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Title: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 23 Mar 2013, 20:32
And here we go (Yeah, yeah, I know - Imma gonna be a bit busy tomorrow).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 23 Mar 2013, 20:36
Clearly a freak snowstorm is going to hit Massachusetts in the summer.  :psyduck:

Reminds me of the time I had to explain to a girl from Baltimore why a ski resort in western PA didn't have any snow in July...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesariojpn on 23 Mar 2013, 21:41
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Marten returns to the library, and the first thing? Tai's RIGHT HOOK!

With Scott Pilgrim-esque speed lines!!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 24 Mar 2013, 00:54
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A freak snowstorm hits Central Mass, trapping everyone at COD!

I voted this because I want to see a re-enactment of Mafia 5 :D

Marigold was the last Werewolf.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 24 Mar 2013, 05:17
I voted for "Mom follows Claire and Marten" only because it made me think of the whole series of limericks which begins "There once was a man from Nantucket."

No, not the X-rated version.

Yes, there's a G-rated version. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_once_was_a_man_from_Nantucket)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 24 Mar 2013, 06:00
What, no option for a zombie apocalypse arc? I want to see Faye really use that sword!   :-P
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Cthulhu on 24 Mar 2013, 09:25
I seriously would like to see more about the other characters and its not even an option  :psyduck:
well its faye right there but cmon we've seen enough of her fighting... right?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 24 Mar 2013, 12:19
Yes, there's a G-rated version. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_once_was_a_man_from_Nantucket)
The G-rated version makes me angry. A limerick only has five lines, there's no excuse for rhyming a word with itself, and it does it with all three verses! For shame.

Edit: Look three posts down before responding to this.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: TinPenguin on 24 Mar 2013, 14:02
I'd argue that it's not quite rhyming with itself, as in the final line it's used as a pun.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 24 Mar 2013, 14:05
Technically, it's a homophone  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 24 Mar 2013, 14:16
Yeah, I'm not proud that I totally missed that.  :psyduck:

(Didn't really look that carefully, but still, should've seen that, damn)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Yarin on 24 Mar 2013, 21:28
The site is down
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Wagimawr on 24 Mar 2013, 21:47
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4gqsuww6lw&t=0m38s
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 24 Mar 2013, 21:57
Yup

All I get is

Not Found

The requested URL / was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 24 Mar 2013, 22:00
And yet the forums are up...  :psyduck: :psyduck: :psyduck:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Cthulhu on 24 Mar 2013, 22:00
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4gqsuww6lw&t=0m38s

OMFG this is so funny!

ON A SIDE NOTE IM FREAKING OUT WTF WTF WTF
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Cthulhu on 24 Mar 2013, 22:01
Im sorry i'll just try and calm down, i've been reading this for less than a month, does this happen often? :psyduck:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 24 Mar 2013, 22:03
No, it's not.

Quote from: 'jephjacques (twitter)'
The site is down, we are apparently being DDOSED, we’re working on it.

Quote from: 'jephjacques (twitter)'
I’ll put the comic up in tumblr in a bit

Tumblr = jephjacques.com (http://jephjacques.com), by the way.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: SomeCanadianWeirdo on 24 Mar 2013, 22:04
So it wasn't just me.  Installed IE10 yesterday, so it wouldn't have surprised me if something odd was gong on here.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Cthulhu on 24 Mar 2013, 22:06
WHAT?! why would someone ddose a comic blog?! whats wrong with the world im so angry right now
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 24 Mar 2013, 22:07
I just wanna know how Paul et al. managed to get the forums subdomain back up first...

And I have three guesses:

1. Might be the domain name (most likely).
2. Might be someone who doesn't like the GLBT angle of his recent stories (though I have my doubts).
3. Might be random (which I'd rank as second most likely).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Cthulhu on 24 Mar 2013, 22:09
Well they can´t ddos us forever, may be they just droped it, there probably is a 4chan post with lots of 12 yearolds with the mentality of a retarded nazi loling because our site is down ( if anyone reading this happens to be a 4chaner i dont mean to insult you im just really mad)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: The Iron Rose on 24 Mar 2013, 22:14
Well they can´t ddos us forever, may be they just droped it, there probably is a 4chan post with lots of 12 yearolds with the mentality of a retarded nazi loling because our site is down ( if anyone reading this happens to be a 4chaner i dont mean to insult you im just really mad)

Really? It's the 4chan part you thought someone would be offended about?

Also, NCS?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 24 Mar 2013, 22:15
And we have a comic over at aforementioned jephjacques.com...

Gee, Faye, speaking from experience? :D

Faye's hair has grown WAY out since we last saw her. Or more correctly, "Up".
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 24 Mar 2013, 22:15
Also, NCS?

NCS = Non-Consensual Snuggles. It's from the Angus/Marigold incident of the same name.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Redball on 24 Mar 2013, 22:16
She's looking good! Much as I like Hanners and the others, Faye's been my favorite from the start.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: The Iron Rose on 24 Mar 2013, 22:16
Also, NCS?

NCS = Non-Consensual Snuggles. It's from the Angus/Marigold incident of the same name.

Oh well isn't that lovely.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Cthulhu on 24 Mar 2013, 22:18
Well probably the whole insult thing is offensive really, what the fuck just about everything can result offensive to someone else.

Oh its a good thing you asked, because i know ncs as non consesual sex and i just didn´t get a thing.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Shogouki on 24 Mar 2013, 22:19
WHAT?! why would someone ddose a comic blog?! whats wrong with the world im so angry right now

Girls with Slingshots has been DDOSED several times in the short time since I started reading.  I'm going to go with the explanation that whoever is doing it must really need a hug right now.  A firm, vice-like hug.  Probably right around the testicles.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: de_la_Nae on 24 Mar 2013, 22:21
NCS probably equals Non-Consensual Snuggles. Jephzibah made a comment about those when Marigold snuggled up against dozing Angus that one time I think.

There actually *were* some people over at 4chan who expressed irritation that Claire was trans*. While this forum community is vaguely-small most of the time I think, the comic does get a lot of readers. In addition though there's always someone griping over there about something, whether it's comic artists getting injured (Jeph's hand injury, Rich Burlew's hand injury (http://www.giantitp.com), etc.) or something else.

Who knows though. I've never been able to figure out why Danielle Corsetto's  (http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/)comic gets hit as often as it does.

Warning - while you were typing 5 new replies have been posted. You may wish to review your post.

Cripes.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Cthulhu on 24 Mar 2013, 22:22
And we have a comic over at aforementioned jephjacques.com...


OH thank you thank you thank you! also i was missing Faye already, i just love the way she's changed over time, i think this new comic was a good way to resolve the situation, even tho i would've liked seeing Marten and Claire travel together all awkward like, but im sure we'll have time for that in the future, the whole awkward situation that is.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: The Iron Rose on 24 Mar 2013, 22:24
Well probably the whole insult thing is offensive really, what the fuck just about everything can result offensive to someone else.

Oh its a good thing you asked, because i know ncs as non consesual sex and i just didn´t get a thing.

Just. Stop talking.

You're very bad at this.

NCS probably equals Non-Consensual Snuggles. Jephzibah made a comment about those when Marigold snuggled up against dozing Angus that one time I think.

There actually *were* some people over at 4chan who expressed irritation that Claire was trans*. While this forum community is vaguely-small most of the time I think, the comic does get a lot of readers. In addition though there's always someone griping over there about something, whether it's comic artists getting injured (Jeph's hand injury, Rich Burlew's hand injury (http://www.giantitp.com), etc.) or something else.

Who knows though. I've never been able to figure out why Danielle Corsetto's  (http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/)comic gets hit as often as it does.

Warning - while you were typing 5 new replies have been posted. You may wish to review your post.

Cripes.

Compassion is apparently not a thing on the internet. Douchebaggery however, is.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 24 Mar 2013, 22:24
The level of comfort Marten and Faye have in each other's company is a staggering change from how they started out.

Claire, it's not too late to throw up on him and engage in some nonconsensual CBT.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Shogouki on 24 Mar 2013, 22:26
And please, no Tasha Yar.  You KNOW what happens to her and I doubt most* of us would enjoy that.

*Apparently 4Chan might...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Shogouki on 24 Mar 2013, 22:27
The level of comfort Marten and Faye have in each other's company is a staggering change from how they started out.

Claire, it's not too late to throw up on him and engage in some nonconsensual CBT.

Cognitive behavioral therapy?   :wink:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Cthulhu on 24 Mar 2013, 22:27

Just. Stop talking.

You're very bad at this.


Oh come on give me a break, if ever im expected to freak out this is the situation right here.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 24 Mar 2013, 22:30
(moderator)
Fights on the forum are unwelcome.
(/moderator)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: TheEvilDog on 24 Mar 2013, 22:30
What good can freaking out ever do? Things like this happen, we can't help it, but it happens. We can't do much except wait for the problem to be resolved by those who are in a position to do something.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Cthulhu on 24 Mar 2013, 22:32
Thats the thing about freaking out, you arent really in control of things. But never mind lets drop this subject, i've had enough for today beautiful people i'll go die for a while.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 24 Mar 2013, 22:34
It's okay Martin! My Sub-Conscious is so subtle it forgets what's it's trying to do!

Then the ponies come and everything is wonderful.

Also boo DDOS attacks.

Finally, I'm thinking the Tasha Yar routine is most likely here. Claire knows what happened, she's just going to refuse to acknowledge it for one reason or another.

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Warning - while you were typing 3 new replies have been posted. You may wish to review your post.

Yesh hahaha.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Shogouki on 24 Mar 2013, 22:38
It's okay Martin! My Sub-Conscious is so subtle it forgets what's it's trying to do!

Then the ponies come and everything is wonderful.

Also boo DDOS attacks.

Finally, I'm thinking the Tasha Yar routine is most likely here. Claire knows what happened, she's just going to refuse to acknowledge it for one reason or another.

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Warning - while you were typing 3 new replies have been posted. You may wish to review your post.

Yesh hahaha.

Noooo!  Then there will be condensed evil tar creatures, and death, and time travel, and finally some evil chick who looks just like Claire!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: WAYF on 24 Mar 2013, 22:40
I'm less freaked out than you, Cthulu, but no less offended on Jeph's behalf.

Quote from: Wikipedia
"A distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) occurs when multiple systems flood the bandwidth or resources of a targeted system, usually one or more web servers. This is the result of multiple compromised systems (for example a botnet) flooding the targeted system(s) with traffic. When a server is overloaded with connections, new connections can no longer be accepted."

It's a really awful thing to do, when you think about it.

On a lighter note,
I suspect Marten is just not in the mood to deal with apologetic / freaked out Claire at the moment and just wants some shut-eye before having to deal with it tomorrow.

At least Claire didn't headbutt him in the crotch.

Who called it?! ;D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 24 Mar 2013, 22:43
Claire may have pretty limited experience with close human interaction. I bet she has no idea how to handle it.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 24 Mar 2013, 23:01
I'm a little disappointed that they didn't show the car ride home, I wonder how they'll handle the first day back at work. Glad to see the forum's back up, though.

Direct link to the comic. (http://24.media.tumblr.com/b42fd7ca93c2e783af414c61fcf89e5d/tumblr_mk7afhqkl21qzlnwmo1_500.png)

Is it just me, or has Faye lost a lot of weight?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesariojpn on 24 Mar 2013, 23:03
2. Might be someone who doesn't like the GLBT angle of his recent stories (though I have my doubts).

Maybe they didn't like Jeph being such a cocktease.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Shogouki on 24 Mar 2013, 23:09
2. Might be someone who doesn't like the GLBT angle of his recent stories (though I have my doubts).

Maybe they didn't like Jeph being such a cocktease.

I honestly laughed when the eating cereal strip went live.  :laugh:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: KOK on 24 Mar 2013, 23:30
Yes, there's a G-rated version. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_once_was_a_man_from_Nantucket)
The G-rated version makes me angry. A limerick only has five lines, there's no excuse for rhyming a word with itself, and it does it with all three verses! For shame.

The sequels are not part of the original limerick. And it is not really the same word, it only sounds similar.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: K1dmor on 24 Mar 2013, 23:47
 In the next strip we'll see Claire saying almost the same to...who? Tai, Emily, Clinton?

 Glad the forum is up again; it was your all fault Pilchard  :laugh:
 
DOS questionablecontent.net with machines that all have relevant hostnames? That would probably get his attention, though I'm not too sure he'd appreciate it...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: westrim on 25 Mar 2013, 00:02
There actually *were* some people over at 4chan who expressed irritation that Claire was trans*. While this forum community is vaguely-small most of the time I think, the comic does get a lot of readers. In addition though there's always someone griping over there about something, whether it's comic artists getting injured (Jeph's hand injury, Rich Burlew's hand injury (http://www.giantitp.com), etc.) or something else.

Who knows though. I've never been able to figure out why Danielle Corsetto's  (http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/)comic gets hit as often as it does.
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et al

4chan is just concentrated internet, cutting out most of the places Young Adult Males don't frequent. It can be compassionate or coarse, rude or polite, accepting or phobic. A certain term that used to mean a bundle of sticks is used casually, and it is the birthplace of bronies and, I just learned, now has a /lgbt/ board. Trying to pin it down is a fools errand.

 It is, to my knowledge, no longer frequented by those who like to use DDOS and related tools. They likely have nothing to do with this. But hey, the only boards I ever looked at with frequency were /wg/ and /trv/.

As for the thread on /co/, it appears that beside the vulgarity, they favor the same pairing/s most commented upon here.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Emoroffle on 25 Mar 2013, 00:29
That line about Marten's subconscious reaching a disturbing level of subtlety made me laugh. This is why I love this comic.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 25 Mar 2013, 00:41
I just wanna know how Paul et al. managed to get the forums subdomain back up first...

I have nothing to do with the server (the comic and forum are on the same server); that's a guy in California.  I haven't looked yet, but if it was me, I'd change the IP address of the server, change the DNS for the forum only, and get the help of my ISP in blocking the DOS of the comic somewhere back up the line.  I think (I've never had to handle a DOS, fortunately).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: de_la_Nae on 25 Mar 2013, 00:56
4chan is just concentrated internet, cutting out most of the places Young Adult Males don't frequent. It can be compassionate or coarse, rude or polite, accepting or phobic. A certain term that used to mean a bundle of sticks is used casually, and it is the birthplace of bronies and, I just learned, now has a /lgbt/ board. Trying to pin it down is a fools errand.

 It is, to my knowledge, no longer frequented by those who like to use DDOS and related tools. They likely have nothing to do with this. But hey, the only boards I ever looked at with frequency were /wg/ and /trv/.

As for the thread on /co/, it appears that beside the vulgarity, they favor the same pairing/s most commented upon here.

I usually spend my time on /tg/ and /d/, with some light browsing across a few of the others. I'd say that's a pretty fair summary and assessment.

I don't expect most of /lgbt/ to be more than a cesspit for at least another week though. New board birthing pains and the like.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 25 Mar 2013, 00:57
It's okay Martin! My Sub-Conscious is so subtle it forgets what's it's trying to do!

Then the ponies come and everything is wonderful.

Also boo DDOS attacks.

Finally, I'm thinking the Tasha Yar routine is most likely here. Claire knows what happened, she's just going to refuse to acknowledge it for one reason or another.

Quote
Warning - while you were typing 3 new replies have been posted. You may wish to review your post.

Yesh hahaha.

Noooo!  Then there will be condensed evil tar creatures, and death, and time travel, and finally some evil chick who looks just like Claire!

That sounds like a pretty kick ass story line actually. Maybe it'll be based on something going wrong on the Station, and it'll be up to Martin and Lt. Potter to save the universe!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Sidhekin on 25 Mar 2013, 01:18
That line about Marten's subconscious reaching a disturbing level of subtlety made me laugh. This is why I love this comic.
And a nice callback to Ellen's comment in 577: "If you're dreaming, you have the most masochistic subconscious ever." (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=577) (Yay, archive is back!  QC-site is up!  Not yet updated with today's, though.)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: bhtooefr on 25 Mar 2013, 02:15
Yeah, Marten's not attracted to Claire at all, I think, based on panel 2.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 25 Mar 2013, 02:33
Did anyone else get a "this is totally inspired by the forum" feeling?

No?

Okay then.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 25 Mar 2013, 02:43
I think it's more that the forum knows Jeph's work, and can anticipate at least some of the ways that he will handle things.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Masterpiece on 25 Mar 2013, 02:52
Noooo even Jephzibah is considering the dream angle!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Akima on 25 Mar 2013, 03:16
It's a call-back strip! Not just to the head-butt and vomit, but the return of the pale blue dress with the white piping (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1731)! A style of which Jeph seems to be very fond (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1762). Hideous green handbags seem to be a thing too.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: TinPenguin on 25 Mar 2013, 03:28
You know, I thought Faye was looking a bit Hannelorish today. I guess that's why.

Also, one thing I really like about QC is that Jeph makes a conscious effort to show that people have a finite amount of clothes, and so wear the same outfits now and then. That attention to detail is part of why the comic feels so real.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: mtmerrick on 25 Mar 2013, 04:00
Ah, it's good to have the site back up.

*Catches up*

I feel like I'm the only one here who knows absolutely nothing about 4chan. >_<
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 25 Mar 2013, 04:03
Consider yourself fortunate in that regard.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: techkid on 25 Mar 2013, 04:20
When I first heard of 4chan, I was introduced to the /b/ board. My soul still feels the scars when the memes fly...

Needless to say, it is not a place for the unwary (dickbags, however, are welcome with open arms, and then promptly called a <derogatory name of choice>).

I only found out much later that there were other boards (such as /sci/ (science), /lit/ (literature) and /trv/ (travel)) with some semblance of civilised people, apparently.

On comic, Faye certainly has slimmed down somewhat (also, awesome callback by Jeph!). But I still can't wait to see Claire's side of the story (it's possible that she didn't realise she was cuddling up to Marten in her sleep (sleep-snuggler?) and just sleep-walked to her bed?)

Nah, that wouldn't be dramatic enough for these forums :D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: McFace on 25 Mar 2013, 04:32
Is it just me or did Faye lose a bunch of weight?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 25 Mar 2013, 04:34
The sequels are not part of the original limerick. And it is not really the same word, it only sounds similar.
Yeah, I looked back and actually read them and realized that, as I pointed out a few posts later. Although you have it backwards, it is the same word, it only sounds different and means something else.
Is it just me, or has Faye lost a lot of weight?
It's apparently not just you.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ankhtahr on 25 Mar 2013, 04:40
Couldn't
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iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --syn -m limit --limit 1 /s --limit-burst 8 -j DROPhelp against DDOS? Simple iptables rule, which allows only one new connection per IP per second, when there're already 8 open connections from this IP. Won't help with the bandwidth and the traffic, as the packages are being dropped at the INPUT chain of the server, but at least Apache will continue to work.

And I really was hoping for a car ride comic. But I also really like the idea of a comic similar to this, from the perspective of Claire. We want to know what Claire thinks about it!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Sidhekin on 25 Mar 2013, 04:45
The trouble with DDOS is the first D: distributed.

It's not "from this IP".  It's from a shitload of different IPs.  Zombie PCs, usually.

You want to help against DDOS?

Ditch Microsoft Windows! :-P
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ankhtahr on 25 Mar 2013, 04:53
Even very big DDOS attacks get slowed down, if you allow only 8 connections per IP. Of course the rule I posted works only for TCP DDOSing/SYN-flooding.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 25 Mar 2013, 04:56
I've asked, as a matter of curiosity, for more info - but I don't know if I'll get any.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Border Reiver on 25 Mar 2013, 05:02
So, Marten's confused about a woman - what else is new? 

And that in itself is quite refreshing.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 25 Mar 2013, 05:08
And I really was hoping for a car ride comic. But I also really like the idea of a comic similar to this, from the perspective of Claire. We want to know what Claire thinks about it.
Who would she talk to about it, though?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: HappyHavoc on 25 Mar 2013, 05:25
I think we all know Pintsize  hasn't set fire to anything in far too long. So it's about time he does.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: HappyHavoc on 25 Mar 2013, 05:31
Yeah, Marten's not attracted to Claire at all, I think, based on panel 2.

It would be great if he did become attracted to her. You do see much talk about well anything tran related these days and it would be great to see where it goes.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Mad Cat on 25 Mar 2013, 06:04
I was thinking NCS = Night-time Cuddle Session.

Also, who has the direct link to the barfing head-butt strip?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: bhtooefr on 25 Mar 2013, 06:10
Who would she talk to about it, though?
Good question - the only characters that she's been shown as being close with are Marten and Clinton. We know she doesn't want to talk to Marten about it for whatever reason, and I think she'd find it too weird to talk about it with Clinton (and knows that he dislikes Marten).

The longshot might be Tai? But that's probably something that Tai doesn't want to think about the implications of, being Marten's supervisor, and Marten being a superior of Claire. (Then again, it's Tai, she might not think that far ahead.)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: HappyHavoc on 25 Mar 2013, 06:22
Tai doesn't seem like the type of person that would mind dating an intern
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: RyanW1019 on 25 Mar 2013, 06:30
I was thinking NCS = Night-time Cuddle Session.

Also, who has the direct link to the barfing head-butt strip?

Archive Fu! HIYAH!!!

http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=185
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Mr. Doctor on 25 Mar 2013, 06:31
Is it just me, or has Faye lost a lot of weight?
It's apparently not just you.
I'll join the "she must have lost a bunch of weight" club. Looks weird to me.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kixie on 25 Mar 2013, 06:47
Such a lovely dress Faye is wearing. She's in bloom!

Is it just me or did Faye lose a bunch of weight?

I dun think so. Maybe just her hair?
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2374
Looks pretty similar to me.. really..
She's just wearing that pretty pretty dress!  :angel:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bluesummers on 25 Mar 2013, 06:50
Aaaaand we're back to the Marten/Faye dialogue about his love life which is the central focus of the entire comic. Ahh, good to be back. :mrgreen:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kixie on 25 Mar 2013, 07:15
And I really was hoping for a car ride comic. But I also really like the idea of a comic similar to this, from the perspective of Claire. We want to know what Claire thinks about it.
Who would she talk to about it, though?
Possibly Clinton? Maybe one of the other interns? Orrr maybe she goes all melo-dramatic monologue Shakespeare style? Definitely a few possibilites though.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jmucchiello on 25 Mar 2013, 07:40
I took a moment to remember that Faye is treating the situation strictly as a boy/girl (and perhaps boss/subordinate) encounter. That makes the conversation much cooler. Well done, Jeph.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 25 Mar 2013, 07:41
Who would she talk to about it, though?

Emily.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: grasslad on 25 Mar 2013, 07:44
Is it just me, or has Faye lost a lot of weight?
It's apparently not just you.
I'll join the "she must have lost a bunch of weight" club. Looks weird to me.

Yeah, that was the first thing I noticed in today's strip too. I kind of hope it's not permanent/intended, I rather liked her regular design.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Neko_Ali on 25 Mar 2013, 07:57
Well, I don't see why Faye would be treating it as anything other than a boy/girl situation. Aside from the fact that well... Marten is a boy and Claire is a girl, so far the only ones who know Claire is trans (that we know for sure know anyway) are Clinton and Marten. It isn't always immediately obvious after all, especially if you start transition early on.

I am hoping to see Claire's side of this conversation next too, but I don't know who she would talk to. She doesn't seem particularly close to Tai, and given she's nominally the boss of both her and Marten... could be uncomfortable. Emily? uhhh. She's a nice girl, but trying to have a serious relationship conversation with her would be probably frustrating and funny. Which means she seems most likely to be the one. :) Clinton, because he knows the whole story here... But he is her brother so... Yeah, I see possible over-reactions there. Maybe we'll find out she's actually pretty good friends with Gabby or something... Maybe we'll actually find out something about Gabby? I mean we know so little about here I had to check the cast page to make sure I was getting her name right....
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Masterpiece on 25 Mar 2013, 08:03
I took a moment to remember that Faye is treating the situation strictly as a boy/girl (and perhaps boss/subordinate) encounter. That makes the conversation much cooler. Well done, Jeph.
I'm not sure Faye knows Claire is trans.
Is it just me or did Faye lose a bunch of weight?
I'm gonna have to join Kixie in saying that I don't think she looks that different at all.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Cthulhu on 25 Mar 2013, 08:04
Good question - the only characters that she's been shown as being close with are Marten and Clinton. We know she doesn't want to talk to Marten about it for whatever reason, and I think she'd find it too weird to talk about it with Clinton (and knows that he dislikes Marten).

The longshot might be Tai? But that's probably something that Tai doesn't want to think about the implications of, being Marten's supervisor, and Marten being a superior of Claire. (Then again, it's Tai, she might not think that far ahead.)

Wow i had´t thought of that, i mean the problem is easily solved, she could even talk to herself. But seriously how has she become so important without relating to any other of the characters? may be now is the time to do that.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Neko_Ali on 25 Mar 2013, 08:33
Well, all of the interns are new yet. They haven't had the time to related and interact with the rest of the cast. Claire is just the one who has had the most 'screen' time so far of the three. And so far aside from Marten her interactions have been all surface level acquaintance ones. After all, we are talking about her co workers and friends of her co workers. It seems she and Emily at least don't have many if any friends outside of the cast.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Cthulhu on 25 Mar 2013, 08:50
Yeah im probably getting ahead of myself, you're right. Also am i the onlyone who thinks gabby is one of those characters that goes losing importance over time and just end up dissapearing?
Oh also im gonna go with the team that thinks faye looks just the same.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Masterpiece on 25 Mar 2013, 09:20
Team Same!!
(not to be confused with Team Sane)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: TinPenguin on 25 Mar 2013, 09:30
Who would she talk to about it, though?

Emily.

Emily is not a good person to tell secrets to.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Lubricus on 25 Mar 2013, 09:32
I'm not sure Faye knows Claire is trans.

I'm pretty sure she doesn't. Why would she? It doesn't seem like Claire would tell anyone she's not considering a close friend, and so far, Marten has been a lot closer to her than anyone else in the cast (except for Clinton, but that's different).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jmucchiello on 25 Mar 2013, 09:32
I took a moment to remember that Faye is treating the situation strictly as a boy/girl (and perhaps boss/subordinate) encounter. That makes the conversation much cooler. Well done, Jeph.
I'm not sure Faye knows Claire is trans.
She doesn't. That was my point. I had to remember she didn't so the conversation would NOT have any trans related overtones. That's what I thought was cool about it.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Near Lurker on 25 Mar 2013, 09:33
...it's cool that Faye acts like she doesn't know Claire is trans when she doesn't know Claire is trans?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Border Reiver on 25 Mar 2013, 09:52
We could discuss Jeph's prediliction for ladies in blue dresses.

Faye's one suits her very nicely and the neckline is suited to a lady of her ... assets.  The piping and her present hair style give it a rather 50s feel or like she getting ready to teach.  No idea where the hemline is.

I almost surprised we're still not gushing about how well Claire's suited her.

And of course there is Hanner's dress that was extremely cute.

Now all we need to complete the collection are:

Marigold, Tai, Emily, Gabby, Penny, Dora and probably a few I'm forgetting....
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kixie on 25 Mar 2013, 09:56
I almost surprised we're still not gushing about how well Claire's suited her.

I am still gushing over how cute that dress was.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: KOK on 25 Mar 2013, 10:03

The longshot might be Tai? But that's probably something that Tai doesn't want to think about the implications of, being Marten's supervisor, and Marten being a superior of Claire. (Then again, it's Tai, she might not think that far ahead.)

I don't see Martens work relation to Claire as anything like that. Marten is a lowly unskilled helper at the library. Claire is on the career track to become a librarian. Claire's supervisor must be a librarian, who have, no doubt quite informally, left most of the more practical stuff to Tai. Tai has, equally imformally, passed the buck to Marten. Marten is not in any meaningful way Claire's boss.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 25 Mar 2013, 10:30
Faye may still be working out, and she's got a chance now to meet her emotional needs without resorting to Pepperidge Farm cookies.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 25 Mar 2013, 10:36
I don't see Martens work relation to Claire as anything like that. Marten is a lowly unskilled helper at the library. Claire is on the career track to become a librarian. Claire's supervisor must be a librarian, who have, no doubt quite informally, left most of the more practical stuff to Tai. Tai has, equally imformally, passed the buck to Marten. Marten is not in any meaningful way Claire's boss.

He has seniority.  That's why he was training them.  But his position is basically that of a paid intern anyway, so I'm doubtful he has any superiority in his position. 


Please try to read that without the unintended innuendo. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: bhtooefr on 25 Mar 2013, 10:43
Faye may still be working out, and she's got a chance now to meet her emotional needs without resorting to Pepperidge Farm cookies.
And her workout program (situps (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1086)) and her emotional needs are the same person now. :parrot:

(OK, she may actually be working out with Penny. But it's funnier that way.)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kixie on 25 Mar 2013, 10:50
[...] so I'm doubtful he has any superiority in his position. 

Please try to read that without the unintended innuendo.

[troll]NEVER!! harharharhar herp derp superior positions[/troll]

I feel the same way. He is more mentoring the interns at a low level them managing them.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Valdís on 25 Mar 2013, 10:51
Orrr maybe she goes all melo-dramatic monologue Shakespeare style?

(https://dl.dropbox.com/u/86901301/MISC/YESSSSS_2188.png)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Cthulhu on 25 Mar 2013, 11:18
Team Same!!
(not to be confused with Team Sane)

Not sane but the same! (http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110616132855/questionablecontent/images/c/cb/Bros.jpg)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bad Wolf on 25 Mar 2013, 11:35
So, my prediction for next week.. Marten will bring up the snuggles with one of the other cast members, who will of course not be able to keep the secret, and then when it gets back to Claire, they're finally forced to talk about it with each other.

Well half of my prediction seems to be correct so far!

Also, as far as Faye is concerned, Team Same!!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jesslc on 25 Mar 2013, 11:44
Team different.

Faye looks odd to me - not sure whether its her hair or weight or something else, but she definitely looks a bit different.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bad Wolf on 25 Mar 2013, 12:00
I think the difference is just from the style of dress and the bright color. We're just not used to seeing Faye in that style of clothes! Here's a comparison of Faye in today's strip and last time we saw her..

(http://i.imgur.com/uvCbqNE.jpg)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: raoullefere on 25 Mar 2013, 12:31
Team different.

Faye looks odd to me - not sure whether its her hair or weight or something else, but she definitely looks a bit different.

Maube it's the fact she's looking on the bright side. Is this actually Faye? I think the Pod People have been and gone while Marten was up Nawth. Or ovah East. Damn, I'm not really sure of the gejog locash where things is at.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kixie on 25 Mar 2013, 12:34
Agreed.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 25 Mar 2013, 12:36
She's definitely slimmed down a bit since 1892 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1892), but that was what, two years ago real-time?

Which, at the rate Jeph's been going lately, is about three months ago comic-time.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bad Wolf on 25 Mar 2013, 12:40
So I just had a super blond moment and read '1892' as a year, instead of a comic number..... *facepalm*
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 25 Mar 2013, 12:41
I think she's just been gradually losing weight. Good for her!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 25 Mar 2013, 12:43
So I just had a super blond moment and read '1892' as a year, instead of a comic number..... *facepalm*

Oddly enough, the title for #1892 is "Back in the 19th Century".  :lol:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Sorflakne on 25 Mar 2013, 12:49
Faye does have a point.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Roborat on 25 Mar 2013, 12:53
Not what I was anticipating; as some others posted, I was expecting a page or two of the drive home.  Have a question. Faye's appearance was bothering me for some reason, then I realized what it was, shouldn't her scar be showing in that dress?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kixie on 25 Mar 2013, 13:08
[...] shouldn't her scar be showing in that dress?

The last time we saw her in it (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1731), a tiny portion of the scar did show. Though to play Devil's Advocate, she could have just adjusted the dress up a bit to cover it though, based on how little of it was showing in the last comic.

edit: Now that I went through that mini-arc again, I actually think that was the beginning of her cleavage.. but the point of adjustment remains the same.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: sha'mad conde on 25 Mar 2013, 13:18
I am not fond of how Faye looks in that dress. She reminds me of the mother in "Family Circus"

...and that's really not a good thing. She's all domestic and 1950's.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 25 Mar 2013, 13:18
Or it could be that Jeph forgot to draw the scar again. He's done that before.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 25 Mar 2013, 14:12
I am hoping to see Claire's side of this conversation next too, but I don't know who she would talk to. She doesn't seem particularly close to Tai, and given she's nominally the boss of both her and Marten... could be uncomfortable. Emily? uhhh. She's a nice girl, but trying to have a serious relationship conversation with her would be probably frustrating and funny.

Claire randomly runs into Raven, whom she doesn't know, of course.

Particularly because this would get Raven back into the cast. And I am dieing to see Raven interact with Emily eventually. The universe would probably implode from the weirdness overload.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kixie on 25 Mar 2013, 14:22
Oh Loki!  :psyduck: I think you mean the awesomness overload! Haha that would be epic!

I now want to file a formal petition for the meeting of Raven and Emily.

For some reason, I envision a Highlander-esque duel somewhere in that mini-arc.   :-D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 25 Mar 2013, 14:31
I am pretty sure a sword is not Emily's weapon of choice (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2293).

(Seriously, did we ever find out what that was about?)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Mr_Rose on 25 Mar 2013, 15:28
I don't see Martens work relation to Claire as anything like that. Marten is a lowly unskilled helper at the library. Claire is on the career track to become a librarian. Claire's supervisor must be a librarian, who have, no doubt quite informally, left most of the more practical stuff to Tai. Tai has, equally imformally, passed the buck to Marten. Marten is not in any meaningful way Claire's boss.

He has seniority.  That's why he was training them.  But his position is basically that of a paid intern anyway, so I'm doubtful he has any superiority in his position. 


Please try to read that without the unintended innuendo. 

But feel free to leave the intended innuendo right where it is?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 25 Mar 2013, 15:57
Jeph has invited us to believe that the scar has faded and only shows in certain light conditions.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 25 Mar 2013, 17:17
Who would she talk to about it, though?

Emily.

Emily is not a good person to tell secrets to.

And you don't think Jeph knows that?  :evil:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Mr_Rose on 25 Mar 2013, 18:01
Wait, do we know Emily is a bad person to tell secrets to?
Have we seen her break a confidence?

If anything, she seems quite likely to completely forget the secret before she got the chance to tell…
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 25 Mar 2013, 18:18
Or remember the secret but forget that it's supposed to be secret.

Honestly, in the QCverse Claire's best bet for a confidant is Mieville. Cats don't inadvertently blurt out the secrets you tell them.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Neko_Ali on 25 Mar 2013, 18:18
I don't think Emily would go telling secrets. But having a serious relationship confusion conversation with her... She seems to have a very unique take on life.... Okay, she's a goof and Claire would probably stagger off in even more confusion than before after the talk.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bluesummers on 25 Mar 2013, 18:35
She still remembers that she's friends with Marten, right? She's often keen to point out that "fact".


I agree with Neko_Ali's stance...she'll just confuse the hell out of everyone and get her hands stuck in Claire's hair again.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 25 Mar 2013, 18:42
Wait, do we know Emily is a bad person to tell secrets to?
Have we seen her break a confidence?

If anything, she seems quite likely to completely forget the secret before she got the chance to tell…

"You talked to her for a long time! About Ms. Hubbert!" (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2242)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: westrim on 25 Mar 2013, 18:49
Wait, do we know Emily is a bad person to tell secrets to?
Have we seen her break a confidence?

If anything, she seems quite likely to completely forget the secret before she got the chance to tell…

"You talked to her for a long time! About Ms. Hubbert!" (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2242)
That led me to this. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2244) We still don't know what he thought she might have done that was weird.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: HappyHavoc on 25 Mar 2013, 19:08
To be fair we still don't know much about Claire. I wonder how deep of a back stroy we will get.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Near Lurker on 25 Mar 2013, 19:20
Emily is naïve and flighty enough I don't think Claire's secret would be safe with her.  She would probably A: not realize what a Big Deal it actually is, B: not be used to hiding things in general.  I think we've all known (or been) someone like that.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bluesummers on 25 Mar 2013, 19:49
Somehow, I think with Jeph's mystical hand, she'd be just oblivious enough not to spill the beans. Just enough.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Cthulhu on 25 Mar 2013, 20:46
 I still don´t think emily is the person to go with in this situation, i think this could actually be used for Claire to interact with someone she hasn't interacted with yet, im pretty sure jeph wouldn´t have the slightest problem coming up with a situation for that.
 Also has everyone forgotten about Gabby? so she IS dissapearing, so fast you guys forgot what i said  :psyduck:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 26 Mar 2013, 11:40
And we're back! It's alive! It's aliiiivvee!  8-)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: LTK on 26 Mar 2013, 11:42
Ah, here we go again.

Ellen Allien burned her a CD? What is this, 2005? Although I suppose a USB-stick would be harder to sign...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 26 Mar 2013, 11:54
Oh Tai <3
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: K1dmor on 26 Mar 2013, 12:26
 It's good to see the forum is up again (a little slow maybe, but i hope everything will be at 100% in no time  :-) ).

 Always nice to see a "cute Tai moment" .
 And it reminds me this strip (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2321).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: squeegee on 26 Mar 2013, 12:30
Hmm, QC was going up and down ever minute or so. Now it's up but non-functional:
"Fatal error: Class 'Memcache' not found in /home/qc/public_html/includes/memcache.php on line 2"
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 26 Mar 2013, 12:40
The second DDOS has not yet stopped, though it has reduced; the server manager has put a system* in place to try to defuse the attack, which is why the sites are now working, but a bit erratic.


* It's a global web site caching system called CloudFlare, just the free version for now.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 26 Mar 2013, 13:05
Ellen Allien burned her a CD? What is this, 2005? Although I suppose a USB-stick would be harder to sign...
I hope CDs don't go away. It's the only type of music I'm willing to pay for.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Cthulhu on 26 Mar 2013, 13:31
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<mod>This should be kept to PMs, please.</mod>
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: HappyHavoc on 26 Mar 2013, 14:18
I love Tai! She is great.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: mtmerrick on 26 Mar 2013, 14:29
Grrr site attackers 》.《
Y u do dis?

As someone who knows a few white hat hackers (shoutout to XDA) and has huge respect for black hats (anonymous, lulzsec, ect), attacks like this piss me of to no end, because I actually understand how they work.

Anyone who does something like this is the tech community's equivalant of that annoying little 10 year old who spawns in all the good items, ruins the game for everyone, and tarnishes the reputation of the entire console.


On topic, awwww tai. :3 so cute. And Marten being über nice, again. It's gonna bite him in the ass one of these days. :P
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Boiled Dove on 26 Mar 2013, 14:31
No good deed goes unpunished
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: mtmerrick on 26 Mar 2013, 14:34
Yay I'm a plantmonster  now =D (I have no idea what that means)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 26 Mar 2013, 14:45
See at the bottom of this page (http://questionablecontent.wikia.com/wiki/Questionable_Content_forum).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Boiled Dove on 26 Mar 2013, 14:55
I'm gonna have to get a screenshot if I hit 666.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: mtmerrick on 26 Mar 2013, 15:00
I actually HAVE a bizarre cantaloupe phobia, IRL o_O
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Pilchard123 on 26 Mar 2013, 15:14
Cantaloupe? Like the green/orange melon?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Akima on 26 Mar 2013, 15:22
Tai is obviously stronger than she looks.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: mtmerrick on 26 Mar 2013, 15:34
Yes. The rinds are fine, but the actual fruit inside? Gives me the shivers. Watching people eat it is extremely hard, and any attempt by me to eat it results in me vomiting out of fear/horror/disgust. Which sucks because I actually like the flavor.

FYI, I'm only a little bit better with watermelon

(I told y'all I'm weird :P)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 26 Mar 2013, 16:01
Either that or Marten is that much of a 98 lb. weakling.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 26 Mar 2013, 16:03
Wedding's Over, What's Next?

Mom follows Marten (and Claire) back to NoHam!    4 (6%)
Claire doesn't remember NCS with Marten!    6 (9%)
Claire does the Tasha Yar routine ("It didn't happen.")    7 (10.4%)
Marten puts down the boundaries with Claire (about not dating interns).    4 (6%)
Next scene: Faye and Angus are FIGHTING!    0 (0%)
Marten returns to the library, and the first thing? Tai's RIGHT HOOK!    12 (17.9%)
A freak snowstorm hits Central Mass, trapping everyone at COD!    4 (6%)
Hannelore's freak illness turned out to be indigestion.    1 (1.5%)
...or worse, SHE'S PREGNANT! (Yeah, I know, Jeph would never do that.)    5 (7.5%)
Cristi commits Shipper Mutiny, demands Marten and Claire get together over Jeph's protests!    9 (13.4%)
The Final Four: Waffles, Spathe Ham, Feral Hogs and "Look! Boobs!"    2 (3%)
A whole week of Yelling Bird strips.    4 (6%)
THERE'S ALWAYS ANOTHER OPTION, #### IT!    9 (13.4%)
DDoS Attacks SUCK.    67 (100.0%)

Total Members Voted: 67
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Emoroffle on 26 Mar 2013, 16:50
Marten sure defused that pouting Tai quite efficiently. Maybe it's time someone did a hurt locker-esque movie about men who defuse situations they got themselves into. I know a few who could have used a bomb-proof suit. Or at least the pants from said suit.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: celticgeek on 26 Mar 2013, 17:19
Look on the bright side, Marten.  At least Tai didn't barf on you and head butt you in the junk.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ankhtahr on 26 Mar 2013, 17:21
Hmm, I feel like our magnificent troll Overlord Jephzibah will give us at least a whole week without Claire, only to make all the shippers suffer.

Today's comic is cute! The cuteness radiated by Tai in the second to last panel is amazing.

Well, and as member of a hackerspace I despite the kind of script kiddies who does this kind of attacks.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Masterpiece on 26 Mar 2013, 17:25
... it's like he enjoys making me suffer ...

I wanted to see more of the fluffy hair, because it's so FLUFFY
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: TheEvilDog on 26 Mar 2013, 17:47
Look on the bright side, Marten.  At least Tai didn't barf on you and head butt you in the junk.

Nah, Tai is saving that for the Staff Christmas Party.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Oglokoog on 26 Mar 2013, 17:52
So... thoughtful...

(also screw you flattr button)
(seriously I hate you)
(I don't even know what flattr is I've never heard of it why does it block me from going to the forums god dammit)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bluesummers on 26 Mar 2013, 18:43
(I don't even know what flattr is I've never heard of it why does it block me from going to the forums god dammit)

It's a site to promote your body's flatulence...it's one of those "niche" social networks that really never panned out.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: HappyHavoc on 26 Mar 2013, 19:10
Who do you think is going to be the next one to barf and head butt Marten's junk?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 26 Mar 2013, 19:13
The Flying Roomba. Ever seen a Roomba barf? It's... well, pretty much what happens to any vacuum cleaner when you don't empty it when you should.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bluesummers on 26 Mar 2013, 19:15
Who do you think is going to be the next one to barf and head butt Marten's junk?
My money's on Marigold...but I won't count out Angus and/or Tai.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: bears! on 26 Mar 2013, 22:24
See at the bottom of this page (http://questionablecontent.wikia.com/wiki/Questionable_Content_forum).

So I pretty much just registered (technically, revived an account I made a few months back and never used) just so I could get enough posts for a cool status tag. I dream of being DICKFISH someday... *dreamy sigh*

As for Martin and Claire, I hate this plotline. Hate it. It's just so adorable and d'awww inducing and is turning me into a shipper (i.e. something I hate).

/stalks off to read forum rules.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 26 Mar 2013, 22:56
Welcome, new person.

The great thing about story lines you don't like is that they always go away, at least for a while.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: usmc08112004 on 27 Mar 2013, 00:32
I love spaghetti-Os 
they are one of mankinds greatest creations.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Shogouki on 27 Mar 2013, 00:34
I just freaking love Hannelore.   :-D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Lubricus on 27 Mar 2013, 00:42
Hmm, I feel like our magnificent troll Overlord Jephzibah will give us at least a whole week without Claire, only to make all the shippers suffer.

Well, it looks like David Willis (http://www.shortpacked.com/) is picking up the slack!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Emoroffle on 27 Mar 2013, 00:44
Ok, we need to get Adam and Jamie on that Spaghetti-Os and Mountain Dew myth stat!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 27 Mar 2013, 00:55
Well. Maybe Hanners had low blood sugar?

No, I don't believe this either.

I would have assumed that Winslow and Momo came with a database of "how to take care of sick owners" per default, though.

Until proven otherwise, I will assume Pintsize's method would be "show them lots of pictures of butts".
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: mtmerrick on 27 Mar 2013, 01:16
Thanks for that link Lubricus!

Cute art style, especially for Claire. I love how blue her eyes are. Never really noticed their color in QC.

RE: today's comic - Yup, to be expected that Dora is bummed. How often has she squee'd over the concept of being a flower girl? I also love her reaction to the concept of marigold CARING for something.

Also, in marigolds defense, if you live on mountain Dew (as I do) and can't get your fix because you're sick, and then are feeling alive enough to ingest some, you will feel much better due to staving off the withdrawals. Spaghetti-Os are also comfort food to a lot of people (tho not to me :P)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: westrim on 27 Mar 2013, 01:43
Gack. I remember Spaghetti-os, and now I can't how I could have enjoyed such salty, mushy pasta.

Their dismay is a cover, of course. The entire crew was secretly watching from Hannermom's invisible prototype flying thing.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 27 Mar 2013, 01:46
Pretty sure no disease organism could survive in the chemical stew that is a body on Marigold's diet.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 27 Mar 2013, 01:47
I also love her reaction to the concept of marigold CARING for something.

*tilts head* You mean for taking care of someone sick? Or do you mean that you think Marigold doesn't care for anything but games? Because that's not true (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2001). (Found on TVTropes -> Questionable Content -> Heartwarming (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Heartwarming/QuestionableContent). Click only if you have nothing to do for the next ten hours.)

Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: westrim on 27 Mar 2013, 01:52
Cute art style, especially for Claire. I love how blue her eyes are. Never really noticed their color in QC.
Now that I think about it, there are an abnormal number of blue eyed humans in the comic. Claire (and Clinton), Marten (and parents), Penelope/ Pizza Girl, Station, Chunky Bro, and Sarah.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Vurogj on 27 Mar 2013, 01:57
It always sounds so exotic (as a Brit) to hear about Spaghetti-Os.

Then I realise they're just 'oops. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Lt2U7_NImQ)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: KOK on 27 Mar 2013, 02:08
Cute art style, especially for Claire. I love how blue her eyes are. Never really noticed their color in QC.
Now that I think about it, there are an abnormal number of blue eyed humans in the comic. Claire (and Clinton), Marten (and parents), Hannelore (and parents), Penelope/ Pizza Girl, Station, Chunky Bro, and Sarah.

How is that abnormal? There are so many characters. I should think that it was to be expected that some have blue eyes. But of course things may be different in the US.

Besides, Station hardly counts.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Mr_Rose on 27 Mar 2013, 02:12
Cute art style, especially for Claire. I love how blue her eyes are. Never really noticed their color in QC.
Now that I think about it, there are an abnormal number of blue eyed humans in the comic. Claire (and Clinton), Marten (and parents), Hannelore (and parents), Penelope/ Pizza Girl, Station, Chunky Bro, and Sarah.
Hannelore's eyes are green, as can be seen in today's strip.
Edit: confounded ninjas, everywhere.  :psyduck:
And does Station's eye colour really qualify here? Aside from being a holographic avatar whose appearance is wholly arbitrary (cf. holopony) they aren't so much "blue" as "the same translucent turquoise as the rest of him" really.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: mtmerrick on 27 Mar 2013, 02:25
I also love her reaction to the concept of marigold CARING for something.

*tilts head* You mean for taking care of someone sick? Or do you mean that you think Marigold doesn't care for anything but games? Because that's not true (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2001). (Found on TVTropes -> Questionable Content -> Heartwarming (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Heartwarming/QuestionableContent). Click only if you have nothing to do for the next ten hours.)
I didn't say that I didn't think Marigold was capable of caring for someone/something, I said Dora's reaction was funny. In fact, I'm pretty sure marigold is a very caring person, and probably a pretty decent caretaker. (Actually, she reminds me a lot of myself, but that's a topic for another day)


@ Westrim - I know an abnormal amount of people with nearly-black-they're-so-dark-brown eyes. Doesn't really suprise me.
And station doesn't count.  =P

Dangit, ninja'd twice >_<
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 27 Mar 2013, 02:43
Keep up at the back there!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Truec on 27 Mar 2013, 02:44
I also love her reaction to the concept of marigold CARING for something.

*tilts head* You mean for taking care of someone sick? Or do you mean that you think Marigold doesn't care for anything but games? Because that's not true (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2001). (Found on TVTropes -> Questionable Content -> Heartwarming (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Heartwarming/QuestionableContent). Click only if you have nothing to do for the next ten hours.)

Given that it was in the context of today's strip, I'm guessing they were talking about the first meaning.  I also suspect you already knew that, but purposely pretended to be misled in order to trap us all in TVTropes so you can TAKE OVER THE FORUM!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 27 Mar 2013, 02:46
I would never!

After all, a trickster god needs an audience.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Storel on 27 Mar 2013, 03:03
"I am just feverish enough that this seems plausible." Hahahahahahaha!  :-D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ZoeB on 27 Mar 2013, 03:08
Honestly, in the QCverse Claire's best bet for a confidant is Mieville.
Momo. Trust me. If the QCverse is anything like this one.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Border Reiver on 27 Mar 2013, 04:24
Pretty sure no disease organism could survive in the chemical stew that is a body on Marigold's diet.

Pocky, beef jerky, Mountain Dew, Spagetti Os - I'm not sure SHE should be able to survive on that diet. 

I mean seriously, where's the beer?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: RedWolf4 on 27 Mar 2013, 04:37
Well, after the mountain dew, pocky and spaghetti O's ferment. . . .
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Neko_Ali on 27 Mar 2013, 04:53
That Marigold can be nurturing doesn't surprise me. The fact that she's bad at it doesn't surprise me either... I'm just wondering though, was that worry or disbelief that Dora was expressing... or worry AND disbelief?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: mtmerrick on 27 Mar 2013, 04:54
@Border Reiver

Marigold doesn't like beer.

http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1468

She does, however, enjoy wine

http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1473
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: RedWolf4 on 27 Mar 2013, 04:55
Worry that Marigold was the one caring, and disbelief that Hanners survived?

Probably.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 27 Mar 2013, 05:21
Well, come on. This can't be a good thing. Hannelore is on enough mind-altering chemicals already; add Mountain Dew and Spaghetti-Os to the mix, and who knows what would happen?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ChaoSera on 27 Mar 2013, 05:24
Jeph's news post under the latest comic says "It is a miracle that Marigold has not caught some horrible disease."

I kinda expect the next comic to show just that, Marigold being horribly sick.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: RedWolf4 on 27 Mar 2013, 05:30
Nah, too logical a jump. I bet Pintsize has been messing with her or some such, because he can and also for the science of the coming robot war.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: HappyHavoc on 27 Mar 2013, 06:47
Wow the Dew and O's that sounds like death
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 27 Mar 2013, 07:54
When they curdle in your stomach, they form long antibiotic protein chains.   :psyduck:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Boiled Dove on 27 Mar 2013, 08:03
Caffeine, sugar, and Cholesterol: Nature's Super Food.

Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 27 Mar 2013, 09:48
Notice that the only animal which eats all of those has taken over the world.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 27 Mar 2013, 10:39
I am noticing with horror that she is only holding one can whilst referring to two things.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 27 Mar 2013, 11:00
I had mercifully missed that until you pointed it out.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: mtmerrick on 27 Mar 2013, 11:10
While I'm sure Mar-Bear has large stocks of Mt. Dew In another room that she's intending on sharing, the mental image of a Dew-O's Goulash is quite disturbing.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Masterpiece on 27 Mar 2013, 11:16
I thought they were called Wikipedi - Os in the qc universe.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: kytheros on 27 Mar 2013, 11:48
Pretty sure no disease organism could survive in the chemical stew that is a body on Marigold's diet.
Largely true. Or at least, no pansy common illness. It takes something nasty to make it in somebody on that sort of diet.

...
Wait, didn't we see Marigold be sick/unwell at one point? I kinda feel like we did. Of course, I could just be misremembering Momo or someone trying to get Marigold to take better care of herself.  :-\
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ChaoSera on 27 Mar 2013, 11:51
I don't remember Marigold being sick... only depressed or hungover and thus coiled up in her bed.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: mtmerrick on 27 Mar 2013, 12:02
I'm pretty sure that was just booze-inflicted illness. Alcohol is not something she's used to.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesariojpn on 27 Mar 2013, 12:52
I don't remember Marigold being sick... only depressed or hungover and thus coiled up in her bed.

On the space station (off frame). (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2148)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: TimO on 27 Mar 2013, 12:53
It always sounds so exotic (as a Brit) to hear about Spaghetti-Os.

Then I realise they're just 'oops. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Lt2U7_NImQ)

...and I believe that Mountain Dew is just yet another sweet vaguely fruity fizzy drink, like Cola, Pepsi, Vimto, or Irn Bru.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 27 Mar 2013, 12:56
Very sweet, and fake lemon flavor with a vengeance.  Also very acidic (more so than most sodas) and about twice the caffeine of colas. 


It is also the color of the devil's own piss. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: mtmerrick on 27 Mar 2013, 13:07
It is, as they say in Role Models, "radioactive horse piss" but I love it anyways.

It's citrus-flavored without tasting like any specific fruit, has massive sugar content, more caffeine then many energy drinks, but less carbonation than coke, and rots your teeth. It's also highly addictive if ingested in large quantities.

Seriously, who needs energy drinks?

*pops open a can*
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 27 Mar 2013, 13:13
It's no coincidence that Mountain Dew is exactly the same color as Prestone antifreeze.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Shogouki on 27 Mar 2013, 13:16
Notice that the only animal which eats all of those has taken over the world.

Granted, but we're also destroying it pretty quickly too.  :-\

I am noticing with horror that she is only holding one can whilst referring to two things.

Oi...did not think of that...   :-P
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: St.Clair on 27 Mar 2013, 13:17
Fizzy (but not as much as some others), heavily sugared and caffeinated, and radioactive yellow-green... it's basically an energy drink from before they became their own thing.  (Imagine, if you will, a 2-liter bottle of Red Bull...)
Drank it a lot back in my late teens and college, haven't been able to since.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ChaoSera on 27 Mar 2013, 13:18
I don't remember Marigold being sick... only depressed or hungover and thus coiled up in her bed.

On the space station (off frame). (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2148)

Judging by the fact she also barfed in the shuttle I guess that's more of a reaction to zero gravity.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Shogouki on 27 Mar 2013, 13:19
the_masterpiece is your avatar from a QC strip?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 27 Mar 2013, 13:21
It's GenDale from when he tried to PVP Marigold, IIRC. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Shogouki on 27 Mar 2013, 13:23
Oh was it?  Did not remember that.  Love the reference though!  :laugh:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: mtmerrick on 27 Mar 2013, 13:23
I've heard Mt. Dew compared to Lucozade before.  As I've never had that I can't speak for the accuracy of the statement, its just something I've been told.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesariojpn on 27 Mar 2013, 14:05
I don't remember Marigold being sick... only depressed or hungover and thus coiled up in her bed.

On the space station (off frame). (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2148)

Judging by the fact she also barfed in the shuttle I guess that's more of a reaction to zero gravity.

Sick is sick. Doesn't matter hows it's caused.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: mtmerrick on 27 Mar 2013, 14:19
Feeling sick ≠ having an illness. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Storel on 27 Mar 2013, 16:12
We were talking about whether disease organisms could survive in Marigold's body because of her diet when someone wondered if we'd ever seen Marigold sick. Space sickness and motion sickness are not caused by disease organisms, and so are irrelevant to the discussion.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Masterpiece on 27 Mar 2013, 16:48
the_masterpiece is your avatar from a QC strip?
yeah, that's Dale. Everybody loves Dale.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Shogouki on 27 Mar 2013, 16:55
the_masterpiece is your avatar from a QC strip?
yeah, that's Dale. Everybody loves Dale.

Yeah, I recognized Dale but didn't remember that pose.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 27 Mar 2013, 17:05
Looks like a flipped panel 4 of this (http://www.questionablecontent.net/1693).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Masterpiece on 27 Mar 2013, 17:07
Method of Madness, is it possible to change my nickname to just "Masterpiece"? It feels weird being called "the Masterpiece"
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: K1dmor on 27 Mar 2013, 17:14
 It's like Marigold is returning the favor after this daaaaw strip (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1635). It's so nice to see they are very good friends  :-) .

 At least is not taking care of her like this:
 
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Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Shogouki on 27 Mar 2013, 17:30
Looks like a flipped panel 4 of this (http://www.questionablecontent.net/1693).

Ah ha, that does indeed appear to be the one.  I guess that was before I saw QC was still alive and started reading it again.  Sooo much to catch up on...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 27 Mar 2013, 17:37
How does Hannelore get sick, anyway?

She must be vaccinated against everything there's a vaccine for and have a nanotech immune system, to deal with anything that slips past her, ah, exceptional hygiene measures.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Shogouki on 27 Mar 2013, 18:14
How does Hannelore get sick, anyway?

She must be vaccinated against everything there's a vaccine for and have a nanotech immune system, to deal with anything that slips past her, ah, exceptional hygiene measures.

Though doing everything to make yourself and your living space ultra-hygienic may end up keeping your immune system a little less prepared.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ZoeB on 27 Mar 2013, 18:26
In Australia, standard Lemonade is very similar to Mountain Dew in taste. That's assuming that Mountain Dew here is the same as Mountain Dew in the US.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 27 Mar 2013, 18:44
Probably not, Zoe.

Mountain Dew is carbonated, for one.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Aquaisces on 27 Mar 2013, 18:54
I wanted to see more of the fluffy hair, because it's so FLUFFY

Oh, yeah. Claire's hair deserves it's own mention on the cast page.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ankhtahr on 27 Mar 2013, 18:55
Method of Madness, is it possible to change my nickname to just "Masterpiece"? It feels weird being called "the Masterpiece"

Congratulations on your new name Masterpiece!

I must say, I fairly like Mountain Dew, even if we can only get a caffeine reduced variant in Germany. Energy drinks are not allowed to contain more than 320mg/l of added caffeine, and restrictions on softdrinks are even stricter. There is only one energy drink here with a really high concentration. They use coffee concentrate to get the caffeine, so it is officially a coffee beverage, which are not as restricted. This contains 699mg/l.

But spaghetti-o's sound really disgusting. I can't stand noodles which are too soft.

And about Hanners: If you don't keep your immune system busy, it will not only become less efficient, it might even find other ways of keeping busy, which is pretty much the way how allergies develop (I'm talking of acquired allergies here). I don't like the current trend of wanting to sterilise everything you touch.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesariojpn on 27 Mar 2013, 19:46
Feeling sick ≠ having an illness.

We were talking about whether disease organisms could survive in Marigold's body because of her diet when someone wondered if we'd ever seen Marigold sick. Space sickness and motion sickness are not caused by disease organisms, and so are irrelevant to the discussion.

I reject both of your realities and substitute my own.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ZoeB on 27 Mar 2013, 20:02
Probably not, Zoe.

Mountain Dew is carbonated, for one.
So is Lemonade, here.
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In Australia and New Zealand, lemonade usually refers to the clear, carbonated soft drink that other countries identify as having a lemon flavor such as Sprite.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bluesummers on 27 Mar 2013, 20:03
How does Hannelore get sick, anyway?

Her apartment building recently became infested with a virulent species known as friends. :emotrex:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Shogouki on 27 Mar 2013, 20:04
And about Hanners: If you don't keep your immune system busy, it will not only become less efficient, it might even find other ways of keeping busy, which is pretty much the way how allergies develop (I'm talking of acquired allergies here). I don't like the current trend of wanting to sterilise everything you touch.

Can't say I'm a big fan of sterilizing everything either.  Now if I could just convince my brain that it isn't a good idea as well... 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: mtmerrick on 27 Mar 2013, 20:32
Probably not, Zoe.

Mountain Dew is carbonated, for one.
So is Lemonade, here.
Quote
In Australia and New Zealand, lemonade usually refers to the clear, carbonated soft drink that other countries identify as having a lemon flavor such as Sprite.
than what do you call what we refer to as lemonade?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bluesummers on 27 Mar 2013, 20:35
In Australia and New Zealand, lemonade usually refers to the clear, carbonated soft drink that other countries identify as having a lemon flavor such as Sprite.
than what do you call what we refer to as lemonade?
Diabetes on the rocks. :emotrex:


Also:

GAHHHH. Jeph, you're a manipulator of love, that you are.

I'm watching tonite's comic-development stream, and I forgot: he's got another two characters for us to ponder about...

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Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: mtmerrick on 27 Mar 2013, 20:39
There's been marigold/Dale hints for ages. Wouldn't surprise me if it happened, wouldn't surprise me if it didn't. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Shogouki on 27 Mar 2013, 20:42
The last strip that featured them both gave me a very tsundre vibe the way Marigold was acting.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: lostradamus on 27 Mar 2013, 20:50
I must have missed something, yeste?rday's strip.. why was Tai upset with Marten
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: celticgeek on 27 Mar 2013, 20:52
Marten sent Tai a picture of himself with Ellen Allien, a favorite DJ of Tai's. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bluesummers on 27 Mar 2013, 21:03
I must have missed something, yeste?rday's strip.. why was Tai upset with Marten

Hello, new person! Indulge yourself. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2404)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: lostradamus on 27 Mar 2013, 21:12
Dora boobies!  :-o right on thanks for clearing that up guys.. about time we see Hannelore.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: celticgeek on 27 Mar 2013, 21:38
She has AGENTS!!!???

And also a peace offering pizza - pepperoni and mushrooms, the best kind.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: JunWasHere on 27 Mar 2013, 21:45
"You have agents?"

Oh... That cracked me up.

Have the tiniest bit of WoW in me, I'm not a fan of the MarigoldxDale thing. The most I'll be able to tolerate is them becoming friendly acquaintences.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bluesummers on 27 Mar 2013, 21:48
What, no parsnips? :psyduck:

God I want pizza now.
Without parsnips.
That was a joke.
Parsnips are awful on pizza.
Don't ask me how I know.
It was one time.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 27 Mar 2013, 21:56
How does Hannelore get sick, anyway?

Her apartment building recently became infested with a virulent species known as friends. :emotrex:

Great callback (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1145).

Hannelore's sleep schedule can't be doing her immune system any good.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 27 Mar 2013, 21:57
FINALLY!

Some Marigold / Dale PvP time...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Cthulhu on 27 Mar 2013, 22:09
AWWW Marigold and Dale, how cute.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Emoroffle on 27 Mar 2013, 22:11
Behold Marigold and her epic rack (bonuses to bowchikabowow when wearing swimsuits) the man was wise to bring a suitable peace offering.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: mtmerrick on 27 Mar 2013, 22:57
I think this is related to the site outages (http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-03/biggest-cyber-attack-history-just-happened-and-i-feel-fine)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Nepiophage on 27 Mar 2013, 23:14
YAAAAAAY! Marigold and Dale! MOAR MOAR!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Near Lurker on 27 Mar 2013, 23:39
Gonad war!

(Of course Marigold has agents...)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Tova on 27 Mar 2013, 23:48
than what do you call what we refer to as lemonade?

I've seen it referred to as "real lemonade". Or maybe "lemon cordial"?

I am not at all a fan of what Australians call lemonade (which is sprite, basically, as previously mentioned). I much prefer your version. Or lime cordial is good as well.

There is a more strongly lemon flavoured carbonated drink called Solo - no idea whether you have it in the US (too lazy too google). I don't mind that stuff.

Which reminds me of something I was going to mention earlier. For a long time, Mountain Dew was not caffeinated in Australia. Apparently it is now - a fact that I was blissfully unaware of until I googled it yesterday.

And on a slightly different note, I tried Canada Dry recently. Blech.

I do like ginger beer, though. All the better if it's the alcoholic version.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 27 Mar 2013, 23:50
It's like Marigold is returning the favor after this daaaaw strip (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1635). It's so nice to see they are very good friends  :-) .

 At least is not taking care of her like this:
 
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....Maidagold... wait what? The vodka is not allowing me to process this clearly...

I would also like to suggest Masterpiece be referred to as Masterpiece Theater. Cause.

On today's strip:

Awwwwwwwww no fair Marigold! I want agents! T_T

Other stuff:

Lemon Cordial sounds like something that would have alcohol in it, I'm not sure why... or it's the classiest way to order a lemonade I've ever heard.

I'll ask you all to excuse my posting tonight. I saw a sign that said "Drink Canada Dry" so I went there and did.

Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: westrim on 27 Mar 2013, 23:56
Okay, seriously, does he have LEDs behind the lenses or something? A special reflective layer applied?

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International Beverages
The primary appeal of lemonade (US) is that it's so easy a caveman kindergartner can make it. Water, lemon juice, sugar, stir. Add more of whatever more is needed of. Serve at a driveway stand for 25$. It's an easy way to learn about capitalism AND chemistry!

Canada Dry isn't a valid representative of ginger ale, on account of having no ginger, so if you see a different brand, give it another try. Does Australia have root beer?

I think this is related to the site outages (http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-03/biggest-cyber-attack-history-just-happened-and-i-feel-fine)
I saw that on the news and went "oh, so that's what was going on!"

Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Near Lurker on 28 Mar 2013, 00:10
I've seen it referred to as "real lemonade". Or maybe "lemon cordial"?

"Lemon cordial"?  That sounds like limoncello...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 28 Mar 2013, 00:20
I think this is related to the site outages (http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-03/biggest-cyber-attack-history-just-happened-and-i-feel-fine)

No, it's coincidence; the attack on QC was directly targetted.  However, the defence that has now been put in front of QC is one that is mentioned in some articles about that bigger attack (though not that one) - it is a global distributed caching service called CloudFlare. CloudFlare manipulates the DNS so that requests for this website are distributed over many different servers which also have other methods of reacting to DDOS attacks that individual servers cannot have.

The use of CloudFlare should even improve the speed of the site (including this forum to some extent), but may have the side effect that changes to images take a while to propagate - so if you change your avatar, and it doesn't appear to happen, wait a while before worrying about it.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Tova on 28 Mar 2013, 00:35
Canada Dry isn't a valid representative of ginger ale, on account of having no ginger, so if you see a different brand, give it another try. Does Australia have root beer?

We do, and I like it. Bundaberg makes both root beer and ginger beer. They also do a nice sarsaparilla.


"Lemon cordial"?  That sounds like limoncello...

Limoncello is different again (and is awesome).

To be accurate, cordial refers to the concentrated stuff that you dilute before drinking.

Lime cordial (ok, or lime juice) can also be mixed with gin to make gimlet. (:

I have a bookmark here... aaaand here we are.

http://www.lesauce.com/2011/06/real-lime-cordial-for-a-true-gimlet-of-course.html

Sorry about the distraction from the comic.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 28 Mar 2013, 00:44
Lemonade: fizzy; lemon squash: still, diluted from concentrate; lemon cordial: poncy marketing name for lemon squash.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Tova on 28 Mar 2013, 00:49
So... what you call squash is what we call cordial, then. And what we call squash is ummm lemon soda? Something.

hurrrr so confused hurrr
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Truec on 28 Mar 2013, 00:49
Am I the only one who doesn't like Dale?  The whole Marigold vs. Dale rivalry mostly exists as a holdover from her reclusive WoW addict shutin days, and it always bugged me as a thing that characters do, not real people.

I'm glad to see the rivalry end, I just hold that whole mess against Dale, so it's going to bug me if he starts showing up more often.  Until Nyarlathojeph develops his character and makes him awesome.

Quote
International Beverages
The primary appeal of lemonade (US) is that it's so easy a caveman kindergartner can make it. Water, lemon juice, sugar, stir. Add more of whatever more is needed of. Serve at a driveway stand for 25$. It's an easy way to learn about capitalism AND chemistry!

Canada Dry isn't a valid representative of ginger ale, on account of having no ginger, so if you see a different brand, give it another try. Does Australia have root beer?

The only acceptable ginger ale is Vernors.  Which I'm not certain is even marketed in all states, let alone in other countries.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Tova on 28 Mar 2013, 01:16
Am I the only one who doesn't like Dale?  The whole Marigold vs. Dale rivalry mostly exists as a holdover from her reclusive WoW addict shutin days, and it always bugged me as a thing that characters do, not real people.

I'm glad to see the rivalry end, I just hold that whole mess against Dale, so it's going to bug me if he starts showing up more often.  Until Nyarlathojeph develops his character and makes him awesome.


Well, if the rivalry does end (at least to the degree which it has existed so far), and assuming we see more of him, presumably his character will be fleshed out a little more.

I don't think you're the only one. I've enjoyed this background story, myself. But then, I am a WoW escapee.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 28 Mar 2013, 01:31
I must say, I fairly like Mountain Dew, even if we can only get a caffeine reduced variant in Germany.

Huh, I didn't know that. Then again, I didn't know we had Mountain Dew in Germany until a few months ago.
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Energy drinks are not allowed to contain more than 320mg/l of added caffeine, and restrictions on softdrinks are even stricter. There is only one energy drink here with a really high concentration. They use coffee concentrate to get the caffeine, so it is officially a coffee beverage, which are not as restricted. This contains 699mg/l.

 :-o and here I was thinking Club-Mate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club-Mate) was potent with coffein.

After a brief googling, I assume you mean this (http://www.cofain.at/ingredients_effect_at_en.html). It looks like it has more sugar, though.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Abyssalin on 28 Mar 2013, 01:33
Oooh energy drink chat, i had the one time where i had stayed up for days on nothing but red bull after red bull, pretty sure i did myself some serious damage that day, alas, it's something everyone does right?

Todays Strip: It's nice that Dale may be getting fleshed out, but really it's just one more character to the pot so i don't see the big deal, this comic already has a bigger cast than the old show Scrubs, and that had a pretty big cast.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ChaoSera on 28 Mar 2013, 02:05
Method of Madness, is it possible to change my nickname to just "Masterpiece"? It feels weird being called "the Masterpiece"

Congratulations on your new name Masterpiece!

I must say, I fairly like Mountain Dew, even if we can only get a caffeine reduced variant in Germany. Energy drinks are not allowed to contain more than 320mg/l of added caffeine, and restrictions on softdrinks are even stricter. There is only one energy drink here with a really high concentration. They use coffee concentrate to get the caffeine, so it is officially a coffee beverage, which are not as restricted. This contains 699mg/l.

We can get Mountain Dew in Germany? I never knew...
Now I just have to find out where. Seeing as I used to work in a fairly big drinks market (I highly doubt that's the correct translation but you guys get the point. A place where you can buy lots and lots of different drinks) and they did not have it there I wouldn't know where to start looking.
Where do you usually get it from?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 28 Mar 2013, 02:18
Now that you ask, I think I only got it that one time from my local Döner (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%B6ner#Germany) place :D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: bhtooefr on 28 Mar 2013, 02:40
Ugh, Vernors. Disgusting. (I believe it's a Michigan-and-surrounding-states thing.)

Re: having ginger in the ginger ale... this is where it's at (not exactly a conventional ginger ale, but I don't care): http://freshgingerale.com/

Water, sugar (and I mean sugar, not HFCS), ginger, citric acid. That's it. And I've got a barbecue place near me that carries 24 packs for $27.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: TimO on 28 Mar 2013, 02:49
Probably not, Zoe.

Mountain Dew is carbonated, for one.
So is Lemonade, here.
Quote
In Australia and New Zealand, lemonade usually refers to the clear, carbonated soft drink that other countries identify as having a lemon flavor such as Sprite.

It sounds like Australian and New Zealand Lemonade is basically the same as UK Lemonade, which bears no resemblance whatsoever to USAian Lemonade, as ZoeB said, more like Sprite or 7 Up.

It's interesting that Mountain Dew is available in Australia, since I've never seen it in the UK (although it's probably available from specialist shops).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Near Lurker on 28 Mar 2013, 02:56
Yeah... thing is, in the US, "squash" pretty much exclusively means "marrow."  Or raquetball.  Or what Veronica Vance does.  And for that matter, "marrow" pretty much exclusively means the stuff in bones.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: TimO on 28 Mar 2013, 03:11
than what do you call what we refer to as lemonade?

I've seen USA style lemonade sold as Traditional or Still Lemonade, obviously at a significant markup vs some random "own brand" lemonade, or even premium brands like R.Whites (starts humming "I'm a secret lemonade drinker, R.White's, R.Whites ...").

"Lemon cordial"?  That sounds like limoncello...

Limoncello is evil!  It tastes like liquefied lemon Opal Fruits Starburst (damned globalisation and name changes), which is horribly misleading since it has got quite an alcoholic content, at around 30%!  More than once in an Italian restaurant, where they've given us Limoncello as a free digestif, quite a few people seem to dislike the taste, so I've "helped out", by drinking there's for them. :-D


It's interesting to see Dale again.  I've never liked him that much, since he doesn't seem to do or say much, and obviously he's Alliance Scum (ie not on Marigold's side).  But on the other had, is there some booty on the horizon for Marigold?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Masterpiece on 28 Mar 2013, 03:21
Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaallleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

ahem.
Excuse that for a second.

Am I the only one who doesn't like Dale?

You seem to have forgotten that Everybody likes Dale (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1640).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Masterpiece on 28 Mar 2013, 03:22
also before I forget: Thanks to Him or Her, who changed my Nickname. You are awesome (but I suppose you already knew that).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Near Lurker on 28 Mar 2013, 03:29
I think "not quite a lurker" and "asleep in the boner patch" are my fault.  When I got 1-800-SCABIES, I thought it was because I'd been signed up seven years - hence my avatar.

Also, I remember the first St. Patrick's Day after I turned 21, my (mostly underage) friends and I passing around a fifth of limoncello I'd bought... think I drank half of it.  Most drunk I've ever been, and that counts the night I wound up naked and waving a knife at the police.

(...aaand I'm hoping no one who was there that night reads QC.)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 28 Mar 2013, 03:31
... Him or Her, who changed my Nickname ...

Did you not see my PM?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Skewbrow on 28 Mar 2013, 03:32
Don't know which drinks are/should be carbonated and which aren't/should not. I'm just grateful that Mountain Dew exists:

Waitress: "What would you like to drink?"
Skewbrow: "A Coke, please!"
Waitress: "Pepsi ok?"
Skewbrow: "Make it a Mountain Dew, please!"

And... Moar Dale vs. Marigold PvP, please!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Storel on 28 Mar 2013, 03:34
In Australia, standard Lemonade is very similar to Mountain Dew in taste. That's assuming that Mountain Dew here is the same as Mountain Dew in the US.
Most soda companies vary the formula for their beverages very widely in different countries, to reflect local tastes. In general, you probably can't assume that any soda [here] tastes the same as the same soda [there].

And on a slightly different note, I tried Canada Dry recently. Blech.

I do like ginger beer, though. All the better if it's the alcoholic version.
Ginger beer is great. I don't recall ever seeing an alcoholic version, though.

Canada Dry isn't a valid representative of ginger ale, on account of having no ginger, so if you see a different brand, give it another try.
The US-purchased bottle of Canada Dry sitting in front of me says "Made from Real Ginger" on the label. It doesn't actually say "ginger" on the ingredients list, though, so I suppose "natural flavors" must in this case mean "flavor extracted from ginger" assuming the label is truthful (which we have some fairly strict laws about in the US).

What Canada Dry and Seagrams call "ginger ale" seems to intended primarily as a mixer for drinks, which probably explains the low intensity of the ginger flavor.

Ugh, Vernors. Disgusting. (I believe it's a Michigan-and-surrounding-states thing.)
We've had Vernors here in California for decades.

By gingeriness, Vernors is roughly halfway between ginger ale (the mixer kind) and ginger beer. I discovered Vernors as a child -- my grandmother always had some on hand -- and since I love the taste of ginger, Vernors immediately became my favorite ginger ale. In high school I discovered ginger beer and that immediately replaced Vernors as my favorite.

Mind you, ginger beer itself can vary radically in its level of gingeriness, which is why "roughly halfway" is only a very approximate description of Vernors. I've had Jamaican ginger beers that were almost as hot as Jamaican food, which is some of the hottest stuff I've ever eaten in my life. Not very thirst-quenching, but MAN what a flavor!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 28 Mar 2013, 03:36
Presumably you mean: s/different companies/different countries/

Ginger beer is great. I don't recall ever seeing an alcoholic version, though.

Crabbie's (http://www.crabbiesgingerbeer.co.uk/)
Stone's (http://www.stonesgingerwine.com/welcome/gingerviduals.asp)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Masterpiece on 28 Mar 2013, 03:36
Sorry pwhodges, I must have missed that. Thanks a lot! You are now on my list of AWESOMEADMINS.

For all those who want a trip down memory lane, here's the first time Dale delivered a pizza to Marigold (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1668).
It's so cute how insecure she was back then.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Storel on 28 Mar 2013, 03:37
Presumably you mean: s/different companies/different countries/
Ack, you're right. Fixed, thanks.

Ginger beer is great. I don't recall ever seeing an alcoholic version, though.

Crabbie's (http://www.crabbiesgingerbeer.co.uk/)
Fascinating. I've never seen that, though the larger beverage stores that have lots of imported stuff may have it. Thanks again!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: westrim on 28 Mar 2013, 03:45
You know, if we're going to keep talking about stuff we might as well have some sources.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Dew (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Dew) Mentions lots of availability stuff, just search by country name (unless you're German, then do some Googling). New Zealand has Passionfruit Frenzy, which calls for an invasion (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RenRILqwhJs&feature=player_detailpage#t=33s)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordial (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordial) says see: squash.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon-lime (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon-lime)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemonade (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemonade)

Most soda companies vary the formula for their beverages very widely in different countries, to reflect local tastes. In general, you probably can't assume that any soda [here] tastes the same as the same soda [there].
I recall that the orphaned branch of Coca Cola in Nazi Germany resorted to some unorthodox ingredients.

All this talk of variation in the availability of products makes me yearn for the days when Oreo Os were sold in more than South Korea.

Frankly speaking, Mountain Dew is my least favorite of the four major sodas in the genre. For me it's 7-up, Sprite, Sierra Mist, then MD, and not just because Appalachian kids drink so much they named their tooth decay for it. It's overflavored, Sprite and Sierra Mist are underflavored, 7-up is just right.

However, I rarely drink soda nowadays, and when I do it's usually root beer.

Wait, I said that wrong.

I don't usually drink soda, but when I do (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Advertising/TheMostInterestingManInTheWorld), I drink Root Beer.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Masterpiece on 28 Mar 2013, 03:48
Most soda companies vary the formula for their beverages very widely in different countries, to reflect local tastes. In general, you probably can't assume that any soda [here] tastes the same as the same soda [there].
I recall that the orphaned branch of Coca Cola in Nazi Germany resorted to some unorthodox ingredients.
And that is how Nazi Germany created Fanta.
source (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanta)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 28 Mar 2013, 04:16
Since we're talking fizzy drinks, question. Am I the only one who drinks straight tonic water? I think it's delicious.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Border Reiver on 28 Mar 2013, 04:40
I have to come back to the forum more than once or twice a day - I had no idea we were onto drinks:

Canada Dry - it's OK as a soda
Crabbies - I have a very serious complaint - it goes down way too smoothly and with it being an import, I cannot keep sufficient quantities in stock without taking out a substantial loan.  So it's back to making my own ginger beer.

As for today's strip - who doesn't have agents?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ZoeB on 28 Mar 2013, 04:42
than what do you call what we refer to as lemonade?
Lemon squash, I think.
Except in cans that's carbonated too, so probably not.
(http://selecto.com.au/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/l/e/lemonade.gif)(http://selecto.com.au/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/l/e/lemon_squash.gif)

Home-made lemon squash is made with lemons, sugar, water.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ZoeB on 28 Mar 2013, 04:45
(Of course Marigold has agents...)
Rats, you said it before I could. But yes, of course she does. Isn't that obvious? Spies in the enemy camp too.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ankhtahr on 28 Mar 2013, 04:48
Talking fizzy drinks: I absolutely love the Danish "Faxe Kondi", which is a little bit like Mountain Dew. But it's only available in Denmark. :cry:

:-o and here I was thinking Club-Mate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club-Mate) was potent with coffein.

After a brief googling, I assume you mean this (http://www.cofain.at/ingredients_effect_at_en.html). It looks like it has more sugar, though.
That's what I was talking about. It tastes differently from other energy drinks (like sweet carbonated cola/coffee mixture), not as artificial.
Also Club-Mate! Woo! I pity you all for not being able to get Club-Mate! (Note that it's not the english word mate, but the south american mate tea) It's fascinating to see how widespread Mate is available and how commonly known it's now. When I first tried it, it was considered the typical beverage of the Hacker community, but now I see everybody drinking Mate… I feel hipsterish…

And back to comic: I love how easily Jeph can distract the shippers from Claire…
I often felt as if the PvP between Marigold and Dale was some kind of Angus-like way of trying to get in contact with her.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ZoeB on 28 Mar 2013, 04:54
Since we're talking fizzy drinks, question. Am I the only one who drinks straight tonic water? I think it's delicious.
Me too - though a little sweet. Add some Rose's Lime Cordial, or even a squeeze of straight lime juice... Yummy!

The number of times I've asked for tonic water, and they put Gin in it out of habit... never mind. Jinantonix is also OK.
In my days staying at the HMAS Watson officer's mess, (duty free), I sometimes ordered a pink gin, more for keeping with tradition than anything else. I'm more into Chardonnays.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 28 Mar 2013, 05:31
Since we're talking fizzy drinks, question. Am I the only one who drinks straight tonic water? I think it's delicious.
I like it, and it even does me good. Helps me deal with foods I like but that don't return the affection, and is great camouflage at open-bar parties. (I just throw a few bucks in the tip jar at the top of the night and the bartender is usually more than happy to help me with the deception -- if one is needed.)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Nepiophage on 28 Mar 2013, 05:38
In Ireland we have Red Lemonade, which is the British type with some ingredient which turns it the colour of ruby ale.  There used to be a joke TV commercial about "Ireland -- where the red lemons grow."
It is one of only three consumables you can only get in Ireland -- the other two are batterburgers and drisheen.  I will not explain what these are as it would cause nausea and retching in any non-Irish readers.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 28 Mar 2013, 05:52
On the subject of soda, while I was in Brazil a couple years ago, I got hooked on Guarana Antarctica (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guaran%C3%A1_Antarctica). It's somewhat hard to find and expensive in the U.S., though.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Sassafras on 28 Mar 2013, 06:19
Am I the only one who doesn't like Dale?
I don't really like him either. Maybe the current arc will change my mind, now that he's being nicer, but before he just reminded me too much of gamer dudes who think they have a right to your time just because you grouped with them in a raid or whatever. That he went out of his way to insert himself into her life and annoy her repeatedly just because she was rude to him once doesn't help, it makes him look like a grudgy douche.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 28 Mar 2013, 06:42
To be fair, Marigold's behavior towards Dale hasn't been all that commendable either. They seem to bring out the worst in each other. Which is a bad omen for any potential relationship.

On top of that I get the feeling that Dale may actually be, in his own way, as clueless about romantic relationships as Marigold is. I do not predict this ending well.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 28 Mar 2013, 06:57
All right - for those of you who are NOT from the USA:

Mountain Dew is, essentially, an orangey-citrus carbonated soft drink. It tastes nothing like lemonade, and tends to be both high in fructose corn syrup (or sugar, if you drink "throwback" Dew), and in caffeine. A 12-ounce (355 mL) can of regular Mountain Dew has 54 mg of caffeine in it - which translates to about 152 mg per liter.

For reference: a 16 oz. (473 mL) cup of coffee from McDonald's has 145 mg of caffeine.

Back in the old days, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, people played video games on their Ataris and Colecovisions, and I was still in high school, it was the soda with the highest caffeine content that you could buy that wasn't coffee - which, at the time, was seen as being an "adult" drink.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Boiled Dove on 28 Mar 2013, 07:05
I enjoy the Marigold/Dale interaction and am interested to see what becomes of this truce.

Does anyone remember Jolt Cola? that fueled some all night gaming sessions back in the day.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Neko_Ali on 28 Mar 2013, 07:09
Jolt fueled me through a couple of years of full time school and full time third shift work... Sleep was often but a fond dream those days.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: drewdane on 28 Mar 2013, 07:13
Jeez Marigold, get a grip.  :roll:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 28 Mar 2013, 07:20
I don't think she likes those kinds of controllers.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: LordVaughn on 28 Mar 2013, 07:35
I begin to wonder if Dale's glasses just have lights in them. if so, I want a pair.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 28 Mar 2013, 07:38
I wonder if Dale decided that Marigold preferred to interact that way based on how she reacted when they first met.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 28 Mar 2013, 07:38
Seems like it would be hard to see with glowing glasses. I think the glare would be a problem.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 28 Mar 2013, 07:46
Didn't they suddenly start glowing mid-comic and never stop? Archive hunters?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 28 Mar 2013, 07:50
This twitter conversation may shed some light on the glowing glasses. (https://twitter.com/jephjacques/status/317130012400685057)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Delator on 28 Mar 2013, 08:14
Didn't they suddenly start glowing mid-comic and never stop? Archive hunters?

1693 was the original appearance. It's almost certainly in reference to Gendo Ikari from Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Coincidentally, 1693 was the last time the reference was funny.  :meh:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 28 Mar 2013, 09:15
That's the problem with a running gag, they can't stop of their own (or anyone else's) volition. 

The only way we'll ever see Dale's eyes again is when the glasses come off. 




Preferably pertaining to PVP sexytimes, but you didn't hear me say it. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: HeavyP on 28 Mar 2013, 09:16
Weighing in with the "Don't like Dale" folks here.

Was thinking about it, and it's not so much the WoW dynamic that bothers me - the fact that they play opposing factions and fight about it is amusing and could be good source material.

Dale's demeanor is what bothers me, something about him just creeps the HELL out of me.  Like, brain screaming "don't leave your female friends or children alone with this person!" vibes.  In any interaction he has with people BESIDES Marigold he seems as normal and amusing as a second or third tier cast member can be (i.e. the "secret menu" incident at Coffee of Doom or when he's delivered pizzas to the main cast), but any time he interacts directly with Marigold he just shifts into a completely different persona.  The rapeface glasses are not helping his image, either.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Boiled Dove on 28 Mar 2013, 09:18
IIRC he was normal with her too until she caught on to who he is in their game and she got weird, thus making all of their interactions weird.

Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: celticgeek on 28 Mar 2013, 10:03
I like that Marigold is looking (furtively?) down the hall, to see if anybody actually sees her making nice with Dale.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: HappyHavoc on 28 Mar 2013, 10:44
I wish people would bring me free pizza, but all I get is spam mail
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Masterpiece on 28 Mar 2013, 11:17
I'd like to argue that Dale's creepy persona is just a reflection of Marigolds weird attitude towards him. He's never been portrayed as anything but a nice character outside the Marigold thing, Hannelore even unintentionally offered to shoot a porno with him.

He does seem a bit over the top with the whole evil villain deal though(I just remember how he crept up on her from a side-road), yet I hope that he'll tone it down a bunch now that he accepts Marigolds superiority.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Sassafras on 28 Mar 2013, 12:14
I think the fact that he behaves normally with other people than Marigold is part of why I find him creepy. It's like, Clinton is creepy and weird, but he's like that with everyone so he clearly just doesn't know how to behave. Dale on the other hand, is ok and friendly with the others, but when he's alone he's trying to intimidate Marigold in person or stalking her online and trying to get his friends to kill her in game (and yes, I know she acts weird too, but hers doesn't involve forcing herself into his life). That makes me worry that the friendly face is a mask.

If he proves me wrong in the next few pages I'll be glad.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Boiled Dove on 28 Mar 2013, 12:29
Fair enough
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 28 Mar 2013, 12:37
I wouldn't really say he's forcing himself into her life, he seems to just be doing this when he happens to run into her (not justifying it, just hardly "stalking"). As for the online thing, Marigold's "agents" make it seem like it's not exactly a one-way street. Anyway, I think we need to see more of Dale before we can judge him either way.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 28 Mar 2013, 12:44
I wish people would bring me free pizza, but all I get is spam mail

Better than being mailed spam. 

(http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/SpamCan.jpg)

Sliced, tucked into an unlined envelope...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Pilchard123 on 28 Mar 2013, 12:48
http://www.businessinsider.com/mini-cooper-care-package-2013-1
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Masterpiece on 28 Mar 2013, 12:54
Forcing himself into her life? One might argue that Angus did exactly the same. Look what that did to Faye ;) .
Can't say I don't agree with you though. He's been acting weird, but I always found him somewhat nice. Maybe he just doesn't know how to behave around girls he's attracted to (similar to kids fighting when they like each other). IMHO his first interaction with Marigold was perfectly nice though, but ended with Marigold throwing money at his face and calling him scum. I'm fairly sure I'd be pissed at a girl like that too. But to top that off, that girl now frequently appears in the coffee shop he's a well-known regular in (Dale is on a first-name basis with both Faye and Dora, and knows about the secret menu), maybe that just burned a fuse somewhere (which would also explain the light behind Dale's glasses).

OH MY GOD GUYS DALE IS A ROBOT... Jephzibah is going to write about Human-Robot relationships now!

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Masterpiece on 28 Mar 2013, 13:03
Having read my previous post again, I can't help to think of Veronica Reed's horrible segues - I think I skipped a few thought processes when I wrote the above.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jesslc on 28 Mar 2013, 13:12
That he went out of his way to insert himself into her life and annoy her repeatedly just because she was rude to him once doesn't help, it makes him look like a grudgy douche.

This is exactly why I don't like Dale!

The way he repeatedly came up to annoy her, and particularly the way he often invaded her personal space when he did so... I found him very creepy. I know that Marigold's behaviour to him was pretty awful too but that doesn't make his behaviour acceptable.

I'd be curious to know if there's a gender difference between the sides of thoughts on Dale's behaviour... Because as a woman, if any stranger or relative stranger invading my personal space like that, I would be seriously creeped out. Unwanted attention like that just sets the warning bells ringing.  If on the other hand he had said the same insults to her from across the room/at a normal distance for a stranger, I would (probably) have been fine with Dale.

Angus did keep coming back and annoying Faye - true. But he wasn't ever like this:
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1895 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1895)

That's not flirting. That's creepy and being a douche.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Masterpiece on 28 Mar 2013, 13:27
I forgot about that strip.

Seeing that strip is making me wonder why I chose to use Dale as my avatar.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Boiled Dove on 28 Mar 2013, 13:31
Yeah, that is creepy.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 28 Mar 2013, 13:51
I wish people would bring me free pizza, but all I get is spam mail

Better than being mailed spam. 

(http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/SpamCan.jpg)

Sliced, tucked into an unlined envelope...

I've gotten Spam cups, Spam shirts, Spam salt-shakers - so I don't see the big deal.

(Of course, my sister WORKS for Hormel, so there's that...)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: JohnTheWysard on 28 Mar 2013, 13:55
The only acceptable ginger ale is Vernors.  Which I'm not certain is even marketed in all states, let alone in other countries.

When I went to college at Michigan State University (over forty years ago...  yipe!) I had a friend who lived in Colorado. He'd drive home for holidays with a trunkful of cases of Michigan-made Vernors and sell it there; he'd return with three or four cases of Coors Beer (brewed in Colorado, not then available in Michigan). He easily doubled his cost both ways.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Shogouki on 28 Mar 2013, 14:01
That he went out of his way to insert himself into her life and annoy her repeatedly just because she was rude to him once doesn't help, it makes him look like a grudgy douche.

This is exactly why I don't like Dale!

The way he repeatedly came up to annoy her, and particularly the way he often invaded her personal space when he did so... I found him very creepy. I know that Marigold's behaviour to him was pretty awful too but that doesn't make his behaviour acceptable.

I'd be curious to know if there's a gender difference between the sides of thoughts on Dale's behaviour... Because as a woman, if any stranger or relative stranger invading my personal space like that, I would be seriously creeped out. Unwanted attention like that just sets the warning bells ringing.  If on the other hand he had said the same insults to her from across the room/at a normal distance for a stranger, I would (probably) have been fine with Dale.

Angus did keep coming back and annoying Faye - true. But he wasn't ever like this:
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1895 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1895)

That's not flirting. That's creepy and being a douche.

I think a lot of it probably comes down to the competitiveness in them.  They both think of themselves as hardcore gamers and the way they first met could be interpreted by Dale as a throwing down of the gauntlet.  There is often a lot of competitiveness between players who play their faction seriously in WoW, especially on PvP servers.  I also kind of think that they've both been growing somewhat attracted to each other and neither of them seem to know how to express that in a healthy way.  It seemed to me that they act towards each other in a way that's very reminiscent of the tsundre personality trait (Basically a character who is unable to express their affection for another in a way other than being seemingly hostile or insulting) that is pretty popular in anime right now.  And since Jeph seems to be quite a fan of anime himself I wondered if that might have something to do with the way Dale and Marigold act towards each other.

And the Gendo villain vibe is pretty strong in that strip as well.  Just noticed his shirt!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 28 Mar 2013, 14:17
Male here. Thought Dale in 1895 was creepy and out of line.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Masterpiece on 28 Mar 2013, 14:18
... so that's what Tsundere is!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 28 Mar 2013, 14:32
Well, that was an interesting week
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Masterpiece on 28 Mar 2013, 14:40
I was a bit annoyed by Jephzibahs chicken-out of the entire Claire situation (they really didn't talk about it in the car? COME ON!), but I liked todays comic.

And there's still a comic tomorrow.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Shogouki on 28 Mar 2013, 14:41
Male here. Thought Dale in 1895 was creepy and out of line.

I certainly don't disagree with you, I think that if I were in Marigold's shoes I would be quite unnerved.  I just get the feeling that there is no malicious intent so much as him simply being unaware of how his behavior seems to others and that the way things go between them isn't entirely one sided. 

I love the way Hannelore interpreted the situation though.  :laugh:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 28 Mar 2013, 14:43
Okay, since genders were requested, I am male and I don't really get the hate on Dale.

I understand that what he is doing might be considered rude in real life, but I think some of his behavior counts as an "acceptable break from reality"(tm) that one might expect in a comic.

I think what he really does is simply teasing Marigold about how childish she is to hate him on account of being a different faction (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2358). When asked what she doesn't like about Dale, she doesn't even say anything like "He behaves inappropriately and creeps me." When he meets her in a dark alley, she isn't even bothered. She says "he is a jerk because he is playing Alliance".

Regarding 1895: Hannelore recognized he was flirting. Granted, in his own very weird way by stating how much less hardcore than him Marigold is, but I would still count it as flirting.

Incidentally, Marten also thinks (http://www.questionablecontent.net/1680) their rivalry can be considered flirting.

You must also not forget that he was the one who came to Marigold offering a truce. He is behaving "in character" in a "weird gamer"-ish way full of tropes.

1) He recognizes her as a WorthyOpponent (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WorthyOpponent) (TvTropes link).
2) He presents a challenge to her. The challenge is accepted (http://www.questionablecontent.net/1680).
3) He gauges her "power level" (http://www.questionablecontent.net/1693) (by repeatedly sending guild mates to their virtual deaths  :-D)
4) He executes a direct attack himself. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2359)
5) He loses.
6) He recognizes his defeat and asks for a truce. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2414)
7) He backs down when she refuses at first.


So.
Is what he is doing childish? Maybe. Depends on whether he really believes this rivalry stuff or whether he is going with it as a pretense to interact with Marigold.
Is what he is doing creepy? Apparently, Marigold doesn't think so.
Could he be doing it better? Maybe. Then again, probably the easiest way to interact with Marigold is in-game.
Does he mean evil? I definitely don't think so.
Are his glasses annoying? Hell yes.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Truec on 28 Mar 2013, 14:46
That he went out of his way to insert himself into her life and annoy her repeatedly just because she was rude to him once doesn't help, it makes him look like a grudgy douche.

This is exactly why I don't like Dale!

The way he repeatedly came up to annoy her, and particularly the way he often invaded her personal space when he did so... I found him very creepy. I know that Marigold's behaviour to him was pretty awful too but that doesn't make his behaviour acceptable.

I'd be curious to know if there's a gender difference between the sides of thoughts on Dale's behaviour... Because as a woman, if any stranger or relative stranger invading my personal space like that, I would be seriously creeped out. Unwanted attention like that just sets the warning bells ringing.  If on the other hand he had said the same insults to her from across the room/at a normal distance for a stranger, I would (probably) have been fine with Dale.

Angus did keep coming back and annoying Faye - true. But he wasn't ever like this:
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1895 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1895)

That's not flirting. That's creepy and being a douche.

I think a lot of it probably comes down to the competitiveness in them.  They both think of themselves as hardcore gamers and the way they first met could be interpreted by Dale as a throwing down of the gauntlet.  There is often a lot of competitiveness between players who play their faction seriously in WoW, especially on PvP servers.  I also kind of think that they've both been growing somewhat attracted to each other and neither of them seem to know how to express that in a healthy way.  It seemed to me that they act towards each other in a way that's very reminiscent of the tsundre personality trait (Basically a character who is unable to express their affection for another in a way other than being seemingly hostile or insulting) that is pretty popular in anime right now.  And since Jeph seems to be quite a fan of anime himself I wondered if that might have something to do with the way Dale and Marigold act towards each other.

And the Gendo villain vibe is pretty strong in that strip as well.  Just noticed his shirt!

I must respectfully disagree.  If Jeph's been trying to set up anything between Marigold and Dale, it was done poorly, as all he's accomplished is to make Dale look like a creepy stalkerish douchebag who can't see Marigold in a public place without immediately jumping down her throat, whereas Marigold, for the most part, only responds once he's already in her face.  It's less tsun-tsun and more "I don't like you and want you to go away".

On the other hand, I can easily see Dale being interested in Marigold, but he's interested in the "oh wow a girl with the same interests as me exists this is amazing and I will immediately begin courting her by being annoying" way that I'm told many male gamers actually do, but that I still relegate to fiction written by people who aren't gamers, or want to pretend they're a better class of gamer, or are embarrassed about being gamers, because real people do not act like that.  So pretty much the exact feelings I had about Marigold until Jeph fleshed her out and made her interesting.

Dammit, he's doing it again!  He's set up a character for me to hate and then he's going to make him interesting and nuanced with a backstory and interactions with other interesting characters!  Damn you Jeph Jacques, why am I not allowed to hate your characters?

"Warning - while you were typing..."

Blargh!  Truec smash puny forum software!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Akima on 28 Mar 2013, 14:48
Coke and Pepsi both taste completely disgusting. Fizzy soft-drinks are a rip-off. Even at supermarket prices, Coca Cola costs more per litre than petrol (roughly A$2 per litre in the largest, cheapest-per-litre plastic bottles; more than double that in some sizes). And it is 99% water; the stuff that comes out of the tap for $2.13 per kilolitre.

Didn't Marigold one-hit Dale's rogue? Yes, she did (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2359) (however unlikely that is in MMO combat, which is usually tediously protracted). He deserved for 1895. and 1771 too. Peace-pizza is a good idea. No meat or cheese on mine, Dale.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Masterpiece on 28 Mar 2013, 14:54
Loki is truly a master of words and has reassured me in my choice of avatar pictures.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bluesummers on 28 Mar 2013, 15:05
<WORDS WORDS WORDS>

^This.

I am currently boarding my SHIP. (:emotrex:) I will send you one cannonball if my voyage goes as planned, two cannonballs if I am keelhauled.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Valdís on 28 Mar 2013, 15:08
Loki is truly a master of words and has reassured me in my choice of avatar pictures.

Once again a hapless mortal foolishly trusts the silver tongue of Loki. This won't end well.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Shogouki on 28 Mar 2013, 15:09
I must respectfully disagree.  If Jeph's been trying to set up anything between Marigold and Dale, it was done poorly, as all he's accomplished is to make Dale look like a creepy stalkerish douchebag who can't see Marigold in a public place without immediately jumping down her throat, whereas Marigold, for the most part, only responds once he's already in her face.  It's less tsun-tsun and more "I don't like you and want you to go away".

On the other hand, I can easily see Dale being interested in Marigold, but he's interested in the "oh wow a girl with the same interests as me exists this is amazing and I will immediately begin courting her by being annoying" way that I'm told many male gamers actually do, but that I still relegate to fiction written by people who aren't gamers, or want to pretend they're a better class of gamer, or are embarrassed about being gamers, because real people do not act like that.  So pretty much the exact feelings I had about Marigold until Jeph fleshed her out and made her interesting.

Dammit, he's doing it again!  He's set up a character for me to hate and then he's going to make him interesting and nuanced with a backstory and interactions with other interesting characters!  Damn you Jeph Jacques, why am I not allowed to hate your characters?

"Warning - while you were typing..."

Blargh!  Truec smash puny forum software!

I got the feeling that Dale himself isn't really aware that he's attracted to her, or at least can't consciously admit that.  And as someone else pointed earlier that sometimes kids who like each other will pick on each other not knowing how to express their affection.  To me this really seems like a likely possibility if Dale is anywhere as inexperienced in human interaction as Marigold is.  This is something that I've noticed in people who are introverted or simply immature when it comes to relationships, that they often react in very childish ways and that seems very possible to me in this situation.

That said, I do think he came across as quite creepy in that strip but I still get the feeling that there is no malicious intent.  Though this opinion is coming from an introverted guy who doesn't get out much so my perspective is pretty limited in some ways.


Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Shogouki on 28 Mar 2013, 15:11
<WORDS WORDS WORDS>

^This.

I am currently boarding my SHIP. (:emotrex:) I will send you one cannonball if my voyage goes as planned, two cannonballs if I am keelhauled.

That sounds pretty impressive to be able to do anything if you're keelhauled! :laugh:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 28 Mar 2013, 17:41
Not entirely on-topic, but: I swear I saw a real-life version of Claire walking through Harvard Square this afternoon. Skinny, glasses, mounds of red hair - it was a pretty striking resemblence.  :-D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: LordVaughn on 28 Mar 2013, 17:58
Considering how rare their interactions are, I can't say he has really forced himself into her life, especially considering most of the times they have met were either due to his job, or him being at CoD. Sure, he taunts her, but in a way, it almost seems sibling-like in comparison, as if he were a younger brother trying to annoy his older sister, but due to the "older sister" in this case being more experienced, he is at best, a fly to her. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ink slinger on 28 Mar 2013, 18:13
Jesus. Would Marigold and Dale just fuck and get it over with already?

Not shipping...just commenting on the hilarious hatred/sexual tension.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bad Wolf on 28 Mar 2013, 18:41
Not entirely on-topic, but: I swear I saw a real-life version of Claire walking through Harvard Square this afternoon. Skinny, glasses, mounds of red hair - it was a pretty striking resemblence.  :-D

I have a friend that looks like a real life version of Claire! Tons of curly, red hair, freckles, skinny as a twig, glasses. I'd post a photo, but I'm not sure if that would land on an acceptable level of the internet-creepiness scale.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: HappyHavoc on 28 Mar 2013, 19:08
I wish people would bring me free pizza, but all I get is spam mail

Better than being mailed spam. 

Sliced, tucked into an unlined envelope...

Well played sir, well played
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: HappyHavoc on 28 Mar 2013, 19:10
Jesus. Would Marigold and Dale just fuck and get it over with already?

Not shipping...just commenting on the hilarious hatred/sexual tension.

Maybe they will have Second Life sex.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: zmeiat_joro on 28 Mar 2013, 19:32
It's interesting that Mountain Dew is available in Australia, since I've never seen it in the UK (although it's probably available from specialist shops).
Mountain Dew used to be available in Bulgaria some years ago, even at some corner shops; I don't know if it still is, I don't pay attention to soft drinks, but even with that in mind, I haven't been noticing it lately. I guess it was a brief fad. In any case, I tried it once and I liked it.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bluesummers on 28 Mar 2013, 20:01
Everyone knows that Mountain Dew is nothing compared to MOXIE. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moxie)

It will melt your goddamn tongue. :parrot:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 28 Mar 2013, 20:10
Everyone knows that Mountain Dew is nothing compared to MOXIE. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moxie)

It will melt your goddamn tongue. :parrot:

Former boss moved to Maine, sent us some Moxie. I was reminded of the "medicinal" origins of many a commercial soft drink. Certainly anything that tastes like Moxie ought to cure something.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Emoroffle on 28 Mar 2013, 21:00
Ok it seems pretty clear now that Marten is doomed to spill the secret eventually. Poor, poor Claire.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: TheEvilDog on 28 Mar 2013, 21:10
I would say that Dale and Marigold both bring out the worst in each other. We all have that one person who makes us gnash our teeth and act in a way that would seem inappropriate. They make us snappy, quick tempered and douchy. For all our belief that we have grown up, there is that one person who just causes us to reset and act like kids.

I will also admit that I don't really like Dale (and I'm not a huge fan of Marigold, pleasedon'tkillme). Its hard to pinpoint why (Ok, maybe in Dale's case, its the creepiness and the hanging around in alleyways, so its not so hard to see).

Point is, most of us are lucky in that that one person who sets us off is usually someone we can fairly easily avoid. In Marigold's case, her person is the guy who delivers pizza around town and someone who could be considered the spear counterpoint to her.

Also, completely unrelated, but has Pizza-Girl disappeared? Since when did Dale become the only pizza delivery game in town?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: HappyHavoc on 28 Mar 2013, 21:19
Man this week end on a high note.
I think Marten and Claire would be really cute together. She would be good for him.   
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 28 Mar 2013, 21:30
Also, completely unrelated, but has Pizza-Girl disappeared?
Of course. She's busy with her job at Coffee of Doom now.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 28 Mar 2013, 22:16
Most recently seen in costume in http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1932.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Gitler on 28 Mar 2013, 22:22
Man this week end on a high note.
I think Marten and Claire would be really cute together. She would be good for him.

Yeah, but when things get going where do all the things go exactly? Marten needs another sexually frustrating relationship. Pretty sure the first few years of this comic were devoted to that.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Dastardly on 28 Mar 2013, 22:22
Ah, the TMI tactical nuke.  It's been a while (though I can't for the life of me remember the comic)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bluesummers on 28 Mar 2013, 22:25
My foresight:

Something DID happen between "Lights out" and when Marten woke up seeing her in teh other bed, and Claire's going through in her mind as whether or not to tell him. And she WILL tell him...and drama will ensue, one way or the other.


Also: Welcome, new person! :mrgreen:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Dastardly on 28 Mar 2013, 22:42

Also: Welcome, new person! :mrgreen:
It's been a while since i was new to a board.  Thanks.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 28 Mar 2013, 22:48
Well done Marten   :roll:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Shjade on 28 Mar 2013, 22:56
Ah, the TMI tactical nuke.  It's been a while (though I can't for the life of me remember the comic)

1672 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1672)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: lostradamus on 28 Mar 2013, 23:16
Marten and Claire need to talk to somebody that can really heighten the situation. Send in... Raven
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 28 Mar 2013, 23:29
Welcome, new people!

There's a substantial open question about Marten's open-mindedness about getting physical with a trans woman, but there doesn't seem to be a good way to discuss it. Claire is fictional but unlike Tai, Hannelore, and Dora, she hasn't volunteered anything about her downstairs and speculating about it is painful to the non-fictional trans people here, severely so.

Marten is broad minded in general but there are no guarantees about how he would react to a completely unfamiliar situation. On the other hand he may already have known trans people. He avoided every single common mistake when Claire told him, and avoiding mistakes in new situations is not what Marten is known for.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 28 Mar 2013, 23:30
Marten and Claire need to talk to somebody that can really heighten the situation. Send in... Raven

I wonder if Momo's social protocol database covers this.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: mtmerrick on 28 Mar 2013, 23:38
Was I the only one who get a shut-up-forum vibe from the first panel?  =P

Last-panel disgusted Faye is hilarious.

Also, I think fartballs is a wonderful potential nickname for someone.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 28 Mar 2013, 23:43
Well, as long as Marten tells each of the people he tells to not tell any of the other people he tells, he should be OK.

As far as I can tell.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ZoeB on 28 Mar 2013, 23:45
I think a lot of it probably comes down to the competitiveness in them.  They both think of themselves as hardcore gamers and the way they first met could be interpreted by Dale as a throwing down of the gauntlet. ... I also kind of think that they've both been growing somewhat attracted to each other and neither of them seem to know how to express that in a healthy way.
Yup. I don't think Dale's been any more creepy to Marigold than she has to him. More sinned against than sinning.

He doesn't know how to handle a deadly opponent who's attractive. One who's super-competent too, foiling his Evil Genius adopted persona. That's not what s supposed to happen!!!

Neither does Marigold. She just squashes him like a bug. Teasing boys is fun..... but I don't think she's ready to think about that yet.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cassie on 29 Mar 2013, 00:01
lurker jumping in, hi all!

Just had to comment on the Dale business. Personally I really like him! I agree with the comments that his conduct towards Marigold thus far has been a bit shady, but Marigold's to him has not exactly been a model of calm-tempered and well-adjusted interaction either.

I think the rivalry between them does have flirtatious undertones. Much like grade school children, gamers (myself being one of them!) are, at times, socially (and especially romantically)... lapsed. Not all of them of course, but a good percentage. I suspect this is the case for Marigold and Dale--who, again, as grade school children in terms of social experience, express interest in one another rather... bizarrely.

I'd also say it's just part of gaming culture. Playing with your friends often involves a significant amount of trash talking--it's all in good fun and is just part of the experience.

I think there is certainly Marigold/Dale potential but I also like the idea of them as ~just friends~. I'd love to see a situation where Marigold is trying to overcome her WoW prejudice towards Dale & get to know him, but continuously slip into WoW-inspired arguments. It'd certainly fit into the tsundere niche she seems to have filled.

Dale's habit of hanging out in alleyways is slightly alarming, though.

( back to lurking I go! )
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 29 Mar 2013, 00:12
Well, as long as Marten tells each of the people he tells to not tell any of the other people he tells, he should be OK.

As far as I can tell.

Two people can keep a secret, three are a crowd.

To be honest, I already find he is talking too much about the cuddling. Shouldn't he discuss it with the person in question first before telling half his circle of friends? Or at least keep his mouth shut completely until he knows more? It's only a question of time before Dora and Faye start discussing it in front of customers and/or Raven.

Oh, drama idea. Dale overhears it. And he knows Claire. Unspecified drama ensues :D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 29 Mar 2013, 01:48
Maybe they will have Second Life sex.

Is Second Life still a thing anywhere?  All the interest in it which I saw (including an island for Oxford University) seems to have evaporated.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: NoOne3 on 29 Mar 2013, 01:53
To be honest, I already find he is talking too much about the cuddling.
The same here.
What if something more intimate happened? Would he still discuss it with his evil exes? With many details and sucking noises? He doesn't seem to notice he's compromising Clair's intimacy as well. This really lowered his Good Guy Greg rating in my eyes. And then I've read the ballfarting joke...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 29 Mar 2013, 02:23
I dunno.  I see it as going to his social protocol database (old friends) for advice on how to handle something that he's worried about.  Since "talking to Claire about it" is what he's asking advice on, it hardly seems that he'd... talk to Claire about it first

Although, ultimately, it is exactly what he should do. 



Also, Claire asked him not to tell that she's a trans woman.  I don't think he has... he's asking advice about an intern/acquaintance snuggling up to him in her sleep.  That's all. 


It really is what it seems to be. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: bhtooefr on 29 Mar 2013, 02:31
Yeah, he's asking his two closest friends that aren't Claire about what to do. I'd do the same, most likely.

And the ballfarting joke is classic QC punchline. Jephzibah keeps it classy, you know.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: techkid on 29 Mar 2013, 03:00
That's the way I'm seeing it as well, Carl-E. He's worried about how she'll react, so he is asking his closest friends first for their opinions.

Look at it like this, if Marten ignores it, and treats it like it was just a dream, when Claire (probably subconsciously) might have thought there was something (even if it was just a little something), then what would that do to her self-esteem, and indeed to her ideas of friendship? Conversely, if Marten does approach Claire like it was something, when she simply cuddled up to him in her sleep (or indeed, it was just a dream), then that is going to be equally damaging. Either way, Marten would end up being the biggest jerk around in her eyes.

Certainly he should end up talking to her about it. Even if it is done surreptitiously ("Hey, do you remember much of after the reception? My memory is pretty fuzzy..."), and gauging her response from there. Just handle the discussion with care and tact.

Warning - while you were typing a new reply has been posted. You may wish to review your post.

Dang. I need to think my thoughts faster, I think.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: mtmerrick on 29 Mar 2013, 03:38
What? You mean you don't have the Bluetooth typing module in your brain implant?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Masterpiece on 29 Mar 2013, 03:47
Seeing as Jephzibah called the comic "better left unsaid", I'm pretty sure that's the last we'll hear about the ClairexMarten arc for a while.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Masterpiece on 29 Mar 2013, 03:48
Also, I have a tendency to be pessimistic about things, so I can get surprised when they turn out good in the end.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: mtmerrick on 29 Mar 2013, 03:52
I think being a 'realistic cynic' is a very healthy worldview to have.  :)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 29 Mar 2013, 04:10
Haven't we all known from the start that whatever decision Marten makes about talking to Claire will be exactly the wrong one? Because that's how Jeph rolls.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Masterpiece on 29 Mar 2013, 04:23
Just noticed a continuity error: Dora says the first time she farted on Marten was when she moved in with him. That was long past the anaphylactic shock caused by roses turned sexy moment.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bluesummers on 29 Mar 2013, 04:33
Just noticed a continuity error: Dora says the first time she farted on Marten was when she moved in with him. That was long past the anaphylactic shock caused by roses turned sexy moment.

She wasn't aware of the spoon-fart. Re-read the last panel; she must have been asleep at the time, and Marten is dropping the TMI-bomb of both of them, the sneaky bastard.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Masterpiece on 29 Mar 2013, 04:42
you can fart while you're asleep?

Also, Dora and Marten didn't really have time to sleep that day, she still had to go working, and did so, albeit a lot later than expected. I wish I could find the strip of that day
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ChaoSera on 29 Mar 2013, 04:47
you can fart while you're asleep?

Also, Dora and Marten didn't really have time to sleep that day, she still had to go working, and did so, albeit a lot later than expected. I wish I could find the strip of that day
Speaking from experience with my ex-gf, yes you can.

That aside, "slept together" can be read two ways. If he means the first time they had sex then you're right but he could also mean the first time they actually spend a night in the same bed, with or without sex doesn't matter at that point.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Border Reiver on 29 Mar 2013, 04:55
Well, as long as Marten tells each of the people he tells to not tell any of the other people he tells, he should be OK.

As far as I can tell.

Two people can keep a secret, three are a crowd.

To be honest, I already find he is talking too much about the cuddling. Shouldn't he discuss it with the person in question first before telling half his circle of friends? Or at least keep his mouth shut completely until he knows more? It's only a question of time before Dora and Faye start discussing it in front of customers and/or Raven.

Oh, drama idea. Dale overhears it. And he knows Claire. Unspecified drama ensues :D

Sorry, the only way three people can keep a secret is if two are dead.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Pilchard123 on 29 Mar 2013, 05:06
It's interesting that Mountain Dew is available in Australia, since I've never seen it in the UK (although it's probably available from specialist shops).

Haven't you? I see it quite often - although I'm not sure it is the same as the Dew you get in the US.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Neko_Ali on 29 Mar 2013, 06:18
Just as my observation on the Dale/Marigold thing... So far we've seen Marigold get angry, yelling and throwing things at Dale over the fact that he plays Alliance, and he's creeping her out. But she never goes out looking for him, in game or not. Dale on the other hand has stalked her in game (the rogue one shot instance, and others where he's tried to PVP her with a group. He's shown up randomly a the same places they go to and gotten very creepy and invading her personal space, and now he's come to her home uninvited with this peace offering, even though she's made it pretty clear she doesn't want to talk to him before. Maybe he's bad at interpersonal reactions, but so are a lot of stalkers... And even without his Gendo Ikari impressions, he's acting pretty darn creepy and stalkerish. I think Marigold has every right and is correct in being concerned, I know if someone were to do that to me I would not want them anywhere near by, and I would be worried about my personal safety. No matter what she may have done to him, that's no excuse for his behavior, which is inexcusable.

Maybe things will be different if they get to talk like civilized people and Dale will turn out to be a decent guy. But the small slice we've seen of him so far sets off my danger alarm. In the 'is he waiting outside in the bushes with cloroform and duct tap' levels. As far as Mar's comment about 'her agents', that sounds like a joke, or her friends in game she's told to keep an eye out for Dale's rogue.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Madmartigan on 29 Mar 2013, 06:22
True love.  A woman farts on your balls and you still love em....

Just make sure you take a shower before morning sex though...


Ah, well.  Marten has talked it out with his two closest peeps.  As I figured.  I smell no romantic or sexual tension/interest from the Claire snuggling.  He just honestly didn't know what to do with it.  Again, I don't see him interest in Claire that way, now or in the future.  Not right for him either. 

Ah well.  This comic makes me miss Marten/Dora. Again.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 29 Mar 2013, 07:09
he's creeping her out.

No, he isn't.

Quote
I think Marigold has every right and is correct in being concerned, I know if someone were to do that to me I would not want them anywhere near by, and I would be worried about my personal safety.

She isn't concerned.

Unless you have sources to the contrary.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 29 Mar 2013, 07:21
you can fart while you're asleep?

Also, Dora and Marten didn't really have time to sleep that day, she still had to go working, and did so, albeit a lot later than expected. I wish I could find the strip of that day

839, linked from the "Medical Issues" section of Dora's article in the wiki. Doubtless in jwhouk's strip summaries as well.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Madmartigan on 29 Mar 2013, 07:26
you can fart while you're asleep?

Also, Dora and Marten didn't really have time to sleep that day, she still had to go working, and did so, albeit a lot later than expected. I wish I could find the strip of that day

839, linked from the "Medical Issues" section of Dora's article in the wiki. Doubtless in jwhouk's strip summaries as well.

If dogs fart in their sleep (and I've seen this happen) humans can fart in their sleep as well...As unpleasant as it is.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Redball on 29 Mar 2013, 07:36
On a trip with my wife and teenage daughter, I was sleeping in the back seat. I woke up to shouting from both, complaining and laughing about the smell.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 29 Mar 2013, 08:09
I once had a college roommate who would fart in his sleep... and it was rather nasty. Before that I didn't realize it was possible for one person's farts to make an entire dorm block stink. Needless to say I found a different roommate for the following year.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Neko_Ali on 29 Mar 2013, 08:45
he's creeping her out.

No, he isn't.

Well, there is this: http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1895

Specifically panels 3 and 4. Those look like some creeped out expressions to me, and Dale is definitely crossing boundaries there by getting so close. If Marigold isn't concerned about the way he is acting, she should be. Of course, given that this is Jeph's comic and it's a light hearted one, I would be extremely surprised if this situation is played out for anything but laughs. But in the real world, the way Dale acts towards Mar should be sending up major warning flags. Maybe he is a complete innocent, and then he should probably think about how he acts. Because that sort of behavior is exactly what we are warned about as possible dangers.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Masterpiece on 29 Mar 2013, 09:11
I once had a college roommate who would fart in his sleep... and it was rather nasty. Before that I didn't realize it was possible for one person's farts to make an entire dorm block stink. Needless to say I found a different roommate for the following year.
Jesus Christ I can smell it too now.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: bhtooefr on 29 Mar 2013, 09:50
This was awake, not asleep, but... once, a few friends were hosting a gathering/crash on the couch/floor at their place, before the Detroit Auto Show, and a few of us were in from out of town. We were watching WarGames (I will never be able to watch that movie in the same way, after one friend started going "bow-chicka-wow-wow" every time the slightest hint of romantic tension was shown). I should clarify that that friend is well known in my circle of friends for being incredibly gassy... and he let one rip right next to my head.

I'd say like 10 minutes later, I needed to release a small amount of gas... and he was sitting on the couch, I was standing up. Turnabout is fair play, right?

Except it wasn't just a normal fart, like I thought it was going to be. Oh no. This one was the SBD to end all SBDs. The tactical nuke of SBDs. And I just dropped it in a crowded room, six inches from someone's head. In about 10 seconds, he started retching. In about 30 seconds - and mind you, this was Michigan, in January, so it was like 5 or 10 F out - the ENTIRE HOUSE WAS CLEARED OUT.

Unfortunately, I've never been able to reproduce the tactical nuke of SBDs. There have been some times that it would've come in handy...

tl;dr I managed to release the equivalent of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings combined, in pure fart stink, in a friend's face, after he farted in mine, and cleared out the entire house this happened in.

KEEPING IT CLASSY AWW YEAH
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Redball on 29 Mar 2013, 10:08
Purely from my own experience, I speculate that horrible smells are generated primarily by younger mammals, i.e., mine no longer smell very much and I'm surprised when they do. And slightly proud. On the other hand, my sense of smell may be wafting away.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Masterpiece on 29 Mar 2013, 10:29
in a friend's face
You sure he's your friend after that?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 29 Mar 2013, 10:39
I'm glad someone linked 1895, since I knew there was a comic where Dale started off with normal glasses and then suddenly changed, but didn't know which one.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: lostradamus on 29 Mar 2013, 11:32
As far as Marigold/Dale go, i definitely hope to see some input from Marigold's trusty companion. I miss Momo, definitely a favorite.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 29 Mar 2013, 13:03
Me too! She's a character with a lot of potential depth.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Madmartigan on 29 Mar 2013, 14:06
I once had a college roommate who would fart in his sleep... and it was rather nasty. Before that I didn't realize it was possible for one person's farts to make an entire dorm block stink. Needless to say I found a different roommate for the following year.
Jesus Christ I can smell it too now.

I feel blessed that I lived in an apartment all 4 years of college with each new dorm horror story I hear...From the public bathrooms to well....Public bathrooms, man.  I heard nasty stories of what not only dudes did to toilets, but females as well.  Hurl worthy.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Valdís on 29 Mar 2013, 14:24
How could anyone not like Momo?

(https://dl.dropbox.com/u/86901301/MISC/BioDroids.png)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 29 Mar 2013, 16:47
... (nascent wall o'quotes nipped in bud)
I feel blessed that I lived in an apartment all 4 years of college with each new dorm horror story I hear...From the public bathrooms to well....Public bathrooms, man.  I heard nasty stories of what not only dudes did to toilets, but females as well.  Hurl worthy.
In my dorm at least (and it was considered the most "civilized" dorm on campus in my day) it wasn't limited to the toilets. You wonder what goes through people's minds, really. And of course, there were the stories that came out of that one dorm on every campus that's referred to as the "zoo."

Back to the comic, my prediction (more accurately, my "how-I'd-do-it"):
(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 29 Mar 2013, 16:54
Other than the kitchen food thief, my corridor is pretty civilised. I think that's partly because this is a women's college.

On the Dale and Marigold thing, there's definitely something there. I don't think Marigold is even slightly creeped out by him. I think she defaulted to hate when she met him and is determinedly resisting the temptation to warm to him a bit, and he is playing up to that so that they can gradually get to know each other.

I find it really odd that people think he is a threat to her personal safety. How, exactly? In that he knows where she works and lives? That's true of all of her friends. Because he's male? That seems arbitrary. Because he plays in an enemy faction on an online game? I think he's mature enough to realise it's just a game.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 29 Mar 2013, 17:59
In that he knows where she works and lives?
Also, that's only one place :P
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 29 Mar 2013, 19:09
He probably also knows that she has an APC companion capable of letting go with several thousand volts of electricity if he gets too rough with her.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 29 Mar 2013, 19:13
He probably doesn't know that, but I don't think he has any intention of doing so.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: mtmerrick on 29 Mar 2013, 20:10
I don't think Dale and momo have ever met...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: HappyHavoc on 29 Mar 2013, 20:18
Marten and Claire need to talk to somebody that can really heighten the situation. Send in... Raven

So many places that could go, and I can see most of them being bad.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 29 Mar 2013, 20:38
I find it really odd that people think he is a threat to her personal safety.

I don't think he is, but he's sent some signals that would also show up if he were dangerous.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: lostradamus on 29 Mar 2013, 22:16
Dale definitely gives off a creepy vibe.. but it doesn't seem intentional . Neither him or Marigold have any experience in approaching people, much less finding friends with similar interests. Its just trash talking, it's all love
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesariojpn on 30 Mar 2013, 04:14
Haven't we all known from the start that whatever decision Marten makes about talking to Claire will be exactly the wrong one? Because that's how Jeph rolls.

Correct me if i'm wrong, but I have a general idea on how this is gonna "end."

Regardless of how Claire finds out, she has a major breakdown. We've seen her overreacting and we sorta know that she has gone thru changes to becoming female. Hormone treatments can cause some "unexpected" reactions from trans folks. All it takes is one little thing to set people off, and Marten might do something that triggers Claire, either unintentionally or intentionally.

I'm just speaking from what i've been told from people in the know (trans and people familiar with this) and experienced first hand (unintentionally AND unwillingly; I rather not explain for privacy sakes).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: techkid on 30 Mar 2013, 04:45
What? You mean you don't have the Bluetooth typing module in your brain implant?
Wait, they have Bluetooth modules now? Dang... I thought I'd got a good bargain with that 56K modem implant ("Free, or nearest offer!").

Marten doesn't seem to be the sort of guy to hurt someone intentionally (skillet pans and stop signs notwithstanding), but nevertheless I do agree that their discussion can become a train wreck very quickly if it isn't handled carefully.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bluesummers on 30 Mar 2013, 06:24
Marten doesn't seem to be the sort of guy to hurt someone intentionally (skillet pans and stop signs notwithstanding), but nevertheless I do agree that their discussion can become a train wreck very quickly if it isn't handled carefully.

*TOOT TOOT* "All aboard! Next stop, the rocky gorge at the bottom of a ravine!" :emotrex:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ZoeB on 30 Mar 2013, 06:41
Back to the comic, my prediction (more accurately, my "how-I'd-do-it"):
(click to show/hide)
What would really happen...
(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 30 Mar 2013, 09:40
None of these predictions seem to bear any resemblence to the QC universe. We've never had  the Shakespearean overhearing-and-misinterpreting situation. Marten asked his friends for advice and was told not to bother talking about it. I think he'll take that advice and this'll be the last we hear of it.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: mtmerrick on 30 Mar 2013, 10:03
I personally think Jeph having one of his characters explain how taking it at anything more than face value (at least for now) would be a huge overreaction is proof enough of his intentions for the two of them for the time being, IMHO.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Sassafras on 30 Mar 2013, 10:12
I find it really odd that people think he is a threat to her personal safety. How, exactly? In that he knows where she works and lives? That's true of all of her friends. Because he's male? That seems arbitrary. Because he plays in an enemy faction on an online game? I think he's mature enough to realise it's just a game.
I don't think Dale is actually a danger to Marigold because that's not the sort of stories that Jeph usually tells and it would be beyond shocking to see in the comic. But if Dale and Marigold were real people I would find his behavior setting off a ton of warning bells, especially when he came up and got in her face at the coffee shop, and when he confronted her outside the convenience store. In the context of it being a comic it was all just cute video-game competitiveness, but if it had been real life his body language would be deliberately intimidating and threatening. Further, there are plenty of gamer dudes in the real world (http://fatuglyorslutty.com/) who love to heap abuse on gamer girls, so the fact that they're talking about a video game doesn't make it any more innocent. It also doesn't help that Marigold doesn't speak as if she feels threatened, because that doesn't make his behavior any less creepy.

I also find it a little annoying that the character arc seems to point toward them getting together, because much like Marigold hates the makeover cliche (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1880), I hate the cliche that a woman character can't just dislike a man, it always, always has to hide secret attraction.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Valdís on 30 Mar 2013, 10:28
Foreshadowing Danish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_pastry)~?

(https://dl.dropbox.com/u/86901301/MISC/PREQUEL.png)

MARTEN REED - SECRET SUPERHERO
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: mtmerrick on 30 Mar 2013, 10:32
He shall become Pastry Man and join forces with Pizza Girl. to defeat the forces of the evil Thai Food!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: henri bemis on 30 Mar 2013, 10:58
I don't think Dale is actually a danger to Marigold because that's not the sort of stories that Jeph usually tells and it would be beyond shocking to see in the comic. But if Dale and Marigold were real people I would find his behavior setting off a ton of warning bells, especially when he came up and got in her face at the coffee shop, and when he confronted her outside the convenience store.

This pretty much sums up my feelings about Dale.  Writing in a character that stalks Marigold (or any of the characters) and actually threatens her safety isn't something I imagine Jeph would do (at least not lightly - QC has included some difficult/disturbing subjects, but he's handled them with sensitivity and care) so in context of QC, I can give Dale a pass until he gets more character development.  But yes, if he were a real person and not a character, he'd set off so many warning bells.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Sidhekin on 30 Mar 2013, 11:26
From the top of my head: If they were real, Faye, Hanners, Steve, Clinton, and Emily would each set off plenty warning bells.  Even Marten has done worse than Dale, in my book.  Of course, Marten's the protagonist.  We don't know what role Dale yet has to play.  Hence, speculation ...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Neko_Ali on 30 Mar 2013, 12:21
Y'see, I feel uncomfortable when people go 'Oh, it's just a comic, and the writer wouldn't really go there, so it's okay character X is a creepy stalker'. I've also heard that same excuse used when dumping abuse on characters because they belong to a minority, then going 'Oh that's okay, they're just fictional, so they're not really hurt by it'. Well, what about those people reading this who have been though that sort of situation? What about the people reading this who think that the way characters or people on forums respond to them act as supporting that sort of possibly dangerous or hurtful behavior?

When Clinton acted all creepy towards Hannelore, the other characters tied him up. When Dale acts creepy towards Marigold, people say 'aw, he's flirting with you'. Yeah, maybe Dale is completely innocent here, but someone needs to take him aside and say "dude. You're acting like a creep. Knock it off."
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesariojpn on 30 Mar 2013, 13:09
From the top of my head: If they were real, Faye, Hanners, Steve, Clinton, and Emily would each set off plenty warning bells.  Even Marten has done worse than Dale, in my book.  Of course, Marten's the protagonist.  We don't know what role Dale yet has to play.  Hence, speculation ...

Now it makes sense:

Marten is Shinji, Faye is Asuka, Dora is Rei, Pintsize is PenPen.....and I've run out of ideas.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Soulsynger on 30 Mar 2013, 14:21
Hey chumps and chumpettes!

I'm back from Italy, just caught up on the comic and am really glad I didn't miss too much.
(Although I am a little pissed I didn't get to make a timely reaction joke to the ballfart-bit.)

@Neko_All:
I don't think anyone can tell fictional people how to judge a situation or a character.
And taking a photo without permission and later inappropriately breaking through the personal space of someone - even in my observation - seems WAY worse than saying some playful nothings about a videogame and disappearing again shortly thereafter.
He's basically a kind of correspondence chess foe. °O
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Nepiophage on 30 Mar 2013, 14:35
If shipping is prohibited, i don't see why "unshipping" (which is what a lot of people have been doing vis-a-vis Dale and Marigold) should be allowed?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 30 Mar 2013, 15:30
Because it hasn't offended anybody?

---------

One of several good ways to look at creepy behavior is the impact it has. Deliberately causing alarm is worse than cluelessly causing alarm. Not causing alarm at all is still creepy but less damaging.

Hannelore was alarmed, Marigold wasn't.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 30 Mar 2013, 16:00
If shipping is prohibited, i don't see why "unshipping" (which is what a lot of people have been doing vis-a-vis Dale and Marigold) should be allowed?

The rules on shipping are not intended to prevent discussion of what is actually happening in the comic; they are to ensure that speculation stays within the bounds of what can reasonably be predicted from what is known.  Non-canonical pairings (especially those in which the shipper is one of the pair!) are therefore in general not acceptable.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Tova on 30 Mar 2013, 20:24
When Clinton acted all creepy towards Hannelore, the other characters tied him up. When Dale acts creepy towards Marigold, people say 'aw, he's flirting with you'. Yeah, maybe Dale is completely innocent here, but someone needs to take him aside and say "dude. You're acting like a creep. Knock it off."

Maybe the solution to this inexplicable conundrum is that no-one thinks he's acting creepy except for people on the forums.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Mr_Rose on 30 Mar 2013, 20:41
I have no frame of reference in which emerging from an alleyway to accost someone you've met maybe twice and never socially in order to deliver vague and half-formed threats/entreaties before attempting to disappear once more into the night is not creepy. Even if you don't stick the landing.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Sassafras on 30 Mar 2013, 22:16
Maybe the solution to this inexplicable conundrum is that no-one thinks he's acting creepy except for people on the forums.
Oh please, you expect me to trust the judgment of the people in the comic? They're all messed up.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesariojpn on 30 Mar 2013, 22:59
I have no frame of reference in which emerging from an alleyway to accost someone you've met maybe twice and never socially in order to deliver vague and half-formed threats/entreaties before attempting to disappear once more into the night is not creepy. Even if you don't stick the landing.

There is. Thats how kidnappings start.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Tova on 30 Mar 2013, 23:56
Oh please, you expect me to trust the judgment of the people in the comic? They're all messed up.

Ah, yes. Whereas we have no emotional issues whatsoever.  :angel:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: techkid on 31 Mar 2013, 02:47
Whereas we have no emotional issues whatsoever.  :angel:
Yep. Pretty sane here. My psychologist can vouch for that :roll:

I'm not going to vouch for Dale here. Although in his mind he thinks he's intimidating an opponent, it is pretty borderline stalker territory or worse. That being said, I don't think Dale himself wants to appear in that sort of light. Either way, he needs to be pulled back, Clinton style (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1902).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 31 Mar 2013, 06:51
I'm just not seeing how Dale is stalking her. Meeting someone in the street a couple of times and stopping to chat (even if it's in a slightly antagonistic way - which is how Marigold has always responded to Dale) and delivering pizza when it's been ordered to a place he wasn't expecting Marigold to be is not stalking. It's the sort of coincidence that happens when you live in the same town.

If I've forgotten some incident where Dale has deliberately sought out Marigold and followed her around, or done anything at all to suggest that he's setting up their encounters, then please do remind me of them. I freely admit that I feel safe and unthreatened where I live, I don't feel that my gender puts me at any kind of disadvantage here and I have never felt that I am risk of being attacked or stalked, so my perspective will be different from that of someone who has experienced stalking or other threatening behaviours.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 31 Mar 2013, 08:18
It seems the only time where he intentionally sought her out was the most recent one (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2414), where he went over to her place to offer a (delicious) peace offering.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 31 Mar 2013, 18:01
I think this is why we're all thinking he crossed over to "creepy stalker": Lousy In Real Life (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1771)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 31 Mar 2013, 18:09
It doesn't look like he came out of the alley, he just saw her while going to the local 7-11 and said hi in his strange way. And she did respond with her usual "ALLIANCE SCUM"! The retreating into the alley looked like it was just for show (and poorly executed in a hilarious fashion). Contrast to Clinton, who went out of his way to find Hanners, then went and took a picture of her.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Masterpiece on 31 Mar 2013, 18:49
I still say Marigold is acting super strange around him, even when he's being perfectly nice:
Onomatoployment (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2357)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Bluesummers on 31 Mar 2013, 21:55
Ah, indeed Clinton is WAY more creeper-ish than Dale. I forgot about him...he tends to be that kinda guy who no one remembers (unless he's stalking you).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: TimO on 13 Apr 2013, 10:20
A bit late to finish catching up on this thread, but I don't think Dale is behaving particularly oddly, or not in an excessively unpleasant fashion.  Both Dale and Marigold appear to have some degree of poor social skills, not unusual amongst the communities of those heavily involved with interactions on the Internet (us included!), and that's a lot of what we're seeing, deliberately so I believe.  We are not seeing a lot of the day to day interactions of both of them with others, and possibly not even some of the interactions between them, so it's dangerous to assume that everything we see, is indicative of all their social relations, and hard to extrapolate to Dale's behaviour being potentially dangerous, even assuming Jeph choose to go that way, which seems unlikely.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: LeeC on 13 Apr 2013, 12:53
Nah he wasnt creepy.