# 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:** 37
**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:** [March 30, 2011, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/721 "2011-03-30T04:07:18Z")
> [@Kim\_o\_the\_Concrete\_Jungle](#): > > English people visiting Australia usually provide a good source of amusement for me in this respect. They have absolutely no sense of scale. We get that a lot in California. I live near San Francisco, in Northern California, and I’ve gotten stopped by more than one tourist asking for directions to Los Angeles. They’re always surprised when I get to the “and then drive for six hours” part. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/722 "2011-03-30T04:20:26Z")
> [@Kim\_o\_the\_Concrete\_Jungle](#): > > English people visiting Australia usually provide a good source of amusement for me in this respect. They have absolutely no sense of scale. "What’s the difference between an American and a European? An American thinks a hundred years is a long time. A European thinks a hundred miles is a long way." I would imagine you could easily switch “Australian” for “American” in the above… OT: Dora has never been my favorite character either, but I don’t want to see her get written out. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2011, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/723 "2011-03-30T06:18:58Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > We get that a lot in California. I live near San Francisco, in Northern California, and I’ve gotten stopped by more than one tourist asking for directions to Los Angeles. They’re always surprised when I get to the “and then drive for six hours” part. I’ve often thought Europeans tend to underestimate how big the United States is. New York and Los Angeles are as far apart as London and Baku. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/724 "2011-03-30T12:18:42Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > OT: Dora has never been my favorite character either, but I don’t want to see her get written out. Same. I’ve also grown to love to hate her wacky relationship antics. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/725 "2011-03-30T18:29:35Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > "What’s the difference between an American and a European? > > An American thinks a hundred years is a long time. A European thinks a hundred miles is a long way." > > I would imagine you could easily switch “Australian” for “American” in the above… When I was in the UK in 2005, I was at the Tourist information in Newmarket, setting up where I was staying the next night. They asked me where I was heading and I told them I needed to be in Glasgow by Wednesday evening. They told me I would never be able to get there by then. It was Sunday evening, and less than 400 miles. I told them, I could be there by Monday evening if I was in a hurry, but I don’t think they believed me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kim\_o\_the\_Concrete\_Jungle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ee7513/32.png) [@Kim\_o\_the\_Concrete\_Jungle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kim_o_the_Concrete_Jungle)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/726 "2011-03-31T15:04:10Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > "What’s the difference between an American and a European? > > An American thinks a hundred years is a long time. A European thinks a hundred miles is a long way." Heh. I haven’t heard that one before. 🆒 > [@](#): > > I would imagine you could easily switch “Australian” for “American” in the above… To a point, yes. The European history of Australia is very short indeed. The first European settlers arrived here in 1788, and we’ve only been a country since 1901. But it’s quite different when you start to look at things from an Aboriginal or geological point of view. It gives you a bit more a sense of perspective when you see a cave painting on a wall and realize its probably older than the whole of Europe’s recorded history – or when you sit down on a rock in Western Australia and realize its probably one of the oldest still-existing geological features on the entire planet. … Oh, you think Stonehenge is old? Well, see this rock? That was sitting here just like this when Britain was still a bunch of magma under the earth’s crust. 😃 On the other hand, I can read first-hand documents about the founding of Australia, and they’re written in modern English. ---
**Author:** ![Kim\_o\_the\_Concrete\_Jungle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ee7513/32.png) [@Kim\_o\_the\_Concrete\_Jungle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kim_o_the_Concrete_Jungle)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/727 "2011-03-31T15:13:58Z")
But getting back on topic: [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1893](http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1893) I wonder what’s in the kitchen. The mind boggles. ---
**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:** [March 31, 2011, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/728 "2011-03-31T15:42:21Z")
> [@Kim\_o\_the\_Concrete\_Jungle](#): > > But it’s quite different when you start to look at things from an Aboriginal or geological point of view. … You realize the Americas have pre-colonial history, too, yes? ---
**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:** [March 31, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/729 "2011-03-31T17:37:06Z")
> [@Kim\_o\_the\_Concrete\_Jungle](#): > > I wonder what’s in the kitchen. The mind boggles. Electric Demons in Love. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cDGQTlJjCrg/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGH8gKChZMA8=&rs=AOn4CLA-BdfzrR3hz7jNliLZTsoBmGU9Cg "02. Electric Six - Electric Demons in Love (Fire)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDGQTlJjCrg) ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/730 "2011-03-31T18:14:01Z")
Maybe a [demon in the fridge](http://friendlyhostility.com/d/20050511.html)? ---
**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:** [April 1, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/731 "2011-04-01T15:33:25Z")
Re: [today’s strip](http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1895=), what does “Shut up, Shinji” mean? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/732 "2011-04-01T15:42:49Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > Re: [today’s strip](http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1895=), what does “Shut up, Shinji” mean? Shinji is a character in the anime _Neon Genesis Evangelion_, and apparently he’s a bit of a whiner/complainer. Not QUITE the anime version of “Shut up, Wesley!”, but close. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2011, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/733 "2011-04-01T15:58:17Z")
Yeah, I figured it was some anime thing, since Marigold herself is drawn to that kind of stuff. Thanks! ---
**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:** [April 1, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/734 "2011-04-01T18:00:47Z")
The same with his melodramatic poses. Some are specific, the shiny glasses and the [plotting stance](http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1693) are Gendo’s, the impossibly cool, sort-of villain from the same show. Note he can clearly do it from any angle, which is impressive. Some are more general, like the too-cool-to-turn-around-while-waving-goodbye thing. The only question is weather he’s doing it deliberatly or not. Deliberately is more funny, so it’s probably that. – To be fair, I’ve caught myself doing the wave thing more than once. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2011, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/735 "2011-04-04T04:18:10Z")
Did anyone else see Jacques’ tweet about how he completely fucked up QC and didn’t know how to fix it? ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/736 "2011-04-04T04:23:08Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > Did anyone else see Jacques’ tweet about how he completely fucked up QC and didn’t know how to fix it? Yeah, but he used a #nightmare hashtag, so I think he was trying to imply that that was just a nightmare that he woke up from. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/737 "2011-04-04T07:40:51Z")
> [@Ura-Maru](#): > > The same with his melodramatic poses. Some are specific, the shiny glasses and the [plotting stance](http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1693) are Gendo’s, the impossibly cool, sort-of villain from the same show. Note he can clearly do it from any angle, which is impressive. > > Some are more general, like the too-cool-to-turn-around-while-waving-goodbye thing. > > The only question is weather he’s doing it deliberatly or not. Deliberately is more funny, so it’s probably that.. I love Marigold’s facial expressions in this one! ---
**Author:** ![Kim\_o\_the\_Concrete\_Jungle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ee7513/32.png) [@Kim\_o\_the\_Concrete\_Jungle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kim_o_the_Concrete_Jungle)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/738 "2011-04-05T00:28:24Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > … You realize the Americas have pre-colonial history, too, yes? When you put it like that, everywhere has a pre-colonial history. (I’m trying to think of a country that’s never been colonized/invaded, and I’m failing.) ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/739 "2011-04-05T02:00:00Z")
> [@Ura-Maru](#): > > Ok, CLEARLY you people don’t understand the context here. Amherst isn’t just over the river, (the RIVER!) it’s PAST HADLEY. You have to go OVER THE BRIDGE, then THROUGH HADLEY, then EVEN FURTHER. > > That’s almost TWENTY FIVE MILES! We have somewhat the same problem in Houston, Texas. SWMBO and I teach Taekwondo in a school in west Houston. Occasionally, we go up to the school in northeast Houston. It’s 40 miles away, but it’s still in Houston. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/740 "2011-04-08T17:53:02Z")
Am I the only one that thinks that QC doesn’t need the AnthroPC characters, and it would be better for the strip if they disappeared altogether? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967.md?page=36) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967.md?page=38)