# 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:** 63
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1241 "2013-02-28T06:51:30Z")
For anyone not following the link, the consensus was shorter guy with beard is Charlie Stross, tall guy is Mall Santa from GWS as listed above, short-black-hair lady is Holly Black, and redhead lady is Cassandra Clare. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2013, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1242 "2013-03-03T05:36:58Z")
Best wedding ever. “We are gathered here today…” “Have you the ring?” “You’re now married.” Bing, bang, boom. NOW LET US EAT CAKE~! ---
**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 3, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1243 "2013-03-03T14:57:35Z")
I agree with Stross and Clare (having ID’d them independently myself), and have no idea who Holly Black is, so I can’t say one way or the other, but I really don’t think the black guy is Mall Santa 2013. Not because I don’t think he’s going to be recurring - he’s had major rolls in 2 arcs, so far, and just having him disappear after this one, the way things are going with him and Jamie would be terrible narratively, and totally out of character for both of them - but because he’s proportioned all wrong. He’s taller than Marten, and relatively thin\*, whereas Mall Santa is only a little taller than that relative to Jamie\* (not one of the taller characters in GWS) and quite broad. Not that Jeph is particularly consistent with heights, but ‘tall character vs short character’ is generally maintained, and Mall Santa only has about half a head on Jamie, whereas this guy’s got about a quarter of a head on Marten. (Which could, depending how much attention Jeph was playing mean anything from he’s about to the same height, to he’s about half a head taller - either way, significantly taller than Jamie would be.) ---
**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 26, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1244 "2013-03-26T19:35:34Z")
Is the site down for everyone today or is it just me? ---
**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:** [March 26, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1245 "2013-03-26T19:36:51Z")
It’s down for everyone. His blog says that the site was recovering from a denial of service attack. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1246 "2013-03-26T19:46:54Z")
Yeah, DDOS attack; 'been happening off and on (mostly on) for a couple of days. ---
**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 26, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1247 "2013-03-26T20:22:03Z")
Okay then. So I guess when I say I don’t get today’s strip, I’ll mean it in a new way. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2013, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1248 "2013-03-26T21:01:50Z")
Ellen, the DJ at the reception, is famous in electronica; Tai is a gigantic fan and was jealous of seeing Marten’s pic at the wedding with her. He saved the day by bringing Tai a personally autographed CD of the reception music mix. ---
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1249 "2013-03-26T23:13:55Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Okay then. So I guess when I say I don’t get today’s strip, I’ll mean it in a new way. He’s got the strips up on [his tumblr.](http://jephjacques.com/) Also, site’s back up. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1250 "2013-03-26T23:22:40Z")
> [@Achren](#): > > He’s got the strips up on [his tumblr.](http://jephjacques.com/) > Also, site’s back up. :smack: I read the “don’t get it” post while on the run - the site was actually back up at that point so I assumed it was a complaint about not getting it due to music unfamiliarity or something. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1251 "2013-03-26T23:25:07Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Okay then. So I guess when I say I don’t get today’s strip, I’ll mean it in a new way. **Nemo** , it should be accessible now. ---
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1252 "2013-03-26T23:25:12Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > :smack: I read the “don’t get it” post while on the run - the site was actually back up at that point so I assumed it was a complaint about not getting it due to music unfamiliarity or something. Your post is the reason I checked to see if the site was back up! I thought your post would only make sense if it was and sure enough. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1253 "2013-03-26T23:26:09Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > :smack: I read the “don’t get it” post while on the run - the site was actually back up at that point so I assumed it was a complaint about not getting it due to music unfamiliarity or something. Or you could notice that it harks back to the thread title… ---
**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 26, 2013, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1254 "2013-03-26T23:27:22Z")
I don’t get it because I’m, apparently, old. What’s the big deal about a DJ? ---
**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:** [March 26, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1255 "2013-03-26T23:28:05Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Or you could notice that it harks back to the thread title… At least I noticed the site was actually up. 😛 ---
**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:** [March 26, 2013, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1256 "2013-03-26T23:32:58Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I don’t get it because I’m, apparently, old. What’s the big deal about a DJ? Well, “DJ” wasn’t exactly accurate, which was my error. I assumed she did DJing too but was apparently wrong. I was going to cite people like [Moby](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moby) and [Paul Oakenfold](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Oakenfold) as awesome DJs (and musicians and producers), but from what [her Wiki article says](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Allien), she’s a musician/producer/label founder. ---
**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 26, 2013, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1257 "2013-03-26T23:38:00Z")
Oh, OK. I _can_ be excited about an entreprenuer, so now I get it. 😉 ---
**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:** [March 27, 2013, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1258 "2013-03-27T02:10:42Z")
Claire’s cuddling thing was awfully cute. Jeph is trolling us something fierce. And what a good friend Marten is, making sure to get a custom mix CD for Tai. ---
**Author:** ![Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershele_Ostropoler)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1259 "2013-03-28T00:26:42Z")
Waiting for Ellen Allien to change her Twitter avatar, a la Wil Wheaton. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2013, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1260 "2013-04-14T06:21:32Z")
Okay, I got everything about today’s [strip](http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2424) except Faye’s final line. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967.md?page=62) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967.md?page=64)