Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT Strips 3296 to 3300 (29 August - 02 September 2016)
Sullivan:
All the stuff about the Patreon strip aside...
Why wouldn't a sentient AI in the QC universe be able to shut off her or his own microphones?
ok, maybe there's a requirement to "keep listening", just as we meatfolk have to do. Why wouldn't s/he be able to turn off conscious awareness of Dale and Marigold's voices for the duration? A background task, below the level of consciousness, could monitor for stuff the AI really needs to hear.
Heck, we can do all this now, with computers far less powerful than what must be in May's head.
Method of Madness:
--- Quote from: Eternal_Newbie on 01 Sep 2016, 01:56 ---
--- Quote from: TinPenguin on 01 Sep 2016, 01:18 ---Y'all do know Jeph linked the Patreon strip in the comic description, right?
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The problem with that is that it doesn't answer the burning question that I had. Did May's "encouragement" involve dressing up as a cheeerleader?
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That's not a problem unique to non-Patreon subscribers. The comic is all we got, too. But it's not necessarily a problem, imagination kicks in where canon leaves off.
Tova:
--- Quote from: brasca on 01 Sep 2016, 03:16 ---I don't know what all the fuss was about. Even after following the link the whole retelling of the incident works just fine without it.
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Of course it does. Maybe Jeph underestimated how upset people would be at being unable to say "I understood that reference," I don't know. I can understand how you might not have found the comic funny. What I don't get is how seeing the referenced comic would have changed that.
No, don't bother trying to explain it to me again. I doubt it will be any more convincing than what I've already read.
The ironic thing is that, when I read today's comic for the first time, you know what I was thinking? And I am being completely honest here. I thought to myself, "Dang, this would have been even funnier if I hadn't seen the comic this is referencing." Basically because most of the panels are more or less simply describing what I'd already seen.
So, go figure.
Whole thing is much ado about nothing. Jeph should have just kept quiet about the Patreon-only comic, and no-one would have been the wiser. Some people might still have found it unfunny, but no-one would be here claiming they still can't understand it.
--- Quote from: brasca on 01 Sep 2016, 03:16 ---I would note that Marigold went over to Dale's place for a bootycall and because he was so embarrassed about whatever dirty thing he whispered into her ear he was willing to walk out of his own apartment which is part of the joke.
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I like that interpretation. :)
pwhodges:
To my mind the Patreon comic was not necessary to make the main comic funny. TBH, it was (in isolation) so meh as to be a failure as an advertisement for the benefits of subscribing.
Zebediah:
The thing everyone has missed amid the furor over Patreon vs. non-Patreon comics...
... is that May is walking around in a tank top while everyone else (including Momo) is wearing jackets.
Sure, May's a robot and may not be as sensitive to the cold as meat-based life forms. But she isn't even trying to blend in any more.
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