Elliots a bouncer? (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1883)
So it would seem - but I don't think we've had any corroboration that this is the same Elliot(t).
I think given Elliot's comments about being able to put Faye in a sleeper hold (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2042) has lead most of us to accept that he is indeed a bouncer. It's not 100% irrevocable proof, but combined with the One Steve Limit (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OneSteveLimit)* rule it looks to be a fairly safe bet.
*Disclaimer: you know where this link leads. Enter at your own risk. :evil:
Since when is Elliot a bouncer!?! Bakery's do not need bouncers!!! Unless its a "special" bakery...
Since when is Elliot a bouncer!?! Bakery's do not need bouncers!!! Unless its a "special" bakery...
Angus should be getting back this week. Just on the Faye front, I wanna see how he handles the glasses and hair.
Next week
Michael Buffer.
Angus should be getting back this week. Just on the Faye front, I wanna see how he handles the glasses and hair.
That cinches it. he knew damn well what he was doing to her when he told her he loved her before he left.
I don't think that is actually Jeph in that comic, the news post just leads me to believe that he is just making fun of himself with Faye's dialouge.Did Jeph just make a guest appearance... in his own comic? :psyduck:Eh, it's happened before (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=655).
Did Jeph just make a guest appearance... in his own comic? :psyduck:
Also, it looks like Angus is fully aware that Faye is having issues with the L word.
lubricant
He's got identical piercings, that's good enough for me :mrgreen:I don't think that is actually Jeph in that comic, the news post just leads me to believe that he is just making fun of himself with Faye's dialouge.Did Jeph just make a guest appearance... in his own comic? :psyduck:Eh, it's happened before (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=655).
He's got identical piercings, that's good enough for me :mrgreen:
Jeph looks very tired in that first panel.
I wonder if QC world Jeph's sleep patterns are as fucked up as ours's is.
For the record, I have no clue what "Thanksgiving" is ... its just a weird thing that sometimes appears in american sourced material.
weird american weddings (where the father has to "bring the bride"
Angus is a sweet little troll of a boyfriend.. :)
Quoooooote tunnnneeelllll.He's got identical piercings, that's good enough for me :mrgreen:I don't think that is actually Jeph in that comic, the news post just leads me to believe that he is just making fun of himself with Faye's dialouge.Did Jeph just make a guest appearance... in his own comic? :psyduck:Eh, it's happened before (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=655).
Fair enough, there is a good chance I could be wrong. It has been known to happen (a lot more often then I care to admit). And that was also quite a while ago and I am guessing that it is very possible that Jeph looked different back then. Infact, lets just say you were right. Works for me.
He's got identical piercings, that's good enough for me (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye8mB6VsUHw) :mrgreen:
4. The sign in the background... Train Danger "Trainager" (??? Cannot make the third line out.)
Quoooooote tunnnneeelllll.
Fear is the mind-"what" ?!? The mystery of the tattoo is unbearable!
My wife is shocked that my 39-year-old daughter, who left home at 19, has just asked me to "give her away" at her wedding next summer.
Yes he is; "Fear is the mind-" (to complete the phrase and discover its context, read Dune ).
I don't recall that being what Jeph actually has there, though he does have something; I can't lay hands on any picture of Jeph's tats, as it's not a matter that interests me. He has said that his favourite tats (not in that picture) are of birds.
Yes he is; "Fear is the mind-" (to complete the phrase and discover its context, read Dune ).
For the record, I have no clue what "Thanksgiving" is ... its just a weird thing that sometimes appears in american sourced material.
It's an American and a Canadian holiday generally derived from a 17th century celebration wherein colonists celebrated their thanks to God for their survival via a feast. It was turned into a national holiday by Abraham Lincoln. It's basically an extension of what was a commonplace European harvest festival that grew into the holiday that exists now.
Did Jeph just make a guest appearance... in his own comic? :psyduck:Eh, it's happened before (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=655).
stupid looking guy in the first panel
FYI Canadian Thanksgiving is a month before American Thanksgiving, taking place around the second weekend of October. It's also minus legends about Piuritans/Pilgrims and Native Americans meeting, since Piuritans/Pilgrims didn't play much of a role in the early days of Canada.
what's next, him spouting vague references to dead fathers?
(That being said...if you have done so yet, go read Dune!)
If there´s one thing I never get tired of it´s Dune references.
Dune Dune Dune Dune Dune
I even wrote a paper on the 1984 movie this year ^-^
So am I the only one who notices that the other extra in the first panel looks like a female Sven?Nope. I had that exact same thought too.
Eh, it's happened before (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=655).
So love turns her into a Saiyan?
or get defeated that she didn't say it back.Well she did say it back the first time.
Heh, my bad. Sorry 'bout that folks.Don't worry about it, quote tunnels are fun! The important thing is to bring a flashlight so you can explore deeper inside.
Our own world could very well be a mere sketch on some internet comic, and the guy we walk by when we step outside may unknowingly be the penmaster..."Once Zhuangzi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuang_Tzu) dreamt he was a butterfly, a butterfly flitting and fluttering around, happy with himself and doing as he pleased. He didn't know he was Zhuangzi. Suddenly he woke up and there he was, solid and unmistakable Zhuangzi. But he didn't know if he was Zhuangzi who had dreamt he was a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming he was Zhuangzi."
Every time I watch the stream of a comic with Faye in it, I'm struck by how different she looks before Jeph draws her glasses on her. It's especially noticeable, I think, in the first panel of 2066. Before the glasses, she's little-girl happy to see Angus. Then those Velma Dinkley frames with their industrial-strength earpieces go on and suddenly, half her face is unreadable. I think Faye's glasses might be a character in their own right.For me the same thing happens with Marigold, though not quite to the same magnitude as with Faye.
I always read it as Benn-eh Gezzerit (with a hard G as in golf or gun
It's an interesting thought, really. Jeph is the one who made the QC world, determines the fate of his characters and the world, really. He wields a graphics tablet of infinite power, yet when we see him, he is a tired, slightly sad man with no idea of the kind of destructive power he holds.
Our own world could very well be a mere sketch on some internet comic, and the guy we walk by when we step outside may unknowingly be the penmaster...
I'm always very careful about quoting someone who called for the death of everyone who venerated a (certain) philosopher without fully understanding his doctrine.How very elliptical! I was quoting Zhuangzi, or rather the book of the same name attributed to him. To which passage are you referring?
A soft G makes the link with "Jesuit" more obvious (if you believe in it, and it's quite convincing once raised).I was not aware of the Jesuit thing until I read the Wikipedia article this morning: "In Dreamer of Dune, Brian Herbert's 2003 biography of his father, the younger Herbert speculates that the name "Gesserit" is supposed to suggest to the reader the word "Jesuit" and thus evoke undertones of a religious order." I wonder what kind of dunce would feel that any notional connection to the Jesuits was necessary to "evoke undertones of a religious order" in an organization that grants the title Reverend Mother to its senior members!
I'm always very careful about quoting someone who called for the death of everyone who venerated a (certain) philosopher without fully understanding his doctrine.How very elliptical! I was quoting Zhuangzi, or rather the book of the same name attributed to him. To which passage are you referring?
"D'AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW."
"D'AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW."
It's an interesting thought, really. Jeph is the one who made the QC world, determines the fate of his characters and the world, really. He wields a graphics tablet of infinite power, yet when we see him, he is a tired, slightly sad man with no idea of the kind of destructive power he holds.
My own version, the Litany against Civilization (by Sid Meier):You can limit playing Civilization to weekends? What manner of superhuman creature are you?
"I must not Civ.
Civ is the time-killer.
Civ is the one-more-turn that devours weekends."
I'm surprised that no one's commented on the emotional openness and honesty that Faye's displaying.I think we're trying not to jinx it
What's Orwell's 1984 got to do with Dune? :-D
I'm surprised that no one's commented on the emotional openness and honesty that Faye's displaying.
"D'AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW."about?
I'm surprised that no one's commented on the emotional openness and honesty that Faye's displaying.After multiple Coping Mechanisms (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Galactic_Gargle_Blaster) and a punch to the head, she's probably too drain bamaged to fully inhibit ;)
You can limit playing Civilization to weekends? What manner of superhuman creature are you?I'm superior to even that :-P, I NEVER play it ... :roll:
I'm starting to really like Angus.Thats because he's superhumanly sensible.
The QC <=> Charlie Brown topic seems to keep coming up in the WCDT threads recently. I can certainly see some parallels. It probably deserves a thread all of its very own. :)
I suddenly realized how much I like the third panel with Angus and Faye sitting next to each other on the couch. They're still uncomfortable, they still haven't finished talking through it, but that isn't stopping them from wanting to be close to each other. Very heartwarming. Clearly, their relationship has moved far past "good enough", even if the two of them won't admit it.
The QC <=> Charlie Brown topic seems to keep coming up in the WCDT threads recently. I can certainly see some parallels. It probably deserves a thread all of its very own. :)
or get defeated that she didn't say it back.Well she did say it back the first time.
5. The Civilization series is the spice-melange to my mentat for turn-based strategic gaming...
Also--that Faye-hawk--ugh. Can't stand it, but can't look away. :psyduck:
Faye and Angus almost got into their first fight when Renee came up as a topic of conversation
Jeph is ... Possessed by the spirit of Charles Schulz?
QC did start a couple years after Schulz died ...
Think about it. a philosophical, angsty, slice of life, humor-in-the-small-things comic that is very different from the way it was when it began, with a large and changing cast ...
Kinda geeked about the possibilities, really. The QC Holiday TV specials; a beer-sledding hill and arena with a snack bar featuring Coffee of Doom drinks and Secret Bakery pastries (and Midnight Hobo bourbon); a chain of "Psychiatric Help 5 cents" sidewalk booths
featuring Dr. Corrinne; a hipster playland at an amusement park of your choice with employees running around in giant-head costumes of the QC characters ...
And, of course, Pintsize on the side of a blimp selling insurance.
You have come far young Padma-wan
I'm starting to really like Angus. It sure does seem to take a lot to phase him. Then again, he's lived with Marigold for how long now, so I imagine Faye's shenanigans are nothing compared to what he's used to (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1677). Then again, I'm not sure I want to imply that Faye is easier to interact with than Marigold. I mean, she's no angel (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=783) either... :psyduck:
You have come far young Padma-wan
Wait, what?
Seriously...Angus probably has insider info on Padma via Renee. I can't wait to see what he makes of recent events.
You have come far young Padma-wan
Wait, what?
Huh? Who?
Why? How?When? Where?Huh? Who?You have come far young Padma-wanWait, what?
Well we can't really say how long he's lived with her as this could suggest anything. (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1363) Then again now that I rethink it that might just mean Momo and Marigold but burning a goat doesn't seem in Marigold's personality.
Why? How?When? Where?Huh? Who?You have come far young Padma-wanWait, what?
And there you go.
Somehow, Faye has breathed life into her hair and created MoodReader Hair V1.0
Hmmmmmmm
I wonder if it'll try to mate with that thing on Donald Trumps head? :-D
Why? How?When? Where?Huh? Who?You have come far young Padma-wanWait, what?
And there you go.
Yup
Why? How?When? Where?Huh? Who?You have come far young Padma-wanWait, what?
And there you go.
Yup
that shit don't make no sense
Yup
What does Jeph's tattoo say in 2066 ?Good question, we'll have to wait another 55 years to find out ! :-D (SCNR)
What does Jeph's tattoo say in 2066 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2066)?
It is the beginning of "Fear is the mind killer".
how does Momo conduct the discharge through her body without burning her clothes?
Subsidiary question: how does Momo conduct the discharge through her body without burning her clothes?
In all fairness, it seemed to me like his interests were more rooted in the "new tech" way, and not in a "I want to boff momo" kind of way. From his viewpoint she is just a new toy, akin to the latest other gadgets that pop up from time to time.And thinking of people as 'new toys' isn't creepy as all get out?
In all fairness, it seemed to me like his interests were more rooted in the "new tech" way, and not in a "I want to boff momo" kind of way. From his viewpoint she is just a new toy, akin to the latest other gadgets that pop up from time to time.And thinking of people as 'new toys' isn't creepy as all get out?
I give him credit for knowing that he was creepy. Better than nothing. I honestly like the guy, he just needs some... help.Agreed. I can see me getting annoyed with him after a while if he stays like this, but it could be interesting to watch him develop if he instead tries to learn some social graces. And he could do far worse than ask for help from an ex-stalker (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=525), an ex-shut-in (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1460), and a walking social protocol database (http://www.questionablecontent.net/1573).
And thinking of people as 'new toys' isn't creepy as all get out?
Agreed. I can see me getting annoyed with him after a while if he stays like this, but it could be interesting to watch him develop if he instead tries to learn some social graces. And he could do far worse than ask for help from an ex-stalker (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=525), an ex-shut-in (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1460), and a walking social protocol database (http://www.questionablecontent.net/1573).
Robots aren't people.
Can people be sold on eBay if they misbehave?People can be sold, though not on e-bay, if they are female (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bride-buying)...
People can be sold, though not on e-bay, if they are female (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bride-buying)...
That idea has ... potential. I don't think that Jeph will write any major story arcs about it, but an occasional strip or two may come. Danielle Corsetto has recently touched the subject of educating awkward/creepy guys at least (http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-1257/)twice. (http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-1280/)Jeph and Danielle ought to collaborate on a crossover strip where it's revealed that Clinton, Jim, and Tucker were college roommates or somesuch. Ayuh.
Warning - while you were typing...Oh for the love of--
how does Momo conduct the discharge through her body without burning her clothes?
Easy - her clothes are woven through with conductive fibres. Anyway, now we know that she has the same zapping ability in this chassis as in the previous one; we should be glad, I guess, that Pintsize is an old enough model not to have it, though the laser (now removed) was in a similar class.
I give him credit for knowing that he was creepy. Better than nothing. I honestly like the guy, he just needs some... help.Agreed. I can see me getting annoyed with him after a while if he stays like this, but it could be interesting to watch him develop if he instead tries to learn some social graces. And he could do far worse than ask for help from an ex-stalker (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=525), an ex-shut-in (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1460), and a walking social protocol database (http://www.questionablecontent.net/1573).
Also, I have to say, I LOVE Momo's expression in the last panel. Yeah, I know I kind of like Clinton, but you have to admit: dude did deserve that. :evil:
Hannelore's the perfect person to help Clinton with this. She's a recovering creeper too :-)
I would imagine Clntion recognised her by hair colour, facial features, and other visual cues that are common to that body.
I would imagine Clntion recognised her by hair colour, facial features, and other visual cues that are common to that body.
Indeed- the fact that he picked her out on sight as an "Idoru Platinum Deluxe" means that he's pretty versed on the AnthroPC range.
I would imagine Clntion recognised her by hair colour, facial features, and other visual cues that are common to that body.
Indeed- the fact that he picked her out on sight as an "Idoru Platinum Deluxe" means that he's pretty versed on the AnthroPC range.
Well, that probably was what most of his graduate studies were about. Doing a lot of research on human-APC interactions means he sees a lot of APC's.
Even if Momo doesn't have "rights" per se, it's still polite to ask the permission of the owner before fondling their property.
I would imagine Clntion recognised her by hair colour, facial features, and other visual cues that are common to that body.
Even if Momo doesn't have "rights" per se, it's still polite to ask the permission of the owner before fondling their property.
Of course. To use a quote that I KNOW is going to somehow get misunderstood by someone somewhere- you don't go petting a stranger's dog unless you feel like getting bit.
I tend to think of the APC-Human relationship as kind of a step between pet-human and human-human. They are sold in stores like pets, but have more personal rights than pets. Also, wasn't there a comic where they mentioned an AI Equal Rights Amendment?
People can be sold, though not on e-bay, if they are female (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bride-buying)...
Now we're getting into a whole other ball of wax; human trafficking, "mercenary marriage", sexual slavery and such. You know as well as I do that I was referring to what we would consider the generally liberated QC world and not a place where women are the property equivalent of a ham sandwich. As far as I am aware, civilized societies consider human trafficking and nonconsensual marriage to be abhorrent and degrading, an affront to freedom and equality.
Uh, all of those things were once considered normal, and those societies considered themselves civilised.
I thought we'd seen the last of Clinton.Me too.
5. And curious fascination or not, if someone I do not know comes up to me and starts feeling me up, even if it were a hot chick (perhaps especially so, because that is far more suspicious), I have zero qualms about knocking them flat on their back to the ground.I dont think personal attractiveness (which also depends upon own perception, by the way) would matter at all with this. Ugly or beautiful, people are people.
A. Clinton was able to spot Momo as an Idoru, an Anthro-PC, right off the bat? No talking, no vocal cue, no visual cue; her seams covered by clothes. How did he know immediately?Obviously its not perfect.
And from poor countries.Can people be sold on eBay if they misbehave?People can be sold, though not on e-bay, if they are female (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bride-buying)...
Fuck relative morality, we're not living in 1576 anymore. I'm not going to dismiss thousands of years of societal progress just because some asshole living in a hut somewhere still thinks it's fine and dandy to sell off his daughter to an old fat guy.
I'm surprised that his hand didn't end up launching into a suborbital trajectory. (Either that or get shocked back to the year 1955 with the "other" Marty...)
I tend to think of the APC-Human relationship as kind of a step between pet-human and human-human. They are sold in stores like pets, but have more personal rights than pets. Also, wasn't there a comic where they mentioned an AI Equal Rights Amendment?
It was mentioned, then I do believe quickly dismissed. (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=668)
Uh, all of those things were once considered normal, and those societies considered themselves civilised.
And so were leeches, holes in the head and the belief that a tall man in a carriage pulled the sun across the sky every day. Fuck relative morality, we're not living in 1576 anymore. I'm not going to dismiss thousands of years of societal progress just because some asshole living in a hut somewhere still thinks it's fine and dandy to sell off his daughter to an old fat guy.
we're not living in 1576 anymore
Yup
(http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a180/cesariojpn/c08f98d6.jpg)
If your gonna use my trademarked yell, it's YUUUP!
Screw your combo breaker, QUOOOOTE TUNNNNELLLL.C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKERthat shit don't make no senseYupWhy? How?When? Where?Huh? Who?You have come far young Padma-wanWait, what?
And there you go.
:psyduck:
I wished there would be some kind of link between personal messages and the message they would refer to because honestly, I totally fail to manage that connection.To what are you referring? Also, dammit, I was gonna make that pun.What does Jeph's tattoo say in 2066 ?Good question, we'll have to wait another 55 years to find out !
And Momo went bankai on Clinton.Eh, it was barely a shikai, what with the socks still on and the close range.
Robots aren't people.*sighs* We went over this when Momo got her new chassis, stop bringing it up. So far as we know from the comic, you get an AI through a mutual contract. Either party can break it (which is why Momo was worried, she didn't want to lose her companion). The only purchasing we've seen is of chassis- once for Pintsize, once for Momo. Pintsize clearly has some Mr. Potato qualities to his chassis, and knowing him he probably gets off on being disassembled.
Setting aside our own world's drastic technical limitations in terms of AI, even in the QC world, if AnthroPCs were considered "people", then there would be quite a few instances where legal action would have been warranted- the very concept of the buying and selling of an AnthroPC, for starters, as we see in this comic where Momo thinks her "owner" wants to get rid of her and bursts into tears. I don't even have to mention the instance after instance of Pintsize being ripped apart, pummeled or dismembered, for some offense or another, with no repercussions to the owner at all.
Are these people or are these pets?
Well, that probably was what most of his graduate studies were about. Doing a lot of research on human-APC interactions means he sees a lot of APC's.He's studying armored personnel carriers?
Actually, we're using leaches again. They're very effective. And don't bring religions into this, religions can have weird stuff and still be viable. I believe there's one that's rather popular right now that entails eating the body and drinking the blood of their god. And wasn't the carriage itself the sun?Uh, all of those things were once considered normal, and those societies considered themselves civilised.
And so were leeches, holes in the head and the belief that a tall man in a carriage pulled the sun across the sky every day. Fuck relative morality, we're not living in 1576 anymore. I'm not going to dismiss thousands of years of societal progress just because some asshole living in a hut somewhere still thinks it's fine and dandy to sell off his daughter to an old fat guy.
Stop groping him!Fuck relative morality, we're not living in 1576 anymore. I'm not going to dismiss thousands of years of societal progress just because some asshole living in a hut somewhere still thinks it's fine and dandy to sell off his daughter to an old fat guy.
Oh wow, is that a platinum deluxe straw man (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man)? It's so lifelike!
Why is everyone accusing Clinton of being creepy when Hannelore did something quite similar in http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2028 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2028)? Back then it was seen as cute. Or asking it another way, do you think Hanners was being almost as creepy back then as Clinton is now?Hannelore already knew Momo, so the comparison is not effective.
I can see Clinton and Marigold hitting it off.
Warning - while you were reading 33 new replies have been posted. You may wish to review your post. Well, that's what I get for falling asleep partway through typing I guess.
10. @snubnose... I think there would be a lot of difference between some "hurr-hurr" guy in a ratty trenchcoat feeling me up versus a curvy blonde in a red dress feeling me up, both of whom I have never met before or know at all. The former I would knock down with a good idea of "why," the latter I would knock down with a feeling of "why?" and then do a detail check of my person and belongings. Paranoid? I would be, with the latter, even if I were single (again).I wouldn't have a problem, since I keep nothing on my person- It's all in a zipped up laptop bag that I never lose sight of. So feel away, curvy blonde! Trenchcoat guy, go take a shower before you get near me.
11. @khendron... It was cute with Hanners because that was between friends. There is a wide difference between Hannelore, who Momo knows well and trusts; and Clinton, who she just met and now has an idea of how creepy he can be as a first impression. Would you find it non-creepy if some random stranger came up to you, reached into your pocket and started fiddling with your smart-phone because he heard its distinctive ring-tone function? [Another reason to knock someone down, in my book. gosh I have been awfully violent with this topic, I need to go to browse Cute Overload or something...]
12. @westrim... The "Warning - [X-number] new replies posted" forum-gag is the semi-current QC-forum meme (this was covered in previous threads). Me, I embrace the gag as an excuse make up silly &/or random things to say.[/size]]
Eh, around post #175 I had several reply tabs open and half finished, but realized it was 4 AM and I need to SLEEP dammit, and the 3 hours I had gotten earlier wouldn't cut it.Warning - while you were reading 33 new replies have been posted. You may wish to review your post. Well, that's what I get for falling asleep partway through typing I guess.And I was so disappointed that you made my point so much more articulately than I.
Also, Mariton?Clintgold.
I tend to think of the APC-Human relationship as kind of a step between pet-human and human-human. They are sold in stores like pets, but have more personal rights than pets. Also, wasn't there a comic where they mentioned an AI Equal Rights Amendment?
It was mentioned, then I do believe quickly dismissed. (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=668)
He will probably be able to recognize any new model chassis, and most of the significant historical ones since the introduction of Antrho-PCs. The same way a car nerd can identify the make/model/year of some exotic European sports car without ever having been in the presence of one.I imagine that, just as there are glossy car mags in our world, in the QC-verse there are glossy magazines devoted to anthroPC's. Clinton probably has a stack of them in his bathroom...
Jeph said in that one newspost that AnthroPCs are free to leave their relationships at any time. Of course that's only theoretical if they can't support themselves. Look at the trouble Momo had finding a job.
we're not living in 1576 anymoreDid anyone else immediately go look at http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1576 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1576)
Re: Comic: I guess now they're just waiting for the other shoe to drop.You will be. You... will... be. :mrgreen:
I'm not sorry. 8-)
Why is everyone accusing Clinton of being creepy when Hannelore did something quite similar in http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2028 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2028)? Back then it was seen as cute. Or asking it another way, do you think Hanners was being almost as creepy back then as Clinton is now?Actually, if I recall correctly, a fair amount of the posts regarding that comic were openly judging Hannelore for being insensitive/creepy/annoying/etc.
Why is everyone accusing Clinton of being creepy when Hannelore did something quite similar in http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2028 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2028)? Back then it was seen as cute. Or asking it another way, do you think Hanners was being almost as creepy back then as Clinton is now?Err ... what ?
I can see Clinton and Marigold hitting it off.Now you yourself managed to be creepy.
Honestly, yeah, he's being creepy, but I can't feel too mad at Clinton because he's essentially forced to be the setup for the punchline here. In reality, he wouldn't have gotten halfway through his first sentence before there'd have been a hand pulled away or someone saying something, unless he's some kind of fast-talking ninja. That wouldn't have been nearly as funny for a comic though, so for the sake of humor he gets a little more time before the reaction spikes from disturbed silence to electrocution mode.Welcome, eloquent first time poster! Welcome to the forum of Dreams and Wonderment. You can park your broom over there, I'll take your coat, and we have some refreshments available from the service psyducks.
Looking back at the previous run, it seems like, again, it's only him being creepy that allows a punchline to exist. Take out the last panels and you essentially have an excitable Hanners'-Dad-Fanboy; the "OH MY GOD CAN I TOUCH YOU" line is pretty creepy, even if he's not intending it that way, but rather than stopping him right then and there, no matter what he has to say afterwards, he's given another nearly-full comic to rant before he then gets thrown out of the apartment as part of the humor delivery of that comic.
Not that this is a bad thing mind you. I'm just saying, it makes it harder for me to hate on Clinton since he's not intentionally malicious, and any unintentional creepiness on his part is essentially allowed to be played out for laughs.
Excellent work, Mr. Graves; you deconstructed and commented on a comic without throwing in a TVTropes link (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PlayedForLaughs). :evil:
I do agree that fully-functioning AIs, if we do get them, probably won't all murder us in our sleep. Only about 1% of them.Less than the percent if human murderers
She's right, though. If AIs were all powerful, there wouldn't be war because there would be nobody left to do the fighting.Quote from: MomoThere is still war because we are not all powerful.
... says the sentient, sapient being whose first act upon gaining a new body was to beat the pulp (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2002) out of something smaller and weaker than herself :psyduck:
Re: The poll: Why can't robots be waffles? What about robot waffles? Imagine the symbiotic relationship between a robot waffle and an AI toaster. And no, not a frakkin' toaster.
I, for one..
..would also like to apply for the post of soupifier-operator.
It'd be funny, though: like a Sheldon/Amy vibe from Big Bang Theory, without 90% of the behavioral tics.
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Hmf. Just how did Clinton lose his hand, anyway? It's not in the archives, is it?
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Hmf. Just how did Clinton lose his hand, anyway? It's not in the archives, is it?
No. We never found out how he lost it - just how his hand actually works.
its http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture)
how do I get it to link it to the words not the url?
[url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture]Twenty Minutes Into The Future[/url]
Congratulations Jeff,
1. Art-wise, Hanners' top seems to have lost its front zipper?Definitely! But zipped or not, she is right on the money.
I'm not convinced Clinton lost his hand, I'd always assumed he just replaced it with something better because he could.
Well, then it had to go somewhere at some time, unless he was born without.
@Carl-E - I mean he probably knows where it is, and had it removed willingly.
I know, I know. Funny thing is, most people who lose an appendage know exactly where it is, or at least, where it went...
It's the "willingly" part that's different!
I dunno. I mean, I wouldn't put it past someone like Clinton to lop off his own hand in favor of a mechanical one, but in comic 1909 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1909) he mentioned how he and others like himself benefited from his inventions, with a specific reference to his hand. It just seems to me that if he was the sort to lop off his own hand he wouldn't be that aware of how people with legitimate problems would also have a need for cybernetics as well.
I always figured that it was the replacement of his hand that sparked his (possibly latent) obsession with crossing the line between organic and synthetic life. I hope it's a story we get to learn more about at some stage.
Maybe Clinton is an anthro PC! Created to be a perfect simulacrum of a nerdy human being, and as a safety measure they made one of his hands really obviously robotic so people's attention would be drawn from any subtler imperfections! A tin can hitman, try to catch him if you can, secret robo-agent with a secret robo-plan!!!
Maybe Clinton is an anthro PC! Created to be a perfect simulacrum of a nerdy human being, and as a safety measure they made one of his hands really obviously robotic so people's attention would be drawn from any subtler imperfections! A tin can hitman, try to catch him if you can, secret robo-agent with a secret robo-plan!!!
im still waiting for the reveal when we learn that Clinton is actually an anthro pc who thinks he's human
Momo snarking. Love it. :-D
I always figured that it was the replacement of his hand that sparked his (possibly latent) obsession with crossing the line between organic and synthetic life. I hope it's a story we get to learn more about at some stage.
Just noticed something. Don't know if it's significant or not. The last comic where Momo spoke was http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2037 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2037), and Jeph was using her own unique font. In today's comic her words are written in the same font as everyone else's. Oversight? :?
I called it
I wouldn't mind momo attached to me nudge nudge wink wink say no more
I have a house in creepyvile where I live year round and it's not just robots monsters aliens ghosts as long as its female sentient and legal age I'm gameYou missed the point. I don't care what you're into, just don't say you're into it in a way that makes the mental image of a guy in a trenchcoat with one hand in his pocket leering at spring breakers.
She'd just bee overheated...
Since she's gotten the larger chassis, her voice is that of a human. When she was smaller, it was... different. Tinnier, perhaps?
So, is "Soupify" one of the skills in Skyrim?
People are indeed far worse than anything they createSomehow I cant see myself or others being as bad as a nuclear bomb ...
Nuclear bombs were created by people, and don't go off by themselves... If you throw a stone at someone and injure them, it is not the stone that is bad.QuotePeople are indeed far worse than anything they createSomehow I cant see myself or others being as bad as a nuclear bomb ...
Also, Clinton is hella gross.I think I actually hate Clinton. I don't know why. Maybe its his face?
I am not even being sarcastic or anything, just naw. Clinton = NAW.
Hah... I would love to have this kind of conversation with a certain Thane Krios of Mass Effect 2 fame. Sorry for the nerd-insider, anyone who gets it might be tickled, though.Nuclear bombs were created by people, and don't go off by themselves... If you throw a stone at someone and injure them, it is not the stone that is bad.QuotePeople are indeed far worse than anything they createSomehow I cant see myself or others being as bad as a nuclear bomb ...
You missed the point. I don't care what you're into, just don't say you're into it in a way that makes the mental image of a guy in a trenchcoat with one hand in his pocket leering at spring breakers.
I have a house in creepyvile
4. [Jeph's comic comments]: "I predict that our robot overlords will want nothing whatsoever to do with us. If we ever invent it, the first thing an AI will do is bootstrap itself to omnipotence and then light out for the Kuiper Belt." I am not certain why, but this reminds me of a CSI: Las Vegas episode ("Shooting Stars") with an alien-worshipping suicide-cult, the lone survivor (& murderer) is talking with Gil Grissom in the denouement of the episode.
- Abigail Spencer (cultist/murderer): I know they're all up there... happy... healthy... perfect. [sees Grissom's facial expression] You don't believe we're alone in the universe?
- Grissom: Abigail... I'm sure if there is something out there looking down on us from somewhere else in the universe, they're wise enough to stay away from us. [fade to black]
And the new strip is just weird...
"supervisors" watching mankind omnisciently,
"supervisors" watching mankind omnisciently,
Gary Seven (http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Gary_Seven)
THY GARY COME, THY GARY BE DONE, ON EARTH AS IT IS IN GARY
Also, maybe it's just me, but does it seem like Momo's become a bit of a grumpy-gills since upgrading her chassis?
Augh! I just figured out what it is about Clinton that irks me! Swept back red hair, huge glasses, loves technology, has a robot that he usually controls but can also act independently, creepily obsessive around females; Clinton is Coleman Stryker! I hate that guy!
I've always found the Grissom position there a bit silly. Oh, yes, "what a fearful beast is Man" (is that a trope? it probably has a different name. Don't link it. No. Stop that)
Is 'gary' only a euphemism for the anus in the UK?
(Gary Glitter rhymes with 'shitter'.)
Is Marigold walking next to Clinton in the last panel? Because she seems to have increased 50% in size. From that, you'd say she's walking in the foreground, but it doesn't look that way.
I felt a little rejected for a second, since I never got a Gary e-mail back then. Then I woke up a little and realised it was only a QC-Verse event.
I felt a little rejected for a second, since I never got a Gary e-mail back then. Then I woke up a little and realised it was only a QC-Verse event.
First big email attack was IIRC the ILOVEYOU (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ILOVEYOU) back in 2000.
Momo's font is back in 2070, and has been fixed in 2069.
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Also, maybe it's just me, but does it seem like Momo's become a bit of a grumpy-gills since upgrading her chassis? Someone said earlier (can't find it for some reason) that the relationship between a human and an anthro PC is somewhere between human/human and human/pet, but to me it seems a lot closer to parent/teenager.
the mental image of a guy in a trenchcoat with one hand in his pocket leering at spring breakers.See, I approve of the general message, but see, I didn't have that mental image until you put it there >_<
I dunno. I mean, I wouldn't put it past someone like Clinton to lop off his own hand in favor of a mechanical one, but in comic 1909 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1909) he mentioned how he and others like himself benefited from his inventions, with a specific reference to his hand. It just seems to me that if he was the sort to lop off his own hand he wouldn't be that aware of how people with legitimate problems would also have a need for cybernetics as well.
Might have been a drunken hallucination. (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=721)
(like Marigold did -- btw, how old was she in 1997? Had to be, what, middle school anyway...)Yeah, I was also curious about that. I took Marigold as the same age as the gang (mid to late 20s), so middle school sounds right. That being said, it could be as early as 2006 or so in comic time, so that would make it high school or even early college.
Anyways, I just wanted to say how neat it is that Jeph is so consistent with his art and lettering that a change in font for a character provokes a discussion. And by that I mean a genuine one, not nerd raging about how any change at all is bad and it is sodomizing our childhoods with fire.
Where's my tin-foil hat?
A booze-powered Pterodactyl entity that roams the Internet for victims. :psyduck:
Is 'gary' only a euphemism for the anus in the UK?Is it me, or is English slang heavily weighted different terms for ass related things?
(Gary Glitter rhymes with 'shitter'.)
I think it is quite an uncommon term even here, and I would only notice it in he correct context.Only in England do people get piles often enough to know what piles are. (Note to others: inflamed hemorrhoids, and it's not a regional term.)
"My piles are killing me, I have to put this thing up my gary"
Of course, QC exists in the same universe as Diesel Sweeties and the Walkyverse, so for all we know Torpor or an Ultra Car prototype sent it out :-)It does? When did we learn this?
Whether or not that was a response to my comment, I now have it in my head that Clinton tore his hand off trying to peel the lid off a tank.But she was already fully cyberized due to a plane crash, so it's not quite a 1-1 comparison.
...or possibly a soda. He looks like kind of a wimp.
Dammit. Now I am stuck with this bandicoot rating for who know how many posts. I HATE RANDY.Well there are two solutions. One is to go back to all your old posts and delete them. The other is to madly spam every area of the forums.
Or maybe all the AIs start their lives floating around a massive mainframe like tadpoles and then get put into their first chassis depending on how their personality develops
I don't care how techy Marigold is supposed to be, no one remembers an email they thought was spam from more than a decade ago. What the hell.They do when they turn on the news later that day and there's coverage of said email going to everyone in the world, and everyone talks about it until something else catches their attention. Marigold is already familiar with Gary, having lived through it- Momo isn't.
Hannelore is Gary...
...or maybe her parents didn't obsess about the internet in 1997.
She was joking, obviously. I would never, ever accidentally contradict myself.
Thought: Hannelore is college age and both of her parents are highly educated people, so why has there been no mention of what happened to her in that department?I'm assuming she got her entire education on the space station. Also, it's weird that Hanners and Marigold are younger than me (I was 19 when I started reading, and I'm 24 now). So yeah, using 1069, Hanners is either 22 or 23 now, depending on time skips, I think it could've been a year since then.
I don't care how techy Marigold is supposed to be, no one remembers an email they thought was spam from more than a decade ago. What the hell.
I don't care how techy Marigold is supposed to be, no one remembers an email they thought was spam from more than a decade ago.
I don't care how techy Marigold is supposed to be, no one remembers an email they thought was spam from more than a decade ago.
Wrong. Back then spam was still only a minor irritation, and for some people receiving one at all might be a somewhat notable event. And remembering inconsequential oddments is a common enough thing to do anyway.
I run spam filters on servers (work and home), and the proportion of mail that gets blocked is still around 50%.Me too, and yes, easily. There is some evidence that overall spam volume has been falling over the past year, but there is still a lot of it about.
Yay! Hanners gets her zipper back! You know, I must be thick or something, but it's only just dawned on me how tall Hanners is. I don't have time for an archive trawl, but she's at least as tall as Marten (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2054). And what's wrong with the name Gary anyway?
How tall is Hannelore?
Taller than Faye, about the same height as Marten, shorter than Sven.
I think part of the dropoff in Spam comes fact that some of it may be someone trying what they think is a 'Hot, New Idea' - only to find it thoroughly blocked because someone tried that 10 or so years ago and everybody is protected against it or spots it for what it is.
I also think a lot more people Online are a lot more savvy about it these days than they were back when the 'Net was virtually a Wild West.
Is it weird I kind of miss those days? Everything was all exciting and new and everybody was making godawful geocities pages with animated gif dividers and pages of shitty poetry and all the photos they could cram on a page (entitled gallery 1, gallery 2) and guestbooks. Everybody had guestbooks. I can't even remember the last time I've seen a guestbook. It was like we were all stumbling around in the dark but we were together goddammit.
(I speak as a layperson with no real computer knowledge who was in high school when AOL was a relatively affordable internet connection - I'm sure many here were doing more amazing things but for me it was all shiny and fantastical lol. DIAL UP.)
Dammit. Now I am stuck with this bandicoot rating for who know how many posts. I HATE RANDY.Well there are two solutions. One is to go back to all your old posts and delete them. The other is to madly spam every area of the forums.
I'm surprised, I was sure Jeph would fix Marigold in the last panel of #2070 (she's not in perspective and thus suddenly a Hulk) ... !