# 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:** 132
**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 20, 2022, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2623 "2022-07-20T03:09:00Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > Meh, it was an entire internship for Claire, so obviously longer than that. If I thought about it I could think of other time markers. I’d say 3-6 months, perhaps 9. Hell didn’t it go to winter for a few strips then back, which implies a year? ⁢ To show what type of nerd I am, I’ve actually used the unofficial fan timeline plus the principles they used to make it to get an idea of how long the comic has been going in-universe–just for fun. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/FUaRG4B.png "Questionable Content Timeline v. 1.1") ](https://imgur.com/FUaRG4B) (Click the image to go to the page, then you can click download to read it in higher resolution. Or here’s a [direct link](https://i.imgur.com/FUaRG4B.png) to the image) By my calculations the last time I did this\*, it’s only been winter, spring, and summer since that timeline ended. So it’s been about 15 months give or take. \*I did it to find out how long Tai and Dora has been dating before they got engaged. It came to around 9–12 months, IIRC. And, yes, this is where I got the dates in my joke above. Though, as the blurb says, the exact time there is variable. It’s a different timeline/universe, after all. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2022, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2624 "2022-08-10T04:20:47Z")
[How’s THAT for a fuckin’ callback](https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4848) this one is subtitled. Callback to? ---
**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:** [August 10, 2022, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2625 "2022-08-10T05:18:01Z")
[https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3055](https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3055) Steve: “That thing the robots are building in Halifax is CRAZY” ---
**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:** [August 10, 2022, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2626 "2022-08-10T05:19:40Z")
Nice! ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2022, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2627 "2022-08-11T19:38:17Z")
he changed how claire looks again tho sort of back to her original look ---
**Author:** ![Mr.E](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.e/32/8932_2.png) [@Mr.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.E)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2022, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2628 "2022-08-11T19:41:47Z")
I’ve drawn the same character over and over even longer than Jeph has drawn Claire and every single time she looks different, so I can’t judge. ---
**Author:** ![Cayuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2629 "2022-08-16T13:50:28Z")
Jeph moved to [Nova Scotia](https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4852) a few years ago. Any guesses as to whether he’s going to relocate QC there, plans to start a spin-off strip with Claire and Marten there, or is just faking us out? ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2630 "2022-08-16T14:07:32Z")
I’d think relocating the setting is the least likely scenario, as many characters as he’d need to uproot to keep it anywhere near the same cast. If he only has the two move, it’s going to be a huge reset on the strip. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2631 "2022-08-16T14:41:33Z")
Meh. The less Marten this strip has, the better. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2022, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2632 "2022-08-16T15:29:10Z")
I don’t see Jeph getting rid of Claire from the strip. Marten, sure – he’s pretty much abandoned years ago. The Cast page even calls him “former protagonist”. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2633 "2022-08-16T15:36:37Z")
Aren’t we jumping the gun here? For all we know, Claire’s gonna totally blow the interview. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2634 "2022-08-16T16:53:26Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > I don’t see Jeph getting rid of Claire from the strip. Maybe she’ll be making appearance via hologram, like the people up in Station (and Station), given the whole tech AI angle of the new location. Though I’d be perfectly fine with Marten and Claire wandering off into the sunset. Not as though QC doesn’t have umpteen other women whose personality profile is primarily just “adorkable” to fill the void. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2635 "2022-08-16T16:57:00Z")
> [@Seanette](#): > > If he only has the two move, it’s going to be a huge reset on the strip. All he needs to do is introduce four or five wacky female characters and a few hostile robots and he’s right back to normal. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2022, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2636 "2022-08-17T00:51:24Z")
Or she gets the job, but it turns out to be entirely WFH. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2637 "2022-08-17T03:48:28Z")
Or their world starts including things like transporters. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2022, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2638 "2022-08-17T06:02:53Z")
We _have_ had long periods of time in which multiple sets of characters have not interacted with one another. It wouldn’t be extraordinary if Jeph split the party. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2639 "2022-08-17T08:22:26Z")
as ive said before ive thought he was going to reset the strip by having claire and tai move on and have Hannelore buy/or be given the coffeeshop so maybe he’s going to have the casts whos rarely there move on but if you’ve noticed even the b-cast has changed a bit …its either bubbles and faye with the kids or the robots …the bakery/bar crew haven’t made an appearance since claires brother and bread guy started going out ---
**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:** [August 17, 2022, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2640 "2022-08-17T23:33:17Z")
Is Marten slowly getting more Anime. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2022, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2641 "2022-08-17T23:35:19Z")
Yeah, and we haven’t seen Penelope or Raven in a _long_ time. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2022, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2642 "2022-08-18T00:04:29Z")
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