# 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:** 129
**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:** [June 4, 2022, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2563 "2022-06-04T22:23:42Z")
Do you think _QC_ is sorta winding down? Everyone who wants to be in a relationship is _in_ a relationship. We’ve still got Dora and Tai’s wedding coming up, but then what? How long has it been since we had a breakup? ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2564 "2022-06-04T22:34:18Z")
i think after the wedding when or if it ever happens its going to switch off the main characters other than Faye and bubbles. with occasional one or two offs with marten and claire but Jeph has already laid the groundwork for Dora and Tai leaving due to tai possibly getting a job offer somewhere else in which I think hanners and marigold might buy the shop BTW did yall hear millholand is the new popeye artist ? ---
**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:** [June 4, 2022, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2565 "2022-06-04T22:44:09Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > We’ve still got Dora and Tai’s wedding coming up, but then what? We have Willow and Iris and whoever the next characters are with Extreme Personality Traits to be worn down into lovable quirks by the rock tumbler of the QC gang. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2566 "2022-06-04T23:00:36Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Do you think _QC_ is sorta winding down? It’s always been a ‘slice of life’ type comic. Nothing that exciting really happens. I remember being pretty disappointed back when I thought there was an actual adventure starting and it just …fizzled. This plot where they were about to enter Bubbles’ mind to try to unlock her memories: [https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3396](https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3396) And then the end result (four strips later) There’s nothing here [https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3400](https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3400) ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2022, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2567 "2022-06-06T22:50:06Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > > [@ekedolphin](#): > > > > We’ve still got Dora and Tai’s wedding coming up, but then what? > > We have Willow and Iris and whoever the next characters are with Extreme Personality Traits to be worn down into lovable quirks by the rock tumbler of the QC gang. Which is exactly what’s happening with Yay, right now. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2022, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2568 "2022-06-07T03:20:05Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > How long has it been since we had a breakup? In real world time, it’s been around eight years. In in-comic continuity, it’s been around three months. ---
**Author:** ![Mikemike2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikemike2/32/305_2.png) [@Mikemike2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikemike2)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2569 "2022-06-07T03:26:49Z")
No, QC will never wind down as long as it is profitable. Jeph just keeps adding new characters with new problems. To be fair, it is the only comic I have stuck with over more than a decade. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2022, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2570 "2022-06-07T03:28:43Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Do you think _QC_ is sorta winding down? Everyone who wants to be in a relationship is _in_ a relationship. We’ve still got Dora and Tai’s wedding coming up, but then what? How long has it been since we had a breakup?⁢ No, because the author has said he has no intent to stop creating it any time soon. It’s actually been a common question. Also, there are tons of ships that are still out there. It’s just that they are newer characters. Brun and Milly seemed to be set up to date. Renee still hasn’t found her guy. May and Sven both seem to still have something towards each other, even if May feels weird. Iris clearly has the hots for Willow, though Willow seems oblivious. Emmet is clearly crushing on Sam, and Sam is either oblivious or doesn’t mind. And there’s this weird semi-romantic tension between Yay and Roko. What I think happened is that the author liked the relationships he set up for the main cast so much that he didn’t want to break them up, so he started doing it with new characters. That’s why he eventually got Clinton and Elliot together. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2571 "2022-06-07T10:26:14Z")
“Dr Nature’s Completely Unsweetened Reasonable Puffs” 🙂 If it ever got in contact with Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs, I think they would mutually annihilate. Brian ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2022, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2572 "2022-06-27T04:28:44Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > I mean, she fucks men her son’s age, plays five string bass through a huge stack, smokes pot casually, and does sexually suggestive cosplay streaming. Or as Clinton said: [![](https://questionablecontent.net/comics/4816.png) ](https://questionablecontent.net/comics/4816.png) …it’s kinda weird that Mom now looks quite a look like Claire ---
**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:** [June 27, 2022, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2573 "2022-06-27T06:00:21Z")
Is this thing with the area codes at all realistic? I know if I was calling somebody it wouldn’t work. If I thought somebody was in another part of the country and dialed their area code (not recognizing it was the same as mine) the call wouldn’t go through and I’d get a recorded message telling me I shouldn’t dial the area code for local calls. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2022, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2574 "2022-06-27T06:07:55Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Is this thing with the area codes at all realistic? I know if I was calling somebody it wouldn’t work. If I thought somebody was in another part of the country and dialed their area code (not recognizing it was the same as mine) the call wouldn’t go through and I’d get a recorded message telling me I shouldn’t dial the area code for local calls. ⁢ I’ve only ever encountered that on land lines. They both used smartphones, and I’ve never had any problem including the area code on those. Or cell phones in general, really. I don’t really know many cell providers who maintain the difference between local and long distance anymore. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2022, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2575 "2022-06-27T06:13:31Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > …it’s kinda weird that Mom now looks quite a look like Claire ⁢ I’ve always thought she looked like an older version of Claire. But it seems all signs of age have been removed. She does not look double Clinton’s age. It’s particularly dissonant with the dialog, with her worrying about being older. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2022, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2576 "2022-06-27T06:32:45Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I’ve only ever encountered that on land lines. They both used smartphones, and I’ve never had any problem including the area code on those. Or cell phones in general, really. > > I don’t really know many cell providers who maintain the difference between local and long distance anymore. I encounter this issue on my mobile phone. So you’re saying that if you called somebody in your area code and dialed the area code, your call would go through with no problem and you wouldn’t receive any message? Now that I think about it, aren’t there some areas that have multiple area codes within a single region and everyone in the region always has to dial the area code? ---
**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:** [June 27, 2022, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2577 "2022-06-27T06:50:33Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > So you’re saying that if you called somebody in your area code and dialed the area code, your call would go through with no problem and you wouldn’t receive any message? I never have on my cell phone. All of my contacts have always had the area code included, and most of them are in my area code. I can’t remember the last time I dialed a local number directly from my cell phone, though. And my area now has 10-digit dialing for all phones as of a year ago. So maybe if I’d called a local number in the past without using a contact, I would have gotten some sort of message. But I suspect Aurelia and Marigold added each other’s number to their contacts. That’s how anyone I know calls someone who they plan on talking to more than once. Heck, they probably already had their email in their contacts, so adding a number wouldn’t be a big deal. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2022, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2578 "2022-06-27T07:00:51Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > But I suspect Aurelia and Marigold added each other’s number to their contacts. That’s how anyone I know calls someone who they plan on talking to more than once. Okay, I’m curious. I add phone numbers to my phone for new people. But I’ve never done it for somebody I haven’t met in person. How do two people who have never met (as Aurelia and Marigold have not) originally exchange phone numbers? ---
**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:** [June 27, 2022, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2579 "2022-06-27T07:22:01Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > > [@BigT](#): > > > > But I suspect Aurelia and Marigold added each other’s number to their contacts. That’s how anyone I know calls someone who they plan on talking to more than once. ⁢ > > Okay, I’m curious. I add phone numbers to my phone for new people. But I’ve never done it for somebody I haven’t met in person. How do two people who have never met (as Aurelia and Marigold have not) originally exchange phone numbers? ⁢ I presume they just gave each other their phone numbers by private message. Nothing too fancy would be needed. They’d know it was them because no one else could have the same account name. They could also use a private chat, for similar reasons. I guess they could do something fancier, with those fancy vCards—files that hold all your contact info and automatically get added when you open them. But that’s more of a business thing, and seems overkill here, especially for Aurelia who has no manager. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2022, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2580 "2022-06-27T12:21:05Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > …it’s kinda weird that Mom now looks quite a look like Claire Yeah, I wondered why Claire was on the phone with Marigold, until I realized the redhead was Aurelia. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2581 "2022-06-27T14:02:30Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I encounter this issue on my mobile phone. > > So you’re saying that if you called somebody in your area code and dialed the area code, your call would go through with no problem and you wouldn’t receive any message? > > Now that I think about it, aren’t there some areas that have multiple area codes within a single region and everyone in the region always has to dial the area code? [Ten digit dialing](https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/ten-digit-dialing#:~:text=What%20is%20Ten%2DDigit%20Dialing,area%20code%20as%20your%20own.), where you must enter the area code even for a local call, has been in existence for a long time - at least 10 years. I just tried it myself, and a 7 digit call from my cell phone to my landline, or even to my wife’s cell phone on the same mobile account, gets a “Your call cannot be completed as dialed” message. So you’re probably the outlier here **Little\_Nemo**. Note that that FCC article says it will be phased in nationwide by next month, so you may need to add all the area codes to your contacts soon. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2582 "2022-06-27T14:10:26Z")
I can’t remember the last time I used anything but 10 digit dialing around the Chicago area but it has been well over a decade. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967.md?page=128) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967.md?page=130)