claire's guardian (not implausible, since Claire could pass for fourteen and he for mid-thirties), causing further awkwardness between them and prematurely giving him midlife-crisis feels. I'm calling it.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 12 Sep 2013, 21:10
I didn't say it was actually there right now. I was just throwing that out as a suggestion.
You used quotes, and it wasn't unreasonable. Why wouldn't I have checked?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Skewbrow on 12 Sep 2013, 21:12
So I had to google up "Prince Albert". The result was ... educational.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 12 Sep 2013, 21:17
Was he in the can? 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 12 Sep 2013, 21:27
Prince Alberts visit the can several times a day.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Skewbrow on 12 Sep 2013, 21:30
... and occasionally take Victoria for a joy ride.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 12 Sep 2013, 22:50
And this is where we find out about another of Jimbos jobs.  :-D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Akima on 13 Sep 2013, 03:43
Why are there racks of sweaters or hoodies or something in a piercing/tattooing place? Do they normally sell clothes as well in the USA? Take in dry cleaning? Have a huge staff who nearly all wear black?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Pilchard123 on 13 Sep 2013, 04:32
Quick replacements for blood-stained garments.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: no one special on 13 Sep 2013, 04:42
I love how Marten has absolutely zero reaction to the screams of horror.  That man has seen some shit.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Pilchard123 on 13 Sep 2013, 04:59
It occurs to me that "You must be 18 or have a guardian present" could be taken to mean that people who are 19-plus must also have a guardian present.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: bhtooefr on 13 Sep 2013, 05:07
Re: Prince Alberts:

NOPENOPENOPENOPENOPE
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Pilchard123 on 13 Sep 2013, 05:19
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/50681a805561cd8fd0e0391a9de24467/tumblr_menghmmr3I1qbvaf3o1_500.gif)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Iristindhe on 13 Sep 2013, 05:36
Chekhov's sign:

Quote from: sign
You must be over 18 or have a guardian present.

Next week starts off with Marten being mistaken for underage-Claire's guardian (not implausible, since Claire could pass for fourteen and he for mid-thirties), causing further awkwardness between them and prematurely giving him midlife-crisis feels. I'm calling it.

Or worse - Claire being asked for ID. She DOES look pretty young, and... well, if her ID still says 'male', she might not want to show it... I dunno.

I'm hoping it's not that, though. Too traumatic. :(
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ankhtahr on 13 Sep 2013, 05:37
It occurs to me that "You must be 18 or have a guardian present" could be taken to mean that people who are 19-plus must also have a guardian present.

Damn. A day too late. Good thing I don't want a piercing or tattoo.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Skewbrow on 13 Sep 2013, 05:58
Happy B-day, Ankhtar, anyway :-/
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 13 Sep 2013, 06:31
Why are there racks of sweaters or hoodies or something in a piercing/tattooing place? Do they normally sell clothes as well in the USA? Take in dry cleaning? Have a huge staff who nearly all wear black?

The Bearded Lady in Provincetown (http://beardedladypiercing.wordpress.com/swag/) sells t-shirts with her logo and several... "cute" sayings.  She did my older daughter's eyebrow a few years ago. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 13 Sep 2013, 06:59
It occurs to me that "You must be 18 or have a guardian present" could be taken to mean that people who are 19-plus must also have a guardian present.

Damn. A day too late. Good thing I don't want a piercing or tattoo.

ARG GODDAMMIT I WROTE IT DOWN WHEN YOU MENTIONED IT LAST WEEK BUT I FORGOT

Happy Birthday!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ankhtahr on 13 Sep 2013, 07:05
ARG GODDAMMIT I WROTE IT DOWN WHEN YOU MENTIONED IT LAST WEEK BUT I FORGOT

Happy Birthday!
:laugh:
Thanks. And don't worry, I definitely know this feeling. And thanks Skewbrow!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ZoeB on 13 Sep 2013, 07:27
Getting my ears pierced was a big deal for me too.
And yeah, getting my ears pierced was a pretty big deal for me too, although at that point I had been pretty out with the way I dress for about a year already.
I was still presenting as male then. Or trying to, with a bit less success every passing day (pardon the pun). That was when the change rate was at its height, losing a kilo a day, blood chemistry well beyond anything remotely normal. Sex hormones were just part of it, other things were happening that were life threatening. I suspect this kind of thing is more common than the literature would suggest, but usually pretty quickly fatal so unreported.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ZoeB on 13 Sep 2013, 07:30
Kind of tempted to repierce them but I don't know how professional it would be in law school.
One of the great Advantages of being a Geekette - I can wear Dalek earrings when giving lectures, and get complimentary remarks.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ankhtahr on 13 Sep 2013, 07:42
My chemistry teacher in Gymnasium was famous for her unusual earrings. Once she wore earrings in the form of the Enterprise NCC-1701 and the NCC-1701-D.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 13 Sep 2013, 07:53
One day I will look up how to tell them apart, but today is not this day.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Pilchard123 on 13 Sep 2013, 08:00
The bottom of the NCC-1701 (disc-thing) was convex, NCC-1701-D had a concave bottom. The front parts of the NCC-1701 warp nacelles were orange, NCC-1701-D was pink. NCC-1701 was Constitution-class, NCC-1701-D was Galaxy-class.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ankhtahr on 13 Sep 2013, 08:01
Well, keeping the NCC-1701 and the NCC-1701-D apart is easy. The D is the one from TNG, the original Enterprise is from the original series.

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Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 13 Sep 2013, 11:38
From one of the modelmakers:
The original-series Enterprise looked like it was built by Ford.
The movie-series Enterprise looked like it was built by Chevy.
The Next Generation Enterprise (the "D") looked like it was built by Mazda.

From me:
The original-series Enterprise looked like a double-barreled hair dryer.
The movie-series Enterprise looked like a double-barrelled hair dryer as sold by Sharper Image.
Excelsior/Enterprise-B looked like a pizza cutter.
Yesterday's Enterprise ("C") looked like a bigger pizza cutter.
The Next Generation Enterprise (la "D") looked like a gravy ladle.
Enterprise-E looked as if someone melted Enterprise-B and stepped on it.
Voyager looked like a sugar or flour scoop.
Defiant looked like a hip flask.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: wiserd on 13 Sep 2013, 15:23
Why are there racks of sweaters or hoodies or something in a piercing/tattooing place? Do they normally sell clothes as well in the USA? Take in dry cleaning? Have a huge staff who nearly all wear black?

I can't remember the name of the place, but my wife got a piercing in one of those 'cutsey kawaii' type stores that sold earrings, clothes, the 1,000th re-incarnation of Hello Kitty and other fashion accessories for girls...  This encapsulates the extent of my knowledge of piercing establishments.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: wiserd on 13 Sep 2013, 16:17
It occurs to me that "You must be 18 or have a guardian present" could be taken to mean that people who are 19-plus must also have a guardian present.

I'm not sure where you're coming from here. Exclusive "OR" would imply that you could have one or the other. Inclusive "OR" would allow but not require both. To require both, you'd need an "AND."

Edit: I see... they should have said "Over 18"
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: rschill on 13 Sep 2013, 16:29
It occurs to me that "You must be 18 or have a guardian present" could be taken to mean that people who are 19-plus must also have a guardian present.

I'm not sure where you're coming from here. Exclusive "OR" would imply that you could have one or the other. Inclusive "OR" would allow but not require both. To require both, you'd need an "AND."

It could mean that if someone is 19+ that will not get service if their parent or guardian is present. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: AKAfreaky on 13 Sep 2013, 16:29
It occurs to me that "You must be 18 or have a guardian present" could be taken to mean that people who are 19-plus must also have a guardian present.

I'm not sure where you're coming from here. Exclusive "OR" would imply that you could have one or the other. Inclusive "OR" would allow but not require both. To require both, you'd need an "AND."

If one were being pernickety, "You must be 18" could exclude everyone older and younger than eighteen.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 13 Sep 2013, 16:57
One was being pernickety. And welcome to the board, Freaky!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: MillionDollar Belt Sander on 13 Sep 2013, 17:09
I love how Marten has absolutely zero reaction to the screams of horror.  That man has seen some shit.

Naw.  He's simply seen 'Blood Tree IV:  The Piercing' so many times now it doesn't even faze him.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 13 Sep 2013, 18:31
Hm. Our piercing lady has changed hairstyle drastically (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1248) - and apparently doesn't have as much ink as she used to.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: MillionDollar Belt Sander on 13 Sep 2013, 19:02
Hm. Our piercing lady has changed hairstyle drastically (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1248) - and apparently doesn't have as much ink as she used to.

Different piercing lady?  Maybe the other one is in back with a customer.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: J on 13 Sep 2013, 19:04
she also changed her eye color and face apparently.


or that's just a different employee from before.


edit: Ninja'd!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 13 Sep 2013, 19:20
I lived and worked for 25 years in a medium-small Ohio town that easily had a dozen places in which one could get a tattoo, along with a few places that did side business during the annual motorcycle party. I have to imagine an artsier town such as Northampton could top that easily, and the tat shop employees taken together would be a riot of rainbow colors and decorative clankery.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 13 Sep 2013, 19:37
decorative clankery.

This made my day. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Redball on 13 Sep 2013, 20:14
Yeah, I'm imagining Pierce in the Zits comic.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 14 Sep 2013, 02:23
Or just Jeph himself.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 14 Sep 2013, 02:38
The two piercing staff members do look very similar but the tattoos are radically different (the piercings might well be identical - the eyebrow ones could be covered by the pink hair fringe).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Storel on 14 Sep 2013, 03:30
Today's employee looks like Cosette with pink hair and tats. The one in #1248 looks more (to me) like Dora or May with pink-and-black hair and tats.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 14 Sep 2013, 04:09
Well, compare Tai from that comic to the Tai of Wednesday's comic.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: KOK on 14 Sep 2013, 04:54
Today's employee looks like Cosette with pink hair and tats. The one in #1248 looks more (to me) like Dora or May with pink-and-black hair and tats.

I don't think they are supposed to be the same person. The earlier one has many more tatoos, for one thing.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: bhtooefr on 14 Sep 2013, 04:56
They've also got different personalities, as far as I can tell.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Emoroffle on 14 Sep 2013, 21:49
I was quite nervous when I had my ears pierced. I was 24 and had not even started hormones yet. My then-girlfriend took me to a "Claire's" shop (Quite the coincidence eh?) and they let me hold a teddy bear while I got it done.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ZoeB on 15 Sep 2013, 06:43
I was quite nervous when I had my ears pierced. I was 24 and had not even started hormones yet.
It's a rite of passage, whether you realise that or not.

I know some trans guys freak out at the thought. There's something very Freudian about having one's body pierced.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: 94ssd on 15 Sep 2013, 10:07
I love how Claire's hair recoiled back at the same time her body did.

I don't think I'll ever get any piercings. Though I certainly have no problem with them, I can't think of any that I'd like to have. I'm planning on getting my first tattoo on St. Patrick's Day. I know that seems like a lot of advanced planning, but it's for a charity event. I'm not that worried about the pain and needles don't really phase me (I had a lot of blood tests done when I was a wee sickly lad). I just haven't had the motivation to get one yet.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Just Karen on 15 Sep 2013, 12:29
I was quite nervous when I had my ears pierced. I was 24 and had not even started hormones yet.
It's a rite of passage, whether you realise that or not.

I know some trans guys freak out at the thought. There's something very Freudian about having one's body pierced.

I had my ears pierced in April/May 2011 (well after I had gone full-time; I was nervous about infections and issues.)

I took the temporary "medical-quality" steel ones out three months later.  Within two weeks, I had infected earlobes (probably due to a nickel allergy I didn't know about, combined with bad earrings).  I went back in, they gave me stuff to use to clean them, and put the steel ones back in.

I haven't taken the steel ones out since.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2530-2534 (9-13 September, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 15 Sep 2013, 13:54
For those just joining us, Andy147 has done an amazing long-term job of counting character appearances, and is in the wiki.