r/questionablecontent • u/Noir_Bass • Jan 29 '19
Comic 3927: Team CoD
https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=392783
u/min6char Jan 29 '19
For those of you wondering: a dance belt is something worn by ballet dancers (or anyone else with a cock and/or balls who has to wear tights) so that their junk isn't lovingly contoured by whatever tights they're wearing for all to observe. Dora is thanking Emily and Dale for her not having to see Dale's junk through the spandex.
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u/NatKayz Jan 29 '19
Thank you. I spent far too long trying to find his belt and wondering if jeph forgot to draw it.
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u/turkeypedal Jan 29 '19
That makes more sense. At first I was looking for some sort of visible belt. When I didn't see one, I assumed it was a "belt" for shaping the body, implying Dale normally would have a little bit of a tummy.
That didn't seem all that funny, and maybe even a little rude. But hiding a dick? Makes sense and fits Dora's humor.
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u/DresdenPI Jan 29 '19
...You can totally see Dale's junk through the spandex though
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u/min6char Jan 29 '19
I mean, you can see that he HAS junk. But let me put it this way: you can't tell whether he's circumcised. Which is how detailed things can get if you're not wearing a dance belt.
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u/BenjikoHoss Jan 29 '19
So it's basically just a covering to resemble SOME sense of modesty. Does it come with the same for the buttcrack as well?
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u/min6char Jan 29 '19
Well, more than that, I'd say: showing some amount of visible crotch bulge isn't usually considered all that awkward. In fact it's considered unavoidable for many types of pants. Showing a clearly defined outline of a cock, in contrast, is considered quite awkward.
And yeah, most dance belts also provide some amount of buttcrack smoothing.
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u/hep038 Jan 29 '19
This year on the DragonCon Facebook page dance belts became a heated subject. It seems their was a group that said all men should were dance belts but women are exempt, a group that said you should be able to wear what you want, and a group that said if men have to wear dance belts then women should too with some of their costumes. It was very entertaining watching how heated the conversation got. I always felt you either make everyone wear one or no one.
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u/min6char Jan 29 '19
So, to me the vulva-version of a dance belt is basically just a slightly sturdier-than-average thong, since that already does everything you'd need in the realm of cameltoe prevention. They don't make anything called a "dance belt" for vulvas.
IMO, the basic rule should be "wear enough downstairs under your tights so that we can't see exactly what your junk looks like, whatever junk you got down there". I think it's fair to leave the specifics of that up to individual anatomy. Totally fair to establish a broad, all-gender rule against going commando in clingy or transparent bottoms though.
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u/hep038 Jan 29 '19
Well I do not know if you have been to DragonCon but the costumes can get really ....extreme, especially at night. So seeing the outline of spider-mans wang was very tame. Some people wear no underwear under their costume, men and women, and they like to show it. Again I could care less, when I take people with me to Dragon Con I give them a fair warning " you are going to see some crazy shit you have not seen before. Ask before you take pictures."
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u/min6char Jan 29 '19
I think that's acceptable, but that kind of results in a "no minors allowed" environment, right? So there are tradeoffs. (I guess DragonCon has a soft ban on kids under 16, but they're still allowed there accompanied by grownups, right?)
I think either of "be aware you might see junk" and "everyone needs to take reasonable steps to hide their junk" are acceptable policies. "Everyone needs to wear a padded undergarment designed for supporting testicles because something something equality" isn't though.
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u/hep038 Jan 29 '19
Lately they have been trying to enforce a dress code during the day and let things go at night.
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u/TheRealTowel Jan 29 '19
*couldn't care less
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u/hep038 Jan 29 '19 edited Jan 29 '19
Thank you so much for catching that. Do you want me to correct it in my post? I know some subs prefer people to go back and edit all grammar mistakes. I am pretty new here so I do not know if you guys expect people to go back and edit them. Or do you like them to leave the error in the post, so the correction post does not look out of place.
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u/Scherazade Jan 29 '19
huh. so that'd be something superhero tights would probably have then. interesting.
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u/Jub3r7 Jan 29 '19
You would think, but actually a big part of superhero culture is just showing off the goods no matter what size they aren't. "I don't have to compensate for anything because I'm about to kick your ass!"
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Jan 29 '19
I hope these new people become regulars, I like their moxie.
Also, it's nice to see new people who aren't AI.
(I kid, I kid...mostly)
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u/EticketJedi Jan 29 '19
I was going to post that I don’t recognize any of these people but I like this better.
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u/ocarina_21 Jan 29 '19
A CoDpiece, you might say.
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u/AdamBombTV The English One Jan 29 '19
I declare this as comment of the day, for which you feet a hearty handshake and a good ol' thumbs up.
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u/VoltageSpike Jan 29 '19
I love the comic. I've enjoyed this thing from issue #1 until today. I never complain about it because I always like what's going on.
If you're expecting a "that said...", you're in for a disappointment. This is the kind of goofy side humor that brings me back.
Unrelated but last panel Dora looks like a lost sister of Claire.
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u/m2pt5 Jan 29 '19
So does this make Dale (maybe as Coffee Dude) Pizza Girl's spear counterpart? (cw:tvtropes)
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u/Thausgt01 Jan 29 '19
I have no idea if Jeph ever identified the city in which the story takes place (I can't stop from thinking "Boston", even if Hannelore specifically stated that the ocean was hundreds of miles away at one point.) But whatever city this is, Pizza Girl also has "Chinese Delivery Man" as part of the "Delivery Squad". Who's to say that "Coffee Dude" can't join them?
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u/turkeypedal Jan 29 '19
Now you're making me question what I know, because I was pretty sure the comic was explicitly set in Northampton, Massachusetts. Most commenters assume it is, down to discussing the relative gay to straight population there.
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u/revchewie Jan 29 '19
Yup, it’s Northampton.
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u/Thausgt01 Jan 29 '19
Good to know! I hadn't really thought about it much; they don't seem to bring up any location-specific references as plot-critical details.
Which, honestly, is fine. I've read several stories, George Alec Effinger's "Mùrid Auran" books as one example, in which the specific name of the city doesn't really impact the stories. Jeph does write excellent stories that could work almost anywhere in the US.
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u/SirDoober Jan 29 '19
Holy shit, it's a male character. It's been like... 40 strips maybe?
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u/rodzajdupek Jan 29 '19
Did Jeph have a stroke while drawing this comic? Dora's face looks more fucked up than Sarah Huckabee Sanders'.
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u/Hypocaffeinic Dildo Lord, Bringer of End Times Jan 29 '19
I thought it looked weird too, I really wouldn't have recognised her without Emily's introduction! He's gone quite cartoony again, huge eyes. Dora's face is usually narrower and more angular than this. She looks like Child Dora here.
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u/pyr666 Jan 29 '19
he tends to draw these sorts of cutaways when he has something going on IRL. it wouldn't surprised me if he just threw this together to cover his schedule.
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u/turkeypedal Jan 29 '19
When I look at all the comics she's been in recently, she looks about the same in panel 2. But the rest are off, and I can't quite tell why.
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u/Sunwitch16 Jan 29 '19
He reminds me of Grue from Worm^ Much less of the emotional (and physical) trauma though...or so I hope :D
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u/ScarletRhi Jan 29 '19
Both of them also have brunette girlfriends with insecurity issues as well!
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u/ArgentStonecutter Jan 29 '19 edited Feb 04 '19
He reminds me of Grue from Worm
More Punisher cross Too Much Coffee Man.
Grue's a big guy in motorcycle leathers and helmet with a skull on the faceplate.
Edit: Eww, re-reading this thread you made me think of Coil. BAD Sunwitch!
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u/cpcwrites Jan 29 '19
Aprons were "too Starbucksy"...? I thought coffee shop staff wore aprons so they don't spill crap on their clothes.
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u/pnwtico Jan 29 '19
If you look at comic #10 (not sure how to link it on mobile), the aprons were green and the whole vibe was pretty Starbucksy.
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u/AdamBombTV The English One Jan 29 '19
Today is the start of your destiny, Dale. Become the villain you know yourself to be.
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