# 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:** 83
**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:** [January 26, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1641 "2015-01-26T14:16:31Z")
I thought the beeps faded out because she passed out again and couldn’t hear them any longer. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1642 "2015-01-26T14:16:42Z")
Might’ve died of DTs also. Probably not, but just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1643 "2015-01-26T14:16:57Z")
Oh, hey, it’s already quarter after 9 here in Brooklyn. Who else is ready for a bourbon? ---
**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:** [January 26, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1644 "2015-01-26T14:17:48Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > They’ll try to make her go to rehab but she’ll say, “No, no, no”? Then she’ll go, then everyone is going to be extra supportive of Faye during her oh so difficult time. It’s really just the “We’re here for you, Faye!” part that I see coming. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2015, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1645 "2015-01-26T14:20:56Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > Time traveling from a period when she was actually in a condition to throw a punch? I thought Faye also, but I was thinking that she’s not conscious. > [@Ukulele Ike](#): > > Oh, hey, it’s already quarter after 9 here in Brooklyn. Who else is ready for a bourbon? If you’re pouring, I can be there in a half-hour. Waiting here for the stores to open so I can stock up for the storm. 🆒 ---
**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:** [January 26, 2015, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1646 "2015-01-26T14:35:18Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Might’ve died of DTs also. > > Probably not, but just sayin’. The traditional way of showing that though is “Beep Beep Beep BEEEEEEEEEEE_EEEEEEEEEEEEEE…_” I’ve no idea if that’s medically accurate or not but that’s the usual shorthand for it. Her beeps stay regular and just fade out. I’m going with “slipped back into unconsciousness”. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1647 "2015-01-26T14:47:28Z")
Point of view is strictly from Faye - She’s on a gurney, but they have her sitting up, instead of lying down (which is a very common way to transport someone). Faye clocked Marten, but she did it unconsciously, just thrashing out is my guess. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2015, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1648 "2015-01-26T15:10:12Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > The beeps stop because Faye yanks the connection out of the machine (or off her skin) when she punches Marten. Don’t get too emotional, yet. She punches Marten before the machine is connected (no beeps) - it looks like while he’s walking next to the gurney rom the ambulance, since the EMT lady is still there. I think the beeps fading are just her fading out of consciousness, though, not dying. That would be … too dark, I think. But I’d just like to add that I love what he’s done with the dark panels here. Good comicness. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1649 "2015-01-26T15:25:15Z")
I dunno, that punch looks solidly planned and landed. And Faye’s in the habit of blaming others. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1650 "2015-01-26T15:43:42Z")
I definitely read it as - Marten called 911, they took Faye to the ER, she’s fading in and out of consciousness, realized she’s in a hospital, got pissed because SHE DOESN’T HAVE A DRINKING PROBLEM!! and punched Marten, then passed out again. Very typical Faye behavior. ---
**Author:** ![yellowjacketcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4bbf92/32.png) [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1651 "2015-01-26T15:46:26Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > I definitely read it as - Marten called 911, they took Faye to the ER, she’s fading in and out of consciousness, realized she’s in a hospital, got pissed because SHE DOESN’T HAVE A DRINKING PROBLEM!! and punched Marten, then passed out again. Very typical Faye behavior. Exactly how I read it too. I think the beep fadeout is because rather than passing out from the alcohol, she’s passing out from whatever the hospital gave her to keep from clocking someone else. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1652 "2015-01-26T15:48:09Z")
I don’t think she’s that rational. She’s in a scary situation that she doesn’t understand and is lashing out. The only “planning” is the vague sense that “this is the person who has put me in this scary situation. Also, he’s close enough to punch.” ---
**Author:** ![vd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b19c9b/32.png) [@vd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vd)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1653 "2015-01-26T15:50:36Z")
> [@fachverwirrt](#): > > I don’t think she’s that rational. She’s in a scary situation that she doesn’t understand and is lashing out. The only “planning” is the vague sense that “this is the person who has put me in this scary situation. Also, he’s close enough to punch.” I think it’s even lower level than that. It’s just her default fight-or-flight response: Marten’s within arm’s reach = fight. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1654 "2015-01-26T15:52:31Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > In an attempt to woo back readers who were completely bored with the Claire/Martin relationship, Jacques has dialed the drama up to 11 by giving Faye a drinking problem and getting her fired from the coffee shop. And now it’s dialed up to 12 or 13 by giving Faye acute alcohol poisoning. Which I guess is possible, although given Faye’s tolerance for alcohol, seems unlikely. I just hope this wasn’t a suicide attempt because that would be ramping up the drama to the point where the knob breaks off the machine. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1655 "2015-01-26T15:56:10Z")
It’s not like she hasn’t had both excessive drinking and a suicide attempt as the basis for her backstory. Toss in abandonment issues and there we go. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1656 "2015-01-26T16:09:08Z")
Yeah, she’s always had a drinking problem and lashes out if anyone dares to comment on such. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1657 "2015-01-26T16:43:20Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > And now it’s dialed up to 12 or 13 by giving Faye acute alcohol poisoning. Which I guess is possible, although given Faye’s tolerance for alcohol, seems unlikely. Betcha a dollar there was no food in her system. And that looked like an empty quart next to the empty pint (could have been another quart; Jeph’s detail is sometimes off) on Friday. Even the most serious boozer would succumb to alcohol poisoning in those circumstances. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1658 "2015-01-26T17:29:38Z")
Her dad died of an intentional drug overdose when his addiction history was uncovered, and she’s been portrayed as a functional alcoholic for years. So none of this is surprising; certainly common as hell in real life. At least with the people I get to deal with every day. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2015, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1659 "2015-01-26T17:31:22Z")
I thought her dad shot himself in the backyard. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1660 "2015-01-26T17:33:45Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > I thought her dad shot himself in the backyard. That could be too, but IIRC it involved also a secret addiction problem. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967.md?page=82) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967.md?page=84)