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2020-08-09, 08:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVI: Yes, Butt
Jeph has evidently decided to introduce reverse-aging or some sort of time-distortion effect to Clinton, that might be the next strange arc, or maybe it will be about age discrimination.
It is one thing to suspend your disbelief. It is another thing entirely to hang it by the neck until dead.
Verisimilitude -- n, the appearance or semblance of truth, likelihood, or probability.
The concern is not realism in speculative fiction, but rather the sense that a setting or story could be real, fostered by internal consistency and coherence.
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2020-08-09, 11:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-08-10, 03:23 AM (ISO 8601)
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2020-08-10, 06:54 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVI: Yes, Butt
Umm, how white do I have to be that I don't know what dabbing is?
Or rather, how behind-the-times, since I'm zero percent white? (100% Chinese heritage.)
Edit: According to Merriam-Webster, referenced in songs starting 2015, made Urban Dictionary that year. So, err, just a bit out of touch with American pop culture, then.
Edit edit: I actually did recognise the move, but not the name. I thought it was referring to anime, hadn't realised it's recently been reappropriated. Wikipedia says it's been called the Sentai move in Japan since the 1970s.Last edited by theangelJean; 2020-08-10 at 07:02 AM.
I'm pretty much the opposite of concise. If I fail to get to the point, please ask me and I'm happy to (attempt to) clarify.
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2020-08-10, 07:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVI: Yes, Butt
Originally Posted by theangelJean
I work in a school which caters to 16+ year olds, and even among them it's now mostly done ironically because it's out of fashion, so why 20-something year old Renee thinks she can pull it off is beyond me.
Possibly it's another symptom of 40 year old Jeph trying to represent 'young people' and missing the mark. Possibly it is I who is the decrepit old grouch. Damn kids and their Hip and Hop music, get off my lawn, no respect for elders, etc etc...Last edited by Wraith; 2020-08-10 at 07:03 AM.
~ CAUTION: May Contain Weasels ~
RPG Characters What I Done Played As (Explained Badly)
17 Things I Learned About 40k By Playing Dark Heresy
Tales of a Role-Play Gamer - Horrible Optimisation
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2020-08-10, 07:05 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVI: Yes, Butt
Dabbing is a move where you hold your arms out, head height and at a slight upwards angle. Quickly dip your head into the crook of your elbow while moving your hands to the opposite side.
It expresses gleeful celebration, and is particularly associated with signaling victory over an opponent in a (slightly) disrespectful way. It's like saying "you just got owned".
Hilariously, the picture in the Wikipedia article for dabbing is even less dab-like than Renee's in today's comic.
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2020-08-10, 10:28 AM (ISO 8601)
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2020-08-10, 10:36 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVI: Yes, Butt
It is one thing to suspend your disbelief. It is another thing entirely to hang it by the neck until dead.
Verisimilitude -- n, the appearance or semblance of truth, likelihood, or probability.
The concern is not realism in speculative fiction, but rather the sense that a setting or story could be real, fostered by internal consistency and coherence.
The Worldbuilding Forum -- where realities are born.
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2020-08-10, 10:53 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVI: Yes, Butt
The majority of American pop culture- especially trends related to music and slang- is cribbed from its non-white population.
The dab has been around in some form for ages, but it's current popularity- and name- come from it being featured as a dance in a song by a rap/trap group called the Migos.
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2020-08-10, 11:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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2020-08-11, 01:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVI: Yes, Butt
It just comes across as caring more about self-aggrandizement than the game.
At least today's strip title is funny.
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Also, I almost want to read this series that Clinton is talking about, but I'm pretty sure it's fiction-in-fiction and doesn't exist.It is one thing to suspend your disbelief. It is another thing entirely to hang it by the neck until dead.
Verisimilitude -- n, the appearance or semblance of truth, likelihood, or probability.
The concern is not realism in speculative fiction, but rather the sense that a setting or story could be real, fostered by internal consistency and coherence.
The Worldbuilding Forum -- where realities are born.
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2020-08-12, 12:03 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVI: Yes, Butt
damnit..it's true..but now every time i see renee that will be the picture that pops into my head
Ponies not only make ME want to be a better person than I was before they entered my life, they make me want to HELP OTHERS be better people too.
And that is a GOOD thing by any definition.
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2020-08-12, 04:11 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVI: Yes, Butt
So, when exactly did Brun become the world's most eligible bachelor.
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2020-08-12, 05:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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2020-08-12, 07:34 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVI: Yes, Butt
I guess I've already internalized the notion that professional sports are are performative art as much as they are an athletic competition, and the showrunners have long incentivized in their players the framework that, while it is better to win than lose, the most important part is that you be notable, and make a lot of people either very happy or very angry. From the perspective of who signs the checks, such players are doing things exactly right.
At least today's strip title is funny.
SpoilerGeorge RR Martian
Also, I almost want to read this series that Clinton is talking about, but I'm pretty sure it's fiction-in-fiction and doesn't exist.
To be fair, it's only three (Clint, Millie, and Elliot, right? I'm not forgetting anyone?). I remember my early 20s, and it certainly wasn't unheard of for a given social circle to have one person in it upon which at least 3 people were crushing.
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2020-08-12, 08:38 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVI: Yes, Butt
Whereas just about everything associated with that "performative art" goes on the lists of things that have eroded by interest in sports, interwoven with the way the leagues are always so thirsty for the "casual fan" and are willing to flip the bird at actual fans of the sport or of particular teams if that's what it takes to get those "casual fans".
I can't find any reference to "Grand Deimos Palace" being a real thing.It is one thing to suspend your disbelief. It is another thing entirely to hang it by the neck until dead.
Verisimilitude -- n, the appearance or semblance of truth, likelihood, or probability.
The concern is not realism in speculative fiction, but rather the sense that a setting or story could be real, fostered by internal consistency and coherence.
The Worldbuilding Forum -- where realities are born.
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2020-08-12, 04:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVI: Yes, Butt
That's a shame, because I would totally read a high-stakes political drama set in a space opera, from the perspective of a naive girl getting thrown into the den of lions that is royal court intrigue.
For that matter, I'd probably have read some of the other fake stories Jeph has come up with. I've always thought Antoinette Banemoon sounded like a rollicking good time as long as it was written with a wink to how ridiculous the premise is.
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2020-08-12, 04:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVI: Yes, Butt
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2020-08-14, 07:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVI: Yes, Butt
That AI is so tired of being in a webcomic.
i am going to make it through this year
if it kills me
i am going to make it though this year
if it kills me
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2020-08-14, 10:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-08-17, 08:46 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVI: Yes, Butt
Is "pork" still used as a slang verb for acts of intercourse?
It is one thing to suspend your disbelief. It is another thing entirely to hang it by the neck until dead.
Verisimilitude -- n, the appearance or semblance of truth, likelihood, or probability.
The concern is not realism in speculative fiction, but rather the sense that a setting or story could be real, fostered by internal consistency and coherence.
The Worldbuilding Forum -- where realities are born.
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2020-08-17, 09:07 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVI: Yes, Butt
“Evil is evil. Lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same. Proportions are negotiated, boundaries blurred. I'm not a pious hermit, I haven't done only good in my life. But if I'm to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all.”
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2020-08-17, 09:12 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVI: Yes, Butt
"Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum"
Translation: "Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe."
"If you don't get those cameras out of my face, I'm gonna go 8.6 on the Richter scale with gastric emissions that'll clear this room."
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2020-08-17, 09:16 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVI: Yes, Butt
“Evil is evil. Lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same. Proportions are negotiated, boundaries blurred. I'm not a pious hermit, I haven't done only good in my life. But if I'm to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all.”
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2020-08-17, 09:27 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVI: Yes, Butt
It is one thing to suspend your disbelief. It is another thing entirely to hang it by the neck until dead.
Verisimilitude -- n, the appearance or semblance of truth, likelihood, or probability.
The concern is not realism in speculative fiction, but rather the sense that a setting or story could be real, fostered by internal consistency and coherence.
The Worldbuilding Forum -- where realities are born.
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2020-08-19, 12:45 AM (ISO 8601)
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2020-08-19, 09:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVI: Yes, Butt
Has Clinton always been the shorter sibling?
“Evil is evil. Lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same. Proportions are negotiated, boundaries blurred. I'm not a pious hermit, I haven't done only good in my life. But if I'm to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all.”
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2020-08-20, 09:08 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVI: Yes, Butt
"Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum"
Translation: "Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe."
"If you don't get those cameras out of my face, I'm gonna go 8.6 on the Richter scale with gastric emissions that'll clear this room."
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2020-08-20, 09:26 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVI: Yes, Butt
No pretty sure they're a few years apart with Claire being the older sibling.
Ah yeah here, found it: https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2281
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2020-08-20, 10:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVI: Yes, Butt
In my defense, im hardly the only one who thinks so. :p I remember claire mentioning he was younger but I thought it was one of those "you are 2 hours younger, thus you are the baby in the family" type of things.
"Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum"
Translation: "Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe."
"If you don't get those cameras out of my face, I'm gonna go 8.6 on the Richter scale with gastric emissions that'll clear this room."