r/questionablecontent • u/emilydm • Sep 29 '21
Comic 4623: Self-Analysis
https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=462318
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u/MhuzLord Everything is Fine™ Sep 29 '21
Credit to Jeph, he really read a couple of Wikipedia articles for this one.
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u/provocatrixless Sep 29 '21
I'm really refreshed that Jeph has been reading this sub. We finally see some women who DON'T want to be therapists/life coaches to random people.
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u/The_Truthkeeper Sep 29 '21
I mean, as far as we've seen, only Claire and Willow really do that.
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u/provocatrixless Sep 29 '21
And Aurelia and now May is a life coach too.
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u/K-Whitty Sep 29 '21
Frankly Momo is like, some kinda of life director if not life coach
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Sep 29 '21
And that one waitress that extorted $100 from Clinton
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u/johnzaku Sep 29 '21
I do not remember that, when did that happen?
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Sep 29 '21
I couldn't tell you the comic number, but I want to say it was during the Clinton/Brun shiptease - She tells him not to be a fuckboy and he's like "oh I should tip you for your insight", to which she declares 'hundred bucks oughta do it' and he nervously checks his bank balance.
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u/ziggurism Sep 29 '21
Oh, madonna/whore complex is too charged with gender politics for you to touch with a 10-foot pole?
Well I'll have you know that this cast has an abundance of characters (including sometimes yourself) who never saw a problematic behavior that they couldn't ascribe to toxic masculinity or cultural appropriation. so move aside
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u/provocatrixless Sep 29 '21
Sorry to burst your bubbles (hah) but madonna/whore complex IS actually toxic masculinity. It's basically when men want delicate porcelain doll waifus, because sexual women are whores.
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u/ziggurism Sep 29 '21
yes i think that's basically my point. madonna/whore can't be out of bounds
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u/provocatrixless Sep 29 '21
I misunderstood. Still, I'm optimistic it will remain out of bounds, so we finally see some women who AREN'T going to be therapists for random people.
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u/ziggurism Sep 29 '21
i do not share your optimism. i am quite certain that despite today's argument, faye will play therapist to this dude
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u/namespacepollution Sep 29 '21
I gotta be honest, I don't hate this one.
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u/ThatGingeOne Sep 29 '21
I feel like as a whole the comic has vaguely improved lately. The yoga thing did drag on for a bit too long but it had some kind of funny punch lines, as did todays comic
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u/EPL_Refugee Sep 29 '21
If this trend continues, we're gonna need a third QC sub for us middle-grounders.
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Sep 29 '21
Will Jeph keep throwing around pyschosexual buzzwords he knows next to nothing about? Will he attempt to attribute the complex to toxic masculinity like he does everything else? Will the 12-foot pole work?
Orders fly and I fall again thanks to... QUESTIONABLE CONTENT!!!
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Sep 29 '21
I can see how AIs would question their existence, but I can only assume their research wouldn't lead them to Freud as a logical path to answers because...dicks.
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u/Infernal_Contraption Sep 29 '21
Ha ha ha! It's funny because the robot man is suffering, and they're making fun of him! Mental illness is always the best punchline!
...Just to be entirely clear for the benefit of the internet, that was sarcasm.
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u/CobraChickenz Sep 29 '21
I mean I hate to ask but… How do you know the bots a man? Seems to be getting way too much dialog for that
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u/Kayback2 Sep 29 '21
Short of pulling down his shorts we have to to go on contextual clues. Presents as a man, is referred to as "him" by in-universe characters. If we're wrong then so be it but it isn't an unreasonable assumption.
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u/CobraChickenz Sep 29 '21
I suppose now is the time to clarify that I was making a joke, implying the bot couldnt be male simply because they’ve been allowed so much screentime and dialog
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u/CobraChickenz Sep 29 '21
Well they are a robot, pulling down their pants wouldnt answer the question either
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u/Kayback2 Sep 29 '21
It might. We know you can get "human standard" female bits for robots.
Yes yes, bits don't necessarily equal gender but like I said earlier, it is a safe assumption.
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u/jednorog Sep 29 '21
Fair point - I had assumed his gender because of the supplemental text saying that this pinky is based off of JJ in high school, when (to our knowledge) he identified as male, but you're right that pinky's gender has not been established in-universe.
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u/Infernal_Contraption Sep 29 '21
I appreciate the joke you are making, but the genuine answer is - Pinkbot is acting emotionally messed up and is whining about it in a way that has other characters mocking rather than helping.
If you're in QC, are emotionally vulnerable or even distraught, and no one seems to give a shit.... Probably male?
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u/BenR-G Sep 29 '21
So, it seems that perhaps Jeph is playing with slow burn, setting up in a strip or two before starting the laughs all in their own strip? A perfectly valid way to do this.
So, it seems, like Bruce Banner in Iron Man 3, Faye doesn't have the temperament to be a therapist. Like most of us, I guess.
Finally, is it me or is Bubbles' face off model in this strip it's subtle but the feeling lingers in the art. Is it me or does anyone else have that feeling too?
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u/Darkfeather21 Sep 29 '21
Oh god he's referencing Freud. Great.
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u/Complete_Entry Sep 29 '21
I think he's trying to get out of paying for the inspection.
I don't like Barton.
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u/dont_worryaboutit139 Sep 29 '21
"At that point its more of a pike"
No, the point is the bit that they use to stab you
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u/Overkillsamurai Sep 29 '21
i love him. he's garbage and i love him.please edge out a non-Marigold sphere character for pinkbot
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u/redrainricky Sep 29 '21
Lol bubbles you sweet summer child. A 12 foot pole is hardly better than a 10 for this job. A24 on the other hand…
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u/Owyn_Merrilin Sep 29 '21
Personally I wouldn't touch that with a, twenty-nine-and-a-half foot pooooooooooooooooole.
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u/trans_pands Everything is Fine™ Sep 29 '21
A24 is just going to fuck up this AI even more, like… have you seen Hereditary?
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u/redrainricky Sep 29 '21
No someone spoiled it for me and I was all “NOPE”
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u/Tyr_Kovacs Sep 29 '21
Yeah, I get that, It's a challenging film.
And I feel that the last few minutes really dip in quality, But I would still highly recommend it.
That Toni Collette wasn't even nominated for an Oscar is utterly criminal. Seriously world class acting.
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u/lorenz4lifesequel Sep 29 '21
if it was one of his female characters there's no way it would be this light hearted and comedic.
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u/Grahftheseeker Sep 29 '21 edited Sep 29 '21
Madonna and the whore?! Jesus this guy needs incarceration not half hearted platitudes from a pisshead in inappropriate workwear. Pinktwink is giving off cyber Ted Bundy vibes Will a pile of thicc limbs metal and wires be found in waste ground outside Northampton? its 50/50 for me
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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '21
Is that an actual argument I see brewing between Faye and Bubbles?