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Title: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 23 Feb 2014, 19:44
BOP
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Detachable Felix on 23 Feb 2014, 20:00
very poll. much statistics. wow
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: SomeCanadianWeirdo on 23 Feb 2014, 20:10
You'd think Pintsize would have considered that Marten might opt give him his head back after a stunt like that.  That's gotta hurt.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: jmucchiello on 23 Feb 2014, 20:13
That was beyond awesome!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: FunkyTuba on 23 Feb 2014, 20:46
For some reason the live videos of Grumpy Cat made me like her less.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 23 Feb 2014, 20:48
I refuse to believe that Grumpy Cat exists outside of that one picture. If you show me a video I will not acknowledge it as the same cat.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Asterus on 23 Feb 2014, 21:01
Well, there's Pop[pull]-ing it and bop-ing it. Tune in next time to watch marten twist-it and flick-it... across the room ^.^
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Storel on 23 Feb 2014, 21:06
For once, I agree completely with Pintsize's response.  8-)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 23 Feb 2014, 21:07
Well, there's Pop[pull]-ing it and bop-ing it. Tune in next time to watch marten twist-it and flick-it... across the room ^.^
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 23 Feb 2014, 21:08
Aim for the dent in the wall, Marten.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: ZoeB on 23 Feb 2014, 21:41
He shoots! He scores!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Game and Watch Forever on 23 Feb 2014, 21:44
I really wish I could do that... all too often I want to throw something at someone and have nothing suitable on hand.

If Pintsize were playing Skullgirls, I wonder if Miss Fortune (http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Ms._Fortune) would be his go to character?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Sorflakne on 23 Feb 2014, 21:57
I wish I could throw my head at people.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 23 Feb 2014, 22:14
I bet you've never even tried.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Delator on 23 Feb 2014, 23:08
Awww yeah. New avatar!

I'm surprised we haven't seen this function from Pintsize before.  :-P
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: NilsO on 23 Feb 2014, 23:28
Pintsize probably feels no pain, and is not afraid of physical damage. Due to bad behavior, he has been hurled across the room (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1829) on several occasions, and suffered other damage (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2002) as well. Still, he thinks it is worth it. Is it because he knows Marten will get him fixed again? Otherwise, it seems stupid for an intelligent being to cause damage to oneself, unless he is suicidal.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 23 Feb 2014, 23:28
Actually, we kinda have. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=21)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Indicible on 23 Feb 2014, 23:43
I laughed. I do not know why, but I laughed.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: cesariojpn on 23 Feb 2014, 23:45
I blame Veronica Vance for Marten's sex life. Exposing him to sex off and on due to her job just kinda.......made him a dull. How can you gauge a guy who sees Shibari like how the Feudal Samurai's did back then? (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1302)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Shjade on 24 Feb 2014, 00:19
Feudal samurai gave librarians shibari lessons...? That's a new one on me.

Regarding the comic: you have to admit, Pintsize kinda has a point.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 24 Feb 2014, 00:23
Does he? What is his point, really?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: techkid on 24 Feb 2014, 00:24
Two miracles happened today.

Pintsize Was Helpful.

Pintsize Made Sense.

I laughed. I do not know why, but I laughed.
As down as Marten is at the moment, Pintsize's reaction was pretty darn funny. I've often wanted to do something similar (usually under similar circumstances (for a guy who actually doesn't have a girlfriend, I seem to be the "go-to guy" for relationship advice in parts of my social circle)), but currently my limbs are not detachable.

Does he? What is his point, really?
Not so much a point, but when Pintsize (finally) helpfully fulfilled in one of his roles as a companion AI, it backfired on him since Marten is still in a down mood.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: anahata on 24 Feb 2014, 00:30
For once, I agree completely with Pintsize's response.  8-)

Cuddly sympathy just... wouldn't be Pintsize, would it?
It might shock Marten out of wallowing in his own regrets, to remember that others have feelings too.
Once he's restored Pintsize's head, he needs to apologise and graciously accept that Pintsizse's advice was indeed good as far as it went, and if the outcome wasn't perfect that was for reasons neither of them could apparently have predicted.

And then get on with his life!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Thrillho on 24 Feb 2014, 00:32
Grumpy cat is way better than doge.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Akima on 24 Feb 2014, 00:48
I had to vote for the under-doge.

Pintsize has lodged robo-head basketball in my head... Bop! Three points!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: KOK on 24 Feb 2014, 01:01
Am I the only one who is reminded of the film Labyrinth?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Detachable Felix on 24 Feb 2014, 01:06
Am I the only one who is reminded of the film Labyrinth?
I just imagined a whole tribe of Pintsizes singing and swapping heads and it's TERRIFYING.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: snubnose on 24 Feb 2014, 01:59
Todays poll is ... interesting.


I bet you've never even tried.
And I bet you didnt either !
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Skewbrow on 24 Feb 2014, 02:16
A painful poll for me. You see, I'm kinda dog person, but my wife's a cat person. I'm allergic to both, so we don't have pets. But the poll reminded me of this, and seems to have boosted my general GOMness. Or may be it's because I forgot to take the meds yesterday?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Rdr^3 on 24 Feb 2014, 03:41
I really never expected to see Pintsize giving Martin head. Classiest way Jeph could have done it, though!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Thrillho on 24 Feb 2014, 03:50
I really never expected to see Pintsize giving Martin head. Classiest way Jeph could have done it, though!

Love this post. Love everything about it.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: aldonius on 24 Feb 2014, 04:19
I just imagined a whole tribe of Pintsizes singing and swapping heads and it's TERRIFYING.

Sounds like a Cyriak (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FavUpD_IjVY) video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQO-aOdJLiw)...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Detachable Felix on 24 Feb 2014, 04:29
I just imagined a whole tribe of Pintsizes singing and swapping heads and it's TERRIFYING.

Sounds like a Cyriak (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FavUpD_IjVY) video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQO-aOdJLiw)...
Jesus, it's like a Lovecraftian horror animated by Terry Gilliam
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Nepiophage on 24 Feb 2014, 07:38
Cyriak rules! There are lots more of his videos on his web site (http://www.cyriak.co.uk/). Kitty city and bonobo cirrus are my favourites.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Border Reiver on 24 Feb 2014, 10:26
Am I the only one who is reminded of the film Labyrinth?
I just imagined a whole tribe of Pintsizes singing and swapping heads and it's TERRIFYING.

I find it more amusing than terrifying, given Pintsize's lack of height to reach my own head.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: cesariojpn on 24 Feb 2014, 14:48
Feudal samurai gave librarians shibari lessons...? That's a new one on me.

Shibari originated during Feudal Japan. Back in the day, they didn't have handcuffs, so they used rope. And it was kinda intricate to say the least....
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 24 Feb 2014, 15:09
Squash anyone?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 24 Feb 2014, 15:51
Sport, gourd or juice?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 24 Feb 2014, 16:12
It all depends on the size of the Steamroller.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Zwammy on 24 Feb 2014, 17:21
Kitty city and bonobo cirrus are my favourites.

Kitty City rocks.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 24 Feb 2014, 18:55
RIP Hanners
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 24 Feb 2014, 19:08
Poll borrowed from Mr_Rose.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Rghfrgl on 24 Feb 2014, 19:23
 And that's how Hanners got pregnant.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Yarin on 24 Feb 2014, 19:58
And that's how Hanners got pregnant.

thats hot lol
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 24 Feb 2014, 20:17
And that's how Hanners got pregnant.
When Hanner's dad finds out, he immediately comes down to Earth and kills Marten.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Shjade on 24 Feb 2014, 20:43
Feudal samurai gave librarians shibari lessons...? That's a new one on me.

Shibari originated during Feudal Japan. Back in the day, they didn't have handcuffs, so they used rope. And it was kinda intricate to say the least....
Still not seeing how that relates to Marten's relationship with it in the context we saw him use it in the comic. He wasn't arresting Tai.

I really never expected to see Pintsize giving Martin head. Classiest way Jeph could have done it, though!

Love this post. Love everything about it.
Even the "Martin?" >.>
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: J on 24 Feb 2014, 21:02
And that's how Hanners got pregnant.
When Hanner's dad finds out, he immediately comes down to Earth and kills Marten.
nah, he'd probably do it from orbit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rods_from_god)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 24 Feb 2014, 21:07
Squash anyone?

I don't want to squash anyone.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 24 Feb 2014, 21:11
And that's how Hanners got pregnant.
When Hanner's dad finds out, he immediately comes down to Earth and kills Marten.
nah, he'd probably do it from orbit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rods_from_god)
It's the only way to be sure.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Drunken Old Man on 24 Feb 2014, 21:15
Wow, Hanners seems to be getting more and more of a handle on her OCD.

The above is based on the assumption that tomorrow's strip won't featured her having a delayed-reaction flailing attack.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Fenriswolf on 24 Feb 2014, 21:28
Still not seeing how that relates to Marten's relationship with it in the context we saw him use it in the comic. He wasn't arresting Tai.
Ie: he sees it as routine, not sexy. Not that I agree: IMO if it's something you're likely to be into (BDSM), the bits you learn will pique your interest. If not, it won't. I am very matter of fact and open about sex; I have an academic interest that only interacts with my more personal interest in that I learn things I may or may not want to try this way. :-D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 24 Feb 2014, 21:32
Actually, we kinda have. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=21)
And there's this one (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=965)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: KOK on 24 Feb 2014, 22:03
And that's how Hanners got pregnant.
When Hanner's dad finds out, he immediately comes down to Earth and kills Marten.
nah, he'd probably do it from orbit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rods_from_god)

No doubt (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2468)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Thrillho on 25 Feb 2014, 01:35
So presumably Marigold isn't a virgin, or did a lot of horseriding as a kid.

Even the "Martin?" >.>

I've been on this forum the better part of a decade and I still have no idea why it's such a big deal that people occasionally spell the character names incorrectly.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 25 Feb 2014, 02:05
Well, Garth, it's only to prevent it becoming common and thus irritating!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Fenriswolf on 25 Feb 2014, 02:10
So presumably Marigold isn't a virgin, or did a lot of horseriding as a kid.
Ehhh, not so much. Most western women "break" their hymens well before having pentrative sex, and even if you bleed it's seldom very much. Please bear in mind that the hymen is a membrane that pretty much rings the vaginal opening -to one degree or another- rather than something that mostly covers it. That can happen, but is abnormal and can cause problems. See here (http://"http://sextracurricularstudies.blogspot.co.nz/2013/10/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-ja-x.html):

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Some women are born without a hymen at all[2]. It can tear slightly during penetrative sex, as well as when a woman uses a tampon, rides a horse or a bicycle, masturbates, or bounces on a trampoline[3]. Basically anything athletic has the potential to cause the kind of bleeding popularly associated with first-time sex-havers[4]. Bleeding during sex (even the first time) is actually somewhat unusual, and can be easily avoided through proper lubrication and gentleness.

I'm sure someone will learn something from this - the pictures of hymens are really very illuminating if you feel the need to Google it... not something we're really educated about, and can be very confusing (to people with all genital configurations).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Thrillho on 25 Feb 2014, 02:17
The only time I've been involved in a devirginsation there was a lot of blood, so who knows?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: snubnose on 25 Feb 2014, 02:35
So presumably Marigold isn't a virgin, or did a lot of horseriding as a kid.

Even the "Martin?" >.>

I've been on this forum the better part of a decade and I still have no idea why it's such a big deal that people occasionally spell the character names incorrectly.
I never saw the issue with people writing "I'm a huge fan of Marylin Monroe" either.  :meh:

(In case you dont get it: she's spelled "Marilyn Monroe" and a "huge fan" of somebody should kind of really know how to write that persons name correctly)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Border Reiver on 25 Feb 2014, 03:01
And then Hanners ran off screaming into the night, never to be seen again.


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Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: NilsO on 25 Feb 2014, 06:04
And that's how Hanners got pregnant.
:-D
I am surprised Hanners did not freak out more. Must be on heavy medication. Or is she slowly getting over her phobias?

Next: Marten drops in to get Pintsize fixed. How will Hanners and Marigold react?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 25 Feb 2014, 07:22
... Next: Marten drops in to get Pintsize fixed. How will Hanners and Marigold react?

Depends what you mean by "fixed." Marigold might well be ready, willing and able. Or she might have the number of a robot veterinarian handy.

"Filthy little boob terrorist." -- M. Louise Farmer.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Schmorgluck on 25 Feb 2014, 09:40
Thanks, DSL. I thought of that joke, at least of its core, but I couldn't find a good delivery. Kudos.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 25 Feb 2014, 10:16
Pintsize body parts simply snap back together (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=465).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 25 Feb 2014, 12:49
Hey, it's what friends are for Hanners   :-D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: FunkyTuba on 25 Feb 2014, 16:18
So presumably Marigold isn't a virgin, or did a lot of horseriding as a kid.
Ehhh, not so much. Most western women "break" their hymens well before having pentrative sex [...]
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Some women are born without a hymen at all[2]. It can tear slightly during penetrative sex, as well as when a woman uses a tampon, rides a horse or a bicycle, masturbates

Then there's this (vaguely NSFW: cartoon representation of penetrative devices)  (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1976)

Not necessarily canon, but I doubt Jeph would have used it if it wasn't at least somewhat in line with Marigold's character (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2275), plus, remember all the snogging she and Dale did recently.

She may have been a virgin, but I seriously doubt she's a prude. I think it was the relationship she's been anxious about, not the sex.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Coffee_Kaioken on 25 Feb 2014, 19:35
Of course they're hard to put on! After you've gone for 5 rounds =P
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 25 Feb 2014, 19:40
Daaaaaaaaaang.  :-D

And I really, really don't want to know what the answer is to Hannelore's question, because I have a sneaking suspicion that it's "never".
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 25 Feb 2014, 19:41
You can WASH bedsheets!?

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 25 Feb 2014, 19:43
I think Marigold knows where Hanners Reset Button is, right?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: aliensporebomb on 25 Feb 2014, 19:44
All I can say is "Poor Hanners."
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Fenriswolf on 25 Feb 2014, 20:27
The only time I've been involved in a devirginsation there was a lot of blood, so who knows?
Oo-er, that's a bit freaky! At least from your online persona you seem likely to be good about it.  :-P
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: mustang6172 on 25 Feb 2014, 20:29
I didn't spot the condom wrappers at first so I just assumed Marigold was talking about the sheets.  Those can be tricky too.

/micro-anecdote
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Smallest on 25 Feb 2014, 20:31
I didn't spot the condom wrappers at first so I just assumed Marigold was talking about the sheets.  Those can be tricky too.

/micro-anecdote

That's how I read it too, then I was like 'wait condoms?'
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 25 Feb 2014, 20:37
Jeph's news post could be read, by some hypothetical person determined to misunderstand things for fun, as meaning that Marigold should have practiced putting sheets on a banana.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 25 Feb 2014, 20:39
But I thought EVERYONE know Banana's wear Pajamas!!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Rghfrgl on 25 Feb 2014, 20:45
I think Marigold knows where Hanners Reset Button is, right?

That leads to a infinitely looping bug where each time you reset she freaks out because the first thing she sees is you touching her.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Storel on 25 Feb 2014, 21:01
At least it was only the condom wrappers...

I think Marigold knows where Hanners Reset Button is, right?

That leads to a infinitely looping bug where each time you reset she freaks out because the first thing she sees is you touching her.

You're supposed to use a toothpick, not your finger, according to the same strip where Jeff's post says "It's in her bellybutton." Of course, they could have gotten around the loop issue by putting it on her back, so she couldn't see you touching it.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Srxjo on 25 Feb 2014, 21:20
Jeph's news post could be read, by some hypothetical person determined to misunderstand things for fun, as meaning that Marigold should have practiced putting sheets on a banana.

The bad thing is i didn't see the condom wrappers at first so when i read the news post i first thought "Why would you put a bed sheet on a banana?", then read someone mention in this post about 5 times so i went back to the comic for today and saw them and then it all made sense, so not even trying to misunderstand for fun, it's possible >.<
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Shootz on 25 Feb 2014, 21:50
Is it really a common thing that people have trouble putting them on? I've never heard of that before!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Srxjo on 25 Feb 2014, 21:54
Is it really a common thing that people have trouble putting them on? I've never heard of that before!

Bed sheets or condoms? :P

But in all seriousness I've never heard of someone having problems putting them on unless they was the wrong size and then that would be rare
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 25 Feb 2014, 22:03
Marigold may have been too embarrassed to admit they used all five and made something up to cover for it.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 25 Feb 2014, 22:08
I'm inclined to believe Marigold. I'd go into more detail but this isn't the TMI thread.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Shootz on 25 Feb 2014, 22:21
Marigold may have been too embarrassed to admit they used all five and made something up to cover for it.

Considering they started at breakfast time and Dale had to go into work that morning, I'm skeptical of them being able to go five times!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 25 Feb 2014, 22:25
Ah. Good point, I'd say conclusive.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Shootz on 25 Feb 2014, 22:30
I'm inclined to believe Marigold. I'd go into more detail but this isn't the TMI thread.

You've got me curious :P The only troubles I've ever had was with a too small circumference (which isn't solved by trying again) or trying to put it on upside down (at which point you just flip it over and don't need a new one)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Storel on 25 Feb 2014, 23:26
I suppose you could accidentally rip the condom while attempting to put it on, especially if your fingernails are long and/or jagged. Marigold seems like the sort of person who would probably ignore her nails until they got long enough to start breaking, at which point she might simply rip the rest of the broken nail off instead of trimming it neatly. I've known people like that...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Karilyn on 26 Feb 2014, 00:37
After my extensive posts last week about the subject... YAY DALE AND MARIGOLD USED CONDOMS.  I was worried about them forgetting that, being both virgins and having very impulsive sex.

Also, am I the only person who's confused about why condoms are supposed to be hard to put on?  You just, sit it on his dick like a little dick hat, and then roll it down.  It doesn't seem that hard.  If it doesn't roll immediately without effort, turn it over, then roll.

Hey it's simpler than plugging in a USB cable.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 26 Feb 2014, 00:42
If it doesn't roll immediately without effort, turn it over, then roll.
Argh no please don't do that!
Depending on circumstances, you now have precum which may be mixed with semen on the outer side of the condom, which defeats 90% of the purpose.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: KOK on 26 Feb 2014, 00:46
After my extensive posts last week about the subject... YAY DALE AND MARIGOLD USED CONDOMS.  I was worried about them forgetting that, being both virgins and having very impulsive sex.

Also, am I the only person who's confused about why condoms are supposed to be hard to put on?  You just, sit it on his dick like a little dick hat, and then roll it down.  It doesn't seem that hard.  If it doesn't roll immediately without effort, turn it over, then roll.

Hey it's simpler than plugging in a USB cable.

If so, why are boys advices to practise alone, so that they don't fumble too much the first time with a partner?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Karilyn on 26 Feb 2014, 00:55
If so, why are boys advices to practise alone, so that they don't fumble too much the first time with a partner?
I don't know?  Maybe it's harder to put them on yourself than on a partner?  I haven't struggled to put them on any partners before, but it usually falls to me to do it for them.

Feudal samurai gave librarians shibari lessons...? That's a new one on me.
Shibari originated during Feudal Japan. Back in the day, they didn't have handcuffs, so they used rope. And it was kinda intricate to say the least....
SORT OF.  Not quite.  What you're thinking of is Hojojutsu.  Which was... slightly more dangerous.  The average Hojojutsu tie wraps around the person's neck, and is designed to get tighter if the person struggles or resists; they are essentially slipknots around your neck tied to your limbs.  Fight against the tie, or try and wiggle out, and you will kill yourself from strangulation (Source:  Lord Ramirez).  Which is an excessively dishonorable death.  Shibari is technically a western word for Kinbaku.  Not sure how that happened historically.  Not like Shibari vs Kinbaku matters too much, even if I had the misfortune of sitting through a panel with Lord Ramirez being an excessive weeaboo who makes a huge fucking deal about it.

For what it's worth, the tie that Marten tied in #1302 is a Shibari tie, not a Hojojutsu tie.  I had the pleasure of seeing one of the only western practitioners of Hojojutsu forcibly tie a (consenting) person before, and it's rather scary.  It's easy to see how it was used as a takedown technique, similar to how police nowadays force someone to the ground and handcuff them.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Thrillho on 26 Feb 2014, 01:00
Are you kidding? It's way easier to put it on yourself. Try putting a t-shirt on someone else compared to putting it on yourself.

And yeah, really, DON'T just flip a condom over if you've put it on the wrong way, that's majorly unsafe.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Karilyn on 26 Feb 2014, 01:03
And yeah, really, DON'T just flip a condom over if you've put it on the wrong way, that's majorly unsafe.
That's... a really really good point.  I never thought about that before.  I've never had sex with someone I wasn't willing to fluid bond with.  I've always just used condoms as a contraceptive, not an STD preventative.  I've literally never considered that possibility before.

Now I'm somewhat mortified that I've exercised such poor form, even though it wasn't relevant for my specific needs.

EDIT:  To quote myself last week:  Fuck the grotesque lack of sex ed in some parts of the US.  Fucking abstinence-only sex "education" is fucking horrible.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Thrillho on 26 Feb 2014, 01:14
There is actually even a very minor contraceptive risk as well. You can just get pregnant from pre-cum.

Honestly, these things are mega-unlikely but really not worth the risk. I mean I caught the clap from having protected sex with somebody who had a clean STI test to their name.

Chances are, if you think 'it'll never happen to me!' then it will probably happen to you.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Karilyn on 26 Feb 2014, 01:20
I think we just proved, in under 5 minutes, why sex education is important, and why the giant gaping holes of abstinence only sex ed are dangerous, even if I got lucky so far.  And for a region that has shitty sex education, I've self-taught myself a ton of this shit, and even with a dumb mistake like that, I'm probably in the top 5% of folks who went to school in my region, even though I'd be in the bottom 5% of folks in areas with good sex ed.

The difference is that disparaging.  Argh.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: NilsO on 26 Feb 2014, 01:26
Marigold may have been too embarrassed to admit they used all five and made something up to cover for it.
Considering they started at breakfast time and Dale had to go into work that morning, I'm skeptical of them being able to go five times!
If they fumbled that much, I guess the embarassment would overcome the sexual desire. Either Dale has impressive stamina, or Marigold has done some practice runs on a dildo or banana, just to be prepared. The bed sheets obviously have not been changed very often.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 26 Feb 2014, 01:34
Marigold might have had her determined streak going.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: K1dmor on 26 Feb 2014, 01:44
Also, am I the only person who's confused about why condoms are supposed to be hard to put on?  You just, sit it on his dick like a little dick hat, and then roll it down.
(http://i.imgur.com/mUkii84.png)

It doesn't seem that hard.
Well, it should. That way would be easier.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Karilyn on 26 Feb 2014, 01:48
I like to think of them as those little conical straw Asian hats.

Your dick is now cosplaying as Raiden.  But you won't be zapping me with lightning any time soon, as I am going to cover you in rubber before you can.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: KOK on 26 Feb 2014, 02:09
If so, why are boys advices to practise alone, so that they don't fumble too much the first time with a partner?
I don't know?  Maybe it's harder to put them on yourself than on a partner?  I haven't struggled to put them on any partners before, but it usually falls to me to do it for them.

So as not to fumble too much putting it on themselves when they are with a partner.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Schmorgluck on 26 Feb 2014, 03:05
Your dick is now cosplaying as Raiden.  But you won't be zapping me with lightning any time soon, as I am going to cover you in rubber before you can.
*cracks a joke about lightning rods*

What I'm wondering is where they got the condoms. My best theory is they got them from Angus' reserve.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: NilsO on 26 Feb 2014, 03:18
Hey it's simpler than plugging in a USB cable.
I always fumble with USB cables :grumpypuss:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 26 Feb 2014, 03:21
Dale seems like a kind of gentleman who would appear to a date suitably prepared to suit up.
Or maybe Marigold bought them.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: snubnose on 26 Feb 2014, 04:25
Todays comic is awesome LOLz. :D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: hakko504 on 26 Feb 2014, 04:31
Hey it's simpler than plugging in a USB cable.
I always fumble with USB cables :grumpypuss:
Well the proper procedure for inserting an USB cable is a 3 step process:
1. Try it one way up first. Realise that it doesn't fit.
2. Turn it upside down, and try again. Still doesn't fit.
3. Turn it back to the original position and try again. Now it fits!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: snubnose on 26 Feb 2014, 04:38
Is it really a common thing that people have trouble putting them on? I've never heard of that before!
Bed sheets or condoms? :P
Well ... those are both pretty tricky, actually.



I'm inclined to believe Marigold. I'd go into more detail but this isn't the TMI thread.
TMI BOMBARDEMENT FROM SPACE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Hey it's simpler than plugging in a USB cable.
I always fumble with USB cables :grumpypuss:
Well the proper procedure for inserting an USB cable is a 3 step process:
1. Try it one way up first. Realise that it doesn't fit.
2. Turn it upside down, and try again. Still doesn't fit.
3. Turn it back to the original position and try again. Now it fits!
Yes, USB cables are proof that space has at least four dimensions.

Thus this way of insertion is the correct and only way for connecting USB.  :meh:

http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2388

Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: aphanisis81 on 26 Feb 2014, 05:23
I know that way back when Faye and Sven first slept together, Jeph spent a few strips teasing/trolling readers who thought that a Faye pregnancy scare would be a good storyline. And good for him for dismissing such an obvious and overly-dramatic source of drama.

However...

Look at the way Marigold is carrying the sheets in panel 1. Does that not look like a dark blue maternity dress covering a baby bump?

FORESHADOWING!!!!!

Now, my wife is 5 months pregnant, so it might just be that I'm projecting big time. But I'm calling it right now, albeit 100-1 odds against, Marigold's knocked up.

Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: NilsO on 26 Feb 2014, 06:42
But I'm calling it right now, albeit 100-1 odds against, Marigold's knocked up.
If anybody is getting pregnant, it is Hanners (from sitting on the soiled bedsheets). It would be the ultimate immaculate conception (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immaculate_Conception). I suspect it does not fit in the storyline, but it would be fun to see Hanners try to cope with diapers, pooping, and vomiting.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 26 Feb 2014, 07:29
Jeph already did a short arc about a Hannelore pregnancy scare. Can't find it in the archives at the moment, but I'm sure somebody here can post a link to it.

And that's probably as close to a pregnancy arc as we'll ever see in QC. Jeph categorically ruled out any babies in his comic (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2354).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: aphanisis81 on 26 Feb 2014, 07:32
Jeph already did a short arc about a Hannelore pregnancy scare. Can't find it in the archives at the moment, but I'm sure somebody here can post a link to it.

And that's probably as close to a pregnancy arc as we'll ever see in QC. Jeph categorically ruled out any babies in his comic (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2354).

Right, but wasn't the Hanners pregnancy scare the trolling I mentioned above? Which is to say, it wasn't really a pregnancy scare, it was Jeph fucking with us and Hanners being Hanners. I don't think Marigold and Dale will actually have a baby; I was just predicting some sort of fallout or anxiety to that effect. And again, this is all because, at a glance, Marigold in panel one totally looks pregnant.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: celticgeek on 26 Feb 2014, 07:43
Well the proper procedure for inserting an USB cable is a 3 step process:
1. Try it one way up first. Realise that it doesn't fit.
2. Turn it upside down, and try again. Still doesn't fit.
3. Turn it back to the original position and try again. Now it fits!

I recall a little joke about 5 1/2 inch floppy disks (don't give me any crap, I'm old):  "There are 8 ways to insert a floppy disk (more if you fold them).  Only one way works."
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 26 Feb 2014, 07:59
I recall a little joke about 5 1/2 inch floppy disks (don't give me any crap, I'm old)

It was easier to fold the original 8" floppies (and correspondingly harder to avoid kinking them).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: lot_jockey on 26 Feb 2014, 08:39
Jeph already did a short arc about a Hannelore pregnancy scare. Can't find it in the archives at the moment, but I'm sure somebody here can post a link to it.

And that's probably as close to a pregnancy arc as we'll ever see in QC. Jeph categorically ruled out any babies in his comic (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2354).

That is not categorical evidence. Faye says, "Maybe someday." That being said, I don't think Jeph would ever do a pregnancy arc. Way too stereotypical.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: NilsO on 26 Feb 2014, 08:49
Read Jeph's comment below the comic. That's where he categorically says he will not have babies in his comics. Of course, he has every right to change his mind.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: aphanisis81 on 26 Feb 2014, 08:57
Read Jeph's comment below the comic. That's where he categorically says he will not have babies in his comics. Of course, he has every right to change his mind.

Obviously there's a big difference between a baby and a 13 y/o, but the introduction of Sam as a semi-regular character was pretty jarring. I mean, she serves a very specific function - either comic relief in a situation of otherwise-nigh-unbearable awkwardness, as in the hiking arc, or to show the stark difference in attitude toward children exhibited by Faye and Dora - but it was still weird to see anyone younger than college age playing a real role in the strip.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: NilsO on 26 Feb 2014, 08:58
I recall a little joke about 5 1/2 inch floppy disks (don't give me any crap, I'm old):  "There are 8 ways to insert a floppy disk (more if you fold them).  Only one way works."
I remember a PC model with 2 floppy drives. In the bottom drive, the floppy had to be inserted upside down  :parrot:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Asterus on 26 Feb 2014, 09:05
So I'm half awake and near-sighted without my glasses eight now. As a result, I didn't actually see the condom wrappers my first time through and thought Marigold couldn't remember the last time she changed her sheets. The end product of that is that I got to enjoy the comic twice ^.^
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Nepiophage on 26 Feb 2014, 09:42
It's very hard to put one on if you unroll it first  :-\
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 26 Feb 2014, 09:56
Jeph already did a short arc about a Hannelore pregnancy scare. Can't find it in the archives at the moment, but I'm sure somebody here can post a link to it.

And that's probably as close to a pregnancy arc as we'll ever see in QC. Jeph categorically ruled out any babies in his comic (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2354).

That is not categorical evidence. Faye says, "Maybe someday." That being said, I don't think Jeph would ever do a pregnancy arc. Way too stereotypical.

Quote from: Jeph's newspost at the bottom of comic #2354
no babies in my comic

no babies

Looks pretty categorical to me.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: NilsO on 26 Feb 2014, 10:18
It's very hard to put one on if you unroll it first  :-\
Daaaang, that would be a typical newbie error, and also a very probable explanation in this case. I would assume Dale must have hurt a lot, before they finally got it right :mrgreen:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: lot_jockey on 26 Feb 2014, 11:11
Jeph already did a short arc about a Hannelore pregnancy scare. Can't find it in the archives at the moment, but I'm sure somebody here can post a link to it.

And that's probably as close to a pregnancy arc as we'll ever see in QC. Jeph categorically ruled out any babies in his comic (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2354).

That is not categorical evidence. Faye says, "Maybe someday." That being said, I don't think Jeph would ever do a pregnancy arc. Way too stereotypical.

Quote from: Jeph's newspost at the bottom of comic #2354
no babies in my comic

no babies

Looks pretty categorical to me.

Ah, for some reason, I don't get the newsposts on the bottom of the archives in my current browser. My apologies (also, does anyone know how to fix that?). However, I also remember Jeph saying that there would never be a wedding in the comic, and look how that turned out.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 26 Feb 2014, 11:14
I view those posts merely as his thoughts, not as actual canon (and certainly not as spoilers).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: marsman57 on 26 Feb 2014, 12:17
Ah, for some reason, I don't get the newsposts on the bottom of the archives in my current browser. My apologies (also, does anyone know how to fix that?).

I have noticed they do not show up in Internet Explorer. You could define a custom CSS file that took care of this I imagine. It might be more trouble than it is worth though.

http://webdesign.about.com/od/css/ht/htcssuseriewin.htm
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 26 Feb 2014, 12:39


Quote from: Jeph's newspost at the bottom of comic #2354
no babies in my comic

no babies

ZPG in the QC world then.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 26 Feb 2014, 12:41
Clones? Although for ZPG there'd have to be no death as well.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 26 Feb 2014, 13:17
Simple. Everybody downloads into an AnthroPC body, and they all become immortal.

Of course, anyone who's ever watched Doctor Who knows the drawbacks of that.
(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 26 Feb 2014, 13:24
Or Marigold's hope chest.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 26 Feb 2014, 13:42
Methuselahs Children?


That leaves the question of when Jeph adds Woodrow Wilson Smith to the cast.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Mr_Rose on 26 Feb 2014, 14:50
Simple. Everybody downloads into an AnthroPC body, and they all become immortal.

Of course, anyone who's ever watched Doctor Who knows the drawbacks of that.
(click to show/hide)

Oi! Those aren't uploads; they're brains in robotic jars. And they're reprogrammed/lobotomised to serve the higher cyberman command structure. That's, like, the opposite of awesome.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Zwammy on 26 Feb 2014, 15:26
But I thought EVERYONE know Banana's wear Pajamas!!

Oh, cheese and whiskers!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Zwammy on 26 Feb 2014, 15:29
What I'm wondering is where they got the condoms. My best theory is they got them from Angus' reserve.

No way - after how fast she moved with Science Guy on the station, she probably had a bucket of them for the date with Dale. Dale may have had a fused four-year-old one in his wallet, but you can bet Marigold was prepared.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Schmorgluck on 26 Feb 2014, 16:40
Well, another theory I have is that Momo maintains a reserve of those for Marigold. In that case, the conversation in which Momo told Marigold about it is hilarous to imagine.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Shootz on 26 Feb 2014, 16:44
I don't know about you guys but I always make sure I have at least one with me whenever I go on a date, to a party/event/function or whatever. Better to have and not need than need and not have right?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: SomeCanadianWeirdo on 26 Feb 2014, 20:51
Marten should know better than to touch anything in Pintsize's prop collection.  He doesn't know where it's been.  Of course you could also say the same thing about touching Pintsize.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: NilsO on 26 Feb 2014, 21:13
Pintsize is a dickhead :-D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Jazzmaster on 26 Feb 2014, 21:25
Pintsize is a dickhead :-D

NICE.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 26 Feb 2014, 22:01
Yes, very nice. Almost like he read the title :roll:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: cesariojpn on 26 Feb 2014, 22:06
And that's probably as close to a pregnancy arc as we'll ever see in QC. Jeph categorically ruled out any babies in his comic (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2354).

He obviously forgot about this. (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1828)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 26 Feb 2014, 22:18
Jeph already did a short arc about a Hannelore pregnancy scare. Can't find it in the archives at the moment, but I'm sure somebody here can post a link to it.

And that's probably as close to a pregnancy arc as we'll ever see in QC. Jeph categorically ruled out any babies in his comic (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2354).

http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1119 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1119)


(Fixed the link - Method)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: snubnose on 26 Feb 2014, 23:39
[...] And again, this is all because, at a glance, Marigold in panel one totally looks pregnant.
Just for the record, it usually takes longer for a pregnancy to turn visible. :meh:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: NilsO on 27 Feb 2014, 00:30
Other pregnancy references:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Shjade on 27 Feb 2014, 01:05
[...] And again, this is all because, at a glance, Marigold in panel one totally looks pregnant.
Just for the record, it usually takes longer for a pregnancy to turn visible. :meh:
Clearly Marigold is a speedrunner. Sequence-breaking pregnancy is where it's at.

(No not really, jeez.)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: aphanisis81 on 27 Feb 2014, 03:09
[...] And again, this is all because, at a glance, Marigold in panel one totally looks pregnant.
Just for the record, it usually takes longer for a pregnancy to turn visible. :meh:

Well yeah, and the fact that she LOOKS pregnant turns out to be because she's holding a sheet, not because she literally IS pregnant. That's why I called it foreshadowing.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Schmorgluck on 27 Feb 2014, 03:52
Looks like Marten keeps living up to his last name.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 27 Feb 2014, 05:13
Marten should know better than to touch anything in Pintsize's prop collection.  He doesn't know where it's been.  Of course you could also say the same thing about touching Pintsize.

In the case of Pintsize, knowing where he's been may be scarier than not knowing where he's been.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Neko_Ali on 27 Feb 2014, 06:06
I don't know about 'scarier'. Perhaps 'legally culpable' or 'accessory after the fact'.... In either case, ignorance is probably bliss...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: NilsO on 27 Feb 2014, 06:38
In the case of Pintsize, knowing where he's been may be scarier than not knowing where he's been.
There are at least two aspects here:
Geographically, he isn't around much. Mostly because of his own physical limitations, but also because no-one dare to take him anywhere. He has been to Mexico by himself (here (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=571) and here (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2103)), and he has also managed to get down to CoD (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2574) by himself. Otherwise, he mostly stays inside the apartment building.

Anatomically, it is another matter. All of it perverted and disgusting. He is interested in all things anal, and is on a quest to find all pornography on the internet (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2331). He also has a collection of porn accessories, as revealed in today's strip.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 27 Feb 2014, 11:00
QC Visual Aids


Guaranteed to get the point across.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 27 Feb 2014, 11:13
Revealed? Dude had a fleshlight at around 1805.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 27 Feb 2014, 11:52
Looks like Marten keeps living up to his last name.

A slender Reed?

Reeds make music. I wonder if Jeph did that deliberately.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Rghfrgl on 27 Feb 2014, 12:12
 Jeph was saying he was drawing Hanners skinnier. And now Faye looks even curvier than usual.

 I think she stole her curves.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 27 Feb 2014, 13:50
Looks like Marten keeps living up to his last name.

A slender Reed?

Reeds make music. I wonder if Jeph did that deliberately.

I took it as reed-like, as in bending with the wind. Among the forumoids who thought the same, he was/is seen as either resilient or spineless, depending on the forumoid.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 27 Feb 2014, 17:19
"Slender reed" implies weakness.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Schmorgluck on 27 Feb 2014, 17:54
I was more on the "flexes but doesn't break" line myself.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 27 Feb 2014, 21:13
The Boss has said that he had regretted naming the webcomic as such years ago. I bet if he could go back to 2003, he'd tell his past self to call it something different.

Of course, somethingdifferent.com might have been taken as domain name already back then...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 27 Feb 2014, 21:21
Why does he regret this?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Perfectly Reasonable on 27 Feb 2014, 21:23
"A Different Kind of Stupid".
That's what I'll call -my- webcomic.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 27 Feb 2014, 21:34
Why does he regret this?
For situations such as what is portrayed in today's "filler" comic.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 27 Feb 2014, 22:04
Fun with Banks

Heal quickly and well Jeph.  :)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: mustang6172 on 27 Feb 2014, 22:22
Jeph is always having minor surgery.  It's time to show some commitment and have major surgery.

Go big or go home!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: cesariojpn on 27 Feb 2014, 23:01
Drugs? If I was in that banker's shoes, I'd be asking "Is this some sort of Porn site?"
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: cpflux on 27 Feb 2014, 23:13
Jeph is always having minor surgery.  It's time to show some commitment and have major surgery.

Go big or go home!

Jeph just needs to scale it up and change his tune.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Near Lurker on 27 Feb 2014, 23:14
Banks don't mind porn sites, though.

I kind of think that, with all the semi-legal dispensaries popping up (just now coming down the Pike to Assychussetts!), which, because of the ambiguity of the business under federal law, banks still want nothing to do with, this is likely to be at least for some banks a standard question, like when the post office clerk asks you "does this contain anything explosive, toxic, etc., whatever?"
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 28 Feb 2014, 01:00
Jeph is always having minor surgery.  It's time to show some commitment and have major surgery.

Go big or go home!

"Heart surgery" means surgery on a heart, "lung surgery" means surgery on a lung, "knee surgery" means surgery on a knee, so obviously "minor surgery" means surgery on a minor.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Storel on 28 Feb 2014, 01:05
Jeph is always having minor surgery.  It's time to show some commitment and have major surgery.

Go big or go home!

"Heart surgery" means surgery on a heart, "lung surgery" means surgery on a lung, "knee surgery" means surgery on a knee, so obviously "minor surgery" means surgery on a minor.

Along the same line of logic, I've been saying for many years now that since corn oil is made from corn, peanut oil is made from peanuts, and olive oil is made from olives, clearly baby oil is made from babies.

And let's not even get started on bicycle oil... (How the hell do they extract it??)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: KOK on 28 Feb 2014, 01:45
Looks like Marten keeps living up to his last name.

A slender Reed?

Reeds make music. I wonder if Jeph did that deliberately.

He did play a reed instrument at his first concert.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 28 Feb 2014, 04:37
See, Jeph, this is why you name the business side of things something innocuous like "Jacques Productions" or "QC Productions". Even "Pintsize Productions" sounds clean to somebody who doesn't read the comic.

Along the same line of logic, I've been saying for many years now that since corn oil is made from corn, peanut oil is made from peanuts, and olive oil is made from olives, clearly baby oil is made from babies.

And let's not even get started on bicycle oil... (How the hell do they extract it??)

Girl Scout Cookies. Are they made from real Girl Scouts?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 28 Feb 2014, 04:56
Banks don't mind porn sites, though.

I kind of think that, with all the semi-legal dispensaries popping up (just now coming down the Pike to Assychussetts!), which, because of the ambiguity of the business under federal law, banks still want nothing to do with, this is likely to be at least for some banks a standard question, like when the post office clerk asks you "does this contain anything explosive, toxic, etc., whatever?"

Actually the DOJ just issued guidance giving banks the greenlight to deal with legal pot dispensaries.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Y on 28 Feb 2014, 07:53
Drugs? If I was in that banker's shoes, I'd be asking "Is this some sort of Porn site?"

Apparently my AV(Nod32) thought the same about this site and put it on the anti-phishing blacklist since yesterday.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Nepiophage on 28 Feb 2014, 09:00

Girl Scout Cookies. Are they made from real Girl Scouts?

They should be, but the cheaper ones are made from undocumented immigrants.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: St.Clair on 28 Feb 2014, 10:39
Homines est!  Dici, dici omnes!  Soylens viridis homines est!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Storel on 28 Feb 2014, 10:42
Along the same line of logic, I've been saying for many years now that since corn oil is made from corn, peanut oil is made from peanuts, and olive oil is made from olives, clearly baby oil is made from babies.

And let's not even get started on bicycle oil... (How the hell do they extract it??)

Girl Scout Cookies. Are they made from real Girl Scouts?

Ah, yes, the classics. Thank you, Wednesday Addams.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Pilchard123 on 28 Feb 2014, 11:01
Homines est!  Dici, dici omnes!  Soylens viridis homines est!

It is humans! I say, I say, everybody (all?)! Green soylent is humans!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 28 Feb 2014, 11:03
So that's what happened to the ancient Romans.  :roll:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: FunkyTuba on 28 Feb 2014, 11:08
yes, and be careful of Squirrel Gout Cookies
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: KOK on 28 Feb 2014, 12:05
As Piet Hein said:

"Those people who complain that there is no dog in dog treats and no girl scout in the girl scout cookies, are they the least bit pleased when for once there is sand in the sand cake?"
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 28 Feb 2014, 14:07
Apparently my AV(Nod32) thought the same about this site and put it on the anti-phishing blacklist since yesterday.

I also use NOD32; I notified both Eset and Jeph this morning [GMT] (I'm presuming it was an advert that triggered it, as has happened with other warnings in the past).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Near Lurker on 28 Feb 2014, 14:08
It is humans! I say, I say, everybody (all?)! Green soylent is humans!

Not "I say."  "Dici" is singular imperative - pretty sure it's supposed to be "tell [them], tell everybody" (original quote - "you've got to tell them... you tell everybody") but that doesn't quite work, since "tell everybody" would be "dici omnibus" - the closest thing to a meaning for "dici omnes" would be something like "recite the roster," I think.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Storel on 28 Feb 2014, 14:12
As Piet Hein said:

"Those people who complain that there is no dog in dog treats and no girl scout in the girl scout cookies, are they the least bit pleased when for once there is sand in the sand cake?"

I don't know what a sand cake is, but I approve of this sentiment anyway.  :lol:

When/how did he say that, btw? I've never heard of anything Piet Hein's written besides his Grooks books, and that doesn't sound like a grook.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: hedgie on 28 Feb 2014, 14:24
Apparently my AV(Nod32) thought the same about this site and put it on the anti-phishing blacklist since yesterday.

I also use NOD32; I notified both Eset and Jeph this morning [GMT] (I'm presuming it was an advert that triggered it, as has happened with other warnings in the past).
I don't use AV, since I don't need one, but I *have* had adverts on QC (through Google, not the Project Wonderful ones) that tried to download stuff onto my computer.  At this point, just so I don't need to hit "cancel", I only whitelist the PW ones on my ad blocker.  Right now I'm wondering A: how much to send Jeph each month so he gets fair pay from me for his work.  and B: Whether to do it through Flattr or buying stuff.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 28 Feb 2014, 14:33
I don't use AV, since I don't need one,

I'd be interested to hear your justification of this, especially in the light of:

Quote
but I *have* had adverts on QC [...] that tried to download stuff onto my computer.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 28 Feb 2014, 14:34
What I want to know is why the bank teller looks like Little Orphan Annie.

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Rghfrgl on 28 Feb 2014, 18:06
 It's clearly Spike Spiegel.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: cesariojpn on 28 Feb 2014, 20:40

Girl Scout Cookies. Are they made from real Girl Scouts?

They should be, but the cheaper ones are made from undocumented immigrants.

Likewise, is Milano cookies made from Alyssa Milano?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 28 Feb 2014, 20:46
Don't be silly. Alyssa Milano is made from Milano cookies.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: KOK on 28 Feb 2014, 23:28
As Piet Hein said:

"Those people who complain that there is no dog in dog treats and no girl scout in the girl scout cookies, are they the least bit pleased when for once there is sand in the sand cake?"

I don't know what a sand cake is, but I approve of this sentiment anyway.  :lol:

When/how did he say that, btw? I've never heard of anything Piet Hein's written besides his Grooks books, and that doesn't sound like a grook.

I do not know when. But he also wrote prose grooks, like this one. And several other things.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Near Lurker on 01 Mar 2014, 00:39
What I want to know is why the bank teller looks like Little Orphan Annie.

Daddy Warbucks decided she had to learn responsibility.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: ZoeB on 01 Mar 2014, 04:43
Along the same line of logic, I've been saying for many years now that since corn oil is made from corn, peanut oil is made from peanuts, and olive oil is made from olives, clearly baby oil is made from babies.
Yes, but after the hot-press, the residue mass is freeze-dried, ground and made into baby powder.

(http://cs.nga.gov.au/IMAGES/400/63923.jpg)

From the same artist:

(http://www.sturmsoft.com/Writing/Images/leunig18.jpg)

(http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2006/11/10/leunig_wideweb__470x286,0.jpg)

Title: Re: WCDT: 2646-2650 (Feb 24 - 28 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Storel on 01 Mar 2014, 18:13
When/how did he say that, btw? I've never heard of anything Piet Hein's written besides his Grooks books, and that doesn't sound like a grook.

I do not know when. But he also wrote prose grooks, like this one. And several other things.

Aha, okay, I'd totally forgotten there were prose grooks. Guess I need to find some of those books again; it's been a long time. The only grook I can even remember at this point is this one (phrasing may be imperfect because it's been decades since the last time I read it):

Quote from: Piet Hein
Relativity*

To wear a shirt that's relatively clean
You needn't ever launder off the dirt
As long as you've two shirts to choose between
And always change into the cleaner shirt.

__________
* A grook with no reference whatsoever to the two-party system.

The first time I read this, I thought it was about bachelor life... until I noticed the footnote.  8-)