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Title: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: Gyrre on 10 Apr 2022, 09:50
I'm not weird, you're weird.
Please don't judge me. I only do some of these. Mostly the cheese.

EDIT: typo correction. Poll made during bout of insomnia.
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: notStanley on 10 Apr 2022, 11:29
apple slices with peanut butter AND cheddar!
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: Scarlet Manuka on 10 Apr 2022, 19:20
I think Pintsize is just joking here. But anything is possible!
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: DaiJB on 10 Apr 2022, 19:26
I'm not weird, you're weird.
Please don't judge me. I only do some of these. Mostly the cheese.

EDIT: typo correction. Poll made during bout of insomnia.

Cheese? At night? Okay then - but...brrr...for me, that would be Nightmare City...  :-P
(Maybe that might explain the insomnia?!) 

Anyway, I have to justify putting "other" :-D :-
Marten strikes me as a sleep-like-a-log type, only awake at night if someone wakes him. Can't remember specifically, but I think I recall at least one of his middle-of-the-night conversations requiring coffee...
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: Farideh on 10 Apr 2022, 19:29
Marten strikes me as a 'half a tortilla' man, with some toast on the side.

And yeah, I think Pintsize is joking with the 'my wife' comment, but since this is QC we cannot discount anything. Remember what happened with the Roombas!
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: Gnabberwocky on 10 Apr 2022, 21:22
I put him down for a glass of juice, because we've seen it before. (https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2267)

I still haven't adjusted to humanoid Pintsize. I'm glad he's more at home in the new body, but he just feels like a different character now that he has eyebrows.
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: Gyrre on 10 Apr 2022, 22:44
I'm not weird, you're weird.
Please don't judge me. I only do some of these. Mostly the cheese.

EDIT: typo correction. Poll made during bout of insomnia.

Cheese? At night? Okay then - but...brrr...for me, that would be Nightmare City...  :-P
(Maybe that might explain the insomnia?!) 

Anyway, I have to justify putting "other" :-D :-
Marten strikes me as a sleep-like-a-log type, only awake at night if someone wakes him. Can't remember specifically, but I think I recall at least one of his middle-of-the-night conversations requiring coffee...

I've heard of it and seen it joked about in various media before, but I've never experienced it myself. Is that actually a real thing?
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: Cornelius on 10 Apr 2022, 22:53
Quote
"Because," said Scrooge, "a little thing affects them. A slight disorder of the stomach makes them cheats. You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of an underdone potato. There's more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!"

The belief that some foods lead to nightmares goes back quite a while. As I've heard it, what actually happens is that problems with digestion disturb your sleep, making it more likely for you to remember your dreams, but do not influence what you're talking. Though, the human body and brain are strange things, so I wouldn't rule it out entirely.
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: snubnose on 10 Apr 2022, 23:25
Wait, so now I'm confused, is Willow's drone possibly also AI/conscious?
No its not, its 100% controlled over a remote.
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: BenRG on 11 Apr 2022, 01:59
So.... Really, the only significant thing to happen in the last two weeks is Pintsize meeting Droney. Was that the actual story here and the thing to which we should have been paying attention? Am I really missing the point and, now, it is the background events, not the foreground events that are the point and the foreground evens are just decoration?
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: _Islanio on 11 Apr 2022, 04:04
I remember a strip where they discuss if pizza was better the following day.
BenRG, I think the plot was just a deeper look at Willow's personality, and how she interacts with people she'd just met. And Pintsize is just... being Pintsize, I guess.
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: shanejayell on 11 Apr 2022, 09:58
"But you just met!"
"We AI can operate a thousands times faster than human thought."
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: Wizard Flight on 11 Apr 2022, 15:47
Did anyone else try to find AI Romance Hospital on WebToon? :)
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: Farideh on 11 Apr 2022, 18:16
Nope, but I sense a Netflix original in the making :D

Comic's up!

Maybe, Iris, but we both know that the world is full of avatars of ignorance.
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: _Islanio on 11 Apr 2022, 18:42
She's definetely into her. smh
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: shanejayell on 11 Apr 2022, 19:23
Oooh, ouch...
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: St.Clair on 11 Apr 2022, 21:22
She's definetely into her. smh

Iris isn't into anyone, certainly not Willow.
Baka.
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: Gyrre on 11 Apr 2022, 23:18
"But you just met!"
"We AI can operate a thousands times faster than human thought."

Feh!

The number of times I've mistaken for a bot program online begs to differ.

EDIT: Typo correction
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: traroth on 11 Apr 2022, 23:25
Tsundere Iris...
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: BarGamer on 12 Apr 2022, 00:22
Could someone with more notes or free time provide an archive link for Iris and Willow's first meeting?
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: Farideh on 12 Apr 2022, 01:10
AFAIK, we never saw Iris and Willow meet. What we do have is Willow describing how she became friends with Iris (https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4464).
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: traroth on 12 Apr 2022, 02:35
Iris' bitterness makes me feel sorry for her...
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: Raptorofwar on 12 Apr 2022, 02:47
OH NO IRIS BABY.
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: Mogster on 12 Apr 2022, 04:32
A bit late, but...

Pintsize: Keep my drone's name out of your ****in' mouth!!
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: DreDotJs on 12 Apr 2022, 04:44
Yeah, dragging someone into your dorm room doesn't tend to give folks the wrong idea at all...

Poor Iris. I wonder if she's such a tsundere because she picked up on this but didn't quite want to believe it. Poor bby.
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: Wingy on 12 Apr 2022, 12:00
Iris' bitterness makes me feel sorry for her...
Don't worry, Iris likes feeling sorry for herself and lashing out at others for her internal angst.  I've run into too many humanoids that do the exact same.  There's even a 50-50 chance Iris does some kind of AI-equivalent to getting sloshed/stoned/etc. as self-medication of her ...  discontinuities.
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: hedgie on 12 Apr 2022, 12:16
Yeah, dragging someone into your dorm room doesn't tend to give folks the wrong idea at all...
I dunno.  I've ended up in some strange ones, with nothing untoward having happened.
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: Roborat on 12 Apr 2022, 15:52
Don't think I have ever run across a Tsundere AI before.
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: Gyrre on 12 Apr 2022, 17:21
So.... Really, the only significant thing to happen in the last two weeks is Pintsize meeting Droney. Was that the actual story here and the thing to which we should have been paying attention? Am I really missing the point and, now, it is the background events, not the foreground events that are the point and the foreground evens are just decoration?

It's a slice of life strip. Sometimes it's solely about the mundanity of the bizarre. And the only significance to be had is in the little moments.
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: _Islanio on 12 Apr 2022, 19:00
Was that the actual story here and the thing to which we should have been paying attention? Am I really missing the point and, now, it is the background events, not the foreground events that are the point and the foreground evens are just decoration?

That's exactly how I summarize my last two year, for the most part
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: Farideh on 12 Apr 2022, 20:13
Fluff, fluff, fluff.
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: Perfectly Reasonable on 12 Apr 2022, 23:32
As a result of panel 5, Iris feels more --- real to me now. She's more than a sentient version of the color 'grump'.
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: DaiJB on 12 Apr 2022, 23:48
...And in the last panel, Claire will probably find yet another reason to be concerned about someone from Marten's circle of friends...  :-D
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: traroth on 13 Apr 2022, 02:13
In today's comic, Claire's face in the last panel is priceless.
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: _Islanio on 13 Apr 2022, 06:20
Claire will probably find yet another reason to be concerned about someone from Marten's circle of friends...  :-D
Honestly, I don't blame her,
As a result of panel 5, Iris feels more --- real to me now.
She seemed quite worried with Willow that one time she went on a walk with Clinton, so I already had that impression she just put on a grumpy face to look "not nice" to people.
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: Perfectly Reasonable on 13 Apr 2022, 08:50
Today's glimpse at the CoD menu board brings up a couple of questions.
Why is Affogato an abomination at CoD?
A WTF is four or five times the price of a Large. How much coffee does one contain? How much espresso can Mr. Burney produce in one go?
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: _Islanio on 13 Apr 2022, 09:19
A WTF is four or five times the price of a Large. How much coffee does one contain? How much espresso can Mr. Burney produce in one go?
Diminishing returns maybe? Probably it's maybe double the caffeine, or uses different beans, or in a fancy cup.
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: BenRG on 13 Apr 2022, 09:23
A WTF is four or five times the price of a Large. How much coffee does one contain? How much espresso can Mr. Burney produce in one go?

Diminishing returns maybe? Probably it's maybe double the caffeine, or uses different beans, or in a fancy cup.

IIRC, Faye told Hannelore that an WTF can only be served if the customer signs and insurance waver. It is that large and that caffeine- and sugar-rich.
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: hedgie on 13 Apr 2022, 11:02
We had a "secret menu" item like that at the first place I worked at (which was rather CoD like)[1], and probably should have had a waiver.  We called it "The Heartstopper", and it was made by placing a jug of iced espresso shots in that back part of the fridge where things iced over, and basically freeze-distilling it.  It was coffee scumble, and would instantly make one seriously knurd.  I made the mistake of giving one to one of the younger crowd because he had been pestering me long enough, culminating with "I'm Italian, I can handle it".  He was maybe able to finish half of it, and that batch hadn't even properly matured yet.

Fast forward to three days later, when his gf informed me that he hadn't slept the entire time, and also encountered *other* problems of a more intimate nature due to vascular constriction.

[1] We had some rather odd employees, particularly at nights.  Goth-ass me was somewhere in the middle when it came to normalcy, although I was one of the two odder-looking ones[2], if we're only going by appearance.
[2] One other dude on nights did look like a scary-ass skinhead with a 6" knife on his belt.[3]  Of course, once you got past the snark, he was a total pussycat who didn't hate anyone.
[3] California may have pretty strict gun laws compared to most of the US, but open-carry of sheathed blades is perfectly legal here.  And by blades, I don't just mean knives.  Swords are acceptable as well and I have done it in the past, but the filth does seem a bit jumpier these days.
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: Farideh on 13 Apr 2022, 14:05
Now I'm kinda curious to try coffee scumble, but given the fact that I drink only 1 - 2 cups of coffee a day, it would probably kill me. What a way to go though!
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: zmeiat_joro on 13 Apr 2022, 14:10
I thought we already knew Iris was into Willow, but Willow did not notice?
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: _Islanio on 13 Apr 2022, 14:15
I can handle it".

A combination of words that precede dumb mistakes, some with lasting consequences.
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: zmeiat_joro on 13 Apr 2022, 14:56
Oh, fuck, they're fine.
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: snufflebottoms on 13 Apr 2022, 15:11
Claire will probably find yet another reason to be concerned about someone from Marten's circle of friends...  :-D
Honestly, I don't blame her

Didn't Claire already know about Marten and Dora and Marten going with Tai from them all working at the library together and talking etc?
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: shanejayell on 13 Apr 2022, 16:23
Tai, totally did not need to know that...
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: Farideh on 13 Apr 2022, 20:15
Could... could they at least be NEW underpants? Technically, if I buy a pair of underwear, never take them out of their packaging, and then lend them to a bride-to-be, it still counts as 'underpants from a woman who has had children'.

If the bride uses the underwear for its intended purpose, I don't want them returned though.
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: _Islanio on 13 Apr 2022, 20:38
If the bride uses the underwear for its intended purpose, I don't want them returned though.

Gross
...but wouldn't it defeat the whole "borrowed" stuff?

Also, if you gonna borrow something, let it be power tools.
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: Gyrre on 13 Apr 2022, 20:39
Wait, for the fertility itself or for having to ask?

EDIT: correcting punctuation
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: Farideh on 13 Apr 2022, 22:06
Borrowed indefinitely
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: ihaveavoice on 14 Apr 2022, 00:44
I love Pintsize's happy little smile, like he's thinking, "I am! I am blue!"

If the "something borrowed" tradition is old enough to have been about conferring fertility originally, then the undergarment in question would have been a shift/chemise rather than underpants - women didn't wear bifurcated undergarments in the region this came from before the introduction of crotchless drawers in Victorian times. That to us would basically be a borrowed dress, which has been laundered before being lent to us, and that the lender just didn't happen to wear underwear with (which could always be the case with any clothes you've been lent, and again, laundry). IMO, doesn't really have the same modern yikes-factor as if it was underpants from some married mother in the village.

Hedgie, I want to go back in time and be your coworker. Not for the heartstopper, which might actually stop my non-coffee-drinker heart, but for the cast of characters.
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: John Allenson on 14 Apr 2022, 08:39
I agree with Ihaveavoice.  We are not talking about used panties.

I think it more likely would have been a petticoat which were worn from the 14th century until well into the 20th.  Something lacey or embroidered to give the wedding dress more volume.  Something that would be pretty rather than nasty.

If it were my wedding, I'd have Pintsize as a flowerboy.  The position allows for a bit of mischief without having the capacity to f*** things up.
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: _Islanio on 14 Apr 2022, 09:49
Don't underestimate his ability to fuck things up.
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: _Islanio on 14 Apr 2022, 18:49
New comic. Employers suck. For the most part.
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: sitnspin on 14 Apr 2022, 20:04
Really digging Roko's look today. And, yes, employers do indeed suck
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: Farideh on 14 Apr 2022, 22:12
Beeps is giving me strong 'Tamatoa from the movie Moana' vibes today.

https://teegogo.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Disney-Moana-Let-Me-Talk-About-Myself-In-Song-Form-Tamatoa-Shirt.jpg
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: no one special on 14 Apr 2022, 23:54
I feel like Dora would be very, very interested in owning a pair of Veronica's panties. 

Maybe it'll be her gift to the lucky couple!
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: Gyrre on 15 Apr 2022, 02:06
Really digging Roko's look today. And, yes, employers do indeed suck

It  —no pun intended— suits here.

Beeps also looks quite cute in their outfit.
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: DaiJB on 15 Apr 2022, 03:54
Don't underestimate his ability to fuck things up.

Oh, Pintsize won't fuck things up.

Everything will go to heck exactly as he planned it...
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: notStanley on 15 Apr 2022, 09:23
Roko did not waste any time getting rid of that tie!  Those Devices Of The Devil are just as prone to getting caught in things as The Dreaded Cape :{
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: hedgie on 15 Apr 2022, 11:11
There is a reason why security guards who have to wear one use clip-ons.  I'm certainly not going to wear one ever again.  I'm not even comfortable with a shirt collar fully buttoned (I REALLY hate the feeling of anything touching the front of my neck, no matter how lightly).  No way in hell am I going to wear a leash.
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: Farideh on 15 Apr 2022, 13:24
My father calls neckties 'corporate nooses'.

I don't like things touching the front on my neck either. You'll never catch me in a cowl neck, and I'll only wear a scarf if it's really fricken cold.
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: Rincewind on 15 Apr 2022, 14:25
I have a very vague recollection of reading something about neckties actually being nooses back in Ye Olde Days. If the King (or whatever) decided you were being untruthful, you'd be hung by your neckwear. It occurs to me that I read a lot of strange stuff when I was young and hiding in a library.
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: zmeiat_joro on 15 Apr 2022, 14:34
I have a vague recollection of them being an evolution of the cravat. Confirmed. And apparently bow ties are also.
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: oddtail on 15 Apr 2022, 15:23
I have a vague recollection of them being an evolution of the cravat. Confirmed. And apparently bow ties are also.

Fun fact - the Polish word for necktie is actually "krawat" (pronounced pretty much the same as "cravat"). And I think the connection is preserved in some other languages, too (French, I think, for one).
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: shanejayell on 15 Apr 2022, 17:12
Now I kinda want 'Questionable Content: the Musical.'
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: notStanley on 16 Apr 2022, 08:14
... neckties actually being nooses back in Ye Olde Days. If the King (or whatever) decided you were being untruthful, you'd be hung by your neckwear ...

A later development was Baron Harkonnen's heart plugs :{
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: Pilchard123 on 16 Apr 2022, 12:02
I have a vague recollection of them being an evolution of the cravat. Confirmed. And apparently bow ties are also.

Fun fact - the Polish word for necktie is actually "krawat" (pronounced pretty much the same as "cravat"). And I think the connection is preserved in some other languages, too (French, I think, for one).

And IIRC is - or at least was - derived from hrvat, meaning "Croat", after the neckwear of Croatian soldiers.
Title: Re: WCDT - Apr 11th to Apr 15th, 2022 (#4761 to #4765)
Post by: zmeiat_joro on 16 Apr 2022, 20:06
... neckties actually being nooses back in Ye Olde Days. If the King (or whatever) decided you were being untruthful, you'd be hung by your neckwear ...

A later development was Baron Harkonnen's heart plugs :{

That was only a thing in the original film, and was not David Lynch's decision, but one of the screenwriters. (not that Frank Herbert didn't have enough fucked-up things in his novels). The fact that _Salvador Dali_ of all people had the less disturbing ideas in the original screenplay should tell you something.