Crossing The Rubicon
I've got a bridge to sell you
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Now I'll be pedantic, the point of the phrase, "we'll cross that bridge when we come to it," is that future problems are the metaphorical bridge and you shouldn't worry about dealing with a problem (crossing the bridge) until it becomes an actual problem.
They’re so cute!!
I wish I had someone like either of them. I need someone supportive and caring in my life. 😭
Meanwhile, in the shop: Dora has been puzzling over the grammar issue for several minutes, and has finally decided to try adding a semicolon between “prioritize” and “you’re”.
Upon further reflection, she adds an exclamation point at the end for good measure.
now, back to the terrible spelling on that blackboard....
your write abou tthat one. it should be a dressed,
I don't usually bother to comment, but I'm gonna take a moment here to complement Jeph on his work. I discovered Questionable Content some years ago, devoured the archive, and have been enjoying it ever since. It's been an absolute pleasure reading, and seeing the evolution of his art and writing, as the story goes from what started with a fairly standard webcomic scenario (slacker dude meets cute girl who suddenly has to move in with him) to a world with AIs, online avatars, and now a floating off shore platform populated by same... Geez. Reading this webcomic is a real joy I look forward to every weekday. Thanks, Jeph. This comic is one of the reasons I still enjoy reading comics, after all these years (59 years old, been reading comics ever since I was a lad).
I've always liked "We'll burn that bridge when we come to it."
Oh goodness they are so sweet.
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These two goobers. They have come quite the long metaphysical ways since they met as intern/work leader.
We cross that lion when we get to it. I miss Raven.
Your user name lol
I hope this leads to a whole side arc with a bunch of new characters, but I also hope it starts off like a Solar Opposites episode with Claire saying "The Questionable Contents are going to Canada!"
This makes me so happy. The reason Marten first moved to Northampton was to follow a girl there, and look what happened: He made a bunch of awesome friends and came to love the place. So why not do it again? It wasn't a mistake the first time. It won't be a mistake this time either. <3
Und unlike with Padma, this time the timing is good. 😊
In the alley: Schroedinger’s Bridge Back in Coffee of Doom: Chekhov’s Typo
Foreshadowing up front, quantum uncertainty in the back.
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Steve, happens to wander by eating cereals: "Yeah, active volcanoes never does your love life any good"
Oooh, nice reference. For those who don't feel like archive diving: https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1350 https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1406
Who is this spiky-haired "Marten"character, anyway? Is it just bed hair? Did he steal Dora's hair from the -- what was it -- cockatoo-on-uppers period?
The alley behind coffee of doom sure sees some relationship drama
It needs more possums to ramp up the dramatic tension
They are so wholesome and I love them. And I love QC for modeling healthy relationships with good communication.
Damn Canada! Taking all our protagonists!
Not Jimbo. He is not allowed there
They are so cute!
*We'll burn that bridge when we come to it Much more satisfying. And toasty.
Seriously though “we’ll burn that bridge when we get to it” is my go-to malapropism
I dunno, I feel like it's a fine approach to bridges that you strongly want to not cross and also oppose anyone else crossing. Burning them before you get to them tends to pose some technical and logistical challenges. All of that said, sometimes, it makes sense to take a page from Gomer Pyle's book and scavenge the bridge for resources rather than burning it. Unless, of course, the resource you're looking for is a temporary source of heat and light.
Im curious if this is gonna dramatically shift the status quo somehow. Maybe Nova Scotia will merge with Boston or something
Turns out the floating city is to drill into the Mid-Atlantic Ridge for mucho geothermal power, with a side of new islands.
Im getting some real "the end is coming" vibes from all of these plotlines being wrapped up all nicely-- are we near Jeph retiring?
From Jeph's Twitter last weekend: "Just gonna get ahead of the discourse and say that the upcoming arc in QC is NOT the end, or setting up the end, of the comic. I have no plans to end it anytime in the near future. Shits about to get kind of wild though (by qc standards, anyway)"
Tomorrow: Emmitt shows Sam how to properly make Montréal style Poutine. We learn both are fluent in Canadian French.
Does Marten look particularly Dora-y in the last two panels, or is it just me? It may be just me, for all I know my face blindness extends to comic characters.
Marten looks Dora-y enough often enough that it was a problem for some with their relationship. I think there were several times when I'd typed up a comment about thinking that Jeph had gotten confused about which character would be saying what line, only to recognize slightly before submitting that I'd just gotten confused about which character was which. But since they broke up, they pretty much haven't been wearing each other's clothes, so it's been much easier to tell them apart.
This is absolutely how a conversation like this would go between me and my gf. Note for note.
Sounds like a good relationship.
Claire… that’s the point. You can’t cross a bridge until you come to it. So it’s no point in stressing about having to cross it until you get there. Especially if you are unsure it you will even make it. But you did the right thing in letting Martin know you may have to cross it.
In the QC world, you have to postulate bridges that are AI, and given that, it should be possible to cross a bridge you've never even met.
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Confident Marten is sexy Marten.
awww I love these two
Claire, keep your pedantic eye on the ball: Dora's use of "you're" is way more important than Marten's bridge idiom.
Especially since Marten's bridge idiom wasn't wrong.
It is important to note that being pedantic does not necessarily make you a pedant. Unless you do it too often, that is.
I will not buy this bridge, it is burnt
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now watch her blow the interview after all this buildup...
Hush!
I'm with Marten on this bridge matter - the fact that you can't cross a bridge without coming to it is precisely why they don't have to cross it unless they come to it. That is moderately obvious, certainly, but sometimes stating the obvious is important. She was anxious that they would have to cross the bridge, and he reassured her that they might not even come to it.
It shows that the metaphor actually works.
Of course you can't cross a bridge without coming to it first; that's precisely why you don't have to cross it unless you come to it. I guess this comment makes me the pedant?
And you beat me to it. Marten wasn't wrong, so her being pedantic was superfluous.
Et tu, Marten?
Now get back in there and have a nice long conversation with your boss about your vs. you're
Spoiler alert: Meanwhile, Dora's silently fixed the grammar and has hired help installing some gaslighting.
The world would be a better place with more people like Marten.
Schmoop!
I love these two so much! They’ve come so far.
Even if there's no bridge, Marten would probably ford the river with her.
I've heard BMW's handle water better.
And causality doesn't really apply to metaphors. True that.
Unless they're analogies. Analogies are basically metaphors with causality.
Of course she loves being pedantic, she's a librarian! They don't give you your degree without passing a pedantry test!
When they grade the test, they give you a couple of extra points and if you come back to explain their error it's an automatic A.
"I've got a bridge to sell you." If it doesn't go to nowhere I don't want it.
(Snif) I love these two so much. Claire is such a dear, and Marten is growing into a totally decent dude.
I thought he's been pretty much a totally decent dude the whole time. Sure, he's a bit laid back, but I can't recall anything toxic he's done.
Claire is giving off some strong early-2000’s anime vibes with this new art style.
D'awwww. I'd say "relationship goals," but since I just had my 36th anniversary recently, I'm pretty much happy with the one I have.
Almost sounds like a proposal of some kind.
"Whither thou goest...."
Aww. That’s how you do it.
Claire, we love you. You do not hate being pedantic. That's just false.
Anyone who starts a sentence with "I hate being pedantic" *loves* being pedantic.