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Now departing the USS MartenClaire *bell rings*

122 (56.7%)

Jephizba trolls us all, hallowed be the trollmaster's name.

32 (14.9%)

Spatheham and Clairemom Pancakes

7 (3.3%)

A solid week of Steve eating cereal

9 (4.2%)

Martenmom and Clairemom team up and fight crime/meddle in their children's personal lives

45 (20.9%)

Total Members Voted: 195

Voting closed: 09 Oct 2014, 22:04

[AprilArcus]

[REDACTED]

There are like, a hundred other ways to have sex. God forbid two lovers might need to overcome a challenge with tenderness and creativity.

[Thrudd]

This is what happens when I am away from the net for three days. TL;DNR

Sadly if you try and squeeze a regular hat on Claire her hair poofs and it flies off.
If you try and put a tiny hat on Claire's head a squirrel pops out and steals it.

This had me thinking about Misako Kurata from "Childs Toy" though in her case it was either a chipmunk or a squirrel, depending on the translation.

(click to show/hide)

[Thedrd0nna]

*This was a snide joke (I am a being composed entirely of facetiousness), but I'm deleting it just to be sure I respect the rules.*

[Thrillho]

I sure hope that Cochise post is gone soon.

Anyway.

Kinda disappointed in your spoiler, Gareth. I fully expected a woman with some truly resplendent body hair.

Probably photoshopped, but fuck it, that's what five seconds of Googling gets me.

Couldn't even find PJ Harvey on the cover of NME. I mean seriously fuck NME but at least that cover was cool.

[kryptoknight]

Clairemom might just prefer not to wear her glasses when eating.  Some people are like that.  I'm near-sighted and the only times I don't wear my glasses is when I am reading something close-up or when I'm eating.  Somehow it's just more comfortable without them.  I don't know if I can really explain it.

Personally as a loudly self professed geek and a long time gamer comic 134 has always kind of put me on edge.  I can't help getting pissed off every time I read Faye's comment.  It plays into the ongoing stereotype that geeks and gamers are doomed to be eternal awkward virgins.  It's a stereotype that just really pushes my buttons. 

PS: Preeeeetty sure we're not supposed to be speculating on the mechanics involved in sex between Marten and Claire guys.

[Ustrello]

I am not gonna dig through 20+ pages to find the quote of whoever said it (It might have been in another thread), but to whoever posited that the relationship between Claire and Marten would be difficult because of how different they are, and mentioned that "Claire is a geek, whereas Marten isn't" can I just present this: http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=134#

Oh my god I forgot Marten was an RPG/wargamer. My thousands of dollars and hours spent on my mini collection is vindicated by this moment. For the emprah!

So then if I have a forgeworld army does that make me like doubly vindicated?

[Loki]

Moderator Comment

I don't have time to sort through the posts right now, but there is a new stickied post which you should read.

[Fig]

I am not gonna dig through 20+ pages to find the quote of whoever said it (It might have been in another thread), but to whoever posited that the relationship between Claire and Marten would be difficult because of how different they are, and mentioned that "Claire is a geek, whereas Marten isn't" can I just present this: http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=134#

Oh my god I forgot Marten was an RPG/wargamer. My thousands of dollars and hours spent on my mini collection is vindicated by this moment. For the greater good!*

FTFY. 

I, too, hate the stereotypes that come along with being a gamer/geek/etc., but of all the negative stereotypes out there, I see way this one reinforced every time I go to a convention.  It's kind of sad, really.

[Aziraphale]

Sadly if you try and squeeze a regular hat on Claire her hair poofs and it flies off.

If you try and put a tiny hat on Claire's head a squirrel pops out and steals it.

No squirrel needed: http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2360

Of course, if Claire ever does get a haircut, we'll probably see all sorts of things scattered among the curls on the salon floor... I suppose a squirrel or chipmunk may have been trapped there accidentally, along with assorted leaves, dandelion seeds, candy wrappers, etc. (cue Emily: "So THAT's where my ring went!").

[Lines]

Garbage.

Global Moderator Comment

 We have said repeatedly that this line of discussion is unacceptable. Do. Not. Speculate. About. Claire's. Parts

[BenRG]

Of course, if Claire ever does get a haircut, we'll probably see all sorts of things scattered among the curls on the salon floor... I suppose a squirrel or chipmunk may have been trapped there accidentally, along with assorted leaves, dandelion seeds, candy wrappers, etc. (cue Emily: "So THAT's where my ring went!").

Damn, you beat me to it! 

[kryptoknight]

Maybe I just don't go to the right kind of conventions.  I usually go to Comic-Con (Which is really more of all all-encompassing pop culture convention these days than a comic convention but that's a whole other convo.) and I rarely see that many people who lend credence to that stereotype.  Maybe the more gaming centric conventions have a different crowd.

Also, I'm fairly confident that if anyone tried to cut Claire's hair it would simply break the clippers/scissors.  That girl has some THICK hair.

[Neko_Ali]

And so is the secret behind Claire's hair. She didn't want to grow it long, she just can't afford the diamond shears to cut it...

[anahata]

There are like, a hundred other ways to have sex.

This and a lot of stuff that has gone before remind me of the story of how Queen Victoria's government made homosexuality illegal for men only, because the Queen couldn't see how it was possible for women to "do it" and her MP's were all too embarrassed to explain.

But we're in the 21st century now, FFS!

[Loki]

Amusing story However, I think it is best we stop that direction of thought.

[Fig]

I'm convinced that Claire's floofy hair is actually a sentient organism and the first time Marten does that whole 'resting chin on her head' thing that couples like to do when they're snuggling it'll attach itself to his face and Marten will finally have that bitchin' beard that just cannot grow.

[BenRG]

No squirrel needed: http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2360

You know, it's Marten's expression in the last panel that sells this strip. "I turn my back on these damn kids for just one minute!" he seems to be saying.

[MooskiNet]

I'm convinced that Claire's floofy hair is actually a sentient organism and the first time Marten does that whole 'resting chin on her head' thing that couples like to do when they're snuggling it'll attach itself to his face and Marten will finally have that bitchin' beard that just cannot grow.

Yeah, as if Marten's grown up enough that he wouldn't scream like someone in Norman Bates' shower.

[Zebediah]

Claire's hair is obviously an eldritch horror from beyond space and time. Clairethulhu fhtagn. 

[bhtooefr]

And so is the secret behind Claire's hair. She didn't want to grow it long, she just can't afford the diamond shears to cut it...

Besides, there isn't a crafting recipe for diamond shears, just iron shears.

[BenRG]

And so is the secret behind Claire's hair. She didn't want to grow it long, she just can't afford the diamond shears to cut it...

Besides, there isn't a crafting recipe for diamond shears, just iron shears.

Wait. Someone will do the mod sooner or later.

[celticgeek]

We're working on the technology.

[Ustrello]

The real question is if claire gets it cut will she get the hairstylist that is making the hair tunnel.

[Neko_Ali]

And so is the secret behind Claire's hair. She didn't want to grow it long, she just can't afford the diamond shears to cut it...

Besides, there isn't a crafting recipe for diamond shears, just iron shears.

Wait. Someone will do the mod sooner or later.

Maybe Invar shears will work?

[Netrunner]

Wait. Someone will do the mod sooner or later.

Great, now I want a QC minecraft server. I don't even play minecraft anymore.

[Zebediah]

I'll mention it to my son. He's eager to learn programming so that he can create Minecraft mods. He's planning to make the "Random Bizarre Stuff That Sounds Cool to a 9-Year-Old Kid" mod.

Wait. Someone will do the mod sooner or later.

Great, now I want a QC minecraft server. I don't even play minecraft anymore.

We have one. Check the thread in the "Click" forum.

[Smallest]

The real question is if claire gets it cut will she get the hairstylist that is making the hair tunnel.

That could end in tragedy, if Hairdresser ever gets someone to go in.

[Pilchard123]

I'll mention it to my son. He's eager to learn programming so that he can create Minecraft mods. He's planning to make the "Random Bizarre Stuff That Sounds Cool to a 9-Year-Old Kid" mod.

Wait. Someone will do the mod sooner or later.

Great, now I want a QC minecraft server. I don't even play minecraft anymore.

We have one. Check the thread in the "Click" forum.

The rent is lapsing soon though.

[iandanger]

I am not gonna dig through 20+ pages to find the quote of whoever said it (It might have been in another thread), but to whoever posited that the relationship between Claire and Marten would be difficult because of how different they are, and mentioned that "Claire is a geek, whereas Marten isn't" can I just present this: http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=134#

Oh my god I forgot Marten was an RPG/wargamer. My thousands of dollars and hours spent on my mini collection is vindicated by this moment. For the greater good!*

FTFY. 

I, too, hate the stereotypes that come along with being a gamer/geek/etc., but of all the negative stereotypes out there, I see way this one reinforced every time I go to a convention.  It's kind of sad, really.

Dealing with the community online is almost worse, people who despise inclusiveness come out of the woodwork so fast, God forbid the topic of female space marines comes up and the descent into madness is swift.

[Fig]

I am not gonna dig through 20+ pages to find the quote of whoever said it (It might have been in another thread), but to whoever posited that the relationship between Claire and Marten would be difficult because of how different they are, and mentioned that "Claire is a geek, whereas Marten isn't" can I just present this: http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=134#

Oh my god I forgot Marten was an RPG/wargamer. My thousands of dollars and hours spent on my mini collection is vindicated by this moment. For the greater good!*

FTFY. 

I, too, hate the stereotypes that come along with being a gamer/geek/etc., but of all the negative stereotypes out there, I see way this one reinforced every time I go to a convention.  It's kind of sad, really.

Dealing with the community online is almost worse, people who despise inclusiveness come out of the woodwork so fast, God forbid the topic of female space marines comes up and the descent into madness is swift.

Boy tell me about it.  It's one of the reasons I've almost quit WoW completely and is one of the two reasons why I don't play 40k or M:tG anymore (the other being cost).

[Border Reiver]

I am not gonna dig through 20+ pages to find the quote of whoever said it (It might have been in another thread), but to whoever posited that the relationship between Claire and Marten would be difficult because of how different they are, and mentioned that "Claire is a geek, whereas Marten isn't" can I just present this: http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=134#

Oh my god I forgot Marten was an RPG/wargamer. My thousands of dollars and hours spent on my mini collection is vindicated by this moment. For the emprah!

So then if I have a forgeworld army does that make me like doubly vindicated?

No, only when you have a Chaos Dwarf army can you be vindicated. (I like big hats and I can't deny...)

[Netrunner]

[No, only when you have a Chaos Dwarf army can you be vindicated. (I like big hats and I can't deny...)

Or 4000 points of Squats.

[Thrudd]

And so is the secret behind Claire's hair. She didn't want to grow it long, she just can't afford the diamond shears to cut it...

Besides, there isn't a crafting recipe for diamond shears, just iron shears.

Wait. Someone will do the mod sooner or later.

Depending on the system.

DnD 3.5 Core Rules as well as a 1890's gaslight variant both had adamantine shears of sharpness - ware you lose a loose wiggly or sticky-outy bit with those.

[Ustrello]

I am not gonna dig through 20+ pages to find the quote of whoever said it (It might have been in another thread), but to whoever posited that the relationship between Claire and Marten would be difficult because of how different they are, and mentioned that "Claire is a geek, whereas Marten isn't" can I just present this: http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=134#

Edit: looks like what I said wasnt posted

In my warhammer fantasy group one of the guys actually has a full chaos dwarf army. I only got my lowly Death Korps of Krieg and a few forgeworld knights

My friend actually has one. I just have a lowly death korp army with a few forgeworld knights

Oh my god I forgot Marten was an RPG/wargamer. My thousands of dollars and hours spent on my mini collection is vindicated by this moment. For the emprah!

So then if I have a forgeworld army does that make me like doubly vindicated?

No, only when you have a Chaos Dwarf army can you be vindicated. (I like big hats and I can't deny...)

[iandanger]

[No, only when you have a Chaos Dwarf army can you be vindicated. (I like big hats and I can't deny...)

Or 4000 points of Squats.

Mmmmmm, tasty

/hivemind

[Smashwidget]

[No, only when you have a Chaos Dwarf army can you be vindicated. (I like big hats and I can't deny...)

Or 4000 points of Squats.

Too bad the Commissar assassinated every single Squat in the galaxy.

[AprilArcus]

Great job man

Well, dang, son.

Btw mate

I don't have the spoons to articulate an eloquent position on the pernicious assumption that is the "masculine default", so I'm just going to quote Claire:

[barry thelawyer]

hurf burf I'm an idiot

[Fig]

Wow that was fast.  I think in the three seconds it took me click back to the topic that tool was gone.

[AprilArcus]

hurf burf I'm an idiot
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[Aimless]

Dammit I was gonna replace the text with

[Ustrello]

Great job man

Well, dang, son.

Btw mate

I don't have the spoons to articulate an eloquent position on the pernicious assumption that is the "masculine default", so I'm just going to quote Claire:

Believe it or not latin was an extremely masculine language and you see that in all languages that have a roots in latin much like english. So I wouldnt take it that hard

[Neko_Ali]

Believe me, as a trans woman being refered to with male pronouns all day long, even innocently, is extreme aggravating and wearying. That's why I default to 'they' if I'm not sure of a person's gender.

[MooskiNet]

Like so many things in a male-dominated society, it's a learning process.  First you figure out what shit is, then you notice you're standing in it, then you learn to go around it.

I'm doing better at not standing in it, and I apologize in advance if I track it on your rug.

[Ustrello]

Believe it or not latin was an extremely masculine language and you see that in all languages that have a roots in latin much like english. So I wouldnt take it that hard

Thanks for that, sister.

No problem, its learning how to not take things at face value. Its an important life lesson

[AprilArcus]

No problem, its learning how to not take things at face value. Its an important life lesson

Oh life, will your important lessons never cease?

[Ustrello]

No problem, its learning how to not take things at face value. Its an important life lesson

Oh life, will your important lessons never cease?

Never

[Fig]

Life is the worst teacher ever.  Not only can the classes start at any time of the day you don't even get a chance to study. 

[Ustrello]

Life is the worst teacher ever.  Not only can the classes start at any time of the day you don't even get a chance to study.

Could be worse life could teach you like Socrates

[MooskiNet]

"I drank what?"

- Socrates