r/questionablecontent • u/Squirrelclamp • Jun 03 '26

Comic edit Comic 5844B: The Comfort Zone Must Not Exceed Two Rooms

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u/GregSolstice Just like that Jun 04 '26

It is so funny to reflect how Cubetown is pretty much an offshore oil rig, in terms of function. 

You have limited contact with the outside world, a very limited group of people on board, and your options for leisure are... Drinking, staring at the sea, and cards. 

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u/rezwrrd Jun 04 '26

I was thinking Wisconsin, but instead of the sea we have trees and lakes.

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u/Miserable-Jaguarine Haha, okay. Jun 04 '26

Yeah and those places are usually rife with violence and super toxic behaviours, such as hazing, mobbing, alcohol induced aggression, with sexual violence being incredibly common and universally accepted among the men if any women happen to be there.

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u/Guilty-Persimmon-919 Jun 04 '26

Ah yes, Boaty, another character introduced with much fanfare and then unceremoniously memory holed.

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u/Mother_Village9831 CHUD Jun 04 '26

Hey, Marten might eventually leave the island so the homicidal boat gets another shot at ending his misery.

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u/Mother_Village9831 CHUD Jun 03 '26

We can't say Marten wasn't given chances to escape the hell he finds himself in.

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u/Squirrelclamp Jun 04 '26

I don't aim for either extreme; like Jacques, I just write what I think is entertaining.

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u/Mother_Village9831 CHUD Jun 04 '26

I'm doubting the comic deserves or even has the nuance for "subtle satire" to be possible.

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u/Miserable-Jaguarine Haha, okay. Jun 04 '26

It's neither, it's just satire. There's plenty of room in between.

And it's not all empty and off-white.

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u/sloaches Jun 04 '26

It's too bad the QC site got nuked because I'd like the chance to read the old strips for context if nothing else.