# 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:** 72
**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 9, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1421 "2014-08-09T23:11:07Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > Being a WOW stalker is the mark of a gentleman? 😛 Well, most of their interaction, pre-romance, involved him delivering pizza. In other words, _she_ was calling _him_. His attempts to “connect” with her in WoW always struck me as a simple attempt to establish a rapport around a common interest. (And remember, she completely ROFLstomped him in PvP!) ---
**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 10, 2014, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1422 "2014-08-10T00:26:45Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > I don’t think so. I first really noticed it in Hanners when she was talking to May (? blue robot?). Marigold wasn’t even in the coffee shop at the time. Yeah, that’s where I noticed it, too. For a minute, i thought it was another guest strip. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1423 "2014-08-10T00:59:25Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Yeah, that’s where I noticed it, too. For a minute, i thought it was another guest strip. Same here, since everyone and their dog seems to be running guest strips the last few weeks (convention season, I guess). Then, like I said, I thought maybe he was just away from his usual tools and putting out a sloppier product on the fly. Wouldn’t have guessed that it was an intentional “style”. ---
**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 10, 2014, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1424 "2014-08-10T01:33:47Z")
One unusual thing I just noticed looking at last week’s strips is Tuesday’s [strip](http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2762) didn’t have shadows. All of the other strips did, including [Monday’s](http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2761) which was drawn in the old style and [Wednesday’s](http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2763) which is in the new style. It makes me wonder if he’s just experimenting this week. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1425 "2014-10-07T09:57:37Z")
JJ’s going for it! [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2807](http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2807) ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1426 "2014-10-07T14:14:33Z")
Had me grinning all morning, considering using that same line with with a coworker ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1427 "2014-10-07T14:16:23Z")
Wasn’t that the _cutest_ blush? ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1428 "2014-10-07T18:17:36Z")
I’m calling a Friday cliffhanger: They’re out as a couple to the group, everyone’s all excited, and then Thai fires Martin. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1429 "2014-10-07T18:40:30Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > I’m calling a Friday cliffhanger: > > They’re out as a couple to the group, everyone’s all excited, and then Thai fires Martin. And you think all that is going to happen by Friday? That’s like four months worth of strips for QC. I don’t think he’s going to have an issue with Tai. The real problem may be with Emily. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1430 "2014-10-07T18:45:49Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > And you think all that is going to happen by Friday? That’s like four months worth of strips for QC. > > I don’t think he’s going to have an issue with Tai. The real problem may be with Emily. I said _a_ Friday. But yeah, Emily is a bit insane. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1431 "2014-10-07T19:22:29Z")
Have to admit, I was puzzled by this development. It was only a couple of days ago (strip time) that Marten was worrying about the ethical implications of being pecked on the cheek by a (different) intern. Now granted, they’re both flunkies in a university library, so no one cares, but seems odd. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1432 "2014-10-07T19:59:03Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Have to admit, I was puzzled by this development. It was only a couple of days ago (strip time) that Marten was worrying about the ethical implications of being pecked on the cheek by a (different) intern. Now granted, they’re both flunkies in a university library, so no one cares, but seems odd. Both that and, really, Marten hasn’t really shown any particular interest in any of the interns. Claire was all flustered over Marten at the wedding but Marten’s concern about the post-reception cuddle was if Claire thought anything of it. Compared to his immediate spiral of doubt and self-loathing a couple weeks later when some random one-night stand didn’t want to see him again. Today’s (well, the last couple) days strips seemed to come out of nowhere. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1433 "2014-10-07T20:17:29Z")
I like the strip but I do feel that Jacques does not put a lot of planning into the stories. It often seems like he’s bored and just randomly invents something like turning two characters into a couple or breaking a couple up or introducing a new character or some other out-of-the-blue plot twist. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1434 "2014-10-07T21:30:03Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > I said _a_ Friday. Lol. Well played. > [@](#): > > But yeah, Emily is a bit insane. I suppose Jeph could go that way, but right now she’s more sweet and (very) flighty. I actually find her to be one of the funnier characters and prefer her to Claire. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1435 "2014-10-07T21:59:07Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > Lol. Well played. > > I suppose Jeph could go that way, but right now she’s more sweet and (very) flighty. I actually find her to be one of the funnier characters and prefer her to Claire. She is sweet, but I’m reminded about how mad she got when Claire stole her “give peas a chance” pun. And now Claire stole her man! ---
**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:** [October 7, 2014, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1436 "2014-10-07T22:33:43Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > I suppose Jeph could go that way, but right now she’s more sweet and (very) flighty. I actually find her to be one of the funnier characters and prefer her to Claire. Agreed. And frankly, I find Emily a far more interesting character. Claire just comes off a bit Mary Sue-ish. I think she’s great, but this is absurdly out of nowhere - especially after the hand-wringing Marten went through with Emily recently. I follow Jeph on Twitter, and he’s been going through some issues lately - I really think this is just a way for him to put something completely fresh on the page and sort of start over. But it’s sloppy, especially for something that’s going to get him some new eyeballs on his strip. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1437 "2014-10-07T22:34:55Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > She is sweet, but I’m reminded about how mad she got when Claire stole her “give peas a chance” pun. And now Claire stole her man! Forgot about that. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1438 "2014-10-07T23:49:35Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > I think she’s great, but this is absurdly out of nowhere - especially after the hand-wringing Marten went through with Emily recently. Yeah, I re-read the wedding strips because I thought maybe I was being unfair and the signs were there but it’s always just Claire getting super flustered to interact with Marten and Marten being somewhere between oblivious and bemused. [His](http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2411) [reaction](http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2415) to [the cuddling](http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2406) wasn’t one of veiled interest, either. Compared to his insanity after the one girl he slept with (whose name I’m too lazy to look for), he’s positively blasĂ© about this girl he supposedly likes. Anyway, whatever. But I agree with it being out of nowhere. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1439 "2014-10-08T01:41:39Z")
You must remember that Emily really looks up to Claire and is in fact the only other character in the series that knows Claire is trans. Which means she will probably blurt out something dumb but not out of malice. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1440 "2014-10-08T01:48:48Z")
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