Ok, but I actually understand not wanting BBQ sauce, tiny fish, or pickles on your pizza. Pineapple requires a bit of tanginess and spiciness to be added for most folks (habaneros) who snoot about it not belonging on pizza. BBQ sauce instead of marinara or tomato paste is just doing it wrong.I have a bizarre habit of ordering strange things on a pizza, but yet still friends trust me to make group orders, 'cos somehow I find ways to make it work. Like pine nuts and such.
what possibly makes any of us think, based on the comic, that AI don't make input errors? citation needed
also pizza is the stew of open-face sandwiches
what possibly makes any of us think, based on the comic, that AI don't make input errors? citation needed
also pizza is the stew of open-face sandwiches
Is it a sandwich or is it a flat pie? And if it qualifies as a sandwich, doesn't a hotdog count the same way? or a wrap? or a pocket?
OK now I'm hungry- darnit!
fish pizza
To me, today's strip is essentially the counterpart of the strip that was a text conversation between Clinton and Elliot. It's teaching Elliot that Clinton has issues that he should be aware off right at the start rather than get blindsided by later on (in this case, aggressive debating style mixed with a bad temper)!
I've never been banned from any online forum. Then again when the internet really started, I was already like 30 or some such. Its probably different if you're 13 when you start with the internet.
Obviously vegetables make the best pizza toppings. YUM !
I've never been banned from any online forum. Then again when the internet really started, I was already like 30 or some such. Its probably different if you're 13 when you start with the internet.
Back when I haunted the wizards of the coast forums a 100 years ago mentioning Katanas was a bannable offense because of how vitriolic and stupid the arguments tended to get. Similarly you ended up with really vicious argumetns about psionics rules. Some were genuinely interesting and there ended up being some great discussions/screaming matches about rules and the like. People get passionate about things or just want to troll.
Back when I haunted the wizards of the coast forums a 100 years ago mentioning Katanas was a bannable offense because of how vitriolic and stupid the arguments tended to get. Similarly you ended up with really vicious argumetns about psionics rules. Some were genuinely interesting and there ended up being some great discussions/screaming matches about rules and the like. People get passionate about things or just want to troll.
You have me really curious now - what in the world is there to argue about in regards to katanas? Is it that they're somehow a superior weapon? That seems like an especially ridiculous argument in D&D - it's been a long time since I looked at stats, but I think as far as D&D is concerned a katana is functionally a longsword that takes a separate proficiency? Even if you want to claim it's somehow better, fine, make them all Masterwork by default - everyone is on the same page by level 5 or 6 when actual enchanted weapons start popping up anyway.
Back when I haunted the wizards of the coast forums a 100 years ago mentioning Katanas was a bannable offense because of how vitriolic and stupid the arguments tended to get. Similarly you ended up with really vicious argumetns about psionics rules. Some were genuinely interesting and there ended up being some great discussions/screaming matches about rules and the like. People get passionate about things or just want to troll.
You have me really curious now - what in the world is there to argue about in regards to katanas? Is it that they're somehow a superior weapon? That seems like an especially ridiculous argument in D&D - it's been a long time since I looked at stats, but I think as far as D&D is concerned a katana is functionally a longsword that takes a separate proficiency? Even if you want to claim it's somehow better, fine, make them all Masterwork by default - everyone is on the same page by level 5 or 6 when actual enchanted weapons start popping up anyway.
Ok, well there were several subjheadings to this. See in 2nd edition the katana was genuinely OP, it was something like 2d12 damage which for those that aren't complete geeks is exceptionally high for a melee weapon. Then they just made them masterwork bastard swords in 3.0-3.5. This had objections from four camps.
1) Katanas are way better than that, they can cut cannon barrels and should be proper high damage
2) Katanas are curved blades not straight and most curved weapons have a higher crit range but maybe adjust damage, plus if you have to take an exotic weapons feat for it it should maybe be better
3) Katanas are trash and so are you ya damn weeb, they should be doing barely any damage and quit bringing your anime trash to my game
4) Katanas should have their own category if we're going to do the same thing for other similar weapons that exist or make tons of exotics, might as well make it more in line.
1 and 3 had the loudest and most pronounced arguments and all of this was pre-mythbusters. Some people might have been looking at it as legacy rules, some were going off of mall ninja lore, some were reacting negatively to what they viewed as foreign ideas in their gamespace, some were reacting to stuff from the past and some on both sides were trolling. I ended up in it by accidents because of a discussion about exotic weapons in general and what a crapshoot they were. I ended up making them their own thing and the stats I used ended up being the stats for them in Pathfinder a few years later so I guess I was ahead of the curve.
Also weapon stats could mean a lot because of how certain builds worked, a weapon that has poor damage but stupid high crit range due to typos is nuts for any kind of crit fisher build. But I'm already probably boring others that aren't into this so I'll stop here
BBQ sauce instead of marinara or tomato paste is just doing it wrong.Strongly disagree.
I'm with Clinton on baseball, but I extend that view to all the other sports too.
it also doesn't help that as cultures we publicly lie to ourselves a lot about why we make decisions
Story: If Jeph goes the route of Clinton gets drunk -> Clinton and Elliot declare their affection for each other -> next morning, they both wake up wondering if it was genuine or the booze, then I'm just giving up on QC, because Jeph is just repeating himself in different combinations over and over.I see where you're coming from, but I can't think of an instance where it was ever really in question.
Back when I haunted the wizards of the coast forums a 100 years ago mentioning Katanas was a bannable offense because of how vitriolic and stupid the arguments tended to get. Similarly you ended up with really vicious argumetns about psionics rules. Some were genuinely interesting and there ended up being some great discussions/screaming matches about rules and the like. People get passionate about things or just want to troll.
You have me really curious now - what in the world is there to argue about in regards to katanas? Is it that they're somehow a superior weapon? That seems like an especially ridiculous argument in D&D - it's been a long time since I looked at stats, but I think as far as D&D is concerned a katana is functionally a longsword that takes a separate proficiency? Even if you want to claim it's somehow better, fine, make them all Masterwork by default - everyone is on the same page by level 5 or 6 when actual enchanted weapons start popping up anyway.
Ok, well there were several subjheadings to this. See in 2nd edition the katana was genuinely OP, it was something like 2d12 damage which for those that aren't complete geeks is exceptionally high for a melee weapon. Then they just made them masterwork bastard swords in 3.0-3.5. This had objections from four camps.
1) Katanas are way better than that, they can cut cannon barrels and should be proper high damage
2) Katanas are curved blades not straight and most curved weapons have a higher crit range but maybe adjust damage, plus if you have to take an exotic weapons feat for it it should maybe be better
3) Katanas are trash and so are you ya damn weeb, they should be doing barely any damage and quit bringing your anime trash to my game
4) Katanas should have their own category if we're going to do the same thing for other similar weapons that exist or make tons of exotics, might as well make it more in line.
1 and 3 had the loudest and most pronounced arguments and all of this was pre-mythbusters. Some people might have been looking at it as legacy rules, some were going off of mall ninja lore, some were reacting negatively to what they viewed as foreign ideas in their gamespace, some were reacting to stuff from the past and some on both sides were trolling. I ended up in it by accidents because of a discussion about exotic weapons in general and what a crapshoot they were. I ended up making them their own thing and the stats I used ended up being the stats for them in Pathfinder a few years later so I guess I was ahead of the curve.
Also weapon stats could mean a lot because of how certain builds worked, a weapon that has poor damage but stupid high crit range due to typos is nuts for any kind of crit fisher build. But I'm already probably boring others that aren't into this so I'll stop here
Oh wow, the only 2E games I've played are the IE games and those all just made them 1d10. A medium longsword is 1d8, 2d12 is just fucking *broken* - it's just a sword, Jesus Christ. I think I'm in camp 2, all of that makes sense - if I've got to spend a feat to use the thing without a penalty, it *should* be better than a bog-standard longsword. But get outta here with that Weeabo "legendary Nippon steel that can slice through anything!" bullshit - it's a meter-long piece of sharpened steel, not a damned lightsaber. FWIW, it's been years since I played P&P, but I have a decent collection of 3.5 books that I've enjoyed reading and that's what I'm most familiar with, I don't really know anything about 4e or 5e.
Back away from the beer Clinton. You'll end up making a fool of yourself if you're not careful.
BBQ sauce instead of marinara or tomato paste is just doing it wrong.Strongly disagree.
My wife has a toxic reaction to commercial tomato sauces (we made our own once and she took it just fine) so we typically get our pizza from Papa Murphy's with the Creamy Garlic Sauce. But when we get a "Hawai'ian" we get it with BQ sauce, and PM's has also occasionally had a "Barbecue Chicken" pie that we've found quite good.
There was a restaurant that did a really good smoked salmon, goat cheese and dill pizza.
Clinton is a bit on the lightweight side - so that little girl on the left must be tiny. Maybe Elliot should check her ID a little more closely?Massachusetts IDs that were issued when the person was not 21 years old have a portrait layout. Massachusetts IDs that were issued when the person was at least 21 years old have a landscape layout. If a person's Massachusetts ID is landscape, that person is at least 21 years old. This also protects the privacy of the person whose ID it is: kudos to that bar for not requiring scanning IDs upon entry. IDs have more data on them than is necessary to verify whether the person is at least 21 years old.
I'm beginning to think my worst fears about this arc are being realised. Jeph, having failed to come up with a way to make a believable chemistry between Clinton and Elliot, has just arbitrarily declared that they're crushing on each-other (ignoring that their older interactions involved Clinton being afraid that he might get in a fight with Elliot over Brun) and just writing a load of light-weight cute comedy strips and expecting us to take the 'chemistry' thing as read.
one day you'll have to actually just take the fanfiction plunge you know that rightPlease do, and send me the link so I can read it.
That whole situation has a "Elliot still believes to get said no" feeling to me...
Linguistic question: is there an English expression for getting turned down romantically? In German you can use "jemandem den/einen Korb geben", literally meaning "to give someone the/a basket", and I wonder what's out there in similar expressions.
what possibly makes any of us think, based on the comic, that AI don't make input errors? citation needed
also pizza is the stew of open-face sandwiches
Is it a sandwich or is it a flat pie? And if it qualifies as a sandwich, doesn't a hotdog count the same way? or a wrap? or a pocket?
OK now I'm hungry- darnit!
I've never been banned from any online forum. Then again when the internet really started, I was already like 30 or some such. Its probably different if you're 13 when you start with the internet.
I've been young on the internet and never got banned anywhere, but then my preferred way to interact with forum arguments was always as a spectator. You wouldn't believe the mundane, seemingly harmless topics that would cause a thread to spin out into 20-page behemoths of internet rage in the blink of on eye. A forum I frequented as a high schooler had one that exploded over a literal sandwich. That thread is the stuff of legend.
It's been quite some time since I've seen any of this stuff go down, of course. OT, obviously I'm posting on one now, but I feel like the real heyday of forums in general was over years ago, where they were basically THE place to congregate to talk about whatever the thing was. There are so many other places people can share their opinions now, even/especially on niche topics. Again, certain webcomic forums notwithstanding.
Which is why I’m grateful that none of the mods here go off on power trips like that. Some people let even the smallest amount of power go to their heads.
I think it'd be more interesting if Clinton got drunk and started causing a minor scene, or subtle problems for Elliot's bouncer role that Elliot notices and worries about the bar noticing, even thought it's just something subtle that probably only few others would notice or even care about, but Elliot thinks he's in the awkward position of having to handle the situation but in a gentler way than usual because he doesn't want to mess up his chances with Clinton. Or whether he even needs to do anything about it.. Maybe interesting if he slightly overreacts, causing slight difficulties for their relationship, that he imagines are really big problems.
And there's definitely the potential to weave in something with Brun, irregarding whether it's directly related. Recently hasn't been much simultaneous storylines advancement, so I doubt this would happen.. I'd offer some odds for betting, but I'd rather wait for the old bet to resolve first. How many in-story days has it been so far? 2--3? Time really flies when I'm busy with---wait a minute!
I'm beginning to think my worst fears about this arc are being realised. Jeph, having failed to come up with a way to make a believable chemistry between Clinton and Elliot, has just arbitrarily declared that they're crushing on each-other (ignoring that their older interactions involved Clinton being afraid that he might get in a fight with Elliot over Brun) and just writing a load of light-weight cute comedy strips and expecting us to take the 'chemistry' thing as read.
We've already seen Clinton get all hot and bothered imagining touching Elliot's arms and stuff, and we know that Clinton decided to do this because it turns out he is physically attracted to Elliot, and he wants to hang out with him and see how he feels (and he is being very good and brave about it [/Claire]). I certainly got the nervous energy and romantic chemistry Jeph was going for from the confession comics, and I'm clearly not the only one here who's perfectly happy to see where he's planning on taking this. Which is something that nobody knows, especially not from a bit of friendly interaction at the start of the evening.
That whole situation has a "Elliot still believes to get said no" feeling to me...
Linguistic question: is there an English expression for getting turned down romantically? In German you can use "jemandem den/einen Korb geben", literally meaning "to give someone the/a basket", and I wonder what's out there in similar expressions.
Which is why I’m grateful that none of the mods here go off on power trips like that. Some people let even the smallest amount of power go to their heads.
That whole situation has a "Elliot still believes to get said no" feeling to me...Is it a "basket case"?
Linguistic question: is there an English expression for getting turned down romantically? In German you can use "jemandem den/einen Korb geben", literally meaning "to give someone the/a basket", and I wonder what's out there in similar expressions.
They're devious little buggers, and I think they have the same "semi-liquid" state that cats are famous for. Saw one squeeze through a knot-hole in a wooden fence that I couldn't even get my pinky-finger through.Chipmunks are like Edward Tooms?
I don't get why a vet would laugh at you over being concerned about rabies if a rodent bites and breaks the skin of your hand tho...??Chipmunks or no.
I don't get why a vet would laugh at you over being concerned about rabies if a rodent bites and breaks the skin of your hand tho...??Chipmunks or no.
Ditto. Rabies is no laughing matter - just read Cujo.
EDIT: although apparently it's quite rare in squirrels: https://sciencing.com/signs-symptoms-rabies-squirrels-5578992.html
My cat just watched. No help at all.Of course not. It was supervising your practice hunt to make sure you did it right…
A squirrel got into my place once. I think through the attic and then past a pipe in the ceiling of a closet. I managed to chivvy it into the cat carrier and released it outside. My cat just watched. No help at all.
Obligatory tree rodent song.No, this is the obligatory squirrel song.
I mean was the joke "LOL Big man got bit by ITTY BITTY CHIPMUNK, whats wrooong not man enough to take it?" or was it "Lol but they don't have rabies"
Cause neither of those are true.
My cat just watched. No help at all.
So, funny story about rodents...
Where I live we've got one of just a few decently-sized urban populations of wild european hamsters. Not escaped pets, the genuine endangered native critter. When they turned up pretty much overnight (the large vacant lot where they'd been hiding got built on so the hamsters did a Watership Down, packed up all their stuff and moved in here with us) it became a topic of interest to the university's biology department.
So of course they sent some students to do fieldwork. I volunteered to help them out a few times and thus witnessed the horrors of wild rodents first-hand.
The little bastards had to be caught, weighed, blood and stool samples taken and marked to recognize them later.
Catching them was easy. Peanut butter is apparently irresistible to them so they'd wander into cage traps within minutes of them being put down. And as long as the peanut butter lasted, they were fairly content to stay in there. But eventually the stuff ran out, and the hamsters got cranky. By the time the students came to remove them from the traps, they tended to be on roughly the same level of cranky as Michael Douglas' character in Falling Down.
And the students had to reach into the traps to grab them.
They had heavy protective gloves. Kevlar-lined.
They didn't help much. Hamsters have enough bite strength to draw blood even if they can't pierce the material...they just drive it through your skin and flesh to the bone as well. Then somebody had to hold the struggling hamster while somebody else tried to get samples. Fun fact: Hamsters don't look like they have much in the way of a neck but their heads have a pretty surprising range of motion...
Those biology students developed a lifelong hatred of all things rodent within the span of a few months.
Tangentially related: Before the hamsters moved in, we had rat problems. There aren't any rats anymore. Only hamsters.
Actually animals dont hunt unless they are hungry. Well .. typically not, anyway.My cat just watched. No help at all.
I had a cat like that once. Nothing fazed her. A squirrel could have sauntered right past her, and she would probably think, "Gee, my atavistic instincts tell me I should hunt that thing down and kill it, but...man, that just seems like so much work." :roll:
... There aren't any rats anymore. Only hamsters.
I don't get why a vet would laugh at you over being concerned about rabies if a rodent bites and breaks the skin of your hand tho...??Chipmunks or no.Unfortunately, unless there are absolutely huge red flags otherwise, that's the standard reaction to someone getting bit, at least around here. I know *one* person who would even be seen as serious about it, but she gets the vaccine since she rehabs bats.
No, this is.Obligatory tree rodent song.No, this is the obligatory squirrel song.
Now I have more questions about Yay. If one body is back at their "headquarters" petting Azathoth, can the body in Elliot's apartment share that enjoyment?Such data-processing offloading might help them maintain a staunch facade (https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4235).
It's probably a bad idea to give Yay a hamster or similar. Azathoth and Mr. Smooches would hunt and kill the poor little critter.
Is anyone else stuck on the fact that a woman as tall as Elliot just walked passed them, and neither one of them even looked at her?She's certainly tall, but there is also the possibility that she's wearing heels.
I noticed that too - if she were nearly as tall as Elliot, that would make her, what, 6 foot, 5 or 6 inches? Even if she were wearing high heels, that would be distinctively tall. However, I also noticed that there is a reasonable amount of space above her head in the doorway - but when Elliot goes through a doorway, there isn't much space (as standard doorways tend to be about 6 foot 8 high, or about 2 meters)*.Comparing legcrotch-heights, either legs long or door elevate. Tall nonetheless. Why'd make they door elevate? Trapping intoxicates? And if door elevate, short (https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4377) shorter, or step delevate.
Conclusion: She's standing on a step, coming down into the bar.
*Of course, it could also be a non-standard door, and she really is roughly the height of Elliot (and Bubbles and New May)
about the new poll "number between 1 and 10". <sigh> why restricted to integers? My answer is 4.5567894321547
Poor Clinton. Hope he doesn't piss himself...Why does he say it out loud?
Poor Clinton. Hope he doesn't piss himself...Well, he is going to have to hold it the whole weekend...
about the new poll "number between 1 and 10". <sigh> why restricted to integers? My answer is 4.5567894321547
Is fresh laundry scented deodorant a real thing and where can I get some?
or whether he wants to Joss the whole thing here and now.
[...] (and Eliot can do a lot better)GAH ! I hate this line of argument.
You know, considering the difficulty that many of this cast seem to have with clearly communicating to others their interest, I have to think that Yay (and Gary and any other super-AIs out there) must occasionally marvel that we actually manage to reproduce in sufficient numbers to keep the species viable.Regular heterosexual relationships that could procreate if they wanted to are a bit of a rarity on QC. I think last count is only three (Steve + Cosette, Penpen + Wil, Marigold + Dale).
[...] (and Eliot can do a lot better)GAH ! I hate this line of argument.
"He's an 8 out of 10 and she's only a 5, so he can do a lot better". Gnagl.
He can do better though, how else to put it. Their personalities and interests don't mesh and the only reason Eliot is interested in Clinton is because Eliot has major confidence and self-esteem issues
Its a shame because hes a decent guy
Is fresh laundry scented deodorant a real thing and where can I get some?As far as I can tell, it smell like poorly rinsed fresh laundry. And I'm not so sure there's any iota of laundry smell in it. Really it just smells like detergent. Perhaps Brun cares more about it's antiperspirant nature.
I've learned to stay out of this kind of discussion way back in college. It's only the people in the relationship that really know how it is. The couple everyone was shaking their heads at, still is together. The ones everyone approved of as a perfect match, all broke up.My understanding of good long intimate relationships is that it's all about how well they in sum cover all the basic practical things, then about what synergy comes from their interactions. That's why intimate relations seem to be so tangled---or woven if you're into that sort of thing, I won't judge---together. In short, the best relationships are among vastly different, barely compatible---but compatible nonetheless---persons. Each party brings something of high value to the other parties, that the other parties would only less effectively bring themselves. That's where the `my better half' stereotype comes from.
What is Clinton gonna ask Brun? Suspens is killing me!
True, because all the deodorant marketed only at men is, like, "Dangerous Chemicals" and "Blood of Your Enemies."Is fresh laundry scented deodorant a real thing and where can I get some?
At a guess, probably a 'yes'. Might be a deodorant not specifically marketed at men. Probably has a powder blue or baby blue plastic.
What? Why restrict yourself to such an arbitrary precision?
Well, two people successfully guessed my number. It was 8.Wrong.
Dammit. I forgot to lock voting before revealing that.Well, two people successfully guessed my number. It was 8.Wrong.
Well, two people successfully guessed my number. It was 8.Wrong.