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May the AnthroPC Activist

Dale, Magical Love Gentleman

The Battle of The Spiderzone

Marten the Big Brother

Sam, Veronica's Padawan

Hannelore discovers Yuri/Shojou-Ai

More Jim and Veronica hijinks

Late Night with Angus McPhee and Faye Whittaker

Yelling Bird humps the Shame Orb

Spathe Ham with Bacon Waffles

Purple Monkey Dishwasher

[Schwungrad]

Yes, I also thought Emily looked a bit different. Something in the shape of her face, I think. I'm not sure I like it.

Everybody tends to come back looking different when they haven't been drawn in a while.

Just as people in the real world tend to look different when you haven't seen them in a while. Hmmm... I think we're on to something here.

[Thrillho]

Although in all seriousness, she just got out of jail for embezzling millions, what does she expect?

She paid her debt to society and expects that to mean something.

She didn't steal something for a shop, or even steal a car. She embezzled millions of dollars. You don't get to do that and just expect everything to be fine once you're out of jail.

[Doc]

Froggie in the blender!

[WAYF]

Who wants to bet that Emily will try to drink it anyway?

[Thrudd]

She didn't steal something for a shop, or even steal a car. She embezzled millions of dollars. You don't get to do that and just expect everything to be fine once you're out of jail.

So how hard a life are the former Executives from Enron, MF Global, Tyco, or any one of hundreds on Wall Street having now?

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keyword: Soylent Green

[Thrillho]

She didn't steal something for a shop, or even steal a car. She embezzled millions of dollars. You don't get to do that and just expect everything to be fine once you're out of jail.

So how hard a life are the former Executives from Enron, MF Global, Tyco, or any one of hundreds on Wall Street having now?

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keyword: Soylent Green

Which has what to do with anything?

'I know loads of racists that aren't in jail, so we shouldn't punish this one!'

[DSL]

It's not how much you steal, but who you know. If this were an IRL situation, I'd be betting Macy's lack of "connections" and possible anti-AI prejudice had much to do with her sentence compared to any of the Big Time Swindlers. Maybe she was a robot-Madoff, or robot-Martha Stewart. Martha spent time in Club Fed for relatively small potatoes before bouncing back and Bernie's not going anywhere anytime soon.

[T]

Coffee seems to have about the same price there as here, ditto guitars. A good restaurant meal is forty dollars. AI automation wouldn't help with rent prices, which are set by physical scarcity of land near employment.

This is fascinating to think about.

But maybe the money value is not the same.

I mean, like if everything is the same price but everyones salary is 10 times higher than if they had the same jobs in our world?

Economics could definitely work that way. On the other hand, near the start of the comic Marten said he was making barely USD20K/yr.

What was his job back them?

Office drone.

So maybe he was doing A job that already was dominated by AIs? AIs would do 100 times more than him but he would still get the same salary as the AIs.

[FunkyTuba]

20K USD/year [back then]

For what it's worth, $20K/2088 work hours per year = about $9.50 per hour... only nominally more than minimum wage in MA in 2003 ($6.75)

That's still more than the current minimum wage in Massachusetts (currently $8, but about to raise to $11 if legislation passes). Who knows what raises he would have gotten as an office drone (probably not much unless he quit and left or somehow got another job (oh wait he did(sort of))).

I think the economics in QCverse are approximately similar to reality... Station tried to "pay off" Lt. Potter for $4.6M, which is about what you'd need (I think) at her age to life comfortably without needing to work if invested properly. That scans pretty well with what you'd need now in realityverse to do the same.

I suspect that Jeph will have Something To Say about AI/Human discrimination/pay disparity/etc and whatnot soon in the comic, but it's hard to take the current QCverse with its new concepts and completely reconcile it with 2003QCverse. (hedge)

[DonInKansas]

So does a Frog Smoothie go well with Space Ham? 

[Kugai]

Frog Smooties

As made in France

[Zwammy]

Who wants to bet that Emily will try to drink it anyway?

No bets there, it's always a possibility with Emily.

[Zwammy]

Her hair also appears to have grown back out a bit.

She's got two little hair horns (not sure what else to call them) in front now.

[SuctionCup Caper Two]

Are we sure it is Emily?  Could be a random background person who looks kinda like her.

[Storel]

The diagonal angle of the, um, "hem" of her hair (for lack of a better term) suggests Emily pretty strongly. It's a pretty unusual look. I think Emily's just done something different with the hair on her forehead... added some bangs, or something?

[Aziraphale]

The hair (and the fact that Emily's the only one we've seen order smoothies at COD) suggests it's Emily. The hair's slightly different, but the eyes seem like they've changed significantly. Compare the last two panels with, say, http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2207 or the storyline at her parents' house.

[jwhouk]

Her bangs have grown out (the front part of her hair).

[Schmorgluck]

Does Emily look different now?

I think it's the two bangs she has hanging above her eyes. Interesting how such a minor detail changes the overall aspect of a face.

[celticgeek]

Yeah, watch it, Dale.  Her hair needs to look nice for the new job.

[Method of Madness]

Awwww

[Tova]

It's the humidity.

It took me a moment to realise that this is not actually a response to the last panel of today's comic.

[jwhouk]

I automatically claim that as an alternate caption for that last panel next week.

[Monkey Says Yes]

Oh, that's definitely Emily, unless they're a whole cadre of tall, slim ladies who love smashed bananas in a cup.

I really like May!  She's the QC Malaya, except with a better personality.  =)

[Loki]

May looks really cute in the last panel. Jeph has really gotten awfully good with facial expressions.

[Platypodes]

I'm was a day behind, and just got through laughing my head off over the frog smoothie incident.  "Frog smoothie" should be an option on the next poll.

I really hope we get to see Ceremonial Frog return to the swamp.  Frog + more of Jeph's cool nature drawings would be awesome.

[T]

Feels like May is his pet. She didn't smiled when he got her a job but smiled when he petted her. Maybe she is a dog AI.

[Akima]

It's the humidity.

It took me a moment to realise that this is not actually a response to the last panel of today's comic.

It should have been.

[cesariojpn]

The hair (and the fact that Emily's the only one we've seen order smoothies at COD) suggests it's Emily.

Minor nitpick: Claire ordered one on behalf of Emily, and Hanners tells her that they need to wash off the hammer.

[ZoeB]

May responds well to decent treatment. There is hope.

[techkid]

Most people do. AI or not

[miados]

well she probably didn't get much if any in robot jail and since she is moving in with dale I would bet she doesn't really have friends/family so she likely didn't get many visitors. He might be the first person to have given her positive attention in a long while and well I want to use a comparison with a sponge but can't think of how to word it, but when you don't get anything positive in your life when you get even a small amount you sort of cling to it which is probably part of why she asked to move in since she knows dale is a good guy and won't hurt her.

also I think may looks really cute in this form. it helps that she isn't mr popo blue.

[Kugai]

Be careful Dale, static charge is a bitch.


Glad to see May getting a job - we hope.

[Schmorgluck]

There's a comedy gold mine in showing May trying to adjust her attitude to suit the job.

[Method of Madness]

mr popo blue.

I was going to respond to this with "wait, what?" but then I googled it and...apparently they recolored him for a new series? Interesting.

[Renimar]

So Dale no longer works at the convenience store. When applying to Dora, he only mentioned wanting to quit the pizza job. That was also the one job we have seen him quit, and the only one we have seen him tell anyone that he has quit.

Dale's working all his previous jobs was likely due to each place only having a few hours to give him per week, so in order to actually pay his bills and support his mother, he had to work like 5 jobs at 10 hours/week each.  Perhaps CoD is giving him more hours and/or paying him more such that he can quit his other jobs and just be a barista. 

[cesariojpn]

There's a comedy gold mine in showing May trying to adjust her attitude to suit the job.

One a week montage of May "jumping" from job to job, and why she was fired/let go from the previous job.

[Zwammy]

I find May's comment about her hair interesting - between the wireyness of her hair and lack of outer skin covering (how waterproof is she?) it seems to solidify the theory about her body being a lower end model. I know it's been discussed to some extent, but I wonder just how customizable the different models are within a line? Sure, there's no doubt they could have an AI in just about any form desired, but how different is one average model from another in the same line? I'm thinking that it's like buying a car in that aspect - they AI's personality is obviously going to be a factor in selecting a make and model (Momo had definite likes and dislikes), but other than coloration, gender, and hair how crazy can option selection get for the average buyer?

[GarandMarine]

Well we've seen AI bodies ranging from spiders and perfect humans to toasters. Famous anime characters to whales. Then more "standard" or perhaps even obsolete models like Pintsize and Winslow. So for the actual civilian market place? I'd guess the variety doesn't end. Especially when you factor in custom chassis and hobby builders.

[Mr_Rose]

hobby builders.

Especially them. This must be the golden age of robotics in the QCverse….
Really want to see a Lego anthro-PC now. Wonder how many Mindstorms smart bricks you need to run an AI natively?

[jwhouk]

You won't see a LEGO AnthroPC in Jeph's comic for one very obvious reason.

[Aziraphale]

You won't see a LEGO AnthroPC in Jeph's comic for one very obvious reason.

Well, not branded as such, but you could get the point across that it's made of Legos, Lincoln Logs, an Erector Set, or whatever, without actually calling it by a brand name.

[jwhouk]

Lincoln Logs?

[Aziraphale]

Lincoln Logs?

I always thought that Anthro PC was related to Log, not to Lincoln Logs.

[Mad Cat]

Well, we've seen, from GitS: Stand Alone Complex, a human install his CNS into a bread box in the form of a Jameson type prosthetic body.

There's no reason not to expect AIs to have similar range of options.

[GarandMarine]

I still don't get why you'd do a Jameson type prosthetic when you can get the full package like the Major. Each to their own I suppose.

[Mad Cat]

I still don't get why you'd do a Jameson type prosthetic when you can get the full package like the Major. Each to their own I suppose.

Dirt poor or recently paroled prisonner?

[GarandMarine]

Warning: the following post contains inconsequential spoilers for ghost in the shell. They are not related to the main plot of the anime but new viewers who wish to watch ghost in the shell may want to skip this post. I would spoiler it but I'm on my phone.

I suppose, but the only people we seeing ghost in the shell in a Jameson type prosthetic  is an eccentric wealthy man who I believe is supposed to be an American. He's played for laughs but there are comments from Major Kusanagi's team that indicate that he might have some type of mental disorder which would imply that better options are available and cheaply.

 it is also worth noting that the glimpses we get of the major's childhood indicate that she has had a high quality or at least comparatively high quality you compared to a Jameson prosthetic, set up since her accident as a child.  it is simply possible that major Kusanagi is from a wealthy family we have not received any indicators of that background or status in the rest of her background. Not that we have terribly much information on the major's background. I'm under the impression that she's actually an orphan but I might be misremembering that.

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[cesariojpn]

You won't see a LEGO AnthroPC in Jeph's comic for one very obvious reason.

He's a Mega Blocks fan? That heretic!!

[techkid]

I still don't get why you'd do a Jameson type prosthetic when you can get the full package like the Major. Each to their own I suppose.

From memory, I think he did it out of some strange fascination with the Jameson model, putting it bluntly. Being an eccentric billionaire pretty much lets you do what you want with your own body, even when it comes to prosthetics.

It is also worth noting that the glimpses we get of the major's childhood indicate that she has had a high quality or at least comparatively high quality you compared to a Jameson prosthetic, set up since her accident as a child.

I don't really remember too much detail about the Major's past, besides the accident and

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the time in hospital between herself and the boy who would grow to be Hideo Kuze.

It was never really disclosed how much the procedure cost, and I don't think mention was made of her family's status either. Might have to watch the series again.

[pwhodges]

I would spoiler it but I'm on my phone.

You can just type the [spoiler][/spoiler] tags, you know.