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Title: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Method of Madness on 31 Jan 2016, 05:59
Happy (soon to be*) new month, everyone!


*I guess it's already February in parts of Australia, sorry for living in the past, Felix.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: BenRG on 31 Jan 2016, 06:15
"Lack of butts". I mean, let's face it, in the end, the order was doable and that was unexpected of her!
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: chaospersonified on 31 Jan 2016, 06:27
I do not understand why Faye might want her coffee to include butts, so that is an answer I could discount. Butts are beautiful, I could understand if she asked for a favorable view while Emily made the order, but otherwise, why.

Butts are literally the standard for bad taste. Nobody says 'this tastes like butt' and means it as a compliment.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Method of Madness on 31 Jan 2016, 06:35
but otherwise, why.
Because of Jeph and his...affliction.

The coffee itself need not contain butts, there could simply be a butt drawn on the cup.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: chaospersonified on 31 Jan 2016, 07:15
but otherwise, why.
Because of Jeph and his...affliction.

The coffee itself need not contain butts, there could simply be a butt drawn on the cup.

I would accept this compromise.

I appreciate butts for their aesthetic value, not the flavor. I do not eat the booty like groceries, or for that matter, slurp up the booty.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Kugai on 31 Jan 2016, 12:02
YOU SHALL NOT BUTT!!!!
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 31 Jan 2016, 13:27
Well, someone must eat rump roast, otherwise there wouldn't be a Fanny Farmer's Cookbook.

(Not original, that's an old Feghoot).
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Nepiophage on 31 Jan 2016, 13:53
Coffee with butt (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2986)
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Tova on 31 Jan 2016, 14:32
I'm becoming concerned about the spread of this disease.

Contagion II: Butts
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Mr_Rose on 31 Jan 2016, 15:06
Which works better, "the buttdromeda strain" or "the andromeda butt"?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Kugai on 31 Jan 2016, 18:26
You could go with Twelve Buttkies

I wonder if the cure to the Drakh Plague is CoD Tea?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Zebediah on 31 Jan 2016, 18:46
Maybe Bubbles should try the tea. If it sets off any of her sensors, I'm sure the Northampton Health Department would like to know.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: TheEvilDog on 31 Jan 2016, 18:55
Yesh, butt where's the fun in that?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: mustang6172 on 31 Jan 2016, 19:14
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Deadcoder on 31 Jan 2016, 19:22
There are people who enjoy the flavor of butt. These people are gross, but pleasurable.

I love when Bubbles and Hanners are together, because for once, Bubbles isn't the awkward one. The result is funny.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: cesium133 on 31 Jan 2016, 19:23
Well, there are people who really enjoy coffee flavored by a civet's butt...
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: chaospersonified on 31 Jan 2016, 19:37
There are people who are into everything, and we shall not shame them for their things, because we are ourselves guilty of loving something they might find disgusting, whether we know it or not.

That said, butts are amazing, but for the love of god, keep them away from my coffee.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: electromgneticDstroyosaur on 31 Jan 2016, 21:01
Butt for the love of God?

Let's face it, the entire webcomic community has butts disease.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 31 Jan 2016, 21:07
This was the smoothest-running social interaction we've ever seen anyone have with Bubbles, isn't it?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: neurocase on 31 Jan 2016, 21:21
I think being so close to Marigold has helped Hanners inadvertently become an expert at swanning gracefully through otherwise awkward conversations. It's like sending a ballet dancer into a minefield; sure, they might eventually blow up, but their abilities will no doubt make them last a little longer than most.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: mustang6172 on 31 Jan 2016, 21:40
Butt for the love of God?

Let's face it, the entire webcomic community has butts disease.

I have to admit I'm ashamed of some of the things I've done for butts.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: cesium133 on 31 Jan 2016, 21:41
Butt for the love of God?

Let's face it, the entire webcomic community has butts disease.

I have to admit I'm ashamed of some of the things I've done for butts.
"I will do anything for butts -- but I won't do that"
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Carl-E on 31 Jan 2016, 22:28
I'd like to mention that, in panel 1, Bubbles' feet - pointed slightly inward, one toe trying to creep over the other  - speak more to me of her emotional state than any other part of her physiology
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: BenRG on 31 Jan 2016, 23:28
Normally, I mentally assign Bubbles a fairly deep voice. However, panel 4 made it go up an octave in alarm in my head! Welcome to Coffee of Doom, kiddo!

Yeah, sitting awkwardly in the corner, desperately trying not to be noticed is very in-character for Bubbles. Hannelore knows what that's like and she's unlikely to want to stand by and just let it happen. I think that Bubbles will leave CoD with her second post-demobilisation friend!
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: anahata on 31 Jan 2016, 23:32
I'd like to mention that, in panel 1, Bubbles' feet - pointed slightly inward, one toe trying to creep over the other  - speak more to me of her emotional state than any other part of her physiology

Nicely observed, but the defensive position of her hands conveys that message more obviously to me.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Timemaster on 01 Feb 2016, 00:15
I'd like to mention that, in panel 1, Bubbles' feet - pointed slightly inward, one toe trying to creep over the other  - speak more to me of her emotional state than any other part of her physiology
Speaking of posture: working with Emily has certainly influenced Hanners too. The way she is holding her hands in panel three is typical for her workmate. Emily is of japanese origin (as far as I remember) and often does this when she is making an offer or a request. A classic posture of politeness in Japan.

Roiboos is nice. But it is mostly aromated with fruit or spices here in Germay. To me pure Roiboos lacks the distinctive slight bitterness of "real" tea, which I enjoy very much. A fine black tea with a drop of milk and a few crumbs of sugar. Or a very good Earl Grey. Yummy. 

My favourite tea in the world: Classic Earl Grey by Fortnum & Mason of London. A fine Earl Grey with a hint of smoky Lapsang Sujong.  :-)

TM


EDIT: Superfluff Hanners! Fluffy fluffy fluffy!
Maybe Emilys hands would stuck in Hanners hair too, if she would let her play with it.  :-D
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: osaka on 01 Feb 2016, 01:46
While the sales pitch is certainly disturbing, I think that Hanners just doesn't want Bubbles to feel left out. I'm pretty sure that the CoD tea isn't lethal, or at the very least not categorized as a chemical weapon.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Lubricus on 01 Feb 2016, 02:18
Rooibos is nice.

Sorry, had to fix your spelling.  :-)
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: hakko504 on 01 Feb 2016, 03:52
Roiboos is nice. But it is mostly aromated with fruit or spices here in Germany. To me pure Roiboos lacks the distinctive slight bitterness of "real" tea, which I enjoy very much. A fine black tea with a drop of milk and a few crumbs of sugar. Or a very good Earl Grey. Yummy. 

My favourite tea in the world: Classic Earl Grey by Fortnum & Mason of London. A fine Earl Grey with a hint of smoky Lapsang Sujong.  :-)
You must be a good person: Your taste in tea almost completely matches my own :) as I find most form of fruits in tea to be an abomination. Some citrus (lemon) can be quite nice though. I really need to check out the brand of Earl Grey you recommend.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: War Sparrow on 01 Feb 2016, 06:09
According to some guy on Jeph's Twitter, menthol is used to calibrate chemical weapons, so Bubbles might like mint tea. I am trying to verify the fact of this.

Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: ThePerilsOfDan on 01 Feb 2016, 06:56
Today's strip just helps to solidify my adoration of Hannelore.  Are there any character fan sub-forum?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Neko_Ali on 01 Feb 2016, 07:30
Roiboos is nice. But it is mostly aromated with fruit or spices here in Germany. To me pure Roiboos lacks the distinctive slight bitterness of "real" tea, which I enjoy very much. A fine black tea with a drop of milk and a few crumbs of sugar. Or a very good Earl Grey. Yummy. 

My favourite tea in the world: Classic Earl Grey by Fortnum & Mason of London. A fine Earl Grey with a hint of smoky Lapsang Sujong.  :-)
You must be a good person: Your taste in tea almost completely matches my own :) as I find most form of fruits in tea to be an abomination. Some citrus (lemon) can be quite nice though. I really need to check out the brand of Earl Grey you recommend.

Try a bit or orange as well. It is a trick I learned from my grandmother... she would make iced tea with orange and lemon in it, and it's wonderful. The sweet orange counterbalances the tart lemon. I'm personally fond of orange flavored hot teas as well.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Carl-E on 01 Feb 2016, 08:25
I'd like to mention that, in panel 1, Bubbles' feet - pointed slightly inward, one toe trying to creep over the other  - speak more to me of her emotional state than any other part of her physiology

Nicely observed, but the defensive position of her hands conveys that message more obviously to me.

I noticed that, but the feet drew my attention first, and said it all. 

Don't know why... and no, I'm not normally a foot guy. 
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 01 Feb 2016, 10:05
Today's strip just helps to solidify my adoration of Hannelore.  Are there any character fan sub-forum?

We don't have any now.

What strikes me about Hannelore is that she has the courage of a bullfighter just to get through every day.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: WareWolf on 01 Feb 2016, 13:18
Today's strip just helps to solidify my adoration of Hannelore.  Are there any character fan sub-forum?

If there is, I'll join. I love Hanners, in part for the reason cited above by Is it cold in here?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Timemaster on 01 Feb 2016, 14:52
Yes, OK, you´re right of cause. Rooibos not Roiboos.  :roll:

I really need to check out the brand of Earl Grey you recommend.

I just looked it up. F&N must have changed the names of their teas. The Earl Grey with Lapsang Sujong is now called "Smoky Earl Grey". The "Classic Earl Grey" is now a normal bergamot flavoured black tea. When I was in London the last time the names were different. It is difficult to buy F&N tea in Germany, I know of only one webshop that sells loose leaf tins.
Lemon in tea is very good in cold weather. And maybe I´ll try orange too. :-)

TM
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: SubaruStephen on 01 Feb 2016, 16:40
Hmm. I'm not sure if Bubbles is my spirit animal (despite being mechanical), or if I am Bubbles.

Seriously, she has literally done everything I'd do if I was in the same situation, exactly the way I would've done it.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: War Sparrow on 01 Feb 2016, 17:40
I wish my tea inspired unicorn sightings. I wonder what happens if it's steeped the correct amount of time? A Pegasus?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Zebediah on 01 Feb 2016, 18:27
So, exactly what kind of herbs are in that herbal tea?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Akima on 01 Feb 2016, 19:24
The scent of tea is very important. If one is going all out on preparing tea according to formal ritual (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gongfu_tea_ceremony), it is common to provide your guests with "scent cups", to allow full appreciation of the aroma. I confess, however that I have never seen a unicorn or even a qilin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qilin)...

It is interesting that, given the nature of Bubbles' olfactory sensors, she and Hanners apparently share the same "vocabulary" of response to tea aromas.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Kugai on 01 Feb 2016, 19:44
It is the Elven Mix

I didn't know Hanners had access to that yet.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 01 Feb 2016, 20:14
Hmm. I'm not sure if Bubbles is my spirit animal (despite being mechanical), or if I am Bubbles.

Seriously, she has literally done everything I'd do if I was in the same situation, exactly the way I would've done it.

It will be interesting if someday Jeph introduces an AI character who does not act just like a protein-based person.

Bubbles did just what you would have done, and ZoeB has had meatspace friends look at the comic and ask whether Momo was modeled after her.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: mustang6172 on 01 Feb 2016, 20:16
Does ZoeB's hair change color when you press her bellybutton?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: TheEvilDog on 01 Feb 2016, 21:00
Hanners, be careful, there's a fine line when steeping tea, between tasty and stewed. Stew the tea and it tastes vile.

Which reminds me of a student we had working with us. It got to the stage that one of the permanent staff had to make the morning break tea because if he made it, it would be stewed to hell and back. No matter how many times we told him, he would stew the tea, which would kinda ruin the break. Long story short, do not make tea like you make coffee! The flavours need to be worked in different manners! Respect that!
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: St.Clair on 01 Feb 2016, 22:40
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b9/Blade_Runner_unicorn.png)
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: explicit on 01 Feb 2016, 22:45
Are drugs specifically for A.I. a thing?

... Is... is it just malware that goes away? Is it a virus that slowly builds a tolerance until the day the A.I. takes way too much and has to reboot? Am I just really drunk and have to ask dumb questions?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Y on 01 Feb 2016, 22:55
Hanners, be careful, there's a fine line when steeping tea, between tasty and stewed. Stew the tea and it tastes vile.
I guess back in the days that I drunk tea, I always steeped my tea a long time I think, as I usually like my drinks strong. Then afterwards when I take the bag out with a spoon I wrap the cord around the spoon to squeeze the last drops out of the bag, otherwise it would seem to be wasteful.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 01 Feb 2016, 23:11
Are drugs specifically for A.I. a thing?

... Is... is it just malware that goes away? Is it a virus that slowly builds a tolerance until the day the A.I. takes way too much and has to reboot? Am I just really drunk and have to ask dumb questions?

Pintsize and friends got stoned on video drivers once.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: BenRG on 01 Feb 2016, 23:35
I guess that the most disturbing part of this is that Hannelore was expecting an outcome like this! Maybe not as extreme but certainly some sort of effect like it!

FWIW, I suspect that the hallucination was due to sensory overload rather than any intrinsic narcotic effect by the tea. Bubbles obviously doesn't use that system much, so the sudden burst of sensation caused a feedback loop! The subject matter is interesting, though; is she secretly a fan of fantasy literature? Or even a Pegasister?

@St.Clair,
Quote
"It's a pity she won't live...! But, then again... who does?"
-- Gaff
-- Blade Runner

Possibly a coded reply to those who query whether or not an effectively eternally-lived AI could hope to have a relationship with a very mortal human?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Method of Madness on 02 Feb 2016, 03:15
Hanners, be careful, there's a fine line when steeping tea, between tasty and stewed. Stew the tea and it tastes vile.
I guess back in the days that I drunk tea, I always steeped my tea a long time I think, as I usually like my drinks strong. Then afterwards when I take the bag out with a spoon I wrap the cord around the spoon to squeeze the last drops out of the bag, otherwise it would seem to be wasteful.
You're supposed to take the bags out? I leave them in until I'm done drinking.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Case on 02 Feb 2016, 06:57
Butt for the love of God?

Let's face it, the entire webcomic community has butts disease.

I have to admit I'm ashamed of some of the things I've done for butts.
"I will do anything for butts -- but I won't do that"

Uhmmmmmh, not to sleaze up the WCDT -> But Rule 34.5 ("Every double entendre you think you came up with ... was made into a one-hit-wonder in the 90s (or into an Opera by Meatloaf)") applies to that thought ...
(Just google within quotes - first link. Safesearch mandatory!)

I'm just sayin'!

It's an interesting factoid, right?

Dont judge me!  :oops:

OT: Middle panel reminded me of GM - Vets & MyLittlePony Unicorns ...


EDIT: Nitpicking ...  :angel:
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: War Sparrow on 02 Feb 2016, 08:12
I don't think Meatloaf counts as a one hit wonder.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Nepiophage on 02 Feb 2016, 08:45
Are drugs specifically for A.I. a thing?

... Is... is it just malware that goes away? Is it a virus that slowly builds a tolerance until the day the A.I. takes way too much and has to reboot? Am I just really drunk and have to ask dumb questions?

Yes.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: lummo on 02 Feb 2016, 09:49
Bubbles with the unicorn is the QC poster I want...


I think her olfactory sensors are so senitive...due to the demands of catching even a small amount of a toxic substance...that the smell of benevolent tea, grown and aged perfectly and traditionally, served so charmingly, introduced her to a new world of sensory delight.

She never imagined she was sensitive to beauty.

Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: cesium133 on 02 Feb 2016, 09:54
Working around Faye, Bubbles is probably exposed to a lot of toxic gases. (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=693)
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: JohnTheWysard on 02 Feb 2016, 10:22
Long story short, do not make tea like you make coffee! The flavours need to be worked in different manners! Respect that!

"Waiter! If this is a cup of tea, I would prefer coffee. If it is coffee, then I would very much prefer tea!"
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: chaospersonified on 02 Feb 2016, 13:28
I don't think Meatloaf counts as a one hit wonder.

'Couple-of-hits wonder,' then. Wouldn't label his music as 'classic,' though looking strictly at the release dates, it would be.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Kugai on 02 Feb 2016, 13:40
Bat Outta Hell
Anything For Love
Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are
Paradise By The Dashboard Light
Two Outta Three Ain't Bad
You Took The Words Right OUtta My Mouth
It's All Coming Back To Me Now
I'd Lie For You (And There's The Truth)
Rock And Roll Dreams Come True



One hit wonder my ass!!!
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: chaospersonified on 02 Feb 2016, 13:48
Bat Outta Hell
Anything For Love
Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are
Paradise By The Dashboard Light
Two Outta Three Ain't Bad
You Took The Words Right OUtta My Mouth
It's All Coming Back To Me Now
I'd Lie For You (And There's The Truth)
Rock And Roll Dreams Come True



One hit wonder my ass!!!

As a child born in 1992, I know only two of these songs, and in only one case was it not in the context of 'listen to this song, can you BELIEVE this guy? Haha!'

Meatloaf is a one hit wonder in spirit, even if numerically, that is incorrect.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: War Sparrow on 02 Feb 2016, 14:26
If the local classic rock station can play Red Hot Chili Peppers as classic, Meatloaf counts too. His lyrics are no better or worse than any other artist/band. Sometimes often they are better.

I have heard of all those songs, and I am only two years older. Most of my peers are similar. He sells out shows still, or did up until 5 or 6 years ago. Might depend on location though.

In the interest of full disclosure, I love Meatloaf.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Tova on 02 Feb 2016, 17:44
Meatloaf is a one hit wonder in spirit, even if numerically, that is incorrect.

Sorry, but this is ridiculous. It's not even wrong. It doesn't mean anything.

I know we're all fans of 'head canon' in here, but give me a break.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: DSL on 02 Feb 2016, 18:23
As a child born in 1992, I know only two of these songs, ... .

If that's the main criteria, then by my standard, Beethoven and Brahms and Buddy Holly and all those other bums didn't do diddley.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Undrneath on 02 Feb 2016, 18:26
Comic's up, Bubbles seems to have found a happy place.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: cesium133 on 02 Feb 2016, 18:28
Butt for the love of God?

Let's face it, the entire webcomic community has butts disease.

I have to admit I'm ashamed of some of the things I've done for butts.
"I will do anything for butts -- but I won't do that"

Uhmmmmmh, not to sleaze up the WCDT -> But Rule 34.5 ("Every double entendre you think you came up with ... was made into a one-hit-wonder in the 90s (or into an Opera by Meatloaf)") applies to that thought ...
(Just google within quotes - first link. Safesearch mandatory!)

I'm just sayin'!

It's an interesting factoid, right?

Dont judge me!  :oops:
Well, that was what I was referencing anyway, so I'm not sure if rule 34.5 applies...

And I was born in 1985, so I guess I'm old enough to know that Meatloaf has plenty of hits. Dang kids.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: mustang6172 on 02 Feb 2016, 18:33
Unicorn Grove is just down the road from Alice Grove.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: cesium133 on 02 Feb 2016, 18:34
Is that near China Grove?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Zebediah on 02 Feb 2016, 18:37
And now Bubbles is a regular at COD.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: SomeCanadianWeirdo on 02 Feb 2016, 18:58
Hopefully Biubbles and May meet soon.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: War Sparrow on 02 Feb 2016, 19:00
Was there another strip of someone sniffing a cup of joy? Because I got a crazy sense of Deja vu just now.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: cesium133 on 02 Feb 2016, 19:02
There was the one where Angus tried a latte and had a psychedelic experience (and then immediately regretted it).
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Perfectly Reasonable on 02 Feb 2016, 19:03
my Minecraft world needs a Unicorn Grove.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Truec on 02 Feb 2016, 19:56
Hopefully Biubbles and May meet soon.

They already did.  Butts were involved, as is right and proper.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Giant Speck on 02 Feb 2016, 19:56
(http://i.imgur.com/XqfE5B5.png?1)
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: electromgneticDstroyosaur on 02 Feb 2016, 20:06
As a child born in 1992, I know only two of these songs, ... .

If that's the main criteria, then by my standard, Beethoven and Brahms and Buddy Holly and all those other bums didn't do diddley.

Difference is, you really have to be a 90s fan to know any of those songs (with the possible exception of Anything for Love) whereas everyone knows Beethoven's 5th and 9th symphonies, Für Elise, and Moonlight Sonata (even if not by name)
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: bloodswan on 02 Feb 2016, 20:30
Difference is, you really have to be a 90s fan to know any of those songs (with the possible exception of Anything for Love) whereas everyone knows Beethoven's 5th and 9th symphonies, Für Elise, and Moonlight Sonata (even if not by name)

Except that 4 of the songs in the list (Bat out of Hell, Two out of Three Aint Bad, Paradise by the Dashboard Light, You Took the Words Right Outta My Mouth) are from the first Bat out of Hell album which came out in 1977. So no knowledge of 90's music necessary to recognize Meatloaf's music. Could just be my upbringing, but those 4 songs are easily classics and anyone familiar with oldies/classic rock who isn't familiar with those songs (especially Bat out of Hell and Paradise by the Dashboard Light) has been living under a rock for much too long.


Slightly more on topic: Where can I find this Unicorn Grove place? Looks great but I've never had tea do that before. Must be some weird new age blend.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Tova on 02 Feb 2016, 20:31
Difference is, you really have to be a 90s fan to know any of those songs (with the possible exception of Anything for Love) whereas everyone knows Beethoven's 5th and 9th symphonies, Für Elise, and Moonlight Sonata (even if not by name)

If you're going to be like that, then feel free to substitute Antonio Salieri.

Became obscure after he died, but not a one-hit wonder by any means.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 02 Feb 2016, 21:06
Bubbles's line is my latest favorite quote.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Mad Cat on 02 Feb 2016, 21:08
Hopefully Biubbles and May meet soon.
Two bots enter. One bot leaves.

Fave part of this strip, the accidental talk bubble over Faye's head. LOL
Giant Speck excerpted it.

The original art for strip 3147, panel 3 needs to be made available as a double-wide high res. wallpaper.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: hedgie on 02 Feb 2016, 21:32
Bubbles and Dickmouth Stinkface have met before, at Faye's party:  http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3061
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Radium_Coyote on 02 Feb 2016, 21:59
And so, a line of communication is established.  it's circuitous, which serves all sorts of storytelling purposes.  Nicely done.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: chaospersonified on 02 Feb 2016, 22:01
Holy shit. Okay, Meatloaf is a music god, then. He's up there with fucking Beethoven and shit, damn. I will not make comments pointing out how I've never heard his music in a legitimate context other than ridicule.

For some of you, his golden vocals put you in fucking unicorn grove, and I will not belittle him.


Became obscure after he died, but not a one-hit wonder by any means.

What the fuck, Tova. I said this. You called it meaningless. He is a one-hit wonder in spirit, meaning that his oeuvre would seem to have lost relevance over the years.* I can name every song on the local classic rock station in a few seconds, but none of it's Meatloaf. Maybe it's a shitty station, I don't know.

*DO NOT FUCKING ATTACK ME. I AM USING SUBJECTIVE LANGUAGE BECAUSE THIS IS A SUBJECTIVE SUBJECT.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: celticgeek on 02 Feb 2016, 22:02

The original art for strip 3147, panel 3 needs to be made available as a double-wide high res. wallpaper.

Seconded!!
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Kugai on 02 Feb 2016, 22:13
And a cure for Combat AnthroPC PTSD was thus found.

Faye and Bubbles will now become immensely rich
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Tova on 02 Feb 2016, 22:29
Holy shit. Okay, Meatloaf is a music god, then. He's up there with fucking Beethoven and shit, damn. I will not make comments pointing out how I've never heard his music in a legitimate context other than ridicule.

For some of you, his golden vocals put you in fucking unicorn grove, and I will not belittle him.


Became obscure after he died, but not a one-hit wonder by any means.

What the fuck, Tova. I said this. You called it meaningless. He is a one-hit wonder in spirit, meaning that his oeuvre would seem to have lost relevance over the years.* I can name every song on the local classic rock station in a few seconds, but none of it's Meatloaf. Maybe it's a shitty station, I don't know.

*DO NOT FUCKING ATTACK ME. I AM USING SUBJECTIVE LANGUAGE BECAUSE THIS IS A SUBJECTIVE SUBJECT.

"Has lost relevance" does not even remotely mean the same thing as "one-hit wonder," just to make my position absolutely clear. That isn't subjective.

You don't have to like 'em. Just yell at me YEAH WELL I THINK THEY ARE SHIT, SO THERE. I can accept that. That is subjective.

Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: chaospersonified on 02 Feb 2016, 22:45

"Has lost relevance" does not even remotely mean the same thing as "one-hit wonder," just to make my position absolutely clear. That isn't subjective.

You don't have to like 'em. Just yell at me YEAH WELL I THINK THEY ARE SHIT, SO THERE. I can accept that. That is subjective.

I am not stupid. I literally said that numerically, he's not a one hit wonder. as in he has had more than one hit. I have since explained why it seems he is one in spirit. as in literally, no, but his music has a lot in common with that of one-hit wonders, in that it doesn't stick with you.

That is subjective, because to some people, I'm sure 'Anything For Love'; is their life's anthem, but to me, and the people around me, it's an okay tune. You are skipping the key words, 'in spirit.' Those words are vital to the original comment making sense.

I have no opinion on the quality of his songs. I haven't heard but two of them. Because they have not had as much sticking power as you seem sure.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Tova on 02 Feb 2016, 22:49
Baby we can talk all niiiiight
But that ain't getting us nowhere.


We have to agree to disagree.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Timemaster on 02 Feb 2016, 22:52
A one-hit-wonder is someone who has exactly one hit in the charts and is never heard from again. At least he is not able to place another track in the higher regions of the charts again. He (or she) is known for this one track, but for no other music.
Cultural relevance has nothing to do with this. Personal taste in music neither. It´s the number of copies sold, which is counting here.

Meatloaf has had several hits over the (felt) centuries, he has been active. He may be ridiculus. His music may be trash. But he is definitely not a one-hit-woder.

Back to topic. I want a cup of that tea, too.  :-D

TM
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: hakko504 on 02 Feb 2016, 22:54
First, I too like Meat Loaf. Unfortunately, the only time I've heard him live (in 2007?), his voice was broken and he, to put it mildly, sounded awful. One of the more memorable concerts I've been to, for all the wrong reasons. Bat Out of Hell I & II are two really great albums. and to me he's solid in the 'classic rock' category today. 'One hit wonder'? Don't make me laugh.
If the local classic rock station can play Red Hot Chili Peppers as classic, Meatloaf counts too. His lyrics are no better or worse than any other artist/band. Sometimes often they are better.

I have heard of all those songs, and I am only two years older. Most of my peers are similar. He sells out shows still, or did up until 5 or 6 years ago. Might depend on location though.

In the interest of full disclosure, I love Meatloaf.
Most of the good songs sung by Meat Loaf is written by Jim Steinman (including I believe, all of the ones mentioned below) who has produced a few other hits as well, like Total Eclipse of the Heart  & Holding Out for a Hero (Bonnie Tyler)
Bat Outta Hell
Anything For Love
Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are
Paradise By The Dashboard Light
Two Outta Three Ain't Bad
You Took The Words Right OUtta My Mouth
It's All Coming Back To Me Now
I'd Lie For You (And There's The Truth)
Rock And Roll Dreams Come True



One hit wonder my ass!!!
You forgot Dead Ringer for Love
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Penquin47 on 02 Feb 2016, 23:08
Looking at Wikipedia's collection of various lists of top one-hit wonders, I'm wondering where you got the idea that one-hit wonders' music doesn't stick.

"Video Killed the Radio Star" - The Buggles (admittedly, known more for being the first video on MTV than for the song, but still, highly culturally relevant and I hear it a lot on classic rock stations)
"My Sharona" - The Knack (also more known, at least by me, as the inspiration for Weird Al Yankovic's first radio parody, "My Bologna")
"99 Red Balloons" - Nena
"Kung Fu Fighting" - Carl Douglas
"Macarena" - Los Del Rios
"Tainted Love" - Soft Cell
"The Safety Dance" - Men With Hats

The definition of a one-hit wonder is that one song completely dominated their career, whether it was their only major hit or just THAT dominant.  Meatloaf was prolific and constantly climbing the charts.  Just because he's faded in popularity now doesn't mean he was a one-hit wonder in spirit, it just means that his career had a shelf life and he's past it.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: BenRG on 02 Feb 2016, 23:31
All I can say to Bubbles is this: Welcome to the Herd, sister!

That aside, I wonder if that stuff is habit-forming? I mean, Bubbles does have a lot of stuff that she might want to escape from into Equestria Unicorn Grove and having it on tap might be a huge temptation!
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: chaospersonified on 02 Feb 2016, 23:36
Look. To me, until the last few hours, until I enraged the horde of Meatloaf lovers, Meatloaf only had the one song that I knew of. He was the guy who would do anything for love. That's what I knew him for, and nothing else. The way you are all defining 'one hit wonder,' that's what he was to me.

Apparently he also sang Paradise by the Dashboard Light, which I only know because it had some part in that godawful Josie and the Pussycats movie.

I did not know that was him when I heard it. I did not, and still don't care. Maybe he doesn't mathematically count, but when it comes to songs he's known for, I've only ever heard the one. Don't crucify me for my life.

One hit wonders are generally considered cheesy, and low-quality. This is why I count music that doesn't hold up in the same category. Because cheesy, low-quality music doesn't stick. They're different, but in spirit, they're similar.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: MrNumbers on 03 Feb 2016, 00:53
Hot Patootie, bless my soul!
No one's mentioned Rocky Horror Picture Show?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: buttsarecool on 03 Feb 2016, 01:10
Lurker that had to register just for this! I'll probably not post a lot but I couldn't help it :P

In the Netherlands we have this yearly radio event called the top 2000, where the entire country votes for what they think are the best songs of all time. It's then played between christmas and new year's. Since the start (in 2000), meat loaf's "paradise by the dashboard light" has almost always been in the top 10. So there's that and I find your whole discussion weird, he's not a one hit wonder!

/offtopic, please continue.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Akima on 03 Feb 2016, 01:23
I don't think one-hit wonders are necessarily cheesy or of low quality at all. Sometimes a band produces a single great song that takes fire in the market when the rest of their oeuvre just doesn't. "Echo Beach (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEQkIEkxm7k)" by Martha and the Muffins is a classic example. Given that band produced just that one hit song, it might be fair to call them "one-hit wonders". I don't think there is a spirit of one-hit wonders, and I don't think the term should be used to mean "I've only heard one song from this band", nor "I don't like this band's music".

I don't like Meatloaf's music but he's sold an awful lot of records, and even I could list "Bat out of Hell", "She Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth", and "Dead Ringer for Love" off the top of my head as songs that come on the radio much too often for my taste. :P

Now I come to think of it, aren't unicorns supposed to have cloven hooves? On the other hand, this is a subjective unicorn in Bubbles' head, and perhaps she is not familiar with the anatomy of mythical ungulates.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: USS Martenclaire on 03 Feb 2016, 01:24
Alternative comic title: "How Bubbles Got Her Grove Back"
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: swapna on 03 Feb 2016, 01:29
Hot Patootie, bless my soul!
No one's mentioned Rocky Horror Picture Show?

Right? But, @chaospersonified: I understand why it might feel that way. Different musicians, different perceptions  - Nena certainly wasn't a one-hit wonder in Germany, but the rest of the world only ever knew her '99 Luftballons'. Rick Astley was huge in the 80s, but a lot of younger listeners only know... the one. While I disagree that one-hit-wonders are considered cheesy/low-quality (there are many reasons why only ever one song from the band is known) - Meat Loafs music stuck around, for decades.


Bubbles: I'm glad you found your grove. Also, I find it great that Hanners (again) inspires people to take that extra step out of their comfort zone.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Nepiophage on 03 Feb 2016, 02:05
Who was it that said that the violence of internet controversies is inversely proportional to the importance of the subject?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: osaka on 03 Feb 2016, 02:11
Happy Bubbles is happy. And relatable. I personally wouldn't want to be disturbed from a stay in unicorn grove either.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Bloo on 03 Feb 2016, 02:59
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b9/Blade_Runner_unicorn.png)

Instantly the first thing that I thought of when I read the comic yesterday.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: snubnose on 03 Feb 2016, 03:06
UNICORNS RULE !!!!

... no wait, that was redheads !
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: katsmeat on 03 Feb 2016, 03:07
Hopefully they know better than to offer  Bubbles the experimental, espresso/yerba mate concoction from about 1600 comics ago.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: osaka on 03 Feb 2016, 03:23
Hopefully they know better than to offer  Bubbles the experimental, espresso/yerba mate concoction from about 1600 comics ago.

I have a feeling that if they did, Unicorn Grove would turn into hit flash game Robot Unicorn Attack. Or maybe Techno Kitten Adventures.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: USS Martenclaire on 03 Feb 2016, 03:58
UNICORNS RULE !!!!

... no wait, that was redheads !

The world's leadership problems were solved after Empress Claire was crowned atop her unicorn.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Lubricus on 03 Feb 2016, 04:00
My brain suddenly produced the title "Grand Theft Auto: Unicorn Grove". I think I need medication...  :-P
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: DSL on 03 Feb 2016, 04:03
Hopefully they know better than to offer  Bubbles the experimental, espresso/yerba mate concoction from about 1600 comics ago.

I have a feeling that if they did, Unicorn Grove would turn into hit flash game Robot Unicorn Attack. Or maybe Techno Kitten Adventures.

Unicorn Grove would become Alice Grove.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Zebediah on 03 Feb 2016, 04:11
Coming soon to a QC strip near you:

"Claire? What's your favorite Meat Loaf song?"
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: BenRG on 03 Feb 2016, 04:14
@Zebediah,

Purely FWIW, I'd like it if Claire's mother turned out to be a rocker back in her college days. She still has the leathers to prove it (signed by Lemmy Kilmister, of course). Claire has... borrowed them on occasion for when she's supporting Marten at Deathmole gigs.

Oddly enough, being a part-time rocker chick has actually enhanced her reputation amongst her fellow MLS students.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: ThePerilsOfDan on 03 Feb 2016, 05:48
I don't like my unicorn grove time infringed upon either.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: cesium133 on 03 Feb 2016, 06:14
Coming soon to a QC strip near you:

"Claire? What's your favorite Meat Loaf song?"
"Man, fuck Meat Loaf. Meat Loaf SUCKS. Lemme go back to sleep." (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1739)
*FOREBODE*

(also more known, at least by me, as the inspiration for Weird Al Yankovic's first radio parody, "My Bologna")
There are a lot of songs I only know through the Weird Al version.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Case on 03 Feb 2016, 06:56
If the local classic rock station can play Red Hot Chili Peppers as classic, Meatloaf counts too. His lyrics are no better or worse than any other artist/band. Sometimes often they are better.

I have heard of all those songs, and I am only two years older. Most of my peers are similar. He sells out shows still, or did up until 5 or 6 years ago. Might depend on location though.

In the interest of full disclosure, I love Meatloaf.

Classic? I still own a copy of Bassplayer Magazine that contains an interview with Flea (http://thechilisource.com/1992-february-bass-player-flea/) on account of "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" being played nonstop on the radio ...
... aaaaaaaaaand that article is older than the both one of you! (It also confirms that Flea is certifiably nuts. And a genuine musical genius. For anybody who had any doubt about either.)

42 is definitely too young to feel old ...  :cry:

EDIT: Basic Arithmetic

Nothing wrong with liking Meatloaf - though for me, the whole "Bat out of Hell II"-Brouhahah kind of came out nowhere when it came out. My first thought was "Rock-Opera? They still make those?". Freddy Mercury had died only two years prior - maybe that's why the whole concept of Rock-Opera felt a bit ultra-retro to me at the time.
   
Though it's probably wrong to call him a "serial one-hit-wonder", I guess there's a difference to how he is perceived outside the US.

...
"I will do anything for butts -- but I won't do that"

Uhmmmmmh, not to sleaze up the WCDT -> But Rule 34.5 ("Every double entendre you think you came up with ... was made into a one-hit-wonder in the 90s (or into an Opera by Meatloaf)") applies to that thought ...
(Just google within quotes - first link. Safesearch mandatory!)

I'm just sayin'!

It's an interesting factoid, right?

Dont judge me!  :oops:
Well, that was what I was referencing anyway, so I'm not sure if rule 34.5 applies...

And I was born in 1985, so I guess I'm old enough to know that Meatloaf has plenty of hits. Dang kids.
Weeeeeeeeeeeeellllll ... I could say that googling that phrase of yours shows that "I will do anything for butts -- but I won't do that" was what Meatloaf meant anyhow (along with a lot of other authors of 90s-hits), but truth be told:
There was a distinct lack of caffeine in my system when I 'invented' Rule 34.5, so there.

Still: I invented Rule 34.5 ! Yay me!

1985 - The year everybody had just finished re-reading Orwell's 1984 and nobody had any notion yet as to where the fuck Chernobyl was ...  :evil:


Difference is, you really have to be a 90s fan to know any of those songs (with the possible exception of Anything for Love) whereas everyone knows Beethoven's 5th and 9th symphonies, Für Elise, and Moonlight Sonata (even if not by name)

If you're going to be like that, then feel free to substitute Antonio Salieri.

Became obscure after he died, but not a one-hit wonder by any means.

True, but would anyone remember him if he hadn't been the guy who messed with W.A.Mozart's headmeat? (Well, I would, because I had to practise an piano-etude of his for the entrance exam at Conservatory Arnhem ... And it probably wouldn't be wrong to say that it wasn't that difficult to mess with Mozart's headmeat, on account of it being pretty ... idiosyncratic ... to begin with.)
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Neko_Ali on 03 Feb 2016, 07:42
UNICORNS RULE !!!!

... no wait, that was redheads !

No, that's Tunnel Snakes. Because that's us! And Tunnel Snakes rule!
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Timemaster on 03 Feb 2016, 09:10

UNICORNS RULE !!!!

... no wait, that was redheads !

That was BUTTS!  :evil:

We´re a a QC-forum here. How could you anyhow go so wrong.  :wink:

TM
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Zebediah on 03 Feb 2016, 09:48
So then the butt of a red-headed unicorn would totally dominate. Got it.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Kugai on 03 Feb 2016, 13:04
But with Bubbles being a cybernetic organisim, is that Unicornmatrix 0?


 ;D
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: lummo on 03 Feb 2016, 13:31
This is one of my favorite bits in QC ever!

The author has, on occasion, delivered some very finelly tuned emotional moments.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: mustang6172 on 03 Feb 2016, 18:34
But with Bubbles being a cybernetic organisim, is that Unicornmatrix 01?


:-D

I think you mean Unicornmatrix 0.  Way to blow a Star Trek reference, nerd.  :lol:
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: cesium133 on 03 Feb 2016, 20:02
New comic...

The difference between Pintsize and Bubbles: Emily doesn't dare hit Bubbles without asking first.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: mad hands murphy on 03 Feb 2016, 20:06
lol emily, so randumb
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Tova on 03 Feb 2016, 20:08
Emily doesn't dare believes it would be impolite to hit Bubbles without asking first.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: chaospersonified on 03 Feb 2016, 20:33
lol emily, so randumb

This new way of writing that word accurately describes my life from 13-16 (approximately)
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Estron on 03 Feb 2016, 20:57
What would have polite, there, would been to use "May I" and include the word "please."   :wink:
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: electromgneticDstroyosaur on 03 Feb 2016, 21:07
Emily's not weird about Bubbles, she's weird all the way down. (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2999)
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: cesium133 on 03 Feb 2016, 21:57
So then the butt of a red-headed unicorn would totally dominate. Got it.
(http://i.imgur.com/fRnNl9J.png)
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Radium_Coyote on 03 Feb 2016, 23:14
I have noted that, over time, people gravitate to the crazier characters.  Emily was bound to grow as a replacement for Hanners, just as Bubbles is bound to be a replacement for Pintsize.

It's OK. The comic is old, and the focus is obviously shifting.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: BenRG on 03 Feb 2016, 23:20
I was initially going to ask why Emily would want to hit Bubbles as hard as she can with a rubber mallet. Then I remembered that this is Emily that we're talking about. The answer probably wouldn't make any sense. She probably wants to know if her exo armor would ring like a bell like it would in the Loony Toons or something similar!

This leaves Bubbles with a perplexing social dilemma: How do you respond appropriately to a request like that, made in such an innocently cheerful manner, without implicitly leaving objective reality for Emilyland? :-D

P.S.: This is the prettiest Jeph has drawn Emily for a while, IMO.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Timemaster on 03 Feb 2016, 23:39
Bubbles response to this situation will be interesting. Will she be embarrassed and leave CoD, just to return to sulking in her room in the skatepark? Or is she selfconcious enough to stay and talk Emily out of hitting her? Or maybe she will even show some humor and let Emily actually hit her with the rubber-thingy?
I dunno. I find it difficult to assess Bubbles here. What do you think?

Emily is, well, Emily. Again. She´s great, I love her.
And Ben, you´re right. Jeph has drawn her very good today. Very realisic and attractive. She is tall and slender without being skinny.

TM
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 03 Feb 2016, 23:46
"Of course, Emily, but it will only be fair if you let me hit you back as hard as I can".
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: BenRG on 03 Feb 2016, 23:57
@IICIH,
That would inevitably lead to the two of them having a squeaky rubber mallet fight whilst giggling like six-year-olds. Come to think of it, that would be fun to see (even though it would weird out everyone else in CoD)! :laugh:
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: anahata on 04 Feb 2016, 00:02
Well, that would certainly show us a side of Bubbles we haven't seen before.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: osaka on 04 Feb 2016, 01:39
New comic...

The difference between Pintsize and Bubbles: Emily doesn't dare hit Bubbles without asking first.
Emily doesn't dare believes it would be impolite to hit Bubbles without asking first.
Emily just doesn't think Bubbles is soft, which was the case with Pintsize. Or maybe she learned her lesson after discovering that she had broken her hand. Either way, at least she asked. I guess the next thing someone should do is tell Bubbles that it isn't just her what makes Emily react this way - it's just how Emily is.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: swapna on 04 Feb 2016, 04:03
What the hell, Emily. How is that even.. I mean, Emily manages to interact with people on a regular basis, and don't get punched in the face that much. But as of now, she has a remarkable track record with AI - she punched Pintsize, manages to push Momos buttons and now she wants to hammer Bubbles?

I.. I can't say I like it very much. Or maybe I should be happy that she graduated from physical attacks and groping to asking first.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: osaka on 04 Feb 2016, 04:25
She is a computer science student. I can tell that we have very little care about general computing components, both ours and of other people, at least from my experience (both myself and close friends). Emily might not have dissociated those from the AIs.

I don't know how I'd handle myself when meeting an AI honestly, although I guess that physical assault would be completely out of the question.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: chaospersonified on 04 Feb 2016, 04:30
In her defense, Swapna, have you ever hit a truly solid object, say a concrete floor, or potentially, a military-grade droid chassis, with a rubber mallet? Shit's fun. Bouncy-bouncy.

I agree it's troubling, but I've had a lot of fun with rubber mallets before. Painful fun on at least one occasion when it bounced back a bit further than I expected, but it left no permanent marks. My soft human child-face took a bit of bruising, but no scarring. I think Emily's got about the same excitable brain as I had when I was then, so I think I understand her motivation in this. Like you said, at least she asked.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Welu on 04 Feb 2016, 05:10
Faye's splotchy stained top is annoying me. I know whatever she wears is bound to get dirty in her work but looking at it makes  me feel unclean.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Akima on 04 Feb 2016, 05:10
Why does CoD have a rubber mallet? For mashing the banana smoothies?

People do seem to have a tendency to intrude into the personal-space of AIs. We've had Hannelore "squeaking" Momo's epidermis, and Emily denting Pintsize, pushing Momo's belly button to cycle her hair-colours, and now wanting to hammer Bubbles. Of course Momo gave Pintsize a bit of a pounding too. Anyone might think that QC was supposed to be a funny comic or something.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: War Sparrow on 04 Feb 2016, 05:15
Emily was denting the counter with the other hammer, so Dora bought her a rubber one instead. Dora's tax forms must be an interesting sight for all concerned.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: BenRG on 04 Feb 2016, 05:35
People do seem to have a tendency to intrude into the personal-space of AIs.

This seems to be an indication of a broader issue in the QC-verse towards Synthetics. I've posted an opinion before that I think the 'AIs are people' ruling is relatively new, possibly happening during the course of the strip. Because of this, a lot of people are still getting their minds around the fact that the AIs are no longer property but people and you can no longer manhandle them for your amusement.

With Emily, though, I think it is more of a lack of a reaction filter. She seems to do the first thing that comes into her head sometimes and literally doesn't bother to verify her impressions or wonder whether what she wants to do is appropriate. She just does it and genuinely can't understand why people react badly.

It's my guess that, if Bubbles were to do her usual thing and speak sternly or try to be intimidating, it's very likely that Emily would assume that it's part of the 'game' and treat it as such.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: oeoek on 04 Feb 2016, 06:20
Experience with computers, Emily? Computer Science by any chance?
(http://www.haancrafts.com/images/sample_3132_HI_m.jpg)
(must admit for myself: in the past 40 years I have been tempted to this approach more than once...)
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Rincewind on 04 Feb 2016, 07:47
I think this is one circumstance where the old "It's better to beg forgiveness than ask permission" does NOT apply.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 04 Feb 2016, 09:00
The constitutional amendment protecting their equal rights happened during the course of the strip.

The two points that follow are that it was necessary, and that major legal changes happen only after long and difficult preparation.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: DSL on 04 Feb 2016, 09:20
Why does CoD have a rubber mallet? .

Emily said it was her rubber mallet. Dora will probably warn her about liability issues involved in using personal equipment on the job. Of course, she could be speaking figuratively, and the mallet might well be shop property -- for pounding the martial-arts-monk-head-shaped dents out of the souffle pan.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 04 Feb 2016, 10:29
I have to leave the house soon and can't do an archive crawl. Didn't somebody in the strip say that Dora had switched Emily to the rubber mallet?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: celticgeek on 04 Feb 2016, 10:38
New Rubber Mallet (3144) (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3144)
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Daniel Patrick Moynihan on 04 Feb 2016, 10:39
I think this board may have covered this already, but do we know how most people (who don't have several AI friends) think of AIs and their chassis?  Would people think Bubbles is scary because she is a killing machine, insecure/strange because she's wearing a killing machine in a civilian context (like people who proudly/defiantly open carry rifles everywhere it's not prohibited), or something else entirely?  Does her Geth Prime-like body even read as combat, or heavy lifting?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Kugai on 04 Feb 2016, 12:18
At least Emily is learning to ask before doing anything weird these days.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Akima on 04 Feb 2016, 13:28
Faye's splotchy stained top is annoying me. I know whatever she wears is bound to get dirty in her work but looking at it makes  me feel unclean.
Faye has embraced her inner junk-yard dog.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Pilchard123 on 04 Feb 2016, 14:05
It only occurred to me today that if Bubbles is/was supposed to smell weapons, maybe that's why the rest of her squad is dead. What if she didn't/couldn't warn them in time? Is this particular arc going to be more about why Bubbles is how she is?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: hedgie on 04 Feb 2016, 14:16
That's a sad thought.  It makes sense, but I do hope that it's not the case.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: swapna on 04 Feb 2016, 15:04
She is a computer science student. I can tell that we have very little care about general computing components, both ours and of other people, at least from my experience (both myself and close friends). Emily might not have dissociated those from the AIs.

I don't know how I'd handle myself when meeting an AI honestly, although I guess that physical assault would be completely out of the question.

That's interesting :) My experience is quite contrary - I've very seldom seen CS students handle equipment carelessly, nor have I done so myself. Yeah, we do know how much it can take, but usually we're quite careful. (Stuff's expensive...)
AIs, on the other hand, are software - easily changed, discarded, remade... I don't know how I'd handle sentient AI, but in QC-Verse their sentience has been accepted and they have even been granted rights. So, probably with curiosity, but then, that's how I treat most beings.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 04 Feb 2016, 15:33
I think this board may have covered this already, but do we know how most people (who don't have several AI friends) think of AIs and their chassis?  Would people think Bubbles is scary because she is a killing machine, insecure/strange because she's wearing a killing machine in a civilian context (like people who proudly/defiantly open carry rifles everywhere it's not prohibited), or something else entirely?  Does her Geth Prime-like body even read as combat, or heavy lifting?

I think that's a wide-open field for discussion.

If she were a carbon-based human of that size and build, that alone would leave many people intimidated around her.

We haven't seen any other military bodies except Deathbot, so it's likely that the sight of them is unusual and unexpected.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Perfectly Reasonable on 04 Feb 2016, 18:55
Maybe candy will fly out...

In other news, I went to my usual Starbucks, and using my newly gained knowledge, asked for a "large plain macchiato". What I got was something with whipped cream and caramel syrup. I now know what I must do...
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Method of Madness on 04 Feb 2016, 19:08
What's funny is you can order an "espresso macchiato" which is actually a proper macchiato. That is, espresso and a little foam. And a "latte macchiato" which is...basically a latte? I don't really know.

Also how adorable is it that Bubbles agreed to Emily's request? And panel 3 might be both my favorite Emily and my favorite Dora.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Zebediah on 04 Feb 2016, 19:15
That went about as well as could be expected, given that Emily was involved...  :facepalm:
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: chaospersonified on 04 Feb 2016, 19:21
This is what I expected. It is what happens with hitting a cement wall, and I agree, totally worth it. Rubber mallets are amazing
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Undrneath on 04 Feb 2016, 19:29
B E R F
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: DSL on 04 Feb 2016, 19:30
That Faye's expression does not waver from cynical not-quite-anticipation is possibly my favorite part of this.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: mustang6172 on 04 Feb 2016, 19:32
This comic needs a soundtrack.  8-)

Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: sluthy on 04 Feb 2016, 19:40
Emily's boobs and Dora's face in panel four  :-D
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Tova on 04 Feb 2016, 19:51
This comic has made my week.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: TheEvilDog on 04 Feb 2016, 19:56
As soon as Emily said "rubber mallet" I knew this was going to happen...

I knew it.

And it was so totally worth it!
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: mercykills on 04 Feb 2016, 20:16
Emily: "You want me to put the hammer down!?!"

Yes, I did stop lurking just to make that semi-dated Avengers reference.

Welp....BYE! =P
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 04 Feb 2016, 21:16
Welcome, new person with a specialized cultural reference!
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: St.Clair on 04 Feb 2016, 21:35
For every DOINK, there is an equal and opposite BOING.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: mad hands murphy on 04 Feb 2016, 21:46
BASED EMILY
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Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Penquin47 on 04 Feb 2016, 21:50
I love Emily.  That was adorable.  And Miss Bubbles letting it happen.

I have way too much fun when it's time to break out the rubber mallets in physics class.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Kugai on 04 Feb 2016, 22:07
And Emilys day has been made.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Mad Cat on 04 Feb 2016, 22:44
Panels 3 and 4 have my vote for the single most dynamic panels that Jeff has ever drawn.

Panels 5 and 6 coming a close second (third?).
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Wildroses on 04 Feb 2016, 22:44
I was at first going to say I thought perhaps this was not good as Emily must be convincing Bubbles that others are crazy idiots with a blithe disregard for their personal safety, but then I realised what complete crap that was. She fixes robots who willingly fight in death matches. What was I thinking? Emily is probably the CoD staff member most like the people she normally hangs out with.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: BenRG on 04 Feb 2016, 23:23
Now that was wonderful! A real laugh-out-loud strip! Emily's expression in panels 3 and 4 really catch how she was putting her all into this and loving every moment! Everyone else's reactions were more-or-less perfect too! Especially Faye, who seems to be having some kind of flashback to Pintsize's feud with the Roomba.

Welcome to Coffee of Doom, Bubbles. This, in case you were wondering, is a 'normal day'!
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: hakko504 on 04 Feb 2016, 23:24
1. That was fun! funniest QC in a while IMHO.

2. Dora looks more and more like Cosette in every strip.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Storel on 04 Feb 2016, 23:28
That is one helluva high jump that Emily made. She looks about six feet off the ground.  :-o

CoD's ceilings must be pretty darned high, or she would have hit the ceiling with her mallet instead of Bubbles.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Sullivan on 04 Feb 2016, 23:29
We're in a universe with a space station and self-aware AIs in robots... and CoD has old-style fluorescent tube ceiling fixtures? With that characteristic old fluorescent buzz, no doubt. Hardly the atmosphere for a coffee house.

On the other hand... maybe the lighting drove Faye to drink. Well, to drink more.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Martin on 04 Feb 2016, 23:59
Awesome Comic today ^^. One can see, that Jeph had fun to draw this
....oh and hi, i suppose....
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: BenRG on 05 Feb 2016, 00:02
Hello and welcome! We're all sane here... Mostly.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: oeoek on 05 Feb 2016, 00:07
Fantastic!
And I am impressed by those last two panels. Three pairs of worried eyes are following the thumb, but Faye -the pro-fixer-upper at robot fights- stays unfazed and focussed at the dented victim...

(and the knocking seems to bring out some new persons; welcome all!)
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Brakkis on 05 Feb 2016, 00:38
Because it needs to be said again...

BERF
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: anahata on 05 Feb 2016, 01:20
Not many times I laugh out loud at a QC comic, but this was one of them.
I hope Jeph's feeling pleased with himself, there's SO MUCH to like about this one.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: osaka on 05 Feb 2016, 01:50
So Emily can just casually catch roughly 4+ feet of air, convert all forward momentum and strength into a rubber mallet hit, get bounced straight back from said hit into the floor (there's about 6ft of clearance between her butt and the floor at this point, and there's the speed going backwards too) and she's just ok? Emily is superhuman I tell you.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: USS Martenclaire on 05 Feb 2016, 02:40
I think I found the reference photo for Faye's expression in the last two panels:

(http://www.disapprovowl.com/owl-pictures/disapprovowl-0004.jpg)
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Akima on 05 Feb 2016, 03:42
Jeph obviously had a lot of fun with that comic, so I'll forgive any liberties taken with ceiling height, perspective etc. I'm surprised that Bubbles didn't have fast enough robo-reflexes to catch Emily before she hit the floor.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: osaka on 05 Feb 2016, 04:16
Maybe it's not so much a thing of sheer reflexes but also one of acceleration. Emily probably catapulted backwards at a speed greater than the one she had while approaching the hit, and we could think that Bubbles' armor isn't tied to any robo-nerves so her reaction would be determined by visual input.

Considering that Emily was already on a downward trajectory when hitting Bubbles and gravity, Emily hit the ground about .3 seconds after she hit Bubbles.   If Emily was flung backwards at more than 5m/s, that means that she'd have moved over 1.5m backwards before hitting the ground. And she probably was, since Emily is 6'4" iirc and she's shown completely extended before hitting the ground. Bubbles was standing still, slightly arced backwards. Even if she took just 10ns to see and process all the information and decide to move forwards, she still only had .3 seconds to start running, move forward about 2m, bend over and grab Emily mid-air, preferrably in a way that didn't imply breaking her in half.

There might be some inaccuracies as all this calculation is off the top of my head and I'm not taking air friction into consideration, but everything seems to indicate that Bubbles would've need some really powerful servos to perform that stunt (and she tried even).

Note: Even if Emily was at the peak of her jump (which I had to assume she wasn't given the previous frame), fall time wouldn't have exceeded .5 seconds at any rate, unless she was capable of jumping over Bubbles.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: improvnerd on 05 Feb 2016, 04:40
All I can think of is head trauma. I know people who've died from less intense falls than that.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: comicalArchitect on 05 Feb 2016, 04:50
So Emily can just casually catch roughly 4+ feet of air, convert all forward momentum and strength into a rubber mallet hit, get bounced straight back from said hit into the floor (there's about 6ft of clearance between her butt and the floor at this point, and there's the speed going backwards too) and she's just ok? Emily is superhuman I tell you.

What if... she's an incredibly humanlike robot?!
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: St.Clair on 05 Feb 2016, 04:56
I was quietly hoping someone might run the math on this.  I was not disappointed.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Neko_Ali on 05 Feb 2016, 04:59
You know who could take a hit like that and enjoy it? a synth Emily.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Method of Madness on 05 Feb 2016, 05:10
BASED EMILY
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Berf?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Technoir on 05 Feb 2016, 05:26
Emily's boobs and Dora's face in panel four  :-D

Loved the expression of raw joy on Emily's face mid-air in this panel.  You could almost hear the implied "BANZAIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!"
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Skewbrow on 05 Feb 2016, 05:47
So which berf felt worse? Marten's (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2112) or Emily's (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3150)?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Thrillho on 05 Feb 2016, 06:37
Best QC ever.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: DSL on 05 Feb 2016, 09:16
I just keep seeing more things to like about "Hammer of the Dogs" every time look at it. Dora's reaction to the backswing in P3, tiny Dora in P4, the fact Emily's still moving through the air toward Bubbles at the moment of receiving her BERF. I wonder if Bubbles has a sort of reactive armor? I wonder if this is the first time Emily's taken a blow to the heqd? I wonder what CoD's liability premiums are like?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 05 Feb 2016, 09:33
Awesome Comic today ^^. One can see, that Jeph had fun to draw this
....oh and hi, i suppose....

Welcome, new person!
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Morituri on 05 Feb 2016, 10:54
We're in a universe with a space station and self-aware AIs in robots... and CoD has old-style fluorescent tube ceiling fixtures? With that characteristic old fluorescent buzz, no doubt. Hardly the atmosphere for a coffee house.


It's dreadfully simple to make tubes that fit those fixtures but have a row of LEDs in them instead.  You just replace the ballast with a step-down transformer you strip out of a wall-wart case. 

Saves you money on your electric bills, cuts that annoying buzz and gets rid of the even-more-annoying 120Hz flicker (100Hz if you're European ) at the same time.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Kugai on 05 Feb 2016, 11:26
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BydGYKnG6M
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Sullivan on 05 Feb 2016, 12:20
We're in a universe with a space station and self-aware AIs in robots... and CoD has old-style fluorescent tube ceiling fixtures? With that characteristic old fluorescent buzz, no doubt. Hardly the atmosphere for a coffee house.


It's dreadfully simple to make tubes that fit those fixtures but have a row of LEDs in them instead.  You just replace the ballast with a step-down transformer you strip out of a wall-wart case. 

Saves you money on your electric bills, cuts that annoying buzz and gets rid of the even-more-annoying 120Hz flicker (100Hz if you're European ) at the same time.
Um, well, unless you have a very good filter on that power supply (unlikely for most wall warts) or use a SMPS (unlikely for cheap wall warts) the LEDs are still going to flicker.

And you're not going to save much. Even at the exorbitant rates I pay I'd be looking at breakeven in about 30 months; with the average rates in the US it'd be more like 90. That's not bad but it's not worth tossing out already-paid-for T12 bulbs that have a lot of years left in them.

On the other hand you have NO idea how impressed I am that you said 120 and 100 Hz instead of 60 and 50! :D
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Thrudd on 05 Feb 2016, 12:24
We're in a universe with a space station and self-aware AIs in robots... and CoD has old-style fluorescent tube ceiling fixtures? With that characteristic old fluorescent buzz, no doubt. Hardly the atmosphere for a coffee house.
It's dreadfully simple to make tubes that fit those fixtures but have a row of LEDs in them instead.  You just replace the ballast with a step-down transformer you strip out of a wall-wart case. 
Saves you money on your electric bills, cuts that annoying buzz and gets rid of the even-more-annoying 120Hz flicker (100Hz if you're European ) at the same time.
I have a family member in the business though pixel boards are still his bread and butter.
LED replacements are making inroads through the industrial channel though the consumer products are mostly overpriced crap.

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On the ceiling height thing in CoD, if the building is previous turn of the century then heights of 10 to 12 or even 14 feet would be pretty standard.
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Warning - while you were typing a new reply has been posted. You may wish to review your post.
Eh, I sometimes forget that norms have no clue on things like the actual hum frequencies they are exposed to.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Perfectly Reasonable on 05 Feb 2016, 19:48
That Bubbles would actually allow this .... And then try to save Emily from the consequences of her own ... Ravenity?

Somewhere Raven feels an impulse to grin maniacally --- and she doesn't know why.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: SubaruStephen on 05 Feb 2016, 19:50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BydGYKnG6M

This is EXACTLY what was running through my mind when I got to the last panel(s).
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Method of Madness on 05 Feb 2016, 21:42
Quote from: Thor
Berf.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Radium_Coyote on 05 Feb 2016, 21:56
that would make Bubbles Captain America.  Which honestly I would find very comforting.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Kugai on 05 Feb 2016, 23:34
But would that make Faye The Incredible Hulk?


*Ducks behind Bubbles*
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: hedgie on 06 Feb 2016, 00:05
Faye Mad!
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Tova on 06 Feb 2016, 00:07
But would that make Faye The Incredible Hulk?

I have no comment one way or the other. But... don't make her angry. That's all I'm saying.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Mr_Rose on 06 Feb 2016, 00:10
But would that make Faye The Incredible Hulk?


*Ducks behind Bubbles*
Faye? The alcoholic that fixes fighting robots and even has a red warbot bodyguard? Yeah, totally the hulk.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Storel on 06 Feb 2016, 00:16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BydGYKnG6M

First thought after watching this: What the heck is Captain America's shield made of that it can stand up to a direct blow from Thor's hammer??

Second thought: What the heck is Captain America made of?? Even if his shield was forged from the same material as Mjolnir, Thor's blow should have broken every bone in Cap's arm, at the very least.  :-o
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: ElsaStegosaurus on 06 Feb 2016, 02:06
Vibranium, yo.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: BenRG on 06 Feb 2016, 03:23
But would that make Faye The Incredible Hulk?

I have no comment one way or the other. But... don't make her angry. That's all I'm saying.

But you're missing the point. The point is that she's always angry!
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Y on 06 Feb 2016, 07:25
All I can think of is head trauma. I know people who've died from less intense falls than that.

Yes first thing that came to mind was this image (from a comic I never read):
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Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Method of Madness on 06 Feb 2016, 07:40
She seems way too happy while asking that question.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: jwhouk on 06 Feb 2016, 07:46
But would that make Faye The Incredible Hulk?
I have no comment one way or the other. But... don't make her angry. That's all I'm saying.

No. That's MY line.

(The last four of my screen name is my last name. Yes, I used the line frequently when I was in junior high.)
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: comicalArchitect on 06 Feb 2016, 13:31
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BydGYKnG6M

First thought after watching this: What the heck is Captain America's shield made of that it can stand up to a direct blow from Thor's hammer??

Second thought: What the heck is Captain America made of?? Even if his shield was forged from the same material as Mjolnir, Thor's blow should have broken every bone in Cap's arm, at the very least.  :-o

Vibranium (or in the comics, a vibranium-adamantium alloy) absorbs all kinetic energy. So nothing happens to Cap when his shield gets hit.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Morituri on 06 Feb 2016, 14:44
Cap's shield, like Thor's hammer, is a Plot Device.

It negates ALL kinetic energy and  momentum of anything that hits it.  Which has led to some decidedly peculiar applications in-canon, such as getting thrown out of an airplane and hitting the ground at terminal velocity, shield first - and being unharmed.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Tova on 06 Feb 2016, 14:49
Cap's shield, like Thor's hammer, is a Plot Device.

You mean Plot Shield.  :claireface:
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Post by: Zebediah on 06 Feb 2016, 15:11
Okay, so it's Comic Book Physics in action. Because a real shield would have to do something with all the kinetic energy it absorbed - most likely get very, very hot.

Or we could do some extreme handwaving and say something like the energy gets quantum-tunneled through another dimension, which would cause all the physicists to scream "That's not how physics works!"
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Tova on 06 Feb 2016, 15:50
I felt vaguely motivated to google the topic, and I read the first promising link I came across. I have to say, watching geeks try to rationalise the physics is hilarious.

I found a long post trying to discuss it in reference to Newton's Third Law, tried to work out how much impact was absorbed versus reflected, and showed only a couple of glimmers of self awareness.

"Obviously, a bit of hand-waving is needed here, ..."


Ha ha ha, no really?

"... it's also important to keep in mind that applying real-world physics to a comic book will almost always result in frustration."


That's not going to stop anyone. Well, obviously.
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Post by: Morituri on 06 Feb 2016, 17:15
Yeah, if you're going to have a Plot Device that works in ways completely alien to physics, handwaving just isn't enough. 

Rather than trying to give it ANY justification or rationale, it's better to declare that it works because of IJD technology.

IJD? 

"It Just Does."

Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Neko_Ali on 06 Feb 2016, 17:35
I posted a long post about Cap's shield and Vibranium earlier today... That apparently didn't get posted. Anyway, the idea behind Vibranium is that it converts kinetic force to sound. Hence the massive shockwave when Thor brings the hammer down. It's also the schtick behind the super villain Klaw, who we saw in Age of Ultron as just plain Ulysses Klaw. Basically he replaces his cut off arm with a vibranium sonic dish, allowing him to weaponize sonic blasts. Cap's shield is the largest piece of pure vibranium and as such is nearly indestructable. You would think he'd be the only one who could use it without rupturing his eardrums when fighting people like Thor and Hulk... but you know. Comic Logic.
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Post by: Radium_Coyote on 06 Feb 2016, 23:26
As a follow-on to that, it's a fairly short list of people who can throw Cap's shield and do that rebound thing.  I always found it interesting to find who you would not expect to be on that list.  Taskmaster, for example.
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Post by: Neko_Ali on 06 Feb 2016, 23:28
Why wouldn't Taskmaster be on that list? He's power is mimicing other people's fighting styles... All he has to do is watch videos of Cap fighting. The one that surprises me slightly is Falcon, they have such different combat styles. But I guess he's hung out with Cap long enough over the years.
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Post by: K1dmor on 06 Feb 2016, 23:54
'cause i was bored:
 (http://i.imgur.com/FbZ0fJX.jpg)
 
 Took some liberties with the costume design.
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Post by: TinPenguin on 07 Feb 2016, 02:11
That is a glorious use of boredom.
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Post by: Kugai on 07 Feb 2016, 12:45
Bubbles armor is now Vibranium
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Post by: chaospersonified on 07 Feb 2016, 13:24
Bubbles armor is now Vibranium

Well let's be real, if there was enough vibranium in the Marvel universe for it, they'd absolutely use it in military-grade AI
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Post by: Neko_Ali on 07 Feb 2016, 13:40
Nah, Tony would buy for a suit of armor.
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Post by: chaospersonified on 07 Feb 2016, 15:24
Nah, Tony would buy for a suit of armor.

Well, he'd HAVE to, given that terrorists would be walking around in vibranium armor.

Side note, Apple's autocorrect recognizes vibranium. Don't kniw if it suggests it, because I turned that mess off the first day, but it knows it's not misspelled.
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Post by: Mr_Rose on 07 Feb 2016, 15:28
Nah, Tony would buy for a suit of armor.
But there's plenty of vibranium in Wakanda; all Tony has to do is head on over and not be a colossal bas…
… y'know what, you're right, not enough vibranium in the world. Or money.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3146 to 3150 (1-5 February 2016)
Post by: Storel on 09 Feb 2016, 00:21
I posted a long post about Cap's shield and Vibranium earlier today... That apparently didn't get posted. Anyway, the idea behind Vibranium is that it converts kinetic force to sound. Hence the massive shockwave when Thor brings the hammer down. It's also the schtick behind the super villain Klaw, who we saw in Age of Ultron as just plain Ulysses Klaw. Basically he replaces his cut off arm with a vibranium sonic dish, allowing him to weaponize sonic blasts. Cap's shield is the largest piece of pure vibranium and as such is nearly indestructable. You would think he'd be the only one who could use it without rupturing his eardrums when fighting people like Thor and Hulk... but you know. Comic Logic.

Obviously, Cap's natural eardrums have been replaced with vibranium ones... or would that make a loud sound blow his head off? Hmm... must experiment.