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Title: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 17 Aug 2014, 12:49
COFFEECOFFEECOFFEECOFFEECOFFEECOFFEE
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: TheEvilDog on 17 Aug 2014, 12:56
Calling it now - Dora will do what she always does, reacting without thinking and in the end the only one that's really going to be hurt is Angus.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 17 Aug 2014, 13:04
Oh dear

Or do you mean Sven?  :-D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 17 Aug 2014, 13:16
Calling it now - Dora will do what she always does, reacting without thinking and in the end the only one that's really going to be hurt is Angus.
Now I'm wondering whether in a fit of rage, she might bypass Faye and tell Angus about Sven...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Pilchard123 on 17 Aug 2014, 14:05
My prediction:

Jeph, his readers being trolled.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 17 Aug 2014, 14:19
My prediction:

Jeph, his readers being trolled.

This option, with high probability.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 17 Aug 2014, 14:19
Stop that! 


I mean it!!!


(...anybody want a peanut?)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 17 Aug 2014, 14:21

(...anybody want a peanut?)
Nah, don't have to.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: mustang6172 on 17 Aug 2014, 18:26
I'm bored with these story arcs.  Let's see what Veronica and Jim are up to!

Wait... do we want to see what they're up to?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 17 Aug 2014, 18:33
That would probably be over at questionablecontent.xxx...

And did anyone else notice that Sven was not in the cast drawing?  :psyduck:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 17 Aug 2014, 19:59
I'm bored with these story arcs.  Let's see what Veronica and Jim are up to!

Wait... do we want to see what they're up to?
Not really, that sounds boring.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Rghfrgl on 17 Aug 2014, 20:04
Wait... do we want to see what they're up to?

Scrabble!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 17 Aug 2014, 20:16
Well what do you know, it might not be boring.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Shadic on 17 Aug 2014, 21:01
That would probably be over at questionablecontent.xxx...

And did anyone else notice that Sven was not in the cast drawing?  :psyduck:
Isn't he next to Marigold?

More concerned about Angus.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Mmeaninglessnamee on 17 Aug 2014, 21:08
At first look, i thought that was Dora next to Marigold.
Looking at it again, I'm not sure who it is at all.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 17 Aug 2014, 21:12
That doesn't look like Dora, Sven or Angus.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: techkid on 17 Aug 2014, 23:35
Harriet (AKA Sweet-Tits) possibly?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 17 Aug 2014, 23:42
That's what it looks to me like.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Rincewind on 17 Aug 2014, 23:57
Who's the angry lampshade behind possibly-Dora-or-Sweet-Tits ?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Indicible on 18 Aug 2014, 00:14
P3-something, the Linux-AnthroPC (AnthroLinux?)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Lubricus on 18 Aug 2014, 00:44
I really don't think today's drawing is supposed to be the full cast anyway - it's just a hastily-drawn filler, after all.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: foolsguinea on 18 Aug 2014, 00:49
No. This is the whole cast from here on. Jeph is burning all other designs. No more interns, no more Raven, just this handful of characters for the next 30 years of the strip.

That's one way to avoid resolving the Emiily story!

Seriously, though, I thought that was Dora in front of the Linux anthroPC. But Yelling Bird is next to her, maybe it is Sweet-Tits.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Lubricus on 18 Aug 2014, 01:12
No. This is the whole cast from here on. Jeph is burning all other designs. No more interns, no more Raven, just this handful of characters for the next 30 years of the strip.

That's one way to avoid resolving the Emiily story!

Seriously, though, I thought that was Dora in front of the Linux anthroPC. But Yelling Bird is next to her, maybe it is Sweet-Tits.

You've got it all wrong - these are the characters being CUT from QC - from now on, it'll be Claire and Emily all the time, with a sprinkle of Sven to spice it all up!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Akima on 18 Aug 2014, 02:37
P3-something, the Linux-AnthroPC (AnthroLinux?)
PT-410x (http://questionablecontent.wikia.com/wiki/PT410x), and I'm pleased to see that he got his head back, neckbeard included.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: hedgie on 18 Aug 2014, 02:48
It's a heat-sink!

Edit:  Posted from a Linux computer with a prettier interface than even Macs have.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 18 Aug 2014, 02:59
I think it's Dora - I wouldn't have even questioned it without reading this thread. I really like Marigold in this sketch.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Pilchard123 on 18 Aug 2014, 03:23
It's a cookbook!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: TheEvilDog on 18 Aug 2014, 04:53
IT'S A PUPPET!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 18 Aug 2014, 06:46
Really, people?

Sigh. Okay, here goes:

Top Row: Bonercat, Steve, Dale, May.
2nd Row: Yelling Bird (on Dora's shoulder), PT-410X, Dora, Marigold, Momo.
3rd Row: Faye, Pintsize, Marten, Winslow, Hannelore.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Case on 18 Aug 2014, 07:42
Stop that! 


I mean it!!!


(...anybody want a peanut?)

(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT3-wuYtrCxFVedPopnZs4lrk2iwysy5pS4rZU2UKTU_to3Yju6xg)
No Star Trek references in ma Library! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unseen_University#Librarian)
(Sorry. Needmorecoffee ...)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Skewbrow on 18 Aug 2014, 12:21
Ook.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 18 Aug 2014, 14:06
Stop that! 


I mean it!!!


(...anybody want a peanut?)


Which one?

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/40/Peanuts_gang.png)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: FunkyTuba on 18 Aug 2014, 16:01
metaphor, used exclusively


i think I'm not doing it right
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: St.Clair on 18 Aug 2014, 18:09
Missing from poll (unless you count the last):

Claire and her "eh? eh?" face.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 18 Aug 2014, 18:20
Steinbeck joke is old.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Stoon on 18 Aug 2014, 18:28
Sorry Claire-Marten shippers.  I cannot agree with such a union when someone likes puns as much as Claire.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Tova on 18 Aug 2014, 18:39
uhuh

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 18 Aug 2014, 18:40
The book Claire should have pulled out (http://www.amazon.com/The-Wrath-Grapes-Industry-Advantage/dp/0380801515).

Doesn't she look like a cat that has just brought you an eviscerated rodent and is waiting to be praised?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Coffee_Kaioken on 18 Aug 2014, 18:41
Okay Jeph, be honest, how long have you been wanting to use that one?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Near Lurker on 18 Aug 2014, 18:42
Two full mason jars.  That's most of a bottle of wine, at least.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: SomeCanadianWeirdo on 18 Aug 2014, 18:50
Will Claire ever pull off a funny joke?

For some reason that last panel made me think Girl Type Ranma.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: TheEvilDog on 18 Aug 2014, 18:55
Will Claire ever pull off a funny joke?

Magic 8 Ball says: "Nope"
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zwammy on 18 Aug 2014, 19:09
Now I'm wondering whether in a fit of rage, she might bypass Faye and tell Angus about Sven...

Then this (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1731) happens between Angus and Sven.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 18 Aug 2014, 19:27
Stop that! 


I mean it!!!


(...anybody want a peanut?)

(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT3-wuYtrCxFVedPopnZs4lrk2iwysy5pS4rZU2UKTU_to3Yju6xg)
No Star Trek references in ma Library! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unseen_University#Librarian)
(Sorry. Needmorecoffee ...)

Ummm... sorry, but it's a Princess Bride reference. 

Inigo, Vizzini and Fezzig are on the ship, and Fezzig and Inigo start playing a rhyming game. 

Needless to say, it gets on Vizzini's nerves. 

Oh, look! 

Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Aziraphale on 18 Aug 2014, 19:40
It looks like the art's started to settle in. I do have one question, though; did everybody have overbites before and I just didn't notice?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Rghfrgl on 18 Aug 2014, 20:35
And then, having made the perfect strip, Jeph had to retire.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 18 Aug 2014, 20:50
Really, people?

Sigh. Okay, here goes:

Top Row: Bonercat, Steve, Dale, May.
2nd Row: Yelling Bird (on Dora's shoulder), PT-410X, Dora, Marigold, Momo.
3rd Row: Faye, Pintsize, Marten, Winslow, Hannelore.

Well yeah, you say it's Dora, but I still don't think it looks like her.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 18 Aug 2014, 21:42
Claire and I are definitely on the same page today.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 18 Aug 2014, 23:14
Well, she does work in a library.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Indicible on 18 Aug 2014, 23:16
Well, Marten will have to buy the next Crisis Wine. Some wines f*ck you up more than others. It all depends on the wine (rosé, blanc or rouge, not to mention liquoreux and pétillants).
It may not even depend on the alcooholic degree (some rosé quickly give me a headache, while I can drink a whole bottle of red and still be quite fresh.).

An aspirine may not be the solution here. Next time, it might be a good idea to drink a spoon of olive oil beforehand to limit the effects of alcohol.

Quote
Warning - while you were typing a new wine has been pressed. You may wish to taste it before reading (don't forget to spit).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesariojpn on 18 Aug 2014, 23:46
The book Claire should have pulled out (http://www.amazon.com/The-Wrath-Grapes-Industry-Advantage/dp/0380801515).

1999......figure the info in that book is severely outdated now.....
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Near Lurker on 19 Aug 2014, 00:29
New from 9˘... I'm almost impressed.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesariojpn on 19 Aug 2014, 00:41
New from 9˘... I'm almost impressed.

The algorithms on Amazon are funny. Some books are pretty much sold for a pittance (1 cent + S&H), others are priced full baka (I remember a stack of this book (http://www.amazon.com/Elizabeth-Taylor-Love-Affair-Jewelry/dp/0743236645/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408433951&sr=8-1&keywords=my+love+affair+taylor) was going for like a buck clearance each at Borders years ago and at one point was going for $300 a pop). I've heard some sellers us bots to one-up each other sometimes, with hilarious results.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: katsmeat on 19 Aug 2014, 02:48
When algorithmic pricing goes very wrong....

http://www.wired.com/2011/04/amazon-flies-24-million/ (http://www.wired.com/2011/04/amazon-flies-24-million/)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Lupercal on 19 Aug 2014, 04:39
Jeph will now complete his 'colours trilogy', which will be Red (Wednesday), White (Thursday) and Blue (Friday). QC ends, and Jeph must leave, as his home planet needs him.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: CompSarge on 19 Aug 2014, 06:24
Damn it, Claire, stop showing how awesome you are and making me wish I knew you in real life.

Seriously, though, stop making me love you.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Somnus Eternus on 19 Aug 2014, 07:54
Well Marten, welcome to getting old.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: FunkyTuba on 19 Aug 2014, 08:33
At this point Marten is probably thinking his morning should be de-Claired a failure
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: TheEvilDog on 19 Aug 2014, 09:10
(http://media.timeout.com/blogimages/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/url-17.gif)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Schwungrad on 19 Aug 2014, 09:24
Damn it, Claire, stop showing how awesome you are and making me wish I knew you in real life.

Seriously, though, stop making me love you.
You are only slightly creepy.

I think if I knew Claire IRL, I'd be very good friends with her and we would hold regular pun contests to the collective groaning of our friends. The winner would be determined by single punoff voting.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: FayeDouble on 19 Aug 2014, 12:04
Prediction (as horrifying as this would be):
Faye tries to ignore Sven, but her latent sexual attraction to him hounds her as he continues to pursue her. They never did truly clear the air, so after she blows up at him, Sven apologizes and begs her forgiveness. In a moment of weakness, she sleeps with him.
Cue a week of angst and therapy sessions before she confesses to Angus.
Not sure if Angus would forgive or not.
Anyone else?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: TheEvilDog on 19 Aug 2014, 12:08
Well now that you've said it, you've jinxed the storyline so that it doesn't happen.
Usually helps if you remain vague with the details, take the shotgun approach.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: FayeDouble on 19 Aug 2014, 12:14
Well now that you've said it, you've jinxed the storyline so that it doesn't happen.
Usually helps if you remain vague with the details, take the shotgun approach.

Yeah but then no one knows your prediction brilliance....
It's cool if I've jinxed it, cause that would suck if it happened.
But I still think it might...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 19 Aug 2014, 12:22
Well now that you've said it, you've jinxed the storyline so that it doesn't happen.
Usually helps if you remain vague with the details, take the shotgun approach.
If someone on the forums suggests every possible storyline, does that mean QC ends?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Mr_Rose on 19 Aug 2014, 12:45
Well now that you've said it, you've jinxed the storyline so that it doesn't happen.
Usually helps if you remain vague with the details, take the shotgun approach.
If someone on the forums suggests every possible storyline, does that mean QC ends?
Not if someone suggests that it should end… but then  :psyduck:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 19 Aug 2014, 13:41
A paradox! 
A paradox,
a most ingenious paradox;
we've quips and quibbles heard in flocks,
but none to beat this paradox! 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 19 Aug 2014, 16:10
As Lazarus Long once said, a paradox can be paradoctored


Seems Claire's Fonda those sort of puns.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: FunkyTuba on 19 Aug 2014, 17:13
yes, we should give the Claire her fondue
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 19 Aug 2014, 18:33
Well now that you've said it, you've jinxed the storyline so that it doesn't happen.
Usually helps if you remain vague with the details, take the shotgun approach.
If someone on the forums suggests every possible storyline, does that mean QC ends?

No, it's merely replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: SomeCanadianWeirdo on 19 Aug 2014, 18:40
It seems Dale has much to learn before he can outargue Faye.

The digiglasses are back.  I wonder if May can link into them in her current form.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 19 Aug 2014, 18:45
This one has the feel of the early days. 

Looks like Dale's already mastered inverse sass...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 19 Aug 2014, 18:50
It seems Dale has much to learn before he can outargue Faye.
Actually, I think he kinda did there at the end with the "Yes, Ma'am."

This one has the feel of the early days. 
Yeah, like the early days. Ah, sass commentary.

Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 19 Aug 2014, 19:16
Well done, Dale. You learn quickly.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 19 Aug 2014, 19:30
It is a well-known mathematical theorem that the integral of sass with respect to time, from t=0 to infinity is equal to Faye.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: T on 19 Aug 2014, 20:15
Well done, Dale. You learn quickly.
Maybe he is above Faye. With all his simultaneous jobs I think all the time Faye was killing neurons with booze he was improving his comebacks with customers and co-workers.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Smallest on 19 Aug 2014, 20:30
Formatting change?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: FunkyTuba on 19 Aug 2014, 21:24
It seems Dale has much to learn before he can outargue Faye.
Actually, I think he kinda did there at the end with the "Yes, Ma'am."

Yeah I think he won... May have even been holding back.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Tova on 19 Aug 2014, 21:56
It seems Dale has much to learn before he can outargue Faye.
Actually, I think he kinda did there at the end with the "Yes, Ma'am."

He did with every panel.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: foolsguinea on 19 Aug 2014, 22:13
My prediction for the Sven arc:

Thursday's comic will be a nice one-off strip with Sam and a lizard.

Friday, we'll jump forward in time a week, with Claire and Sven walking into CoD together declaring that they are getting married or have just eloped.

The (minor) emotional fallout of this on Faye, Dora, and Marten will never be explored. Claire and Sven will be substantially written out of the strip to give more time to the rest of the cast.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Nyithra on 19 Aug 2014, 22:35
My prediction is that Sven dies in a freak sex accident. Not necessarily involving Faye.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Orkboy on 19 Aug 2014, 23:43
My prediction is that nobody's predictions will ever be accurate.  Including this one. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: sitnspin on 20 Aug 2014, 00:23
What is the Inverse Square Law of sass?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: KOK on 20 Aug 2014, 02:40
Well now that you've said it, you've jinxed the storyline so that it doesn't happen.
Usually helps if you remain vague with the details, take the shotgun approach.
If someone on the forums suggests every possible storyline, does that mean QC ends?

No, it's merely replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.

You mean it hasn't already?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: NilsO on 20 Aug 2014, 04:18
Considering that none of my previous predictions have been true, I think we are on to something. We can influence the storyline with negative predictions. We can predict things we do not want to happen, and Jeph wil change the storyline to something else. The problem is that "something else" tends to be even more outrageous.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: techkid on 20 Aug 2014, 05:31
Jeph will do exactly what someone suggests once. Their new-found sense of power and clairvoyance will cause that person to try again. Then Jeph will do the complete opposite. Thus completing the troll master-class...

Now I've said that, it won't happen.

I guess the question is, is Dale using an absolute value (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_value) of sass in the comic?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: TheEvilDog on 20 Aug 2014, 05:54
What is the Inverse Square Law of sass?
Something that makes your brains leak out of your ears trying to figure it out.
Oh look, there goes mine!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 20 Aug 2014, 06:19
Jeph will do exactly what someone suggests once. Their new-found sense of power and clairvoyance will cause that person to try again. Then Jeph will do the complete opposite. Thus completing the troll master-class...

Now I've said that, it won't happen.

I guess the question is, is Dale using an absolute value (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_value) of sass in the comic?

Jeph will somehow figure out how to do both at once, with this very post.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: judemorrigan on 20 Aug 2014, 06:22
I thought Jeph doing exactly what we suggested was how we got Steve eating cereal.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Carl-E on 20 Aug 2014, 06:27
Who suggested that? 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: sitnspin on 20 Aug 2014, 07:24
Inverse Sass
R=1/s2

Sass Relativity
R=sc2
Respect equals sass times the square of the speed of light.

Competing theories on the relationship between sass and respect.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: FunkyTuba on 20 Aug 2014, 09:08
I would love nothing more than to Jeph to go straight down one of the paths we come up with only for it to turn out to have been a dream.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: NilsO on 20 Aug 2014, 10:17
The Crisis Wine (Merloooo ?) must have been bad, considering both Faye and Marten now have a headache. I would suggest a wine with less tannins next time. I thought the purpose of Crisis Wine was to get drunk, but obviously we need more wine (or stronger stuff) for that. Still, I am a bit disappointed with the forgotten Faye/Angus date, and that Angus did not come to pick up Faye while she was drunk. I suspect Jeph changed the storyline after we suggested that.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ysth on 20 Aug 2014, 10:54
Stop that! 


I mean it!!!


(...anybody want a peanut?)

Yes, ma'am.

New from 9˘... I'm almost impressed.

The algorithms on Amazon are funny. Some books are pretty much sold for a pittance (1 cent + S&H), others are priced full baka (I remember a stack of this book (http://www.amazon.com/Elizabeth-Taylor-Love-Affair-Jewelry/dp/0743236645/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408433951&sr=8-1&keywords=my+love+affair+taylor) was going for like a buck clearance each at Borders years ago and at one point was going for $300 a pop). I've heard some sellers us bots to one-up each other sometimes, with hilarious results.

Those aren't algorithms, those are third party sellers making a cent or a few cents plus the minimum $3.99 shipping to ship something media mail for substantially less than that.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: KOK on 20 Aug 2014, 11:12
Steve eating serial was a reaction to requests the Jeph take a break from the wedding and show us what some of the other characters were doing.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesariojpn on 20 Aug 2014, 14:25
New from 9˘... I'm almost impressed.

The algorithms on Amazon are funny. Some books are pretty much sold for a pittance (1 cent + S&H), others are priced full baka (I remember a stack of this book (http://www.amazon.com/Elizabeth-Taylor-Love-Affair-Jewelry/dp/0743236645/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408433951&sr=8-1&keywords=my+love+affair+taylor) was going for like a buck clearance each at Borders years ago and at one point was going for $300 a pop). I've heard some sellers us bots to one-up each other sometimes, with hilarious results.

Those aren't algorithms, those are third party sellers making a cent or a few cents plus the minimum $3.99 shipping to ship something media mail for substantially less than that.
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See:

When algorithmic pricing goes very wrong....

http://www.wired.com/2011/04/amazon-flies-24-million/ (http://www.wired.com/2011/04/amazon-flies-24-million/)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Coffee_Kaioken on 20 Aug 2014, 16:44
...I kind of like the new speech bubble's absence of borders, almost like an iOS 7 kinda thing
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 20 Aug 2014, 17:52
"Oh I wish I were an Oscar-Meyer..." *dodges thrown objects*
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 20 Aug 2014, 17:53
Hey, at least she's getting exercise!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: TheEvilDog on 20 Aug 2014, 17:54
Hanners - trying to decide if she's going to throw up? Or trying to decide how horrified she's feeling? You decide.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 20 Aug 2014, 17:58
Eeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Orkboy on 20 Aug 2014, 18:02
Okay, the new art style has given us the best expression of HannerHorrorTM so far.  I am now firmly in favor of the art changes. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 20 Aug 2014, 18:03
To be fair, at least she said "smell" and not "taste".
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Orkboy on 20 Aug 2014, 18:04
Yeah, but somehow, "smell" is weirder. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 20 Aug 2014, 18:08
...is it?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 20 Aug 2014, 18:24
Faye:  "Well done my young Padawan, The Sass is becoming strong with you."


And now Marigold has to find Hanners Reset Button - again.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 20 Aug 2014, 19:15
... but H. was so excited when M. touched a wiener ...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 20 Aug 2014, 19:25
That's Hanners and Marbear, not "H." and "M." :roll:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 20 Aug 2014, 20:32
My face matches Hanners.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Roxtar on 20 Aug 2014, 20:42
When used properly,
wieners
smell like poon.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Game and Watch Forever on 20 Aug 2014, 21:15
My face matches Hanners.

My thoughts (and face) exactly....
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 20 Aug 2014, 21:32
I thought Jeph doing exactly what we suggested was how we got Steve eating cereal.

Who suggested that?


Steve eating serial was a reaction to requests the Jeph take a break from the wedding and show us what some of the other characters were doing.

I think someone jokingly commented on Twitter we had not seen Steve in a while.
It kinds escalated from there.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Nyithra on 20 Aug 2014, 21:54
Of all the things, why the smell?!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: hedgie on 20 Aug 2014, 22:25
Average level of WoW-player hygiene?  Or, rather, lack thereof.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Nyithra on 20 Aug 2014, 23:22
Ughhhhh that area smells bad enough if the guy hasn't showered that day already!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: NilsO on 21 Aug 2014, 00:30
That is Too Much Information for Hanners. Marigold ought to know that. Is Marigold a bad friend, trying to make Hanners uncomfortable? Is this really something girls talk about?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: bucky_2300 on 21 Aug 2014, 00:34
The quality of the comics is dramatically slipping since Jeph and Cristi split up. I don't know if it's due to that or other emotional issues Jeph is having, but this comic has taken a nosedive recently. Take a vacation, man. Sleep. Do whatever it takes. This comic is flailing.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: lummo on 21 Aug 2014, 03:24
Well that's certainly not true.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ZoeB on 21 Aug 2014, 03:57
yes, we should give the Claire her fondue

What's this? Claire

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Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 21 Aug 2014, 04:55
That's Hanners and Marbear, not "H." and "M." :roll:

Your RMS Pedantic founders upon the iceberg of my indifference.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Sidhekin on 21 Aug 2014, 05:06
That's Hanners and Marbear, not "H." and "M." :roll:

Your RMS Pedantic founders upon the iceberg of my indifference.
That's Rogue/Marbear Ship, not "RMS".  8-)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Thrudd on 21 Aug 2014, 08:04
Sass Relativity
R=sc2
Respect equals sass times the square of the speed of light.
That would be the special case Respect equation.
The general Respectability equation would be
R2 = (sc2)2 + (pc)2
where pc is political correctness though some theoreticians insist that p is the inertia of the body being observed relative to the observer and c is the speed of light as a universal constant
- I personally do not have much faith in that since it has been proven that the speed of light is not a universal constant and is affected by what it travels through or by.

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Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 21 Aug 2014, 08:13
- I personally do not have much faith in that since it has been proven that the speed of light is not a universal constant and is affected by what it travels trough or by.
When physicists refer to the speed of light as a universal constant, they're referring to the speed of light in a vacuum. The speed of light in media is a whole other can of worms, but the speed of light in vacuum is constant.*

*To the best of our measuring capabilities. There are experiments trying to measure changes in the fine structure constant which would indicate changes in the speed of light in vacuum, but no significant changes have yet been observed.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Thrudd on 21 Aug 2014, 08:29
Yeah but part of the problem in doing any of those measurement is that we are sitting in a gravity well that is inside another gravity well etc etc etc all while being bombarded by an erratic stream of random high energy particles.
Its like doing precise drafting while sitting in a canoe going down the Colorado river in springtime.

There are enough inconsistencies in observed distant interstellar phenomena that some are pretty sure something isnt right about the assumptions.
The challenge is determining what the actual [censored] is going on and determining what does have a direct effect on the observed phenomena.

Theories and established assumptions do not die out until their establishment proponents die off.
That is something that has not changed and will not change until the nature of HomoSapiensSapiens changes.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 21 Aug 2014, 08:44
The physicists who do high-precision measurements are pretty good at accounting for those sorts of things. I'm not saying it's absolutely true that the speed of light (in vacuum) is constant, but to the best precision it's been measured (and some very high-precision measurements have been done (http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?uri=CLEO_SI-2012-CF2C.3)), it hasn't been observed to change.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Thrudd on 21 Aug 2014, 09:38
On the surface that uncertaintity value seems quite small but the moment you toss in celestial distances the numbers go all weird.
They also use an assumption [pretty solid by what we know for now] with an inference for a deduction.

I remember one example my prof in first year used to demonstrate how tiny changes can have significant effects.
1 km piece of continuous rail expanded as it warmed up.
If one end is fixed and the other allowed to move upwards within the 1 km space, how high would it move when the temperature changed from 25'C to 35'C ?
Good ole Pythagoras Theorem - Math is Fun. :-D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: katsmeat on 21 Aug 2014, 12:40
Actually, she now knows what a weiner smells like. < / pedantry>
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Coffee_Kaioken on 21 Aug 2014, 14:16
Ughhhhh that area smells bad enough if the guy hasn't showered that day already!

I think that's universal for guys and gals... we have a particularly unhygenic lady at work who leaves a scent after she gets up from sitting in a chair for 10 minutes. Blech.

The quality of the comics is dramatically slipping since Jeph and Cristi split up. I don't know if it's due to that or other emotional issues Jeph is having, but this comic has taken a nosedive recently. Take a vacation, man. Sleep. Do whatever it takes.

Maybe toke a little something? I wonder what kind of comics would result from Jeph being high...

.... or maybe we've seen (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1666) some (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=720) examples (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=646) already.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Akima on 21 Aug 2014, 15:56
The quality of the comics is dramatically slipping since Jeph and Cristi split up.
I don't think that's true from an observational point of view. I confess that today's strip didn't tickle my funny-bone very hard, though the "smelly body parts joke" has been a standard since the dawn of literature, but that's fine.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: FunkyTuba on 21 Aug 2014, 17:27
At the risk of feeding a possible troll... Edit: sorry for accusing you of being a troll

I don't agree with the "flailing" comment.

As for storylines... there has been an amazing amount of character development since he announced that they're splitting up (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2612):

* Marigold + Dale
* Marten + Delilah and his ensuing ennui
* Tension building with Faye + Angus
* Veronica + Jim
* The return of May in corporeal form
* Marten + Emily and his continuing ennui
* Sven being a butt and dropping his bomb
* We even got to see Yelling Bird's cloaca

Beyond that there are any number of older but still interesting storylines floating around out there that could be picked up at any time if Jeph gets interested in them again. Lots of unanswered questions and unexplored IMPLICATIONS to the stuff he laid down a while back.

Besides... Jeph just *took* a vacation to France... we're getting the resulting benefit of seeing him mess around with his styles in real time.  I like being privy to seeing his drawing evolve... not something every comic artist is willing to share with their audience.

The comic is interesting. The comic is evolving. The comic is not flailing.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Near Lurker on 21 Aug 2014, 18:24
According to the most recent concept sketches, she got an inexplicable extra helping of booty last night.  That must be what she's so happy about.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Mojo on 21 Aug 2014, 18:29
Hmmm....  I'm with Faye on this one, considering the last time we saw her she was just beginning to channel a Cthulian horror.

http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2770
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Neko_Ali on 21 Aug 2014, 18:46
And Mojo just beat me to what I was going to say. I wonder if Monday we'll find Sven in a full body cast...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: TheEvilDog on 21 Aug 2014, 18:49
We are at DEFCON ONE, I repeat, we are at DEFCON ONE! Duck for cover!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Mr_Rose on 21 Aug 2014, 19:04
Well, at least now we know; the secret ingredient in her coffee is blood. Human blood. And she just borrowed five point six week's supply from Sven… 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 21 Aug 2014, 19:25
Maybe Dora took on some of Faye's behaviors (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2273)...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 21 Aug 2014, 19:50
If that's the case, we'll see a puddle of bubbling fat that used to be Tai, slowly sloshing its way into the library...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: jwhouk on 21 Aug 2014, 20:13
Best line heard from the internet:

Quote from: 'Ekelai Aloysius Dirr'
@jephjacques Super Chipper? Is that the brand she threw Sven into?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 21 Aug 2014, 20:29
Buscemi-tested, Stormare-approved!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Smallest on 21 Aug 2014, 20:41
Well, Sven's dead.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 21 Aug 2014, 21:41
She went and found Sara in her hidden cabin for one last job.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 21 Aug 2014, 22:00
Flee! Flee to the mountains!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Tova on 21 Aug 2014, 22:51
Maybe she is enjoying a bit of good, old-fashioned schadenfreude.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Eversist on 21 Aug 2014, 22:53
No borders on the word bubbles! I likes.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: NilsO on 22 Aug 2014, 00:28
Well, Sven's dead.
At least something must have happened. Maybe Dora castrated Sven?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 22 Aug 2014, 00:44
I am super confused about why Dora is super chipper. Is she faking it til she makes it?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 22 Aug 2014, 01:01
Well you see May, when a Mommy and a Daddy love ea... wait, wrong explanation.

When someone is pushed to the point of completely snapping sometimes they become super chipper and cheerful, like a layer of super thick and tasty frosting over a cake made of layers of hatred and rage. This is usually preceded by a mental BSOD for the character (or real person) in question.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: NilsO on 22 Aug 2014, 03:04
I am super confused about why Dora is super chipper. Is she faking it til she makes it?
Well, she should not have any reason to be angry at Faye. It is not Faye's fault Sven is in love with her. The last time (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2770) we saw Dora, I anticipated mayhem. I would guess Dora has caused severe physical damage to Sven off-stage, and is now satisfied and happy with her work.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Somebody on 22 Aug 2014, 05:10
Does Sven have a patio?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ysth on 22 Aug 2014, 08:48
The quality of the comics is dramatically slipping since Jeph and Cristi split up. I don't know if it's due to that or other emotional issues Jeph is having, but this comic has taken a nosedive recently. Take a vacation, man. Sleep. Do whatever it takes. This comic is flailing.

Guess what, Jeph is a real person, not a comic character.  And that kind of talk is way out of line.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Barmymoo on 22 Aug 2014, 08:53
I agree that the comment was out of line and also unsubstantiated, but FOAD is also not something we allow people to say here - it's a pretty vicious personal attack and we have a rule against those. Make your point (a valid one that lots of people agree with) but do so in a way that respects that Bucky, however rude and incorrect you may find them, is also a real person.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Somnus Eternus on 22 Aug 2014, 11:21
So basically Sven is dead, right?  That's Monday's comic.  Sven's memorial service.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: ysth on 22 Aug 2014, 11:59
I'm failing to come up with some way she could have tampered with his bathroom supplies such that parts of him are now dyed chartreuse.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 22 Aug 2014, 14:20
She's got Sven bound up in back

There will be screaming and gnashing of teeth



And extremely loud Metal music.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: TheEvilDog on 22 Aug 2014, 15:10
Sven's actually in the basement, gagged and tied to a chair, before Dora comes down and does her impression of Mr. Blonde.

Faye and Dale are going to be wondering why the hell Stealer Wheeler's "Stuck in the Middle with You" is blaring from the basement.

Either that or the Sven is about to develop severe arachnophobia.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 22 Aug 2014, 15:40
Either that or the Sven is about to develop severe arachnophobia.
Lack of fear of shelving units (or breasts): "A rack? No phobia!"  :claireface:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: TheEvilDog on 22 Aug 2014, 16:20
€5/$5 into the pun jar, please.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Zwammy on 22 Aug 2014, 16:52
Average level of WoW-player hygiene?  Or, rather, lack thereof.

It's a well-worn joke, especially since Southpark did the "Make Love, Not Warcraft" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_Love,_Not_Warcraft) episode, but I play and my personal hygiene has never suffered.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: hedgie on 22 Aug 2014, 17:02
I used to play, and I keep rather clean.  I just thought it was such an easy one that I couldn't resist.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: iduguphergrave on 22 Aug 2014, 17:34
Do you guys see the size of that shoe dropping from the sky?? Its...OH SH---


Seriously though, I was getting pissed about the delay in the Dorasplosion, but now the buildup has aged like a fine wine and is delicious  :evil:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 22 Aug 2014, 20:56
€5/$5 into the pun jar, please.
Five quid into the pun shaming jar, please.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 23 Aug 2014, 02:40
And empty both jars into KM's snack fund box. It's for the children you monsters.

I think Dora's going to be fucking livid with Faye for NOT telling her about this. Therapy or no, Dora doesn't exactly do well with the concept of someone keeping or withholding things from her.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 23 Aug 2014, 08:12
But does Dora really have any right to know about it?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 23 Aug 2014, 08:23
If my best friend was keeping something that my sibling had done from me on this scale I'd be pretty upset. Not saying she's in the right... but I know how I'd feel.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Mr_Rose on 23 Aug 2014, 08:35
On what scale? Are "true love confessions" a big thing now? 'Cause otherwise he's just being an oblivious, self-centred man-child, aka business as usual.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Neko_Ali on 23 Aug 2014, 08:51
Sven was an ass, Faye handled it. She's a big girl, she doesn't need to go running to his sister about it. Especially given Faye just want to not have to deal with more stress at that time, which absolutely would have happened if she told Dora.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: GarandMarine on 23 Aug 2014, 08:53
Right. He's been a self centered, entitled twat AND screwing with my friends. A friend in this case who has just gotten to a semi-solid place in her life for the first time in a long time.

Yep you've just volunteered as a sacrifice to Kali.

I'm not saying she needs to go running to Dora, or that Dora even deserves to know, I am suggesting this is how Dora's going to take it, which is far more pertinent to the nuclear detonation of hate and discontent we appear to be in for.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 23 Aug 2014, 13:53
Then if she figures out that it wasn't her business, she may go into a guilt spiral over the recognition that she over-reacted.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: questionablydiscontent on 23 Aug 2014, 14:29
I see we're already speculating what happened to Sven. No surprise there.

I vasect it may have involved surgery.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Aziraphale on 23 Aug 2014, 20:57
Then if she figures out that it wasn't her business, she may go into a guilt spiral over the recognition that she over-reacted.

I find myself wondering whether this could lead to a scenario where Faye quits COD. Not likely, but possible. She doesn't have quite the same laissez-faire attitude towards peoples BS that Marten seems to have.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 23 Aug 2014, 21:31
The Pugnacious Peach could move to New York for a job, but I question whether she's rude enough to succeed there.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Aziraphale on 23 Aug 2014, 21:44
The Pugnacious Peach could move to New York for a job, but I question whether she's rude enough to succeed there.

She's rude enough in certain circumstances. But I don't know if the sass is backed with enough confidence to work properly outside the circle of people she's used to intimidating (friends, COD regulars and irregulars). You don't need that much rudeness in NYC anyway. I've found it's just as easy to just blend in. Nobody pays attention to much besides their own reflection in NYC as it is.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 23 Aug 2014, 23:17
This Week on QC .......


The Wrath of Dora ....... 14 (28%)
Sven goes on the lam ....... 3 (6%)
Marten and Emily - hillarity ensues ....... 13 (26%)
Faye Omega Beams MarBear ....... 2 (4%)
Tai bails Dora out of Jail ....... 7 (14%)
Hanners has to clean more messes ....... 4 (8%)
A week of Yelling Bird ....... 2 (4%)
Green Eggs and Spathe Ham ....... 1 (2%)
Something completely different ....... 4 (8%)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Somnus Eternus on 25 Aug 2014, 08:22
The Pugnacious Peach could move to New York for a job, but I question whether she's rude enough to succeed there.

Honestly, I've found people working in the service industry in Boston to be way ruder than the ones in New York.  (PERSONAL EXPERIENCE ONLY! YMMV!)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 25 Aug 2014, 19:05
Very limited personal experience of one small section of Manhattan here, but what worked for me thatvlongago weekend was a friend's advice that "New Yorkers aren't rude. They're just in a hurry." (I also learned to not share a cab with a fellow conventioneer and Ohioan who loudly assured me he knew NYC 'like the back of my hand, so I know exactly how-to go from one place to another,'" much to the cabbie's eye-rolling delight.)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 25 Aug 2014, 19:11
If he knows NYC so well, what the fuck was he doing taking a cab?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: T on 25 Aug 2014, 19:20
Then if she figures out that it wasn't her business, she may go into a guilt spiral over the recognition that she over-reacted.

I find myself wondering whether this could lead to a scenario where Faye quits COD. Not likely, but possible. She doesn't have quite the same laissez-faire attitude towards peoples BS that Marten seems to have.

And she will move with Angus, they will be happily ever after, have a million of babies and I will name one of them Turbine Engine, because Fighter Jet is Marigold's kid. http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2763
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 25 Aug 2014, 19:25
a million
That's not a reasonable number.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: cesium133 on 25 Aug 2014, 20:34
a million
That's not a reasonable number.
Yeah, clearly it should be more like a billion. You know, to conquer the world and all.

Okay, you'd need more than a billion to conquer the whole world. Maybe just the United States.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 25 Aug 2014, 21:19
You only need 12

In the right locations/positions
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Loki on 26 Aug 2014, 00:20
Speaking from experience?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 26 Aug 2014, 08:17
If he knows NYC so well, what the fuck was he doing taking a cab?

Convincing me I was about to have the quintessential New York dining experience ... Bennigan's.
The rest of our circle soon learned to not listen to him.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Kugai on 26 Aug 2014, 15:33
Speaking from experience?


I can neither confirm or deny
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 26 Aug 2014, 18:25
the quintessential New York dining experience ... Bennigan's.
Ow ow ow ow ow ow. Ok, look, I admit it, I'm from Jersey, I would never call myself a New Yorker, but I'm close enough not to be a tourist. And that sentence just...noooooooooooo.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 26 Aug 2014, 20:19
the quintessential New York dining experience ... Bennigan's.
Ow ow ow ow ow ow. Ok, look, I admit it, I'm from Jersey, I would never call myself a New Yorker, but I'm close enough not to be a tourist. And that sentence just...noooooooooooo.
It was still a great weekend. High point was actually stumbling across Al Hirschfeld's caricature gallery in a little hole-in-the-wall walkup near Central Park. That and finding a real, honest-to-God camera store. And watching tugboats on the Hudson from the deck of the Intrepid. Tugboats are awesome.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: Method of Madness on 26 Aug 2014, 21:00
Wait, when was this? Also where is said hole-in-the-wall?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2771-2775 (18-22 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Post by: DSL on 27 Aug 2014, 02:11
1996 or so. It was the 50th anniversary convention -- the Reuben Awards -- of the National Cartoonists Society (being a member of that used to be important to me). Hirschfield got a Lifetime Achievement Award, which was one of the reasons I was jazzed to find the gallery. It was within a block of Park Avenue, on the walk back from the park to the Waldorf, where the convention was.