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2021-06-03, 04:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVII: "My Brain Is Trash And I Live On The Internet"
“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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2021-06-03, 06:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVII: "My Brain Is Trash And I Live On The Internet"
That speaks to the change in how he introduces new characters and issues. We find out that Faye has alcohol and depression related issues a long time after her character was introduced. Claire only came out as trans after she had been around for hundreds of strips. It took a prybar to get Bubbles to talk about her issues. Angus was a joke character for a long time before he graduated to the main cast, and then dated Faye for a long time before the long distance relationship thing came up.
Brun was introduced and then her autism became her primary trait within a week. Roko was a tertiary character until the cops are bad storyline, and she was immediately hit with the body dysphoria problem. Renee and whats-his-name (sorry, I care so little that I've forgotten his name already) went straight from hello to "serious long distance conversation" within the space of a week or two.
All of the storylines are super compressed from how they used to be. That bothers me more than Jeph's political soapboxing. In truth, Jeph has nothing on some other authors I enjoy (looking at you, John Ringo) when they go on political rants in the middle of an otherwise enjoyable story. The problem with QC is that the enjoyable story is becoming less and less. Which is why I wind up ranting about it at 1 in the morning.
Because I'm like Max_Killjoy. I tend not to post when I'm enjoying something unless someone attacks it, and then I'll defend it. And I tend not to post when I simply dislike something from the word go. You won't find many posts of mine about The Mandalorian, because I simply haven't watched much of it. For QC though, I've been reading the comic faihfully for a good 15 years at this point. It means I have a lot to say when the comic starts to decline.
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2021-06-03, 07:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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2021-06-03, 08:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVII: "My Brain Is Trash And I Live On The Internet"
Considering Jeph's obvious political leanings, probably not. Also, considering the comic has been devoid of jokes for what feels like months, still probably not. At least, I think they're gone. All I've noticed are the obligatory fourth-panel snarks that break the flow of the current conversation and don't really land.
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2021-06-03, 10:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVII: "My Brain Is Trash And I Live On The Internet"
I think there is exactly 0% chance that Jeph seriously believes that 1) anyone who expresses the opinion "you should possess some articles of clothing which are not designed to shock and annoy other people" in the general, or 2) Claire in the last strip in the specific, is demonstrating moral turpitude.
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2021-06-04, 02:26 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVII: "My Brain Is Trash And I Live On The Internet"
I took the whole thing more as a jab at fashion police than anything else ...
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2021-06-04, 06:58 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVII: "My Brain Is Trash And I Live On The Internet"
Nah, it's definitely the author assigning evil to anyone who comments on clothing in any way. That makes way more sense than whatever you folks are talking about. Jeph Jacques is very vocal about his disgust of openly acknowledging others' attire.
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2021-06-04, 08:24 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVII: "My Brain Is Trash And I Live On The Internet"
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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2021-06-04, 09:39 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVII: "My Brain Is Trash And I Live On The Internet"
You say that, but there was that one time that Raven commented on Faye's ratty old shoes ("I think THAT one might actually be a hollowed out rat's carcass!") and she has since been sent to the B-List Character Gulag along with Steve, Penny and Emily.
Coincidence!? I think NOT!
Also: Pintsize bland, Claire preachy, Jeph unsubtle, Beepatrice incompetent, ya-da ya-da... However you feel about QC's politics, this hasn't been a great week in it's proud history of slow-boiling plots and snarky millennial humour.~ CAUTION: May Contain Weasels ~
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2021-06-04, 03:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVII: "My Brain Is Trash And I Live On The Internet"
Leave it to R. K. Millholland to take time out of his own webcomic to devise a fitting send-off for Pintsize's old body (with Jeph's permission, it seems!).
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2021-06-04, 03:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVII: "My Brain Is Trash And I Live On The Internet"
Honestly, I'm surprised Pintsize didn't do this himself. Turning his old body into a sex toy and selling it for cash is exactly the sort of thing he'd do. Heck, it's why they burned Momo's old body!
Also, why is Beepatrice working the front desk at the dildo factory? Isn't she a tester?
We also don't seem to have a comic for today, which is pretty darn unusual. Unless I'm missing something and the comic labeled June 3rd is actually today's...
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2021-06-04, 03:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVII: "My Brain Is Trash And I Live On The Internet"
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2021-06-04, 03:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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2021-06-04, 04:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVII: "My Brain Is Trash And I Live On The Internet"
The name of the company...
It is one thing to suspend your disbelief. It is another thing entirely to hang it by the neck until dead.
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2021-06-04, 08:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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2021-06-04, 10:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVII: "My Brain Is Trash And I Live On The Internet"
This is a genuine question (and I'm prefacing with this because I don't want it to come across as an attempt as a gotcha), but isn't taking a stance on the content of Jeph's statements inherently taking a position on a political issue, and therefore out of bounds?
It seems that the discussion of whether he's handling stating his opinions with any sort of finesse is perfectly legitimate, but this sub-argument wherein his writing is called libellous, and the message 'must be spoken out against'—as opposed to his clumsiness of discourse—should be dropped.
(Naturally, the same goes for any post explicitly agreeing with the contents of Jeph's statement, but I don't see examples of such.)Last edited by MoonCat; 2021-06-04 at 10:53 PM.
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2021-06-05, 12:51 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVII: "My Brain Is Trash And I Live On The Internet"
Probably best to just move past it and drop the issue. We've switched to Beapatrice shenanigans now anyways.
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2021-06-05, 06:57 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVII: "My Brain Is Trash And I Live On The Internet"
Oh, wow, right. That is Beeps. I forgot she worked there.
... Isnt she one of the testers? What is she doing manning the front desk?“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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2021-06-05, 07:20 AM (ISO 8601)
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2021-06-05, 07:26 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVII: "My Brain Is Trash And I Live On The Internet"
“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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2021-06-05, 08:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVII: "My Brain Is Trash And I Live On The Internet"
In fairness to Beeps, it may be that the company expects a degree of flexibility from workers for cover purposes. Back in the day when I had a holiday job in a hospital as a Clerical Assistant (very long story) I was also expected to be able to use the switchboard, so there was cover for the actual switchboard operators if they needed to go on a break. We also had a couple of people who could handle Reception for the same reasons.
(The switchboard had an interesting quirk in that if you pressed the 9 button, any other number pressed within the next second would also be treated as a 9, so you had to wait for a second before pressing any other number. Quite literally, since 99 was the "cardiac arrest" code...)Last edited by Manga Shoggoth; 2021-06-05 at 08:03 AM.
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"The main skill of a good ruler seems to be not preventing the conflagrations but rather keeping them contained enough they rate more as campfires." Rogar Demonblud
"Hold on just a d*** second. UK has spam callers that try to get you to buy conservatories?!? Even y'alls spammers are higher class than ours!" Peelee
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2021-06-05, 04:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVII: "My Brain Is Trash And I Live On The Internet"
I once asked about it and the staff said a few words about it. https://forums.giantitp.com/showthre...2#post24680262
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2021-06-05, 04:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVII: "My Brain Is Trash And I Live On The Internet"
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2021-06-07, 12:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVII: "My Brain Is Trash And I Live On The Internet"
"S.T.A.L.K.E.R. but the anomolies are just porn".
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"The main skill of a good ruler seems to be not preventing the conflagrations but rather keeping them contained enough they rate more as campfires." Rogar Demonblud
"Hold on just a d*** second. UK has spam callers that try to get you to buy conservatories?!? Even y'alls spammers are higher class than ours!" Peelee
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2021-06-09, 11:23 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVII: "My Brain Is Trash And I Live On The Internet"
Hmm, after taking in the last few pages of Pintsize's body swap, I'm still not really on board. I figured it would grow on me but he still just looks like a generic AI, like Winslow but wearing pink underwear. I really wish he'd kept the googly eyes permanently. It would feel more "Pintsize" that way.
Not to say that he should never change while all the other AIs in the comic evolve, but it doesn't really feel like there was a good reason to do so (yet), and it doesn't really feel like it improves his character.
The last few months have been pretty ho-hum for me, and even that's after getting back into it from a long stretch away (I lost interest in the Brun/Mille-Fuille hangout/date/whatever when I thought "wait, do I have any compelling reason to care about either of these characters?"
The most compelling arc recently that I've actually cared about is May getting her new body. I felt genuine emotions for her, especially in the internalized "why is everyone being so nice to me, I can't possibly deserve this" moments. I thought that section was handled beautifully, and worked well with what had been established with her character.
And then other (read: most) times nowadays, it's like the story just wants to grab two characters and stick them together in a situation, regardless of whether their personal arcs & character development fit that storyline or theme.Last edited by Ionathus; 2021-06-09 at 11:24 AM.
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2021-06-10, 12:44 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVII: "My Brain Is Trash And I Live On The Internet"
Who's this Iris or this Yemisi? Have we met them before?
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2021-06-10, 03:10 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVII: "My Brain Is Trash And I Live On The Internet"
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2021-06-10, 03:39 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVII: "My Brain Is Trash And I Live On The Internet"
Technically because the question was posed as "or" rather than "and", the answer ought to be "no". Little lexicographical tip for you, there.
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2021-06-10, 05:23 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVII: "My Brain Is Trash And I Live On The Internet"
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2021-06-10, 06:01 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XVII: "My Brain Is Trash And I Live On The Internet"
Is or always exclusive? I am far more familiar with the specific logical distinction between OR and XOR to be particularly sure about the regular language, but I would guess, that or does allow for both inclusive and exclusive options depending on the context or intonation, or some other nuances.
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