# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/121 "2010-06-04T19:50:55Z")
“Homeric” is, I believe, the adjective. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/122 "2010-06-04T20:15:29Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > “Homeric” is, I believe, the adjective. If they come loose, they’ll strike you blind? ---
**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 5, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/123 "2010-06-05T03:13:31Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > Actually, I can tell you from experience they’re not. Farmers are wise enough not to advertise their intention that way. Spammers generate randomized names like Jctzycq and goldsellers use unassuming names; I had one contact me in game and his name was more conventional than Marigold’s. It’s just a geek pun in her case.WoW iz srs bsns. You probably already know that some of my Horde toons have joke names - I have an orc warrior named Pinezensuuz (which nobody outside the SDMB would get), and a hot little blood elf warlock named Hexpot. And I used to have an undead mage named Wossname, as a Pratchett tribute. The majority of my toons have “proper” names. ---
**Author:** ![MostlyClueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/124 "2010-06-05T05:49:29Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > and a hot little blood elf warlock named Hexpot. That’s frickin’ awesome. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/125 "2010-06-08T21:11:56Z")
Anyone seen today’s strip? It’s kind of painful, I’ve been there, done that. ☹ ---
**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:** [June 8, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/126 "2010-06-08T21:30:35Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > Anyone seen today’s strip? > > It’s kind of painful, I’ve been there, done that. ☹ You told her that skirt made her ass look fat? I’m a little perturbed about all the no-consequences guy-punching the last couple of strips. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/127 "2010-06-08T21:51:12Z")
Since Angus got punched off-camera, I’ll make up what happened: After Faye and Hanners brought baked goods, Angus asked for a donut. So he got a Hertz donut from Faye. ---
**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 8, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/128 "2010-06-08T21:56:50Z")
I love Hanners’ face in the second panel 😃 ---
**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 9, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/129 "2010-06-09T01:18:37Z")
> [@](#): > > “Homeric” is, I believe, the adjective. > [@](#): > > If they come loose, they’ll strike you blind? You could spend ten years wandering around on them? ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/130 "2010-06-09T01:36:57Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > I’m a little perturbed about all the no-consequences guy-punching the last couple of strips. As opposed to the first 1600 stripes of no-consequence guy-punching? ---
**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:** [June 9, 2010, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/131 "2010-06-09T01:58:35Z")
> [@Rysto](#): > > As opposed to the first 1600 stripes of no-consequence guy-punching? Well, we usually don’t see a pair of men used as a punching bag in adjacent strips. So it has escalated somewhat. And Faye was supposedly getting better and not doing this, but now both her and Dora battering their men. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/132 "2010-06-09T02:57:11Z")
I don’t understand people getting worked up over the punching. The consequences of a boyfriend telling their girlfriend “they look fat in that skirt” - even as a joke - would result in a heated diatribe of anger/perturbation. Who wants to read 4 paragraphs of anger in a comic strip, when a light “you deserved that” jab in the arm expresses the exact same thing? This isn’t domestic abuse - it’s “show them, don’t tell them” storytelling. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2010, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/133 "2010-06-09T03:33:21Z")
I’m not worked up about it, I can see it’s in service of a punchline. It’s more of a “wtf, Jeph?” thing for me – Faye is supposedly getting over some of her issues and less prickly than before, she’s trying really hard to be okay with getting closer to Angus. And then she up and punches the guy on this “playdate” she arranged specifically to hang out with him. It just doesn’t add up. Anyway, this really isn’t a big deal to me, and I’ll sleep fine tonight and the strip will proceed and I’ll keep reading it, it’s a good strip. I just think the punching was a bit much, but what the hell. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/134 "2010-06-09T04:02:06Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > WoW iz srs bsns. > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Wow, those is serious bosoms? I think “bsns” is short for bosons. Or maybe bassoons. Not sure which. 😛 ---
**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 9, 2010, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/135 "2010-06-09T11:26:58Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > I’m not worked up about it, I can see it’s in service of a punchline. It’s more of a “wtf, Jeph?” thing for me – Faye is supposedly getting over some of her issues and less prickly than before, she’s trying really hard to be okay with getting closer to Angus. And then she up and punches the guy on this “playdate” she arranged specifically to hang out with him. It just doesn’t add up. > > Anyway, this really isn’t a big deal to me, and I’ll sleep fine tonight and the strip will proceed and I’ll keep reading it, it’s a good strip. I just think the punching was a bit much, but what the hell. Plus the actual _use of_ icepacks is a tad over the top if he’s just trying to be cute. It’s one thing to say “ow, need some ice on this, she’s feisty today/I shot off my mouth”, but when it’s shown that the guys are actually using icepacks, that makes me a little WTF-y about it. ---
**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 19, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/136 "2010-06-19T17:06:34Z")
Is Tai supposed to be of some non-Caucasian ethnicity? Or does she just use bad artificial tanner? She has that weird looking orange skin tone. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/137 "2010-06-19T17:37:27Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Plus the actual _use of_ icepacks is a tad over the top if he’s just trying to be cute. It’s one thing to say “ow, need some ice on this, she’s feisty today/I shot off my mouth”, but when it’s shown that the guys are actually using icepacks, that makes me a little WTF-y about it. This is the same comic strip that has anthropomorphic PCs, The Vespa Avenger, secret agents, etc. It’s a not-serious comic masquerading as a normal if witty relationship comic. Jeph’s not above going for visual gags. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/138 "2010-06-19T17:57:08Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Is Tai supposed to be of some non-Caucasian ethnicity? Or does she just use bad artificial tanner? She has that weird looking orange skin tone. I’ve always taken her as ambiguously brown. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/139 "2010-06-19T23:48:14Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Is Tai supposed to be of some non-Caucasian ethnicity? Or does she just use bad artificial tanner? She has that weird looking orange skin tone. Latina imo. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/140 "2010-06-21T05:55:02Z")
Apparently the artist got a fan spanking for a particularly gratuitous scene and changed it. I thought the Friday comic was a bit exploitative of poor little Sweet-tits getting [firecrackers shot out of her ass crack by Yelling Bird](http://community.livejournal.com/qc_comic/741281.html#cutid2), but some people _really_ didn’t like it so he [changed it mid-stream to the reverse.](http://www.questionablecontent.net/comics/1690.png). I’ve never seen him do that before. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967.md?page=8)