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WCDT strips 3746 to 3750 (21st to 25th May 2018)
fayelovesbubbles:
Okay, I'm going to give the cop out answer that they aren't going to have any problems with their business because they rock at it. So they won't argue at home about it because it won't be an issue. : p
Morituri:
Regarding PDAs that could make some people uncomfortable, especially in relationships that some people would disapprove of, it is very much a thing of context. Some would be mortified or afraid, and some consider them reassuring. It's one of those "Listen to your partner" issues where it's best to figure out what it means before going one way or the other. So, definitely, part of the Talk.
One of my exes wanted PDAs, specifically, in front of people in both our lives, as a statement that "our relationship is not a dirty little secret and we are not ashamed to be seen together." I didn't have a problem with that. It was a need for reassurance and validation that grew out of lessons learned, for her. She'd been in a furtive relationship that nobody wanted to acknowledge, and been treated badly, and was flatly refusing to be somebody's "disposable" or "secret" relationship again.
Anyway, the reaction of people in our lives or the urge to keep things secret was a possible issue with us because her skin was a different color than mine (and that mattered to a few people around there at the time) and it had been an issue with the previous lover who hurt her because that had been a same-sex relationship.
Inconsequential:
--- Quote from: fayelovesbubbles on 22 May 2018, 18:12 ---On another note, am I crazy or did anyone besides me think that Faye letting Bubbles walk in when she wasn't wearing pants was her way of trying to bring things to a conclusion? Turned out it was the back rub, but I feel like the "You said you were decent!" thing was Faye being a little mischievous.
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I read that as just Faye being fairly clueless. She likely read Bubbles' discomfiture as some sort of prudishness, not attraction.
And Faye wasn't actually nekkid or anything -- she's walked around in front of Marten in a t-shirt and underwear.
And let's not forget Faye's history -- she is remarkably good at and stubborn about ignoring and diverting the contents of her own head. Up to a point.
Overall, this relationship is built on very solid foundations. They've both become much healthier and stronger people, thanks to each other and all they've experienced. Heck, they even figured out how to resolve conflict in healthy ways. How many human couples ever get that right?
They'll continue to "figure it out".
keithcurtis:
--- Quote from: Jakk Frost on 22 May 2018, 17:55 ---You know, looking back a couple of days at the poker game, it occurs to me it might be kind of funny and cool to maybe come to some kind of arrangement with other webcomics that have AI characters or sidekicks, and have them all sit down for a poker game now and then, whenever any particular webcomic feels like doing an issue with them.
I don't know too many, personally, since I don't read a lot of webcomics anymore, but you could have Pintsize or Winslow from here, X-Bot from CAD, maybe one of the AIs from Quantum Vibe. Like I said, I don't know of too many bots in webcomics, but I'm sure there's more.
Maybe even have guest cameos from more famous robots, if copyright isn't a big concern; like Bender from Futurama, Rosie from The Jetsons, Robot from Lost in Space, etc.
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im sure David Willis wouldn't object to Ultracar(la). Some of the others in the cast have survived the Soggies.
awgiedawgie:
--- Quote from: Undrneath on 22 May 2018, 19:34 ---I would imagine AI's like PT410X will have a problem with an AI/human relationship.
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Yeah, but PT410x has problems with just about everyone.
--- Quote from: zisraelsen on 22 May 2018, 19:06 ---Density is mathematically defined as something's mass divided by how much space it takes up. Submarines are heavy, sure, but they take up more space than the same weight of water, so they're less dense, and they float. In fact, they change their depth by taking parts of their volume taken up by air and replacing them with heavier water, which increases their density so they sink.
I don't mean to interrupt the thread by continuing with the physics, but I'm an engineering major with little to no relationship experience so this is what I can contribute to the convo at the moment
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Don't apologize on my account. I understand broad concepts, such as the principles by which a submarine surfaces and submerges (and the difference between diving under propulsion and simply changing depth using the ballast tanks), but I'm not an engineering (or any other science) major, so simple terms like "density" have serious technical definitions that I've never actually needed to know. It honestly feels a bit silly, since my personal vocabulary is rather large, to not know the correct scientific meaning of such a basic term. Physics was not my strong suit in school.
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