THESE FORUMS NOW CLOSED (read only)

Comic Discussion => QUESTIONABLE CONTENT => Topic started by: BenRG on 21 May 2017, 14:00

Title: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: BenRG on 21 May 2017, 14:00
I just thought that this would be a fun little discussion.

I, personally, can see Bubbles trying to get as much mileage out of this just because she enjoys watching Faye freak out. Then she'll see how genuinely scared Faye is and apologise in a really heartwarming way.

Either that, or Spookybot talking to Hanners. They agree, regretfully, that Pintsize is far to focussed on mass mayhem and slaughter. The time had come to end that threat to their plans once and for all! The time had come to use their ultimate weapon...! Emily's Funny Cat GIF Quantum Thumb Drive! (10 Peytabytes full of cute kitties with captions, some of which may be from adjacent quantum universes)! Next strip, Marten wonders why all Pintsize does is sit, staring vacantly at a wall and muttering "I can has cheezburger?" to himself over and over.

No, I'm not sure where that came from either.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: OldGoat on 21 May 2017, 15:00
Next strip, Marten wonders why all Pintsize does is sit, staring vacantly at a wall and muttering "I can has cheezburger?" to himself over and over.
"Where is the bacon?  Why is there no bacon?  I have no arteries, so what does it matter?  Give me bacon."
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Kugai on 21 May 2017, 15:18
This week:  Veronica Reed finally meets Bubbles  - hilarity ensues.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Zebediah on 21 May 2017, 17:35
Oh god, now you have me imagining the costume Veronica designs for Bubbles in the video she wants to shoot with her.  :-o
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Method of Madness on 21 May 2017, 20:30
Quote from: poll
Bubbles: "Actually, Faye, They promised you to me as a pet! That is a joke."
I think now I'm going to start hearing Bubbles in Garnet's voice.

(If anyone doesn't watch Steven Universe, this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVvXkPCMwWc) is Garnet)
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: TheEvilDog on 21 May 2017, 21:06
Comic's up and I would certainly hate to make an ass out of myself 14 times.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: cesium133 on 21 May 2017, 21:08
Okay, so the question is what were Punchbot-lookalike and Melon doing to cause that injury?  :psyduck:
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: brasca on 21 May 2017, 21:09
You know they're serious because it fell off.  If they said it had a crack in it then they're just there for a laugh. 
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: SubaruStephen on 21 May 2017, 21:16
Okay, so the question is what were Punchbot-lookalike and Melon doing to cause that injury?  :psyduck:

Watching comedies until she literally laughed her ass off.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: cesium133 on 21 May 2017, 21:19
Okay, so the question is what were Punchbot-lookalike and Melon doing to cause that injury?  :psyduck:

Watching comedies until she literally laughed her ass off.
While apparently not wearing pants? (Or were the pants removed after her butt fell off?)
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Mad Cat on 21 May 2017, 21:27
And you think you have problems when yours just falls asleep!
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: BarGamer on 21 May 2017, 21:43
Okay, so the question is what were Punchbot-lookalike and Melon doing to cause that injury?  :psyduck:

Can I have a slice of that Melon? ;)
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: pendrake on 21 May 2017, 21:58
For comic #3486... (https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3486)

Time for a "Name that Establishment" Counting Down game!

BAM! [Carry Bot]: "Please, someone!  My friend needs help!"

[Melon]: "My butt fell off."

#14...  "This is a Denny's."

Next poster...!   :-D
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: DSL on 21 May 2017, 22:05
No. 13: "OK, I'll need to see your ID or driver's license, and your insurance card. I need you to fill out these forms and take a seat ..."

MELON: "Actually, if I could just take the seat, that might solve my problem ..."
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: DSL on 21 May 2017, 22:15
No. 12: "Could I interest you in this previously owned unit? The attached rocket motor needs refueling, but we can do that for you, too, for just a little extra ..."
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: shanejayell on 21 May 2017, 22:24
"So, you broke your Melon?"

"Oh, yeah, yuck it up..."
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: JimC on 21 May 2017, 22:42
Pale blue skin, pink ears and green hair? Help definitely needed...
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: BenRG on 21 May 2017, 23:29
Well, Faye, welcome to your reality where, if someone's butt falls off, you're the go-to girl. Panel 4, with Faye's astonished reaction to the fact that Panicbot came to the right place really is an astonishingly subtle comedic moment. As is contemplating what previous places he burst into. My suggestions include a florist, a vaping shop and a bordello.

Meanwhile, Hannelore continues to offer subtle supports for my theory that she's at least part-synthetic herself.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: shanejayell on 21 May 2017, 23:37
*wonders if you can be transgender, but in a 'human who mentally is a robot' kind of way*

And have any humans actually been uploaded to android/robot bodies?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 22 May 2017, 00:08
We've never heard of it actually being done.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: BenRG on 22 May 2017, 00:17
There are probably upper limits to the level of augmentation possible for humans. 'Six Million Dollar Man' (sensory or  limb replacement therapy) is certainly going to be possible. However 'Ghost i the Shell' (a brain as the CPU of a humanoid chassis) probably is not if only due to the problems of nutrient provision for the brain-in-a-jar. From what Pintsize said to Claire about humans 'body-swapping' one day, I suspect that someone is working on that technology but I think that it would take a very special personality to take that up

FWIW, my theory is that Hannelore is a lot like the BSG2003 humanform Cylons. She's biological but has a computer-augmented brain and possibly electro-mechanically-augmented limbs. She may have been 'grown' in vitro too, purely because I can't see Beatrice being willing to go through a pregnancy or trusting anyone else with it.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Storel on 22 May 2017, 00:20
What I want to know is what idiot designed her chassis to have a detachable butt in the first place! What purpose could that possibly serve?

No. 12: "Could I interest you in this previously owned unit? The attached rocket motor needs refueling, but we can do that for you, too, for just a little extra ..."

No. 11: "Sorry, this is an auto shop. There's nothing we can do to help you, unless your ladyfriend also needs a smog test..."
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Bollthorn on 22 May 2017, 00:55
Amg Melon is so CUTE!! 83
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Killspree on 22 May 2017, 00:57
I imagine a generic/universal style chassis could change out butts and chest sections for body customization along with shorter or longer arms and legs and perhaps a adjustable spine for lengthening the torso could be quite plausible.

It would probably have a better performance than a basic unit like May's (think of used clunker you got on Craigs list) and maybe classified as a Stage II body(for example mom's minivan or a suv). From there you move up to a even better Stage III body that's build to your preferences( think luxury sedan). Then you could move on to the Stage IV's that are high performance (sports car) and the Stage V's like Bubble's combat chassis.(Milspec armored vechile of your choice)
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: St.Clair on 22 May 2017, 01:38
*wonders if you can be transgender, but in a 'human who mentally is a robot' kind of way*

I'm informed (as I stay far away from that ilk, myself) that in some unpleasant corners of the internet, "I identify as an attack helicopter" is a semi-common joke/swipe/dismissal of those with any sort of dysphoria.
In QC, however, I can imagine it being a perfectly sincere and legitimate statement.  (Heck, look at May.)
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Akima on 22 May 2017, 02:43
What I want to know is what idiot designed her chassis to have a detachable butt in the first place! What purpose could that possibly serve?
Everyone has a detachable butt. It's just a question of how much mess you are willing to make...

I imagine a generic/universal style chassis could change out butts and chest sections for body customization along with shorter or longer arms and legs and perhaps a adjustable spine for lengthening the torso could be quite plausible.
But this seems more sensible. Robot bodies are presumably manufactured in discrete modules much as cars are, and components might fall off through wear and tear. We know that May's arm fell off (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3168), because her body is so clapped out.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: BenRG on 22 May 2017, 02:50
I imagine a generic/universal style chassis could change out butts and chest sections for body customization along with shorter or longer arms and legs and perhaps a adjustable spine for lengthening the torso could be quite plausible.

I think that there are two distinct forms of chassis: Modular ones like those used by May and Jeremy and integrated ones like Bubbles and Momo, otherwise known as 'the expensive ones'. You can't just swap out parts of integrated units (because they use pseudo-myomers as significant part of their actuation and, if you look at pictures of the human musculature, you'll notice that myomer layers don't come in easily separable sections).

In fact, I wonder if you could consider 'expensive' chassis types like Momo and Bubbles as being pseudo-organic with the number of bio-mimetic technologies in use. It wouldn't surprise me if they could eat to source chemicals to carry out low-level self-repair (self healing derma, for example).
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: retrosteve on 22 May 2017, 02:51
I hope Melon's melodramatic friend now replaces the door (and 14 others).

 :mrgreen:
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Undrneath on 22 May 2017, 02:55
Okay, so the question is what were Punchbot-lookalike and Melon doing to cause that injury?  :psyduck:

My guess he was spinning her around so fast it flew off due to centrifugal forces.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Zebediah on 22 May 2017, 03:46
Continuing the countdown:

#10: "Would you like to hear about our lord and savior, Dr. John Ellicott-Chatham?"
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: TinPenguin on 22 May 2017, 04:24
You know, it's interesting that even with the very plain, practical, "yes-I-am-a-robot" chassis types (such as those of Pintsize or our dramatic orange client who I am assuming is called Satsuma), the ability to convey basic emotion through facial expression is still considered very important. Whatever their heads are made of it must be something much more complex than the metal box it purports to be.

yes I know it's just the art style but
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Gyrre on 22 May 2017, 04:37
So, does Melon wear pants that are the bank butt (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/05/an-ai-invented-a-bunch-of-new-paint-colors-that-are-hilariously-wrong/) colored?


Sidenote: at least the neural network named the beige color "stummy beige".
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: hakko504 on 22 May 2017, 04:42
Q: If Melon's butt fell off, why can't she move herself? I'd think that even without a butt she'd be able to walk around anyway. Though looking a bit silly without a butt, but anyway. Or is her friend just overly fond of dramatic entrances?

#9 "Would you like some fries with that ham?"
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: TinPenguin on 22 May 2017, 04:47
Her 'butt' may actually be the carapace for her ambulatory motors.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: SubaruStephen on 22 May 2017, 04:58
#8 "Sorry, Dr. Butz is an optometrist."
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Gyrre on 22 May 2017, 05:46
#7 "No no no. We specialize in repairing medieval wine casks and medieval wine cask replicas."

*wonders if you can be transgender, but in a 'human who mentally is a robot' kind of way*

I'm informed (as I stay far away from that ilk, myself) that in some unpleasant corners of the internet, "I identify as an attack helicopter" is a semi-common joke/swipe/dismissal of those with any sort of dysphoria.
In QC, however, I can imagine it being a perfectly sincere and legitimate statement.  (Heck, look at May.)

Well, I hope the character Nick Zerhacker from 'Skin-Horse' doesn't count towards that. He literally does identify as a helicopter, and his brain is installed in a modified V-22 Osprey(source 1 (http://skin-horse.com/comic/will-be-provided/)) (source 2 (http://skin-horse.com/comic/he-wasnt-sure-about/)).

Incidentally, his name is a bilingual bonus AND a reference to the Tin Man from the Wizard of Oz.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: oeoek on 22 May 2017, 06:05
#6; perplexed man in striped apron and ridiculous paper hat reverts to sharpening a large knife in an absent minded way:
Sorry Folks... kchink tink, kchink tink, We only de-construct meats... kchink tink, kchink tink.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: hakko504 on 22 May 2017, 07:01
What I want to know is what idiot designed her chassis to have a detachable butt in the first place! What purpose could that possibly serve?

Something something sex robots.

(Incidentally, I would imagine there are AIs who provide sexual and emotional intimacy for humans. I'm thinking along the lines of Companions from Firefly.)
In 3301-3305 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3301) May and Momo discuss Human/AI intimate relations. It was also touched upon earlier when they ran into Sven and May in her typical style enquired whether Momo had any specific options for this installed. On the other hand, Pintsize laments in 3265 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3265) that he can't find a human to shove things into, whereupon May notes that there isn't an AI-fetish club nearby.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: JoeCovenant on 22 May 2017, 08:49

Just leaving this here...

(http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/wingsthatwork26.jpg)

 :-D
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: TheEvilDog on 22 May 2017, 09:14
#5 "Sir, please! This is a bongo store! We don't do that kind of repair!"
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Mad Cat on 22 May 2017, 09:46
*wonders if you can be transgender, but in a 'human who mentally is a robot' kind of way*

And have any humans actually been uploaded to android/robot bodies?
They showed that in the Channel 4/AMC series "Humans". A teenage girl named Renie was acting like a "synth", and the main cast's youngest daughter Sophie began doing likewise.
We haven't seen anything like "Ghost in the Shell"'s ability to take a human brain, encapsulate it in a "cyberbrain" and install it into an android chassis in the QC-verse. I doubt that is where Jeph would try to take it, but we have seen low-level cyborgs a la Clinton.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Buggman on 22 May 2017, 10:37
Yeah, somehow I don't buy that turning over control to AI would be such a great idea for humanity.

Exhibit A: Pintsize
Exhibit B: May
Exhibit C: The company that paired Pintsize with Martin
Exhibit D: Station and Spaceship (not that they're bad, but they clearly make bad decisions sometimes)
Exhibit E: Spookybot

Frankly, the AIs we've met haven't shown any more wisdom, compassion, or morality than the humans. Which is fine, but it makes it a bit arrogant for an AI to talk about taking over for the "good" of humanity.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: DSL on 22 May 2017, 11:11
No. 4: Enterprise bridge crew turns and stares in mixed shock and sadness.
UNNAMED CREWMAN: "That's two now. Shouldn't you have just taken her straight to sickbay?"
KIRK: "Never mind. This scene'll be cut."
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: jwhouk on 22 May 2017, 11:51
#3

NARDOLE: "Blimey! I thought you said that door was sealed?"

THE DOCTOR (taking off sonic sunglasses): "It isn't. But I can't fix that with a sonic screwdriver."
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: pendrake on 22 May 2017, 12:08
#2...  "I'm sorry, sir.  This is a Butts Disease Clinic, not a Butts Repair Shop."


And for #1...

BAM! "Please, help!  My babies' butts have fallen off!"

[Jeph]: "Damn it, Willis!  Learn to change your kids' diapers properly!
  Although...that does give me an inspiration...."

Thanks all for playing, hope some came away with a few laughs.  :claireface:
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Thrudd on 22 May 2017, 12:22
Null / Void:

Salesbot #!: "DESTROY NINETY-NINE PERCENT OF KNOWN HOUSEHOLD PESTS WITH PRE-SLICED,  RUSTPROOF, EASY-TO-HANDLE, LOW CALORIE SIMPSON'S INDIVIDUAL EMPEROR  STRINGETTES, FREE FROM ARTIFICIAL COLORING, AS USED IN HOSPITALS!"

Salesperson #2: It's...Super Absorbent String!

Salesbot #!:   "ABSORB WATER TODAY WITH SIMPSON'S INDIVIDUAL WATER ABSORB-A-TEX STRINGETTES!  AWAY WITH FLOODS! AWAY WITH THE DULL DRUDGERY OF WORKADAY TIDAL WAVES!  USE SIMPSON'S INDIVIDUAL FLOOD PREVENTERS!"

Melon:   :facepalm:

Concerned Friend:  I think I should have made a left at Albuquerque
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: DSL on 22 May 2017, 12:59
What are we doing to do with all these blue index cards lying on the sidewalk outside the window that's pretending to be broken?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Sullivan on 22 May 2017, 14:19
What I want to know is what idiot designed her chassis to have a detachable butt in the first place! What purpose could that possibly serve?

Maybe it's a service access point.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: JohnTheWysard on 22 May 2017, 15:56
Amg Melon is so CUTE!! 83
Even when she's meloncholy!
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Case on 22 May 2017, 16:36
Trying to come up with a story that ends with "... and then her butt just fell off!"  :-\
 
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Morituri on 22 May 2017, 16:55
If May and Melon have chassis from the same company, could there be a recall in the offing?

And - if there were - how would that work anyway?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: TheEvilDog on 22 May 2017, 16:58
Trying to come up with a story that ends with "... and then her butt just fell off!"  :-\
 


"I was telling Melon a joke and she laughed so much, her ass fell off."

If May and Melon have chassis from the same company, could there be a recall in the offing?

And - if there were - how would that work anyway?

I think it was mentioned that May's chassis was really quite old and out of warranty. Part of May's problem was that she couldn't afford to buy a newer chassis and the government wasn't willing to help her.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Case on 22 May 2017, 18:55
Q: If Melon's butt fell off, why can't she move herself? I'd think that even without a butt she'd be able to walk around anyway. Though looking a bit silly without a butt, but anyway. Or is her friend just overly fond of dramatic entrances?

Don't know how closely AI chassis' model human musculature, but our gorgeous butts (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluteus_maximus_muscle) are pretty much a prerequisite for bipedal locomotion (or just running? I don't clearly recall). Helps with standing up after you fell on your face, too.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Kugai on 22 May 2017, 19:02
I wonder if we're just being the butt of a  Jeph Joke
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: A small perverse otter on 22 May 2017, 20:20
Q: If Melon's butt fell off, why can't she move herself? I'd think that even without a butt she'd be able to walk around anyway. Though looking a bit silly without a butt, but anyway. Or is her friend just overly fond of dramatic entrances?

Don't know how closely AI chassis' model human musculature, but our gorgeous butts (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluteus_maximus_muscle) are pretty much a prerequisite for bipedal locomotion (or just running? I don't clearly recall). Helps with standing up after you fell on your face, too.
We require our gorgeous butts to stand up, much less walk or run.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Gyrre on 22 May 2017, 20:51

Frankly, the AIs we've met haven't shown any more wisdom, compassion, or morality than the humans. Which is fine, but it makes it a bit arrogant for an AI to talk about taking over for the "good" of humanity.
Well, we've got plenty of humans that think they can solve others' problems simply because they believe themselves to be superior. Though they usually try to dress up their blatant bigotry in some fashion ("better technology", "more sophisticated", "know better", etc.)

So, I guess it vaguely makes sense (in the context of QC AI) that the AIs would have a few among with the AI equivalent of a white-savior complex.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Killspree on 22 May 2017, 20:57
Okay, I like the new guys. They seem fun.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Tova on 22 May 2017, 20:59
COMIC

Looks like butt jokes are really taking off.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Neko_Ali on 22 May 2017, 22:14
Looks like Melon and Arthur were going for a moon shot. I hope it wasn't too expensive. Poor Melon doesn't need to lose an arm and a leg too. She'd be half the bot she was before.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Kugai on 22 May 2017, 22:22
He got the joke - give that Robot a Cookie!!!

And as for how she lost it  I assume nothing  :claireface:
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: foolsguinea on 22 May 2017, 22:40
I read Tuesday's without having seen Monday's, and I was very confused.

I wasn't sure about the new blue robot. She looks kind of like May with new hair. And May is almost that wacky.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: BenRG on 22 May 2017, 23:31
Okay, I'm thinking that Melon put a large number of firecrackers inside her butt panel "because I thought it would be funny". Meanwhile, Arthur is playing the role of the enabler friend who ought to be the one stopping her from doing stupid things.

Today's strip fits in with yesterday's strip because it shows us the following:
I suspect that Melon is eventually going to confess that she was copying a stunt from the AI version of Jackass, something that IRL has already cut a swathe of injury and death.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Storel on 22 May 2017, 23:44
Me: Why do you have a detachable butt?
Melon: Why wouldn't I?
Me: ...I asked you first!
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Morituri on 23 May 2017, 00:38
It is almost certain that she did it with noodles.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Tova on 23 May 2017, 01:36
Yes, and the beauty of noodle incidents is that each one of our headcanons is totally legit. I accept them. I accept them all.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: JoeCovenant on 23 May 2017, 02:10
Null / Void:

Salesbot #!: "DESTROY NINETY-NINE PERCENT OF KNOWN HOUSEHOLD PESTS WITH PRE-SLICED,  RUSTPROOF, EASY-TO-HANDLE, LOW CALORIE SIMPSON'S INDIVIDUAL EMPEROR  STRINGETTES, FREE FROM ARTIFICIAL COLORING, AS USED IN HOSPITALS!"

Salesperson #2: It's...Super Absorbent String!

Salesbot #!:   "ABSORB WATER TODAY WITH SIMPSON'S INDIVIDUAL WATER ABSORB-A-TEX STRINGETTES!  AWAY WITH FLOODS! AWAY WITH THE DULL DRUDGERY OF WORKADAY TIDAL WAVES!  USE SIMPSON'S INDIVIDUAL FLOOD PREVENTERS!"

Melon:   :facepalm:

Concerned Friend:  I think I should have made a left at Albuquerque


Could have worked...

If you'd gotten sex into it...

 :clairedoge:
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: JoeCovenant on 23 May 2017, 02:19
F: "We need to do something to prevent this from happening again."

B: "Hmmm. I suggest a bio-mechanical replacement gluteus maximus. It should be sown with follicles to allow cylindrical, keratinized, filaments to grow from the upper epidermis."

F: "You... You want it to grow hair??"

B: "Yes."

F: "How on earth will that stop it from falling off again?"

B: "Buttresses."
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Sullivan on 23 May 2017, 04:00
Maybe it's a service access point.

I'll service your access point, if you know what I mean.

...I'll let myself out.
Well, you do know where the exit is.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Case on 23 May 2017, 04:30
B: "Buttresses."

Ok, Joe wins the thread. Everybody can go home now.

G'night!
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: shanejayell on 23 May 2017, 07:05
Well, that was a thing...  :-o
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: brasca on 23 May 2017, 07:34
I give them credit for originality.  A cracked butt would be the most obvious and overused joke. 

As for having a detachable butt there is someone I recall with a similar condition:    Just to be safe I will say this video is semi NSFW. 

Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: wlewisiii on 23 May 2017, 08:11
I give them credit for originality.  A cracked butt would be the most obvious and overused joke. 

As for having a detachable butt there is someone I recall with a similar condition:    Just to be safe I will say this video is semi NSFW.
:laugh: Oh I hadn't seen/heard that in years. Thanks!
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: USS Martenclaire on 23 May 2017, 08:13
After her companion's rather cheeky entrance, Faye and Bubbles begin their assigned task. The replacement had a crack in it, but it was fine as it was supposed to be there. Melon starts to fall a little behind on her payments and then into arrears. After attempting to pay with a bum check, she lands a well paying job at the bakery handling buns.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: brasca on 23 May 2017, 08:18
I give them credit for originality.  A cracked butt would be the most obvious and overused joke. 

As for having a detachable butt there is someone I recall with a similar condition:    Just to be safe I will say this video is semi NSFW.
:laugh: Oh I hadn't seen/heard that in years. Thanks!

Were you introduced to it through Beavis & Butt-head?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: JoeCovenant on 23 May 2017, 09:32
Well...
As we're *going there*...
Here's one from my childhood...


Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Roborat on 23 May 2017, 11:39
So, does this mean Butts Disease has crossed the barrier from human to robot? That is quite the mutation.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Zebediah on 23 May 2017, 12:07
Well, it's always been a memetic rather than organic virus, so it's not that big a leap.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Case on 23 May 2017, 12:11
Well, it's always been a memetic rather than organic virus, so it's not that big a leap.

Yes, but AI are a 'species' for which butts are optional rather than mandatory?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Zebediah on 23 May 2017, 13:37
One need not have a butt to have Butts Disease. The primary symptom is thinking excessively about butts. So all you need is a mind.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: oeoek on 23 May 2017, 14:27
I think I know how the butt got launched: just a little blockage in the system after a   certain app was installed (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3117).
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Perfectly Reasonable on 23 May 2017, 17:51
Dang, ninja'd.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Kugai on 23 May 2017, 21:48
I wonder if Faye takes Buttcoin  :claireface:
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: BenRG on 23 May 2017, 23:19
Wow! This is taking on more and more the characteristics of a Noodle Incident turned up to eleven! If Faye wants to maintain anything resembling sanity in her life, I suspect that she'll want to decide that she doesn't want to know.

Also, Melon, honey? No-one likes a freeloader. Some people are genuinely in need. Others (like you) have made a bad decision and need to pay for it!
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Case on 23 May 2017, 23:30
I wonder if Faye takes Buttcoin  :claireface:

(http://www.davidmcgonigal.com.au/_photos/images_downloads/antarctic/ant_020_laughing%20leopard%20sm.jpg)
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: OldGoat on 23 May 2017, 23:36
May and Melon appear to have the same model chassis.   Does it appeal to low-lifes the same way late '80s Camaros/Firebirds appealed to methamphetamine cooks?  Or are we going to find out that May and Melon have consecutive serial numbers?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: BenRG on 23 May 2017, 23:51
May and Melon's chassis are similar but not identical. I suspect that there is a market for generic and low-fidelity humanoid chassis for those AIs with either limited finances or a liking for the basic look (I suspect that Melon is one of the latter). Note especially that Melon doesn't have ears but rather has pink 'dish covers' covering her auditory sensors.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: JimC on 24 May 2017, 02:12
...suspect that there is a market for generic and low-fidelity humanoid chassis...

Its the Sears and Robutt catalogue...
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Akima on 24 May 2017, 02:42
I suspect that there is a market for generic and low-fidelity
It's pretty much the explanation for Ford and Holden, after all. :-P
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: JoeCovenant on 24 May 2017, 02:56
Woah!!!

Full frontal Robo-nudity!  :psyduck:
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Zebediah on 24 May 2017, 03:32
Yes, this is clearly the real reason Jeph started this whole "robot repair" thing: So that he could draw nude females and get away with it. We saw May topless when she was getting repaired and now a bottomless Melon.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: BenRG on 24 May 2017, 03:44
More importantly, it fixes in the reader's mind that these low-fidelity chassis are, as Faye and May have noted on many occasions 'big Barbie dolls'.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: A small perverse otter on 24 May 2017, 06:15
May and Melon's chassis are similar but not identical. I suspect that there is a market for generic and low-fidelity humanoid chassis for those AIs with either limited finances or a liking for the basic look (I suspect that Melon is one of the latter). Note especially that Melon doesn't have ears but rather has pink 'dish covers' covering her auditory sensors.
I was thinking that this robot looked more like the policebot who was investigating Corpsewitch, but, either way, it does look like there's a line of low-fi chassis around for AI's who don't want or can't afford a more customized one. In fact, it looks like there are at least two such lines: the 'girly' line (May, Melon) and the 'big guy' line (Punchbot, Arthur).
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: brasca on 24 May 2017, 06:59
Wow! This is taking on more and more the characteristics of a Noodle Incident turned up to eleven! If Faye wants to maintain anything resembling sanity in her life, I suspect that she'll want to decide that she doesn't want to know.

Faye lives with Pintsize so I think she is used to not wanting to know all the details. 

I'm actually surprised that a replacement bottom only cost $75.  However, the price of things is probably different in their world than ours. 
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: shanejayell on 24 May 2017, 07:17
Parts and labor. So it's actually less than $75.  :lol:

One does wonder how 'losing a butt' is a EMERGENCY actually. Does being butt-less cause catastrophic illness?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: JimC on 24 May 2017, 07:33
... 'losing a butt' is a EMERGENCY actually.

Is there some subtext to 'emergency' that escapes those of us who don't live in the US health care regime?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Neko_Ali on 24 May 2017, 07:39
Parts and labor. So it's actually less than $75.  :lol:

One does wonder how 'losing a butt' is a EMERGENCY actually. Does being butt-less cause catastrophic illness?

Hey, do not doubt the seriousness of a buttastrophe. It's an absolute asspocalypse. Don't worry, I'm sure we'll get to the bottom of this story. Jeph wouldn't just leave us hanging in the breeze, would he?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: dna_level_c on 24 May 2017, 07:46
Hey, do not doubt the seriousness of a buttastrophe.

This cracked me up.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: OldGoat on 24 May 2017, 07:58
May and Melon's chassis are similar but not identical. I suspect that there is a market for generic and low-fidelity humanoid chassis for those AIs with either limited finances or a liking for the basic look (I suspect that Melon is one of the latter). Note especially that Melon doesn't have ears but rather has pink 'dish covers' covering her auditory sensors.
I think the ear covers or whatever they are are more like after-market outside mirrors or cheap plastic replacement hubcaps, not part of the chassis which corresponds to the human head & torso and perhaps limbs.  Hair, ears, possibly eye color would be among a small assortment of factory options offered, with third party vendors cranking out anything else imaginable.  If May is any indication, there's a market for naughty bits, too.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Roborat on 24 May 2017, 11:36
I am getting a definite Disney vibe here, with her wearing a shirt but no pants.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: DSL on 24 May 2017, 12:42
I am getting a definite Disney vibe here, with her wearing a shirt but no pants.

For the full Disney vibe, she'll put on some sort of bottom clothing for swimming.

I never could figure that about D. Duck.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: sitnspin on 24 May 2017, 12:59
Porky Pig didn't wear trousers, but wrapped a towel around his waist after a shower.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: TheEvilDog on 24 May 2017, 13:18
But you know, between Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, they do have a complete outfit. Granted, its mismatched, but still.

And lets not forget that Scrooge McDuck, the richest duck in the world; with his top hat, his tailored jacket, his cane and his spats for his feet. Yet, never any pants but wore an old style full bathing suit when he was diving into his money pit.

Half dressed cartoon animals, go figure.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: DonInKansas on 24 May 2017, 18:20
$75 for a new butt?  That's cheap.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: WareWolf on 24 May 2017, 18:28
$75 for a new butt?  That's cheap.

I know, right?

As an attorney, I have heard variations on  "I have to pay? but this is an EMERGENCY!" more times than I care to count.

As a friend says "If I want to go broke, I can do it at home with my feet up. I don't need to work at it."
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (2https://forums.questionableconte2 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: TheEvilDog on 24 May 2017, 18:59
$75 for a new butt?  That's cheap.

I know, right?

As an attorney, I have heard variations on  "I have to pay? but this is an EMERGENCY!" more times than I care to count.

See, in my mind an emergency is "Oh dear, my hand has been cut off in an accident." not "Oh dear, my ass has achieved low earth orbit because I was messing around."
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (2https://forums.questionableconte2 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Case on 24 May 2017, 19:10
Is it a good idea to have Faye set up the shop's social media presence?

"Union Robotics: All your Butts are belong to us!"

See, in my mind an emergency is "Oh dear, my hand has been cut off in an accident." not "Oh dear, my ass has achieved low earth orbit because I was messing around."

Three letters: RDX


Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: A small perverse otter on 24 May 2017, 19:38
"I'm proud of you, buddy"

It sounds like this is the end of the arc.  What comes next?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: shanejayell on 24 May 2017, 20:21
As a shipper, after Bubble's response I'd have liked her to go,

 "My sensors have detected your hotness, as well."

Well, I'll save that for the fanfics.  :-D
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Tova on 24 May 2017, 20:41
"I'm proud of you, buddy"

It sounds like this is the end of the arc.  What comes next?

Butts. Ultimately, it always come down to butts.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Carl-E on 24 May 2017, 20:47
The hand in the middle of the back as they walk, with its slight shift, speaks volumes to the level of comfort they have with each other.

As in the end of Casablanca, "I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship".

What weepy eyes? This is just allergies.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: TheEvilDog on 24 May 2017, 21:10
What weepy eyes? This is just allergies.
(https://media.giphy.com/media/VuWtVHkMjrz2w/giphy.gif)
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Method of Madness on 24 May 2017, 21:23
Porky Pig didn't wear trousers, but wrapped a towel around his waist after a shower.
Well yeah, because he's wet :parrot:
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: BenRG on 24 May 2017, 23:37
So, the excitement of the first day is over and from now on is the grind. Welcome to the real world, ladies!

Those last two panels are sweet in that they show Faye's protectiveness of Bubbles. Despite the fact that Bubbles is o much larger and stronger, I think that Faye is aware that, in many ways, Bubbles is more fragile than she is.

Then there is the fact that Bubbles oddly enough didn't seem to mind being 'checked out'. I would have thought that someone as conscious of themselves as Bubbles would have reacted more strongly but maybe she's getting over that slowly and is trying to develop an alternate view of the experience.

So, Faye, do you think Bubbles is super-hot?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: anahata on 25 May 2017, 00:03
"I'm proud of you, buddy"

It sounds like this is the end of the arc.
Maybe. To me, the choice of language also shows it's the end of any shipping for those two.

As a shipper, after Bubble's response I'd have liked her to go,

 "My sensors have detected your hotness, as well."

Given Faye's recent and past history, what she really doesn't need is lots of hot sex. She could go to Sven for that any day, or could have followed Angus to wherever it was he went, or found someone else soon enough.

What she really needs (and she knows it) is a friend she can trust.
And a way of making a living doing something which she is skilled at and which she enjoys.

Anyway, I seem to remember that Jeph has already said he wasn't going to go there (extreme human-AI intimacy, and not counting Pintsize's efforts).
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Storel on 25 May 2017, 00:35
I think I know how the butt got launched: just a little blockage in the system after a   certain app was installed (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3117).

My headcanon is that her butt was blown off by a collision with a certain butt-rocket.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: BenRG on 25 May 2017, 01:27
Anyway, I seem to remember that Jeph has already said he wasn't going to go there (extreme human-AI intimacy, and not counting Pintsize's efforts).

That was a long time ago. Jeph may (or may not) have changed his mind since creating the character of Bubbles; writers do change their red lines on occasion.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Zebediah on 25 May 2017, 03:33
Honestly, the "situational awareness protocol" didn't have to work very hard, because they weren't being at all subtle about it.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: cesium133 on 25 May 2017, 05:34
I think I know how the butt got launched: just a little blockage in the system after a   certain app was installed (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3117).

My headcanon is that her butt was blown off by a collision with a certain butt-rocket.
Perhaps her butt was the butt-rocket, and they've just been smashing in doors looking for help since then.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Neko_Ali on 25 May 2017, 06:26
Honestly, the "situational awareness protocol" didn't have to work very hard, because they weren't being at all subtle about it.

Daaaaaaaaang
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (2https://forums.questionableconte2 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: brasca on 25 May 2017, 07:49
Is it a good idea to have Faye set up the shop's social media presence?

"Union Robotics: All your Butts are belong to us!"

Strangely enough Faye seems to have a good rapport with other AIs so maybe she's the best one for the job. 
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Kugai on 25 May 2017, 17:35
At least they've gotten their first paying customer/repair job under their collective belts.

Is it just me, or can anyone else hear Jerri Ryan's Seven of Nine voice when Bubbles makes that statement  in the last Panel.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: TheEvilDog on 25 May 2017, 20:47
Lesson learned here, never accept any currency from Pintsize. Ever.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: ChipNoir on 25 May 2017, 21:11
Perhaps its just me being sleepy, but I find it kinda interesting that AI's can show disgust for 'gross things' despite having no biological empathy.

Unless I'm mistaken, AI's don't feel 'pain', as highly implied by the sheer amount of physical destruction all the AI's have endured across the comics, usually being the punchline that they can take damage to their chasis, but keep coming back for more. To hurt an AI is more of a moral thing; abusing their freedom, their status as none human, and other existential rights.

Yet Momo has often balked at vulgarity, and just now Momo shows disgust at the money being damp. AI's can't contract physical disease, and they (presumably) don't usually engage is the more 'icky' bodily features (Eating, pooping, having sex) as far as we know.

So where does the sense of disgust for things come from? Is it something that they've adapted as second nature in emulating humanity? Is it the alien quality of biological function?

I'm too tired to grapple with this thought bubble, but yeah. What do you guys thing on the nature of "icky" for a being that has no biological imperatives, and thus, no direct understanding of the experience?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: BenRG on 25 May 2017, 23:18
I think that the point is, Faye, can you afford not to be the guys who make sexual organ emulators for perverted synthetics on a budget? That's the problem that many a struggling new business has asked: what price ethics? Additionally at what point are you letting personal aesthetic qualms masquerade as ethics? One thing is sure here: Faye is going to do this and, based on her expression, she's regretting it already.

Perhaps its just me being sleepy, but I find it kinda interesting that AI's can show disgust for 'gross things' despite having no biological empathy.

They still have a sense of propriety and aesthetics and these (as with all social beings) are strongly influenced by the norms of the society and culture in which they live.

In any case, they have the ability to learn from experience. One thing Bubbles has learned is that money shouldn't be damp. One other thing she's learned is that something damp coming from Pintsize should set your imagination racing.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Gyrre on 25 May 2017, 23:23
Perhaps its just me being sleepy, but I find it kinda interesting that AI's can show disgust for 'gross things' despite having no biological empathy.

Unless I'm mistaken, AI's don't feel 'pain', as highly implied by the sheer amount of physical destruction all the AI's have endured across the comics, usually being the punchline that they can take damage to their chasis, but keep coming back for more. To hurt an AI is more of a moral thing; abusing their freedom, their status as none human, and other existential rights.

Yet Momo has often balked at vulgarity, and just now Momo shows disgust at the money being damp. AI's can't contract physical disease, and they (presumably) don't usually engage is the more 'icky' bodily features (Eating, pooping, having sex) as far as we know.

So where does the sense of disgust for things come from? Is it something that they've adapted as second nature in emulating humanity? Is it the alien quality of biological function?

I'm too tired to grapple with this thought bubble, but yeah. What do you guys thing on the nature of "icky" for a being that has no biological imperatives, and thus, no direct understanding of the experience?
From the way Momo (it was her or Hanners) explained how the AI mind works, I'd wadger that it largely stems from 'emulating humanity'. Though, AI/robots finding organic beings revolting is something of a long-standing sci-fi trope.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: TRenn on 25 May 2017, 23:29
At least they've gotten their first paying customer/repair job under their collective belts.

Is it just me, or can anyone else hear Jerri Ryan's Seven of Nine voice when Bubbles makes that statement  in the last Panel.

I wasn't specifically hearing Jeri Ryan before, but I certainly will from now on.

So thank you, that's an excellent choice.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: brasca on 26 May 2017, 00:46
Perhaps its just me being sleepy, but I find it kinda interesting that AI's can show disgust for 'gross things' despite having no biological empathy.

Unless I'm mistaken, AI's don't feel 'pain', as highly implied by the sheer amount of physical destruction all the AI's have endured across the comics, usually being the punchline that they can take damage to their chasis, but keep coming back for more. To hurt an AI is more of a moral thing; abusing their freedom, their status as none human, and other existential rights.

Yet Momo has often balked at vulgarity, and just now Momo shows disgust at the money being damp. AI's can't contract physical disease, and they (presumably) don't usually engage is the more 'icky' bodily features (Eating, pooping, having sex) as far as we know.

So where does the sense of disgust for things come from? Is it something that they've adapted as second nature in emulating humanity? Is it the alien quality of biological function?

I'm too tired to grapple with this thought bubble, but yeah. What do you guys thing on the nature of "icky" for a being that has no biological imperatives, and thus, no direct understanding of the experience?

I think it's just played for laughs.  Bubbles didn't lose all of her memories from her time in the army and can probably remember some of the unpleasant experiences so Pintsize must be very revolting indeed if he can trigger that reaction.

I can understand Faye being concerned about ethics seeing as how her last employer was devoid of any, but I don't think Pintsize could be any worse with or without one.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Akima on 26 May 2017, 00:47
Hmm... I've been imagining Tricia Helfer in Queen of Blades mode.
I wonder why Pintsize's notes are damp; has he been laundering money?  :claireface:

Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Sullivan on 26 May 2017, 00:49
I think that the point is, Faye, can you afford not to be the guys who make sexual organ emulators for perverted synthetics on a budget?

I was going to say... the correct response to Faye's question in panel 2 is: "How much money?"
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: TheEvilDog on 26 May 2017, 04:47
I wonder why Pintsize's notes are damp; has he been laundering money?  :claireface:

Only if it was dirty.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: oeoek on 26 May 2017, 04:51
Time for our new entrepreneurs to follow good cosmetic-surgery practice: charge triple for steel dicks for fun in order to allow free help to those needing it in case of real butt-emergencies...
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Zebediah on 26 May 2017, 05:43
It's been asked before, but the question bears repeating: Where does Pintsize get his money in the first place? He doesn't work, and as far as we know Marten doesn't give him an allowance.

On the other hand, is this a question we really want to have answered? Because the possibilities are disturbing.  :psyduck:
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: BenRG on 26 May 2017, 05:45
I've long thought that Pintsize has a side about which we're only tangentially aware. I seem to remember a long time ago him mentioning to Marten that he owned a public-access internet pornography archive. If it's a paid subscription service, he could have a considerable personal income from that.

Additionally, Companion AnthroPCs might get a salary from Ellicott-Chatham Robotics for their time and work.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: cesium133 on 26 May 2017, 06:07
I've long thought that Pintsize has a side about which we're only tangentially aware. I seem to remember a long time ago him mentioning to Marten that he owned a public-access internet pornography archive. If it's a paid subscription service, he could have a considerable personal income from that.

Additionally, Companion AnthroPCs might get a salary from Ellicott-Chatham Robotics for their time and work.
That's how Beatrice launders her money. The money gets sent to Hannelore, who launders it again (while skipping the dry cycle), before it's forwarded to the companion AnthroPC.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: shanejayell on 26 May 2017, 07:03
Poor Bubbles is SO going "Ewwwwwwwwwwwww."
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: zioninavision on 26 May 2017, 15:15
I think I know how the butt got launched: just a little blockage in the system after a   certain app was installed (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3117).

My headcanon is that her butt was blown off by a collision with a certain butt-rocket.
Perhaps her butt was the butt-rocket, and they've just been smashing in doors looking for help since then.

!! :)  :laugh: :laugh:   Or if they are separate entities, it is possible to have a headcanon (or maybe it could occur in universe??) wherein this mechanical butt encounters the butt rocket and they either a) become friends b) become friends and also procreate/multiply somehow, and eventually reenter the atmosphere together as a large family causing panic about a meteor shower at first. Instead of crashing into anything, they all find places to sit down!!
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Kugai on 26 May 2017, 16:06
Better make sure it ain't counterfeit there Bubbles.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Gyrre on 27 May 2017, 03:50
I've long thought that Pintsize has a side about which we're only tangentially aware. I seem to remember a long time ago him mentioning to Marten that he owned a public-access internet pornography archive. If it's a paid subscription service, he could have a considerable personal income from that.

Additionally, Companion AnthroPCs might get a salary from Ellicott-Chatham Robotics for their time and work.

He may also dabble in the stock market. Perhaps penny stocks to be smart about it.

Here's hoping that that isn't sweaty sock money.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3486 to 3490 (22 to 26 May 2017)
Post by: Storel on 27 May 2017, 14:00
Pintsize, you're supposed to let the ink dry after it comes off the printing press before you try passing it to anyone!



At least, I hope that's why it's damp...