# 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:** 115
**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:** [June 18, 2019, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2282 "2019-06-18T01:29:33Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > Jim (Sam’s dad, Marten’s mom’s boyfriend, owner of the bakery) is cool, too. Don’t think we’ve ever met the owner of the Horrible Revelation, but Will, Elliot, and Brun seem OK with them. When Brun applied for a bartending job at the Revelation, the manager gave her a very evil beer on the house, so he’s cool. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2019, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2283 "2019-07-10T04:18:43Z")
That’s not what a hypocorism is. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2019, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2284 "2019-07-10T05:33:26Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > That’s not what a hypocorism is. It’s not? I’ve never heard the term before, but [wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypocorism) seems to back up the omnipresent hive AI. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2019, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2285 "2019-07-10T11:43:48Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > [Tai also asked one of her employees to come with her while she got a clitoral piercing.](https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1247) Imagine how that would play out if a male supervisor did it. > > (I’m not being an MRA here. I’m saying it’s wrong either way. But Jacques, along with many other people, can see the same situation as being either outrageous harassment or quirky humor depending on who’s doing it.) Except Jacques has never done anything similar. There is no instance in the comic where a boss does something similar and it is decried as sexual harassment. Plus, while I see your point, that isn’t how it is presented in the comic. Tai and Marten are also friends, and it is as friends that Tai invites Marten to go with her. And neither she nor he treat it like a sexual thing. And, well, you’re bringing up a comic from nearly 11 years ago. The comic has changed a lot since then, as has the author. This predates his change to becoming more progressive and more aware of social justice issues. He likely wasn’t aware of the power dynamics issues at the time, especially given he was writing them as friends more than boss/underling. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2286 "2019-07-16T16:11:04Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > 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. She’s baaaaaaaaaack… [https://questionablecontent.net/](https://questionablecontent.net/) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2287 "2019-07-16T16:30:59Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > It’s not? I’ve never heard the term before, but [wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypocorism) seems to back up the omnipresent hive AI. No, she says that Yay is a hypocorism for Yaaaaaaaay and that a hypocorism is a shortening of a longer name to a shorter one. Like Mike is a shortened version of Michael or Jess is a shortened version of Jessica. But she’s wrong. A hypocorism is supposed to be a nickname that suggest some emotional attachment; it’s like a pet name. It doesn’t have to be a shortening. Changing Jim or Scott to Jimbo or Scotty is a hypocorism. It doesn’t even have to be a version of the original name; calling your loved one Babe or Honey or Snooki Bear are all hypocorisms. > **[Definition of HYPOCORISM](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypocorism)** > > a pet name; the use of pet names… See the full definition ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2288 "2019-07-16T21:00:11Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > No, she says that Yay is a hypocorism for Yaaaaaaaay and that a hypocorism is a shortening of a longer name to a shorter one. That is not what she says. She says that it is a hypocorism, and that it is shortened from her full name, as most hypocorisms are. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2289 "2019-07-16T21:08:19Z")
I wanna know why Dora’s carrying a kris. And where. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2019, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2290 "2019-07-16T21:40:53Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > I wanna know why Dora’s carrying a kris. And where. [She keeps it for eldritch purposes](https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3974). ---
**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:** [July 16, 2019, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2291 "2019-07-16T22:02:48Z")
Well, all right, then. The more you know! ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2292 "2019-09-25T18:33:37Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > 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! I will admit to getting a chuckle out of May & Sven’s … interaction. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2019, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2293 "2019-11-07T13:12:42Z")
So how much would Faye be charging May if she knew it was [Sven’s pube she had been forced to see](https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4128)? ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2294 "2019-11-07T15:27:42Z")
I thought it was Ironic that in #4101 Jeph Jacques made another reference to how capitalism sucks; yet he’s always hawking crap on the Questionable Content site. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2295 "2019-11-07T15:32:15Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > I thought it was Ironic that in #4101 Jeph Jacques made another reference to how capitalism sucks; yet he’s always hawking crap on the Questionable Content site. We need free health care for robots! ---
**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:** [November 7, 2019, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2296 "2019-11-07T16:00:23Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > I thought it was Ironic that in #4101 Jeph Jacques made another reference to how capitalism sucks; yet he’s always hawking crap on the Questionable Content site. Selling stuff is not, itself, capitalism. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2297 "2019-11-07T16:58:25Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > I thought it was Ironic that in #4101 Jeph Jacques made another reference to how capitalism sucks; yet he’s always hawking crap on the Questionable Content site. I don’t really see that as a criticism of capitalism. It’s about family relationships. That said, Jacques does appear to be capable of some hypocrisy. Unless he intends Roko to be ironic. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2019, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2298 "2019-11-07T17:22:13Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > I thought it was Ironic that in #4101 Jeph Jacques made another reference to how capitalism sucks; yet he’s always hawking crap on the Questionable Content site. Thinking capitalism sucks doesn’t magically make your bills pay themselves. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2299 "2019-11-08T14:21:16Z")
Look’s like [Faye has forgotten](https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4130) the [deal she made with Sam’s dad](https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3807). Consequences? ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2300 "2019-11-08T16:11:30Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > Thinking capitalism sucks doesn’t magically make your bills pay themselves. This, 100%, regardless of how one feels about the subject. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2019, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2301 "2019-11-09T01:44:07Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > Look’s like [Faye has forgotten](https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4130) the [deal she made with Sam’s dad](https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3807). Consequences? You’re forgetting one of the comics where she became an intern: [https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4077](https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4077) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967.md?page=114) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967.md?page=116)