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Head Enstraightening

she's not NICE nice. or nice.

Head Enstraightening

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@Hugh Eckert • The fact they offer emergency underpants in bulk suggests they have many customers with persistent IBS like problems. And I maybe ordering them in bulk… for a friend.

Miyaa

All of them.

Hugh Eckert

https://mcphee.com/products/uh-oh-emergency-underpants

Hugh Eckert

The contrast between Momo and Iris is the contrast between a Pekingese and a n Anatolian shepherd.

Greg Morrow

(rimshot) (careful with thongs)

Stephen Wells

Would also have accepted Ayo doesn't know a lot of thongs

Jax

CARETAKER EFFECTIVENESS: 100. BEDSIDE MANNER: -99

Sydney J Freedberg

She's Kind, not nice. It's getting a cough drop thrown at you for coughing on the subway.

Jacob Johnston

Underbrellas. :) Or "Bum"-bershoots.

Summer

She can't be any worse at the job than Raven.

J.C. Hewitt

To complete the set: Nuuk Nausea, Mariehamn Malaise.

prettydragoon

@sjlxndr: Lut(e)fisk has better name recognition. Not many know from surströmming.

prettydragoon

Iris gave her something Pink, something Blue, something she can eat, something she can call with.

legobil

And Yemisi fully enjoys it. "I was going to have such a relaxing night. Glass of wine, new book from the library, listening to Iris complain..." https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5136

Clifton Royston

Yeah, I'm still trying to unravel all that myself.

Clifton Royston

Oh no, you're right. We need Raven back now as Ayo's mentor.

Clifton Royston

It's all that, and more.

alphanor

A Russian inwenchun!

alphanor

I hope Ayo is doing ok at CoD.

Summer

She also forgot to moisturize

Bill Grebner

You're thinking of Oslo syndrome. Stockholm syndrome is from too much surströmming

sjlxndr

Magutu...

Graydon Armstrong

She wants to fill holes, not roles. With Willow.

Graydon Armstrong

We don’t know yet what one aspect is Ayo good at, unlike Emily who basically is now a classified weapon maker for the United States government. I am going to bet it’ll be something like basket weaving.

Miyaa

Ok so maybe not just one in some cases!

Andrew

@Andrew what condition or illness do you suggest for NYC?

Opus the Poet

I miss Raven, ngl. Whatever happened to her?

Sarah Valentine

I found this article, which was really interesting: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/stockholm-syndrome-meaning-bank-robbery-b2399531.html

djellafine

I didn't know that either! I will go look this up now!

djellafine

Moo-gah-toe, mugah-too

djellafine

Now that you mention it...

enchantedsleeper

The bottom text 😂 same tho

Pejo

Isn't Stockholm Syndrome what you get when you eat too much lutefisk?

prettydragoon

The closest *real* thing might be traumatic bonding. Unfortunately, "Stockholm syndrome" is now so deeply rooted in our culture that we can't weed it out. Including super stupid stuff like "Beauty and the Beast is about Stockholm syndrome"

Jan Szejko

"Ayo doesn't know a lot of things". She might think that Stockholm syndrome might have something to do with crapping yourself.

Jan Szejko

It's tricky. "Get your head on straight" in response to ADHD manifestations is kind of like saying "get motivated" to someone with depression. Both are possible, but not straightforward, and it's easy to fall into a spiral of self hate when you fully intend to not forget the things, to be places on time, to do the boring but necessary tasks, but continue to fail and disappoint others and yourself over and over and over again. It's extraordinarily hard to find a place where you can both accept responsibility for the consequences of your disability and strive to make amends, while not internalizing any associated shame, and simultaneously exploring ways to train yourself like you'd train a dog for the most important stuff.

Pete

Magumbos. Mugato, Gumato.

Graydon Armstrong

Ayo is the new Raven of the CoD, isn't she?

Bagge

Both can be (and in this case, are) true

Logan Nix

If Iris didn't care so damn much, she'd be much nicer. Her biggest fear is "What if one of my roommates needed me and I wasn't able to be there to fix things?"

Jason Rock

Thanks Iris, no really *thanks*, can I just say how thankful I am, I can't wait until tomorrow to thank you again.

SpookyPenguin

Man, you're right. She's been bleached compared to her first appearance.

JCfromNC

Ooooh, yeah. That looks more like Ahn's skin tone

Fart Captor

Iris could be "nice" to me and in fact I would pay for this service😳

Fart Captor

Nah, Iris is good people. Hella cranky, but soft on the inside.

Alias Fakename

Holdje deen handegrippe im nach freundejesken!

William Cole

Tórshavn Tusundere (which is Iris); Reykjavík Rash

Miyaa

Even at 140db. 😅

Carrie

All great cities really should have a psychological condition linked to them. For marketing reasons?

Andrew

Tejobos

Andrew

The emphasis was clearly on ‘your’ ;)

Andrew

Iris is nice, for very a**holian values of nice.

Sleepy John

Hey, Jeph, you really need to recheck the color palette for Ayo.

Krisp Dreemurr

Tijubas.

Daryl Sawyer

And if there's one thing we know about Iris, it's that she definitely doesn't like taking care of absentminded people that forget to take care of themselves. Nope, not her thing at all. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4729

BookBeard

More like Aggressive Helpfulness. Iris is being helpful, but she will deny being kind about it.

SilverbackRon

Thank you Dave! I am quite heartened by how often I learn interesting and even important things from the other subscribers here in the QC Patreon.

SilverbackRon

Nice is words. Kind is actions. Actions speak louder than words.

Corvus Cardia

Is she an asshole, though? People don't listen when you tell them nice, and Iris is likely to find herself doing this again (at the behest of Willow, to whom she can't say no). I get it. It's like the adage that people don't value what they don't pay for-- Ayo's forgetfulness can be cover for her putting her survival needs on other people to do for her.

glynch42

At least Iris didn’t bring her poking stick!

Melissa Wilson

I think maybe she & Anh could bump into each other in a therapy group soon…?

Melissa Wilson

my ghods, ayo

Maurice Kessler

I didn't know *that*, Dave!

jonesnori

Excuse me, an "asshole"? I think you'll find that the proper term is "big cranky blueberry". https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5317

BookBeard

a valet parks your car for you, if you know what i mean

LH

That kind of tough love is part of why I, as someone who has ADHD and autism and has struggled, have so very many problems on top of those two. Sometimes "tough love" is just damaging.

Lynn Shepard

And what do extra undies have to do with Stockholm Syndrome anyway?

Doc Gumby

I mean, she’s really grumpy, but her actions and abruptness are kinda positive.

Thisguy

I like her. :)

Yelling Bird

So true.

Kenneth Carlile

Like she has taken on a duty she doesn't enjoy, a parental role. She sees a void and has to fill it, unwillingly.

Carl G Knoblock

Ronnie Soak would have something to say about this.

Holly Nelson

I'm getting vibes for a chapter on Iris' side where she's not happy about how she acts. Not entirely sure but like... possibilities.

Joona Juselius

i think emergency undies are a less picky thing. any butt cover in a storm or something.

Ashley Thomas

It could be an unwitting love triangle/polycule thing.

Jason

OMG Jeph please reply to this. ~<3

Mitsuki Ayane

Get in the pantsu Ayo.

Jason

I mean, she doesn't, she likes Willow. ~<3

Mitsuki Ayane

usually a valet is a male attendant to antother male, they help them with clothes and other appreance things, like a butler but only for the wardrobe. ~<3

Mitsuki Ayane

They are a Russian Invention!

Captain Button

I hope Ayo's not too picky about her undergarments. I know I would be.

Doc Gumby

Do they help him pilot the Enterprise?

Grace Kieser

It's not like she likes Ayo, b-baka!

Grace Kieser

Iris is so gorram tsundere!

Grace Kieser

But are they for the right day?

Captain Button

Iris has the “things I do for love” problem and just needs to tell Willow how much she just wants to get into her tubajas.

Miyaa

What do Fucking Valets do? Make sure there is fresh lube and condoms, etc?

Captain Button

Or maybe Oslo Outbreak, or Copenhagen Calamity, or Helsinki Headache.

Sean Kinlin

I imagine you know this, but that kind of attitude towards my ADHD and autism is exactly why I have as many issues as I do on top of those two. Guilt, anxiety, fear of failure, fear of disappointing others, self loathing...

Lynn Shepard

Oh god is that the origin of Iris's name? She's anti-Siri?

Bill Silvia

Iris would be neck deep in a cuddle pile insisting she hates them all. I love her so.

Tannerbot

But Iris brought her "Wear Them or Not, Makes No Difference To Me" brand panties. "The Passive Aggressiveness is Sewn In, Not Printed On!"

ValdVin

… so it’s not really liking Swedish meatballs, lingonberry juice, and semi-cheaply made furniture?

Miyaa

Tsundere Iris.

Jason

Chekhov's Panties. just sayin'

SilverbackRon

So uh, how would I get Siri to treat me like that? Asking for a friend.

Andrew

Well, Stockholm Syndrome was made up to discredit a woman who pointed out how stupid and reckless the cops were being in a hostage situation she'd almost managed to defuse, so....

Dave Van Domelen

I think id rather have an honest extra underpants than passive aggressive free underpants

R S

Maybe she's nigh nice?

Sean Kinlin

Aggressive kindnesses.

Joel Bateman

That's also how Iris greets Yemisi after work.

Bill Silvia

I'm glad Ayo has it right. Bad take, Dora. Assholes don't bring you your stuff and encourage you to improve. Iris just has very tough love.

Graydon Armstrong

…Ayo, if you’re shitting yourself from your hostage situation, it might not be Stockholm.

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