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Acing The Interview
🕑 Added 2025-02-26 01:40:19 +0000 UTChmm the preview still looks weird even though Patreon support told me the issue had been "fixed"
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Stephen Wells
Apparently she's just doing this spontaneously, which is maybe worse.
Joseph Bonnar
Throw in a good offroad truck and 3000 acres of swampland and we have a deal!
Melissa Wilson
@enchantedsleeper that’s an excellent guess. 😝 He couldn’t speak to the skills we needed & started scrolling social on his phone after that, so we called the interview short.
Melissa Wilson
@John Anderson Yes; it’s a canned response I practiced back when I was a corrections counselor. Flattering someone can be an effective way to deviate from a topic one doesn’t feel comfortable with; I was trained not to take the bait.
fx_in_mind
Good job Jeph, I actually laughed out loud at how awful Anh was here :D
Jimmy Thorsell
you surely mean the Ahnti-Marten ;)
ValdVin
Much more of Anh, and Faye will give Claire a run for her money in the "lift glasses, rub bridge of nose" sweepstakes.
KiTA
... She came out to her parents and was disowned / thrown out, wasn't she?
Jim Feldman
just can't see how this DOESN'T end with a shovel, a tarp and some duct tape.
David Durant
Man, it took me *way* too long to get that reference!
enchantedsleeper
But I'm guessing they didn't get the job xD
enchantedsleeper
Camera pan across to Pintsize, looking impressed, taking notes.
enchantedsleeper
I was actually thinking you meant panel 3, which I would say IS a boob stare from Anh xD
Maximum Turtle
The preview fixes for me when it’s been uploaded for a while
Miyaa
Good news! Pacific Sunwear (aka PacSun) still exists in all fifty states and Puerto Rico!
Miyaa
A very belated GDI @Joseph Bonnar
Miyaa
Oh god, is Anh the anti-Marten?
Miyaa
And somewhere, someone is making a new TV Trope entry. Not me, I don’t know how to make a new page on there.
awgiedawgie
Both versions look fine on my PC.
joFinndian
The expanded version is looking blurry on desktop (Mac). :(
Philip Masters
Depends. If they’ve got half a brain, even a rich person who inherited their money will realise that *someone* has to manage it. Usually, that means they hire someone — but it’s possible that their parents made sure that they learned the basics, mostly to reduce the risk of getting scammed.
Cole Blackblood
Seems to work fine on mobile btw, for anyone having issues viewing still!
Cole Blackblood
It's an AU of Marten's origin story - love it lmao
Hugh Eckert
Another long time software dev here. Can confirm.
Mikey Bear
I don't think Anh is really Faye's type. Not anymore, anyway. [Sven and Angus off-screen looking dejected]
Raymond Dannelly
The preview was blurry yesterday, but all look fine to me now. So issue is at least partly resolved?
BookBeard
You're quite generous in assuming that the very rich categorize servants as "people". Servants are more of a thing that happens around them.
allanfranta
The really rich only know 3 types of people: Family, Peers and Servants. You figure out where you are on that list.
Philip Masters
She did say, in the course of her drunken ramble, that she didn’t think her parents loved her. They may have been somewhat uncool about her bi-realisation without going full never-darken-my-doorstep-again; stack that with her whole identity crisis and the subconscious view of the east coast as the place where all this started, and fleeing home this way could seem kind of logical to her.
Eric R Queen
Yeah just keep digging that hole
Philip Masters
Ah, that explains the suitcase and the need for somewhere to stay. It wasn’t clear that home was a continent away.
Rich Holmes
I'd assume that, as one who has inherited rather than earned and saved money, money management is her least likely useful skill.
Rich Holmes
Regarding no longer being able to view at full resolution: Got a note from Patreon support saying "We're working on a user experience for that which will be even better than what you used to have, meanwhile enjoy the one that's worse than what you used to have." Or words to that effect.
Philip Masters
I’d assume that money management is her most likely useful skill, but presumably her claim to know all about robots has *some* basis in reality. Inherited tech talent, despite her air of inherited-money uselessness? Inside knowledge of next-generation technological developments?
Philip Masters
That’s head down but eyes *up*. Aggressive expression for short people.
Stephen Wells
Chip stains and grease, but it's silicon chips.
A_Shadowmage_in_the_Pearlmania_War
She just needs to shine bright
Graydon Armstrong
'Cause everybody hates a tourist, Especially one who, who thinks it's all such a laugh.
David Paul
My guess is that she is doing a whole "journey of self discovery" thing, but knows probably two-fifths of bugger all about humility and/or other people.
Kattandra
yesterday the preview looked like it didnt render properly like if you set youtube to 240p, couldnt even read the text, it looks way better today, but i think i see what jeph means, but at this point it could just be confirmation bias thats making it seem blurry XD
Alasdair Mackintosh
Replace foot with other foot. Repeat.
Bill Silvia
The skill is tax evasion.
John Anderson
That’s a very tolerant response.
John Anderson
I may lack Jeff’s keen eye, but not today’s and yesterday’s looked fine to me, on Patreon and email.
Opus the Poet
Open mouth Insert foot Chew vigorously
SilverbackRon
I am not sure. I don't really see Jeph writing an intolerance story line, but he has repeatedly surprised us all with his storytelling skills.
Anders Rapp
Boob stare in panel four...
SilverbackRon
@ Andrew You Keep Using That Word, I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means (Actually true)
BookBeard
Anh is the Bechdel pest
BookBeard
You also can't spell fremesis without "rife mess", which seems appropriate given the state of Anh's life.
16 Crows In A Trench Coat
anh is fantastic. it’s so rare for female characters to get to be completely insufferable on their own merits (as in, not in a way that is intrinsically linked to a man). i hope she gets even worse. i love her
Bagge
Get yourself a robot companion, an indie rock roomate and an office job. Worked great for Marten when he moved from California
darklion
frown FROWN
Andrew
Anhconceivable!
Uniquitous
It's gonna be funny as hell if it turns out Anh has some perfect skill that's been lacking and will totally put U.R. on top!
Rich Holmes
OK, who still in Northampton? Dale maybe.
Rich Holmes
Yesterday's is OK for me. Might be yours is cached.
Shannon Woodbury
Oh Jesus 😂😂😂😂 You have to be fully familiar with Fays personality to realise just how frighin' hilarious this strip is. No wonder Bubbles' Faye radar (Fayedar?) is pinging right now... I mean, I live in Australia and I can feel the explosion brewing from here!! 🤣🤣
Edward Clayton Andrew
Ah! I did say of various temperatures. He be chill, but Martin has his messes.
Shannon Woodbury
Hey I laughed. I really should have though, that was awful! 😂😂
Shannon Woodbury
...Martin? Probably the most chill and normal of the whole bunch. 😂
Rich Holmes
And remember, you can't spell fremesis without emesis!
Kevin v
Tonight’s is better than yesterday. Yesterday’s is still fubar
Edward Clayton Andrew
(Winces) I want to pan away from this.
Constantine Hannaher
Today's PNG on the web is 620x899 if that helps anybody
Edward Clayton Andrew
Oh, Faye. Who do you know who isn't some temperature of mess?
Edward Clayton Andrew
That hurt. Good job.
Taigan
This was their first interaction. Not stellar. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5431
Mad Marie
@BB: what about the "Anh stuff"?
Mad Marie
Bicoastal and Bisexual are pretty much the same thing.
Jon Wilson
Eric the Half a Bee
Captain Button
But hopefully not bipolar.
Sean Kinlin
That would be pretty seranhdipitous.
BookBeard
Okay, wild theory dredged up from the distant past: A long time ago Marten's mom, who lived in California at the time, said she had clients who "move in the same circles" (i.e. rich people) as Hanners' mom. Now we find out that Anh's billionaire parents are California-based. I'm calling it now: one, or both, of Anh's parents are former clients of Veronica. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1831
Melissa Wilson
OMG & now I’m flashing back to a repressed memory of a candidate I was interviewing telling me I had a sexy voice. “I don’t think that’s an appropriate topic for us to explore…would you please answer my question?”
Joseph Bonnar
Send her out to do manual labor for a while. Hmm, subway tracks repaired perhaps? Oh, AHN BEEN WORKING ON THE RAILROAD...
Thunder
Nah, that still wouldn't have been the case with Old Faye. To be sticking out of a trashcan would imply that they were still in one piece.
Sean Kinlin
Anh has come out as bisexual, and figures she must also be bicoastal.
Thunder
On the other hand, she certainly has impressive oral skills, for how much she's managing to not choke on her foot.
Sean Brannon
I think Faye has a fremesis!
Melissa Wilson
@ Graydon I concur. I’m not sure why, but I imagined it that way too, so it must be true.
Thunder
Some might say this was poorly conceived.
Commodore_Perry
This is like watching a squirrel hop into the lion exhibit at the zoo. It might survive but only depending on if the lion cares enough to end it all.
Melissa Wilson
I suspect the fam has been deeply uncool about Anh’s recent self-discovery, but I just find her so abrasive, I can’t bring myself to worry about her. This will suck for her, but it will be the kind of suckage that will make her better.
William Cole
This comic has had its share of human dumpster fires, but Anh might be the dumpsterest fire yet.
Packy Anderson
I feel like Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse needs to be in there.
Melissa Wilson
Mmm… paste!
Sparky
Learning manners will help.
Melissa Wilson
Really wish you were making any of that up, but I believe you completely… 🫠
Melissa Wilson
She’s just SO BAD at it (& I should know, seeing as how I make a living interviewing people…)
BookBeard
I mean, she *could* actually be quite knowledgeable about robotics. She's an heiress to a tech company, it's not *impossible* that she got interested in the family business. ... but it has to be said the "and stuff" in that sentence doesn't exactly inspire confidence...
Lisa
Murderrrr...murrddderrr
BookBeard
With the whole "unlicensed therapy" thing he's got going on, a night with Pintsize might just do her some good.
Everett Bradshaw
PUNCH HER, FAYE.
Doc Gumby
If Bubbles doesn't get there soon, Faye is going to explode.
Captain Button
But will the boy who likes Anh but was too shy to say anything follow her here? (Sorry, I've been rereading Megatokyo.)
Maurice Kessler
Oh, no. No. No. No. Also, absolutely not.
Rich Holmes
Whatever, I'm anh-bi-valent.
Andrea Andrew
Wow, time in this scene really flying bi.
Rich Holmes
The preview's back up to 620x899 which is what it used to be. However it's still set up as attachment rather than inline, which means you can't open it in a new tab at the full 800x1160 resolution. You can download it, that's it.
Jared Kolbly
While she seems like an idiot, why won't I be surprised if she ends up being as skilled as Corpse Witch. And while they don't seem to work on that aspect of robotic repairs, being able to could be useful.
SpookyPenguin
I didn't think there were any buttons left to push but Ahn has a genius for finding more
Carrie
That is my thoughts.
Graydon Armstrong
I feel like bifurcation would be perpendicular to her intermediate axis (into left and right parts) and bisection would be perpendicular to her major axis (into above-waist and below-waist parts).
ValdVin
Here's where Faye discovers the insufferableness Ahn can provide. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5433
Vilinda
You're doing great, sweety! 👍👍👍
Vilinda
You're doing great, sweety! 👍👍👍
Ilana
I did recall her being insufferable but I thought it was just hanners. Thanks!
Hawkeye
Brb. Gonna pop another bag of popcorn
Olivier Laroche
They talked at the weddding, and Faye realized she was insufferable like this before mellowing out
Ilana
I feel like I missed something - did they interact at the wedding or why did Faye hate her already?
ValdVin
Seriously, this strip belongs somewhere amongst the Captain Slocum, Morro Castle, and the SS Eastland.
Donna Flint
Or did they....
William Davy
While Anh is a terrible person, I do love watching videos of catastrophic destruction. The Beirut Warehouse Explosion, The Mount St Helens eruption, The 1989 San Francisco Earthquake, Etc... I can add this interview to the list!
Kyle Major
She is vary not good at this
kupo
Yeah, unless Bubs has a timely arrival, I'm pretty sure this is going to end in violence...
OldGoat
I want Anh to get shit-faced and wake up having sex with Pintsize. Of course, if she read that dating an AI pervert was now the in thing to do she'd be all over it.
Kenneth Carlile
Faye, your face is going to stick like that!
OldGoat
Faye punches Anh out (oooo, that'll leave a mark!) and Roko's former partner O'Mally takes the call. "T'was a perfectly reasonable response. Ye'd best be gittin' yer over-privileged arse outta Massachusetts by sundown!"
Steve McSheffrey
I use Edge and have seen no difference from usual the last two days. Well, except for never having been so irritated by a character as I have with Un.
Doug DeJulio
I may be fairly disappointed if Anh survives this.
Valerie Kaplan
No, she’s not ace, she’s bi, try and keep up.
Violet Moon
For what it's worth the preview is looking fine for me in the Android app
Simon Green
Tomorrow's comic: a single panel, solid red.
glynch42
No, that's a disqualifying statement. Faye better not be understanding here, toxic people are toxic. Anh should be made to go find her own damn way.
BookBeard
I thought the same thing, but they met at the wedding and didn't seem to know each other.
ValdVin
>: (
Travis Young
Ahn. Honey. I love you. Stop digging.
Just James
That first panel needs to be a framed print
BobC
This situation makes sense only if Anh is working down a bucket list. She's on "being bi-snarky" right now, with next being to find the droid she's looking for.
Aerin Moriarty
It's definitely more legible than last night but I don't know if I bi that Patreon's fully fixed it back to the way it used to work.
Spike McLarty
long-time software dev here to share that "fixed" is specialized software jargon for "somebody may have done something that might, in theory, affect and possibly even improve that thing you claimed was happening, OR somebody somewhere tried it and it worked for them so we don't believe you, OR your issue got lost and you should resubmit it."
Wooly50
Anh has done one positive thing today: make me feel less bad about interviews I bombed cause BOY HOWDY
Captain Button
Milk in the face time?
MikeT
Marten is getting unconsciously grumpy because Faye is not occasioning tremendous violence against Anh here.
Peter McDevitt
if Bubbles was here the girl would be PASTE.
Captain Button
I don't think Faye is bi-ing it.
David Blood
This one looks fine, and yesterday's looks fine now, as well.
Czarzhan
If this happened in the first few hundred pages, Jeph would be running a storyline about now in which police finally found the body.
Andrew Mitchell
Nope, nope, nope. She's too ahn-noying to stay.
Brendan Luster
grump grump grump
Alcaria Swain
Omg, it would be great if somehow Anh and Marten knew each other from California.
Tannerbot
Open mouth, insert foot. She might be worse than Pinterest for engaging Faye.
Taigan
I confess I’m a little worried about Ahn. Why is a self-described heiress traveling cross-country for a job? Did her family react poorly to her coming out? Are her means no longer as robust as they were?
Alcaria Swain
On mobile I have absolutely no problem with the previews. I have no idea what y'all are going on about
Errol Lobo
The fact that Anh isn't sticking out of a trashcan upside down is indicative of Faye's growth as a person.
Eric Christian Berg
You have a real knack for body language.
BookBeard
So she followed a girl from California to Northampton with no plan, no job and no place to live? Hmmmm.... where have I heard this before... https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=253
Miyaa
The last thing Dang needs is to give Faye more Anh-munition.
Olaf
Ahn is Ahnungslos (German vor clueless).
Mitchel Huffa
This gives "was I this much of an ass before? No, this is worse." vibes.
Darkflux
Sounds like an elaborate way to bring new readers to your comic by pulling in their support team :D
Jackie aka Jax
Faye really has calmed down a lot over the years lmao Imagine this happening in the first few hundred pages
JoeTheCynic
It's a Bold Strategy, Cotton, let's see if it pays off for 'em.
Wynn Donivan
Possibly even bi-sected
Brent J. Nordquist
These expressions on Faye's face are killing me! panel 2 🤣🤣
Marc Johnson
If she's lucky (no, not a joke), Bubbles will be quick and merciful.
Mia Augustson
Ugh. Called it. I hate when I'm right; it's never about there being ice cream.
Cyclomo
Sounds like she might be bi-furcated before the end of the day
YoPaulie!
Preview looks fine for me
Rosilin
She's awful, and it's great. I'm so sorry Faye. 😅
Bill Silvia
Sexual harassment. That's an... interesting interview tactic.
JMK
I hope they treat Faye fairly when 20/20 does a special on this murder that’s about to happen.
Jay
At this point if she walks out alive it's a miracle.
Bridgette Ryan
Preview looks fine to me. As do these ladies (bi-girl joke)
Armcannon Productions
She is a disaster and I love it.
