Dammit, thanks to Faye's comment in the last panel, Bubbles's voice sounds like Megatron in my head now.
You'd think it'd be Frank Welker Megatron, but no, it's Corey Burton Megatron.
Robots don't blush. I's probably a sticker.
I really think that we need a cast-iron protocol in this forum for a poster to communicate that their comment is sarcastic, parodying or intended to be humorous.
I really think that we need a cast-iron protocol in this forum for a poster to communicate that their comment is sarcastic, parodying or intended to be humorous.
At another forum we use //// after the body of the message to imply this. The greater the number of / implying greater sarcasm or humor intended. It works well but grew up with site.
There must be a telescoping mechanism.
I like the way that the length of Bubbles' neck stretches and squashes depending on how vulnerable she's feeling in the speech balloon. Panels 3 and 4, where she's saying she ought to be stronger, and telling Faye she has no idea what it's like to be an AI, it lengthens right out. Then in 5 it shrinks right back down again. There must be a telescoping mechanism.And Faye's arm; in the first panel her left arm is much longer than her right
I really think that we need a cast-iron protocol in this forum for a poster to communicate that their comment is sarcastic, parodying or intended to be humorous.
The thing is, Bubbles is right. As a human, Faye will never understand what it's like to be an AI. However, Faye most certainly *does* understand the feelings that arise from it - the anger, the feeling of isolation, the sadness and desire to punch things.
I really think that we need a cast-iron protocol in this forum for a poster to communicate that their comment is sarcastic, parodying or intended to be humorous.
For what it's worth, I recognized that, and thought it funnier to pretend it wasn't.
I assume this was directed at me because it came immediately after I made a comment wherein I chose, for the purposes of my own funny, to ignore that a person was making a funny
A certain pink-haired AI (assuming she didn't just pass) has shown a tendency to zap first and ask questions later.
Do therapy dogs work for synthetics?
So is Faye now doing for Bubbles the job companion AI's generally do for their humans?
I cannot wait to see how Corpse Witch is going to react when they both walk out of there calmly and start fixing Punchbot. She wants Bubbles to stay damaged and isolated so she can keep using her.
I cannot wait to see how Corpse Witch is going to react when they both walk out of there calmly and start fixing Punchbot. She wants Bubbles to stay damaged and isolated so she can keep using her.
To be honest, companion AIs are, bluntly speaking, bought friends. Obviously there are a myriad of little things that make this much more complex than that, but it all boils down to the companion AIs acting as the friend you need (but not the one you deserve, as shown by Pintsize). And probably being friends as well, because I doubt either of them would put up with shit and I think the contract could be nullified. I do recall Momo saying that it eventually becomes a formality more than anything as friendship grows.
So yeah, if Faye is acting as a supportive friend and it looks like something companion AIs do it's because that's what they're originally made to do. But that's just coincidence, Faye is just acting as a friend and companion AIs are just acting as friends.
At least that's how I've always thought it worked.
If not for the hint from Jeph, I would not have recognized that as the theme from Friends. I've never seen more than five minutes of the show at a stretch, but the theme song was all over the radio in the 80s and somewhere in the back of my mind I have some memory of it.
Is it just me or is that a really big door?
I didn't recognize it as the theme from Friends and I've watched every episode.
The show never made much sense anyway. A bunch of young people, who apparently are not insanely wealthy, are somehow able to afford a gigantic apartment next to Central Park in NYC.They hand-waved it as "rent control", even though none of them were old enough to have been living in their respective apartments for long enough to be that affordable when rent-controlled in the first place.
Dang it Faye, that's not how you accept an apology, especially from the person who signs your paycheck .
While people are in the military they learn a particular way of dealing with pain.
"Pain is weakness leaving the body."
That helps keep them effective as soldiers while in physical pain; reciting that mantra they focus on being strong - on continuing to do their duty - and doing that takes their minds off the pain. Doesn't make it stop hurting, but allows them to think about something else for the duration of the emergency (or until they get killed, whichever happens first).
It keeps them effective as soldiers, but it makes them about a thousand percent more prone to further injuring themselves than people who haven't been through that. And it leaves them prone to re-injuring themselves by stressing parts of the body that aren't fully healed.
I've heard that mantra dozens of times now from guys who are out of the service for years and still in emotional pain, and as a long-term strategy for dealing with emotional pain it sucks, for pretty much the same reason it isn't an effective long-term strategy for dealing with physical pain.
In my not-so-humble opinion, the military organizations of the world should devote at least as much effort training ex-soldiers to be effective civilians as they spend training ex-civilians to be effective soldiers. Most of them Don't. To be fair lots of countries have something like the (USA) GI bill that covers college tuition for ex-soldiers, but most of them don't, and even the ones that do don't devote effort to the emotional side of it.
The show never made much sense anyway. A bunch of young people, who apparently are not insanely wealthy, are somehow able to afford a gigantic apartment next to Central Park in NYC.They hand-waved it as "rent control", even though none of them were old enough to have been living in their respective apartments for long enough to be that affordable when rent-controlled in the first place.
Dang it Faye, that's not how you accept an apology, especially from the person who signs your paycheck .
I had a really really bad combat tour. So I had to go to a shrink at least once a month.
nice one, Faye! Also, CW was standing by with (presumably) a medkit, actually worried, I think? And she admits to Faye that going in was a better choice than leaving bubbles alone, without being prompted.. too much.
I don't know what it would be if she thinks she can defend herself from Bubbles, but I imagine it's something special. Probably not physical.Herbal tea spray? (if only she knew)
I don't know what it would be if she thinks she can defend herself from Bubbles, but I imagine it's something special. Probably not physical.
Thought about that too - but she offers the thing to Bubbles. If she was aiming at her, there are better ways to hold it (especially if the weapon is in the purse, not the purse itself).nice one, Faye! Also, CW was standing by with (presumably) a medkit, actually worried, I think? And she admits to Faye that going in was a better choice than leaving bubbles alone, without being prompted.. too much.
Now I don't know whether you're a naive idealist, or I'm a cynical bastard.
When I saw her with that purse-looking object raised and held at the ready, I immediately thought, "Oh, that must be where she keeps some kind of weapon."
I don't know what it would be if she thinks she can defend herself from Bubbles, but I imagine it's something special. Probably not physical.
I didn't recognize it as the theme from Friends and I've watched every episode.I didn't recognise it as anything. Pop-culture fail, I guess. About the only thing I know about Friends is that their "rent control" is a trope (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FriendsRentControl).
The show never made much sense anyway. A bunch of young people, who apparently are not insanely wealthy, are somehow able to afford a gigantic apartment next to Central Park in NYC.
The show never made much sense anyway. A bunch of young people, who apparently are not insanely wealthy, are somehow able to afford a gigantic apartment next to Central Park in NYC.They hand-waved it as "rent control", even though none of them were old enough to have been living in their respective apartments for long enough to be that affordable when rent-controlled in the first place.
No, the real mystery is Pheobe. Her job as a masseuse cannot pay that much, and she lives alone in what is depicted as a fairly nice place, so all I can imagine is that she has all kinds of whacky shenanigans happening on the side to make cash. She's either secretly some kind of government sleeper agent, someone who works in organized crime, or is some sort of demon orchestrating the happenings of the entire series for the nefarious purposes of trans-dimensional masters of indeterminate motive. The sad things is, none of those possibilities really falls all that out-of-character for her, either.
nice one, Faye! Also, CW was standing by with (presumably) a medkit, actually worried, I think? And she admits to Faye that going in was a better choice than leaving bubbles alone, without being prompted.. too much.
Now I don't know whether you're a naive idealist, or I'm a cynical bastard.
When I saw her with that purse-looking object raised and held at the ready, I immediately thought, "Oh, that must be where she keeps some kind of weapon."
I don't know what it would be if she thinks she can defend herself from Bubbles, but I imagine it's something special. Probably not physical.
No, the real mystery is Pheobe. Her job as a masseuse cannot pay that much, and she lives alone in what is depicted as a fairly nice place, so all I can imagine is that she has all kinds of whacky shenanigans happening on the side to make cash. She's either secretly some kind of government sleeper agent, someone who works in organized crime, or is some sort of demon orchestrating the happenings of the entire series for the nefarious purposes of trans-dimensional masters of indeterminate motive. The sad things is, none of those possibilities really falls all that out-of-character for her, either.
Or else her job is not a masseuse but a "masseuse" . . . .
P.S. Has anyone noticed that this thread features last year's date in the title?
It's why I like teaching younger kids. You tend to focus on how cute they are when they're wrong but at least they try, since you have a different set of expectations. The ennui still kicks in after 10-15 papers, though; I wonder if kids realise how much their grade might be affected by where they put their paper on the stack at the end of the test.My parents are both teachers, and what they do is grade each question on everyone's papers at a time, rather than each paper in order. I.E.: the first question on every paper, then the second on every paper, etc.
If everyone else is bad -> they get a way higher grade as expectations plummet
If everyone else is really good -> they get a lower one as expectations rise
If they're all kind of the same -> they get evened out
If they're the first paper the prof reads -> they pretty much set the mood for everyone else's grading expectations.
As I said before, in reply to the wolf urine episode and how Claire handled it... when Faye's not around, the apartment is her territory.
I concur that Claire's probably going to be officially moving in soon, but unlike with Dora, it probably won't be a big event... because Claire's basically already moved in. I'd guess that the official move in will be precipitated by Faye's gig with the robot fight club coming to an end, and needing another person to help pay the rent (and there's some indications that money is not a problem for Claire).
There is an episode in which Phoebe's estranged brother makes that same assumption. A comedy of errors and sexual harassment follows.
There is an episode in which Phoebe's estranged brother makes that same assumption. A comedy of errors and sexual harassment follows.
That is, of course, before she decides to bear his children. :psyduck:
Nope. His children, but not hers.There is an episode in which Phoebe's estranged brother makes that same assumption. A comedy of errors and sexual harassment follows.
That is, of course, before she decides to bear his children. :psyduck:
The hell? Are you confusing Friends with Game of Thrones or did I miss something? Aside from the entirety of the show, I mean. Incest in Friends just seems like something they'd do if they just wanted the show to be finished already.
Game of Friends. Now there's a show somebody needs to pitch to Hollywood. :evil:
There is an episode in which Phoebe's estranged brother makes that same assumption. A comedy of errors and sexual harassment follows.
That is, of course, before she decides to bear his children. :psyduck:
The hell? Are you confusing Friends with Game of Thrones or did I miss something? Aside from the entirety of the show, I mean. Incest in Friends just seems like something they'd do if they just wanted the show to be finished already.
Everyone gets exactly the grade they deserve.
(Everyone deserves an F. :evil: )
It's why I like teaching younger kids. You tend to focus on how cute they are when they're wrong but at least they try, since you have a different set of expectations. The ennui still kicks in after 10-15 papers, though; I wonder if kids realise how much their grade might be affected by where they put their paper on the stack at the end of the test.
If everyone else is bad -> they get a way higher grade as expectations plummet
If everyone else is really good -> they get a lower one as expectations rise
If they're all kind of the same -> they get evened out
If they're the first paper the prof reads -> they pretty much set the mood for everyone else's grading expectations.
I'm having difficulty loading QC today to read today's comic, I can only see the teal background & that's it. Anyone else finding the same?
Please have mercy with your pitiful mignon.
I'm having difficulty loading QC today to read today's comic, I can only see the teal background & that's it. Anyone else finding the same?Yes, though the comic did load eventually, it was super-slow. The problem seemed to be in getting a response from www.projectwonderful.com.
This is basicaly how I´m imagining Sam´s fencing lessons:
Parley and Robot (http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=956)
Thinking about it, Coyotes tooth would be an appropriate weapon for Skullmaster, Master of Skulls. 8-)
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I thought it was Cosette at first.
You guys sure it's Dora?
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