THESE FORUMS NOW CLOSED (read only)
Comic Discussion => QUESTIONABLE CONTENT => Topic started by: jwhouk on 20 Oct 2013, 11:36
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And here you go!
EDIT: I should add, I had to go back through most of the entire archives to find each t-shirt Marigold wore. It's nothing short of amazing.
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I bow to the power of your archive-fu
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What, no full body biohazard suit? It is Hannelore helping her after all :-D
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The Maid outfit would certainly be a talking point.
:-D
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MMM-C outfit because if it doesn't work (not likely, but whatever) she can pass it off as cosplay for animé night.
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Now I want another dressing room montage strip (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2397).
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I voted for the xkcd shift. Whatever that might be :wink:
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"I'll skip wearing the chemise today", said Marigold shiftlessly.
Is recommending that she wear clothes without holes in them a way of saying "Sack up, Marigold!"?
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Ned Flanders's ski suit. It'll feel like she's wearing nothing at all.
NOTHING AT ALL!
NOTHING AT ALL!!
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Didn't notice the Yotsuba poster on Marigold's wall before. Is Jeph a 4channer by any chance? I doubt it but you never know...
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Well that put her at ease, at least!
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He probably knows Yotsuba because he's a fan of Kiyohiko Azuma's work.
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Has Momo shrunk?
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Has Momo shrunk?
No, she's always been about roughly a half-head shorter than Marigold. Compare it to strip 2001.
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Marigirl is handling this well. Good for her.
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I'm just glad neither of them are familiar with Daft Punk, because that would make this really awkward.
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What makes you think that they aren't?
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H-how do you not notice a helmet on your head? What kind of damage has that earwig done?!
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Some say that beneath his helmet is another helmet, and that the royals want to look at pictures of his babies. All we know is he's called Dale.
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You'd be surprised how easy it is to forget you're wearing a hat or other objects. Unless it gets in the way of some action (taking off headphones, trying to put on another hat) if I put on a hat in the morning I will wear it all day and forget about it. I've seen people already wearing their glasses look around for them in vain.
I completely buy that Dale would forget he has a helmet on, though he apparently is approaching this night very casually, as he didn't change the shirt he's worn all day.
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H-how do you not notice a helmet on your head? What kind of damage has that earwig done?!
After a while, you don't notice wearing things like that anymore...especially when the punishment for premature removal is a beheading or worse :-D
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Worse?
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Don't challenge The Pugnacious Peach.
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Oh Dale <3
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That has to be the perfect way to break the ice
Well done Dale, even if it is accidental
Or not.
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H-how do you not notice a helmet on your head? What kind of damage has that earwig done?!
the ceti eel renders it's victims extremely suggestible. faye told him to wear it for the rest of the day, so he did.
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Oh Dale <3
New avatar?
(http://i.imgur.com/DJ4gdVr.jpg)
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I was considering it and now I have to do it of course
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Don't take it off Dale. She might find out! You can't take that chance.
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You'd be surprised how easy it is to forget you're wearing a hat or other objects.
I quite often forget to take off my cycling helmet when going into shops etc. I've been wondering how Dale can see if his helmet is actually a trash-can lid. I don't think I've seen one with a translucent lid/visor.
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H-how do you not notice a helmet on your head? What kind of damage has that earwig done?!
the ceti eel renders it's victims extremely suggestible. faye told him to wear it for the rest of the day, so he did.
One wonders if Momo's eel-ability will be called into play. This could be the start of a beautiful friendship.
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You'd be surprised how easy it is to forget you're wearing a hat or other objects. Unless it gets in the way of some action (taking off headphones, trying to put on another hat) if I put on a hat in the morning I will wear it all day and forget about it. I've seen people already wearing their glasses look around for them in vain.
I completely buy that Dale would forget he has a helmet on, though he apparently is approaching this night very casually, as he didn't change the shirt he's worn all day.
Sorry, you notice helmets.
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On a different note, will Angus be there? Or will it get awkward if he and Faye come in later?
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You'd be surprised how easy it is to forget you're wearing a hat or other objects. Unless it gets in the way of some action (taking off headphones, trying to put on another hat) if I put on a hat in the morning I will wear it all day and forget about it. I've seen people already wearing their glasses look around for them in vain.
I completely buy that Dale would forget he has a helmet on, though he apparently is approaching this night very casually, as he didn't change the shirt he's worn all day.
Sorry, you notice helmets.
I once forgot I was wearing my bicycle helmet. Fortunately for me, this was before phonecams became a capital-T Thing.
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Some say that beneath his helmet is another helmet, and that the royals want to look at pictures of his babies. All we know is he's called Dale.
(http://www.myevilstar.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/the-stig.jpg)
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This comic does not feature enough Daft Punk references. Then again nothing does except for Daft Punk albums.
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(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_LwBGPHNRQU/TXVZAqVo9iI/AAAAAAAAAeA/Dqg8KbU79cY/s1600/Calvin%2BReady.gif)
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...I think we all need a suit like that.
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I absolutely love this strip's combination of buildup, callback-'punchline', and Marigold's complete unfazedness. Made me laugh out loud.
Marigold's attitude going from "Oh god" to "Nice helmet" demonstrates some superb pulling-yourself-togetheriness.
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This comic does not feature enough Daft Punk references. Then again nothing does except for Daft Punk albums.
Tron: Legacy was pretty thick with them.
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... Marigold's attitude going from "Oh god" to "Nice helmet" demonstrates some superb pulling-yourself-togetheriness.
Compound "WTF" is a very effective moderator of panic and other extreme reactions.
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This comic does not feature enough Daft Punk references. Then again nothing does except for Daft Punk albums.
Tron: Legacy was pretty thick with them.
Tron: Legacy is a Daft Punk album. The music video's pretty sweet too….
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You'd be surprised how easy it is to forget you're wearing a hat or other objects. Unless it gets in the way of some action (taking off headphones, trying to put on another hat) if I put on a hat in the morning I will wear it all day and forget about it. I've seen people already wearing their glasses look around for them in vain.
I completely buy that Dale would forget he has a helmet on, though he apparently is approaching this night very casually, as he didn't change the shirt he's worn all day.
Sorry, you notice helmets.
I once forgot I was wearing my bicycle helmet. Fortunately for me, this was before phonecams became a capital-T Thing.
Bicycle helmets don't restrict your field of vision the way that thing Dale's wearing does. For me, at least, wearing something like that would be a constant annoyance, as every time I tried to glance to one side or the other I'd have to turn my whole head instead. I don't think I could forget it was on, but then Dale doesn't seem to get annoyed by much, so maybe he could. Maybe.
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You'd be surprised how easy it is to forget you're wearing a hat or other objects. Unless it gets in the way of some action (taking off headphones, trying to put on another hat) if I put on a hat in the morning I will wear it all day and forget about it. I've seen people already wearing their glasses look around for them in vain.
I completely buy that Dale would forget he has a helmet on, though he apparently is approaching this night very casually, as he didn't change the shirt he's worn all day.
Sorry, you notice helmets.
I have worn a hat for an entire presentation and not even realized I still had it on until someone mentioned it to me...get so fofucsed on everything else and you don't notice simple things like the feel or the impaired vision.
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Worse?
She is a master of psychological torture and conditioning, she could break his will and mold him into a zombified shell of a man :-D
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yes. most beheadings end. torture doesn't have to.
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Most?
Here's a weird idea. Marten used to have the determination and initiative to rearrange his life and move across the country to pursue a relationship (not that it was a good idea, but it certainly wasn't passive). Did Faye break him? I don't think so, but it fits several facts.
(An idea that fits even better is that Vicky broke him).
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No, he's just comfortable in his Northampton life.
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No, he's just comfortable in his Northampton life.
… most of a continent away from his mother. I'm beginning to think Vicki, or whatever her name is, was a useful excuse rather than an actual driver.
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Probably a bit of both.
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No, he's just comfortable in his Northampton life.
… most of a continent away from his mother. I'm beginning to think Vicki, or whatever her name is, was a useful excuse rather than an actual driver.
That fits better yet.
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Most?
I'm thinking of Nearly Headless Nick (http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Nicholas_de_Mimsy-Porpington)
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So what should Marigold wear to her "date" with Dale? (Sorry, "Nothing" is not an option.)
YAOI ZONE Shirt 1 (1.9%)
NUYASHA Shirt 0 (0%)
SCIENCE IS A VERB NOW Shirt 1 (1.9%)
HORDE RULES shirt 8 (15.4%)
JOCO shirt 0 (0%)
DIREN GREY shirt 0 (0%)
I <3 HARUHI hoodie 0 (0%)
EVA-01 shirt 2 (3.8%)
WHITE WORDS ON BLACK SHIRT 5 (9.6%)
XKCD shirt (Ankthar: :P ) 5 (9.6%) <== This was her choice
"Magical Maid Marigold-chan" outfit 3 (5.8%)
meh. shirt 1 (1.9%)
ANIMEW shirt 0 (0%)
WOW NRRD shirt 1 (1.9%)
The White Dress 1 (1.9%)
Plain black shirt 0 (0%)
Palin blue shirt 1 (1.9%)
The Tank Top (!) 5 (9.6%)
Black Hoodie (goes with everything) 1 (1.9%)
LUCKY star hoodie 0 (0%)
Homer Simpson outline shirt 0 (0%)
GEEK (Save Ends) shirt 0 (0%)
I <3 GAWWUS (or is it SEFIROSU~?) shirt 2 (3.8%)
All My Vices Are Devices shirt 5 (9.6%)
69 sideways shirt 1 (1.9%)
The Infamous Bikini 4 (7.7%)
ANIME shirt 1 (1.9%)
SUBS DUBS shirt 1 (1.9%)
Something else 3 (5.8%)
Total Members Voted: 52
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No, he's just comfortable in his Northampton life.
… most of a continent away from his mother. I'm beginning to think Vicki, or whatever her name is, was a useful excuse rather than an actual driver.
That fits better yet.
The opportunity to leave a controlling mother (or at least very dominant) + Being young and convinced one is in love = A high probability of doing something rash and stupid.
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Most?
Here's a weird idea. Marten used to have the determination and initiative to rearrange his life and move across the country to pursue a relationship (not that it was a good idea, but it certainly wasn't passive). Did Faye break him? I don't think so, but it fits several facts.
(An idea that fits even better is that Vicky broke him).
He was broken from the start...dominatrix model mother would do that to you.
Faye just conditioned him, in many ways manipulated him into a person who now has a large group of friends who rely on him.
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No, he's just comfortable in his Northampton life.
… most of a continent away from his mother. I'm beginning to think Vicki, or whatever her name is, was a useful excuse rather than an actual driver.
That fits better yet.
The opportunity to leave a controlling mother (or at least very dominant) + Being young and convinced one is in love = A high probability of doing something rash and stupid.
I don't believe his mother was controling, it was just her job. She has shown to be very loving and normal towars him, his problems with her may be more along the lines of embarassing moments that make the usual teenage angst nothing in comparison.
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I could see forgetting a bicycle helmet or hat, but not a full helmet like that. I use a full face motorcycle helmet and I can't imagine forgetting I had that thing on.
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...I'd never considered a female wearing an XKCD shirt before. If I saw one in the wild, I'd have to strike up an awkward conversation. Possibly by referencing the "Time" strip.
Wait for it.
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I could see forgetting a bicycle helmet or hat, but not a full helmet like that. I use a full face motorcycle helmet and I can't imagine forgetting I had that thing on.
It's the earwig, man. They make you do strange things.
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My wife sometimes wears her "I know regular expressions" shirt in public.
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What, "Palin blue" is a color now? Clearly that woman must be stopped.
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What's weird is that she's a shade of blue :psyduck:
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What, "Palin blue" is a color now? Clearly that woman must be stopped.
This has something to do with... what?
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Look up at the poll. Directly under "Plain black shirt".
I saw it earlier but decided not to touch it with a 39-and-a-half-foot pole.
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Fixed it using MOD MAGIC.
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No, he's just comfortable in his Northampton life.
… most of a continent away from his mother. I'm beginning to think Vicki, or whatever her name is, was a useful excuse rather than an actual driver.
That fits better yet.
The opportunity to leave a controlling mother (or at least very dominant) + Being young and convinced one is in love = A high probability of doing something rash and stupid.
I don't believe his mother was controling, it was just her job. She has shown to be very loving and normal towars him, his problems with her may be more along the lines of embarassing moments that make the usual teenage angst nothing in comparison.
It's been made very clear that our hero is A. a momma's boy and B. that she likes it that way. Not saying she doesn't love him or isn't a good mom, that's not the case. It's been made fairly clear that Ms. Reed can be a tad... over bearing. To say the least.
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Look up at the poll. Directly under "Plain black shirt".
I saw it earlier but decided not to touch it with a 39-and-a-half-foot pole.
I saw it a while ago, so I voted for it. Sarah Palin is better as a shirt than as a politician. And she doesn't make a very good shirt.
Though I suppose before the modification, it could also be something completely different...
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EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE (Also it's funny because blue represents Democrats)
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EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
(I can't see the new comic. Stupid CloudFlare).
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I thought at least those two facts were already established...
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This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
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Fixed it using MOD MAGIC.
YOU! That was NOT in the original poll!!!!!!!!!
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So, uh, can I change my vote? Meant to vote for Michael Palin. I know the chad for "Pat Buchanan" was punched out, but that's because I'm legally blind.
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First!! To reply about the new comic that is. Uhhhh...well its really funny and cute, Marigold is so cute when she's nervous and Dale looks like he's about to have a heart attack.
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Ahahahahaha. Hah. IT'S ME IN HIGH SCHOOL!
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Awkward Zone initiated!
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THE AWKWARD!!! IT BURRRRNS!!!
(omgsocute)
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Fixed it using MOD MAGIC.
YOU! That was NOT in the original poll!!!!!!!!!
Like I said, I fixed it :roll:
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I'm afraid I might look the same in a situation like this.
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adorkable!
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If it's officially a just-be-friends-watching-movies thing then it's kosher to have Momo on the couch, who would work to break the ice.
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Awkward Zone initiated!
Quick! Activate maximum ridiculosity plan Delta!!!
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If it's officially a just-be-friends-watching-movies thing then it's kosher to have Momo on the couch, who would work to break the ice.
Momo might work toward this thing, but it seems like Marigold's even more hostile toward Dale when she has an audience, so it might be better to leave them on their own.
I could be wrong, of course, that's just how it seems to me. As though she feels obligated to demonstrate to people how much she doesn't like him if anyone is there to see.
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I'm going to go out on a limb and call 2259 the worst strip ever.
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I'm going to go out on a limb and call 2259 the worst strip ever.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that's an awfully inflammatory thing to say without saying why you think that.
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I like that having touched a wiener has given Marbear just that...iota of initiative to ask the boy who's giving her all these confusing feelings if he wants to watch some anime. It's adorable.
Dale, though... somewhere in Robot Jail May would facepalm if she saw this.
(Can't really blame him, though, as he's got all these confusing feelings too! It's just...very evident that May's expectations helped him keep a together-ish attitude last time, and now he's like..."wait uh crap uh what do")
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Wow! Dale's almost as awkward around women as I am.
So cuuuute.
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I'm going to go out on a limb and call 2259 the worst strip ever.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that's an awfully inflammatory thing to say without saying why you think that.
Well, I mean, Jeph did feel the need to replace it, and it had all that first-date awkward between Dora and Tai. Plus we learned that Mr. Bianchi is kind of a dick.
(Also today's strip was numbered 2259, when it is in fact 2559.)
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As though she feels obligated to demonstrate to people how much she doesn't like him if anyone is there to see.
You've got an insight there!
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Reminds me of another couple that is so awkwardly cute together (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1925). Or is it cutely awkward (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1930)?
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This confirms it. Dale is me. Skin tone, hair colour and glasses aside, when it comes to girls I like, that is me exactly! All he needs to do is start trembling like a leaf when Marigold talks to him...
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Where is the liquor? It should be out by now. It helps these things.
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Where is the liquor? It should be out by now. It helps these things.
Sometimes though it just makes them worse.
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Am I the only one who feels Dale's personality got a bit derailed?
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Nope, but maybe it hasn't! Time will tell.
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I am a little confused by Dale's personality, but I know from my own experience of, well, me that human personalities are not consistent.
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Am I the only one who feels Dale's personality got a bit derailed?
No. This is not at all the impression I got of Dale from earlier pages.
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I see no difficulty in reconciling private embarrassment with public bravado - it's quite a common combination I would have thought, possibly as a way of coping with insecurity.
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It's also possible to proceed smoothly in familiar settings (work, low-pressure socializing) and be anxious in situations with more on the line.
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Yeah I also thought it was a bit out of nowhere. But then I thought maybe the whole thing of Faye trying to crack his calm demeanor was actually foreshadowing.
It could be inconsistent with his character, or character development.
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Except Dale has always been awkward around Marigold?
When he wasn't being creepy-stalkerish anyway. Which could be interpreted as awkwardness on its own, actually; playing a 'role' with a stereotype attached is a bunch easier than being honest with someone you like for a lot of people.
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He's probably been worrying about this very moment since the first time Marigold threw money at him. He actually was hoping to have someone to talk to about WoW, and she got confrontational, so he escalated it online and in reality, but now they're finally alone. Together.
New territory is new.
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Marigold also has a history of bringing out awkwardness in other people (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2307).
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I'm going to go out on a limb and call 2259 the worst strip ever.
I can agree with this. The main problem is that it is boring, but it is also awfully just... weird. They specifically set up this get together to watch anime so it was obvious that Dale already liked it. You could have replaced that with any number of other awkward ice-breaking questions and it would have made for a better comic.
Furthermore, check out his cool in 2512/2513. Maybe he was thrown off by the helmet incident (how could he have not noticed it was still on!?), but otherwise his personality is exceptionally awkward for the circumstance. Of course, maybe he hadn't internally processed his feelings prior to this point.
Long story short though, the main problem was that it was boring.
Interesting aside, 2513 was less than a week ago in the QC universe. It's been a busy week!
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Strip 2259 was ages ago and not the one that we've just seen - I don't know whether the post you're quoting was a mistype or just a random statement.
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Before BM
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The first 2259 is also a strip with tangible awkwardness.
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2259
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After BM
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Strip 2259 was ages ago and not the one that we've just seen - I don't know whether the post you're quoting was a mistype or just a random statement.
The number at the top of the latest comic is incorrect. It should (unless it was deliberate, ofc) be 2559.
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I'm going to go out on a limb and call 2259 the worst strip ever.
I can agree with this. The main problem is that it is boring, but it is also awfully just... weird. They specifically set up this get together to watch anime so it was obvious that Dale already liked it.
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Anybody hear Crickets chirping?
Cutely awkward though :)
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Where is the liquor? It should be out by now. It helps these things.
Sometimes though it just makes them worse.
Always helps me out, but I'm kind of a social alcoholic. :psyduck:
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well, given what happened the last time marigold had that type of help...
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Awkward Zone initiated!
Quick! Activate maximum ridiculosity plan Delta!!!
But how is Pintsize going to get there? :-D
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Awkward yet going in the right direction. She broke the ice and he needs to pick up on it and start a conversation...
At least they aren't fighting right away, and they aren't going at it like animals in heat so they are doing something right so far 8-)
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Today's comic is reminiscent of my first high school date.
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Heh. teh awkward is expressed in all lower case italics.
"So, um, what would you like to watch?"
Wonder how that will turn out? Can Dale even remember any anime titles?
What would be the most awkward title Dale could blurt out?
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He likes something she doesn't like. Comedy! (Also stern-face Momo is a plus)
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Her initial response wasn't honest, either - she was just slipping into
comfortable confrontational mode.
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Silly Marigold. The man is always right.
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i like to think that momo's been standing there the whole time, and will continue to stand there all night
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I wonder which extreme in her responses is closer to the truth?
What would be the most awkward title Dale could blurt out?
Well, it isn't an anime, but the first thing that came to my mind was Hentai Kamen. I just watched it this weekend.
Silly Marigold. The man is always right.
Prettttty certain that is in no way implied, intended or otherwise.
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Moments of awkwardness and self doubt she reverts to trying to repel someone with an offhand remark rather than risk being potentially embarassed...I empathise with her, I know the reaction too well.
Momo is showing her stern face but you have to love that she is doing it for all the right reasons- that's the truest friend you could ever hope to have 8-)
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Damnit, now I want a green couch with matching pants!
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i like to think that momo's been standing there the whole time, and will continue to stand there all night
Me, I like to think that Momo simply apparated at the call of a Marigold social alert, to allow her to deliver her glare of death.
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i like to think that momo's been standing there the whole time, and will continue to stand there all night
I, too, like this idea.
Stern-faced Momo and Marigold's sudden I WANNA MARRY IT gave me some sorely needed smiles tonight. Thanks, Jeph (not that you will read this, but the sentiment is here.)
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I'm going to go out on a limb and call 2259 the worst strip ever.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that's an awfully inflammatory thing to say without saying why you think that.
(Also today's strip was numbered 2259, when it is in fact 2559.)
Yeah, thanks for catching that...I didn't even notice. Makes me wonder how many other comics Jeph may have accidentally mislabeled.
I was commenting on 2559, not 2259
Am I the only one who feels Dale's personality got a bit derailed?
Nope.
Of course, he didn't have much personality in the first place, but he certainly seems to have been Flanderized a bit for plot purposes.
I'm going to go out on a limb and call 2259 the worst strip ever.
I can agree with this. The main problem is that it is boring, but it is also awfully just... weird.
There has to be a "worst" comic among the 2560 that have been drawn to date, and I can't honestly think of another that simultaneously did less to advance plot and was less funny than this one.
Perhaps #15 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=15)
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Memories of high school dates are funny precisely because they're so painful.
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And the last few comics are what happens when you don't date in high school - the awkward just gets postponed until your first dates as as adult and becomes at least ten times worse. At least they're both equally awkward around each other - if they each tried dating people with more dating experience they'd most likely look like complete losers.
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Hopefully in a minute Dale will collect himself and say "what didn't you like about it?" and they might actually have a proper conversation.
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I am calling it right now. After the Dale/Marigold arc, Martin is gonna move back to LA because he actually has no purpose in this current group of friends.
Faye + Angus
Dale + Marigold
Hannelore + Marigold
Dora + Tali
Steve + Cosette
So either Claire and Martin hookup(which everyone is secretly hoping for), or Martin fads into obscurity(He hasn't had meaningful character interaction/development sense 2458).
Food for Thought, now argue! :D
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I doubt very much Marten is going to want to willingly put himself back under the thumb of his domineering mother. At least if he stays on the East Coast he can keep an entire country between himself and her, thereby remaining somewhat free of her overbearing ways.
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Dora + Tali
And an indelible image is stamped into the minds of Mass Effect fans everywhere.
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I am calling it right now. After the Dale/Marigold arc, Martin is gonna move back to LA because he actually has no purpose in this current group of friends.
Faye + Angus
Dale + Marigold
Hannelore + Marigold
Dora + Tali
Steve + Cosette
So either Claire and Martin hookup(which everyone is secretly hoping for), or Martin fads into obscurity(He hasn't had meaningful character interaction/development sense 2458).
Food for Thought, now argue! :D
Welcome new person. Nice to meet you here. Be advised that to work as a community, we have to follow a few easy rules.
1st off:
We have a public spelling announcement. (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php?topic=29097.0) You desperately need to visit it if you can't get the name of the main character right.
2nd:
As hard as it can be, we're not really supposed to be shipping characters. It's in the rules. (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,27466.0.html) There isn't really anything that suggests that Marten and Claire will get together.
Lastly:
It's Marten, not Martin. (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,29097.0.html) Sorry. It's a pet peeve of mine.
I don't see Jeph abandoning his main character. And you're not the first nor will you be the last to "call" that Marten will leave.
And for all we know, Marten could be doing quite a lot on his free time, Jephzibah just chose not to show him in the strip today.
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So either Claire and Martin hookup(which everyone is secretly hoping for),
Ha ha. "Secretly", yes. Nice one. Anyway, welcome to the forums. :laugh:
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I am calling it right now. After the Dale/Marigold arc, Martin is gonna move back to LA because he actually has no purpose in this current group of friends.
Faye + Angus
Dale + Marigold
Hannelore + Marigold
Dora + Tali
Steve + Cosette
So either Claire and Martin hookup(which everyone is secretly hoping for), or Martin fads into obscurity(He hasn't had meaningful character interaction/development sense 2458).
Food for Thought, now argue! :D
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act I Scene V
"[Marten] needs a [romantic partner] like a fish needs a bicycle."
Gloria Steinem
"I don't get freaky with girls, you dumb bosh'tet! No matter how hot and sorta goth and into Slayer they are! Besides, if I were going to experiment it would be with a much more military woman."
Tali'Zorah vas Normandy
"Los Angeles is like San Diego's uglier older sister that has herpes."
Justin Halpern
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Heh - I saw Hamlet last night :) (See Blog Thread (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,28618.msg1196040.html#msg1196040))
After the Dale/Marigold arc, Martin is gonna move back to LA because he actually has no purpose in this current group of friends.
There would have been more reason for him to move when Padma left - but he didn't. He has a life and friends (even if not one particular friend right now) where he is, and nothing much left to return to in CA.
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Dora + Tali
And an indelible image is stamped into the minds of Mass Effect fans everywhere.
*charges a Carnifex pistol*
I know shipping is no mas in here any way, but thou shalt leave Tali be. Non-compliance will be met with biblical grade retribution.
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Heh - I saw Hamlet last night :)
*jealous*
I love Hamlet, and I'd love to see it in English one day.
Until that day, the Branagh version has to suffice. I don't want to see a translated version.
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And the last few comics are what happens when you don't date in high school - the awkward just gets postponed until your first dates as as adult and becomes at least ten times worse. At least they're both equally awkward around each other - if they each tried dating people with more dating experience they'd most likely look like complete losers.
I didn't date in high school at all. My sophomore year of college, I dated a freshman girl in the beginning of the year for two weeks. It ended badly, but lots of firsts were had! Not all good ones. Several very bad ones. I'll always appreciate it, though.
(Interestingly enough, that was the first and only time I've dated a younger girl, everyone since has been older, even if just by a few months)
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I don't want to see a translated version.
No translated versions at all?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF0k4qV1I1Y&t=4m10s
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That is the greatest thing ever and I am not going to watch it.
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One of the general rules when breaking the ice is not to bring up a subject about which you feel negatively. Don't bring up a show you hate as a topic of conversation, it leaves you with nothing positive to say which backs you into a corner if the person likes the thing you do not. Bring up something you do enjoy, this keeps your conversation options open the widest. Even if they do not share your interest in the subject, you can always shift to a new topic with far less awkwardness, or even explain why you do like it. After that you can ask them what they are into and the cycle continues.
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There's an insight there, that Marten is a catalyst. He makes reactions happen and is more or less unchanged afterward.
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I am calling it right now. After the Dale/Marigold arc, Martin is gonna move back to LA because he actually has no purpose in this current group of friends.
Faye + Angus
Dale + Marigold
Hannelore + Marigold
Dora + Tali
Steve + Cosette
So either Claire and Martin hookup(which everyone is secretly hoping for), or Martin fads into obscurity(He hasn't had meaningful character interaction/development sense 2458).
Food for Thought, now argue! :D
I enjoy your implication that people not in a relationship have no place in a group of friends.
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Hopefully in a minute Dale will collect himself and say "what didn't you like about it?" and they might actually have a proper conversation.
[slow clap]
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"I don't get freaky with girls, you dumb bosh'tet! No matter how hot and sorta goth and into Slayer they are! Besides, if I were going to experiment it would be with a much more military woman."
Tali'Zorah vas Normandy
So you're saying that Marten has to wait until he attracts the interest of a military chick?
Mama Momo keeping an eye on things is cute.
I wonder if she will use shock therapy on them?
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"Mama Momo" should join "The Pugnacious Peach" as a Thing.
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Mama Momo, here we go again...
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"Mama Momo" should join "The Pugnacious Peach" as a Thing.
I want to make a joke on how they're both peaches, but I'm just not sure how to get there.
There isn't really anything that suggests that Marten and Claire will get together.
I'm just splitting hairs, since it's not like I want the place to turn into fanfic central or anything, but it's absolutely been teased. And it may be just that, teasing the readers. But the foundation is set that it could go that way and it wouldn't be out of left field.
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"I don't get freaky with girls, you dumb bosh'tet! No matter how hot and sorta goth and into Slayer they are! Besides, if I were going to experiment it would be with a much more military woman."
Tali'Zorah vas Normandy
So you're saying that Marten has to wait until he attracts the interest of a military woman?
I was mostly making a joke about the Tali/Shepard romance in Mass Effect.
...So, yes, if Marten's secret life goal is to be part of a threesome with a human lady and a Quarian one.
Also I hell of support Mama Momo being a Thing
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Well, if Marten ever got to the point he could bench press about 130 pounds in one gee, there's a possibility that might be open to him, now that he knows her name.
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To be fair, she never specified one gee. He should've offered to bench press her then and there :parrot:
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130 really isn't much of a bench. Though to be fair Mr. Reed is quite scrawny.
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To be fair, she never specified one gee. He should've offered to bench press her then and there :parrot:
That's quite a good point. Perhaps the good lieutenant was testing, not so much his physical strength, but his ability to see the world around him and put two and two together in a reasonable amount of time.
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Oh Maribear
(http://madeofwynn.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/picard-facepalm.jpg)
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NB: It's just Marbear.
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I know, I know
Still .....
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If Momo was the type to give Marigold polite "smacks" on the leg every time she put her foot in her mouth, Marigold would have trouble walking - and a permanent welt on her leg.
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Oh Marigold T_T
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Signing a companionship contract with Momo may have been the best decision of Marigirl's life.
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Hopefully having a chaperone makes it less awkward for both of them.
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130 really isn't much of a bench. Though to be fair Mr. Reed is quite scrawny.
So much so that he couldn't hold up Hannelore when she passed out.
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Momo may be trying too hard here.
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Definitely.
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Momo may be trying too hard here.
I think Marigold tends to bring that out in people (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2139).
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I am offended that QC will stoop to the "nerds are smelly" trope.
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But it's subverting it.
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well, poor hygiene habits have always been a hallmark of marigold's character, which i think is related more to her depression and low self-esteem than nerdiness.
Signing a companionship contract with Momo may have been the best decision of Marigirl's life.
one must wonder though, if the poor little 'bot had any idea of what she was signing on for.
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Either Momo is pushing her social protocol database to its limits, or is "creatively misinterpreting" it to get some results.
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Ok, this is becoming painful to watch. The Picard face palm pic doesn't cover this, it needs the Picard and Riker double face palm.
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Ok, this is becoming painful to watch. The Picard face palm pic doesn't cover this, it needs the Picard and Riker double face palm.
This.
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I'm not a fan of this whole potential date romance thing here. I'm sort of hoping it all goes spectacularly wrong and we get back to the coffee shop soon.
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Momo may be trying too hard here.
Definitely.
Just a little bit.
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well, poor hygiene habits have always been a hallmark of marigold's character, which i think is related more to her depression and low self-esteem than nerdiness.
Also worth noting: It's not a given that Dale is reacting to Marigold's hygiene. It's a given that Marigold is *assuming* he is.
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I am offended that QC will stoop to the "nerds are smelly" trope.
Long ago established she had a big hygene issue...it's right from the first arc with her.
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Yup - she is a girl in transition.
Before MoMo Mama Jama couldn't get her to either eat right or clean up after herself.
It took the help of unlooked for friends and combat level hazmat remediation to get things cleaned up and her on the road to joining the outside world.
Remember she is still on her first faltering steps even though she has come this far already.
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Re: trying too hard -- yes, clearly so. On the other hand nothing else may work (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2510).
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ok marigold, you can do this. you're on a couch, with a boy, watching anime. just breathe and think back to everything you've learned.
that's right, you must touch him on the wiener.
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Careful now. The story may be going that way but don't go faster than the story does.
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If this arc was like a car.
You would find yourself parked in the mall parking lot at high noon on Black Friday / Christmas Eve.
It would be an early model Citroen with cable-stitched wool seat covers.
Equipped with a manual transmission with stripped gears and a clutch full of scutterbotch pudding ...... mmmm pudding ......
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ok marigold, you can do this. you're on a couch, with a boy, watching anime. just breathe and think back to everything you've learned.
that's right, you must touch him on the wiener.
They are SO far from the "touch him on the wiener" part right now the gap between that point and where they are might as well be the Atlantic Ocean.
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If they shake hands in an awkward good night and say something banal about the anime, this date will have been a brilliant success.
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Or be wide enough for a Starship to take five days to cross at Warp 5
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Do AnthroPCs get tired and want to sit down, or do they sit down to fit in with humans? Clearly Momo is doing it here as an attempt to get them closer because they're as far apart as possible while still being on the couch. But it raises a good question.
Do AnthroPCs interact with the world the same as people do? They could see things way differently. Their color settings could be wrong, or they could see ultraviolet lights and infrared and stuff. Can they feel?
Also, touching his wiener in front of Momo would be like doing it in front of the family dog. Except it's a talking dog that can say "OKAY, I'M GOING TO THE OTHER ROOM NOW"
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To answer the first question, the answer would be yes. We have seen in the past [archive-foo failed to initiate] that they do rest sleep. Heck they dream as has been shown in the past for our two main AnthroPC characters. [quote Momo bwuh+blush ]
The reasoning for downtime is not so much physical since we don't see anyone sitting in a charging station [it is mostly off screen like eating cereal, bathing or pooping] but mental and for the same reasons other higher function Intelligence systems need downtime. [maintenance and archiving]
As for the touching of some else's wiener, leave that for the kitchen and she should use tongs once they are properly heated up.
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(http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/shocked/jaw-drop-smiley-emoticon.gif)
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Also, touching his wiener in front of Momo would be like doing it in front of the family dog. Except it's a talking dog that can say "OKAY, I'M GOING TO THE OTHER ROOM NOW"
The thing about dogs is, they're HAPPY when you have sex in front of them. They know damned well what it's all about, and their little doggie brains are thinking "Oh boy! Puppies soon!" (Even if there's no chance of that.)
AnthroPCs would have reactions depending on personality. Pintsize would... well, we all know how THAT would go. Momo would just roll her eyes, mutter something under her breath about rabbits, and walk away.
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To answer the first question, the answer would be yes. We have seen in the past [archive-foo failed to initiate] that they do rest sleep. Heck they dream as has been shown in the past for our two main AnthroPC characters. [quote Momo bwuh+blush ]
The reasoning for downtime is not so much physical since we don't see anyone sitting in a charging station [it is mostly off screen like eating cereal, bathing or pooping] but mental and for the same reasons other higher function Intelligence systems need downtime. [maintenance and archiving]
I don't know what's funnier, that you typed all that with an Emily avatar or that it actually makes sense :-D
As for the touching of some else's wiener, leave that for the kitchen and she should use tongs once they are properly heated up.
...Pint Size really needs to stop bringing over his toys. :laugh:
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To answer the first question, the answer would be yes. We have seen in the past [archive-foo failed to initiate] that they do rest sleep. Heck they dream as has been shown in the past for our two main AnthroPC characters. [quote Momo bwuh+blush ]
The reasoning for downtime is not so much physical since we don't see anyone sitting in a charging station [it is mostly off screen like eating cereal, bathing or pooping] but mental and for the same reasons other higher function Intelligence systems need downtime. [maintenance and archiving]
As for the touching of some else's wiener, leave that for the kitchen and she should use tongs once they are properly heated up.
Word of God is that AnthroPCs need sleep, despite what Momo said.
There was once a sign on CoD's baked goods cabinet that said "USE THE FUCKING TONGS". Presumably the fucking tongs are the ones with which one should touch a wiener.
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First time posting. Just wanted to throw in my two cents about Marigold's behaviour throughout this whole arc with Dale and why she has seemingly forgotten about the whole peace offering thing. My theory is that she took her cue entirely from how Faye and Angus used to snark at one another in the beginning. I get this impression from this strip (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1687) when Marigold confronts Faye about 'fighting' with Angus over her music selection (curiously, it's titled "Switching Sides". Her behaviour in People are Funny (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1691)" also supports this theory). Both of these strips follow on the heels of her second confrontation with Dale in this strip (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1680) where Marten quips that he wasn't sure if they were flirting or fighting-- a line that gets reinforced and repeated every time these two are seen interacting and other people are around. If Marigold is attempting to (poorly) adopt Faye's strategy in landing her man, it certainly explains why she seemed to get over the whole Faye/Angus thing so quickly. She tells Hanners about she's over it in #1692 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1692), and the panels that immediately follow are her first in-game confrontation with Dale and the infamous "this one has potential" line.
In which case, it makes sense to me as to why she's being so weirdly rude and confrontational with him despite the peace offering. I don't think she's forgotten. I think that, between anime, her lack of social skills and experience in the 'what to do when you like a boy' department, she's following the one flirting formula she's seen work from up close and personal-- Faye's!
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Nice first post! Welcome to the forums!
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Now I have to go archive-diving! Noooo!
Ah, who am I kidding. I'd probably have done it anyway. Hi!
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Very nice entry to the forum, and very nice screen name as well! I guess that makes you Mae Whitman aka Ann Veal aka...her? (Arrested Development joke, people who don't get it should probably just move along)
Word of God is that AnthroPCs need sleep, despite what Momo said.
Which leaves several possibilities, amongst which are Momo lying, Momo being unusual, Momo needing sleep, but not every night, or Jeph simply being wrong.
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YourEvilExGirlfriend has shamed me and my very uninspired entry to these forums many moons ago. I go now to die and regain my honor.
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Ha, I was pretty under the radar for a few months. Then I decided to make the WCDTs for a while, and I think that's what made me a regular. We all have our ways of entering the forum, but it's how you stay that matters, and I can't imagine the forum without ya, GM. (That's not to undermine YEEG's first post, which I will say again was awesome)
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Welcome, new person, and that's a fascinating insight which makes perfect sense.
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Thanks for the welcome, guys. :) I'm just following your lead. I always enjoyed reading everyone's insights/theories/speculations on the story in the forum, never had anything to contribute of my own until now.
And now it seems you got me on a roll.
Just to comment on the whole helmet joke from Monday's strip and why Dale might've not noticed he was still wearing it... I read that as an indicator that he was just as nervous as Marigold about this whole night. Sometimes when you're excited about something, you get absent-minded about things that you'd normally notice. (I once showed up to a friend's party, sober as a judge, in two different shoes. They weren't even the same height. I have no idea how I missed that but I did).
Also, as a side note, gotta say how I never noticed how great Jeph is at conveying the body language of all his characters. I was going back through the archives as I was trying to find the strips I linked and I never really appreciated how all the subtle shifts in expression and posture contributed to the scene. I'm hyper-aware of it this week-- probably because the best way you can convey awwwwwwkward is through body language.
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Methinks you're going to fit in 'round here.
Feel free to use the intro subforum to Introduce yourself to us (and hold on to your lug wrench).
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YourEvilExGirlfriend has shamed me and my very uninspired entry to these forums many moons ago. I go now to die and regain my honor.
ex girlfriends can do that sometimes
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Methinks you're going to fit in 'round here.
Feel free to use the intro subforum to Introduce yourself to us (and hold on to your lug wrench).
Haha. Thanks. And sure thing. (Lug wrenches are the only way to accessorize!)
Also, pertaining to tonight's comic, d'awwwww. Dale totally loses his cool around Marigold. Clever how Jeph set up that contrast with the coffee shop and Faye. You know when Faye doesn't faze you, but the curvy nerdy WOW chick does, you've got it bad.
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*Preemptively melts YEEG's lug wrench*
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*Preemptively melts YEEG's lug wrench*
*Reforges it in the fire of Mount Doom, sending three rings to the elven kings, seven for the dwarf lords....*
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Well, since we seem to be doing the welcoming here... Bem vindo, YourEvilExGirlfriend.
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Indeed
And I see I've spread the Lug Wrench melting disease :-D
And the Cuteness continues in the Comic.
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One lug wrench to rule them all...
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Beware the Eye of Tyremon.
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Cute comic is cute.
I suspect that Shipping Control (aka "Cristi") approved the keel to be laid for this one.
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*three lug wrenches to the elven chief mechanics, seven for the dwarf forge masters...
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Aww, panel three.
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*three lug wrenches to the elven chief mechanics, seven for the dwarf forge masters...
Haha. Here. You have your honor back. :P
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I feel like we're going to get along just fine YEEG :P
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Batten down the hatches boys.
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If Marigold's eyes got any bigger they might pop out of her head...and Dale looks like he might burst a blood vessel if he cringes and harder :-D
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Is it Friday?
*checks calendar*
Yep.
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Marigold was starting to look almost relaxed.
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I'm finding this whole dynamic between Marbear and Dale rather "cute" - mostly because I can largely relate to the 'fantasy' of having couch time with another geeky girl. :-D
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Cute!
How about this: At some point (could be in the next few weeks, could be in a bit) Marigold and Dale get together, leaving only Marten out of the main group with out a significant other (Hanners doesn't count).
He realizes this, flips, and does something incredibly stupid.
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If he displays the initiative needed to do something stupid, that will be progress in personal growth.
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You're really pretty!
LET'S HAVE A REASONABLE NUMBER OF BABIES
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eeeeeEEEEEE
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Marigold touched Francis York's crotch by accident and learned that his um, admiration was um, totally sincere. That's my head canon and you're going to respect it.
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We're all so happy for them now, but I have this feeling that, like an Albino bat in a completely ahistorical movie about a Russian Princess once said, "This can only end in tears."
(Why? So that the tears of we who ship them can nourish Great Jephulhu. Damn you, Jephulhu!)
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Your introductory posts have floored me, YourEvilExGirlfriend :)
I think Hannelore (last panel) says it all... (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1708)
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I suspect that Shipping Control (aka "Cristi") approved the keel to be laid for this one.
I have no idea what this means.
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MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA !!! :evil:
Never was a simple statement like "You're really pretty" so well prepared to be a moment of awesome ! :evil:
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She reacted the same way when Marten complimented her, although Dale seemed to have recovered at least a little better.
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This whole date really walks the line between sweet and cringe-worthy. I really hope it ends well just because it would be so painful to watch it go badly! At this point Dale and Marigold are both so vulnerable that I don't think I could laugh if they got into another misunderstanding.
Now, if the evening devolved into absurdity for some reason unrelated to Dale and Marigold's awkwardness, and instead of snuggling on the sofa they end up doing something on the order of chasing a squirrel around the house or being attacked by a maniac with a Vespa, I could definitely laugh at that.
Right now they strike me as heading for a "let's, um, do this again sometime" and maybe an awkward hug. To be followed by Hanners way-too-eagerly seeking spicy details.
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Between this and the current Gunnerkrigg court storyline, I really might die of cringeaww.
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Yup - she is a girl in transition.
Before MoMo Mama Jama couldn't get her to either eat right or clean up after herself.
It took the help of unlooked for friends and combat level hazmat remediation to get things cleaned up and her on the road to joining the outside world.
Remember she is still on her first faltering steps even though she has come this far already.
This whole comic is about healing. Growing. Fulfilling potential.
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http://ourvaluedcustomers.blogspot.dk/2012/11/to-her-friend.html (http://ourvaluedcustomers.blogspot.dk/2012/11/to-her-friend.html)
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I feel like the moment is fast approaching when Momo needs to make a smooth exit but remain within earshot just in case - perhaps she will go and make drinks or something.
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She reacted the same way when Marten complimented her, although Dale seemed to have recovered at least a little better.
I think we might have seen a similar reaction if Dale had had access to something to drink right then.
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so i'm not really bragging but i am. I called it, I so frigging called it! But everyone said i was wrong! But I called it. I said this was going to be a totally awkward date and maybe some kissing and blushing. So i was right. Someone give me money please. I'm desperate.
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Don't get too hung up on it, you are at risk of inadvertently veering into shipping waters...
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Aye, Jeph has a monopoly on trade in those seas.
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I suspect that Shipping Control (aka "Cristi") approved the keel to be laid for this one.
I have no idea what this means.
...Actually, neither do I. I had no idea how to say "I bet Cristi made him put that in there" while trying to be witty.
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Why not just refer to her as "the Admiralty"?
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I'm not sure if this is what is confusing people.. but when putting together at least older wooden ships, the very first thing you put down (or 'lay in') is the longer spine that runs the length of the ship... ie the keel.
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Big eyes are big. Tiny mouth is tiny.
I just keep picturing an ever tinier lip line in the last panel.
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This will be a success and good for Marigold if Dale winds up as a Justafriend. No need for more.
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I'm not sure if this is what is confusing people.. but when putting together at least older wooden ships, the very first thing you put down (or 'lay in') is the longer spine that runs the length of the ship... ie the keel.
And we can't presume that everybody knows that Cristi is Jeph's wife.
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I don't want to see a translated version.
No translated versions at all?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF0k4qV1I1Y&t=4m10s
:evil:
But -- It -- I -- It's not a translation if it's in the original Klingon (http://youtu.be/RF0k4qV1I1Y?t=10s)!
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I have an Orkish translation for thems that need it. The ORIGINAL Orkish. ;)
"Da Tragedy of Hamlet, boss of Denmark" by Shake-da-boss-pole
Act I. Scene I. Planet Elsinore, Denmark Waaaugh; Warcamp of Warboss Claudius
Enter Barnardo and Francisco, two boyz
Barnardo: Oy! Who goez dere?
Francisco: It's me you git!
Enter Horatio (a nob) and Marcellus (another boy)
Horatio: Oy you lot! Stand to!
Everyone: OK boss!
Horatio: Why'z you lot afraid like a snotling?
Marcellus: We'z seen a ghost boss!
Enter ghost of old Warboss – Old Warboss Hamlet
Horatio: Stomp it! Waaaugh!!!
Stomping ensues
Marcellus: Dat ghost iz right tuff!
Horatio: We'z not have enough dakka boyz! I'z gonna get boss Hamlet, he's got dem tricks, he'z gonna know what to do!
End Scene.
Act I. Scene II.
Enter Claudius, Warboss of Denmark Waaaugh; Polonius (a sneaky git and a Kommando nob)Laertes (a Kommando); Hamlet (a boss and secretly a Weirdboy); and others.
Claudius: Oy you lot! Listen up and listen gut! Old warboss iz dead so now I'm da warboss, you gotz that?! Now dem humies over in Norway want to come over and start a fight, so I sez we get lots of boyz and stomp them! Laertes, wot do you want?
Laertes: Warboss, can I take some teef and get new flash dakka from Bad Moons boyz?
Claudius: Polonius, you'z one sneaky git. Do they have new flash dakka?
Polonius: Yes boss!
Claudius: Then go get dem flash dakka Laertes! And you Hamlet! Stop yer mukking about!
Hamlet: OK warboss...
Everyone but Hamlet exits
Hamlet: My skin'z all slimy and feelz like it'z gonna melt right off! Dat'z cuz I fink I haz dem Weirdboy powerz, but everyone else finks I'z just another stupid boss! I shoulda been the next warboss, but Claudius iz warboss now. But dat ain't orky cuz he'z too sneaky and he didn't stomp other bosses proper like. Now he haz too much dakka, I'll never stomp him now!
Enter Horatio and Marcellus
Horatio: 'Ello boss Hamlet. We'z seen a deff ghost!
Hamlet: And did youz stomp it?
Horatio: No boss, it was all sneaky-like, maybe you figure sumfink out?
Hamlet: Alright, let's go! Waaaaugh!!!
http://1d4chan.org/wiki/%22Da_Tragedy_of_Hamlet,_boss_of_Denmark%22_by_Shake-da-boss-pole
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We're all so happy for them now, but I have this feeling that, like an Albino bat in a completely ahistorical movie about a Russian Princess once said, "This can only end in tears."
(Why? So that the tears of we who ship them can nourish Great Jephulhu. Damn you, Jephulhu!)
*hums* Someone holds me safe and warm, horses prance through the silver storm...
One of my fond childhood memories is being driven in a horse sled around the Place Of Revolution. I remember the girl driving had long hair and I thought how beautiful she was. I was only what... five or six? I think it was less than that.
Moments like these in the dark of the night (heh) is when I wonder what could have been, and whether that other life would have been better. Consciously I know it wouldn't, but I suppose the grass is always greener in the hypothetical reality where little dwarves come out every night to take care of it.
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I thought it was gnomes who took care of the lawn and garden...
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So what should Marigold wear to her "date" with Dale? (Sorry, "Nothing" is not an option.)
YAOI ZONE Shirt 4 (4.3%)
NUYASHA Shirt 1 (1.1%)
SCIENCE IS A VERB NOW Shirt 2 (2.1%)
HORDE RULES shirt 9 (9.6%)
JOCO shirt 1 (1.1%)
DIREN GREY shirt 0 (0%)
I <3 HARUHI hoodie 1 (1.1%)
EVA-01 shirt 2 (2.1%)
WHITE WORDS ON BLACK SHIRT 7 (7.4%)
XKCD shirt (Ankthar: :P ) 6 (6.4%) <== What she actually chose
"Magical Maid Marigold-chan" outfit 8 (8.5%)
meh. shirt 1 (1.1%)
ANIMEW shirt 0 (0%)
WOW NRRD shirt 1 (1.1%)
The White Dress 2 (2.1%)
Michael Palin black shirt (HA!!!) 0 (0%)
Sarah Palin blue shirt 1 (1.1%)
The Tank Top (!) 7 (7.4%)
Black Hoodie (goes with everything) 2 (2.1%)
LUCKY star hoodie 0 (0%)
Homer Simpson outline shirt 0 (0%)
GEEK (Save Ends) shirt 0 (0%)
I <3 GAWWUS (or is it SEFIROSU~?) shirt 2 (2.1%)
All My Vices Are Devices shirt 8 (8.5%)
69 sideways shirt 2 (2.1%)
The Infamous Bikini 10 (10.6%)
ANIME shirt 2 (2.1%)
SUBS DUBS shirt 2 (2.1%)
Something else 3 (3.2%)
Nothing at all. Nothing at all! NOTHING AT ALL! 10 (10.6%) <== Mods are messing with me again. :P
Total Members Voted: 94
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Nope, just one mod :p (and I couldn't even vote for it since I'd voted already!)
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Geez, y'all... The top suggestions are "nothing" and "bikini"?? Look at how terrified Dale has been trying to talk to her when she's fully clothed. He'd run away or go catatonic if she took your advice. :-D
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Well yeah, we get all the bad advice out of our system here and save the good advice for the advice threads.
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^This was a brilliant allusion to Aristotelian catharsis (http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/engl257/Classical/tragedy_as_catharsis.htm).