Hanners wouldn't need to pick a lock to bust Bubbles/Faye out of jail. Who needs a lockpick when you have an orbital bombardment app?Bond-villain parents mean you never have to say you're sorry.
Hanners wouldn't need to pick a lock to bust Bubbles/Faye out of jail. Who needs a lockpick when you have an orbital bombardment app?
Guest poll today from Sullivan (https://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php?action=profile;u=88928), who didn't know if they'd be able to make it on time to post it themselves.
Me? Definitely #5. Breaking into Juicy's apartment and making sure that she is clean at last is the sort of revenge that Hannelore would allow herself to have whilst being nearly an undetectable crime!
Hanners wouldn't need to pick a lock to bust Bubbles/Faye out of jail. Who needs a lockpick when you have an orbital bombardment app?
Then she and Bubbles could go underground and start their own 'Heroes For Hire' group
The H Team?
I was always a bit surprised the fighting rink wasn't seen as sinister and evil from the get-go.Because Punchbot is so happy!
Hanners wouldn't need to pick a lock to bust Bubbles/Faye out of jail. Who needs a lockpick when you have an orbital bombardment app?
Which makes sense to a degree. Where does the repair stock come from? Its heavy and presumably specialised machinery and presumably a license is needed for some of those materials. Given that you can't just go to a mechanic to get repairs (as evidenced by May and her problem), as well as CW's comment about taking the cost out of Faye's wages, one can then infer that CW is getting her resources from less than legal sources.
Which makes sense to a degree. Where does the repair stock come from? Its heavy and presumably specialised machinery and presumably a license is needed for some of those materials. Given that you can't just go to a mechanic to get repairs (as evidenced by May and her problem), as well as CW's comment about taking the cost out of Faye's wages, one can then infer that CW is getting her resources from less than legal sources.
May's problems come from having an out of production chassis, which the government won't pay to fix or replace, and not having enough income to pay for repairs.
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3169
That would be easier to buy if we hadn't seen her be incredibly manipulative in the past. I've seen no evidence that CW is actually concerned about anyone other than herself.
That expression Bubbles gives in the 4th panel makes me think that Bubbles doesn't know if something bad is going on, but is going to find out before she makes the next big decision.
Looking at the strip as a whole today, I just think that Jeph used a small type font for Bubbles today; possibly a typo of sorts but it makes the reader feel that she's soft-spoken today.
It's pretty obvious that Faye is freaked out. Like most people who are freaked out, she's talking to get her stress off her mind and perhaps isn't paying as much attention to what Bubbles says as she should.That expression Bubbles gives in the 4th panel makes me think that Bubbles doesn't know if something bad is going on, but is going to find out before she makes the next big decision.
I actually think slightly different. I think that Bubbles is agreeing with Faye that she does know bad (or at least more overtly criminal) stuff is going on and may have been actively in on it at first when she was at her lowest point and had given up on the world and on herself. Yes, she'd know if someone is being abused and she'd know what to do. I wonder if she's spent the entire time since her conversation with Corpse Witch trying to decide whether she had the courage to do what she feels she ought to do. I'm wondering if Faye's words may have helped her make a decision
Looking at the strip as a whole today, I just think that Jeph used a small type font for Bubbles today;I'm not convinced the text for Bubbles in 3316 is smaller than in say 3279. I just did a compare and at most its one pixel different for lower case letters, so arguably in the aliasing effects range. I would have thought if extra quiet speech was being hinted at then text in frame 1 would be larger than the others.
...the most vulnerable and exploited workers in our country, as frequent victims of unpaid wages, dangerous conditions and uncompensated workplace injuries, discrimination, and other labor law violations. Workers who attempt to remedy the abuse routinely face physical and immigration-related threats and retaliation.If that's a reasonable summary how does it apply? Unsafe working conditions? That's an interesting one. CW made much play of protected cores, and a comparison with the safety of working conditions of professional boxers could be made. Unpaid wages? Uncompensated workplace injuries? We don't know. If the cost of repairs is being deducted from wages that would certainly be valid, but if Faye and Bubbles re doing all repairs without any cost to the fighters that would seem OK. Immigratiopn related threats? CW has certainly been skirting around something analogous to that one in the exchange with Bubbles.
That wrench Bubbles is holding -- is that something you'd need for work on an AI chassis? For a tune-up on a locomotive, maybe. But it would make one helluva club...
Are the peaches ripe yet?
Are the peaches ripe yet?
Bubbles is a mensch.
Bubbles is a mensch.Indeed, and demonstrates her OQ (http://www.defence.gov.au/Adfa/Training/OfficerQualities.asp)s, but then she probably has everything from Sun Tzu onwards in her internal database.
Bubbles is a mensch.
I'm going to suspect all short posts to be code phrases now.
Shaka, when the walls fell.
Is it just me or does Bubbles look more like someone in armor in these last few strips? No one else has brought it up, so I figured I'd ask.
[It's 4:18AM, why am I still awake?]
While we're on the topic of code phrases, I have some good advice for you:
Never, EVER, under any circumstances, read a list of random numbers aloud on a radio channel.
I assume he's referring to numbers stations (http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24910397).4 8 15 16 23 42
I assume he's referring to numbers stations (http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24910397).4 8 15 16 23 42
The jam is moldy in the kitchen and the rolling rabbit gathers no moss
We have no idea what Bubbles's rank was, do we?None at all. I think she's got the NCO vibe about her, and an obvious keen tactical sense, but there might be issues with placing human soldiers under the command of an AI. Regardless of their talents, I imagine units of AIs would be placed under human officers, much as the officers of the 54th Massachusetts (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/54th_Massachusetts_Infantry_Regiment) all "had" to be white.
Something tells me that filling out a standardised DHHS form would be something for which Brun would have a natural aptitude. After all, if there is one thing she's good at, it is understanding and communicating things that are true as opposed to not true.
Right, I know that. I just meant in regards to proportions of her head compared to her body, we can tell that a bit easier now visually. Especially in that panel where we see her with her torso fully facing toward the viewer in the lower left panel of #3316 Morning Calisthenics (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3316). As well as the upper right panel of the same page, and the first two panels of the next page.Is it just me or does Bubbles look more like someone in armor in these last few strips? No one else has brought it up, so I figured I'd ask.
[It's 4:18AM, why am I still awake?]
She is. She never takes it off.
Re Brun there are (maybe) two guys interested in her now. She seems politely, passively OK with getting attention, but doesn't seem all that interested in actively engaging either ones interest. Is this really how functional but autistic people are with the opposite sex?
Meanwhile, the real joke in this strip is Eliot, a 7-foot, 250lb bouncer, is perceptibly terrified to be in this situation.He's a full foot-and-a-half taller than me and he only weighs 20 lbs more!?
When we see this much of them, are they tertiary characters any longer?
Meanwhile, the real joke in this strip is Eliot, a 7-foot, 250lb bouncer, is perceptibly terrified to be in this situation.He's a full foot-and-a-half taller than me and he only weighs 20 lbs more!?
I know I'm stocky and barrel-chested (and ~20 lbs overweight), but wow! (ϾôϿ)
I wonder if we have the same lung capacity?
Ugh. I can relate to Brun. I've been in that situation with something much more emotionally charged. It's a huge cognitive effort to keep a memory from escaping a locked room.
Edit: Just noticed Jeph's comment under the latest strip: "Renee tries, really she does." Yes, she's very trying. :claireface:
Yes, it looks like a different font. It's okay -- seems a little more readable to me. But I'm overdue for bifocals and have a small screen, so your mileage may vary.
Edit: Just noticed Jeph's comment under the latest strip: "Renee tries, really she does." Yes, she's very trying. :claireface:
Did the font of the speech bubbles change in the latest comic or is my sight going?
Finally, is Renee's last sentence in panel 4 a typo or sarcasm? Shouldn't it be: "I'm really not a good friend."?
I'm struggling to understand Brun's thought process in assuming that a big person would be afraid of fewer things.
Does she think of herself as a source of immediate physical danger?Only when holding a harpoon.
I'm struggling to understand Brun's thought process in assuming that a big person would be afraid of fewer things.Brun works in the bar trade. She'll know that an impressive physical presence can defuse a lot of problems. Its by no means unknown for bars and shops to have a raised floor on the staff side just so the staff look a bit bigger than they are (there are other good reasons too I hasten to add). Also likely, working in the trade, she'll have a far less negative view of bouncers than the general public.
You sound like you're suggesting something ridiculous like that anime isn't real.I'm struggling to understand Brun's thought process in assuming that a big person would be afraid of fewer things.
Brun's personal reality seems to have been founded entirely on binging on animé. Bearing this in mind, the whole idea of a bear-like giant of a man being nervous and anything but loudly bluff and outgoing would seem like a breach of the laws of characterisation to her. It is possible that one of the biggest journeys Brun has to make is to realise that you cannot learn everything you need to know about the world from the TV.
I'm struggling to understand Brun's thought process in assuming that a big person would be afraid of fewer things.Brun works in the bar trade. She'll know that an impressive physical presence can defuse a lot of problems. Its by no means unknown for bars and shops to have a raised floor on the staff side just so the staff look a bit bigger than they are (there are other good reasons too I hasten to add). Also likely, working in the trade, she'll have a far less negative view of bouncers than the general public.
Did the font of the speech bubbles change in the latest comic or is my sight going?Yes - but the followup question to ask now is "where is it going?".
Meanwhile, the real joke in this strip is Eliot, a 7-foot, 250lb bouncer, is perceptibly terrified to be in this situation.He's a full foot-and-a-half taller than me and he only weighs 20 lbs more!?
I know I'm stocky and barrel-chested (and ~20 lbs overweight), but wow! (ϾôϿ)
I wonder if we have the same lung capacity?
People who have no reference point for large people often throw would absurd hypothetical height weight stats. Given his build if he was 250 lbs he'd be about 6'2" to 6'4". If he was 7 feet tall with that build he'd be about the same as Shaq who is 350lbs. Based on his relative height vs the other characters he's about 6'5" or 6'6" and 250 - 265 lbs. Essentially the size of a medium sized linebacker.
I'm struggling to understand Brun's thought process in assuming that a big person would be afraid of fewer things.
In my experience, most things in the modern Western world that one might be afraid of have diddly-squat to do with how strong or physically capable one is. Heck, that even includes many physical threats. And why would someone bigger be less afraid of Brun specifically? Does she think of herself as a source of immediate physical danger?
Well, generally bouncers are seen as large, dour, intimidating individuals who are known to get physical and violent as part of their job. Some of that is true of course. Bars and clubs to tend to hire large and imposing people, who often do put on a serious look when on the job. But the idea behind all of that is to not get into fights or have to physically throw someone out. Less of a bad reputation and more of a scary one. It doesn't help that media often shows bouncers as big tough thugs in shows and movies.
assent to her demands
Quote from: Bubblesassent to her demandsBubbles may have given The Pugnacious Peach lethally poor advice.
Off into the wild blue yonder, never to return again...lest I get laser eye surgery someday.Did the font of the speech bubbles change in the latest comic or is my sight going?Yes - but the followup question to ask now is "where is it going?".
Quote from: Bubblesassent to her demandsBubbles may have given The Pugnacious Peach lethally poor advice.
If a moment comes that Faye has to choose between wearing a wire and immediate criminal charges, she is utterly screwed. (Bubbles realizes this.) Faye's only hope to avoid prison is an immunity deal in exchange for wearing the wire. And however badass Corpse Witch is, she's a tiny flea compared to the U.S. government. So if I had to pick one or the other to make into an enemy, it'd be Corpse Witch in a heartbeat.
Bubbles' advice was sound. Especially the part about "Quit now and walk away from the whole problem." Barring that, wear the wire if Lilac comes back with credible charges.
What does it say about me that I've never been a regular in any bar that had -- or needed -- a bouncer?
(Other than that I haven't been a regular in very many bars?)
A lot depends on both the area and the reputability of the establishment. Some rougher clubs in rougher areas have 'bouncers' that are just this side of being thugs with the assumed license to dish out violence to anyone they feel like excluding or who dare to talk back to them.This, but personally I would avoid any establishment that had obvious bouncers, on the principle that they would not be there if they were not needed.
If a moment comes that Faye has to choose between wearing a wire and immediate criminal charges, she is utterly screwed. (Bubbles realizes this.) Faye's only hope to avoid prison is an immunity deal in exchange for wearing the wire. And however badass Corpse Witch is, she's a tiny flea compared to the U.S. government. So if I had to pick one or the other to make into an enemy, it'd be Corpse Witch in a heartbeat.
In my experience bouncers are there more to control non-regular patrons to protect the regulars.
Never, EVER, under any circumstances, read a list of random numbers aloud on a radio channel.Okay, I'll bite. What happens if you do?
I'm trying to find information about this but can't. Where'd you find this out?
personally I would avoid any establishment that had obvious bouncers, on the principle that they would not be there if they were not needed.