I don't even care about the wedding anymore. What kind of wacky adventures are Faye and Angus having in the city? How are Dora and Penny holding up at Coffee of Doom? What hallucinatory monsters have struck Hannelore? Is Marigold still kicking Dale's ass at Warcraft? Will Pintsize fall in love with his reflection in a mirror?Last time Marten left, they had to fight off the Pintsize Apocalypse. This time, maybe Godzilla? Something organic, anyway.
I find referring to New York as THE city rather interesting, especially since it's done in-comic by people who are what, 150 miles from it?I've lived about 20km from the city, er...New York City my whole life, so I'm used to calling it that. I remember when I was in high school visiting a school in Colorado Springs someone mentioned that it was "only 45 minutes from the city" and that sounded weird. Yes, Denver is a city, but the city?
Spaceham aint no substitute for Waffles
Lubricus, since we are talking about signatures: could you please, please change the spelling to Pokémon? :psyduck:
But I like circuses...I do too, but there a lot of things they are best not mixed with. Like bread.
Throughout South East England, "up to town" commonly means going to London; trains are referred to as "up" or "down" depending on whether they are going to or from London. When I lived in a village outside Oxford I would say "into town" meaning Oxford as opposed to "up to town" for London.
But I like circuses...I do too, but there a lot of things they are best not mixed with. Like bread.
I find it very interesting that the Reeds are so casually talking about their own (failed) wedding just before Henry's second one is about to happen.
As I keep reminding New Yorkers, one must remember the Greek for "to the city"...I don't know what that is, and attempts to determine it keep getting me travel guides and the Battle of Marathon.
IQC, this could also go anywhere.Another fail of the Google god. Perhaps I need to upgrade my sacrifices.
If he's talking to mom, Marten's speech bubble is missing the word "on."Or "at", depending on the implied object's flight velocity.
Ahaha. Made me smile.IQC, this could also go anywhere.Another fail of the Google god. Perhaps I need to upgrade my sacrifices.
Yes, students here also "come up" (and if they are bad, may get "sent down").
"Up" clearly relates to approaching the perceived centre of the universe. :wink:
Toronto? :angel:Isn't that referred to as either T.O. by those in the horseshoe and The Big Smoke by those in the cottage zone?
Interesting - in Oxford do the students talk about coming up for term, even though they may well live north of the city? We do it here and I find it odd, but the London thing might explain it as we're up from London?I'm across the pond, and quite a few people I know also use the up/down terminology. I've said on more than one occasion that I'm going "up to Florida," even though I live north of there. "Up" seems to be the term that I use for anywhere that isn't my hometown. I even say I'm going "back down to Tennessee" when I'm heading up from Florida. I'm a lot more conscious of this phrasing these days because I randomly realized one day that it sounded rather odd.
I think MartenMom does in fact mean Black Flag (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Flag_%28band%29).
Is it just me, or does everyone's eyebrows in this strip seem... misplaced? Their expressions seem a bit off from what they're actually saying. Mostly, they look more angry than makes sense to me.
IQC, this could also go anywhere.Another fail of the Google god. Perhaps I need to upgrade my sacrifices.
I'm across the pond, and quite a few people I know also use the up/down terminology. I've said on more than one occasion that I'm going "up to Florida," even though I live north of there. "Up" seems to be the term that I use for anywhere that isn't my hometown. I even say I'm going "back down to Tennessee" when I'm heading up from Florida. I'm a lot more conscious of this phrasing these days because I randomly realized one day that it sounded rather odd.I don't really use up/down except if I'm shipping up to Boston (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-64CaD8GXw). People in my state will often say they're going "down the shore" when they're going to the beach. I didn't accidentally leave the "to" out of it, that's what they say, and it's as annoying as it sounds.
As I keep reminding New Yorkers, one must remember the Greek for "to the city"...I don't know what that is, and attempts to determine it keep getting me travel guides and the Battle of Marathon.
As I keep reminding New Yorkers, one must remember the Greek for "to the city"...I don't know what that is, and attempts to determine it keep getting me travel guides and the Battle of Marathon.
"Eis ten polin."
(Say it out loud.)
In the US, the up/down thing seems to be regional. In the north, people go "up" to somewhere, and the south people go "down" to somewhere, regardless of the actual geography involved.I've never heard of this.
"Eis ten polin."
(Say it out loud.)
"Eis ten polin."
(Say it out loud.)
I've said it out loud in every conceivable accent I can think of and it still means nothing. Do you have to be American for this to make sense?
In the US, the up/down thing seems to be regional. In the north, people go "up" to somewhere, and the south people go "down" to somewhere, regardless of the actual geography involved.
BLACK FLAG? Henry Rollins, Greg Ginn, and the boys PLAYING A WEDDING?
I am definitely with Marten on this one.
That is one wedding I wish I could have been at. Where's a frikkin' time machine when you really need one?
I don't really use up/down except if I'm shipping up to Boston (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-64CaD8GXw). People in my state will often say they're going "down the shore" when they're going to the beach. I didn't accidentally leave the "to" out of it, that's what they say, and it's as annoying as it sounds.A fellow New Jerseyan?
A fellow New Jerseyan?Yep. North Jersey if you couldn't tell.
I don't even care about the wedding anymore. What kind of wacky adventures are Faye and Angus having in the city? How are Dora and Penny holding up at Coffee of Doom? What hallucinatory monsters have struck Hannelore? Is Marigold still kicking Dale's ass at Warcraft? Will Pintsize fall in love with his reflection in a mirror?Last time Marten left, they had to fight off the Pintsize Apocalypse. This time, maybe Godzilla? Something organic, anyway.
I find referring to New York as THE city rather interesting, especially since it's done in-comic by people who are what, 150 miles from it? I live a couple counties away from LA, but no one calls it anything but LA or Los Angeles. I mean, sure it's big, but it's not like every other community in New England is a hamlet.
Unless I'm massively wrong and they and you are talking about Springfield or something.
I would dearly love to see a cameo from Henry Rollins, either present day or flashback.
I'll never use the phrase "going/headin' back East." I was born in Hawaii, raised and still live in Oregon. Why would anyone born and raised west of the Mississippi say they were "going back?"
Am I the only one who was hoping, until I finished reading the bubble, that Veronica was about to say Black Sabbath played their wedding?No
I don't think Petula Clark was ever heard to sing about "uptown."Right. That was Billy Joel.
I don't really use up/down except if I'm shipping up to Boston (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-64CaD8GXw). People in my state will often say they're going "down the shore" when they're going to the beach. I didn't accidentally leave the "to" out of it, that's what they say, and it's as annoying as it sounds.
In particular, "shipping" is not allowed - there is a discussion of this in the Conduct in this forum thread.
Okay, those last two panels are freakin' hilarious. One of the funniest strips in a while. Part of it is just due to the fact that I can so imagine this pretty vividly.A different font in the speechbubble might have been an improvement, but otherwise yes, most chucklesome.
I just realized I should have said "The spiced rum is life."
EDIT: I just realized something - the Ford Focus that Angus drove and the Mazda of Claire's indicate that we're probably only about six months to a year off from "real time" in the QC-verse.Except QC has time dilation, but gets culture from our universe. Presumably, the QC universe runs on UTC in our universe, despite the Earth rotating much more slowly, and the QC characters observing it at what they perceive to be our speed. Of course, that means the date goes up much faster than Earth's rotation in the QCverse.
I wonder if being forgetful of names hurts or helps a dominatrix?There's goosebumps. WHY ARE THERE GOOSEBUMPS?
"Now Jerry, spread your arms."
"... My name is Jo-"
"Your NAME is whatever I say it is, Jerry!"
"Y-yes Mistress." *blushes*
Kids become immune to that voice early on. Martin probably figured out just how far to test the bluff by 4 or 5.
[ ... ]
There's not much of a difference between "Stern Mistress" voice and "Mean Mommy"
There's not much of a difference between "Stern Mistress" voice and "Mean Mommy"
I'd say depending on the client's wishes there might be no difference at all ...
I love it when Jeph makes the hair freak out as much as the face. It's a great cartoon-y sort of effect.
Also, I've just realized that this forum doesn't accept "Jeph" as a legitimate word.
For shame, forum spell-check.
I'd say depending on the client's wishes there might be no difference at all ...
NOW! We are getting into disturbing teritory?
Okay, those last two panels are freakin' hilarious. One of the funniest strips in a while. Part of it is just due to the fact that I can so imagine this pretty vividly.A different font in the speechbubble might have been an improvement, but otherwise yes, most chucklesome.
the fact that children are property!Where did that come from? :psyduck:
I don't get why Veronica is here at all, TBH. Even if you're on fairly good terms with your ex, that doesn't oblige you to attend their remarriage - doubly so when you're one of the few to arrive a day early.Who said she was obliged? She attended because she wanted to.
the fact that children are property!Where did that come from? :psyduck:
Clair(ice)
I suspect it might more accurate to say that she decided to attend because she thought she wanted to.I don't get why Veronica is here at all, TBH. Even if you're on fairly good terms with your ex, that doesn't oblige you to attend their remarriage - doubly so when you're one of the few to arrive a day early.Who said she was obliged? She attended because she wanted to.
Until events prove me wrong (they will), I'm going to stick with this hypothesis: Veronica decided to attend, thinking she'd be the center of attention and, having found she isn't, is now dealing with her regrets.Why do you think she wants to be the center of attention?
Did anyone else notice that Veronica's boobs were growing significantly between each panel?
What on earth is going on? :P
I'm blaming camera/viewpoint angles and distances.
I think Veronica still has romantic feeling for Henry, and because she knows those feelings won't be returned, it hurts her inside. And unfortunately, that's part of being human.
I think Veronica still has romantic feeling for Henry, and because she knows those feelings won't be returned, it hurts her inside. And unfortunately, that's part of being human.
Until events prove me wrong (they will), I'm going to stick with this hypothesis: Veronica decided to attend, thinking she'd be the center of attention and, having found she isn't, is now dealing with her regrets.Why do you think she wants to be the center of attention?
Stencil.Perfect!!! (Applause)
Think drill sergeant.
(http://bhtooefr.org/images/qc2383stencil.png)
It's not really a dominatrix voice thing, but my speech therapist told me that it's perfectly normal for women to adopt a lower vocal tone when talking about things that are important, or trying to be taken seriously. Gendered voice begins very early in life, even though physiologically children's voice appartus is exactly the same across genders.
Stencil.
Think drill sergeant.
(http://bhtooefr.org/images/qc2383stencil.png)
Stencil.
Think drill sergeant.
(http://bhtooefr.org/images/qc2383stencil.png)
Drill Sergeant voices are more about giving orders to people in confused states. A dom voice should be authoritative but not overwhelming. This looks like a job for Times New Roman!
Also, I think Claire's mouth in panel 2 (and Marten's in panel 4) have been left uncolored for some reason...Those are gritted teeth.
Poor Veronica. Poor Claire. (Claire's hair! It reacts!)
Also, I think Claire's mouth in panel 2 (and Marten's in panel 4) have been left uncolored for some reason...Those are gritted teeth.
Well, it's a good thing that Marten knows a strapping young lad who should be coming out of a funk and looking for someone intellectually challenging right about... now. Veronica already knows his sister! :psyduck: :evil:
You're sure? Cuz Marten!tongue. That or his teeth are super-curvy.No comprende. His tongue is behind his teeth, why is that a factor?
I think they've already met, actually. :roll:
Martenmom meets Sven
(http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1831)
Oh good. At first I thought they meant Clinton."They?" No one said it besides me.
You're sure? Cuz Marten!tongue. That or his teeth are super-curvy.No comprende. His tongue is behind his teeth, why is that a factor?
And I don't know your gender so I used the neutral they.You're sure? Cuz Marten!tongue. That or his teeth are super-curvy.No comprende. His tongue is behind his teeth, why is that a factor?I think they've already met, actually. :roll:
Martenmom meets Sven
(http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1831)
That's right, I guess I forgot about that. Of course, I try to forget that whole visit.
On the plus side, the attraction has already been noted!Oh good. At first I thought they meant Clinton."They?" No one said it besides me.
So the casual sex is not meeting her needs.
This has got to be awkward for Claire.
Veronica could check to see if Sven (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1831) is still single.
Long time lurker first time poster Claire's reaction faces remind me of Hannelores(click to show/hide)
Long time lurker first time poster Claire's reaction faces remind me of Hannelores(click to show/hide)
Try zooming in; there's a round line inside his mouth that looks to me like his tongue, only not colored in. Now that I'm zoomed in, I see Claire's got the same issue going on.Still not seeing it, but that doesn't mean much- mine eye is not great at fine detail.
I could be totally wrong of course. Those could be sketch lines that weren't properly erased or something.
And I don't know your gender so I used the neutral they.You know my (user)name. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnzgdBAKyJo)
Long time lurker first time poster Claire's reaction faces remind me of Hannelores(click to show/hide)
The veneer she's been wearing must've worn pretty thin by now. One question from her son cracked the whole thing wide open.One question and too much booze. Perhaps she's always been a maudlin drunk?
ALL HANDS, ALL HANDS
BRACE FOR DRAMA IMPACT.
Long time lurker first time poster Claire's reaction faces remind me of Hannelores(click to show/hide)
For me, it's more like the first time Marigold tried hard liquor (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1626).
That would give the whole "hey, isn't he a catch" line of conversation in her initial encounter with Claire an added dimension. (And it does not even have to include the "gender rejection" part at all, specially for someone involved in nonconventional sexual expression anyway; just the sense that "what I bring is not what everyone wants".)ALL HANDS, ALL HANDS
BRACE FOR DRAMA IMPACT.
XO, REPORT TO DAMAGE CONTROL.
I can rater see how the whole thing is a wee bit damaging to Ms Reed's sense of self worth:
a. Start with being a successful model and object of desire;
b. Add marriage and child, I'm winning in the affirmation of self image here!;
c. Hey, that partner you thought you had? Not only is he no longer attracted to you, but he has rejected your whole gender! (Well, maybe not, but it could have gone down that way - yes I know that desire is not a polar option - I don't have the space for a book here);
d. Hey look! He's found a stable relationship that he's going to affirm, and all I've got is a series of one offs to affirm (for now) that I'm still attractive, but there's that void;
e. Dammit! Scotch doesn't fill the void!
This one is going to be another interesting arc.
Hm... there there, Veronica. What about Sven? (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1831) Is that still an option?
And btw. does anybody know Veronica's last name? Even the wiki lists her as a "Reed" but that was only Henry's last name... right? Right?!
I can't shake the feeling that Henry was a bit cruel to set Marten up for having to handle his mother's breakdown...
I wasn't objecting about down, I was objecting to the lack of the word "to". They say "I'm going down the shore", rather than "down to the shore" and it just sounds wrong.
Bolded, of course.Stencil.
Think drill sergeant.
(http://bhtooefr.org/images/qc2383stencil.png)
Drill Sergeant voices are more about giving orders to people in confused states. A dom voice should be authoritative but not overwhelming. This looks like a job for Times New Roman!
When exactly did Jeph start drawing the strip?
When did you start doing QC?
The first strips went online on August 1, 2003.
I am the only one to think of Jim as a good match to Ms. Reed? I'm pretty sure that a professional dominatrix would like to have an assertive older man back at home... were it only to take a break from work :)Older than her usual, perhaps, but still a good decade or so younger than Veronica, so I'm not sure "older man" really fits. :roll:
I don't think Petula Clark was ever heard to sing about "uptown."
I'm not sure if it has been discussed already, but I can't decide if it's nice or cold of Henry to invite his ex-wife to his wedding. Is that common?It depends on their relationship. Everything we've been told indicates that they are good friends.
Totally called it. And no amount of literal manhandling is going to make the pain of loneliness any easier for poor Veronica...I really feel bad for her.
That is, until Jimbo comes along and sweeps her off her feet. :psyduck:
yes, Jimbo. There is no other option.
What about that older dude with the kid that Dora dated very briefly? I can't recall his name, but this seems veeeery much like a set up for him and Veronica.He was already mentioned - Jim.
I can't shake the feeling that Henry was a bit cruel to set Marten up for having to handle his mother's breakdown...
I don't think it's cruel. The man has known her longer than Marten has been alive and seems as sensitive to the moods and needs of others as his son. He's aware something's wrong, but he's aware enough to know that she probably doesn't want to admit it to him. He took the measure he could take, which was send their son, a person they both love and trust, to be there for her, just in case.
lol, I wonder if Claire is about to become Veronicas sissy slave. That could be funny.I think not... while my knowledge (even theoretical) of BDSM is limited, I get the impression that in order to be a "sissy"of any kind, one must be male. It's the delicious thrill of being humiliated, being treated like a girl, that causes the emotional buzz in some guys. For a gal, a big yawn, and probably patronising too, the kind of thing that makes even old chooks like me start talking about Pariarchal misogyny and unleashing my inner Feminist. NOT a pretty sight.
lol, I wonder if Claire is about to become Veronicas sissy slave. That could be funny.I think not... while my knowledge (even theoretical) of BDSM is limited, I get the impression that in order to be a "sissy"of any kind, one must be male. It's the delicious thrill of being humiliated, being treated like a girl, that causes the emotional buzz in some guys. For a gal, a big yawn, and probably patronising too, the kind of thing that makes even old chooks like me start talking about Pariarchal misogyny and unleashing my inner Feminist. NOT a pretty sight.
In order to torture Claire in an equivalent way, you'd have to butch her up - buzzcut her hair, bind her chest, treat her like a boy. She's had at least 15 years of that already, and didn't enjoy one second of it. At this stage, it would likely be very damaging. In 10-20 years, no more so than for any other woman, but right now, contra-indicated. As funny as a rubber crutch in a room floored with broken glass.
lol, I wonder if Claire is about to become Veronicas sissy slave. That could be funny.
I get the impression that in order to be a "sissy"of any kind, one must be male.
It's the delicious thrill of being humiliated, being treated like a girl, that causes the emotional buzz in some guys. For a gal, a big yawn, and probably patronising too
Are you saying women are submissive by default? If so that's some kind of -ism and probably a bad one!
What about that older dude with the kid that Dora dated very briefly? I can't recall his name, but this seems veeeery much like a set up for him and Veronica.He was already mentioned - Jim.
I get the impression that in order to be a "sissy"of any kind, one must be male.
Jim ≠ Jimbo.May I ask how you created that character?
It is far from a porn-excuse, and is actually a thoroughly well thought-out tale.It would have to be, to get through TVTropes newish PG-13 rating.
lol, I wonder if Claire is about to become Veronicas sissy slave. That could be funny.
I like how in the last panel Marten looks completely unconcerned with either the fainting or his mom's spare tire.
No it isn't.Hm... there there, Veronica. What about Sven? (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1831) Is that still an option?This post is quite ironic, considering the comic posted therein.
And btw. does anybody know Veronica's last name? Even the wiki lists her as a "Reed" but that was only Henry's last name... right? Right?!
TVTropes changed again? I used to go on it all the time, then came back a year or so later and found all the fun back-and-forth in the entries gone, as well as the entirety of Troper Tales, plus a few other things I liked that were gone.Yep. Change happens, of course, but Google flagged Naughty Tentacles and pulled ad support (apparently someone found it offensive), and depending on who you ask, the site owner either overreacted and shot down anything even vaguely porny or rapey (as in, any trope in the Rape Trope category disappeared for a while), or used it as an excuse to do some personally desired censoring.
He seemed to be concerned for Claire's well-being.Fainting trumps midlife crises, though. She can get a hug next strip.
Marten, my social protocol database suggests that your mom doesn't need logical reassurance but instead should be hugged.
@Comic:Disagree with the first part, agreed on the second. Everything's worth a try or two, even if it was so overpowering the first time that your taste buds barely had a chance.
I never understood people who push themselves to drink stuff they don't like the taste of. Then again, I don't even understand how ANYONE could like the taste of alcohol at all.
To me, people drinking scotch/whiskey/rum and "enjoying" at are just very good at preventing their face from going "BLERGH!" and lying about it. :-D
He seemed to be concerned for Claire's well-being.Fainting trumps midlife crises, though. She can get a hug next strip.
Marten, my social protocol database suggests that your mom doesn't need logical reassurance but instead should be hugged.
Really interesting how everyone is responding to Claire's scotch troubles and not Marten's mom. I thought that was just a throwaway gag!
Um... man, that is some spare tire, Martenmom! Looks like she needs a mechanic, ifyouknowwhatImean.Quote from: The Love JacquesReally interesting how everyone is responding to Claire's scotch troubles and not Marten's mom. I thought that was just a throwaway gag!
We are being watched! Quick, everyone, act normally!
Um... man, that is some spare tire, Martenmom! Looks like she needs a mechanic, ifyouknowwhatImean.Quote from: The Love JacquesReally interesting how everyone is responding to Claire's scotch troubles and not Marten's mom. I thought that was just a throwaway gag!
We are being watched! Quick, everyone, act normally!
We are being watched! Quick, everyone, act normally!Okay, okay !
Maybe it's because I've been on this forum for such a long time but I really don't ever think "I wish we were allowed to ship". I'd rather leave that sort of decision to Jeph. It just doesn't cross my mind.I'm with you on that. I don't mind seeing where Jeph goes with his comic. Shipping characters is about as appealing as when (if not 'back in the day' as in my case) you're at school and the popular girls (or guys, whatever the case may be), walk up to the obviously un-popular kid (in my case, me), and say that their friend likes them.
I can't really decide whether Veronica deserves lots of loving support, or needs a good shake to get her back into her senses. Because as Marten says, she could probably just find a relationship if she needed one.In this case, both will probably end up being one and the same. She's spent years relying on T&A to get what she wanted. Now with this wedding happening, she's finally realised what she wanted isn't what she was after: happiness and love.
Claire looks like a deactivated anthro pc there in the last few panels. She doesn't have pupils anymore.Her brother would be jealous if he heard you say that (either that, or prepare his tool kit to check...)
lol, I wonder if Claire is about to become Veronicas sissy slave. That could be funny.I think not... while my knowledge (even theoretical) of BDSM is limited, I get the impression that in order to be a "sissy"of any kind, one must be male. It's the delicious thrill of being humiliated, being treated like a girl, that causes the emotional buzz in some guys. For a gal, a big yawn, and probably patronising too, the kind of thing that makes even old chooks like me start talking about Pariarchal misogyny and unleashing my inner Feminist. NOT a pretty sight.
In order to torture Claire in an equivalent way, you'd have to butch her up - buzzcut her hair, bind her chest, treat her like a boy. She's had at least 15 years of that already, and didn't enjoy one second of it. At this stage, it would likely be very damaging. In 10-20 years, no more so than for any other woman, but right now, contra-indicated. As funny as a rubber crutch in a room floored with broken glass.
I can't really decide whether Veronica deserves lots of loving support, or needs a good shake to get her back into her senses. Because as Marten says, she could probably just find a relationship if she needed one.
you're right, Claire is female in her day to day life, my mistake. Just another tranny slave then.Just a word to the wise : the word "tranny", like the word "nigger" or the word "kike", is deprecated. Parentherically, Intersex people don't like being called "hermaphrodites" either, let alone "pseudo-hermaphrodites". Those two terms are slurs in most contexts, unless dealing with specific medical conditions, both very rare. FWIW technically I'm a protandrous dichogamous pseudohermaphrodite, so for me it's accurate, though not for most,
She still goes by "Reed" socially (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=433).
She still goes by "Reed" socially (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=433).
Yeah, my mom kept my dad's surname after their divorce too. Legally as well. Is that a thing in America where people regularly switch back or something? Even if you part on good terms?
lol, I wonder if Claire is about to become Veronicas sissy slave. That could be funny.I think not... while my knowledge (even theoretical) of BDSM is limited, I get the impression that in order to be a "sissy"of any kind, one must be male. It's the delicious thrill of being humiliated, being treated like a girl, that causes the emotional buzz in some guys. For a gal, a big yawn, and probably patronising too, the kind of thing that makes even old chooks like me start talking about Pariarchal misogyny and unleashing my inner Feminist. NOT a pretty sight.
In order to torture Claire in an equivalent way, you'd have to butch her up - buzzcut her hair, bind her chest, treat her like a boy. She's had at least 15 years of that already, and didn't enjoy one second of it. At this stage, it would likely be very damaging. In 10-20 years, no more so than for any other woman, but right now, contra-indicated. As funny as a rubber crutch in a room floored with broken glass.
Quote from: The Love JacquesReally interesting how everyone is responding to Claire's scotch troubles and not Marten's mom. I thought that was just a throwaway gag!
When people brandish their guts and claim "I used to have a six pack!", the appropriate responce is "Then you obviously drunk it all". :evil:
Most alcohol is an acquired taste, you drink enough of it, you grow to like it (or at least not hate it). I don't know if I've got to the "like it" stage with hard liquor, but there are beers I'll drink because they taste incredibly good to me.@Comic:Disagree with the first part, agreed on the second. Everything's worth a try or two, even if it was so overpowering the first time that your taste buds barely had a chance.
I never understood people who push themselves to drink stuff they don't like the taste of. Then again, I don't even understand how ANYONE could like the taste of alcohol at all.
To me, people drinking scotch/whiskey/rum and "enjoying" at are just very good at preventing their face from going "BLERGH!" and lying about it. ;D
That said, I've tried alcohol of various types on various occasions, and it's never seemed remotely palatable. Not light beer, dark beer, multiple types of wine, rum, whiskey, Margaritas that were 9/10 fruit juice, vodka, sprite and vodka that was 9/10 ice, or anything else. At best, it tastes like someone terminally screwed up a perfectly good drink by adding alcohol. At worst, it was alcohol.
Claire was the main focus of attention and we're having trouble transitioning.
For me it's the fact that "midlife crisis" or "missed the chance for love by age" drama is getting pretty old (Ha!)
blah blah Claire blah blah transitioning.Well, there was my double-take for the day.
I used to have a six-pack...I upgraded to a keg. :parrot:I use the keg line too...except I never had a six-pack :psyduck:
Claire was the main focus of attention and we're having trouble transitioning.Really going for as many puns as possible, ey? :roll:
For me it's the fact that "midlife crisis" or "missed the chance for love by age" drama is getting pretty old (Ha!)
blah blah Claire blah blah transitioning.Well, there was my double-take for the day.
Most alcohol is an acquired taste, you drink enough of it, you grow to like it (or at least not hate it). I don't know if I've got to the "like it" stage with hard liquor, but there are beers I'll drink because they taste incredibly good to me.I guess I've never gotten to that stage with hard liquor then. I like some beers, though.
Although I don't appreciate that particular blend of snipping posts.
Cute.Code: [Select]perl -e 'print "Just another Perl ${\(trickster and hacker)},";'
Stencil.
Think drill sergeant.
(http://bhtooefr.org/images/qc2383stencil.png)
Drill Sergeant voices are more about giving orders to people in confused states. A dom voice should be authoritative but not overwhelming. This looks like a job for Times New Roman!
R. Lee Ermy would be proud of Veronica.
I knew a girl who worked with a personal trainer (at 19, which I frankly found ridiculous since it was her parents paying for it... no 19 year old needs her own car and personal trainer without having to fund them herself, but anyway) and she used to get her abs torn in order to encourage them to be six-packy. This sounds horrific to me - is it good/bad bodybuilding practice?
On the alcohol thing, I have found very few alcoholic drinks I like. I enjoy good quality red wine including port, good dry white wine, fruit cocktails (dangerous... I think I'd like them just as much without the alcohol though) and that's basically it. Last night I did two of the most disgusting shots I've ever had, which includes the vile four-types-of-cheap-vodka concoction I once tried. Ugh.
Panels 3-4: that awkward moment when you see a trans-woman's features, and you suddenly realize just how masculine they really are.
Stencil.
Think drill sergeant.
(http://bhtooefr.org/images/qc2383stencil.png)
Drill Sergeant voices are more about giving orders to people in confused states. A dom voice should be authoritative but not overwhelming. This looks like a job for Times New Roman!
R. Lee Ermy would be proud of Veronica.
Except R. Lee Ermy was a Drill Instructor.. different branch. Don't ever call a Marine Drill Instructor a Drill Sergeant - likely, they'll politely correct you, but it's still damn irksome!
Panels 3-4: that awkward moment when you see a trans-woman's features, and you suddenly realize just how masculine they really are.
Doesn't beat that awkward moment when you realize how often people will really search out any feature at all on a trans woman to claim they're visibly masculine, even when those features would be unnoticed on a cis woman.
Should've made that clearer: Wasn't directed at you. Nothing wrong with what you did. It concerned Sidhekin's reducing my writing to "blah blah" for the most part which I find pretty rude.Although I don't appreciate that particular blend of snipping posts.
Sorry? I was just cutting them down to the punny sentences, nothing else intended.
you're right, Claire is female in her day to day life, my mistake. Just another tranny slave then.Just a word to the wise : the word "tranny", like the word "nigger" or the word "kike", is deprecated. Parentherically, Intersex people don't like being called "hermaphrodites" either, let alone "pseudo-hermaphrodites". Those two terms are slurs in most contexts, unless dealing with specific medical conditions, both very rare. FWIW technically I'm a protandrous dichogamous pseudohermaphrodite, so for me it's accurate, though not for most,
Please don't use that word again, now that you've been informed OK?
sure, my bad again. I know a few and thats how the group of them refer to themselves. but, I don't wish to offend anyone
Panels 3-4: that awkward moment when you see a trans-woman's features, and you suddenly realize just how masculine they really are.
Doesn't beat that awkward moment when you realize how often people will really search out any feature at all on a trans woman to claim they're visibly masculine, even when those features would be unnoticed on a cis woman.
It was almost 2 years ago and I still have regular nightmares about driving the wrong direction on a highway.
QuoteIt was almost 2 years ago and I still have regular nightmares about driving the wrong direction on a highway.Try the scene in Planes, Trains & Automobiles...
Or that level in Heavy Rain.
Yes, that's right - I took a wrong turn at Albuquerque. LITERALLY.Bugs Bunny would be proud.
Yes, that's right - I took a wrong turn at Albuquerque. LITERALLY.Bugs Bunny would be proud.
Fate decided, after I fell asleep at the wheel, that it would pit my wife's car, at 55mph, against a handful of trees. (I still thank God that there were no other cars on the road at 3 a.m.)
The trees won. Shattered the windshield, bent the entire vehicle frame by 12 degrees laterally, split the engine block in half, ripped the shoulder belt mount right off the car, and sent a fifth of peppermint schnapps from the trunk into the front seat. And I got out with literally a scratch.
...And an airbag-shaped bruise.
...And a concussion.
That poor car! :'( Did the schnapps survive at least? :-[
Easily cured Veronica
It's called a Gym.
MEDIIIIC!!!!!
I was going to ask if the cops believed you when you said the bottle was in the trunk, but if it didn't shatter and was still sealed I guess it wouldn't matter.Yeah, no alcohol involved, the bottle hadn't even been opened. The car registration had actually expired 2 weeks prior, but the cop ignored that bit. They just wanted to make sure I was safely in the ambulance, and that the license plate was eventually pulled out of the tree trunk.
She probably makes enough money to have liposuction.
It's unfortunate, but it's true. My brain automatically picks out the little details and focuses on them. I may notice masculine features on cisgendered women, or feminine features on guys, but my mind won't subconsciously focus on them like it does with transgendered folk. Truth is, I have to make a concerted effort to pretend there's no difference, or that I don't notice.
I was going to ask if the cops believed you when you said the bottle was in the trunk, but if it didn't shatter and was still sealed I guess it wouldn't matter.
I see that Claire has recovered, though.
Organized on-line dating is cocaine for the masses.
It was the 70's alright. Coke wasn't seen as much worse than Grass. Probably because it was nowhere near as pure then, and crack was unknown.
Grass was pretty much universal. Only a few like me didn't at least try it (I have an allergy to Cannabis Sativa). I've never seen any drug other than grass and some blotting paper with LSD-25. Since 82 I've held some interesting security clearances, so don't do drugs anyway. Not that they test for it, more of a case that with PV you just don't do that stuff, you have to be too ridiculously straight-arrow or you don't get clearance in the first place.
Veronica would be an interesting person to meet. We're of the same vintage - though she's a Dom, I'm a Rocket Scientist. Not quite in the same league as Hanners' dad though.
Organized on-line dating is cocaine for the masses.
Should that not be "opium of the masses/people"?
That mental image...
it's horrifying. :shock:
After all, cocaine is better for you than any psychiatric drug or dairy product.You're going to need some seriously compelling data for me to believe a gram of that.
Managed to score and deal a fair bit of opium one semester, too - it paid for tuition.Well, it was good enough for the British government... :wink: Using "intoxicants" is a breach of the Five Precepts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Precepts), being regarded as damaging to Right Mindfulness, and my parents would have seriously disapproved too, so at school and uni I was far too tightly-wrapped even to experiment. I've eased up to the point of occasionally drinking alcohol, but I'm still pretty boring.
Some practice:
Some practice:First off, I'd like to say thank you for making me aware that there is a surgery for feminization! I'd never heard of that before, so I had always figured that trans people just relied on and emphasized the facial features that reflected their true gender. I honestly would not have recognized the first woman as the same person in both pictures if I had seen them separately and not been told they were the same person.
Are there any techniques currently for helping to de-emphasize things like that.Yes, it's a very common procedure. The most difficult one is brow bossing reduction - that involves complex work on the brow sinuses. After that, jaw re-shaping is common. Then cheek implants and rhinoplasty - the latter essential anyway if brow work is done. Upper and lower blaphroplasty (eyelids) and other soft tissue work, moving hairline down.
For patients seeking Facial Feminizing Surgery ( FFS ), Dr Suporn performs the following procedures, all of which are further described in detail:
Scalp Advance - or Scalp Reduction
Forehead Reconstruction - Dr Suporn introduced in 2003 a proprietary technique for effectively reducing brow bossing in medium-severity cases
Brow Lift
Combined hair transplant procedure with above operations
Upper and Lower Blepharoplasty
Reconstructive and Aesthetic Rhinoplasty and Alarplasty
Upper Lip Lift and Lip Enhancement
Jaw or Mandible recontour
Chin Reduction and Reprofile ( genioplasty )
Thyroid Cartilage Reduction ( Adams Apple )
Face Lift procedures ( SMAS or deep-plane rhytidectomy )
Otoplasty
...
Lower Face
Mandible_(jaw)_Shave - re contours the jaw to give a less square (male), more pear-shaped (female) appearance
Chin Re profile - reshapes the chin as required to give a more feminine shape
Yeah, I'm not gonna lie. I still noticed the original gender features. Less so on the female to male, but I still noticed.
You're fine with discussing this as a general and educational thing, but we shouldn't stare at the trans people we meet looking for details of facial structure?Pretty much, yes. Staring at people of Nigerian ancestry, looking for differences between Ibo and other racial groups is also impolite.... look, just treat people as people. As equals.
The main thing I remember from Lady And The Tramp is the racism (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpPGE_SKtA4)Me too... it's vile, seriously crude and really nasty. It adds little to the plot too. It blights the film for me, always did.
Here's an example of one of the more extreme TERFs (Trans Exterminationist Radical Feminists), published without comment.
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Even though this woman genuinely wants to see me put in a death camp - I refuse to analyse her features and speculate on timing of hormonal influences in the womb. It would be unethical. If I can show such forbearance, I don't think it's too much to ask of others.
I wonder if Speed Dating would be a good idea for Veronica :evil:
Here's an example of one of the more extreme TERFs (Trans Exterminationist Radical Feminists), published without comment.
Even though this woman genuinely wants to see me put in a death camp - I refuse to analyse her features and speculate on timing of hormonal influences in the womb. It would be unethical. If I can show such forbearance, I don't think it's too much to ask of others.
Man, the last time I met someone at the end of a line of cocaine the only thing I fell into was the stool next to me...
If Zoe hadn't told you those photos were of trans or intersex people, you would not have noticed. That was the point. You already said (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,28687.msg1131974.html#msg1131974) that you only focus on those features because you know the person is trans, so pointing those features out as if it means something is pretty much just insulting trans people for the sake of it.
... I'm a Rocket Scientist. Not quite in the same league as Hanners' dad though.
We occasionally refer to ourselves as rocket scientists at work, but we don't build launch vehicles, which no one really does in the UK currently. We do build space qualified instruments however, so it's probably as near as we get hereabouts (and my boss got written up in the Sunday Times as a rocket scientist, a few years ago).
Hi! Just a question: My english ain't perfect so I didn't understand what "Trans Exterminationist Radical Feminist" really means.
There's a company near where I went to college that builds space-going stuff out of beryllium. It's on a pokey little industrial estate but it's apparently one of the best manufacturers in Europe or something.
I wonder if Speed Dating would be a good idea for Veronica :evil:I think you win the thread. You get this as your prize:
An actual launch vehicle rocket scientist, or something more vaguely in that area?Haven't done work on miitary missiles for some time - last work was on FedSat and MESSENGER, both civilian payloads. Though technically some attitude control systems use thrusters... Before that, trajectory modelling for actual rockets, yes. All Endo-atmospheric though.
No, it wasn't invented for this post, and yes, that's what it means. They want trans people dead. Literally. A "Final Solution". "Morally mandated out of existence".Hi! Just a question: My english ain't perfect so I didn't understand what "Trans Exterminationist Radical Feminist" really means.
I don't know if the term was just invented for that post, but I take it to mean: "Radical feminist who believes in exterminating trans* people".
There's a company near where I went to college that builds space-going stuff out of beryllium.
...I also think it's awful that we live in a society where we have to pretend there is no difference or get labeled as a bigot, or ignorant, or met with all manner of hostility.
I don't even care about the wedding anymore. What kind of wacky adventures are Faye and Angus having in the city? How are Dora and Penny holding up at Coffee of Doom? What hallucinatory monsters have struck Hannelore? Is Marigold still kicking Dale's ass at Warcraft? Will Pintsize fall in love with his reflection in a mirror?Last time Marten left, they had to fight off the Pintsize Apocalypse. This time, maybe Godzilla? Something organic, anyway.
I find referring to New York as THE city rather interesting, especially since it's done in-comic by people who are what, 150 miles from it? I live a couple counties away from LA, but no one calls it anything but LA or Los Angeles. I mean, sure it's big, but it's not like every other community in New England is a hamlet.
Unless I'm massively wrong and they and you are talking about Springfield or something.
I wonder if Speed Dating would be a good idea for Veronica :evil:
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I wonder if Speed Dating would be a good idea for Veronica :evil:I think you win the thread. You get this as your prize:
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Haven't done work on miitary missiles for some time - last work was on ... and MESSENGER ...We've got hardware on Bepi Colombo, so different spacecraft, but the same target (once Bepi is launched).
One of three microsats boosted ...We've built the magnetometers (which is our speciality) on the CINEMA spacecraft, a 3U CubeSat, the first of which was launched last year as part of the secondary payload package on NROL-36. There are two more CINEMAs to be launched shortly, from Korea, and then the final one will be launched from the US, as was the first. Berkeley's SSL has been leading this, they built the first spacecraft and it's particle sensor, STEIN.
Is that a Rolex? :-D
This thread is like bowling, then, where you can win on a strike?I wonder if Speed Dating would be a good idea for Veronica :evil:I think you win the thread. You get this as your prize:
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ERK! Be careful with that stuff, the dust is seriously nasty. A fire involving it is particularly serious.
ERK! Be careful with that stuff, the dust is seriously nasty. A fire involving it is particularly serious.
A group of us were actually invited to go and look around and were told of the dangers of the dust. Of course, after that everyone was sure that they had inhaled it whenever they so much as had to clear their throat.
Beryllium's not a heavy metal /nitpick.
Rather than tiptoeing around the differences, I think we should all be secure enough in ourselves to celebrate them as something that makes us unique.
...dissecting their features for imaginary clues.
Sorry, had to add that. Because the whole facial features thing is, basically, bullshit. While there are some genetic tendencies towards differences in facial features between the genders, I've seen more than enough faces in my day to know that female faces with male features and vice versa occur regularly, and are well within the realms of normal variation. I have what have been described as very feminine lips and eyes, and of the five males in my family, only one has a discernible adams apple. I knew a woman in college who could've passed for a young Abe Lincoln, and one of my wife's best friends looks like she'd be at home in a garden with a conical red hat.
If you think you can tell, you're wrong.