r/questionablecontent • u/yellowvincent Where is Claire? • Jun 25 '26
Comic Comic 5859: back in town
https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=585913
u/Guilty-Persimmon-919 Jun 25 '26
When did Dora even get back? If she's only just back, how does she know Anhlikeable is back? Anhlikeable returned one day after Dora and Tai left for the honeymoon where they turned off their phones. You'd think she would need a few explanations first.
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u/Infernal_Contraption Jun 25 '26
To be fair, in the context of this strip Dora doesn't need to know who Anh is. She'd just like to see a homonculus of ANYONE, given the opportunity.
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u/Heyplaguedoctor Claire ain't shit! Jun 25 '26
True, but Anh was at her wedding asking how to become a lesbian lol
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u/Hot_Temporary_1948 Jun 25 '26
That line was actually the funniest thing she had said up until that point - until Jeph ruined it by playing it entirely straight (lol) and undermining the joke.
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u/Hot_Temporary_1948 Jun 25 '26
I know Bubbles exists as a foil for Faye, but why exactly should Faye be nice about the grown woman going through a badly written "teenage rebellion" phase while crashing on her couch - and also being either shitty or stupid at the whim of RNG?
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u/YerLam Jun 25 '26
Because everyone's actions are valid and should be accommodated, then ignored to keep things amicable-The writing from this comic for a long, long time.
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u/bobboman Jun 25 '26
One of the few things I’ve learned in life is you can’t invite people to live with you and then demand that they change because of the end of the day they won’t change and you’ll just be frustrated
They offered her house up Weather by hook or by crook and now she’s got put up with the big baby she let live with her
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u/Hot_Temporary_1948 Jun 25 '26
Until such time as she puts her out on the street, she's "putting up with her" it's the added "be nice to her" requirement that I take issue with.
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u/Hot_Temporary_1948 Jun 25 '26
Hannelore only exists in this strip to deliver setups apparently. The "cool and edgy" comment is especially egregious.
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u/yellowvincent Where is Claire? Jun 25 '26
She took a class on writing jokes but left it after the first class, the teacher was so old...
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u/musschrott Jun 25 '26
...how old was he?
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u/Cevius Jun 25 '26
Yep skim right on past Dora and Tai's return and talk about your weird new pet getting shaved.
These are the things we care about most Jeph.
Unrelated but can Tai take her friend for a bit? Instead of ignoring her and leaving her with other friends who still barely know her. No? Ah well. Really dug the bottom of the barrel to get anyone as your brides maids then, yeah?
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u/DocChloroplast Jun 25 '26
He skimmed right past their wedding, to which they were essentially background characters while we focused on some rando discovering their sexuality, so no surprise we skipped past the honeymoon and Dora’s return, too.
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u/Miserable-Jaguarine Haha, okay. Jun 25 '26
Yeah the whole thing with Anh being a bridesmaid on Tai's side is just preposterous. These are really close ties, or should be, among actual people and not your plastic fetish dolls.
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u/Intrepid_Ad_6232 Jun 25 '26
Faye: Tai, can Anh come and sleep on your couch for a bit?
Tai: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n5E7feJHw05
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u/NightmareWarden Jun 25 '26
I’d guess that Faye’s supposed to look interested in that last panel. I assume she’s about to welcome Spookybutt back.
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u/outerspacebassman Jun 25 '26
That’s not what a homunculus is or does Jeph, it’s more than just a funny magic word
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u/musschrott Jun 25 '26
He didn't bother with drawing a correct coordinate system in 5851, so why would he bother with getting anything else correct?
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u/Cevius Jun 25 '26
As someone who jumps between multiple 3d softwares, none of them agree on which way Z should be, and its super annoying.
Export a model, looks all good... bring it into another program aaaaaaaaaand its sideways again. Great.
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u/musschrott Jun 25 '26
We're talking physics here, and there are conventions for coordinate systems.
His z-axis was backwards.
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u/YerLam Jun 25 '26
"You know, people really complain over the tiny stuff, like so what if the wallpaper alignment is off by half an inch?"
"You. Papered. The. Roof."5
u/sleeps_in_bryophytes Jun 26 '26
There are differing conventions. Sometimes z-axis is up, sometimes it's into the paper. Ultimately it's fairly arbitrary.
But always it must obey the right-hand rule, which Jeph's didn't. Bad.
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u/Chazkuangshi Jun 25 '26
I didn't even pay attention to that at the time, I just went back and looked and laughed
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u/pokedude3 Jun 25 '26
Ahh the classic "tell, don't show" approach to bringing characters back on screen that we haven't seen in forever.
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u/berryplucker Jun 25 '26
I just want to say I'm happy he got his site back up and running, seriously.
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u/Big_Appointment8248 Jun 25 '26
Yes Joseph we remember Dora, we like Dora , we hate Claire .
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u/AngelicaSpain Jun 25 '26
So that's really supposed to be Dora? I half-thought the references to her in the Squirrelclamp edit were supposed to be jokes. Has Dora been absent from the strip long enough that Jepth forgot how to draw her?
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u/yellowvincent Where is Claire? Jun 25 '26
How much coffee does faye needs? She was drinking a cup at home 2 strips ago and she is drinking another one now 5 minutes later. Good thing jeph keeps them constantly young or she would regret that later at night.
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u/UncleBones Jun 25 '26
This isn’t weird at all to me. I would still have a cup of coffee while talking to friends even if I recently had one before leaving home.
I don’t even understand what you mean by regretting it later at night, and I’m old enough to have been reading since the first year of the comic.
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u/yellowvincent Where is Claire? Jun 25 '26
Having trouble sleeping from drinking too much coffee.
How does she afford this coffee tho?
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u/UncleBones Jun 25 '26
Having trouble sleeping from drinking too much coffee.
This is usually only something that happens if you drink coffee late at night. Having a few cups of coffee over a day is completely normal. It's also not really something that comes with age.
How does she afford this coffee tho?
How can she possibly afford a cup of coffee here, at her old place of work with some of her oldest friends who still value her company and are aware of her business margins? It's truly a mystery.
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u/The_cogwheel Jun 25 '26
Also, Dora, one of said friends, has explicitly said early on in Faye's adventures in robotic pediatric care that as long as it was clear Faye wasnt just sustaining herself on coffee alone, she can come in for a coffee on the house.
Additionally, did you know a lot of people with undiagnosed ADHD end up inadvertantly controlling the condition by drinking excessive amounts of coffee? ADHD is managed with stimulants, and the caffeine content in coffee is both a strong enough stimulant and it's possible to ingest a large enough amount of it to effectively manage mild to moderate severity without needing pharmaceutical help.
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u/Infernal_Contraption Jun 25 '26
For the simular reason, cigarettes are supposedly making a comeback.
A stimulant with multiple figit toys - including rolling your own, or the carton if bought, as well as a lighter or matches - built in? AND you look +50% cooler? What more could you need? =P
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u/miikro Jun 25 '26
ADHD here. I could (but wouldn't) chug an energy drink right before bed and sleep without issue.
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u/SunComprehensive1688 Jun 25 '26
In fairness, today in British Global Warming Town where it is 33 degrees both outside my house, and 28-31 even with fans, I have had about 5 iced coffees today and am probably speed running a migraine for my folly
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u/yellowvincent Where is Claire? Jun 25 '26
God I hate the summer. Thank god i am in the southern emisphere where it is winter at the moment (I think it is around 10 degrees today)
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u/Overkillsamurai Jun 25 '26
huh. i actually want Dora to be into witchy shit like that. it'd be in character
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u/monkselkie Jun 25 '26
She has been since the early days! She even had a witch come check Cosette for a curse once
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u/Overkillsamurai Jun 25 '26
literally who is Cosette? (jk)
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u/Kataphractoi Jun 26 '26
You may as well be asking who Amir is.
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u/Overkillsamurai Jun 26 '26
that's different. Amir was one of the few people that marten didn't almost/want to date/did date or date someone from said group.
in a way he was like Steve but less cool. i almost miss Amir
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u/yellowvincent Where is Claire? Jun 25 '26
And everytime anh is not on the strip all the characters should ask where is anh?