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Comic Discussion => QUESTIONABLE CONTENT => Topic started by: jwhouk on 07 Apr 2012, 23:00
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And we're off on another week of fun! This time, the kids are coming back down to earth (we hope)...
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I figure one more week of strips and we'll be done with this space station arc, barring any unexpected developments. It's been a lot of fun and I'm glad people seem to like it! But I'm also looking forward to getting back to earth.
Nope!
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No you don't like it, or no you're not looking forward to returning to Earth?
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I meant in reply to jwhouk: No, we're not coming back to Earth for another week, from the look of it.
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One more week of the space station arc could mean one more week in space, or one more week counting their return. We'll see by Friday, I suppose.
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If we come back this week, then everyone knows that Marigold will find the spathe ham. It's only a matter of time...
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You know the votey made me realize that if Angus and Faye really stabilize into a relationship and want to move in together, one or more of the main characters is going to lose some stability.
If Angus moves in with Faye, Marigold will be on her own and might not be able to afford to keep her apartment.
If Faye moves in with Angus then the same applies to Marten.
If they both move out, Marten and Marigold both need new flatmates.
Can you imagine Marigold and Marten sharing an apartment?
Could be an interesting opportunity for a new central character...
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I thought the same thing about marten and marigold. It would be very different as they are both more submissive, so there wouldn't be an alpha personality like there is with faye living there. I can't wait to see how it actually turns out.
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This also would mean Pintsize and Momo sharing the same apartment.
:-o
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What, no Pintsize Terminator Mayhem with Faye wielding a P90 and Dora with a L.A.W. with a wedding dress??
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This also would mean Pintsize and Momo sharing the same apartment.
:-o
Making Momo the alpha.
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Meanwhile, Faye and Angus move in together, and despite all precautions, have a kid. The kid has a normal, uneventful childhood and adolescence, guided by his/her childhood friends/mentors/babysitters Momo and Sam, takes an interest in running the business affairs of Secret of Doom LLC as it acquires Chatham Holdings. On graduation day, the child poses for a photo with proud parents Faye and Angus ... who are hit in the face by the TIME SNOWBALLS Hanners threw 20 years previously at the beer sledding party.
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I'd pay good money to see that happen.
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That would be the ultimate brick joke.
...And, somewhere, sometime, Cassie Wells would laugh.
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Meanwhile, Faye and Angus move in together, and despite all precautions, have a kid. The kid has a normal, uneventful childhood and adolescence, guided by his/her childhood friends/mentors/babysitters Momo and Sam, takes an interest in running the business affairs of Secret of Doom LLC as it acquires Chatham Holdings. On graduation day, the child poses for a photo with proud parents Faye and Angus ... who are hit in the face by the TIME SNOWBALLS Hanners threw 20 years previously at the beer sledding party.
You are awesome. Thanks for the laugh.
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That would be the ultimate brick joke.
As a brick joke, I'd prefer if at the kid's graduation, someone mentioned that they could use an espresso. Right after saying that, the espressosaurus appears.
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That would be the ultimate brick joke.
As a brick joke, I'd prefer if at the kid's graduation, someone mentioned that they could use an espresso. Right after saying that, the espressosaurus appears.
...and THEN the snowballs would appear.
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Naturally.
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Hey DSL, there's a Captian Braxton here, he wants a word with you.
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Tell him the flux capacitor and multistate equivocator are still on order, and he also needs a new bopamagilvie, if he wants to approve the revised estimate.
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...but you said it was just that the Dilithium chamber needed flushed...
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Stupid poll. I want to vote for like half the options.
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Well, looks like someone may be getting Extra-Terrestrial make outs after all!!! :psyduck:
Way to go Marigold!!
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I'm wondering now if Marigold would be tempted to move into orbit? If she does, what does Momo do?
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moob?
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moob.
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While apt, the ironic thing about the comic title is these two crazy kids are too young to even know who Richard Marx is.
Pity, that.
(also: yyyyyyeeeeeeaaaaaaaahhhhh girl!! Get it get it!)
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The level of desperation here is cute. Why is it cute. :-o
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(yyyyyyeeeeeeaaaaaaaahhhhh girl!! Get it get it!)
Seconded!!! :D
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I'm confused why Richard Marx is apt. Then again, the only song I know by him is Hazard and I don't follow celebrity gossip.
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Current comic went me go "YES!" and hi-five my co-worker, he has no idea why I hi-fived him now. WAHA!
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So... is it "Right Here Waiting" (which is what Francis will likely be doing), "Endless Summer Nights" (which describes how long they've been in space), "Hold On To The Night" (which describes what they're doing NOW), or "Satisfied" (as in, "we won't give up until we're SAT-IS-FIIEEEEED")?
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"Your breath. It smells of...
Pocky."
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moob.
Dude must be doing some mighty fine gropin', 'coz the last time we saw *moob* used as a sound effect, Pintsize was getting his... appendages in on them.
I mean those.
I mean her.
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Oh, Francis. Your logic can be used to cut both ways - reasons why it won't work are also those for why it'll still be some harmless fun.
Love the switch from non-eye-contact to direct eye contact in the next-to-last two panels...
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oh it'll all end in teeeaaaars!
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I beg to differ - they know exactly
who what they're getting into!
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Well, Marigold moving to space WOULD solve the whole Angus moving in with Faye problem.
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Or it could be another Richard Marx song - Don't Mean Nothing.
(which used to drive my copy editor friend Frances crazy - "DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING!!!!" she would scream at the radio. I've added this for those of you who think real people don't live insane lives.)
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moob.
Dude must be doing some mighty fine gropin', 'coz the last time we saw *moob* used as a sound effect, Pintsize was getting his... appendages in on them.
I mean those.
I mean her.
I think that was "woob", but sure. :P
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Word of the week: Moob
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Marigold could become an IT specialist on the station, or something, but I really can't see it happening. There's still lots that can be done with her storywise, especially in relation to Hannelore. In a way, barring some very major changes in Hannelore's future, Marigold is the closest Hannelore is likely to get to having a child. She even grounded her. Given her impulses for order and so on connected with her OCD I can't imagine Hannelore becoming a "pet parent," to use a stupid phrase, and using a pet as a surrogate for a child. She may like kittens, but I can't imagine her putting up with the physical mess they make for very long.
As for Faye and Angus I would imagine if they decide to make things more permanent Angus will initially move in with Marten and Faye. It's only fair given that Faye had to share an appartment with Dora when she and Marten were together. How long it will last is another matter,, as is what would happen to Marigold. A thought comes to mind that she would eventually end up with Dale as a roommate one way or another. No romance, just a good old fashioned "seemingly incompatible roommates stuck together" plot.
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...but you said it was just that the Dilithium chamber needed flushed...
And we still need 10.21 Giga-watts of power.
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A thought comes to mind that she would eventually end up with Dale as a roommate one way or another. No romance, just a good old fashioned "seemingly incompatible roommates stuck together" plot.
That's been done (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheOddCouple) to death already. (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OddCouple)
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And Dale has that creepy semi-stalker thing going on with Marigold. Much nicer to get Francis York, the nice-guy, direct-approach, interstellar astrophysi-whatever-he-is.
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Well, that was a rather passive-aggressive way to prepare for intense not-meant-to-be makeouts.
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People keep talking about Angus and Faye moving in together and I just don't see this happening unless they decide to get married. Angus and Faye are both happy with their current living arrangements and both independent enough that they'll likely stay that way. Dora only moved in with Marten because she didn't trust him and he wouldn't move away from Faye to be with her, thus exacerbating her paranoia and we all know how that went. I don't see Faye or Angus being distrusting enough of the other to need that kind of control.
As for our latest lovebirds, this won't end well. They're basically horny high schoolers for all the experience they have* and I just hope they have enough sense to stop at second base.
*- I'm going to presume that Francis is your stereotypical nerd that has never made it past second base and even then it was probably a pity grope.
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I disagree about Dora's reason for wanting to move in together, at the time it seemed more to do with the natural progression of the relationship. The suspicion I think came after she suggested it when they disagreed on who would move in with whom.
(Man, I wish the word "whom" wasn't a thing, it looks so weird)
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*- I'm going to presume that Francis is your stereotypical nerd that has never made it past second base and even then it was probably a pity grope.
It's never good to just presume things like that, although there is a slight desperate air to Francis. Not as much as Marigold, though, and that could just be due to space station loneliness.
I beg to differ - they know exactly who what they're getting into!
Nice :evil:
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"Moob" is a sound effect? I thought that was in reference to man boobs?
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It's one of those multi-purpose terms.
Now, quit being a moob. :angel:
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That would be a male foob? But I thought foobs could already be male; must ask Lynn.
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"Moob" is the sound you make as you're positioning your mouth in a kiss, going from one side to the other as you slightly "mmmmmm" into their mouth.
Or, at least, that's how I'm reading it...
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And what will our heroes discover when they get back to Earth?
Faye's moving in with Angus! 2 (3.9%)
Dora's moving to California! 0 (0%)
Winslow is getting married to Momo! 4 (7.8%)
PINTSIZE is getting married to Momo! 2 (3.9%)
Cosette accidentally burned COD down! 4 (7.8%)
Penelope and Wil eloped! 5 (9.8%)
Sven's decided to become a priest! 4 (7.8%)
Raven got her PhD in two semesters! 7 (13.7%)
Padma RETURNS! 5 (9.8%)
Spathe Ham! 4 (7.8%)
THE NEW GIRL ARRIVES! 14 (27.5%) - Boy, we really wanna see this new chick in action, don't we?
Total Members Voted: 51
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The proper translation of "moob" is "a reasonable amount of babies."
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So it's not "man boob," then?
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"Marten AND Hanners get a text: "Cosette burned down CoD, need bail money. Steve""
STEEEEEEEVE!!
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I didn't vote for it, but I'd like if Padma texted about the percentage of velocity times the speed of light times x.
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We're going to be thrown for a loop somehow...
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And we still need 10.21 Giga-watts of power.
Not to mention some gigagrammes of mass, gigajoules of energy, gigalitres of volume and other tautologies...
I had to google Richard Marx, and I have no idea what the reference is, so... Moob?
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moob.
Dude must be doing some mighty fine gropin', 'coz the last time we saw *moob* used as a sound effect, Pintsize was getting his... appendages in on them.
I mean those.
I mean her.
I think that was "woob", but sure. :P
Was it? Blaaaaaarrgh.
Also, moob.
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I had to google Richard Marx, and I have no idea what the reference is, so... Moob?
They're in the Moob for Lub... "Simply because you're near me/Funny but when you're near me/We're in the Moob for Lub."
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moob.
Dude must be doing some mighty fine gropin', 'coz the last time we saw *moob* used as a sound effect, Pintsize was getting his... appendages in on them.
I mean those.
I mean her.
I think that was "woob", but sure. :P
Was it? Blaaaaaarrgh.
Also, moob.
Yes. When Pintsize went where no man has gone before, it was "Woob, woob, woob."
In his own words. "It wath worth it."
Also, just because we're using strange words Jeph has used here, I'd just like to say, cump.
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0_o
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That was totally uncalled for, sir!
Or ma'am. Whatever.
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moob?
moob.
Boom.
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@iusticanun... Perhaps you meant:
moob?
moob.
(http://www.atomicarchive.com/Effects/Images/WE12.jpg)
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(http://i42.tinypic.com/o59gkh.png)
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Maybe it's similar to Woob (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1457)
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It'll all end in tears
Or Sex
As for Dale, I have two words for you
SPACE LASER
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*Ahem*
I got them moobs like jagger,
got them moobs like jagger
nananaaa
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It's one of those multi-purpose terms.
Now, quit being a moob. :angel:
I beg to differ. (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=moob)
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There's something in the way she moobs...
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(Man, I wish the word "whom" wasn't a thing, it looks so weird)
It's a perfectly cromulent word.
Not unlike, say, "moob" or "cump".
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Comic!
I don't think Station is emulating this time. :-P
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This comic *should* come with the crackling sound of an electrical discharge. Synchronized with Station's hologram going out of focus.
[math_teacher] Observe that in spite of having all that computing power at his command Station cannot complete a computationally infeasible task. AI singularity notwithstanding. [/math_teacher]
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The surprise is that he thought it worth trying.
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Actually, it was probsably Hanelore egging her on. After all, they enable each other.
She needs to get back home to Noho.
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I actually giggled at this one - then facepalmed at the fan on Twitter who totally missed the joke and said to Jeph "one of Station's animation frames are missing." :roll:
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I found this comic unsatisfactory. Even as a one-off joke, it fell somewhat flat. There had to be something more interesting to focus on in the last few space strips.
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I actually giggled at this one - then facepalmed at the fan on Twitter who totally missed the joke and said to Jeph "one of Station's animation frames are missing." :roll:
Those kinds of people aren't 'fans' except in the sense of "the shit hitting the…."
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[math_teacher] Observe that in spite of having all that computing power at his command Station cannot complete a computationally infeasible task. AI singularity notwithstanding. [/math_teacher]
It probably has something to do with the fact that while Stations computing power is substantial (in fact, I'd go as far as to assume that any computer in the QC verse that runs an AI is probably fairly powerful compared to what we have irl), it's still a conventional computer.
If AI's required a quantum computer to work, it's much more likely that the task could be computed.
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Actually, it was probsably Hanelore egging her on. After all, they enable each other.
I figured Hanners made an offhand musing aboout the origin of the patterns they were watching, and station decided he would get her the answer that she desired.
Kinda like any guy on a date trying to do something that will impress his date.
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I found this comic unsatisfactory. Even as a one-off joke, it fell somewhat flat. There had to be something more interesting to focus on in the last few space strips.
Everything's relative, and your mileage may vary.
I had a serendipitous experience with this strip: my computer was slow to load and scroll the comic, so I only saw the first two frames for about ten seconds. I was half-expecting "what's up with those two" to refer to a snuggly-cuddly Marigold and Francis. :psyduck:
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Actually, it was probsably Hanelore egging her on. After all, they enable each other. She needs to get back home to Noho.
Yes... It's been a while since Hanners pulled an obsession fuelled all-nighter. This is a reversion and not especially healthy. Note that Station has given himself bags under his eyes, albeit not quite the panda-eye shadows that Hanners has.
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Ya know, Marten and LT. Abbie get along really well. It's a pity we won't get to see her again after the end of this week.
While it's a funny one-off gag, I also feel unsatisfied with it. Surely, if we're stuck up in space until Friday, there was something more relevant?
Warning - while you were typing the mole people have risen and conquered the surface. Nutbunnies.
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Hanners, darlin', you're getting old. You used to be able to handle these things.
I mean, you're what, now? 23?
Damn kids.
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It probably has something to do with the fact that while Stations computing power is substantial (in fact, I'd go as far as to assume that any computer in the QC verse that runs an AI is probably fairly powerful compared to what we have irl), it's still a conventional computer.
If AI's required a quantum computer to work, it's much more likely that the task could be computed.
Possibly. I'm not up to speed with what quantum computers can do. The tasks that they can do (integer factorization being the best known example) they do unbelievably fast (in comparison to a conventional computer). But how many tasks have been successfully ported to a quantum computer? A former student of mine has written a textbook on quantum computing. Last time I asked him, he told me that the experts couldn't agree on whether the number of (essentially different) existing quantum computer programs was two or three...
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Theoretically, a quantum computer can do anything a regular one can; the problem is coming up with stuff that only quantum computers can do. And one of those things is compute large factorials in less time than the estimated remaining lifespan of the universe.
But then, since the only thing regular computers can do is add numbers very fast, that's already more than twice as awesome. :angel:
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I dunno why, but I mostly laughed uncontrollably at Station's face upon scrolling down to the third panel. Partly because I expected the question to reveal Marigold and Francis sitting beside each other with frazzled hair and blushing faces, still staring at each other. Then again, it was odd of me to assume they have stopped making out.
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I have laughed at Jeph's strips before. I will likely laugh at Jeph's strips in the future.
But this one...
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Then again, it was odd of me to assume they have stopped making out.
They will be found later...
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Had Marten already gone to breakfast when yesterday's strip happened? 'Cause if they had that room to themselves...
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They will be found later...
Hanners will bump into them doing the walk of shame, and end up holding a ten minute conversation with them without once picking up on it.
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Possibly. I'm not up to speed with what quantum computers can do. The tasks that they can do (integer factorization being the best known example) they do unbelievably fast (in comparison to a conventional computer). But how many tasks have been successfully ported to a quantum computer? A former student of mine has written a textbook on quantum computing. Last time I asked him, he told me that the experts couldn't agree on whether the number of (essentially different) existing quantum computer programs was two or three...
You are right, there is a small number of known essentially different quantum algorithms. The common buzzwords are Shor's integer factoring (which actually is a special case of the Hidden Subgroup Problem) in polynomial time and Gover's "database search" which provides a quadratic speedup for CSP problems. Here's the whole zoo: http://math.nist.gov/quantum/zoo/.
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Thank you very much @dkorduban! Double, if you registered only to tell us about this :-)
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Too many people think quantum computers are magic - it currently appears they're only slightly more powerful than normal computers with a source of randomness (which is actually likely to be superfluous), that list of problems there being basically the long and the short of it. There are things tractable with a quantum computer that probably aren't with a normal computer (although none of these is technically certain yet... albeit much in the way it's not technically certain the sun exists), but only somewhat useful to AI, not the last big step to "The Singularity" as it's often treated.
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Honestly, if it weren't for this discussion, if somebody had mentioned the term "quantum computer" to me today I'd have assumed it was a made up sci-fi thing.
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They will be found later...
Hanners will bump into them doing the walk of shame, and end up holding a ten minute conversation with them without once picking up on it.
Hanners' end of the conversation is likely to consist of the word, "buh."
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albeit much in the way it's not technically certain the sun exists
Wait, what?
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albeit much in the way it's not technically certain the sun exists
Wait, what?
You obviously have never lived in the Pacific Northwest.
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And we still need 10.21 Giga-watts of power.
Not to mention some gigagrammes of mass, gigajoules of energy, gigalitres of volume and other tautologies...
I had to google Richard Marx, and I have no idea what the reference is, so... Moob?
The movie Back to the Future (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088763/) - although my memory was faulty - the flux capacitor only required 1.21 Gigagwatts of power to function...
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I remember being so disappointed when I found out that he was just mispronouncing "giga-" rather than using a fictional prefix that would mean significantly more.
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Oh, he mispronounces it in the original, too? I thought it was a goof in the French dub.
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Actually, he was pronouncing it correctly - it's only when the word "gigabyte" entered common parlance that a mispronunciation stuck, and is now standard.
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Possible Teh Funny ending:
HEC's little all-nighter causes Station to "short out", causing Hannerdad to get angry at Station - and "fire" him.
Hanners offers to take him down to Earth in the old "robot boyfriend" chassis, which Hannerdad accepts.
They return to earth - and hilarity ensues.
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For comic #2162...
1. Jeph's semi-animated GIF strips always make me think we should be inching closer towards an animated series. Even if not, it is always great to see the effort he puts into such strips, always a good laugh.
2. Ah OCD-frazzled Hannelore...it has been a while since we saw this side of her. I also chuckled at "low-res" & "cannot display image" Station.
3. While obviously the characters we have met upon Station (including Station) are unlikely to become mainstream (or even "regular") characters, I also doubt we have seen the last of them once the QC-popular trio return to terra-firma. It definitely will be interesting to see how they each visit Northampton in the future.
4. @Jabberwocky... Your linguistic flexibility embiggens the spirit of even the smallest man :wink: .
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They're in the Moob for Lub... "Simply because you're near me/Funny but when you're near me/We're in the Moob for Lub."
You win 0.6 internets.
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Basic theory:
Normal computer trying to find a solution to a complex problem has to try solution version 1 and record result, try solution version 2, record result, check if result is better than version 1, etc.
A quantum computer can compute all solutions of stated problem simultaneously and work out which is the best solution.
Discussion:
One of the things problems that lends itself well to quantum computing is efficient directions. If you want to find the shortest route through a complex system (i.e. one where there is no obvious solution) a quantum computer should be able to solve that problem extremely quickly.
After people have speculated that the above was one of the applications of quantum computing, it was discovered that plants are quantum computers and do solve that problem. The problem that plant cells solve is that of the most efficient route to get quanta of light to the active part of a chloroplast to convert that light into energy. Through this natural application of quantum computing the efficiency of plants in converting light to energy is a lot higher than one would expect from chance because the quanta of light are directed along a route that means they are very unlikely to be absorbed by other parts of the cell.
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I call that either Lt. Potter or station comes down with the rest. Personally potter's too interesting and clicky with Marten to leave it at that.
Also I don't think Hannelore and her dad are finished talking just yet there still seems to be something up in the air that they need to talk about.
Lastly I don't think Faye and Angus are going to or should move in. Not only would I miss Marten and Faye being together all the time which is where this comic started to begin with. I just don't think Faye is ready to take that kind of step yet.
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Waitaminnit, WAITAMINNIT.
How /why does Hanners spend all night watching something that rotates out of view every 90 minutes or so? Take naps, young lady.
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Fascination to watch how it had changed each time they orbited over it, or near enough to see.
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Station thought it was interesting and moved himself into geosynchronous orbit, duh.
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Station thought it was interesting and moved himself into geosynchronous orbit, duh.
uh…
Holy shit no. Never mind the energy costs; have you any idea what sort of a cluster-fuck that would kick off at NORAD? Not to mention the Chinese and their anti-sat missiles or the need to pass a habitable volume full of squishy meatlings through the VABs whilst keeping the windows open.
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I have no idea what you're talking about, which probably indicates that I have no idea what I'm talking about either.
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Basic theory:
Normal computer trying to find a solution to a complex problem has to try solution version 1 and record result, try solution version 2, record result, check if result is better than version 1, etc.
A quantum computer can compute all solutions of stated problem simultaneously and work out which is the best solution.
...not really... well... sort of. What you're describing sounds more like a nondeterministic computer than a quantum computer, and there are places they overlap (factorization being the big one), but there are things each can do that the other can't. The problem is that while the quantum computer does consider them all at once, it "works out" the solution in a very clumsy way. There's some speedup in pathfinding, but it's really not that great - in other problems it does better.
And "plants use the basic principles of quantum computing" is a soundbite. They do so in about the same way an LED uses the basic principles of the computer in front of you.
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Waitaminnit, WAITAMINNIT.
How /why does Hanners spend all night watching something that rotates out of view every 90 minutes or so? Take naps, young lady.
Well spotted! Also, after that 90 minutes or so when Earth will be in the middle of the window again, they won't be seeing the same part of the Earth as they did during the previous lap.
One more time: Station is spinning, and the view from the window is in the direction of the axis of rotation. That axis of rotation will not change its direction (relative to the distant stars) unless a massive torque is continuously applied to it. That would be such an obvious waste of energy that they won't do it. Therefore the axis points down towards the Earth at most once per lap. They can see the Earth from the opposite window, when the axis of rotation is pointing directly away from Earth, though. Say, the axis of rotation is pointing towards Alpha Centauri. They will see straight down towards the Earth, when Earth is between the station and Alfa Centauri. They will see Earth from the other side when the station is between the Earth and Alfa Centauri. Both of those occur at a single point in each lap, and that only if Alfa Centauri is in the plane of the orbit. At other points of their orbit they will see parts of the Earth from a corner of one of the windows. You can replace Alpha Centauri with a star of your choice. Most likely a smart choice was made initially and they are sticking to it.
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Housing reshuffling has been mined in the past as a source of creative disruption. That said, it seems there's already enough unresolved stuff going back on earth to fill out a good couple of months of QC at least.
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Waitaminnit, WAITAMINNIT.
How /why does Hanners spend all night watching something that rotates out of view every 90 minutes or so? Take naps, young lady.
Well spotted! Also, after that 90 minutes or so when Earth will be in the middle of the window again, they won't be seeing the same part of the Earth as they did during the previous lap.
Ah well you know sometimes old friends get a little (or a lot) crazy when they see each other again after a long time, though usually it's like cow-tipping or something. I'm sure they talked a lot too and I wouldn't be surprised if Hanners had a bit more to drink.
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Waitaminnit, WAITAMINNIT.
How /why does Hanners spend all night watching something that rotates out of view every 90 minutes or so? Take naps, young lady.
Well spotted! Also, after that 90 minutes or so when Earth will be in the middle of the window again, they won't be seeing the same part of the Earth as they did during the previous lap.
Well that's easy! When the weather system was out of sight, Station simply projected it on the window. From what sources? I dunno. Other Stations!
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From the killer satellites that were Hanners's friends, perhaps...
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Ok. Problem solved. :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D
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OK. But Hanners still needs to take naps.
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Gover's "database search"
All I can think of is a furry blue monster (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTUzurwxHpA) digging through a chest, looking for something...
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Maybe she's just not a nap person. And they were probably talking during those 90 minutes intervals.
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Actually, he was pronouncing it correctly - it's only when the word "gigabyte" entered common parlance that a mispronunciation stuck, and is now standard.
According to Wikipedia, the "jigawatt" pronunciation was only ever standardised in American English:
"In English, the initial g of giga can be pronounced /ɡ/ (a hard g as in giggle), or /dʒ/ (a soft g as in giant, which shares its Greek root).
This latter pronunciation was formalized within the United States in the 1960s and 1980s with the issue by the US National Bureau of Standards of pronunciation guides for the metric prefixes. A prominent example is found in the pronunciation of gigawatts in the 1985 movie Back to the Future.
According to the American writer Kevin Self, a German committee member of the International Electrotechnical Commission proposed giga as a prefix for 109 in the 1920s, drawing on a verse by the humorous poet Christian Morgenstern that appeared in the third (1908) edition of Galgenlieder (Gallows Songs). This suggests that a hard German "ɡ" was originally intended as the pronunciation. Self was unable to ascertain at what point the alternative pronunciation came into occasional use, but claimed that as of 1995 it had died out.
In 1998, a poll by the phonetician John C. Wells found that 84% of Britons preferred the pronunciation of gigabyte starting with /ɡɪ/ (as in gig), 9% with /dʒɪ/ (as in jig), 6% with /ɡaɪ/ (guy), and 1% with /dʒaɪ/ (as in giant)."
As always with English, there is no correct answer...
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Huh. I may be the only United Statesian male of my age to say this, but I've never seen any of the BTTF movies in their entirety, and was not even aware of the soft-g pronunciation, let alone its level of acceptability. Every one I know uses the hard-g pronunciation for "giga-" (as in "4-gig thumb drive).
Had I heard Doc Brown with his soft-g, I might have wondered whether that was sufficient to make the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs ...
(I don't go to the movies for the scientific rigor, you see ... )
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I just now noticed that Lt. Potter is wearing a row of medals or some such on her jumpsuit in today's strip (2162).
There's something wrong with that, but I don't know what.
EDIT: Oh, now I know... it's the same issue we've had since the flight suit showed up with Lt. Potter - insignias and markings are supposed to be velcro'ed or sewn on.
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I call that either Lt. Potter or station comes down with the rest. Personally potter's too interesting and clicky with Marten to leave it at that.
Lastly I don't think Faye and Angus are going to or should move in. Not only would I miss Marten and Faye being together all the time which is where this comic started to begin with. I just don't think Faye is ready to take that kind of step yet.
Or perhaps Faye will move in with Angus, and Lt. Potter will move into Faye's old room. Padma comes back and meets up with Marten. Meanwhile Lt. Potter goes out, hooks up with Elliot, they walk into the apartment to find Padma and Marten making out. Hilarious awkwardness ensues...
Oh its a ship of titanic proportions... :psyduck:
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Sink it.
Now.
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Sink it.
Now.
Wait lets at least do it in 3D, I hear we can make more money that way.
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I remember being so disappointed when I found out that he was just mispronouncing "giga-" rather than using a fictional prefix that would mean significantly more.
Well, technically, he wasn't mispronouncing it. "Giga-" and "Jiga-" are both acceptable prefixes, but the former is used WAY MORE than the latter. According to the producer, he misheard the scientific advisor and thus used "jiga", so it's really by chance that it's still right.
EDIT: Probably should have read further down the thread, Akima already went into greater detail about this .-.
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That's not "someone", that's half the sky!
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Sink it.
Now.
Iceberg!! Right ahead!!!!
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Someone mention a movie of titanic money-grubbing proportions in 3-D...?
Titanic SUPER 3D (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJxj1mou03M)
8-)
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Sink it.
Now.
Iceberg!! Right ahead!!!!
Iceberg: 'Oh no, not again!!'
Marten with friends in the Military - an interesting thought.
Station: "AN INT-ER-EST-ING GAME HAN-NA-LORE. THE ON-LY WIN-NING MOVE APP-EARS TO BE NOT TO PLAY" :-D
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Waitaminnit, WAITAMINNIT.
How /why does Hanners spend all night watching something that rotates out of view every 90 minutes or so? Take naps, young lady.
Well spotted! Also, after that 90 minutes or so when Earth will be in the middle of the window again, they won't be seeing the same part of the Earth as they did during the previous lap.
Ah, but you're assuming that Station is not in a geostationary orbit!
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Its very, very, very unlikely that station is in geosync.
Geosync orbit, about 30,000 km above ground, is much more expensive to reach than the low orbits of about 400 km above ground usually used for all reallife space stations (such as the ISS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station)).
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Waitaminnit, WAITAMINNIT.
How /why does Hanners spend all night watching something that rotates out of view every 90 minutes or so? Take naps, young lady.
Well spotted! Also, after that 90 minutes or so when Earth will be in the middle of the window again, they won't be seeing the same part of the Earth as they did during the previous lap.
Ah, but you're assuming that Station is not in a geostationary orbit!
Sigh.
Others have already commented on how much energy they would waste to reach a geosynchronous orbit.
Of course, they might have built the station up there, but all the evidence suggests that they are at a lower orbit:
- If they were up in geosynchronous orbit, the image of Earth in the window would be much smaller.
- If they were up in geosynchronous orbit, that window would point towards the Earth once every 24 hours instead of once every 90 minutes (meaning that contrary to what you implied Hanners would not have seen the Southern Pacific ever again during the night).
- Hanners told a long time ago that at the station they see a sunrise every 2 hours (or was it 90 minutes). Together with music from 2001 (Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss).
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Hanners and Marten have those Dora puppy eyes.
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eeeeEEEEE
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Hanners and Marten have those Dora puppy eyes.
Which one gets to be the flowergirl OHMYGODIHOPEMARTENGETSTOBETHEFLOWRGIRL (sorry)
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I see that Marigold's glasses have evaporated from the sheer intensity of the makeouts.
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Shower -> Clothes -> Makeouts. No time for glasses too.
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I like how Hanner's eyes are even more eeeeEEEE than Marten's eyes. Also making out on an office chair is a bit of a balancing act in my experience.
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Shower -> Clothes -> Makeouts. No time for glasses too.
She was wearing them previously, however.
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Oh yes, so she was. They fell off; or you're right, and they evaporated.
Also, Hanners has recovered remarkably quickly!
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I'm tellin' you! it'll all end in tears! I tol' you before but did you listen? did you listen!?
Rambling aside, they're supposed to be packing, presumably to leave. D'you think Marigold will be able to disentangle herself and head on home in a mature manner? It'd be nice to see and I guess she'd have to if there's any hope of them actually getting home this week...
It's just that, thinking back to her crush on Angus and even some of her actions on Station, it doesn't seem to quite fit that she'd handle the aftermath of this all that well...
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Hoo boy, from pressed up against the wall to entangled on the chair.
And thanks to these very forums, every time I see Marigold making out, all I can hear is a Richard Marx soundtrack. :-\
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WheeeeeeeeeeEEEEE
This comic left me feeling warm and fuzzy :-)
Thank you, Mr. Jaques!
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Waitaminnit, WAITAMINNIT.
How /why does Hanners spend all night watching something that rotates out of view every 90 minutes or so? Take naps, young lady.
Well spotted! Also, after that 90 minutes or so when Earth will be in the middle of the window again, they won't be seeing the same part of the Earth as they did during the previous lap.
Ah, but you're assuming that Station is not in a geostationary orbit!
It's been established from hints and outright statements in the comic the station is well below GEO. Hanners, on Earth, points out the station to Sven as a moving point of light (which it wouldn't be, were it in GEO) and, in another conversation, mentions sunrises (and accompanying Strauss music) every couple of hours. Therefore, the station is in LEO.
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Also, definitely yes to Dora getting to be the flower girl. It's time she got back into the gang.
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Their EEEeeees made me EEEEeeeeeee :) Especially Marten. Martin's EEEeees more cute because he normally wouldn't EEEEeeeee and that makes it more cute and there for i EEEEeeee more.
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I haven't seen Marten make a face this adorable since he made that kitty face at Faye because he still had her Hello Kitty belt on. That said, this arc has brought forth some of the funniest facial expressions.
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hahaha.
That's kinda creepy, Marty and Hanners. Both have the exact same "squeeeeeeeee!" expression going on.
And damn, Marbear getting it on. She might get teh bootycall before going back to earth.
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Poor Marigold; it's going to be tough saying goodbye now. :-\ I wonder if they'll attempt a long-distance relationship...
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Love always ends in tears.
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Maybe Hannerdad needs another programmer...
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Or Francis quits his job to live on earth with marbear. Which wouldn't be a smart move considering they've known each other for only a few days tops.
But hey, who says scientists are always reasonable?
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Now we have two data points saying that makeouts in the QC universe are intense enough to cause articles of clothing to disappear. The previous was Faye's bra disappearing.
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I was actually expecting that they'd be found in the lower bunk when Marten awoke, strange smiles on both their sleeping faces.
But this is good, too...
Edit: sticky "n"
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You guys all forget one basic fact:
Northampton is right in the middle of a WHOLE BUNCH of colleges, including Smif College.
He could always transfer to UMASS or MIT or somewhere reasonably close by - and they could do the geek mating dance routinely.
...and that's about as far as I'll go with that ship, thanks.
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Moob.
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You guys all forget one basic fact:
Northampton is right in the middle of a WHOLE BUNCH of colleges, including Smif College.
He could always transfer to UMASS or MIT or somewhere reasonably close by - and they could do the geek mating dance routinely.
...and that's about as far as I'll go with that ship, thanks.
I'm not good at American Geography and stuff, so thanks for saying that.
Also it's not much of a ship anymore if they're already smooching it up in canon, right?
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So basically the SS-ECT is 20% legitimate scientific inquiry, 50% f-ing around with technology and the pleasures of space, and 30% Love Boat style romances veiled in the cynicism of QC. Sounds fun.
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Seconded ... but I don't find QC all that cynical. Irreverent, certainly. And Jeph plays at cynicism in his tweets and Tumblr but certain things he says and does and writes in the comic make me think he really does want people to "be nice to one another," which is what he says is the theme of the comic.
Then again, that could just be my impulse to assume good motives in others until they prove otherwise. I'm not sure why I still have that impulse.
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Moob.
well put sir
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Then again, that could just be my impulse to assume good motives in others until they prove otherwise. I'm not sure why I still have that impulse.
Experience.
You get depressed otherwise...
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He could always transfer to UMASS or MIT or somewhere reasonably close by - and they could do the geek mating dance routinely.
MIT? Uh... no.
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Seconded ... but I don't find QC all that cynical. Irreverent, certainly. And Jeph plays at cynicism in his tweets and Tumblr but certain things he says and does and writes in the comic make me think he really does want people to "be nice to one another," which is what he says is the theme of the comic.
Then again, that could just be my impulse to assume good motives in others until they prove otherwise. I'm not sure why I still have that impulse.
When I tell friends why I enjoy a youthful web comic so much in my 70s, one of the plusses is that the characters are good to each other. They like each other and care about each other. If there's cynicism, perhaps it's expressed about others outside the group.
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If there's cynicism, perhaps it's expressed about others outside the group.
The cynicism seems to be more about the world, in general.
Oh, and this;
She was in the shower when I got up.
Or perhaps they were in the shower...?
I dunno - I just like the idea of Marigirl getting it on... in SPACE!!
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As for the whereabouts of the glasses:
I can tell from experience that hot makeouts with glasses are uncomfortable. I'll always take them off when there's makeouts.
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As for the whereabouts of the glasses:
I can tell from experience that hot makeouts with glasses are uncomfortable. I'll always take them off when there's makeouts.
Agreed.
Also: GO MARIGOLD! GIT U SUM!
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If there's cynicism, perhaps it's expressed about others outside the group.
The cynicism seems to be more about the world, in general.
Oh, and this;
She was in the shower when I got up.
Or perhaps they were in the shower...?
I dunno - I just like the idea of Marigirl getting it on... in SPACE!!
I believe the likely timeline is:
Marigold gets up and gets in the shower. (Space puke would make anyone want to shower)
Marten gets up, Marigold is in the shower. He leaves to get breakfast. (Meets Abbey)
Marigold gets out the shower and gets ready.
Francis knocks on the door. (presses the space buzzer?)
makeouts ensue.
I don't think they could have both been in the shower unless Marten is completely oblivious and would sleep through someone at the door, Marigold answering it, the sounds of makeouts and them coming into the room, stripping off and getting into the shower.
Also he'd be clever enough to notice say, a man's clothes who weren't his on the floor, and by the look of Marigold and Francis neither of them has it together enough to think to hide what they're up to.
I don't think anyone has concieved a reasonable number of babies yet.
Oh my god I just realized how horrific it'd be if Marigold got pregnant and Jeph did an arc about it oh jeez
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Don't be silly, webcomic pregnancy storylines always end well!
:psyduck:
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He could always transfer to UMASS or MIT or somewhere reasonably close by - and they could do the geek mating dance routinely.
MIT? Uh... no.
Compared to the distance of space, a 90-95 minute jaunt down the MassPike is nothing, trust me. (Seriously: it's 100 miles, mostly via the MassPike, down I-91 and I-90 to the MIT campus. It'd be a shorter drive if he transferred to Harvard.)
There's Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, UMass, "Smif", Springfield College (down the road in Springfield), Clark University and Worcester State University (halfway between Springfield and Boston)...
Like I said: he could transfer pretty much anywhere in the state of MA and be within an hour's drive of MarBear.
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Don't be silly, webcomic pregnancy storylines always end well!
:psyduck:
zomg, I saw wut u did there. That almost made me want to hit ctrl-alt-del.
The mutual :3 face with Marten and Hanners cracks me up.
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Oh, and this;
She was in the shower when I got up.
Or perhaps they were in the shower...?
I dunno - I just like the idea of Marigirl getting it on... in SPACE!!
One thing, though - she was wearing her YAOI ZONE t-shirt when they went "up top" for space makeouts, so if she was in the shower, it was likely by herself... unless that shirt was the only one she brought with up to the station. (EWWWWWwwww)
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I believe the likely timeline is:
Marigold gets up and gets in the shower. (Space puke would make anyone want to shower)
Marten gets up, Marigold is in the shower. He leaves to get breakfast. (Meets Abbey)
Marigold gets out the shower and gets ready.
Francis knocks on the door. (presses the space buzzer?)
makeouts ensue.
I don't think they could have both been in the shower unless Marten is completely oblivious and would sleep through someone at the door, Marigold answering it, the sounds of makeouts and them coming into the room, stripping off and getting into the shower.
Also he'd be clever enough to notice say, a man's clothes who weren't his on the floor, and by the look of Marigold and Francis neither of them has it together enough to think to hide what they're up to.
I don't think anyone has concieved a reasonable number of babies yet.
Thank you. I was getting the timeline confused - I thought he first bout of makeouts was still "last night".
And he's a scientist, which means he might know how to prevent babies...
at least, in theory. :lol:
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I say it's their attraction coming to a sudden head and they're sort of desperately trying to take in as much of each other as possible before they have to go back to being not meant to be. I wouldn't assume that they're horny teens. For all we know, Francis could have had tons of science-y wenches before he met marigold. Or at least one or two as these things go. Now marigold could definitely be on the desperate side. I don't think she's had much in th way of makeouts.
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Well, Francis seemed to have some idea of how these things can go. Not Sven levels of seduction certainly, but he wasn't nearly as awkward or as confused as Marigold.
You could probably say he's at least a bit out of practice, what with being on a space station with a small population (compared to a town or city) and no obvious partner in said population.
The thing about it is our perspective: we know all about Marigold - Francis doesn't. We're not giving him very much credit for managing to navigate the minefield that is Marigold's self esteem issues without knowing about them in advance, you know?
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I don't think she's had much in th way of makeouts.
The kiss with Angus was her first (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1692).
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We're not giving him very much credit for managing to navigate the minefield that is Marigold's self esteem issues without knowing about them in advance, you know?
Well, if we're going to run with the "nerds have bad self-esteem and don't get any" stereotype, perhaps Francis did know in advance in a general sort of way from being around lots of science-nerds.
Somehow Marten's "eeeeEEEE" and mirror pose are a little creepy, as if Hanners' reaction was so powerful that it forced matching electrical currents in his brain by inductive coupling, like the secondary coil in a transformer.
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Well, if we're going to run with the "nerds have bad self-esteem and don't get any" stereotype, perhaps Francis did know in advance in a general sort of way from being around lots of science-nerds.
I don't think that's a true stereotype (isn't that a contradiction in terms? whoops), nor that it necessarily applies. Marigold does have self esteem issues though, as evidenced several times in the comic, indeed the fallout from the zero G puke is an example.
And okay, perhaps playing with a DS while at a party on a space station is a bit antisocial and nerdy, but Francis didn't know anything about her personal life beyond that, which is kind of my whole point.
:psyduck:
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Somehow Marten's "eeeeEEEE" and mirror pose are a little creepy, as if Hanners' reaction was so powerful that it forced matching electrical currents in his brain by inductive coupling, like the secondary coil in a transformer.
Would it help if his middle name was Henry?
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Compared to the distance of space, a 90-95 minute jaunt down the MassPike is nothing, trust me. (Seriously: it's 100 miles, mostly via the MassPike, down I-91 and I-90 to the MIT campus. It'd be a shorter drive if he transferred to Harvard.)
You do that and get back to me.
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Today's comic
eeeeEEEEEEEEEEeeee :laugh: *Jumps around completely giddy-like*
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Compared to the distance of space, a 90-95 minute jaunt down the MassPike is nothing, trust me. (Seriously: it's 100 miles, mostly via the MassPike, down I-91 and I-90 to the MIT campus. It'd be a shorter drive if he transferred to Harvard.)
You do that and get back to me.
The MassPike isn't THAT bad, is it?
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Would it help if his middle name was Henry?
You will be inducted into the ranks of the physics-nerds, though you might have to wait Faraday or two.
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Somehow Marten's "eeeeEEEE" and mirror pose are a little creepy, as if Hanners' reaction was so powerful that it forced matching electrical currents in his brain by inductive coupling, like the secondary coil in a transformer.
Would it help if his middle name was Henry?
I see Watt you did there.
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Would it help if his middle name was Henry?
You will be inducted into the ranks of the physics-nerds, though you might have to wait Faraday or two.
A setup! Ohmy!
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Compared to the distance of space, a 90-95 minute jaunt down the MassPike is nothing, trust me. (Seriously: it's 100 miles, mostly via the MassPike, down I-91 and I-90 to the MIT campus. It'd be a shorter drive if he transferred to Harvard.)
You do that and get back to me.
The MassPike isn't THAT bad, is it?
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
I live in central PA, but my folks live on Cape Cod. I summer there every year. We took the Mass pike once to avoid I-95...
We now take back roads through CT and RI. It's quicker.
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Would it help if his middle name was Henry?
You will be inducted into the ranks of the physics-nerds, though you might have to wait Faraday or two.
A setup! Ohmy!
I find this line of reasoning shocking, but I Gauss you all just can't help your attraction to saying such things.
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Re: the discussion further up the page, about themes of the comic and all that--
One of the only overarching themes I've noticed about the comic is that other people make your life better. All of these characters come into the strip with issues like crazy, and all of them have made positive progress due entirely to the circle of friends they've set up. QC seems, to me, like a group of imperfect people trying to make sense of the world and helping each other through life. Anyway, just my two cents.
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Would it help if his middle name was Henry?
You will be inducted into the ranks of the physics-nerds, though you might have to wait Faraday or two.
A setup! Ohmy!
I find this line of reasoning shocking, but I Gauss you all just can't help your attraction to saying such things.
I cannot help it. I need mho and mho, but I can amp up my sense of humor just so far. Then it becomes downright revolting.
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Re: the discussion further up the page, about themes of the comic and all that--
One of the only overarching themes I've noticed about the comic is that other people make your life better. All of these characters come into the strip with issues like crazy, and all of them have made positive progress due entirely to the circle of friends they've set up. QC seems, to me, like a group of imperfect people trying to make sense of the world and helping each other through life. Anyway, just my two cents.
I haven't lived among a lot of family since childhood. I try to glom on to a family when and where I can, or help create an informal one with a sense of community, and call attention to it as it's happening. As QC readers and fans, wouldn't most of us wish to be a part of this family?
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Serious posts in-between bad science puns. :psyduck:
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Comic #2163 (https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2163) has been brought to you by...the letter "eE,"
...and also by, the Institute for Scientific Terminology in Multifunctional Usage,
...with additional funding by, the Moob Foundation,
...and from public contributors such as forum-posters and 'shippers, like You.
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Comic #2163 has been brought to you by...the letter "eE,"
...and also by, the Institute for Scientific Terminology in Multifunctional Usage,
...with additional funding by, the Moob Foundation,
...and from public contributors such as forum-posters and 'shippers, like You.
Win.
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Serious posts in-between bad science puns. :psyduck:
They're not bad science puns, they're the best science puns....Weber you like them or not.
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Now, you KNOW that "Weber" has multiple meanings to me... especially after what happened in Smashville tonight.
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Would it help if his middle name was Henry?
You will be inducted into the ranks of the physics-nerds, though you might have to wait Faraday or two.
A setup! Ohmy!
I find this line of reasoning shocking, but I Gauss you all just can't help your attraction to saying such things.
I cannot help it. I need mho and mho, but I can amp up my sense of humor just so far. Then it becomes downright revolting.
Rydberg between the lines on today's comic, it's zeeman that they're going to need the laser to break the binding energy between Marigold and Francis.
<dodges rotten tomatoes>
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Would it help if his middle name was Henry?
You will be inducted into the ranks of the physics-nerds, though you might have to wait Faraday or two.
A setup! Ohmy!
I find this line of reasoning shocking, but I Gauss you all just can't help your attraction to saying such things.
I cannot help it. I need mho and mho, but I can amp up my sense of humor just so far. Then it becomes downright revolting.
Ten bucks says this joke ends here. I'll Planck my money down right now!
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I'd agree, but Heisenberg says he isn't so sure...
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Franklin, I think it has gone too far already.
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AAAAAAAAA Marigold in the last panel AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. :-D :-D :-D
I wonder what the significance of the holographic sock is? I mean, of all things that could indicate romantic times, why a...?
Aww, Station. Station. Not cool. :psyduck:
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I wonder what the significance of the holographic sock is? I mean, of all things that could indicate romantic times, why a...?
A necktie is traditional, but SS-ETC residents seem to me the sort who wear clip-ons, which I suppose is how Station got involved helping. As for why socks, why not socks? Are you some variety of sockphobe?
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You're not a Woman of the World until you stop calling it a wiener.
I love the shocked look on Hanners' face in the last panel.
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For my own part, I sometimes feel awkward saying certain sexual terms with friends, though it varies from friend to friend. But where'd I'd normally say or type stronger words, when speaking aloud I'll sometimes use tamer ones depending on my mood and who I'm talking to. Marigold's already flustered enough, she probably couldn't bring herself to say cock or something similar in front of Hannelore of all people (even though she's the one who asked lol).
Also I'm kinda proud of Mar-bear; not actually doing it but taking it farther than just making out; she knows what she wants. Hopefully this little episode raises her self-esteem a bit.
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Franklin, I think it has gone too far already.
Then go and do something else Oersted.
Woman of the Kuiper Belt? More like the Oort Cloud, I think (Yes, more science nerd humour!).
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Came in here just to make the "woman of Uranus" joke, but thought better of it.
.....OR DID I????
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Hannelore may have a bit of a voyeuristic streak.
Well, that is one of the few sexual interests that doesn't involve touching or exchanging genetic material...
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Franklin, I think it has gone too far already.
Then go and do something else Oersted.
Might as well - I find these physics jokes rather Bohr-ing, myself.
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AAAAAAAAA Marigold in the last panel AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. :-D :-D :-D
I wonder what the significance of the holographic sock is? I mean, of all things that could indicate romantic times, why a...?
Aww, Station. Station. Not cool. :psyduck:
Hanging a sock or tie on the door is a known thing to do in places like dorms to let others know you got stuff goin' on so when the trailer's a rockin, don't come-a knockin'.
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Yes, well, what's the other sock being used for...?
:psyduck: :psyduck: :psyduck:
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Amusing sock puppet make-outs?
or
Keeping certain things warm in cold conditions?
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I love the little :3 face Marigold is making in the last panel. X-D Get it, Mar-bear!
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One of the only overarching themes I've noticed about the comic is that other people make your life better. All of these characters come into the strip with issues like crazy, and all of them have made positive progress due entirely to the circle of friends they've set up. QC seems, to me, like a group of imperfect people trying to make sense of the world and helping each other through life. Anyway, just my two cents.
So Jeph is the new Joss Whedon? I like them both.
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Ah, Joss Whedon.
I kind of hope Whedon comes up with some big project sooner or later again.
As much as I wanted to like it - Dollhouse wasnt so great, to be honest.
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Can't you guys stop with the physics puns Faraday?
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The thing about it is our perspective: we know all about Marigold - Francis doesn't. We're not giving him very much credit for managing to navigate the minefield that is Marigold's self esteem issues without knowing about them in advance, you know?
I think a lot of her issues stem from her belief that she is unattractive and no man will ever be interested in her. I'm not saying that one guy can un-do all of that damage (because she definitely needs to work on her relationship with herself) but I think Francis showing interest will be a nice start to breaking down the self-hatin' wall that Mari had going on. She can't fall into that whole "no one likes me" thing, because well......wiener.
He could always transfer to UMASS or MIT or somewhere reasonably close by - and they could do the geek mating dance routinely.
MIT? Uh... no.
Compared to the distance of space, a 90-95 minute jaunt down the MassPike is nothing, trust me. (Seriously: it's 100 miles, mostly via the MassPike, down I-91 and I-90 to the MIT campus. It'd be a shorter drive if he transferred to Harvard.)
There's Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, UMass, "Smif", Springfield College (down the road in Springfield), Clark University and Worcester State University (halfway between Springfield and Boston)...
Like I said: he could transfer pretty much anywhere in the state of MA and be within an hour's drive of MarBear.
Let's not forget that there's always CT as well- RIT has a branch in Hartford. And really? He could probably end up anywhere he wanted to in the Northeast and still manage to see Mari on the weekends. Even NYC is only 3 hours away. (Now that would be interesting....Mari could definitely use some big city time to help her get out of her shell more. Or it could just send her into total panic mode. :-P)
Also, that Hannelore face is cracking me up. I've really been enjoying the facial expressions in this arc as well.
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Ah, Joss Whedon.
I kind of hope Whedon comes up with some big project sooner or later again.
As much as I wanted to like it - Dollhouse wasnt so great, to be honest.
You know he did the Avengers movie, right?
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Amusing sock puppet make-outs?
or
Keeping certain things warm in cold conditions?
You really don't want to know. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1407)
= = =
But Hanners, you shouldn't ask if you might be shocked by someone's response.
Is Francis is a snog-'em-and-leave-'em kind of guy? Never call, never e-mail? :-( :?
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Francis is probably in a corner too embarrassed after makeoutus interruptus to speak.
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I totally forgot about that comic!!! Thank you for posting that haha
As much as I love regular QC, sometimes Jeph's stupid filler comics make me lol the most.
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Ah, Joss Whedon.
I kind of hope Whedon comes up with some big project sooner or later again.
As much as I wanted to like it - Dollhouse wasnt so great, to be honest.
You know he did the Avengers movie, right?
And Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Horrible's_Sing-Along_Blog). Which is quite possibly the best thing ever.
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Hanging a sock or tie on the door is a known thing to do in places like dorms to let others know you got stuff goin' on so when the trailer's a rockin, don't come-a knockin'.
Unless you're the Dougler, who puts socks on the doorknob because it's a great place to dry them. Or Cal, who doesn't wear any socks.
(Yes, another semi-obscure pop culture reference, collect them all!)
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Hanging a sock or tie on the door is a known thing to do in places like dorms to let others know you got stuff goin' on so when the trailer's a rockin, don't come-a knockin'.
This. I never thought it odd, it was the norm at my college and most any other college I've heard of; it's an article of clothing that has no reason whatsoever to be on a doorknob, so it can't be mistaken for anything else.
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Also, not as likely to fall off as something larger, like a t-shirt.
Of course, a pair of panties hanging on a doorknob is self-explanatory...
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Those would most likely "mysteriously disappear" though.
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By the time the panties come off, I don't think most people would be thinking "hey, now's a good time to interrupt this to put at article of clothing on the doorknob."
Also, comic 2056 - this isn't the first we've seen of Hannelore's voyeuristic streak.
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Hanging a sock or tie on the door is a known thing to do in places like dorms to let others know you got stuff goin' on so when the trailer's a rockin, don't come-a knockin'.
This. I never thought it odd, it was the norm at my college and most any other college I've heard of; it's an article of clothing that has no reason whatsoever to be on a doorknob, so it can't be mistaken for anything else.
Same here, I always thought it to be stereotypical "college student behaviour", though I don't know how many actual socks I ever saw on doorknobs. (Thin walls - just listen at the door, guys!)
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They didn't seem to notice when Marten and Hanners went in, why didn't they just close the door and leave?
(As for the sock on the door, I commuted to school :( )
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Today's comic has killed me. I am deceased and in the grave from how hard I have laughed. This is a spectral message.
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A wild WIENER appeared!
Marigold used TOUCH!
It's super effective!
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I truly think that Marigold's expression in the last panel is the single, best expression Jeff's ever drawn, and you can barely see it.
If the dorm's a rockin'... tell the asshats in Seismology to knock it off. Also, how is that sock on a doorknob gag supposed to work on a space station where all of the doors are Star Trekian in nature with simple push button open and close mechanisms?
How does one transition from "tough[ing] his weiner" to a simple slobberfest, fully clothed make out? I would think that if there was to be any transition between those two, it would be from the latter to the former.
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I'm glad Jeph didn't go all explicit -- that is, explicitly showing Francis realizing Marigold's friends are out in the corridor going eeeeeeeee, mortified and jumping to his feet and making a hasty farewell, dashing down the hallway, hunched over a hard-on, while Marigold scrambles around finding her glasses and generally regaining what little composure she has left.
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I hope that's not what happened :-\
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Once again I am happy for being an entitled brat who doesn't have to live in a dorm like some kind of peasant or scullion.
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You are? I feel like I missed out, I wish I lived on campus at least a year.
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:laugh: I have not chuckled / laughed / snickered so much in a long time. Not only was the comic great but this comments section ... warrants a George Taki "Oh my".
Let's just say that with all the science and engineering punning, I no longer feel so alone on this dirtball.
My little addition to the humor dy = 3 r^2 / 3 :psyduck:
Now on to something completely different, in this case the reader survey ... about beans ... er not beans ..... about what the unexpected could be.
I am speculating station might just get lonely enough to figure out some way to get out for a bit and visit Hanners dirtside by making use of the closeted robo-boyfreind that Hanners dad sent her ages ago.
Just remember that Engineering is like math or science, only louder.
Z = x^2/a^2 - y^2/b^2
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Living on campus was nice for a little while......but it was even nicer to leave campus and have your own apartment. At least at FIT it was.......we were a dry campus. Of course, that didn't stop people from going out and coming home completely wasted....it just meant that if you were visibly intoxicated you were reprimanded and you were written up if they found booze in your dorm during an unannounced inspection. Even if you were 21.
A wild WIENER appeared!
Marigold used TOUCH!
It's super effective!
That. Is. Amazing.
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MadCat ... a holographic sock wouldn't need a doorknob.
Huh. In my dorm, a clothes hanger was the signal for the roommate to make other arrangements for the night. The sock was an antitheft device. (Part of my dorm's ventilation system was a gap of about two inches under each door to allow air outflow. It also allowed a hand, holding a golf club by the head, to fit under the door so the rubber grip could be used to rattle a locked door open. The sock over the doorknob slid around enough to make that too time-consuming and risky. There may have also been an incident, which I refuse to confirm or deny, in which the would-be burglar did not realize the dorm room's occupants were home, and for his pains lost his golf club, not to mention the use of two or three knuckles.)
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You are? I feel like I missed out, I wish I lived on campus at least a year.
I dunno if there are a lot of universities with on campus-housing where I live, or Germany in general (apart from some ivy league-ish places).
Also I go to a so called University of Applied Science, which is much less social than regular college anyway.
But yeah, I might have missed out.
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a holographic sock wouldn't need a doorknob.
Touché.
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For what it's worth, I did 2 years in halls (very wet ones thanks to the UK drinking age) and the experience became very tiring when having to get up for 9am lectures every weekday I was woken at 3am most nights for a riotous hour or so of hot drunken sex. Sadly it was my next door neighbor not me who was getting it. The lady in the room next door, who as far as I knew didn't have a degree, was never seen on campus, or awake before 4pm. Also at fault were the exceptionally thin walls in the 60's era building. Mostly however it was down to her exceptional sex drive.
Whilst the whole halls experience was great fun the above incidents meant that around exam time things started to get pretty exhausting and I would have been very grateful for a room with brick walls, once in a while.
[although the year wasn't without humor, I did once leave my room at about 0230 for a lav break to find a chap standing outside her door wanking away to the sounds emanating from the door.] :evil:
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It suddenly occurs to me, fun astronomy jokes aside, that Marten has his scale mixed up. Saying she's a woman of a kuiper blet object implies more experience than a woamn of the world, not less. Marigold is probably more along the lines of a woman of Kansas right now, and moving up.
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How does one transition from "tough[ing] his weiner" to a simple slobberfest, fully clothed make out? I would think that if there was to be any transition between those two, it would be from the latter to the former.
I guess she touched it through his pants. I could see her counting a bit of clothed fondling as touching.
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It suddenly occurs to me, fun astronomy jokes aside, that Marten has his scale mixed up. Saying she's a woman of a kuiper blet object implies more experience than a woamn of the world, not less. Marigold is probably more along the lines of a woman of Kansas right now, and moving up.
She's a woamn allright.
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So Jeph is the new Joss Whedon?
I really, really hope not. :x
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It suddenly occurs to me, fun astronomy jokes aside, that Marten has his scale mixed up. Saying she's a woman of a kuiper blet object implies more experience than a woamn of the world, not less. Marigold is probably more along the lines of a woman of Kansas right now, and moving up.
On the other hand, one might argue there's little opportunity for human, um, interaction on yer average Kuiper Belt Object. Haven't been in Kansas since I was 3, but I like my chances there better than I think I'd like them on Houmea, Makemake, Eris or even Pluto.
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It suddenly occurs to me, fun astronomy jokes aside, that Marten has his scale mixed up. Saying she's a woman of a kuiper blet object implies more experience than a woamn of the world, not less. Marigold is probably more along the lines of a woman of Kansas right now, and moving up.
You've apparently never spent much time in Kansas. The young ladies there are quite experienced.
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All of which lends a new meaning to "I don't think we're in Kansas any more..."
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Heh... "Oh, shut up and hug her already."
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What's going to be on our "Last Minute Surprise" list before leaving SS-ECT?
Marigold and Francis hook up - and she decides to stay! 13 (13%)
SS decides to become an APC and heads down to NoHam with Hanners! 7 (7%)
Lt. Potter resigns her commission when MOM E-C tells her to take the money! 1 (1%)
Marten gets a text on the Spaceship: "%V(C)X YOU, Love, Padma" 3 (3%)
Marten gets another text: "I'm moving in with Angus. Love, Faye" 0 (0%)
Hannelore gets a text: "I'm getting married, don't tell Marten. Love, Dora" 2 (2%)
Dad tells Hanners, "I've only got about six months to live. I have cancer..." 1 (1%)
Dad tells Hanners, "YOU'VE only got about six months to live. You were a clone..." 1 (1%)
Marten AND Hanners get a text: "Cosette burned down CoD, need bail money. Steve" 12 (12%)
Spathe Ham franchise opens in Northampton! 4 (4%)
Space Station's barista decides to look for work "dirtside" (some redhead chick) 4 (4%)
One we didn't see coming AT ALL. 52 (52%)
Total Members Voted: 100
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Ahhh... I really hope Marigold gets to see her new guy again some time. Maybe he'll pop down to Earth for the occasional visit. Maybe if they get serious he'll even take a job dirtside. Maybe he's only up there for a limited time anyway, as part of his course of study. All of these things are possible, and would increase Marigold's happiness.
This would make me enjoy the comic more.
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HUG THE HUG ROBOT
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When a typical person says something like "you're welcome anytime", it doesn't necessarily mean much.
Dr. E-C is a nerd. He probably doesn't know how to say something non-literally.
The door is open, then, for more space station visits. Marigold might be permitted to come along again.
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Marten and Abbie shared enough they might have ended their acquaintance sharing a hug.
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I would have liked to have seen Francis' face at least once more before leaving :-P Funny to see them milking it though :lol:
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re: hugbot
That's not the uncanny valley, that's the freakin' Uncanny Grand Canyon.
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I'd say it's more the Uncanny Marianas TRENCH.
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It suddenly occurs to me, fun astronomy jokes aside, that Marten has his scale mixed up. Saying she's a woman of a kuiper blet object implies more experience than a woamn of the world, not less. Marigold is probably more along the lines of a woman of Kansas right now, and moving up.
You've apparently never spent much time in Kansas. The young ladies there are quite experienced.
Agreed. Kansas girls know their business. :p
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Hanners has come a long way since Hugging Hannelore Heralds Heavy Hyperventilation (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=907).
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re: hugbot
That's not the uncanny valley, that's the freakin' Uncanny Grand Canyon.
I'd say it's more the Uncanny Marianas TRENCH.
Actually, it's pretty much the opposite of uncanny valley. The arms are padded, but they look about as human as... padded robot arms.
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Let's just say it's damned creepy and leave it at that! :psyduck: :police:
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I'm just curious how he got the arms on. Does he just tell the security droid to go get arms and put them on?
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Can't you guys stop with the physics puns Faraday?
I do have to admit, they are pretty a-Pauli-ng.
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When it comes time to make the good robot QCusses, maybe this Station isn't the one we should let handle it.
Hanners has come a long way since Hugging Hannelore Heralds Heavy Hyperventilation (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=907).
And now this is probably going to set her back years. Way to go Station.
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I may have squeed at least a little bit about Marigold spending the entirety of the comic just smooching it up with Francis in the background there. In the presence of everyone else. You go, girl.
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1. After 13(!) weeks, it looks like we are finally done with QC in Space. Unless there is a week of comics involving transit from Station via Spaceship to Earth, which theorhetically could count still for QC in Space, Week 14. I certainly enjoyed this long story-arc. It will be interesting to see if Jeph ever tries to top this. [Around the World in Eighty QC-Days! (or 80 strips) Or... 20,000 QC's Under the Sea!]
2. Marigold and Francis York parting make-out was very sweet. Whether this is simply a passionate fling or something more, it will be interesting to see.
3. Lt. Abby Potter seeing Marten off was also a nice touch, I got the feeling she did so out of new friendship rather than duty. (always good to make a new friend, especially military/astronaut ones)
4. It might have been a cooler, though perhaps less humorous, moment if Station had animated the old boyfriend 'bot prototype for saying good-byes with. [Post Edit Add: Ooh, not only could he have animated it, Station could have overlaid his hologram over it too!]
5. As for the "armed" (hah) security droid... "It is go-ing to hugs *loud clap* you up!" [oh god i feel so old for having referenced that bit of SNL history...]
6. As I have posted before, I hope we see the characters we met aboard Station again, including Station.
7. A real story twist would be if the QC-trio do not go back to Northamption right away...
-a) [Marten]: Hey Spaceship, mind if we take a "minor" detour and layover to California before heading back to Northampton? There is someone I would like to give this space ham I brought from the station's kitchens to...
OR...
-b) [Spaceship]: *alarms blaring & red lights flashing* Engines 1, 2, & 4 are out! Maneuvering thrusters are non-functional! Emergency back-ups are off-line! We're going down! I'm going to try to set myself down near that South Pacific island that is not on any of my onboard maps! Brace for impact! Brace for im-
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20,000 QC's Under the Sea!
Literally!
20 000 Strips!
That's... a year has 52 weeks, each week has 5 strips without discounting YB or guest comics... that's 260 strips per year and 77 years at least for this amazing story arc! Get working on those comics, Jeph!
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Brace for impact!
AND EMBRACE ETERNITY!
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Hope it won't take 5 strips to get back to Northampton: I enjoyed the Space Ham but I really crave for a good Coffee of Doom... :-\
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Hope it won't take 5 strips to get back to Northampton: I enjoyed the Space Ham but I really crave for a good Coffee of Doom... :-\
Hmm, I feel almost the complete opposite. Space dun, family re-unions, Marigold's bloke and Marten's self-awareness make the CoD stuff seem small and petty.
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Wonder if Padma ever replied...
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Wonder if Padma ever replied...
We'll probably get into that in two or three weeks, if ever.
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Hope it won't take 5 strips to get back to Northampton: I enjoyed the Space Ham but I really crave for a good Coffee of Doom... :-\
Hmm, I feel almost the complete opposite. Space dun, family re-unions, Marigold's bloke and Marten's self-awareness make the CoD stuff seem small and petty.
I need sassy baristas: I'm an Angus-person in that :laugh:
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-b) [Spaceship]: *alarms blaring & red lights flashing* Engines 1, 2, & 4 are out! Maneuvering thrusters are non-functional! Emergency back-ups are off-line! We're going down! I'm going to try to set myself down near that South Pacific island that is not on any of my onboard maps! Brace for impact! Brace for im-
Marten Reed. Assistant librarian. A man barely alive.
Gentlemen. We can rebuild him. We have the technology.
We have the power to build the world's first bionic hipster.
(gah, suddenly realizes no one under 35 will get this joke)
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I'm 22 and I got it, thankyouverymuch.
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I got it too :-D That's the beauty of the internet, you get exposed to things you normally wouldn't. To be fair, though, I remember them airing that series on Sci-Fi when I was younger.
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It was also on ze german television when I was a kid :wink:
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My little addition to the humor dy = 3 r^2 / 3 :psyduck:
I fail to see an addition in this.
Yeah, I derive some pride from this comment...
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It was also on ze german television when I was a kid :wink:
There was also a cartoon "Bionic Six" with SIX ONE MILLION DOLLAR PEOPLE, a Six million dollar family if you will.
No, wait a second it was the six million dollar man originally... so either it is six million dollar family in the sense that every one is six million or they had to cut costs. Damn, America, consider where you're putting your budget. Who cares about schools when you can have BIONIC PEOPLE.
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I got it too :-D That's the beauty of the internet, you get exposed to things you normally wouldn't. To be fair, though, I remember them airing that series on Sci-Fi when I was younger.
Thank you for making me feel INCREDIBLY OLD.
I remember when The Six Million Dollar Man was on ABC TV - the FIRST TIME AROUND.
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I feel your pain.
Mostly in my knees. Arthritis is a bitch!
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We probably had it on TV a year or two later than you did. I recall thinking that the pilot episode was the coolest thing ever. But ... you remember that at the beginning of each episode they showed a clip of the uncontrollably crashing test plane, and a "scary" x-ray of his skull. For some reason I couldn't handle seeing that. I had to either close my eyes, or intentionally "miss" the first couple minutes. Sounds silly now, but it felt like a good idea at the time ...
Did remembering this make me feel young again??
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Your breaking up, your breaking up
:-D
It would be interesting to see if the Francis and Marigold relationship sets sail or runs aground on the reefs at the harbor mouth. They look teh cute together.
They should be back on Earth and home - by next Friday.
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Is that show on Netflix?
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-b) [Spaceship]: *alarms blaring & red lights flashing* Engines 1, 2, & 4 are out! Maneuvering thrusters are non-functional! Emergency back-ups are off-line! We're going down! I'm going to try to set myself down near that South Pacific island that is not on any of my onboard maps! Brace for impact! Brace for im-
Marten Reed. Assistant librarian. A man barely alive.
Gentlemen. We can rebuild him. We have the technology.
We have the power to build the world's first bionic hipster.
(gah, suddenly realizes no one under 35 will get this joke)
Are you kidding? There are at least four ads on TV running now that use the music and opening spiel.
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8. @Throg... Thinking that few on these forums would get your reference is just plain nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nonsense... 8-)
9. @Method of Madness... I, like Jeph, am more of a "Keelah se'lai" kind of guy, myself.
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I do have to admit, they are pretty a-Pauli-ng.
Excluding this one, on principle, of course...
Padded-arms hugbot is creepy. Or perhaps my "Buffalo Bill wings!" reaction comes from watching Silence Of The Lambs (or one of the serial-killer fetishisation TV shows) once too often.
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Your breaking up, your breaking up
My breaking up what?
[/nazi]
The shuttle crashes into Coffee of Doom. You heard it here first.
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Those semi-lifelike arms on the hugbot have Unfortunate Implications.
Either:
a.) They belonged to someone;
b.) They belonged to some unfortunate AI;
or
c.) Station can manufacture reasonably lifelike arms.
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MarBear makeouts have essentially run away with this week's poll...
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And now for a reference that no one of any age is likely to get:
Mantrid drone. (With an extra arm, but still!)
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Those arms remind me of Spongebob's fake muscle arms. :psyduck:
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MarBear makeouts have essentially run away with this week's poll...
Likely because they come with a side of EEEEEEEE.
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Yeah, if you'd separated "makeouts" and "eeeeEEEEE", the latter would've got my vote.
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I kinda like this happy-squirrel pose Jeph's given Hanners a couple times in this arc.
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Those arms remind me of Spongebob's fake muscle arms. :psyduck:
omg yes. I couldn't figure it out but I knew I recognized them from somewhere.....
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I wonder how Darrel will feel about this. I was wondering if they were going to get together so it might be fun to see his reaction AND how Francis might take Darrel's taunting of Marigold. I'm guessing he's a "defend her honor" type.
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I hope the next week has a re-entry scene (as in actually on-panel and not just skipped over). I love re-entry scenes.
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Hey just because we saw Spaceship's dong doesn't mean we'll see him....oh you mean flying back to earth :evil:
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Darrel = Dale??
And his other brother Dale.
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Darrel = Dale??
Yeah I was hoping I had gotten that right but I knew I probably didn't.
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Hey just because we saw Spaceship's dong doesn't mean we'll see him....oh you mean flying back to earth :evil:
You've been watching Moonraker - Haven't you?
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Did Jeph tell us why he didn't do a Friday comic? Because of the Chicago trip?
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He did, he just posted it Thursday evening.
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And our MOMENT OF THE WEEK is...?
TEH KISSES! UMF MMF MOOB 10 (16.1%)
Redeye Hanners and de-rezzing Station! 4 (6.5%)
I was wondering why there wasn't any hot water for my shower. 2 (3.2%)
MAKEOUTS! eeeeEEEEE 19 (30.6%)
We didn't mean to barge in! No Holographic sock on the door! 1 (1.6%)
So... are you a WOMAN OF THE WORLD now? ("We didn't-- we just kissed a bunch!") 2 (3.2%)
Hannelore... "I was just curious!" 1 (1.6%)
(I... I might've touched his wiener.) GASP "...not quite woman of the world... Kuiper Belt Object?" 12 (19.4%)
Marigold/Francis KISSES! 4 (6.5%)
Another Hugging Hannelore! ("Bye dad. I love you." "I love you too, Hannelore.") 2 (3.2%)
I'd hug you too, Station... (Actually, I've modified a security droid...) 1 (1.6%)
I'm not any happier about this than you are. (Oh, shut up and hug her already.) 4 (6.5%)
Total Members Voted: 62