# 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:** 25
**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 18, 2010, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/481 "2010-11-18T07:47:54Z")
Irony will be if Marten, who has always been shown as inexplicably attractive to women, ends up hooking up with some new girlfriend right away and Dora gets left high and dry. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/482 "2010-11-18T07:53:15Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > [1799 is up](http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1799). Dora calls quits on the relationship. Marten is a deer in the headlights. Fixed the link above for you - you left out the ‘h’ in the http. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/483 "2010-11-18T14:18:55Z")
Meanwhile, in another part of town, Tai’s spidey-sense is tingling. As are her lady-bits. How long before she moves in on Dora? ---
**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:** [November 18, 2010, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/484 "2010-11-18T14:37:47Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > Meanwhile, in another part of town, Tai’s spidey-sense is tingling. As are her lady-bits. How long before she moves in on Dora? But Tai can’t lick where Marten jizzed! Think of the happy batter! ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/485 "2010-11-18T14:50:02Z")
Drat, in my original post I typed “despite the happy batter issue” but then deleted it accidentally when I edited my reply. I think she’ll get over it. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/486 "2010-11-18T18:33:38Z")
Despite the fact that Dora is really bad at relationships, this really kind of came out of the blue. If there had been a strip in there of Marten commiserating with Faye that “Dora did this last week, and the other day she said this BS, etc.” it’d be fine. It also kind of comes at a bad time. There are at least 3 other storylines that are more interesting right now that I’d like to see explored. However, the next couple weeks will be very interesting. Who attends the pity party with Faye and Marten? How does the group split up between Marten and Dora? Lots of good stuff coming up, but at the expense of not tying up previous stuff. It’ll be very interesting to see how Jeph deals with it all. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/487 "2010-11-18T18:38:47Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > Meanwhile, in another part of town, Tai’s spidey-sense is tingling. As are her lady-bits. How long before she moves in on Dora? I don’t think she cares that much. I’m pretty sure she was just teasing Marten. ---
**Author:** ![Ura-Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/51bf81/32.png) [@Ura-Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ura-Maru)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/488 "2010-11-18T18:51:29Z")
Now, no one is more for butch-on-goth-chick than I, (with the possible exception of guys named Butch) even the most casual check of my browser history will back me up on that. But that would be kinda weird, happy-batter issues aside. Dora’s always treated Tai like a kid. But then, a suprising degree of wierdness is tolerable if it gets cute women into your bed. And it would put Martin in pretty much the same position that Faye was in pre-Angus, which is always good comedy/drama. > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > The problem I’m having is that all of the supporting characters seem to be developing at a normal pace. They’re not static and they don’t suddenly metamorphosize into new personalities. I’m not sure ‘out of nowhere’ is fair. There were plenty of hints early on that Dora was less solid than she looked, and that Martin was not quite happy/needed to be more proactive. I’ll agree with the pacing thing, though. I think it was intended as an ongoing ‘C’ plot, that just got pushed into the back, first by the Faye/Hanners stuff, then by the Sven/Angus/Maragold show. I don’t think there is going to be a ‘group split,’ though. Everyone’s an adult, neither party is really angry at the other, and neither seems to be the type to hold a grudge. – On the plus side, we have the return of the Giant White Hoodie! It’s the Wedge Antillies of the GQ universe. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/489 "2010-11-18T21:35:49Z")
**Sob** ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/490 "2010-11-18T21:42:19Z")
Aw, it won’t last. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/491 "2010-11-18T21:51:47Z")
> [@E-Sabbath](#): > > Aw, it won’t last. I dunno, Jeph’s comment makes it seem like he’s been planning this as the overall story arc for a long time. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/492 "2010-11-18T22:15:41Z")
So how long have Marten and Dora been going out in strip time? Didn’t she pretty much just move in a week or two ago (strip time?) Agree on the “out of the blue” comments though. We haven’t really seen all that many arguments between the two (besides the totally over-blown Marten-Faye incident a few weeks ago.) And they seemed to be dealing with their issues fairly maturely up until then. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2010, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/493 "2010-11-18T22:38:10Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > So how long have Marten and Dora been going out in strip time? Didn’t > she pretty much just move in a week or two ago (strip time?) Nope. That comment was made by someone who interpreted every change of clothes as just one day, rather than the potential several weeks it most likely was. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/494 "2010-11-18T22:53:53Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Nope. That comment was made by someone who interpreted every change of clothes as just one day, rather than the potential several weeks it most likely was. There was also a point recently where the comic just jumped ahead 6 months. It was after [Wil left on his journey of discovery](http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1311). Suddenly it was Winter and Dora’s hair was growing out. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/495 "2010-11-18T22:56:03Z")
Eh, it’s sad. All those strips ago when Marten was upset about how things had panned out with Faye, sighed about how frustrating it was that relationships had to be so complicated, and Dora just said “They don’t have to be”. Now it turns out she was writing cheques she couldn’t cash, which sounds kinda familiar to me (not that I ever had a shot at anyone half as hot as Dora). Ah well. Life’s a bitch sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2010, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/496 "2010-11-19T01:35:57Z")
Argh. I don’t know why Dora annoys me so much. The fact that’s it her breaking up with Marten annoys me even more (rather than the other way around) but I’m not quite sure why. ---
**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 19, 2010, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/497 "2010-11-19T01:45:06Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Nope. That comment was made by someone who interpreted every change of clothes as just one day, rather than the potential several weeks it most likely was. That was me. But while I treated changes of clothes as different days I only assumed they were consecutive days if there were references within the strip (like a character saying something like “I heard what happened last night.”) But Mr. Miskatonic is right. There have been some big jumps. ---
**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2010, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/498 "2010-11-19T03:16:46Z")
> [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > Argh. I don’t know why Dora annoys me so much. The fact that’s it her breaking up with Marten annoys me even more (rather than the other way around) but I’m not quite sure why. It irks me, too I think it’s because by all rights, it’s Marten who has cause to break up with Dora, not the other way around. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2010, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/499 "2010-11-19T03:27:31Z")
> [@MilTan](#): > > It irks me, too I think it’s because by all rights, it’s Marten who has cause to break up with Dora, not the other way around. I think Dora is just breaking up before Marten could. During the No Pants Incident, after Faye yelled at Dora that she may have Fucked Everything Up, Dora became convinced that Marten was going to break up with her, and was surprised when he didn’t. Now we have another fight, seemingly days later, and I think she still sees that breakup as inevitable, and her own fault, so she just pulled the plug rather than wait for Marten to do so. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2010, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/500 "2010-11-19T03:50:06Z")
I’m curious how this breakup will go (if it sticks) with Dora currently living in Marten and Faye’s apartment. Will there be an awkward time in which Dora still lives there while she arranges to get her own place? Or maybe Dora will stay at Sven’s for a few days during the post-breakup interim? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967.md?page=26)