# 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:** 54
**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, 2012, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1061 "2012-06-27T01:02:19Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > Sure, but your first point was not that point. Well, I was considering posting “In any set S[sub]n[/sub] in which there is one or more members of S=f and in which S∩M and f[sub]n[/sub]\>=18, then it has been established that M shall integrate or attempt to integrate with said member. Therefore what is the expected outcome of S[sub]3[/sub]∩M?” ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1062 "2012-06-27T01:06:15Z")
That would have cleared things up. ---
**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, 2012, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1063 "2012-06-27T02:48:56Z")
“And we must also remember what has been said before, and not look for precision in all things alike, but in each class of things such precision as accords with the subject-matter, and so much as is appropriate to the inquiry.” - Aristotle ---
**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:** [June 27, 2012, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1064 "2012-06-27T04:22:12Z")
Also, “slash fic”? Is a hetero sex story considered “slash” if it’s written by a lesbian? Or am I mistaken in my understanding that “slash” is exclusively the name for male-on-male sex stories? ---
**Author:** ![Rala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@Rala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rala)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1065 "2012-06-27T07:24:00Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > Also, “slash fic”? Is a hetero sex story considered “slash” if it’s written by a lesbian? > > Or am I mistaken in my understanding that “slash” is exclusively the name for male-on-male sex stories? Yeah, that bugged me too. Male/male is “slash”, and female/female might be called slash too, though people would be more likely to say “femmeslash”, but male/female is “het”. I think it’s a Doylist thing - Tai would know the correct terminology, but Jeph doesn’t. ---
**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, 2012, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1066 "2012-06-27T07:34:21Z")
Maybe in Tai’s story, the main character is Martina. Let’s face it, it’s not much of a stretch. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2012, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1067 "2012-06-27T08:25:47Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Okay, why would anyone think that? Maybe because Jacques has introduced two other female characters since Marten broke up with Dora - and Marten tried to hook up with both of them. Well, tried with one, succeeded with another… ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1068 "2012-06-27T08:50:24Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > “And we must also remember what has been said before, and not look for precision in all things alike, but in each class of things such precision as accords with the subject-matter, and so much as is appropriate to the inquiry.” - Aristotle I think that quote could probably be posted at random in about 98% of the threads here, and be entirely appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1069 "2012-06-27T10:50:21Z")
> [@Rala](#): > > Yeah, that bugged me too. Male/male is “slash”, and female/female might be called slash too, though people would be more likely to say “femmeslash”, but male/female is “het”. I think it’s a Doylist thing - Tai would know the correct terminology, but Jeph doesn’t. Should’ve just said that people were “shipping” them. ---
**Author:** ![MostlyClueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1070 "2012-06-27T11:04:33Z")
I’d say that ‘shipping’ is lovey-dovey romantic stuff, while ‘slash’ is wet 'n wild pornography. ---
**Author:** ![Chipacabra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Chipacabra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chipacabra)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1071 "2012-06-27T11:20:29Z")
The origins of slash may lie in pornographic male/male star trek fanfiction, but these days it’s pretty inclusive of all gender combinations. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2012, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1072 "2012-06-27T21:24:33Z")
> [@Chipacabra](#): > > The origins of slash may lie in pornographic male/male star trek fanfiction, but these days it’s pretty inclusive of all gender combinations. As much as I hate entropic language evolution, I think this has to stand.The word “Slash” has fallen prey to Buckley’s Law. Buckley’s Law: Previously incorrect definitions of words or expressions eventually become acceptable in the face of sufficiently common usage, cf. “flammable.” (I originally defined Buckley’s Law; its name is derived from a quotation of William F. Buckley’s, to wit: “If enough of us are wrong, we’re right.”) ---
**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:** [July 20, 2012, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1073 "2012-07-20T05:38:38Z")
Does the center of Tai’s [Venn diagram](http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2234) read “lesbrarians” ? ---
**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:** [July 20, 2012, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1074 "2012-07-20T05:57:39Z")
Yes, it’s the intersection of Lesbians and Librarians. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1075 "2012-08-10T04:09:40Z")
[This](http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2250) would already be a funny strip if it were just the first four panels. The rest of it adds true awesomeness. ---
**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, 2012, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1076 "2012-08-10T04:42:41Z")
I like the orange hair. Momo rocks the Pokemon Misty look. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2012, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1077 "2012-08-10T05:41:08Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > [This](http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2250) would already be a funny strip if it were just the first four panels. The rest of it adds true awesomeness. Oh man, I hope my neighbors in the next apartment can’t hear me, because I’m full of scotch and beer and completely cracked up when I saw that! On another note, I’m waiting to find out more about Claire and her apparent brother, [mechanical hand guy](http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2244). He looks white as white can be, while she looks somewhat Asian. ---
**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 10, 2012, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1078 "2012-08-10T05:45:42Z")
I think you’ve confused Emily (the one in this strip, who indeed looks Asian) with Claire, who is…rather intensely Gaelic looking, and bears a strong resemblance to Clinton, even ignoring the fact that any two given characters in Jeph’s style are going to have a lot of points in common. ---
**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 10, 2012, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1079 "2012-08-10T05:59:04Z")
[Proof!](http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2207) ---
**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:** [August 10, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1080 "2012-08-10T16:38:31Z")
:smack: Thanks, I’m not sure how I got the names mixed up like that! Maybe because Emily is the only one who behaved at all “weird” during the [first coffee shop visit](http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2210). And then I thought maybe they were half-siblings, and only Hannelore, with her OCD, would immediately notice the resemblance like that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967.md?page=53) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967.md?page=55)