# I don't quite get today's "Questionable Content" strip **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** comic-strips\ **Created:** [April 13, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967 "2010-04-13T17:48:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 113
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2242 "2018-07-20T00:39:57Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > So the group think is that Brun is boring. But I like the Brun comics. Just like TV, things I like are overall unpopular. Time for Brun to be cancelled and a write in campaign for another strip to pick her up. She’ll be rescued by Netflix. Probably get her own four season animated show. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2243 "2018-07-20T14:25:35Z")
I like Brun too. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2244 "2018-07-20T15:08:32Z")
I like Brun. Don’t much care for a Bubbles-Faye relationship, though. Not that I’m not down with robots _or_ bisexuality - it’s just that I don’t particularly care to see how this match of two badly broken people is going to play out - seems like it’s going to end up as cringe theatre to me. Also, I’m a Hanners groupie, sending her away pissed me off, so I’m punishing Jeph by not getting on board his latest manipulative 'ship voyage. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2245 "2018-09-26T21:03:47Z")
Does anyone know why Basilisk suddenly developed a Baaaahstaaaann accent? This is from today’s comic. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2246 "2018-09-26T21:45:11Z")
She gets a Boston accent when she’s angry. I don’t think it’s explained. [https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3695](https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3695) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2247 "2018-09-26T22:13:47Z")
I think May’s the one who should become a social worker. Roko can go sell yarn. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2248 "2018-09-27T19:21:49Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > She gets a Boston accent when she’s angry. I don’t think it’s explained. > > [Questionable Content](https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3695) I just assumed she’s from Boston but has worked on a less characteristic accent. Similar to how Faye is depicted as going Southern when she’s excited or drunk. Granted, AI don’t seem to be all that old (Momo is at most 3 year sold, and has been working as an adult since she was 2), but they seem to otherwise be like humans. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2249 "2019-04-11T02:43:36Z")
OH, MY GOD. Tai [is proposing](https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3979) to Dora! That’s the first “holy shit!” moment I’ve seen in QC for a little while. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2250 "2019-04-11T06:42:32Z")
and it started as a claire gets all anxious about the exams and her career plans yet again"while taking her final exams t then turned to "whats marten gonna do if Claire leaves town for a job… and segues into this But im not surprised about dora talking about selling the coffee shop as shed recently has said here and there shes (and jeph himself I personally think) over it and was thinking about letting someone else run it ……. But yeah since the bubbles and faye decided to hook up theres been no real significant universe changing story unless you count basilisk getting crushed and getting a more feminine body (which is some sort of parable about body modification) oh and Emily her mom and tai getting stoned …. I don’t mind brun because I have relatives who are autistic and I get the jokes … and her roomates funny …… and last time we seen Hannelore was on her dads space station and finding out the ai that took care of her and the personal assistant chick she got a job there were together …. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2251 "2019-04-11T12:19:57Z")
I’m about ready to give up on the strip. I don’t care about Roko, detest Brun, find Melon annoying, and this is the first time in months we’ve seen a main character. Bring back Martin, Faye, Dora, and Hannelore! ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2252 "2019-04-11T13:41:12Z")
It does have a “legacy strip” feel to it at this point. I don’t really care about any of the recent stories or newer characters, it’s just on my comics feed so I wind up reading it. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2253 "2019-04-11T14:06:58Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > But yeah since the bubbles and faye decided to hook up theres been no real significant universe changing story unless you count basilisk getting crushed and getting a more feminine body (which is some sort of parable about body modification) oh and Emily her mom and tai getting stoned …. Basilisk’s issue with her new chassis is an analogy for body dismorphia, not modification. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2254 "2019-04-11T14:17:58Z")
Slightly off topic, but how do you get “Roko” as a nickname for “Basilisk?” This has been bugging me. Is it like a “Margaret/Peg” thing? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2255 "2019-04-11T14:23:10Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Slightly off topic, but how do you get “Roko” as a nickname for “Basilisk?” This has been bugging me. Is it like a “Margaret/Peg” thing? It’s her first name. Roko Basilisk. [It’s also an AI joke.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LessWrong#Roko's_basilisk) ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2256 "2019-04-12T00:24:41Z")
as someone said in the QC form tomorrows gonna be the start of melon being a goofball for a week and we might see what dora says the Tuesday or so after… ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2257 "2019-04-12T11:57:09Z")
Looking at today’s comic it’s just clear that Marten is a genuinely good man. He’s got his own things but he’s great at not letting his own issues get in the way of his friends. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2258 "2019-04-12T23:06:10Z")
That, or Marten’s a giant pushover, as many people in the comic have pointed out. (Including Dora, Tai, and one-night-stand chick.) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2259 "2019-05-22T12:28:21Z")
Golly! …I wonder whether May smokes after sex? (Her chassis might not be able to take this sort of friction) ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2260 "2019-05-22T12:42:17Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Golly! > > …I wonder whether May smokes after sex? (Her chassis might not be able to take this sort of friction) Yeah, everyone’s fucking robots these days. At least [this prediction](https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3302) didn’t come to pass. And you’ve got to wonder if [Momo will be jealous when she finds out](https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3097). ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2261 "2019-05-22T14:20:25Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > Yeah, everyone’s fucking robots these days. At least [this prediction](https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3302) didn’t come to pass. A [couple strips further](https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3304), May makes it sound as though her chassis isn’t particularly prepared for sexy fun-times (although she makes the same mouth/lube joke). I get the impression that she’s not especially soft or supple either given the exposed joints and pinchy bits. Which makes her post-sex robo-nudity seem a bit odd but I suppose I’m just as happy not dwelling on it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967.md?page=112) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967.md?page=114)