Unfortunately the monkeys misspelled Hannelore.
They BOTH ask EACH OTHER out. And they both fail, cause... that's what they do. :P
They BOTH ask EACH OTHER out. And they both fail, cause... that's what they do. :P
Why couldn't an AnthroPC just sleep in her day clothes?Why should she?
Why couldn't an AnthroPC just sleep in her day clothes?Why should she?
As for the rest, well, Momo has better empathy and sense for human contact than Marigold.
I don't remember clearly (my archive-fu is almost non-existent) but I think we've seen either Pintsize or Winslow hooked up to a TV screen, which makes more sense than trying to watch a film on Winslow's face (for a start, that's a bit creepy to my mind).Hannelore gets a thumb drive full of sexy firemen. http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1219
So Winslow's screen can show color. I wonder if he uses it for anything but facial expressions? He wants Hannelore to use him as her only computer, but does he do word processing? Show movies? Video games?Third link up there, winslow says he can run all the latest software.
Is it cool if I save this video to my hard drive? I'm not COMPLETELY full of porn yet. (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1796)
My point is, it would be creepy to use an AnthroPC for porn... Or a fetish with the right one? :psyduck:
You can't tell me how to feeeeeeelllllll! *emo pout*I totally ship Winslow and Momo now, except I don't, because it is against the forum rules.
I don't remember clearly (my archive-fu is almost non-existent) but I think we've seen either Pintsize or Winslow hooked up to a TV screen, which makes more sense than trying to watch a film on Winslow's face (for a start, that's a bit creepy to my mind).
Power Saving Mode (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=303)
They BOTH ask EACH OTHER out. And they both fail, cause... that's what they do. :P^ This.
I have the uneasy suspicion that Hannelore is about to relapse into Little Hats mode. Except with Little Teddies.
I have the uneasy suspicion that Hannelore is about to relapse into Little Hats mode. Except with Little Teddies.
Which kind? Oh, wait, right, Hannelore. Not likely to be wearing a teddy. I can imagine Marigold putting one on, but being utterly embarrassed if anyone saw her in it.
It must be a very old issue she is reading. Or must it? The impression I have of YAOI is that the characters would not wait for tens of issues to have sex.That is in fact contrary to the impression I have (I think they are more focused on weird romantic shenanigans), but I honestly don't read yaoi. I suppose there is such and such.
Even someone with the empathy of an electric can opener should have figured out that Momo doesn't do things like that casually.But DOES Marigold have the empathy of an electric can opener? :psyduck:
Or she can't face the realization and is blocking it out.
Or she can't face the realization and is blocking it out.Give her time.
And if that doesn't work, a good friend will apply a cluebat.
Or she can't face the realization and is blocking it out.Give her time.
And if that doesn't work, a good friend will apply a cluebat.
We call those "clue-by-fours" up here in the USA.
Even someone with the empathy of an electric can opener should have figured out that Momo doesn't do things like that casually.But DOES Marigold have the empathy of an electric can opener? :psyduck:
'Do robots dream of electric Beefcake?'
since this has gone up almost a page ago without comment ...'Do robots dream of electric Beefcake?'
Yes, yes they do [and I fail at archivefu - where is the pre upgrade momo waking with a Buhhhh?]
Marigold has mentioned her father (who has since appeared in the strip[91]) but there has been no word in the comic about her mother. If she had an absent, dead, or neglectful mother that deprived her of an early role model for being female, some of her problems could be explained."no early role model for being female" sounds way too Freudian to me.
There have been hints that Marigold has been victim of bullying. We know what happened at the last party she was invited to (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1615), and we know what was done to her with a dissected frog (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1621). Oh, and Angus mentionned people made fun of her all though school (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1617), too.
Or she can't face the realization and is blocking it out.Give her time.
And if that doesn't work, a good friend will apply a cluebat.
We call those "clue-by-fours" up here in the USA.
There have been hints that Marigold has been victim of bullying. We know what happened at the last party she was invited to (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1615), and we know what was done to her with a dissected frog (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1621). Oh, and Angus mentionned people made fun of her all though school (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1617), too.
Which would actually go a long way toward explaining her abysmal social skills. If she started off with less than ideal social skills in the first place, this would invite teasing and bullying whenever she tried to socialize (or was forced to by circumstances - either way, people tend to tease and bully the oddball), causing her to withdraw from social situations which meant her social skills would never really have a chance to develop. The end result of all this would be the socially- and hygienically-challenged individual we were introduced to.
Indeed. And I think some of us are over-estimating the amount of time that's lapsed in the QC-verse since Marigold was introduced and actually made friends, arguably for the first time in her life.
It's probably only been a matter of weeks or maybe a few months since Marigold met Martin and the gang
Marigold is chubbyYet not as chubby as she thinks she is.
I'm afraid to link to that comic since I get accused of the equivalent of rick rolling when I do.
Jeph said himself that AnthroPC libido is a mystery. Now that they have civil rights it may be illegal to take it away, but why was it there in the first place?
Yet not as chubby as she thinks she is.
I'm afraid to link to that comic since I get accused of the equivalent of rick rolling when I do.
Jeph said himself that AnthroPC libido is a mystery. Now that they have civil rights it may be illegal to take it away, but why was it there in the first place?
There was a strip where Hanners was asking her dad about a rumor she'd heard -- that true AIs hadn't been designed at all, but were the spontaneous product of a human having sex with a computer! And her father (whom we know to have created the first true AI, or at least to have been on the team that created it) awkwardly evades the question and changes the subject...
So... if it really did require sex to create the first AI, it seems likely that it will require sex to create any additional AIs. With any luck, once the first human-computer hybrids came into existence, they could reproduce by mating with each other instead of with humans.
And that's why robots have libidos!
As someone who dislikes both pink and excessive amounts of gray, I like the new site design.You wouldn't like Galahs then. One of the more commn birds round here.
New comic, new format. This should prove interesting!Comics will be effectively smaller than the tradQC format, though! (less room for panels)
the "What if she never comes back" doesnt tell me if Marigold understands what she said is wrong or if she just knows what she said to Momo just pissed her off, but that herself (Marigold that is) is right (or so she believes). Was that too confusing?
I meant more like Marigold thinks she is in the right but because she is right it pissed Momo off and she left, when really it was the fact that Marigold was just insensitive and not willing to woman up and call Dale herself...or did I further confuse everyone...
:psyduck:I'm afraid to link to that comic since I get accused of the equivalent of rick rolling when I do.
Jeph said himself that AnthroPC libido is a mystery. Now that they have civil rights it may be illegal to take it away, but why was it there in the first place?
There was a strip where Hanners was asking her dad about a rumor she'd heard -- that true AIs hadn't been designed at all, but were the spontaneous product of a human having sex with a computer! And her father (whom we know to have created the first true AI, or at least to have been on the team that created it) awkwardly evades the question and changes the subject...
So... if it really did require sex to create the first AI, it seems likely that it will require sex to create any additional AIs. With any luck, once the first human-computer hybrids came into existence, they could reproduce by mating with each other instead of with humans.
And that's why robots have libidos!
and that still doesn't explain the cake mix.
Quoteand that still doesn't explain the cake mix.
Perhaps at the point those gags were written (cake mix, tomato sauce) Jeph hadn't fleshed things out in regards to AnthroPC life and civilization. We are trying to backfit and rationalize what may have very well been done for the laughs.
I see this all the time in Star Trek "canon" discussions. "When they wrote this episode of this show were they not aware it would later conflict with what was going to be written later on." It's easy to look back over 40 years of TV and assume that there has been some master-plot-meta-plan.... when in fact the writers and producers themselves said there is not. They simply write a story and fit it into the show.... and if there is some resemblance of a 40 year meta-plot-line it's pure accident. This, incidentally is why I hate the new Trek Novels, as they try to do exactly this.
Back to the comic. I don't think Jeph had the year 2014 and nearly 3000 strips on his mind the day he sat down and wrote the cake mix jokes. Or the one where Pintsize ate tomato-sauce.
personally, I never really liked the pink, blocky title; the new one is subtler.
So am I the only one bothered a bit by the lack of a punchline in this comic?
personally, I never really liked the pink, blocky title; the new one is subtler.
Nor me; that's why I never made a forum theme to match. But I am tempted to for the new look (in the new year sometime).
Yeah, definitely going to wait how this format will prove with more dialogue heavy strips. Fitting as much text into this as in the old four panel layout might be difficult.jeph can add more panels as required, not every comic needs a big establishing image, any more than every strip needs 4 panels to play out. i expect we're gonna be seeing a lot of variability from now on.
Also it's been months since the breakup...probably. It's impossible to know for sure.Marigold is chubbyYet not as chubby as she thinks she is.
So am I the only one bothered a bit by the lack of a punchline in this comic?Marigold's delicious misery is the punchline.
Yep, I usually prefer light on dark themes.oooh I lurve Solarized, I use it for my default theme in Notepad++.
Actually my favourite color scheme is Solarized, by Ethan Schoonover. Here's a css with it, I put together for a German watchblog I'm reading: link (http://blog.fefe.de/?css=http://halfur.de/solarized.css).
also I just logged in to say today was a good day to introduce the new format; it feels like Marigold's sleepless night suddenly has a lot more impact.
But it will be an awkward start of a new book. Numberwise it would make more sense as the last page. Storywise it will be quite a cliffhanger, whether first or last.
personally, I never really liked the pink, blocky title; the new one is subtler.
Nor me; that's why I never made a forum theme to match. But I am tempted to for the new look (in the new year sometime).
well, this is different. good for jeph, giving himself more freedom with the format. i do wonder how he's gonna square it all away when it comes time to format a book with both old & new strips though.
I'm quite sure the new format means that each comic strip has a smaller size in total --> less QC per day.
But it will be an awkward start of a new book. Numberwise it would make more sense as the last page. Storywise it will be quite a cliffhanger, whether first or last.
The books are (so far) 300 strips each (give or take guest strips and such); so today's will not be at a book boundary, if I can use the phrase.
To me the layout of the comic sort of brings out the seriousness of Marigold's thoughts.
I can see why Jeph changed the comic format; the new one is much more flexible and thus probably more interesting to draw. The way the panels are laid out can also drastically change how the story is told.
Are we confusing/conflating the layout of the page with the layout of this particular comic? Jeph's departed from the four-stack before, though not often. Sam chasing the snake comes to mind, as does speed-beer Hannelore. In both cases, the departure worked, as it does this time.
I'm quite sure the new format means that each comic strip has a smaller size in total --> less QC per day.
Worth noting, the old size was 600x1417 versus the new size of 800x1160. If you do multiply this out, you are in fact getting 77,800 more pixels of QC each day.
Interesting thought - would Momo want her own place? Would she be able to get one?I can't help but think of the robot apartments from futurama. The main apartment was the size of a tiny closet as they didn't need much space, being robuts and all. But they had massive closets for their stuff.
Interesting thought - would Momo want her own place? Would she be able to get one? Is being a companion AI not like a job, where she'd have to give notice or something? What would a robot do with their own place, since they don't need to eat, sleep, defecate or do any of the other human things that we prefer doing in our own homes if possible?
Also it's been months since the breakup...probably. It's impossible to know for sure.Indeed! It's so common for kids who are a little bit overweight and get picked on for it to learn to see themselves as much fatter than they are, and keep that perception into adulthood... I'm thinking that was likely a part of Marigold's experience with bullying.Marigold is chubbyYet not as chubby as she thinks she is.
To conduct business? Surely you mean Marigold - Momo's business is working in the library...
Especially for women, still in this day and age.Also it's been months since the breakup...probably. It's impossible to know for sure.Indeed! It's so common for kids who are a little bit overweight and get picked on for it to learn to see themselves as much fatter than they are, and keep that perception into adulthood...Marigold is chubbyYet not as chubby as she thinks she is.
Wow, Dale's got like, 7 inches on Angus.
(height, y'all, height)
I guess I better figure out what I'm doing for the week between xmas and new year's!!!
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To conduct business? Surely you mean Marigold - Momo's business is working in the library...
Personal business like paying bills, ordering clothes, renewing her driver's license, and whatnot.
She probably needs an Internet connection for software updates anyway.
Marigold's sleep schedule seems to be off, or significant time must have passed between the last two strips.
I barely noticed the new panel layout. It's pretty comic-standard, and my brain just parsed it. It works fine, I think.
Oh, my bad. I didn't actually do the maths. It looked smaller. It still feels like it will fit less content per page - though possibly less content more excitingly drawn and arranged. Anyway, I'm very excited to see how it turns out!
My only minor beef at the moment about this all is that my RSS reader apparently renders content 576 pixels wide (scaling height accordingly). On the old style, this was a relatively non-noticeable 4% reduction in size (I say non-noticeable as I'd never noticed before!). Now this is a 28% reduction in size from the 800 pixel width comics. That makes the text pretty small. It is not unreadable, but it is enough to be frustrating.
This is all the fault of my RSS reader though and not Jeph. It is using the other 200 pixels on the side to have a mostly blank area with a list of three things "You might also like", two of which are things that I do like... okay. They aren't things I want to follow daily though.
Welcome, new person!
I wonder if Momo might decide that getting her own apartment was appropriate "tough love".
Loki, I suspect you mean ambivalent, in which case I'm with you on that.
Angus is a good choice for a reason that hasn't been mentioned yet: he's likely to have some insight concerning Marigold's issues.
An uncharitable person might suggest that Dale and Marigold have both gone over to the dork side.
An uncharitable person might suggest that Dale and Marigold have both gone over to the dork side.There's a spark of good even in the dorkest of hearts - Master Skywalker himself said there was!
Browser cookies?An uncharitable person might suggest that Dale and Marigold have both gone over to the dork side.
I hope they have Cookies
An uncharitable person might suggest that Dale and Marigold have both gone over to the dork side.
I hope they have Cookies
Honestly, I'm more excited about the Deathmole comic than the album.
Does Amir's face look slightly different to anyone else? I swear it looks like his portions have changed some.
Does Amir's face look slightly different to anyone else? I swear it looks like his portions have changed some.
I think it's because of the lack of color to the comics.
And his sudden lack of glasses.
Ahahahahahahah someone claims I’m trying to “go mainstream” with my new layout, what does that even MEAN
Something for which you would hope for real people about whom you care ... but where would the comedy be?
And then you have standard, plug-in jokes in standard, plug-in situations, instead of the character-driven strip this is.