Topic: WCT March 8-12 2010 (Read 58147 times)

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #50 on:** 08 Mar 2010, 22:08 »

How do you tell an introverted computer geek from an extroverted one?

The introvert stares at his shoes while you're talking to him. The extroverted computer geek lifts up his gaze to your shoes.

EDIT now that the comic is up: a mystery solved! And Faye is willing to be humane. And "pocky drifts" is a great mental picture and turn of phrase.

Akima · « **Reply #51 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 00:31 »

Quote from: wargrafix on 08 Mar 2010, 20:40

Gotta admit the hipster indie band culture is a bit annoying at times.

Only bands whose members can swing on bullwhips across a spike-filled pit are genuinely "indie". Actually, actually making them do it would make great TV. Skinny white-boys, with concave chests and pipe-cleaner arms, plummeting to their doom could be quite entertaining.

I'm totally blown away by the facial expressions in tonight's strip. And you can keep your Mari-chan maido; I'm totally seeing wallpaper of Angus as Don Quixote, Marigold as Dulcinea, and... Faye as Sancho Panza.

LeeC · « **Reply #52 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 00:38 »

d'aww todays was quite nice

raoullefere · « **Reply #53 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 01:07 »

Take that, Angus detractors!

Quote from: Akima on 09 Mar 2010, 00:31

I'm totally seeing wallpaper of Angus as Don Quixote, Marigold as Dulcinea, and... Faye as Sancho Panza.

I'd just like to see the last one of those.

Border Reiver · « **Reply #54 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 04:12 »

The analogy isn't so far off Angus - Don Quixote WANTED to be the white knight, he was just a couple of hundred years and wee touch of reality too late.

Carl-E · « **Reply #55 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 04:31 »

I see Faye more as a windmill-giant.

Always sparring with Angus Quixote, and often throwing him...

Momo is Sancho Panza. Or maybe Marten, slouching along...

akronnick · « **Reply #56 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 05:21 »

Hear me now
Oh thou bleak and unbearable world,
Thou art base and debauched as can be;

SigPig · « **Reply #57 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 05:40 »

Well it looks like Angus leapt to Marigolds defence. I guess he's not a complete ass as I had thought.

akronnick · « **Reply #58 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 05:54 »

And Faye acknowledged that Marigold isn't prepared to defend herself form Faye's barbs.

Maybe she's not the complete bitch that everyone thought she was either.

jwhouk · « **Reply #59 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 06:04 »

After reading this one, I suddenly wanted to break out into song... "To dream, the impossible dream..."

wargrafix · « **Reply #60 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 06:42 »

Ah, today's comic was a nice exchange. Angus really does try well. Mari probably never had anyone really stand up for her.

Wait, how can Faye be critical of her. Isn't Faye so fucked in the head that she can't form lasting relationships?

Kazukagii · « **Reply #61 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 06:57 »

Proof that Angus isn't the horrible jerk the comic seemed to be trying to turn him into!

On a side note, does that make Faye Dulcinea and Marigold Sancho? Or Faye Sancho and Marigold Dulcinea? Either way I'm with everybody else; wallpaper this shit Jeph!

Border Reiver · « **Reply #62 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 07:09 »

Just because Faye's got some issues that doesn't mean that she can't be mean, the last person to live by the phrase, "Let him without sin cast the first stone." got nailed to 2 pieces of wood for his troubles.

Arancaytar · « **Reply #63 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 08:12 »

Quote from: Border Reiver on 09 Mar 2010, 07:09

Just because Faye's got some issues that doesn't mean that she can't be mean, the last person to live by the phrase, "Let him without sin cast the first stone." got nailed to 2 pieces of wood for his troubles.

Showing how important it is to avoid loopholes. "Let him without sin nail people to two pieces of wood" might have been better.

Prince of Space · « **Reply #64 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 08:23 »

Hooray, Angus is self-aware! Which means he's not all that bad!

But now I see Faye/Angus is totally going to happen.

Maybe it'll be good...we'll see.

wargrafix · « **Reply #65 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 08:32 »

I think Tai Faye sounds better.

douggerel · « **Reply #66 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 08:49 »

And Faye said Angus is "almost cute"! He's making headway, sailing his rowboat through the treacherous Straits of Faye!

Or maybe he has a dinghy.

westrim · « **Reply #67 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 09:14 »

Quote from: wargrafix on 09 Mar 2010, 08:32

I think Tai Faye sounds better.

Massive cast polamory sounds better too, but it's pretty unlikely to happen.

Dliessmgg · « **Reply #68 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 09:25 »

Really?

Wiregeek · « **Reply #69 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 09:26 »

I'd rather see Faye as Rocinante.

And I think massive cast exsanguination sounds wonderful.

Yay, the cast is now all vampires!

raoullefere · « **Reply #70 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 09:53 »

So long as they don't fucking sparkle.

Quote from: wargrafix on 09 Mar 2010, 08:32

I think Tai Faye sounds better.

Of course you do. As I've said before, that can be a dangerous pastime. I think a younger QC version of Elvis Herselvis should play Smiff and sweep Tai off her feet and out of town. Far, far, out of town. But that's not likely to happen either.

Quote from: douggerel on 09 Mar 2010, 08:49

And Faye said Angus is "almost cute"! He's making headway, sailing his rowboat through the treacherous Straits of Faye!

Or maybe he has a dinghy.

More like he's about to make the run between Scylla and Kharybdis, although which girl is which remains open to question. Either way, Angus needs a Circe, soon.

Border Reiver · « **Reply #71 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 09:56 »

Either way, it'll take him a while to get home.

Carl-E · « **Reply #72 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 11:47 »

Lets see, we've got early romantic literature references, mythology, shipping, and enough wit to keep it all balanced...

I LOVE YOU GUYS!!

Excuse me while I go in the corner and have a minor nerdgasm...

SleeperCylon · « **Reply #73 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 12:02 »

I wonder if Angus is the kind of guy Faye *wants* to be attracted to but just isn't.

It's weird seeing somebody obsessed with anime call music talk 'inane'.

Border Reiver · « **Reply #74 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 12:03 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 09 Mar 2010, 11:47

Lets see, we've got early romantic literature references, mythology, shipping, and enough wit to keep it all balanced...

I LOVE YOU GUYS!!

Excuse me while I go in the corner and have a minor nerdgasm...

Take your time, we'll still be here. It's not like we have anything productive to do.

Mojo · « **Reply #75 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 14:28 »

You know, it amazes me that so many people can be so judgemental of someone (even just a comic character) unless he has perfect skill in all social situations. Sometimes people say the wrong thing, or don't know how to react or behave in a given situation. I expect these people judging Sven and Angus to be jackasses never make a social mistake.

Mr_Rose · « **Reply #76 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 15:49 »

Let he who is without faux pas cast the first aspersion, eh?

Like it.

Carl-E · « **Reply #77 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 16:46 »

Quote from: Mr_Rose on 09 Mar 2010, 15:49

Let he who is without faux pas cast the first aspersion, eh?

Doesn't really trip off the tongue, though, does it?

akronnick · « **Reply #78 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 16:56 »

It probably does in French, but then again, I'm pretty sure faux pas's are illegal in France.

Kugai · « **Reply #79 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 22:13 »

Quote from: jwhouk on 09 Mar 2010, 06:04

After reading this one, I suddenly wanted to break out into song... "To dream, the impossible dream..."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfHnzYEHAow

Carl-E · « **Reply #80 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 22:19 »

Quote from: Dliessmgg on 09 Mar 2010, 09:25

Really?

Canon fodder!

Kugai · « **Reply #81 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 22:29 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 09 Mar 2010, 22:19

Quote from: Dliessmgg on 09 Mar 2010, 09:25
Really?

Canon fodder!

Ahh, but there's always heroic Canon fodder

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl2S6ST0X10

Blackjoker · « **Reply #82 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 23:18 »

I like his Don Quixote comment, I can imagine Marten, Sven...in fact anyone who has had an interest in Faye sympathizing with the idea of constantly tilting at windmills.

wargrafix · « **Reply #83 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 23:44 »

Wait....in panel 4, is the statue is the pic LOLing also how bad the site is?

lol, I know its in the original, but it fits te scene so well!

westrim · « **Reply #84 on:** 09 Mar 2010, 23:47 »

Busy having a boyfriend? I don't think they've been together more than 2 years, tops, in QC time (was gonna say a year, but 2 to be safe). She's had the business for at least twice that long.

Also, a CoD site needs to be made now.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #85 on:** 10 Mar 2010, 00:05 »

So Marigold didn't murder her parents for the insurance money to support her WoW addiction?

Interesting insecurity there: Dora has acted humble about her computer skills in the past.

Akima · « **Reply #86 on:** 10 Mar 2010, 00:10 »

"The code itself isn't that bad. I mean, for an amateur."

Ooooh! Burn! I guess we no longer have to wonder what Marigold does for a living. I mean, I often hit the "display page source" key on visiting a new web site, but how many people outside "the industry" do that? And honestly, unless the CoD site is all Web 2.0 and dripping with Java, it's really a bit pretentious to talk about "code". HTML is a markup language for goodness sake! Back in the day, before the advent of WYSIWYG interfaces, secretaries used to use document markup to format their letters. It ain't exactly rocket science.

And Dora seems remarkably defensive about her leet programming skillz. After all, she is an amateur. Nothing wrong with that. I'm sure I'd make a shitty latté.

Steve the Pocket · « **Reply #87 on:** 10 Mar 2010, 00:28 »

Heh, I had just finished up some Web work myself (yes, professionally) when I decided to check in on this. GET OUT OF MY HEAD, JEPH!

Also it's a pity "amateur" has acquired the connotation of "sucks at it," seeing how pretty much everyone's an amateur at all but one thing. That's one thing that's only gotten more true as time has gone by.

Delirium · « **Reply #88 on:** 10 Mar 2010, 00:30 »

Quote from: Steve the Pocket on 10 Mar 2010, 00:28

Heh, I had just finished up some Web work myself (yes, professionally) when I decided to check in on this. GET OUT OF MY HEAD, JEPH!

Also it's a pity "amateur" has acquired the connotation of "sucks at it," seeing how pretty much everyone's an amateur at all but one thing. That's one thing that's only gotten more true as time has gone by.

Hey, I take offense to that, I have no profession!

westrim · « **Reply #89 on:** 10 Mar 2010, 00:41 »

Quote from: Akima on 10 Mar 2010, 00:10

unless the CoD site is all Web 2.0 and dripping with Java

Mmm. Would you like some coffee with that code? I think I have CoDs new business plan- programming in the basement, coffee upstairs.

allosaurus · « **Reply #90 on:** 10 Mar 2010, 01:00 »

I really want to see the mega terrible COD site complete with terrible midi music that you can't turn off.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #91 on:** 10 Mar 2010, 01:17 »

Java scripting.

raoullefere · « **Reply #92 on:** 10 Mar 2010, 01:37 »

Quote from: Akima on 10 Mar 2010, 00:10

And honestly, unless the CoD site is all Web 2.0 and dripping with Java, it's really a bit pretentious to talk about "code"

If you recall, Dora has some computer skills—remember when she got Pintsize up and running (way back when)? So she may very well have loaded the site up with various web-geegaws. In any case, Faye simply can't resist stirring things up, can she? Since she can't attack Marigold, she tries to get Marigold to make a run at Dora with her.

Quote from: Akima on 10 Mar 2010, 00:10

shitty latté.

The next board special?

pwhodges · « **Reply #93 on:** 10 Mar 2010, 03:00 »

Quote from: Akima on 10 Mar 2010, 00:10

unless the CoD site is all Web 2.0 and dripping with Java, it's really a bit pretentious to talk about "code".

I worked on sites long before "Web 2.0" was thought of that were dripping with Javascript; it's amazing how much Javascript could be written to make a simple drop-down menu compatible with many browsers in the days before CSS (and depressing how crap most Javascript code was).

Border Reiver · « **Reply #94 on:** 10 Mar 2010, 03:44 »

Someone's a little sensitive about her computer skills, isn't she?

And there is now a new way for Dora's insecurities to manifest themselves. On your mark, get set, fret!

Binary · « **Reply #95 on:** 10 Mar 2010, 05:44 »

Quote from: Akima on 10 Mar 2010, 00:10

shitty latté.

Quote from: raoullefere on 10 Mar 2010, 01:37

The next board special?

Goddammit, ninja'd...

jwhouk · « **Reply #96 on:** 10 Mar 2010, 06:01 »

And poll change time:

What else do they need at Coffee of Doom?

Internet Cafe-style workstations    - 4 (6.6%)
The Restaurant idea Dora tweeted about    - 10 (16.4%)
Wide-screen Plasma TV    - 6 (9.8%)
Chocolate Fountain!    - 13 (21.3%)
Bondage gear    - 25 (41%)
Fitness Equipment    - 3 (4.9%)

Total Voters: 61

Carl-E · « **Reply #97 on:** 10 Mar 2010, 06:45 »

I'm not sure I feel for Dora at all in this. That barb about having a real life instead of programming probably hit Marigold pretty hard...

Tuitsuro · « **Reply #98 on:** 10 Mar 2010, 06:51 »

It's not like Marigold would have to work that hard to get a boyfriend.

All she has to do is find a friend with some past emotional trauma, and steal the boy she keeps at arms length but may be the only thing between her and complete self-destruction!

From the Bianchi school of 'How to completely fuck up relationships!'

Kazukagii · « **Reply #99 on:** 10 Mar 2010, 07:05 »

Quote from: Tuitsuro on 10 Mar 2010, 06:51

It's not like Marigold would have to work that hard to get a boyfriend.

All she has to do is find a friend with some past emotional trauma, and steal the boy she keeps at arms length but may be the only thing between her and complete self-destruction!

From the Bianchi school of 'How to completely fuck up relationships!'

So in otherwords, Angus?

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