Comic Strips 2024: Just Act Cool and Flex a Little

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JethroMcB: Jan 23, 2004; We're normal now.
We love your family.

CzarChasm posted:

And I need to make a deal with my meat toucher.

Please, no meat-touching, ma'am.

Julet Esqu posted:

And now here comes the Home Free creator, Tom Toro, to threaten his audience

Causing Tom Toro to have a stroke by requesting the strip without somebody making a face like they just caught their finger in a car door.

# ? Mar 8, 2024 21:19

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# ? May 24, 2024 13:01

Splint Chesthair: Dec 27, 2004

Strontium posted:

Intelligent Life

Are these two on a roller coaster? Where the hell are they?

# ? Mar 8, 2024 21:33

thisusedyet: Feb 14, 2012; My post... it sucks!!!

I'm not sure what they were going for, but Bok's expression here reads to me as the captain in Night Watch

�Rebel songs, sir!� said trooper number one. The captain sighed.
�If you listen, Hepplewhite, you might notice that it is the national anthem sung very badly,� he said.
�We can�t allow rebels to sing that, sir!�
Vimes saw the captain�s expression. It had a lot to say about idiots.

# ? Mar 8, 2024 22:08

Giant Ethicist: Jun 9, 2013; Looks like she got on a loaf of bread instead of a bus again...

quote:

We Are Reproducing

Linguistic footnote: The side comment �I just hate not knowing� is a wonderful idiomatic expression, hebi no namagoroshi �it�s like half-killing a snake,� meaning drawing something out in an unsatisfying way.
Medical question: Google couldn�t tell me what �2000 T� might be referring to � any ideas?

We�ve got a new Q-Rais joint (looks like Sad Frog was a one-shot), Parsley in the Corner. The way it�s listed as chapter 1, I think it�ll be continuing.

# ? Mar 8, 2024 22:32

Hippocrass: Aug 18, 2015; That third panel of the first comic just makes it. It's still funny if you remove it, but that panel included just makes it top tier.

The Family Upstairs/The Dingbat Family(September 9, 1010)

Baron Bean(March 10, 1916)

Polly and Her Pals(February 7, 1913)

Gasoline Alley(October 31, 1919)

Us Boys(March 8, 1912)

The Gumps(April 6, 1917)

# ? Mar 8, 2024 22:38

Safety Dance: Sep 10, 2007; Five degrees to starboard!

Giant Ethicist posted:

We Are Reproducing
Linguistic footnote: The side comment �I just hate not knowing� is a wonderful idiomatic expression, hebi no namagoroshi �it�s like half-killing a snake,� meaning drawing something out in an unsatisfying way.
Medical question: Google couldn�t tell me what �2000 T� might be referring to � any ideas?

At 12 weeks since the last period, a mother's urine should have Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) levels of 20,000 - 200,000 mIU/ml (milli-inernational units per milliliter). 2000 mIU/ml would indicate a much more recent pregnancy. I don't know why it's abbreviated "T". Google Translate tells me "international unit" is pronounced "Kokusai tan'i", so maybe "tan'i"?

# ? Mar 8, 2024 22:50

kazz: Feb 27, 2007; Black Bean has a tendency to stare and likes to hide.

Giant Ethicist posted:

We Are Reproducing
Medical question: Google couldn�t tell me what �2000 T� might be referring to � any ideas?

I�m not sure about the T, but likely the doctor was testing her Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) levels � the hormone that at-home pregnancy tests can detect. In a healthy pregnancy, it increases at a standard rate. A pregnancy is usually visible on an ultrasound at around 2000 mIU/mL, which could be around week 5 or 6 of pregnancy. If she thinks her pregnancy is much farther along, then you can see her hCG levels are much lower than expected.

Edit: beaten by 4 minutes!

# ? Mar 8, 2024 22:54

Haifisch: Nov 13, 2010; Objection! I object! That was... objectionable!; Taco Defender

It's hard to tell the time scale in the comic("more than a month" means a lot here - the range scale goes by weeks until you get to 2-3 months) but 2000 mIU/mL (idk what T would be, it's not any unit I've ever heard of so I'm assuming. HCG quant would be the logical thing to measure here anyway) could be anywhere from 2 weeks to 5 weeks going by the standards of the lab I work at.

# ? Mar 8, 2024 22:59

Giant Ethicist: Jun 9, 2013; Looks like she got on a loaf of bread instead of a bus again...

Safety Dance posted:

At 12 weeks since the last period, a mother's urine should have Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) levels of 20,000 - 200,000 mIU/ml (milli-inernational units per milliliter). 2000 mIU/ml would indicate a much more recent pregnancy. I don't know why it's abbreviated "T". Google Translate tells me "international unit" is pronounced "Kokusai tan'i", so maybe "tan'i"?

Thank you (edit: everyone who answered)! Hmm, even poking around on some Japanese-language sites about it I can't find any reference to "T"... Either it's a placeholder Uchida is using to avoid writing out the whole thing, or it's terminology they've stopped using in the 30 intervening years, I guess.

Giant Ethicist fucked around with this message at 23:02 on Mar 8, 2024

# ? Mar 8, 2024 23:00

Good Listener: Sep 2, 2006; Ask me about moons
Fact #1 The Moon is really cool

Yay a Precure parody :3:

# ? Mar 9, 2024 00:05

Hwurmp: May 20, 2005

Giant Ethicist posted:

We�ve got a new Q-Rais joint (looks like Sad Frog was a one-shot), Parsley in the Corner. The way it�s listed as chapter 1, I think it�ll be continuing.

this is already loving great

# ? Mar 9, 2024 00:19

Murdstone: Jun 14, 2005; I'm feeling Jimmy

F Minus

Mark Trail

Mary Worth

We better get something new next week. :mad:

The Phantom

Pooch Cafe

Rex Morgan MD

Andertoons

Apartment 3-G

# ? Mar 9, 2024 00:26

Kennel: May 1, 2008; BAWWW-UNH!

Esa Ahto

Nancy

Dustin

Mandrake The Magician

# ? Mar 9, 2024 00:41

Larryb: Oct 5, 2010

Giant Ethicist posted:

We�ve got a new Q-Rais joint (looks like Sad Frog was a one-shot), Parsley in the Corner. The way it�s listed as chapter 1, I think it�ll be continuing.

Wow, I didn't expect a Precure parody. I like this already

# ? Mar 9, 2024 00:46

Doomykins: Jun 28, 2008; Didn't you mean to ask about flowers?

Do your best, Parsley!

Kennel posted:

Mandrake The Magician

Crazy twilight years Mandrake can nail jokes better than half the thread, lol.

# ? Mar 9, 2024 00:51

CannonFodder: Jan 26, 2001; Passion’s Wrench

Hostile V posted:

this is not a haiku. this is a 3/5/3 scheme. that is not a haiku. I have gotten baked and written poetry before and I am so loving offended.

Sensemilia
Really makes the mind expand
Dude, I smell my thoughts

# ? Mar 9, 2024 01:07

Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; I'm meat on the hoof

Kennel posted:

Esa Ahto

The weird proportions of Miss Spock and the other characters are bizarrely attractive, looking at them is like taking a long deep sniff of Vick�s Vapo-Rub.

# ? Mar 9, 2024 01:15

Mercury Hat: May 28, 2006; SharkTales!
Woo-oo!

For someone who didn't even do anything beyond have half a conversation with the man, Mary sure is taking one hell of a victory lap here.

# ? Mar 9, 2024 01:19

Kennel: May 1, 2008; BAWWW-UNH!

Pigsfeet on Rye posted:

The weird proportions of Miss Spock and the other characters are bizarrely attractive, looking at them is like taking a long deep sniff of Vick�s Vapo-Rub.

Kind of reminds me of Thunderbirds (which this predates by 3 years).

# ? Mar 9, 2024 01:25

Hwurmp: May 20, 2005

Kennel posted:

Esa Ahto

I can't believe Egon Meuronen invented anime

Hwurmp fucked around with this message at 01:32 on Mar 9, 2024

# ? Mar 9, 2024 01:30

Selachian: Oct 9, 2012

Pogo 7/6/52

"Minced alligator will course through the trees like the winds of winter" is a surprisingly poetic image.

Archie 10/13-15/49

The Virtue of Vera Valiant 3/27/77

# ? Mar 9, 2024 01:40

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

Safety Dance posted:

Quoting from a couple days ago because I love when Tinkersons name drops random pizza places from Alatoona, PA

https://www.mamarandazzos.com/

gently caress I am from Altoona and a friend name dropped this comic to me just now and I am losing my mind.

Best Italian Wedding Soup I ever had

Mel Mudkiper fucked around with this message at 01:49 on Mar 9, 2024

# ? Mar 9, 2024 01:46

F_Shit_Fitzgerald: Feb 2, 2017

Murdstone posted:

Mary Worth

This might be the most annoying strip that runs in this thread for me.

SA user F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted that comic strip Mary Worth was annoying for giving a lovely character a happy ending and then spending weeks recapping an arc they've been doing since August or September of the previous year.

# ? Mar 9, 2024 01:46

Professor Wayne: Aug 27, 2008; So, Harvey, what became of the giant penny?

They actually let him keep it.

Pickles

Hagar the Horrible

Zits

# ? Mar 9, 2024 02:18

BigglesSWE: Dec 2, 2014; How 'bout them hawks news huh!

Ballard Street

# ? Mar 9, 2024 02:28

Kavak: Aug 23, 2009

BigglesSWE posted:

Bethesda threw out so many more interesting ideas for Constellation... :sigh:

# ? Mar 9, 2024 02:37

Malachite_Dragon: Mar 31, 2010; Weaving Merry Christmas magic

Murdstone posted:

Mary Worth

We better get something new next week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_nPp64OrBc

# ? Mar 9, 2024 02:44

Vox Valentine: May 31, 2013; Solving all of life's problems through enhanced casting of Occam's Razor. Reward yourself with an imaginary chalice.

Now I'm Contemplating Rabbit Reproductive Rights And I Want To Do Anything Else

Stigma Stinger In Your Bud

# ? Mar 9, 2024 03:07

Tiggum: Oct 24, 2007; Your life and your quest end here.

Selachian posted:

Brenda Starr 10/12/52

Was it actually a thing that doctors 100 years ago would just not tell their patients they had a medical condition? And sometimes tell other people (eg. spouses) but not the patient? Because it comes up a lot in fiction but seems completely insane to me from a modern perspective.

Forum accident posted:

Ziggy

That bird is into some sick poo poo.

Powered Descent posted:

Bizarro

OK so the tilde is the ~ thing above the n in jalape�o, but what does it mean that he's accidentally used a "jalapeno" (no tilde)? I don't know if this is a bad, nonsensical joke or if I'm missing something.

# ? Mar 9, 2024 04:33

The_Other: Dec 28, 2012; Welcome Back, Galaxy Geek.

Tiggum posted:

Was it actually a thing that doctors 100 years ago would just not tell their patients they had a medical condition? And sometimes tell other people (eg. spouses) but not the patient? Because it comes up a lot in fiction but seems completely insane to me from a modern perspective.

IIRC, when Charles Schulz's mother was diagnosed with cancer the doctor only told her husband, and Charles only found out a few months before she died about her illness. This was in the early 1940's.

# ? Mar 9, 2024 04:42

CommonShore: Jun 6, 2014; A true renaissance man

Tiggum posted:

Was it actually a thing that doctors 100 years ago would just not tell their patients they had a medical condition? And sometimes tell other people (eg. spouses) but not the patient? Because it comes up a lot in fiction but seems completely insane to me from a modern perspective.

That bird is into some sick poo poo.

OK so the tilde is the ~ thing above the n in jalape�o, but what does it mean that he's accidentally used a "jalapeno" (no tilde)? I don't know if this is a bad, nonsensical joke or if I'm missing something.

Actually, yes. Until the 1950s, before the development of modern theories of palliative care and hospice, the prevailing medical guideline was to be evasive about untreatable terminal diagnoses out of concern that the distress would make everything worse and possibly lead to patient suicide.

# ? Mar 9, 2024 04:53