Topic: "Dammit Jeph!" (Read 17119 times)

brilligtove · « **on:** 14 Feb 2019, 20:38 »

Sometimes Jeph makes me have tumult in the feels. These rumblings cause spontaneous eminations of "Dammit, Jeph!" with a huge grin.¹

It he does that to you, post the strip# that made you have the feels in the special place here with or without comment. I'm especially interested in making a 'feels list' when folks dive the archive.²

The comic that inspired this thread was:

#3940: "You're having thoughts again." (OMG THOUGHTS IMA DIE)

Which strip made you ~~damn Jeph~~ cry, "Dammit, Jeph!" ~~to eternal torment by your blasphem--~~ in delight?

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^[1]Sometimes there are also gestures and eyerolls, but the happy is always in the middle of the feel.
^[2]It's been over a year. I'm due. Maybe you are too.

NemesisDancer · « **Reply #1 on:** 15 Feb 2019, 10:59 »

For me the most feels-inducing moment in QC is probably comics 2157-2160 (Station asking Hannelore to stay in space).

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #2 on:** 18 Feb 2019, 17:23 »

"Faye, will you help me take off my armor?"

cybersmurf · « **Reply #3 on:** 19 Feb 2019, 21:48 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 18 Feb 2019, 17:23

"Faye, will you help me take off my armor?"

For me it was a bit later ... when they actually got together.

Also, a little dammit jeph moment for me was brun's face in the last panel of 3939.

Dandi Andi · « **Reply #4 on:** 21 Feb 2019, 00:57 »

Maybe it shouldn't count because it was a guest strip, but this one;

https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2987

It said to me "You are accepted and loved and safe here and anyone who says otherwise can fuck right off."

cybersmurf · « **Reply #5 on:** 21 Feb 2019, 08:32 »

The butt rocket!

Thrillho · « **Reply #6 on:** 21 Feb 2019, 12:05 »

At the risk of overstating things a little, I felt the Earth shake a little bit reading 'Well, this is me.'

traroth · « **Reply #7 on:** 26 Feb 2019, 02:45 »

The comic that shocked me the most was certainly the #3643. I found it really disturbing the first time. Melon seems to live some awake nightmare. There was no grinning involved...

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #8 on:** 26 Feb 2019, 08:08 »

"I would never leave unless you asked me to."

"I would never ask you to."

DSL · « **Reply #9 on:** 28 Feb 2019, 17:55 »

That's what friends are for.

Tova · « **Reply #10 on:** 01 Mar 2019, 14:30 »

You know, of all of the Dora-Marten breakup comics, the one that got to me was this one. Poor Hanners.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #11 on:** 01 Mar 2019, 15:47 »

That is indeed what friends are for.

cybersmurf · « **Reply #12 on:** 07 Mar 2019, 13:11 »

I know it's quite off-topic, but I used the "That's what friends are for" line today. Although it was more of a pleasant context, especially than the original.

I'm still waiting for the day when I'll read the comic and gonna just throw my phone in the corner muttering "goddammit jeph"

Grognard · « **Reply #13 on:** 07 Mar 2019, 17:30 »

I was sipping a coffee when #1812 loaded....

...do you know how bad it hurts when coffee is spewed thru the nose?

cybersmurf · « **Reply #14 on:** 08 Mar 2019, 05:35 »

My chuckle got a good refill.

Carl-E · « **Reply #15 on:** 18 Mar 2019, 08:18 »

Not a big grin, but for me it'll always be T h e T a l k .

I just went through it again to be sure of the numbers, and wound up in a puddle.

Dammit, Jeph.

lawoot · « **Reply #16 on:** 19 Mar 2019, 05:58 »

There you are!.

Stoutfellow · « **Reply #17 on:** 19 Mar 2019, 18:30 »

Quote from: lawoot on 19 Mar 2019, 05:58

There you are!.

Yeah. I think that's the best picture of "distraught" Jeph's done yet.

Penquin47 · « **Reply #18 on:** 19 Mar 2019, 19:37 »

This is how I "getcha"
"Gotcha."

Bookending the Faybles Clicking Into Place arc.

I just now noticed that, and daaaaaaaang.

Thrillho · « **Reply #19 on:** 20 Mar 2019, 13:47 »

Quote from: Stoutfellow on 19 Mar 2019, 18:30

Quote from: lawoot on 19 Mar 2019, 05:58
There you are!.

Yeah. I think that's the best picture of "distraught" Jeph's done yet.

I can't believe Bubbles has been around long enough for the art to look that different. I am baffled at how quickly time moves in real life relative to this comic.

cybersmurf · « **Reply #20 on:** 21 Mar 2019, 00:46 »

Quote from: Thrillho on 20 Mar 2019, 13:47

Quote from: Stoutfellow on 19 Mar 2019, 18:30
Quote from: lawoot on 19 Mar 2019, 05:58
There you are!.

Yeah. I think that's the best picture of "distraught" Jeph's done yet.

I can't believe Bubbles has been around long enough for the art to look that different. I am baffled at how quickly time moves in real life relative to this comic.

"This happened recently, I remember it clearly! ah, there it is. 300 strips ago. That's not that long ago! that's... 14 months. daaaaaaang."
Happens rater often to me, at least once when archive diving.

jwhouk · « **Reply #21 on:** 21 Mar 2019, 05:08 »

Yeah, when you think about it, time really does go by faster than you think.

52 weeks x 5 strips/week = 260 strips/year

3965 strips / 260 strips/year = 15.25 YEARS.

cybersmurf · « **Reply #22 on:** 21 Mar 2019, 12:13 »

Quote from: jwhouk on 21 Mar 2019, 05:08

Yeah, when you think about it, time really does go by faster than you think.

52 weeks x 5 strips/day = 260 strips/year

3965 strips / 260 strips/year = 15.25 YEARS.

According to the About page, QC started August 1st, 2003, with three strips a week for what I calculated as roughly the first year (it's been running 23 weeks longer than it should be with five times a week and not missing a single day). I've been reading since somewhere in 2011 (I think, it's what I figured out from what I thought to be the first strips I remember reading before actually starting at 1).

Tomorrow, Friday March 22nd, it's going to be fifteen years, seven months and three weeks since the comic started. Or five thousand seven hundred and twelve days. Yes, I did type that out, because yeah, it DOES feel like a lot, looking at the numbers. Dammit Jeph!

Scarlet Manuka · « **Reply #23 on:** 21 Mar 2019, 22:47 »

Quote from: jwhouk on 21 Mar 2019, 05:08

5 strips/day

If only! Though I shudder to think what that pace would do to Jeph.

cybersmurf · « **Reply #24 on:** 21 Mar 2019, 23:12 »

oh dear, I didn't even see that mistake. it's kind of hilarious.

jwhouk · « **Reply #25 on:** 22 Mar 2019, 05:09 »

DOH. I caught it & fixed it.

OldGoat · « **Reply #26 on:** 24 Mar 2019, 06:13 »

Damnit Jeph! You've got me genuinely worried about the welfare of a fictional, non-human person. Huggz, Roko, you're going to get through this.

Thrillho · « **Reply #27 on:** 26 Mar 2019, 13:40 »

Quote from: cybersmurf on 21 Mar 2019, 12:13

Quote from: jwhouk on 21 Mar 2019, 05:08
Yeah, when you think about it, time really does go by faster than you think.

52 weeks x 5 strips/day = 260 strips/year

3965 strips / 260 strips/year = 15.25 YEARS.

According to the About page, QC started August 1st, 2003, with three strips a week for what I calculated as roughly the first year (it's been running 23 weeks longer than it should be with five times a week and not missing a single day). I've been reading since somewhere in 2011 (I think, it's what I figured out from what I thought to be the first strips I remember reading before actually starting at 1).

Tomorrow, Friday March 22nd, it's going to be fifteen years, seven months and three weeks since the comic started. Or five thousand seven hundred and twelve days. Yes, I did type that out, because yeah, it DOES feel like a lot, looking at the numbers. Dammit Jeph!

Jesus Christ. I think I started reading in 2004. Where the fuck did I even find this comic? It's been a part of my life for long enough that I don't remember how I got here.

cybersmurf · « **Reply #28 on:** 26 Mar 2019, 14:05 »

I think I came here because I followed a link from XKCD.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #29 on:** 26 Mar 2019, 14:06 »

I came in on a referral from a friend.

hedgie · « **Reply #30 on:** 26 Mar 2019, 14:14 »

Quote from: cybersmurf on 26 Mar 2019, 14:05

I think I came here because I followed a link from XKCD.

XKCD as well here.

Carl-E · « **Reply #31 on:** 26 Mar 2019, 17:03 »

Same here, but it took three or four attempts. I kept on trying to start from the beginning and got bogged down.

I've told this story before, but... the third (or fourth?) time I followed the link from xkcd, i saw this;

And sure enough, I had to know how they got there. So I started reading backwards, watching the story and characters ... undevelop? And following it forwards as well, and at some point I went back to the beginning, trying to tie what seemed to be such radically different comics together.

I met in the middle somewhere, right around "the talk". I was emotional for days. My wife asked me what was wrong, I was never really able to say. How do you explain to someone who has no regard for an art form how much it moves you? It's a little like when she speaks to me about dance performance - I really just don't get it. At an intellectual level, sure, but not in the feels.

So my second "Dammit, Jeph" entry - because it still leaves me grinning whenever I look at it - is speed beer, AKA "WHEEEEE!!".

And yes, I have the print.

celticgeek · « **Reply #32 on:** 26 Mar 2019, 17:29 »

I came here from a link on "Unshelved" about the time Martin got his job at the library, comic number 691. I am the husband of a librarian, and the farther of a librarian (both now retired).

jwhouk · « **Reply #33 on:** 26 Mar 2019, 17:39 »

Music + Science = Sexy.

Tova · « **Reply #34 on:** 27 Mar 2019, 02:07 »

Quote from: Thrillho on 26 Mar 2019, 13:40

Jesus Christ. I think I started reading in 2004. Where the fuck did I even find this comic? It's been a part of my life for long enough that I don't remember how I got here.

Same here. I have no clue whatsoever.

traroth · « **Reply #35 on:** 27 Mar 2019, 07:55 »

Quote from: Tova on 27 Mar 2019, 02:07

Quote from: Thrillho on 26 Mar 2019, 13:40
Jesus Christ. I think I started reading in 2004. Where the fuck did I even find this comic? It's been a part of my life for long enough that I don't remember how I got here.

Same here. I have no clue whatsoever.

I think I read QC since 2007 or something. And I too can't remember where I heard of it in the first place.

That's really a long time...

Thrillho · « **Reply #36 on:** 27 Mar 2019, 13:43 »

Quote from: celticgeek on 26 Mar 2019, 17:29

I came here from a link on "Unshelved" about the time Martin got his job at the library, comic number 691. I am the husband of a librarian, and the farther of a librarian (both now retired).

Quote from: celticgeek on 26 Mar 2019, 17:29

I came here from a link on "Unshelved" about the time Martin got his job at the library, comic number 691.

Quote from: celticgeek on 26 Mar 2019, 17:29

Martin got his job at the library, comic number 691.

Quote from: celticgeek on 26 Mar 2019, 17:29

Martin got his job at the library, comic number 691.

JESUS CHRIST

How do I still think of the library and Tai as a 'new' thing?????

cybersmurf · « **Reply #37 on:** 27 Mar 2019, 14:56 »

Quote from: Thrillho on 27 Mar 2019, 13:43

Quote from: celticgeek on 26 Mar 2019, 17:29
Martin got his job at the library, comic number 691.

JESUS CHRIST

How do I still think of the library and Tai as a 'new' thing?????

I kinda second that. Doesn't feel like Tai has been a part of the comic for more than 80% of the strips, right?
Hell, Brun is one of the newest characters, and she's been around since somewhere in 2016. Well, that's almost 760 strips away, or 152 weeks. Jeez, That's just like a month short of three years of our time.

Thrudd · « **Reply #38 on:** 28 Mar 2019, 08:49 »

Quote from: jwhouk on 26 Mar 2019, 17:39

Music + Science = Sexy.

Music * Math = RUSH

OldGoat · « **Reply #39 on:** 28 Mar 2019, 09:09 »

I think I started reading about the time Claire came out as trans after a trans member on an interest forum linked to it.

Yeah, I promptly sat down and binge read the whole magilla.

badbum61 · « **Reply #40 on:** 28 Mar 2019, 19:23 »

I've been here since someone on a music forum mentioned "this cool new comic about indie rock"...which tells ya how long ago it was.

pwhodges · « **Reply #41 on:** 29 Mar 2019, 02:56 »

I arrived when a search relating to John Cage turned up an early-ish strip of the comic.

Mr Intrepid · « **Reply #42 on:** 30 Mar 2019, 20:14 »

I started about 6ish months ago, when it showed up in a pinterest feed. Thought" this is very good" and binge read most of not all of the strip. Ha e to admit, I still get a little verklempt when I reread arcs like Bubbles/spookybot, or Faye's backstory. And thanks to this community, gotten a little more knowledgable about the human spectrum.

cybersmurf · « **Reply #43 on:** 06 Apr 2019, 12:53 »

I just realised how many people here are quite much older than me. when I started reading I was in my mid 20s, and the comic had been running for the better part of a decade. When it started, I was eighteen, and yet it felt like it only began when I started reading. I can easily imagine people reading the comic were born after the comic started, it's been a decade and a half.

It's weird. it doesn't feel like I've been around for almost eight years now, which is only half the runtime to date.
All I can say is:

Quote

Goddammit Jeph!
And thanks for the entertainment.

pwhodges · « **Reply #44 on:** 06 Apr 2019, 15:26 »

Although I'm 72, I am not the oldest person who still contributes to this forum.

hedgie · « **Reply #45 on:** 06 Apr 2019, 16:21 »

I think that, to a degree, how one sees their age is simply a matter of perspective. Most of the time, I feel like I have one foot in the grave, despite only being in my '30s since I'm surrounded by university students on a constant basis. On the other, I feel young again when I head to one of the local bars around happy hour.

jwhouk · « **Reply #46 on:** 06 Apr 2019, 20:41 »

Quote from: pwhodges on 06 Apr 2019, 15:26

Although I'm 72, I am not the oldest person who still contributes to this forum.

That's okay, you can call Gyrre by name.

celticgeek · « **Reply #47 on:** 06 Apr 2019, 21:18 »

I am a mere slip of a boy of 78.

Cheetaur · « **Reply #48 on:** 07 Apr 2019, 11:49 »

i clicked on several of the links given as examples and darn it i started reading the strip again....grrrr why is it so darn good

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #49 on:** 07 Apr 2019, 12:04 »

It has fully realized characters with nuance that people can identify with.

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