# 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:** 99
**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 7, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1961 "2016-06-07T19:10:33Z")
That is Cosette with Hanners right? ---
**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:** [June 7, 2016, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1962 "2016-06-07T19:18:16Z")
I originally thought it was a barista I didn’t remember, but then I remembered that Dora got a new hairdo. I’m fairly sure that’s Dora. Based on the breast size. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1963 "2016-06-07T20:13:00Z")
Yep, Dora. She got a new hairdo a while back, trying to look like Carly Rae Jepson, whoever that is. Cosette’s a brunette now. Not looking forward to seeing how badly Clinton deals with two disturbed, available women he’s interested in… ---
**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 7, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1964 "2016-06-07T20:34:38Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > I originally thought it was a barista I didn’t remember, but then I remembered that Dora got a new hairdo. > > I’m fairly sure that’s Dora. Based on the breast size. > [@Ethilrist](#): > > Yep, Dora. She got a new hairdo a while back, trying to look like Carly Rae Jepson, whoever that is. Cosette’s a brunette now. Okay, I was going by the height difference between them but Jacques is notorious for having his characters shrink and grow to fit a panel. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1965 "2016-06-16T03:01:13Z")
I’m confused. I presume that this is Renee, but she looks nothing like [Renee](http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1865) from the bakery, and yet she gets up at 4AM to do baking? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1966 "2016-06-16T08:01:02Z")
> [@Rysto](#): > > I’m confused. I presume that this is Renee, but she looks nothing like [Renee](http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1865) from the bakery, and yet she gets up at 4AM to do baking? She has the same piercings, and she looks a lot more like her if you ignore the hair and the lack of glasses. It’s been a long time and Jaques’s art style has changed, and most characters back then look different. Her face shape and nose look about right to me. For some reason, he seems to think everyone needs new hair since the time skip. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2016, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1967 "2016-06-16T12:36:05Z")
The original Renee was clearly just “black Faye” as part of the schtick that the bakery was the Bizarro world coffee shop. Same appearance, same behavior, Angus was attracted to both of them, etc. Here’s [Faye](http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1860) and [Renee](http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1865) 5 strips apart. Now that she’s going to be an actual character instead of a prop, he’s giving her her own appearance. ---
**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 16, 2016, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1968 "2016-06-16T13:48:43Z")
I’m wondering if Brun is on the autism spectrum. Her general affect, her sort-of lack of social eptitude, her need to find a new routine…it all just makes me go “Hmmm…” ---
**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:** [June 16, 2016, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1969 "2016-06-16T13:52:01Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > I’m wondering if Brun is on the autism spectrum. Her general affect, her sort-of lack of social eptitude, her need to find a new routine…it all just makes me go “Hmmm…” Wait until she meets Hannelore. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1970 "2016-06-16T14:24:48Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > Wait until she meets Hannelore. Already has: [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3233](http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3233) ---
**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:** [June 16, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1971 "2016-06-16T14:54:58Z")
Wasn’t worth bumping this thread at the time but did anyone think that Bubbles _wasn’t_ just wearing [two-toned red armor](http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3238)? I thought it was pretty obvious that the only exposed “flesh” was her face. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1972 "2016-06-16T14:59:25Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > For some reason, he seems to think everyone needs new hair since the time skip. Most people - particularly women - don’t keep the same hairstyle for years and years. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1973 "2016-06-16T15:34:24Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Wasn’t worth bumping this thread at the time but did anyone think that Bubbles _wasn’t_ just wearing [two-toned red armor](http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3238)? I thought it was pretty obvious that the only exposed “flesh” was her face. I can do without Brun, but I really, really like Bubbles. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1974 "2016-06-16T16:18:01Z")
I dunno. It’s been a while since I assembled my last anthropomorphic, cybernetic killing machine. I see that Momo and Mae are robots wearing clothes, but I figured a war robot like Bubbles would just be built that way. Why would she ever take off the armor? For erotic bathing? [http://oglaf.com/rivulets/](http://oglaf.com/rivulets/) (Link not safe for most people’s work; contains erotic bathing) ---
**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:** [June 16, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1975 "2016-06-16T16:37:37Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > I dunno. It’s been a while since I assembled my last anthropomorphic, cybernetic killing machine. > > I see that Momo and Mae are robots wearing clothes, but I figured a war robot like Bubbles would just be built that way. Why would she ever take off the armor? For erotic bathing? Well, Bubbles mentions [fairly early on](http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3032) that she intentionally keeps her armor on for psychological reasons so removing it is obviously an option. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1976 "2016-06-16T16:43:56Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > [That Renee.](http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1859) Wow. Is Faye the least consistently drawn character ever? Didn’t even recognize her in this strip. (Although I’m not a fan of her current rendering.) Also, do we really need more entries to the QC cast of characters? We’ve already got about 20 whose plot trajectories have flatlined. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1977 "2016-06-17T03:18:49Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Most people - particularly women - don’t keep the same hairstyle for years and years. I never said they didn’t (though it’s been less than a year in-comic since we last saw Renee). But it is unusual for _absolutely everyone_ to have a new hair style at the same time. Hell, even Hanners, who was shown to have a fear of long hair, has let it grow out (without him showing her getting over it.) And it would make sense that, if you are bringing back an old character in a new art style, that you try to make them look as much as you can like they did originally. Having the same hair and glasses would go a long way in helping people see it was the same person. I’m pretty sure he meant for everyone to know this is the same Renee. And yet half his audience seems to think it must be someone else because she looks so different. But, uh, thanks for fighting ignorance, I guess? I’m sure there’s someone out there who didn’t know women like to change their hair. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1978 "2016-06-17T14:28:19Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Also, do we really need more entries to the QC cast of characters? We’ve already got about 20 whose plot trajectories have flatlined. Brun, too, must be soothed by the hive-mind. My theory is that Jeph will eventually reveal that the real reason Marten was able to get his hands on military technology is that the government created Pintsize as a low-level telepath, designed to broadcast calming, assimilationist thoughts into potentially radical communities. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1979 "2016-06-17T18:12:51Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Well, Bubbles mentions [fairly early on](http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3032) that she intentionally keeps her armor on for psychological reasons so removing it is obviously an option. I’m betting the joke here is that if/when she finally takes the armor off she’s got a very attractive lithesome shape or an [attractive pinup type figure.](http://www.thepinupfiles.com/medcalf/bill-medcalf-pinup-artist_23.jpg) I’d almost put money on it. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1980 "2016-06-17T18:19:56Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > I can do without Brun, but I really, really like Bubbles. An Asperger’s style autistic spectrum person as working bartender was sort of a stretch but what the hell it’s the comics. She is a difficult character to like being so inverted but he’s starting to give her a little bit of personality with the clocks thing. I’m kind of wondering if he changed his mind re the direction of the character after her initial appearance. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967.md?page=98) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967.md?page=100)