# 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:** 43
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/841 "2011-08-29T16:41:07Z")
> [@astro](#): > > She actively repels people away from herself, and she really does not seem like the kind of person anyone would want to cuddle up to, but the boys keep coming on an assembly line like flies to sugar. There are two big reasons for this. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/842 "2011-08-29T16:46:28Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > There are two big reasons for this. _snerk_ ---
**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:** [August 29, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/843 "2011-08-29T17:55:56Z")
If the last strip is anything to go by, she looks like a very YOUNG teenager. With no indication to the casual observer that she’s an anthro-pc. I can see no possible way in which this could go badly. Which would be a pity, because this may be Marigold’s first documented case of considering someone else’s desires proactively, instead of reacting to them once they’ve been pointed out to her by a third party. I suppose Momo should be grateful that her USB jack is in her ear, instead of the _ **Handmaid May** _ configuration . . . – I’m not getting what’s surprising re:Faye’s love life. Attractive, smart, funny people get forgiven for a fairly high level of ‘being a jerk’ under default circumstances. On top of that, she has economics in her favor, there being considerably more single male indie kid/hipsters than female. ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/844 "2011-08-29T18:01:37Z")
So how come Momo’s new chassis doesn’t have visible connections at the points of articulation like (as far as I can see) EVERY other chassis in the store, including the salesbots? ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/845 "2011-08-29T18:35:53Z")
> [@Chef\_Troy](#): > > So how come Momo’s new chassis doesn’t have visible connections at the points of articulation like (as far as I can see) EVERY other chassis in the store, including the salesbots? Different model? Jeph forgot? Or maybe “forgot,” fully intending to make Momo look human. Marigold should really get her nose checked. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/846 "2011-08-29T18:36:50Z")
Presumably it’s more expensive, deluxe model. Designed to actually look like a person, rather than a robot. Not an uncommon theme in sf (particularly anime) with androids. Not really practical, but designed for scifi fans. And perverts. – And perverts who are scifi fans . . . ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/847 "2011-08-29T18:38:48Z")
> [@Ura-Maru](#): > > And perverts who are scifi fans . . . That’s Per **vect**. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/848 "2011-08-29T19:06:44Z")
> [@Ura-Maru](#): > > Not really practical, but designed for scifi fans. And perverts. Wait until PintSize sees the new Momo. ---
**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 29, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/849 "2011-08-29T19:13:36Z")
> [@Chef\_Troy](#): > > So how come Momo’s new chassis doesn’t have visible connections at the points of articulation like (as far as I can see) EVERY other chassis in the store, including the salesbots? As an aside, I used to work with a guy who had tattooed articulation points over all of his joints (at least, the ones visible on a guy in a t-shirt and shorts), with “seam” lines connecting all of them. Interesting guy. I had to respect his dedication to a theme. ---
**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 29, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/850 "2011-08-29T19:20:45Z")
> [@Chef\_Troy](#): > > So how come Momo’s new chassis doesn’t have visible connections at the points of articulation like (as far as I can see) EVERY other chassis in the store, including the salesbots? Not every other one. If you look in the third panel of [2001](http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2001), you’ll see the chassis on the shelf to the right has no visible joints. And it’s not an error - you’ll see the same chassis in [2000](http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2000). So it appears it’s just a feature on some models (and I assume Jacques didn’t want to commit himself to drawing joint lines on all future drawings of Momo). ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/851 "2011-08-29T19:31:20Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > That’s Per **vect**. 🙂 ---
**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 29, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/852 "2011-08-29T19:56:06Z")
> [@Ura-Maru](#): > > If the last strip is anything to go by, she looks like a very YOUNG teenager. Where she’s really [only 2.7 years old](http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1995). > [@](#): > > Which would be a pity, because this may be Marigold’s first documented case of considering someone else’s desires proactively, instead of reacting to them once they’ve been pointed out to her by a third party. How do you mean? I understand how Marigold is a bit unaware, but how does a young teenage Momo change/not change that mix? ---
**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:** [August 29, 2011, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/853 "2011-08-29T19:57:24Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > That’s Per **vect**. I miss that series. Well, not really as the last few outings were particularly bad. I did like when he wrote from the perspective of the other characters. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/854 "2011-08-29T20:08:17Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > How do you mean? I understand how Marigold is a bit unaware, but how does a young teenage Momo change/not change that mix? Marigold could have been oblivious to Momo’s real desire for a new chassis (and it was hinted at by the way Marigold blew her off before sleeping), but she figured it out and took Momo to get a new chassis on her own initiative. That’s pretty good for a shut-in asocial nerd, believe me. > [@D\_Odds](#): > > I miss that series. Well, not really as the last few outings were particularly bad. I did like when he wrote from the perspective of the other characters. The Foglios (the Girl Genius team) did a [comic adaptation](http://www.airshipentertainment.com/mythcomic.php?date=20100109) that ran for the last year on their site. I actually hadn’t read the books before then. But, sorry, little OT. 🙂 New Momo looks way too adorable and huggable. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/855 "2011-08-29T20:13:06Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > I miss that series. Well, not really as the last few outings were particularly bad. I did like when he wrote from the perspective of the other characters. Robert Asprin is no longer writing them, as he died in 2008. Jody Lynn Nye is now the sole author of the Myth series (two of which have been commissioned by Ace Books at this point). ---
**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:** [August 29, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/856 "2011-08-29T21:23:02Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Robert Asprin is no longer writing them, as he died in 2008. Jody Lynn Nye is now the sole author of the Myth series (two of which have been commissioned by Ace Books at this point). I didn’t know that. After the first two Phule books, his writing took a nosedive (of course IMNSHO) and I just stopped following him. ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/857 "2011-08-29T22:16:50Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Not every other one. If you look in the third panel of [2001](http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2001), you’ll see the chassis on the shelf to the right has no visible joints. And it’s not an error - you’ll see the same chassis in [2000](http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2000). So it appears it’s just a feature on some models (and I assume Jacques didn’t want to commit himself to drawing joint lines on all future drawings of Momo). It COULD have been a mistake. I used to draw a webcomic myself, and I would not at all be surprised if Jeph drew that background once and then kept pasting it in. ---
**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 30, 2011, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/858 "2011-08-30T06:35:16Z")
[Apparently the New Momo is not the forgiving sort](http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2002). Although I’m sure Pintsize had it coming (doesn’t he always?). I can’t say I’m a fan of this or the [previous animated panel](http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1988) that Jeph did. It’s annoying to look at 2-frame animations for more than 1 iteration. I hope this is just a phase Jeph is going through. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2011, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/859 "2011-08-30T06:52:32Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > The Foglios (the Girl Genius team) did a [comic adaptation](http://www.airshipentertainment.com/mythcomic.php?date=20100109) that ran for the last year on their site. Not the Foglios, just Phil. Before he met Kaja (who was something like 14 when the comic was originally published in the mid-80s). ---
**Author:** ![Tanbarkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@Tanbarkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanbarkie)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/860 "2011-08-30T22:09:28Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > I can’t say I’m a fan of this or the [previous animated panel](http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1988) that Jeph did. It’s annoying to look at 2-frame animations for more than 1 iteration. I hope this is just a phase Jeph is going through. I really enjoy them, personally. But then, I’m something of a fiend for (modern) animated GIFs - to me, the repetition is part of what makes them so funny. It’s why [this article](http://www.sbnation.com/2011/8/3/2339233/the-animated-gifs-of-july-in-which-every-living-baseball-player-is) is the funniest thing I’ve seen all year. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967.md?page=42) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967.md?page=44)