I think Monday is going to be Yelling Bird tho.
I think Monday is going to be Yelling Bird tho.
My old dog Lucy had a scarf. It was her "courage scarf", and we put it on her when there were fireworks. I don't know if it really helped with the fireworks, but it made her feel loved.
My old dog Lucy had a scarf. It was her "courage scarf", and we put it on her when there were fireworks. I don't know if it really helped with the fireworks, but it made her feel loved.
We have a rescue cavalier called amber, who's nervous around fireworks. the way she copes is to be on someones lap, and refuse to move until the noises are over.
Claire also makes puns. :claireface:
Claire is very nice. Her hair is poofy too. Her puns are also terrible.
Is Claire a dog too?
Claire is in fact a doge. :clairedoge:
Claire is in fact a doge. :clairedoge:
Venetian, is she?
Claire is in fact a doge. :clairedoge:
Venetian, is she?
Ten points to Ravenclaw.
No, she's not blind, she can see just fine (with glasses, anyway). :claireface:Claire is in fact a doge. :clairedoge:
Venetian, is she?
I have a feeling the Momo Arc has about another week to run, but I could be wrong.
Clearly. Men are from Mars; doges are Venetian.Claire is in fact a doge. :clairedoge:
Venetian, is she?
Panel 1 has its own fascination. Maybe I stink at reading people but Momo's smile seems genuine to me. She may not want to admit it, even to herself, but she does enjoy spending time with May! I think that they are a strange type of friend.Either that, or Momo is happy to finally get rid of May. I guess Momo regards May's rehabilitation as partly her responsibility. Momo sees herself as an AI ambassador to mankind, and will try to fix AI problems such as May, so that mankind will not become antagonistic to AIs. Besides, because of May's (non-companion) relationship to Dale, and Dale's relationship to Marigold, it inevitably is going to involve Momo as well.
I'm not sure if Dale is stirring things because he is a supportive boyfriend or if he enjoys watching the girls bicker!He's just being a geek.
Meanwhile, I have another entry into the "Marigold the Woman-Child" strips. She often acts and behaves like someone closer to Sam's age! Today's strip is a good example.
Isn't she only 21?I thought she was supposed to be the same age as Angus (they went to college together), though I may be wrong.
Pintsize is just a pervert most of the time, doing nothing useful for his human companion. Still, Marten seems OK with that, and is happy having him around (but is reluctant to take him outside their apartment).
It puts an interesting light on Marigold and Momo's relationship, as perhaps one day Marigold will be at a stage where Momo feels she will not die of a heart attack before she is forty or commit social suicide if she isn't there to watch over her.
I dunno, 21 is basically a kid, "woman-child" seems harsh.
This dropped a scene into my head: It's the end of Dale and Marigold's wedding reception. The bride and groom are riding off into the sunset ...My guess is if Dale and Marigold ever got hitched, it'd be at the courthouse. Neither seems into finery for its own sake.
I dunno, I'm starting to feel like the twenties as a whole are a completely separate third category between kid and adult.I dunno, 21 is basically a kid, "woman-child" seems harsh.
It is? Damn, my parents still owe me five years of pocket money, then.
Really tempted to make a joke about how great I am at adultERY, but that's kind of a sign of my immaturity...*sigh* adulthood is not failing to make jokes, adulthood is knowing when to make the right jokes.
*sigh* adulthood is not failing to make jokes, adulthood is knowing when to make the right jokes.I'm on my twenties, no children now nor ever, and most of my jokes are pretty much dad jokes or terrible puns. I blame my father.
Then your midlife crisis hits and all your jokes go "dad"
MOMO: "Downloading the complete ouvre of Jack Kerouac. *BLEEP* Okay, girlfriend! Let's do this!"
Her CPU is overheating because of all the cross references it is making with the Victorian porn collection at work.
Her CPU is overheating because of all the cross references it is making with the Victorian porn collection at work.
I suspect Hanners is kinky as fuck all, which is actually MORE conflicting for her than if she weren't so complicated. She has all these ideas and desires, but she couldn't let them happen in real life, because they're gross, and unhygenic, and oh my god, there are so many things that would need cleaning, sanitation!
So robots blush. That's good to know.
I'm with Marigold on the subject of kale, I do not care for it, regardless of it's nebulous health benefits compared to other leafy greens.Her CPU is overheating because of all the cross references it is making with the Victorian porn collection at work.
I suspect Hanners is kinky as fuck all, which is actually MORE conflicting for her than if she weren't so complicated. She has all these ideas and desires, but she couldn't let them happen in real life, because they're gross, and unhygenic, and oh my god, there are so many things that would need cleaning, sanitation!
I can believe it. It gives me a disturbing mental picture of Hanners setting up a Dexter-like plastic-covered setting. But for sex instead of murder. Hopefully.
No one is quite sure who decided it would be useful for artificial intelligences to posess libidos, but it is generally agreed that it would be more trouble than it is worth to remove it. Besides, the horny little buggers would revolt.
As for "a day in Momo's life": As Momo now is back in bed, I guess this is the end of the Momo arc. Too bad, I would have liked a strip with Hanners and Momo interacting. Perhaps Momo will get up, and rush to Hanners in tomorrow's strip? With all that unreleased libido, that can be risky...
So Momo still has her libido. Nice touch. I wonder if she is aroused or rather embarassed by the book Hanners gave her. :-DI would guess her frequent blushing is some optional anthropomorphic add-on, designed to make her more human-like. But assuming it is a similar technology as in humans (expanding blood vessels close to the skin surface), it should also increase the cooling effect during CPU-intensive processes (such as reading pornographic novels). Momo has no blood, of course, but she must have some kind if circulating body fluid to allow cooling of her CPU and other energy consuming parts. I assume her skin surface gives sufficient cooling effect during ordinary activities. If not, she could consider getting a more fashionable heat sink than a neckbeard, perhaps worn as a hat:
May be she should attach a neckbeard. Sorry, I mean a heat sink of cause.
Now I'm imagining an anthro PC who will open a heatspreader under their neck like a frill-necked lizard, when running too hot / under stress.My laptop PC is like that, sometimes the fan speed increases drastically, creating a *foomph* like sound :lol:
Like, you're just talking to them normally, then you mention something and suddenly *foomph*.
perhaps worn as a hat:
(http://www.endpcnoise.com/sites/default/files/nbf47.jpg)
I'm pretty sure nobody ever knew how to "adult". Ever.
Jeph said something once to the effect that anything intelligent needs rest and consolidation time.In comic source?
"I do not normally read smut!"
Jeph said something once to the effect that anything intelligent needs rest and consolidation time.It was in this (http://jephjacques.com/post/39633424655/qa-dump-58) Q&A, so I guess it is canon.
Sleep is an integral part of proper brain function- it’s the time when your brain “defragments” itself, so to speak. It seems likely to me that any sort of AI would require a similar kind of “down time” (your brain is actually just as active when you sleep).Also, good night, Momo! I have really enjoyed taking part in this day of your life.
Couple of stray notes:Yes, back to Faye, please! Although I really enjoyed the Momo arc. As for Marten: If he can appear without Claire, it is OK. But I think I have had enough of Claireten for a while.
• In the past 29 strips, Faye has appeared once. This contrasts with the extremely Faye-centric strips that came before that. Meanwhile, Marten has appeared once in the past 9 strips. I think this may be some sort of record for the two main cast members being absent.
• In today's comic, Momo relaxes while watching the stars. May did the same thing here. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2514) Maybe they're not as different as Momo likes to think.
Goodnight. Momo.
Oooh, I hope Jeph does Pintsize's day next!I'll pass, thanks. I think Pintsize's day can be summed up by #2331:
Oooh, I hope Jeph does Pintsize's day next!I'll pass, thanks. I think Pintsize's day can be summed up by #2331:
"Do you have any idea how much pornography there is on the internet?"
"Ugh, no."
"Neither do I. BUT I INTEND TO FIND OUT."
maybe that's why I can't help but get the feeling that she's a Mawhrin-Skel waiting to meet her Gurgeh.
maybe that's why I can't help but get the feeling that she's a Mawhrin-Skel waiting to meet her Gurgeh.
That would imply she is some sort of special agent.
• In today's comic, Momo relaxes while watching the stars. May did the same thing here. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2514) Maybe they're not as different as Momo likes to think.Or, more to the point, not as different as May does.
Never google prolapse, as a warning. I have actually seen them (two of our chickens have had them before), and they are -not- pretty.
Which makes me cringe even more at that particular magazine.
"I only read it for the articles, I swear!"
Oh God, does it exist :psyduck:I was going to ask you if you hadn't confirmed it.
Are paper porn mags still a thing? I assumed the internet killed them about a decade ago.Well I dont know, BUT these are for (a) underage boys and (b) old men. The first group probably is gone as customers now, but the second group probably still hasnt figured out the internet. At least in part.
*Pintsize browses internet for porn*:mrgreen: I do not think Pintsize runs Windows, and Marten would never trust Pintsize with his files. Come to think of it, I cannot recall Marten ever having used a PC in the series?
ERROR: Disk space low!
Pintsize: "Marten probably won't miss his files... del /F C:\Users\marten"
*Pintsize goes back to downloading porn*
I suppose that this is Jeph's way of drawing a comedic contrast with Momo's suboptimal but content life. May just reminds us just how much worse life could be, especially in the field of front-line retail! At least we know why she was sticky that time - That slushie machine looks like it dreams of being Mount Vesuvius!Agreed, it is a funny contrast to Momo, but not a theme that will stretch into next week. May is not happy with her job, and has a bad attitude towards her customers, coworkers, and boss. Still, the boss must be satisfied with her job, as he wants her to take on extra work. He might be an asshole, but he might also have legitimate reasons (such as a sick coworker) to ask her to step in.
FWIW, I don't expect Jeph to continue this next week. He's just playing it for laughs.
You're both sickPretty sure this isn't news to anyone :parrot:
Are paper porn mags still a thing? I assumed the internet killed them about a decade ago.As well as for everyone who loves kitties. D'awww, kitties! :-D
BTW... this is for anybody who foolishly Googled 'Prolape'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOnSDaJCCdE
*Pintsize browses internet for porn*
ERROR: Disk space low!
Pintsize: "Marten probably won't miss his files... del /F C:\Users\marten"
*Pintsize goes back to downloading porn*
:mrgreen: I do not think Pintsize runs Windows, and Marten would never trust Pintsize with his files. Come to think of it, I cannot recall Marten ever having used a PC in the series?
I suppose that this is Jeph's way of drawing a comedic contrast with Momo's suboptimal but content life. May just reminds us just how much worse life could be, especially in the field of front-line retail! At least we know why she was sticky that time - That slushie machine looks like it dreams of being Mount Vesuvius!
FWIW, I don't expect Jeph to continue this next week. He's just playing it for laughs.
Agreed, it is a funny contrast to Momo, but not a theme that will stretch into next week. May is not happy with her job, and has a bad attitude towards her customers, coworkers, and boss. Still, the boss must be satisfied with her job, as he wants her to take on extra work. He might be an asshole, but he might also have legitimate reasons (such as a sick coworker) to ask her to step in.
Porn that centres on such an event actually exists.Is it not axiomatic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_34_%28Internet_meme%29) that porn exists that centres on any event?
Come to think of it, I cannot recall Marten ever having used a PC in the series?You need to do an archive-binge. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=59)
You're both sick: one for asking, the other for knowing! :-P
Porn that centres on such an event actually exists.Is it not axiomatic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_34_%28Internet_meme%29) that porn exists that centres on any event?
Is it not axiomatic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_34_%28Internet_meme%29) that porn exists that centres on any event?I'm fairly sure theres no porn about asexual people.
Is it not axiomatic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_34_%28Internet_meme%29) that porn exists that centres on any event?I'm fairly sure theres no porn about asexual people.
You need to do an archive-binge. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=59):mrgreen: You are right, I seldom go pre-400, as Jeph was still learning how to draw at that time. Besides, the humor was a little unpolished, and it could be discussed if some of the early strips belong to canon. When I got hooked on QC (somewhere around #2440 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2440)), I had a hard time struggling through the early strips, and I have seldom visited them since.
Indeed so, I was merely responding to the poster who seemed curiously sheltered from such matters... although I have discovered that 'hanging basket porn' appears to not exist, which sprang from a conversation about just that rule.
:mrgreen: You are right, I seldom go pre-400, as Jeph was still learning how to draw at that time. Besides, the humor was a little unpolished,The best joke ever on all QC is still #79: http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=79
I have attained girlvana.
Slight modification: Any event that has a market. As asexual people presumably are not interested, there is no market. However, some people might be turned on by having sex with an asexual partner. I should thread carefully here, as I know very little about the subject.Is it not axiomatic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_34_%28Internet_meme%29) that porn exists that centres on any event?I'm fairly sure theres no porn about asexual people.
I suppose that this is Jeph's way of drawing a comedic contrast with Momo's suboptimal but content life. May just reminds us just how much worse life could be, especially in the field of front-line retail! At least we know why she was sticky that time - That slushie machine looks like it dreams of being Mount Vesuvius!
So, is that May's fetish, or is she one of those people who get entertainment from laughing at atypical bodies?
Goatse right there on the cover? Nice.
Is it not axiomatic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_34_%28Internet_meme%29) that porn exists that centres on any event?I'm fairly sure theres no porn about asexual people.
Well I dont know, BUT these are for (a) underage boys and (b) old men. The first group probably is gone as customers now, but the second group probably still hasnt figured out the internet. At least in part.
When I was an underage boy, the porn mags we got were mostly from paper recycling, or from forest. Seriously, we found old porn mags from the woods regularly. I wonder who left them there? Maybe the porn fairy?
So, is that May's fetish...?
So, is that May's fetish, or is she one of those people who get entertainment from laughing at atypical bodies?
Additionally, I bet she's really racking up the money with all the shifts that she works. When she actually looks at her balance, I bet that she'll feel a lot more positive about it and buy that Harley touring bike she's had her eye on.Depends - some US jurisdictions garnishee probationers' wages to pay probation "administration costs". It's a nice racket, probationers can end up deeply in debt if they don't earn enough.
Additionally, I bet she's really racking up the money with all the shifts that she works. When she actually looks at her balance, I bet that she'll feel a lot more positive about it and buy that Harley touring bike she's had her eye on.Depends - some US jurisdictions garnishee probationers' wages to pay probation "administration costs". It's a nice racket, probationers can end up deeply in debt if they don't earn enough.
Porn that centres on such an event actually exists.
Oh God, does it exist :psyduck:
Wow. May really is a tsundere who is all tsun and no dere. At all. Poor thing.
See, now this is what some folks, including myself call 'some serious bureaucratic bullshit!' The fuck, these people done fucked up, and they fucking DONE the goddamn time, leave 'em the fuck alone already!http://www.businessinsider.com.au/human-rights-watch-report-on-for-profit-probation-2014-2
This Catch-22 might sound like an absurd anomaly, but poor people around the U.S. are becoming indebted to for-profit companies after getting arrested for misdemeanours. In July 2012, The New York Times reported on this trend and noted that three dozen for-profit companies that levy probation fines operate in Georgia alone.
The supervision fees paid to private companies range from $US35 to $US100 a month and can be even higher if offenders have to pay court fines on top of them. Barrett’s total payment to Sentinel was $US360 a month, according to Human Rights Watch.
In Barrett’s case, he was also ordered to pay a $US80 startup fee to Sentinel, according to Human Rights Watch. Barrett was already poor and living mostly off food stamps when he was arrested for stealing the beer, so he couldn’t even afford that initial payment. He spent a month in jail just for not paying that fee. After he got out of jail, Barrett started giving his blood plasma to try to make money to pay the fees for his alcohol monitoring bracelet.
Aha, thank you!
Oh, and last I checked, ZoeB, probation and parole (what we call Community Corrections in Wisconsin) are government-run entities. And I can guarantee you that we don't profit from them at all.
If we did, I'd be driving a Tesla S and not a Chevy HHR.
No, in the US more and more of the criminal justice system has been privatized. For profit prisons have been going up at record paces and they are constantly being filled.. often by sheriffs and judges who own stock in said prisons.
Oh, and last I checked, ZoeB, probation and parole (what we call Community Corrections in Wisconsin) are government-run entities. And I can guarantee you that we don't profit from them at all.In fact it's illegal under Wisconsin law to run private prisons, right?
Walker, like many state legislators during this time, argued that private prisons cost less yet deliver the same quality as their public counterparts.http://www.thenation.com/article/199369/how-scott-walker-built-career-sending-wisconsin-inmates-private-prisons
Decades of research, however, have shown the opposite to be true: across the country, private prisons have been plagued by lax security, falsifying records to cover up understaffing, rampant prisoner mistreatment, and in many cases actually cost taxpayers more money than public prisons.
Private prisons also have a clear incentive to increase prison populations—in fact, most private prisons demand a “lockup quota” whereby the state guarantees that most private prison beds will be filled (or would pay for unused beds if crime rates dip). The quota is typically 90 percent, though in some instances can be as high as 100 percent.
Walker still wanted private prisons to play a big role in Wisconsin. But the tricky part was that Wisconsin laws forbid private prisons inside the state. So Walker found a pretty good work-around. In 1997, he voted to allow the Wisconsin Department of Corrections to ship inmates to private prisons in other states. This built off legislation Walker co-sponsored in 1995 that first allowed Wisconsin to ship inmates off to public prisons elsewhere.
Following the bill’s passage, when the DOC formally proposed a contract in 1998 to ship inmates to out-of-state private prisons, Walker was a vocal advocate, boasting online about his work on the matter. “This plan keeps inmates locked up and it saves taxpayers money,” Walker said.
Throughout 1990s and early 2000s, with Walker at the helm of the assembly’s Committee on Corrections and the Courts, Wisconsin shipped around 5,000 inmates to Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Minnesota. Most of the prisoners, along with almost $45 million in Wisconsin taxpayer money, went to private prisons operated by one company: the Corrections Corporation of America.
CCA is the largest private prison operator in the country, running more than sixty prisons with over 90,000 beds across the country, and generating $1.7 billion in revenue. It’s the biggest player in a private prison industry in the United States that has spent $45 million in the last decade on political contributions and lobbyists.
Oh, and last I checked, ZoeB, probation and parole (what we call Community Corrections in Wisconsin) are government-run entities. And I can guarantee you that we don't profit from them at all.In fact it's illegal under Wisconsin law to run private prisons, right?QuoteWalker, like many state legislators during this time, argued that private prisons cost less yet deliver the same quality as their public counterparts.http://www.thenation.com/article/199369/how-scott-walker-built-career-sending-wisconsin-inmates-private-prisons
Decades of research, however, have shown the opposite to be true: across the country, private prisons have been plagued by lax security, falsifying records to cover up understaffing, rampant prisoner mistreatment, and in many cases actually cost taxpayers more money than public prisons.
Private prisons also have a clear incentive to increase prison populations—in fact, most private prisons demand a “lockup quota” whereby the state guarantees that most private prison beds will be filled (or would pay for unused beds if crime rates dip). The quota is typically 90 percent, though in some instances can be as high as 100 percent.
Walker still wanted private prisons to play a big role in Wisconsin. But the tricky part was that Wisconsin laws forbid private prisons inside the state. So Walker found a pretty good work-around. In 1997, he voted to allow the Wisconsin Department of Corrections to ship inmates to private prisons in other states. This built off legislation Walker co-sponsored in 1995 that first allowed Wisconsin to ship inmates off to public prisons elsewhere.
Following the bill’s passage, when the DOC formally proposed a contract in 1998 to ship inmates to out-of-state private prisons, Walker was a vocal advocate, boasting online about his work on the matter. “This plan keeps inmates locked up and it saves taxpayers money,” Walker said.
Throughout 1990s and early 2000s, with Walker at the helm of the assembly’s Committee on Corrections and the Courts, Wisconsin shipped around 5,000 inmates to Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Minnesota. Most of the prisoners, along with almost $45 million in Wisconsin taxpayer money, went to private prisons operated by one company: the Corrections Corporation of America.
CCA is the largest private prison operator in the country, running more than sixty prisons with over 90,000 beds across the country, and generating $1.7 billion in revenue. It’s the biggest player in a private prison industry in the United States that has spent $45 million in the last decade on political contributions and lobbyists.
Well that's the next week's comics written. This is 100% a case of "write what you know"
Aha, thank you!
Thanking someone for posting a TV Tropes link... May God have mercy on your soul.