Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT Strips 3261-3265 (11-15 July 2016)
BenRG:
New comic up!
I think that Jeph is responding to Faye/Bubbles shippers here. He's reminding us that, whilst we know of one Synthetic who is attracted to humans (Momo), she may be in a very tiny minority. The majority of AIs probably regard all the mechanics and emotions of human sexuality as varying between ridiculous and grotesque.
Remember what Bubbles said about form defining function. I wonder if, the more high-fidelity the human-illusion of their chassis, the more likely that an AI will find a human attractive? There may be an element of personal preference but this does suggest that being human-like greatly increases the likelihood of anthrosexuality in AIs.
Three other key learnings from this episode:
* Pintsize is in the AI support group (how did that happen?!?);
* May might have a sneaking attraction for humans at least on a sexual level, if not a romantic level;
* Like a lot of juvenile humans, Pintsize has never realised pornography is make-believe and does not reflect healthy human sexual behaviour.
anahata:
Another classy end to the week. Well done Jeph!
brasca:
Why is Pinsize in the support group? Court ordered maybe.
oddtail:
Gah. I love May as a character, but her current face colour, I physically can't look at it without feeling uneasy. It's so Uncanny Valley-ish for me, I can't get over it. I used to love any comic she was featured in, now I hope there are as few as possible, solely for that reason =/
Although I assume I'm alone in this strong negative reaction, because I do know on the "brain" level that such a strong repulsion is extremely silly.
TinPenguin:
I'd forgotten about the face thing and hadn't even noticed it 'til you pointed it out.
Perhaps I had a sense that something was peculiar, but as soon as I read "shitdingus" it became 'oh hi May'.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version