Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT 23-27 November 2015 (Strips 3096-3100)
Welu:
So it seems electricity doesn't having the "jacking on" effect for robots in QC.
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3RjP6_TV0E
bhtooefr:
It's worth noting that... we can safely say that Momo's shock is deadly force to both people (it's over 50 V and 30 mA simultaneously) and electronics (canonically, and UNINTENTIONALLY, at least in the old chassis).
Now, Momo had a reasonable belief that she needed to defend herself - May may well have committed assault under Massachusetts law by going for Momo's skirt, which allowed Momo to use a reasonable defense... but she was not at risk of serious bodily harm or death, so she was not allowed to use deadly force.
Upshot, both of them could go to robot jail if someone wants to file charges.
Neko_Ali:
Does it occur to no one that Momo can control the power of her taser burst? That she doesn't have to or indeed does use it with intent to kill every time she uses it? That the force could have been the equivalent of punching a friend who made a crude and inappropriate comment about the form (or in this case, existence) of her genitals. I am not saying this excuses physical violence in response to crude language and inappropriate questions. But there is a level of difference between punching a friend and pulling out a gun and shooting them. It's pretty unlikely Momo's heading to Robot Jail over this. And even less likely that May will be the one to report her.
Roxtar:
--- Quote from: Neko_Ali on 25 Nov 2015, 15:26 ---Does it occur to no one that Momo can control the power of her taser burst? That she doesn't have to or indeed does use it with intent to kill every time she uses it? That the force could have been the equivalent of punching a friend who made a crude and inappropriate comment about the form (or in this case, existence) of her genitals. I am not saying this excuses physical violence in response to crude language and inappropriate questions. But there is a level of difference between punching a friend and pulling out a gun and shooting them. It's pretty unlikely Momo's heading to Robot Jail over this. And even less likely that May will be the one to report her.
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arcing electricity follows fairly predictable rules. circuitry also responds fairly predictably to current.
seeing as how a simple static spark (arc measured in millimeters) can fry a computer motherboard, any arc covering the distance shown in the comic would easily destroy a cpu/ram/other. if May were grounded... the current would bypass her circuitry, but she wouldn't go all "ajfhaskfhdskehf" like she does in the comic were that the case.
CaptainFish:
I don't think May's posture or words in panel 3 are consistent with her "going for Momo's skirt." She was being very shitty but I don't see any contact being initiated.
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