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Title: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 23 Mar 2014, 11:46
Another week, another Pole
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 23 Mar 2014, 11:49
Gary the vermouth pterodactyl, Gary the world-ruling AI, or Gary the Gordon alter-ego?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 23 Mar 2014, 11:55
The first one.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 23 Mar 2014, 12:12
All power to the great AI Gary!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Pilchard123 on 23 Mar 2014, 12:36
How do we know they aren't all the same? We know AI consciousnesses can transfer bodies, so...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 23 Mar 2014, 12:39
So then the scientists studying the emergent AI Gary would get to know him better if they got smashed on vermouth?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 23 Mar 2014, 14:20
They should try!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Case on 23 Mar 2014, 14:21
So then the scientists studying the emergent AI Gary would get to know him better if they got smashed on vermouth?
Why not? As long as they offer the emergent AI an alcoholic beverage (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2085), too?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 23 Mar 2014, 20:09
I get the feeling that Marten is going to do something he'll regret...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Schmee on 23 Mar 2014, 20:16
I see great promise for the captions thread here.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Coffee_Kaioken on 23 Mar 2014, 20:21
I think this is the most animated I've seen Marten so far. Jeph really did a great job with the energy there. (omg his face in the last panel)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 23 Mar 2014, 20:23
Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang, Marten.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: WAYF on 23 Mar 2014, 20:38
Panel 3 for next week's caption competition. Make it happen.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: SomeCanadianWeirdo on 23 Mar 2014, 20:38
This is a different drunk Marten than we've seen before.  He's generally been a quiet, mellow, friendly drunk, not the loud, angsty one we're seeing here.  It's also interesting that Angus apparently isn't drunk.  Does that mean he's drank less, or does he hold his liquor somewhat better than Marten does?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: mustang6172 on 23 Mar 2014, 20:39
Marten's real PROBLEM is emphasizing random WORDS.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 23 Mar 2014, 20:42
Angus invokes the strip 716 rule.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Srxjo on 23 Mar 2014, 21:51
How do we know they aren't all the same? We know AI consciousnesses can transfer bodies, so...

My first thought at reading this was a AI jumping back and forth between billions of bodies, controlling them all seamlessly, all with different personalities, and then i thought that must be one lonely as hell AI...

But on the comic i can see this week turning out really bad for Marten, lets just hope that he doesn't meet Faye while he's still drunk, otherwise he has a chance to be knocked out once again
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 23 Mar 2014, 22:25
In his current mood Delilah might be worse.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: techkid on 24 Mar 2014, 00:05
In terms of drunken talks, Marten's done worse (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1818). Hopefully he doesn't do something equally stupid.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Srxjo on 24 Mar 2014, 00:11
The reason why i said lets hope he doesn't meet Faye when still drunk and he's not yet sober so there is still a chance for him to top himself
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: NilsO on 24 Mar 2014, 02:21
This is a different drunk Marten than we've seen before.  He's generally been a quiet, mellow, friendly drunk, not the loud, angsty one we're seeing here.  It's also interesting that Angus apparently isn't drunk.  Does that mean he's drank less, or does he hold his liquor somewhat better than Marten does?
Well, Angus has an audition in NYC tomorrow, so I guess he is trying not to drink too much. Besides, his goal was to get some advice from Marten, not to get drunk himself.

As for Marten, he has gone into self-pity mode. Being drunk has a tendency to reveal things hidden when sober. Marten is not happy with his life. He wants a more meaningful life, and he wants a girlfriend. The question is how. Will he be able to make changes by himself, or can his friends be of any help?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Mlle Germain on 24 Mar 2014, 02:44
Geez, Marten...
I think the only time we've really seen him unpleasantly drunk was after the breakup, as linked above. I really hope Steve and Angus will stop him if he gets the sudden urge to radically change his life while drunk - that can only end badly.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Thrillho on 24 Mar 2014, 03:15
Drunk people are, sadly, frequent assholes.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Storel on 24 Mar 2014, 03:25
Drunk people are, sadly, frequent assholes.
Drunk people are frequently sad assholes, too.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Thrillho on 24 Mar 2014, 03:34
Sadholes if you will.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: NilsO on 24 Mar 2014, 04:11
(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Game and Watch Forever on 24 Mar 2014, 05:00
"I love you, man"? Wonder if Steve's that drunk... if so, next comic may just be four panels of hugging and alternating declarations of love...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Schwungrad on 24 Mar 2014, 08:00
"I love you, man"? Wonder if Steve's that drunk... if so, next comic may just be four panels of hugging and alternating declarations of love...
Dude we have talked about this! (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2321)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: FunkyTuba on 24 Mar 2014, 08:28
Additional poll option: Unpleasant Truths at the Horrible Revelation
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 24 Mar 2014, 08:51
Regarding one of the poll options: It occurs to me that Momo shouldn't actually need to buy earplugs. At a minimum, she should be able to mute her ear-microphones. A more sophisticated option would be to configure an intelligent filter in her auditory processor that selectively mutes any Dale-and-Marigold noises but that allows other sounds to pass through.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 24 Mar 2014, 10:43
What Now?


Sven ...... 19 (25%)
Wil and Jimbo form a Poetry Circle ...... 8 (10.5%)
Delilah arrives - Awkwardness ensues ...... 6 (7.9%)
Awkward Zone defeated - with fancy garb ...... 7 (9.2%)
Dale and Marigold ...... 7 (9.2%)
Momo buys Earplugs ...... 8 (10.5%)
Gary The Vermouth Pterodacty arrives ...... 7 (9.2%)
Something unexpected (or not) ...... 9 (11.8%)
Beer flavored Waffles (Spathe Ham optional) ...... 3 (3.9%)
Purple Monkey Dishwasher ...... 2 (2.6%)

Reset Poll since I added a couple of extra Options
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: epierce001 on 24 Mar 2014, 12:23
Comic #2666?   :evil:

This is starting to get awkward.  Better have those fancy awkwardness-defeating outfits ready.

Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Somnus Eternus on 24 Mar 2014, 16:00
Jumping from Friday to Monday, all I could think was, "Well, that escalated quickly."

Marten, man, you need to learn to hold your liquor...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Welu on 24 Mar 2014, 16:03
Hey, how well would you hold your booze after a weekend of drinking?  :-P
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Thrillho on 24 Mar 2014, 16:16
With how slowly time passes in QC I think a weekend of drinking would kill a rhino.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 24 Mar 2014, 16:19
His life on the veldt
Cut short by cruel Jim Beam
Poor rhinoceros.  (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=182)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 24 Mar 2014, 16:32
Damn it, Faye, I know you're drunk but "cruel" is one syllable. According to "how many syllables" it's two, but who the fuck says "croo-el"? It rhymes with "rule"!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Zwammy on 24 Mar 2014, 16:33
What a smashed Marten
Trolling friends with drunk bro love
His morning will suck
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: aliensporebomb on 24 Mar 2014, 16:37
Even though there are options that will progress the story better, I can't help clicking on the ones that would cause a 60 car pileup on the interstate.  I'm sorry.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 24 Mar 2014, 20:38
Maybe Wil will be inspired to try some more lucrative kind of writing?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: mustang6172 on 24 Mar 2014, 20:50
Damn it, Jimbo!  You ruined our conspiracy.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Jimor on 24 Mar 2014, 23:43
Whenever I feel the need to troll poets, I point out that the highest paid poet in history (by some measures at least, Jimbo points out who is probably the real winner if you can get Dr. Seuss' credentials past the Real Poetry Cabal) is Jewel because some NY publishing executive probably high on crack decided it would be a good idea to pay her a multi-million-dollar advance on her first book of poetry.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: KOK on 24 Mar 2014, 23:58
So Jeph has fallen into the same trap as I.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: KOK on 25 Mar 2014, 00:12
It seems that draft beer comes in tennis and skull brands.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Nepiophage on 25 Mar 2014, 00:38
Damn it, Faye, I know you're drunk but "cruel" is one syllable. According to "how many syllables" it's two, but who the fuck says "croo-el"? It rhymes with "rule"!
I do. I pronounce "quiet" as two syllables as well. And yes, I am a native English speaker.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: NilsO on 25 Mar 2014, 01:29
Maybe Wil will be inspired to try some more lucrative kind of writing?
Well, Jimbo is a highly successful writer (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=180), but only because he writes utter trash. He might give Wil a few ideas on how to make a living from being an author, but somehow I feel Wil will not be able to write anything that people want to buy. Besides, Wil appears to be happy with his current job, and he probably has realized that being a poet is no way to make a living.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Sidhekin on 25 Mar 2014, 01:59
"highly successful ... because he writes utter trash" ... we need Sven in this mix.  Would he hit it off with Jimbo right away, or would they be natural rivals?  Either could be nothing less than entertaining.

But Wil's artistic integrity will likely refuse the gimp suit, even with both those glorious role models pointing out its fruitfulness.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 25 Mar 2014, 02:38
I pronounce cruel and quiet as two syllables. I can imagine a one-syllable cruel, but how do you say quiet as one syllable?!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Thrillho on 25 Mar 2014, 03:58
Yeah I don't get that either. It's quiet, not quite.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 25 Mar 2014, 04:01
So Jeph has fallen into the same trap as I.

Yep. Damn you Randall Munroe! I'd never have known about that game if you hadn't brought it up!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 25 Mar 2014, 04:43
Ah, you are talking about 2048.
As I am surrounded by comp-sci students, I got word of it a few days ago. So far, I have been successfully resisiting the urge to play it.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: techkid on 25 Mar 2014, 05:04
I had to see what all the 2048 hubbub was about...

But now I really need to get some sleep. Curse your complex simplicity!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 25 Mar 2014, 05:09
Yeah I don't get that either. It's quiet, not quite.

Quaht.

Seriously, you know perfectly well that in poetry or singing, syllables with multiple vowels like that are often elided (in the past, even those with consonants - in the music of Byrd and Tallis for instance, the word "spirit" is set as a single syllable, like "sprite", though not so spelt).

2048...  Yes, quite!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 25 Mar 2014, 05:10
I found about it before xkcd, but didn't share it because I wanted to beat it first. I still haven't got past 512 >_>
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Mlle Germain on 25 Mar 2014, 05:12
After reading about the game in this thread, I just got up to 256 and now I've managed to stop playing. As if wasting time on the internet hadn't been easy enough already...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 25 Mar 2014, 05:13
Eh, it's a good way to kill time on the train to/from work.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: KOK on 25 Mar 2014, 07:08
So Jeph has fallen into the same trap as I.

Yep. Damn you Randall Munroe! I'd never have known about that game if you hadn't brought it up!

Me too. I wonder how many players that strip has provided for the site.

I've made it to 1024 twice, BTW.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 25 Mar 2014, 07:30
I haven't used the site in a while, I found a free app on the Play Store.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: FunkyTuba on 25 Mar 2014, 07:46
I got to the point where I had two 1024's with a 16 in between them and decided that was good enough.







Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 25 Mar 2014, 09:50
Wait, you lost with that or you just stopped playing?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Thrudd on 25 Mar 2014, 10:50
I seem to be late to the party this week.
I saw that game pop up on imgur and went, NOPE, wont touch this.

As for putting Poetry into a lucrative commercial endeavour, all I can think of is advertising with its jingles and sound bites or song lyrics.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Mlle Germain on 25 Mar 2014, 11:33
Ah, we're still on 2048. I'd advise anyone who values their time to stay away from it.
I've found a good tactic and have gotten to 2048 twice now - although I will freely admit that I used a version where you can go back if you make a mistake.
Now that I've managed to do it, I'll (hopefully) stop for good.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: ankhtahr on 25 Mar 2014, 11:36
A friend of mine is working on finishing 4096. I spent a lot of time with various variations of the game. My favourites so far are Doge2048 (:wow:) and 16384 Hexagon.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 25 Mar 2014, 11:42
I came so, so close to making it to 4096 this morning. I had a 2048 tile, and a 1024 next to it, and a 512 next to that. Then everything went to hell.  :grumpypuss:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: ankhtahr on 25 Mar 2014, 12:06
Then everything went to hell.  :grumpypuss:

Like it always does.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Thrillho on 25 Mar 2014, 13:01
I must have missed a post, because what the absolute fuck are we talking about?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: FunkyTuba on 25 Mar 2014, 13:28
Wait, you lost with that or you just stopped playing?

I lost with that so I decided to stop playing...

... for about an hour.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: ankhtahr on 25 Mar 2014, 13:30
2048 (http://gabrielecirulli.github.io/2048/)

Edit: goddamnit, why did you guys have to mention it, now I've started playing again. And promptly got to a wonderful 1024, 512, 256, 128 in the bottom row and with two 64s in the third row. And I fucking lost again. I was that close...

Second Edit: after getting to the same position a second time without winning I finally fucking won.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 25 Mar 2014, 15:25
Here's a variant I saw linked on another forum (http://louhuang.com/2048-numberwang/)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 25 Mar 2014, 15:40
Damn it, now I feel stupid for not winning yet. And don't anyone dare share strategy here.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 25 Mar 2014, 15:48
He didn't die son, he just went home.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 25 Mar 2014, 15:59
Buh?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 25 Mar 2014, 16:36
According to Jeph's Twitter account, "You will HATE Friday's strip." Either something horrible will happen, or more likely, Claire will make puns.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 25 Mar 2014, 16:53
Buh?

Much like Elvis did as K told us.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 25 Mar 2014, 16:56
Here's a variant I saw linked on another forum (http://louhuang.com/2048-numberwang/)
The score is Q to 12!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 25 Mar 2014, 17:09
According to Jeph's Twitter account, "You will HATE Friday's strip." Either something horrible will happen, or more likely, Claire will make puns.

Well, just to teach Jeph a lesson, I am going to love Friday's strip! Unconditionally, without even knowing what it's about! So there!  :-D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 25 Mar 2014, 17:12
Ha! That'll show him. Unless that's what he was intending all along! Jacques, you magnificent bastard, I read your comic!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Zwammy on 25 Mar 2014, 17:12
According to Jeph's Twitter account, "You will HATE Friday's strip." Either something horrible will happen, or more likely, Claire will make puns.

Faye will kill Angus and she will keep his corpse (preserved through little-used taxidermy skills she got in her art classes in college) and she will be heard muttering "you aren't leaving me this time" as she pickles herself continuously with Old Hobo or an equivalent rotgut. Or she leaves for New York with Angus and gets written out of the strip.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 25 Mar 2014, 17:17
Nah, too soon. Not for her to leave, but for Friday to be a new day.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Tova on 25 Mar 2014, 17:20
Is 2048 now a craze because of Randall, or did Randall draw it because it was a craze? Or just because he happens to be obsessed by it, and incidentally it is currently a craze? And does Randall make money from product placement? If not, maybe he should.

I haven't started playing 2048, nor did I get caught up in the flappy bird craze.


According to Jeph's Twitter account, "You will HATE Friday's strip." Either something horrible will happen, or more likely, Claire will make puns.

You really think that Jeph's going to predict hatred of the comic if Claire makes a pun? I know he doesn't generally visit the forums, but seriously.

My guess: Marten will do something idiotic.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 25 Mar 2014, 17:27
Comparing 2048 to Flappy Bird? Blasphemy.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 25 Mar 2014, 17:30
2048 did get less interesting for me once I figured out how to win at it (and since Method of Madness asked, I won't say how).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 25 Mar 2014, 17:31
I think 2048 was a minor craze before Randall put it in xkcd, but now a whole lot more people know about it so it's an even bigger craze now. So it's like a chicken that laid some eggs that hatched into more chickens. Or the other way around. I never can tell.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: ankhtahr on 25 Mar 2014, 18:40
yeah, 2048 was featured in hackernews (http://news.ycombinator.com) long before the xkcd. And yes, the numberwang variant is great. I found it before the 16384 Hexagon variant.

And no, Randall doesn't earn anything from mentioning it. 2048 is open source. There are no ads. Nobody's earning money from it. Except maybe github, as it's hosted there.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 25 Mar 2014, 18:41
The app I downloaded has ads. I should probably find a better app with no ads.

Edit: Found a better one...but oddly enough, it's not downloading.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 25 Mar 2014, 19:50
ROMANCE IS DEAD
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: greywolfe on 25 Mar 2014, 19:56
ROMANCE IS DEAD

One-sided drunken romance is at least.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 25 Mar 2014, 19:57
ROMANCE IS DEAD

and I killed it.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Detachable Felix on 25 Mar 2014, 20:15
Oh god Marten's face in the last three panels  :psyduck:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: SomeCanadianWeirdo on 25 Mar 2014, 20:23
I hope Angus doesn't let Marten walk off.  In his current state he'll probably get run over, or eaten by wombats, because he's not paying attention.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: celticgeek on 25 Mar 2014, 20:28
Maybe even eaten by a Grue, or an allosaurus.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: specter177 on 25 Mar 2014, 20:37
Have we ever seen Marten THIS drunk?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 25 Mar 2014, 20:39
Other than that one time*, no.

*which has been linked enough, thank you.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Platypodes on 25 Mar 2014, 21:33
Pleeeeeeze don't let that be the last we see of Wil & Jimbo together.  They haven't even gotten to their common literary theme of throbbing man-parts.

"highly successful ... because he writes utter trash" ... we need Sven in this mix.  Would he hit it off with Jimbo right away, or would they be natural rivals?  Either could be nothing less than entertaining.

Hee hee hee.  We must see this.

PS. Romance may be dead, but bromance is thriving...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Tova on 25 Mar 2014, 21:53
Seeing how drunk Marten is, I am really dreading Friday.

Edit:
Comparing 2048 to Flappy Bird? Blasphemy.

/shrug I've played neither, so I'm in no position to compare. They were/are both crazes, that's all I'm saying.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Akima on 26 Mar 2014, 01:29
Marten must either drink a lot faster than Steve and Angus, or be a two-pot screamer.

Pleeeeeeze don't let that be the last we see of Wil & Jimbo together.  They haven't even gotten to their common literary theme of throbbing man-parts.
Jimbo should become Wil's mentor in a new career as a best-selling author of quasi-pornographic romance novels.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Schwungrad on 26 Mar 2014, 02:25
Marten must either drink a lot faster than Steve and Angus, or be a two-pot screamer.
I think it's the former. As the Arc That Shall Not Be Linked clearly demonstrated, he can be very determined in "self-medicating with alcohol".
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Half Empty Coffee Cup on 26 Mar 2014, 03:21
I have no doubts that Marten's going to do something he'll regret. What that is, I have no clue whatsoever, but nothing good comes of having to be dragged back home.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: techkid on 26 Mar 2014, 03:49
Marten may just end up headbutting himself in the testicles. And then throwing up.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Mlle Germain on 26 Mar 2014, 04:21
:laugh:

Would be quite an achievement, athletically.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 26 Mar 2014, 04:29
I have a bad feeling about this. Like that I may wind up hating tomorrow's comic after all.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 26 Mar 2014, 05:33
As much as I wish it weren't so, it's only Wednesday.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 26 Mar 2014, 05:51
Seeing how drunk Marten is, I am really dreading Friday.

You are not only, mon ami.

I have this nightmare scenario that somehow Marten hits on Faye, Faye knocks Marten into the middle of next week, and Angus promptly tells Faye he's leaving.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Half Empty Coffee Cup on 26 Mar 2014, 05:54
If he's knocked into next week, he'll at least have been long over the hangover... though Tai might complain about missed work.  :-P Friday can't come soon enough.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 26 Mar 2014, 05:56
Seeing how drunk Marten is, I am really dreading Friday.

You are not only, mon ami.

I have this nightmare scenario that somehow Marten hits on Faye, Faye knocks Marten into the middle of next week, and Angus promptly tells Faye he's leaving.
I'm wondering if that might be in the opposite order... Angus tells Faye he's leaving, it doesn't go well, then a still-drunk Marten admits his undying love for Faye and gets knocked into next Thursday. (The question of whether Marten still has feelings for Faye showed up regularly while he was with Dora... has it necessarily gone away?)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: aliensporebomb on 26 Mar 2014, 07:40
Or Marten is drunk to the point where he misses Faye getting dumped/left by Angus and leaving and then Faye knocks Marten into next week  once he gets over his hangover for not being there when she needs him.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: NilsO on 26 Mar 2014, 08:23
I count 5 drunk bubbles, which is a lot more than the usual 3. Marten is drunk indeed. As for Friday, I guess it must be something very bad, probably involving Faye and Marten. Marten might barf in Faye's lap, Faye will hit Marten, Angus will get mad at Faye for overreacting, Faye will hit Angus for interfering, Pintsize will say something nasty so Faye will hit him too, Hanners will be alarmed by the noise downstairs and freak out at the barfed-on Faye. Orbital bombardment next. Everything goes downhill from there.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Game and Watch Forever on 26 Mar 2014, 08:46
Pretty sure that Friday comic would have to extend into next week, NilsO.  :-P Unless, of course, Faye really does punch him hard enough to send him into the future...


Seriously, I love Marten's drunk faces this week... I'm hoping for one or two more good ones before this whole thing falls apart.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: LordVaughn on 26 Mar 2014, 12:55
Drunk Marten just looks like that cartoon character archetype prone to doing very stupid things. And given he actually is, and he's definitely in the worst situation for it leaves me feeling very uncomfortable.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Mlle Germain on 26 Mar 2014, 14:21
I am also very worried, especially with Jeph's ominous prophecy.
Although it would in my opinion not fit into the context of their latest interaction at all, I'm kind of worried about Angus and Faye breaking up now, possibly with Marten having some kind of ugly involvement in that... I like Faye and Angus as a couple and I like Angus by himself.
As I said at the beginning of the week: I hope Angus has the good sense to put Marten to bed directly, so he can't make any life-altering decisions while drunk. And hopefully Faye is already in bed when they arrive.
Isn't it weird, though, that Angus has stayed up so long despite having this important audition the next day? At least he's not drunk, but I'd not want to go into the equivalent of a job interview with such little sleep. Or maybe the audition is in the evening.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 26 Mar 2014, 14:30
That suggests another possibility: Angus is so stressed out about getting the job and explaining it to Faye that he screws up the interview and ends up not getting the job.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Mr_Rose on 26 Mar 2014, 14:31
Prediction: we will hate Friday's comic because Thursday's will be a cliffhanger and Friday's will switch scenes completely. And also be a cliffhanger.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Half Empty Coffee Cup on 26 Mar 2014, 14:34
The return of Crunchy-O's? Because we have to know what Steve decided to eat when he got home.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Mlle Germain on 26 Mar 2014, 14:48
That suggests another possibility: Angus is so stressed out about getting the job and explaining it to Faye that he screws up the interview and ends up not getting the job.

Well, for an open audition that's what we would expect, so not really something everybody will hate, in my opinion.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 26 Mar 2014, 14:54
What if Faye leaves?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 26 Mar 2014, 15:44
I'll be behind the couch.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Thrillho on 26 Mar 2014, 15:45
As will I.

Masturbating.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: ElvisRevenge on 26 Mar 2014, 15:57
I pray, pray, pray that we're only going to hate Friday's strip because it's a cliffhanger, and not because drunk Marten is being an asshat.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Zwammy on 26 Mar 2014, 16:05
Maybe even eaten by a Grue, or an allosaurus.

Or an Atomic Chihuahua.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Zwammy on 26 Mar 2014, 16:07
Jimbo should become Wil's mentor in a new career as a best-selling author of quasi-pornographic romance novels.

This would be amusing. I vote aye.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: lot_jockey on 26 Mar 2014, 16:40
Isn't it weird, though, that Angus has stayed up so long despite having this important audition the next day? At least he's not drunk, but I'd not want to go into the equivalent of a job interview with such little sleep. Or maybe the audition is in the evening.

To be fair, Faye works baker's hours -- that is, work (presumably) starts really early in the morning for her. Angus could also sleep on the train to NYC. And, as you said, he's not drunk.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Mlle Germain on 26 Mar 2014, 17:12
I don't think so. CoD gets their baked goods from the Secret Bakery. And they don't open that early:
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1719 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1719)
Already bright daylight in this one. Probably they don't open that late either, otherwise Marten and the interns couldn't have gotten coffee before the library opens: http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2237 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2237)
But ok, that's kind of beside the point here. Maybe CoD has even changed their opening hours since then to accomodate people who want to get coffee before work?
You're probably right that Angus can sleep on the train and I guess the audition isn't early in the morning.

For Friday, I'm also hoping for "just" a cliffhanger.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Welu on 26 Mar 2014, 17:35
There's also the possibility Faye's shift starts before the shop actually opens, cleaning and turning on machines and such.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: cesariojpn on 26 Mar 2014, 18:01
Prediction: we will hate Friday's comic because Thursday's will be a cliffhanger and Friday's will switch scenes completely. And also be a cliffhanger.

Or be a Yelling Bird Comic on how he got testicular cancer.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 26 Mar 2014, 18:39
Boss says on Twitter comics are done through Tuesday (in essence, April 1st).

And for some reason, he thinks Wil Wheaton is gonna LOVE Friday's comic...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: akronnick on 26 Mar 2014, 19:29
You better run, you better take cover.
 :psyduck: :psyduck: :psyduck:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 26 Mar 2014, 19:35
Oh no, he's Men At Work-level drunk!

Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 26 Mar 2014, 19:39
Well, he's annoying, but at least relatively harmless?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 26 Mar 2014, 19:51
The three players are all in one place... things could go south in a real hurry.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Rghfrgl on 26 Mar 2014, 20:01
Boss says on Twitter comics are done through Tuesday (in essence, April 1st).

And for some reason, he thinks Wil Wheaton is gonna LOVE Friday's comic...

We just need to find out what Wil Wheaton ships and speculate from there.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 26 Mar 2014, 20:42
Coffee shop hours with citations (http://questionablecontent.wikia.com/wiki/Coffee_of_Doom).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Tova on 26 Mar 2014, 21:04
The three players are all in one place... things could go south in a real hurry.

Stop voicing my unspoken fears!!!  :cry:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: greywolfe on 26 Mar 2014, 21:08
Dethm0le tour of Australia incoming.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Salty on 26 Mar 2014, 21:38
Marten better run, Faye better take cover.

Wouldn't want any ironic reversals of years-old embarrassments, after all.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Tova on 26 Mar 2014, 22:22
We just need to find out what Wil Wheaton ships and speculate from there.

In that case, they're probably going to break out a game of Carcassonne.

Everyone else will hate it because of the anti-climax.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: St.Clair on 27 Mar 2014, 00:02
I'm guessing that (after, or while, they clean Marten up) he finds the most tactless way possible to bring up Angus' gig, Faye's reaction, etc etc.  Possibly under the delusion that he's "helping" by getting it all out in the open.  (Along with his stomach contents.)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Akima on 27 Mar 2014, 01:28
Jeph said "Do you speaka my language?", I just smiled and gave him a Vegemite sandwich.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: katsmeat on 27 Mar 2014, 02:44
There's also the possibility Faye's shift starts before the shop actually opens, cleaning and turning on machines and such.

That. But there's also another reason why she goes into work a bit early. - http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1719 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1719)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: anahata on 27 Mar 2014, 03:02
Everyone else will hate it because of the anti-climax.

My first guess about the Friday cartoon that we'll hate was exactly that - an anti-climax of some sort.
The suggestion of a cliff-hanger is a good one too.
Outrageous behaviour or dramatic showdown between current protagonists, though it looks like the way things could be heading, is not exactly "you are going to hate this" material.
Surely it'll be something unexpected. Or a Yelling Bird filler. That would be annoying.
Or a horrible pun...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: WAYF on 27 Mar 2014, 03:27
I legitimately love Down Under by Men at Work as a song.
And I don't mind people judging me for that.

It also means that I appreciate Angus's joke slightly more. :P
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: lot_jockey on 27 Mar 2014, 04:41
I definitely thought it was Dora and not Faye in the first panel (because of the color of Faye's hair due to the darkness of the room), which made me VERY confused.

Subsequently, I went on an archive dive. We haven't seen Dora since 2611!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 27 Mar 2014, 04:50
Dora is still recovering from exhaustion after Tai's "dissertation".
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: cesariojpn on 27 Mar 2014, 04:52
There's also the possibility Faye's shift starts before the shop actually opens, cleaning and turning on machines and such.

That. But there's also another reason why she goes into work a bit early. - http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1719 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1719)

wait, isn't there supposed to be some shrubbery in front of the windows?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: pwhodges on 27 Mar 2014, 05:23
Yes - the shrubbery is called Melvin (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=467).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: NilsO on 27 Mar 2014, 06:09
Quote
I come from a land down under
Where beer does flow and men chunder
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover.
Definitely chunder time (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chunder) tomorrow. Preferably in Faye's lap. Faye should not complain, as she has given Marten the same treatment before (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=185). But she will definitely be angry. Fortunately, she has no testicles that can be destroyed (but she might destroy Marten's) :mrgreen:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 27 Mar 2014, 06:16
Everyone else will hate it because of the anti-climax.

My first guess about the Friday cartoon that we'll hate was exactly that - an anti-climax of some sort.
The suggestion of a cliff-hanger is a good one too.
Outrageous behaviour or dramatic showdown between current protagonists, though it looks like the way things could be heading, is not exactly "you are going to hate this" material.
Surely it'll be something unexpected. Or a Yelling Bird filler. That would be annoying.
Or a horrible pun...
Hmm... going back to the idea of it being a Claire-pun, perhaps the remaining events of the night are skipped over entirely, and we see Marten at the library, complaining about his hangover. He wonders what he did last night and what punishment awaits. Hopefully, it's nothing that he'd hang over.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 27 Mar 2014, 06:27
Quote
hang over
Lynch cesium133.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 27 Mar 2014, 06:49
Jeph said "Do you speaka my language?", I just smiled and gave him a Vegemite sandwich.

Wait, wait, I thought you made him nervous, and took him in and gave him breakfast...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 27 Mar 2014, 06:59
Quote
hang over
Lynch cesium133.
Okay, I LOL'ed at this one.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: themacnut on 27 Mar 2014, 08:02
Quote
I come from a land down under
Where beer does flow and men chunder
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover.
Definitely chunder time (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chunder) tomorrow. Preferably in Faye's lap. Faye should not complain, as she has given Marten the same treatment before (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=185). But she will definitely be angry. Fortunately, she has no testicles that can be destroyed (but she might destroy Marten's) :mrgreen:

That's basically my prediction for tomorrow's strip; Marten's "chunders" into Faye's lap (or on her feet, she is standing after all), Faye reacts in typical fashion for her and destroys Marten's testicles in retaliation, and he passes out from the pain with his face in a puddle of his own chunder. Faye leaves him there and goes back to bed (well, first to the bathroom to wash off her feet...). Cue forum outrage at Marten's rough treatment.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 27 Mar 2014, 09:50
They got home in a fried out Combi.


Mayhem in 3 .... 2 .... 1
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 27 Mar 2014, 10:23
in a fried out Combi
What does this mean?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 27 Mar 2014, 10:40
Combi is the name of an Aussie make of van. It's what Men At Work are seen "falling out of" in the video for "Land Down Under."

Sheesh, it's like people never even heard of the 80's.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 27 Mar 2014, 11:01
I was only around for the last quarter or so of them.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: anahata on 27 Mar 2014, 11:30
Combi is the name of an Aussie make of van. It's what Men At Work are seen "falling out of" in the video for "Land Down Under."

Sheesh, it's like people never even heard of the 80's.

More or less...
An Aussie name for a German  (Volkswagen) make of van. Well, minibus really, with windows all round.
And they've been around from the flower-power '60s onwards...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 27 Mar 2014, 11:34
Americans: They're talking about Hippie vans, the classic VW Microbus.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: celticgeek on 27 Mar 2014, 11:41
Just so you know:  Chartreuse Microbus (http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/c_w_mccall/convoy.html)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 27 Mar 2014, 11:42
And now "Convoy" is stuck in my head.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: celticgeek on 27 Mar 2014, 11:45
Well, to help matters:  Convoy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI5eT4UmyFY)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Zebediah on 27 Mar 2014, 11:59
Wow, there's a song that hadn't crossed my mind in almost 40 years. It... isn't any better than it was in 1975.

And don't even get me started on the movie.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 27 Mar 2014, 12:01
Not available in my country :psyduck:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Shjade on 27 Mar 2014, 12:16
Considering conversations in the comic have been considerably shorter since the format change, I get the feeling Marten's going to be shuffled to the background for the upcoming scene, if he's present at all. He's basically fulfilled the plot requirement of waking Faye up so Faye and Angus can have srs bsns conversation about the immediate future, which means most likely they're going to have that talk now. Marten making a mess might happen, but probably just as an end of strip kicker type thing.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: celticgeek on 27 Mar 2014, 12:20
Wow, there's a song that hadn't crossed my mind in almost 40 years. It... isn't any better than it was in 1975.

And don't even get me started on the movie.

The song is only so-so, but the phrase "chartreuse microbus" has stuck with me all of these years.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Thrudd on 27 Mar 2014, 13:02
I could not for the life of me remember what that colour looked like so had to use my weak Google-Fu to find this
(click to show/hide)
Funny thing is I am well acquainted with this version here
(click to show/hide)
that my Venturer Adviser at the time borrowed from his brother-in-law all those many years ago.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 27 Mar 2014, 13:14
The Microbus wasn't even a VW Type 2 in the movie. It was a "short" GM bus.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 27 Mar 2014, 14:49
The Microbus wasn't even a VW Type 2 in the movie. It was a "short" GM bus.
Is there no end to the perfidy? C.W. McCall isn't even his real name. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._W._McCall)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Zwammy on 27 Mar 2014, 17:41
I'm guessing that (after, or while, they clean Marten up) he finds the most tactless way possible to bring up Angus' gig, Faye's reaction, etc etc.  Possibly under the delusion that he's "helping" by getting it all out in the open.  (Along with his stomach contents.)

Oh yeah, sounds like a contender.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 27 Mar 2014, 18:17
I'm guessing that (after, or while, they clean Marten up) he finds the most tactless way possible to bring up Angus' gig, Faye's reaction, etc etc.  Possibly under the delusion that he's "helping" by getting it all out in the open.  (Along with his stomach contents.)

Oh yeah, sounds like a contender.

But the P2 already knows about Angus's gig. That's not to say it being brought up the way it would be in this scenario, combined with Faye's I-was-sleeping-dammit grumpiness, might not be conducive to it being discussed in an atmosphere of sweet reason, but she's not in the dark about this.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Zwammy on 27 Mar 2014, 19:10
but she's not in the dark about this.

You're right, but it seems more of a buried thing, not something discussed at length. Since all we see are selected dialog about what's going on in their lives, there may not have been much more said and both are kind of dreading what happens while not really talking about it. So there may be something festering in their minds that a chance outburst from Marten will break it open, or maybe Faye even forgot it was this soon, and it freaks her out some. Although Angus seems more than a little convinced he's got a very good chance at this... minor foreshadowing?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Schwungrad on 27 Mar 2014, 19:23
An Aussie name for a German  (Volkswagen) make of van.
To add confusion, may I alert everyone to the random fact that "Kombi" is the German word for... no, not a van, but a station wagon ( because it... combines features of a sedan and a van, probably)

I'm hoping tomorrow's comic will be totally anticlimactic (and therefore hated) rather than Marten doing something really stupid. OWLS.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 27 Mar 2014, 20:25
And the forum gives a collective sigh of relief.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Jazzmaster on 27 Mar 2014, 20:31
Prediction: we will hate Friday's comic because Thursday's will be a cliffhanger and Friday's will switch scenes completely. And also be a cliffhanger.

Well, we got a yelling bird butthole anyways....
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 27 Mar 2014, 20:33
Not a butthole. A cloaca.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Game and Watch Forever on 27 Mar 2014, 20:46
So a fancy, multi-purpose butthole...

Only time I think I'll use "fancy" in regards to Yelling Bird.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: ElvisRevenge on 27 Mar 2014, 20:53
And the forum gives a collective sigh of relief.

Seriously, I've never been so relieved to see a huge bird asshole before.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: jmucchiello on 27 Mar 2014, 21:09
Do Jeph and Wil have some kind of history or is this a recent thing?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 27 Mar 2014, 21:16
And the forum gives a collective sigh of relief.

Seriously, I've never been so relieved to see a huge bird asshole before.

Or his cloaca, either.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Tova on 27 Mar 2014, 22:25
Seriously, I've never been so relieved to see a huge bird asshole before.

I'm still trying to figure out what, out of all the possible ways this could have gone, would have annoyed me more.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: KOK on 27 Mar 2014, 22:35
And the forum gives a collective sigh of relief.

Seriously, I've never been so relieved to see a huge bird asshole before.

Or his cloaca, either.

Ha! Good one.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Indicible on 27 Mar 2014, 22:36
If it is not Goatse, is it Cloace?

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Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: ysth on 27 Mar 2014, 22:45
He didn't moon us, he starred us.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 27 Mar 2014, 23:29
Do Jeph and Wil have some kind of history or is this a recent thing?
I dunno what kind of history, or how long they've had it, but yes, they do. They are friends on Twitter, at least, and Wil's avatar has been drawn by Jeph (I believe it's a cropout from a comic where Wil made a cameo appearance?)

(https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/2449509523/f0gkhyhpwmv7m6ncyxbl.png)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Half Empty Coffee Cup on 28 Mar 2014, 00:59
Ah. Yelling Bird. Of course.  :roll:

Guess we'll see what happens on Monday, then?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: anahata on 28 Mar 2014, 01:36
Surely it'll be something unexpected. Or a Yelling Bird filler. That would be annoying.
Or a horrible pun...

Called it, or is making a list of possibilities cheating?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Akima on 28 Mar 2014, 01:48
in a fried out Combi
What does this mean?
(http://disney-clipart.com/Cars/Disney-Cars-Fillmore.jpg)
Though I thought it was spelled with a K. "Fried out" is clapped out or broken down. "Zombie" is marijuana.

I am ignoring the cloaca. It's a pity Jeph didn't sphincter something better.

Edit: Fixed image link.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: techkid on 28 Mar 2014, 03:54
Your pun rectum for all of us, Akima.

The image link provided seems to be broken (server end, by the site's home page). But I know who you're referencing. I should watch Cars again sometime...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 28 Mar 2014, 06:13
Now guys let's not make asses out of ourselves...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 28 Mar 2014, 06:29
I think we are all the butt of the joke.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: NilsO on 28 Mar 2014, 06:33
AGH! This completely ruined my day! I shall hate Jeph forever and ever (at least, until regular comics returns)  :parrot:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Game and Watch Forever on 28 Mar 2014, 06:44
Yeah... just realized this is the comic I get for my birthday. Thanks, Jeph.  :laugh:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: themacnut on 28 Mar 2014, 07:46
Regarding Friday's comic;

 :-o DAMN YOU JEPH!!!!  :-P

Oh and Happy Birthday to you Game and Watch Forever.



Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 28 Mar 2014, 08:02
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday Game and Watch,
Enjoy Yelling Bird's crotch.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: cesariojpn on 28 Mar 2014, 08:31
Partially called it!! (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,29782.msg1232524.html#msg1232524)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Schmorgluck on 28 Mar 2014, 09:24
Yeah... just realized this is the comic I get for my birthday. Thanks, Jeph.  :laugh:
Happy Birdsday!

(or is it "Buttsday"?)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 28 Mar 2014, 09:56
Happy birthday, archnemesis!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 28 Mar 2014, 15:03
Hippo birdie two ewe!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 28 Mar 2014, 17:08
[NeoVoice]There is no Friday comic[/NeoVoice]
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Mlle Germain on 29 Mar 2014, 05:31
I was relieved as soon as I saw that it's just Yelling Bird. Better this than an unpleasant plot twist.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 29 Mar 2014, 05:42
What Now?

Sven    16 (17.6%)
Wil and Jimbo form a Poetry Circle    19 (20.9%)

Delilah arrives - Awkwardness ensues    8 (8.8%)
Awkward Zone defeated - with fancy garb    6 (6.6%)
Dale and Marigold    4 (4.4%)
Momo buys Earplugs    2 (2.2%)
Gary The Vermouth Pterodacty arrives    8 (8.8%)
Something unexpected (or not)    2 (2.2%)
Beer flavored Waffles (Spathe Ham optional)    3 (3.3%)
Purple Monkey Dishwasher    1 (1.1%)
Unpleasant Truths at the Horrible Revelation    10 (11%)
Marten meets The Pugnacious Peach - Round 2    7 (7.7%)
Angus makes an ass of himself with Faye    5 (5.5%)

Total Members Voted: 48
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Rghfrgl on 29 Mar 2014, 11:10
I was relieved as soon as I saw that it's just Yelling Bird. Better this than an unpleasant plot twist.

I'd rather have had some drama. I'd have rather have had anything else.

And Marten can still do something dumb on monday.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 29 Mar 2014, 12:22
I'd rather have had some drama.
Why, though? I'm genuinely curious why something bad happening  could be preferable.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Sidhekin on 29 Mar 2014, 12:29
It's the recipe for writing a good story.  If no bad thing ever happens, it gets boring.

Unless it's porn, I guess.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 29 Mar 2014, 12:31
Plenty bad happens, I'd say.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 29 Mar 2014, 12:33
It's the recipe for writing a good story.  If no bad thing ever happens, it gets boring.

Unless it's porn, I guess.
Even in porn. Imagine what would happen if no sinks ever got clogged, or if nobody got hungry and ordered pizza.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: aliensporebomb on 29 Mar 2014, 14:37
I just figured it out.  Yelling Bird is Marten's spine/motivation/lack-of-passiveness.  That avian predator stole it.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 29 Mar 2014, 16:38
And the only way to cure Marten will be to stick Yelling Bird...

Nah.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Thrillho on 29 Mar 2014, 18:04
I was relieved as soon as I saw that it's just Yelling Bird. Better this than an unpleasant plot twist.

Without unpleasant plot twists virtually no story would ever be worth reading.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 29 Mar 2014, 18:19
Unpleasant plot twists can result in mass chaos on the message boards... and it was on a Friday, which would have made for a meltdown of epic proportions on here.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 29 Mar 2014, 18:28
That would be a rather unpleasant twist.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Rghfrgl on 29 Mar 2014, 21:26
I'd rather have had some drama.
Why, though? I'm genuinely curious why something bad happening  could be preferable.

It's less a preference for bad things and more a aversion butts.

Well, the dark side of the butts that is.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Game and Watch Forever on 29 Mar 2014, 22:15
Thanks for the birthday wishes!  :-D

As for the comic, I'm glad nothing painfully awkward or status quo rattling happened (between the characters). But it certainly is sad to find cloaca when you expected some sort of climax.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 29 Mar 2014, 22:17
Well, I'm sure Yelling Bird will find some sort of climax...  :psyduck:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2666-2670 (March 23-28, 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 31 Mar 2014, 12:00
What Now?


Sven ....... 16 (17.2%)
Wil and Jimbo form a Poetry Circle ....... 20 (21.5%)
Delilah arrives - Awkwardness ensues ....... 8 (8.6%)
Awkward Zone defeated - with fancy garb ....... 6 (6.5%)
Dale and Marigold ....... 4 (4.3%)
Momo buys Earplugs ....... 2 (2.2%)
Gary The Vermouth Pterodacty arrives ....... 8 (8.6%)
Something unexpected (or not) ....... 2 (2.2%)
Beer flavored Waffles (Spathe Ham optional) ....... 3 (3.2%)
Purple Monkey Dishwasher ....... 1 (1.1%)
Unpleasant Truths at the Horrible Revelation ....... 10 (10.8%)
Marten meets The Pugnatious Peach - Round 2 ....... 8 (8.6%)
Angus makes an ass of himself with Faye ....... 5 (5.4%)

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