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Comic Discussion => QUESTIONABLE CONTENT => Topic started by: Gyrre on 06 Feb 2022, 08:58
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Might be a bit too tired to come up with a sensible poll, so here's this nonsense. Hopefully I'm not stepping on Jeph's toes for Nelson backstory.
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I have an alternate poll regarding comfy sheets if this one is too silly.
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Comic is up.
No-one is deadpan like Bubbles.
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Conducting the funeral for a defendent you represented would be nowhere near as uncomfortable as conducting a funeral for someone killed by a defendent you had represented.
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"See ya later, Emmett", Jeph says. Anyone want to bet on how many months it will be before we see them again? IIRC, Dan came back a couple of times in the background fairly quickly after his introductory arc before he, Renee and Brun were seemingly seen off at the bus station.
That aside, I'm afraid that Bubbles is right about how obvious he and Sam are (yes, I think it's mutual although Sam is better at hiding it). I'm just wondering how long it's going to be until everyone just reflexively talks about 'Sam and Emmett' as if where one is the other will inevitably be!
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Conducting the funeral for a defendent you represented would be nowhere near as uncomfortable as conducting a funeral for someone killed by a defendent you had represented.
I was operating under the assumption that Nelson was defending someone who was innocent, but good point.
EDIT: I switched to the backup poll because of both how depressing that thought is (I'm sure it was already lingering in the back of my mind) and because I couldn't think of a lawyer's case that corresponded to a christening other than a custody battle. Which is also super depressing.
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I'm just wondering how long it's going to be until everyone just reflexively talks about 'Sam and Emmett' as if where one is the other will inevitably be!
Sammet.
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Nobody can impose a bear where it can shit or not.
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Awwww. :-D
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Comic's up.
Yay is trying so hard, bless 'em. Like my kids, they have to learn that they can ask for something, but the answer might be 'no' and they'll have to accept that. Nice pants, though!
... Roko, what is the bread knife for?
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Progress! ~Ish.
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... Roko, what is the bread knife for?
We've seen somewhere - I don't have the time to find it now - that Roko has a drawer full of kitchen utensils, even though she technically has no need for them. Presumably this is adding to her collection.
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The utensils were mentioned here: https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3968
But Roko does buy bread so I suspect that she'd actually use a bread knife, unlike the other utensils.
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We've seen somewhere - I don't have the time to find it now - that Roko has a drawer full of kitchen utensils, even though she technically has no need for them. Presumably this is adding to her collection.
She could have them for any visiting meatbags.
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The utensils were mentioned here: https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3968 (https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3968)
But Roko does buy bread so I suspect that she'd actually use a bread knife, unlike the other utensils.
*Facepalm*
Me and my Tuesday afternoon brain, I completely forgot about her bread fetish. Can I blame it on the booster shot that I got 2 hours earlier?
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Nobody can impose a bear where it can shit or not.
Why, that sounds good - until you actually think about it.
Wild animals live under many constrictions and dangers. They dont really have that much of a choice about anything, constantly having to go around looking for food, avoiding dangers, looking for a mate, etc.
Want more freedoms ? Try homo sapiens.
And homo sapiens can stop bears easily, from anything. If they have a gun, anyway.
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Yay likes what now.
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Yeah, I didn't put "bread knife" together with "bread fetish" until it was mentioned above.
Kind of a relief, really. She's just planning to have her way with a few oh-so-moist slices off a nice plump loaf later on.
Are AIs and knives A Thing? May has been seen playing with knives, and Bubbles gave Momo that precision high-speed haircut a while back...
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Ah, Yay, never change. *lol*
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Well, Yay, she said no to spying & skullduggery. Perhaps if you asked (nicely), she would share some fresh pumpernickel slices to break in that lovely new knife?
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Aaah, the cute little blushes on panel 2!
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For comic #4718... (https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4718)
1. Subtle(r) Fetish Detailing ~ (panel 02) I liked the Roko's blush on slicing her bread loaf.
2. Precision Fetish? ~ (panel 03) Interesting that Roko is precision-inspecting her bread-slicing. Wonder if that is a part of Roko's fetish, or just a natural desire for precision work on Roko's part?
3. That Fresh Bread Smell? ~ I may have missed (&/or forgotten), but does Roko also indulge her fetish like other robots with scent-stimulation? (i.e.: robots with coffee/teas).
4. Yay's New Look ~ Also like Yay's new look, very reminscient of DC/Vertigo Comics' Death of the Endless, a character I have enjoyed a lot across the years, like Questionable Content. ;)
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I wonder if Roko has a drawer of bread knives. Each one signifying at special memory of certain loaves.
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wow, Roko, doing that with Yay right there?
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Nobody can impose a bear where it can shit or not.
Why, that sounds good - until you actually think about it.
Wild animals live under many constrictions and dangers. They dont really have that much of a choice about anything, constantly having to go around looking for food, avoiding dangers, looking for a mate, etc.
Want more freedoms ? Try homo sapiens.
And homo sapiens can stop bears easily, from anything. If they have a gun, anyway.
And the brain power to not invite the bear into their home/cabin/campsite with just a phone camera pointed at it for internet clout.
EDIT: typo fix
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And the brain power to not invite the bear into their home/cabin/campsite with just a phone camera pointed at it for internet clout.
EDIT: typo fix
This week on the Darwin Awards...
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wow, Roko, doing that with Yay right there?
She has clearly gotten VERY comfortable having Yay around.
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As If an employer that is against unionisation, wasn't hostile enough
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No matter what, you're gonna have employee/management issues....
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So, better off having leverage. Being "nice" to employers may be good or bad, depending on the size of the company. If it's a huge company, they'll do whatever they can to increase their profit. No matter what it'll cost to their work force.
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The most comfortable item of bedclothes is the weighted blanket.
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I think it says a lot about how comfortable Roko has gotten around Yay that she's willing to cut bread around them. It seems like that would be a really personal thing to her!
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So, better off having leverage. Being "nice" to employers may be good or bad, depending on the size of the company. If it's a huge company, they'll do whatever they can to increase their profit. No matter what it'll cost to their work force.
Yes and no. I've generally had better work environments with bigger operations; since they have more assets to pursue, in my experience, they have been more careful to do everything by the book. Of course, there's also the point where a company is too big to care, and just takes money for the fines/settlements out of the petty cash drawer, but I've never worked for anywhere *that* big.
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ooohhhh, such a N I C E slice on that loaf. Roko, would you like to come sit down while we discuss the subtleties of precision bread equipment?
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I dunno. That knife appears to be serrated, and there's no excuse for using those, since they'll tear apart most breads. Assuming the blade is long enough, a properly sharp knife makes a clean cut every time.
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I dunno. That knife appears to be serrated, and there's no excuse for using those, since they'll tear apart most breads. Assuming the blade is long enough, a properly sharp knife makes a clean cut every time.
Really? In my experience, serrated knives are much more appropriate for cutting bread than knives with a sharp-but-smooth edge.
In fact, Googling "bread knife", most images that show up seem to be knives like this.
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Most people don't keep their knives properly sharp, so will use the serrated bread knife. I just tend to use my basic chef's knife for everything that doesn't warrant a specialised blade. But I do sharpen the thing every time it makes a trip through the dishwasher, usually to the point where I can shave with it.
Edit: It's probably more accurate to say that I hone it at that point. It rarely needs extra sharpening.
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I've had no problem using serrated blades on freshly baked bread, provided that the knife is nice and sharp. I find that non-serrated blades tend to have trouble getting through the crust.
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i love the perhaps intentional Mary Worth energy from yesterday and today's entries :) :) :laugh:
i remember Jeph mentioning it on twitter every now and then!!
Those of us who grew up reading the comics page, and feeling puzzled by what Mary Worth was supposed to be, but still reading it each day along with the others!! There was a second soap opera comic too whose name is not registering currently!! And there was also Mark Trail!!! Realistically rendered people in at times charmingly at other times puzzlingly milquetoast situations , which, this situation in QC is not, but the idea of two character closeups having an important discussion about future matters quickly sent my memory to Mary Worth!!
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And the brain power to not invite the bear into their home/cabin/campsite with just a phone camera pointed at it for internet clout.
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This week on the Darwin Awards...
Really!? Again???
I swear, the bears are smarter than these clout chasing morons.
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i love the perhaps intentional Mary Worth energy from yesterday and today's entries :) :) :laugh:
i remember Jeph mentioning it on twitter every now and then!!
Those of us who grew up reading the comics page, and feeling puzzled by what Mary Worth was supposed to be, but still reading it each day along with the others!! There was a second soap opera comic too whose name is not registering currently!! And there was also Mark Trail!!! Realistically rendered people in at times charmingly at other times puzzlingly milquetoast situations , which, this situation in QC is not, but the idea of two character closeups having an important discussion about future matters quickly sent my memory to Mary Worth!!
In that case, might I recommend Jackie Wolenhaus's webcomic 'Between Failures' (https://betweenfailures.com/)? Like Shannon K Garrity and Jeffrey C Wells' 'Skin Horse, it starts out in black and white with thr shift to color having narrative significance.
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Ah yes, Yay the Freelancer...
I see Yay as being the one that management calls in when a particularly difficult situation needs to be "dealt with quietly and without undue publicity"...
Calling Yay is definitely the last resort and everyone in management is uneasy about having to deal with them...
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Calling Yay is definitely the last resort and everyone in management is uneasy about having to deal with them...
Especially as Yay has a strong if Quixotic ethical frame-work. They are quite capable of betraying their employers if the person that they're supposed to 'deal with' has their sympathies.
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Yeah, with their development, I could see Yay turning into a freelancer more in line with The Equalizer.
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I've met a few Daves from Accounting. The whole 'vaguely uncomfortable with our gender presentation' thing usually ends one of two ways - I haven't been the target, but I've watched it happen, about both gender presentation and race: One, the Dave decides he's more uncomfortable about the fact that he's uncomfortable, and vaguely concerned this means he's discriminating and then the Dave tries to understand, or two, the Dave decides that being uncomfortable is the target's fault and problems commence.
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I've had no problem using serrated blades on freshly baked bread, provided that the knife is nice and sharp. I find that non-serrated blades tend to have trouble getting through the crust.
Personally, I find it really depends on the type of bread you're trying to cut, and, really, there's something about the feel of a non-serrated blade cutting through a hard crust that gives me shivers, and not in a Roko kind of way.
But I do sharpen the thing every time it makes a trip through the dishwasher, usually to the point where I can shave with it.
I never put my knives through the dishwasher. I was told it's bad for their temper. Not to mention that the one time I accidentally put a carbon steel knife in, it came out looking etched.
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... there's something about the feel of a non-serrated blade cutting through a hard crust that gives me shivers..
I've bought sliced bread all my life. Am I missing out?
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Possibly. :laugh:
Though the shivers I mentioned is more of a nails on chalk board kind of thing.
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A properly sharpened and honed knife, made out of decent steel, will cut through bread crust like no problem.
But a serrated knife is much more practical. If you use it only for bread, you'll never need to sharpen anything.
Idk why but the first Dave that my mind pictured was Dave Norton from GTA.
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I've bought sliced bread all my life. Am I missing out?
Maybe? I bake my own bread sometimes, and nothing compares to that smell and taste.
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Comic's up.
Now I want to play a D&D game that is DM'ed by Roko.
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Comic's up.
Now I want to play a D&D game that is DM'ed by Roko.
Same.
It'd be interesting to see where her knack for narrative pursuits takes her.
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how obvious he and Sam are
Politest possible reminder that everyone in the strip is using they/them pronouns for Emmett.
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ship ship ship ship shipshipshipshipSHIPHIPSHIPSHIP SHIP SHIP SHIP SHIP
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I'm just trying to work out where this is going. Is Roko's teasing going to turn into flirting (or at least something Yay interprets as such)? Or, in a real twist, will Yay run into a Dave from Accounting whilst getting a relaxing tea to sniff from CoD and we are all going to be left wondering if Roko can see the future?
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Now I want to play a D&D game that is DM'ed by Roko.
Ditto.
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Now I want to play a D&D game that is DM'ed by Roko.
Ditto.
Yeah, hard same. I think she'd be a very good GM.
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Ah, some good old-fashioned, back-and-forth, QC-style banter! - Trouble is, Roko is good at it, but Yay apparently hasn't grasped the rules yet :laugh:
( Hint for Yay: There are no rules, don't bother trying to understand them :-D )
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Spaghetti strap top, cargo pants. What message is Yay trying to send here?
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I think I know Dave from accounting.
Hopefully, Yay is processing negative emotions rather than preparing future strategies.
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"Rocks fall. Everyone dies."
(If anyone can make that happen, Yay can) :-P
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Dave from accounting has put zero points into Sense Motive.
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Not necessarily. People often don’t roll out unless they think that they need to. And of “Dave” has a crush on Yay already, he may just go with wishful thinking.
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I'm just trying to work out where this is going.
Does it need to go anywhere? Silly banter like this is what QC does best - like all of the strips of various members of the cast riffing on a random subject at Coffee of Doom.
Spaghetti strap top, cargo pants. What message is Yay trying to send here?
Is this considered an odd pairing elsewhere? It didn't stand out to me.
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I'm just trying to work out where this is going.
Does it need to go anywhere? Silly banter like this is what QC does best - like all of the strips of various members of the cast riffing on a random subject at Coffee of Doom.
Well, yes, it does. Randomness without any pay-off is a turn-off to me.
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You must have skipped, like, the first 500 strips then.
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I like the randomness. Reminds me of talking nonsense with friends.
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You must have skipped, like, the first 500 strips then.
Read them, didn't like them (Yes, I have the printed volumes). When actual stories started being told was when I think that this strip found its magic. Magic that has increasingly been lost in the last couple of years.
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You do realise that in real life, there's no "going somewhere" right? Things just happen. Narrative is a lie we humans tack onto events to make sense of them, but it doesn't actually exist.
People have conversations, often silly and "pointless" ones. Cos they're fun.
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Sadly, the way life works, I do think that I'm going somewhere, and in a handbasket noless.
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Sadly, the way life works, I do think that I'm going somewhere, and in a handbasket noless.
This handbasket is crowded...
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You do realise that in real life, there's no "going somewhere" right?
Yes, I do. You do realise that this isn't real life but fiction for entertainment, don't you?
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Honestly, the "random" friendly banter is never pointless regardless of whether it's plot-relevant, because it shows and develops the characters' relationships for the audience. Penny eventually getting less (understandably) prickly and joining in the verbal shenanigans with her coworkers, the CoD crew going on wacky tangents with each other and clearly enjoying each other's company rather than just getting through a work day together, the various ways different characters would respond to getting teased, etc. And I've always found it enjoyable just seeing these friends act like friends as they made zillions of indie music references that sailed right over my head. I started reading when I saw mention of Faye's Big Reveal on some internet list and felt intrigued by the promise of serious depth and drama, and of course I enjoy seeing plotlines unfold, but I've stuck around all this time for the characters. [Marge Simpson] I just think they're neat. [/Marge Simpson]
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Also, it may be because I've been vicariously watching a lot of Star Trek Voyager of late (I know someone who's seeing it for the first time, and streaming it), but I'm hearing a lot of "irritated Jeri Ryan" in Yay's latest lines.
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Spaghetti strap top, cargo pants. What message is Yay trying to send here?
Pragmatism can be hot?
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"I am exploring my style"?
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Have that few of the forumites tried jersey sheets?
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Have that few of the forumites tried jersey sheets?
Didn't vote in the poll but I've never heard of them. Google tells me they are sold here though.
You must have skipped, like, the first 500 strips then.
Read them, didn't like them (Yes, I have the printed volumes). When actual stories started being told was when I think that this strip found its magic. Magic that has increasingly been lost in the last couple of years.
I didn't enjoy most of the first 500 strips either. If the comic had continued in that vein I probably wouldn't have kept reading. Luckily it was already up to the lake house arc by the time I found it.
But I also don't think the magic has gone out of the strip in the last few years. I'm still interested to discover where Jeph will take the Roko & Yay storyline, May & Dale working for Marigold, Elliot & Clinton's relationship, Claire's ambition, Pintsize's new body, Aurelia's story, etc.
I don't mind if we take a bit of a meandering route to get there. In fact I'd be happy to meander past some of the characters that we haven't seen for a while (ie. Sven, Brun, Renee, etc). I think it's always going to feel slow when 1 day in the comic takes up weeks or even months of time in real life. Perhaps the stories that Jeph is choosing to tell these days just aren't interesting to you. That's cool, not everything is for everyone.