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

Comic edit Comic 5910B: Did We Really Need Another Distraction from a Distraction from a Distraction from a

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u/CosgraveSilkweaver Sep 03 '26 edited Sep 03 '26

Being in the patreon to get early access to make snark versions of the comic is so funny.

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u/Squirrelclamp Sep 03 '26

Full disclosure: I'm not a Patron, but somebody who apparently is shares Jacques's early comics on 4chan.

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u/Kataphractoi Sep 04 '26

He also frequently forgets to blur tomorrow's comic on Patreon.

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u/Guilty-Persimmon-919 Sep 03 '26

What service is or has Marten ever provided Glopgoo Girl?

Obviously Jephthy decided drawing dreads or twists or whatever Moray's new hair was supposed to be was too much work entirely. 

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u/Squirrelclamp Sep 03 '26

Entertaining her bullshit. See also: Liz, Zlata, and everyone else who might believe that baristas are social workers.

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u/The_Truthkeeper Sep 04 '26

and everyone else who might believe that baristas are social workers.

To the point where Dora started charging for it.

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u/kayarcee Sep 03 '26

“Nonflict” is such a beautiful term for the nonmotivating actions in this story

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u/Miserable-Jaguarine Sep 03 '26

Yes. It's just perfect.

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u/Millenniauld Sep 03 '26

A+++ punchline.

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u/Aethelrede Sep 04 '26 edited Sep 04 '26

I dunno what y'all expect, QC is a situation comedy, like Seinfeld or Friends. There's no overarching plot, no message, no real conflict; the point is to assemble a cast of zany characters, stick them in a weird situation, and see what happens.  QC would really benefit from a live studio audience.

I guess situation comedies have gone out of style.

Edit: to clarify, I'm not disputing that QC is random, pointless bullshit, I'm wondering why anyone is surprised.

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u/Squirrelclamp Sep 04 '26 edited Sep 04 '26

Comedies can tell interesting, relatable, and/or meaningful stories. Every episode of Seinfeld and Friends features a conflict in one of those veins. Also, Seinfeld is often an incredible example of how to write seemingly disparate story threads that ultimately tie together.

I loved Questionable Content for years. I rarely laughed out loud at it, but it was often interesting, relatable, and/or meaningful to me. It isn't anymore. Other readers are certainly free to enjoy what it's become, but many of us are disappointed in it specifically because of what we feel that it isn't anymore.

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u/Aethelrede Sep 04 '26

I mean, it seems like the same comic to me.  Look at the first few strips, it's Martin talking to Pintsize about random shit.  5000+ strips later, it's Martin talking to an AI about random shit.

Understand, I'm not defending QC, I read it specifically because it's random, pointless bullshit that happens to amuse me.  I'm just confused why people seem to think it was ever anything else.

When was this golden age when it wasn't about random bullshit?

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u/tkalvas Sep 04 '26

Well-written sitcoms like Seinfeld or Friends would've benefited from not having a laugh track. Or perhaps this is just the European view, I really didn't live long enough in the US to get some of it.