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The more things change, the more that they stay the same! Actually, I think that this is the first time in years that we've seen Cossette's near-lethal accident-prone tendency in the strip.Last time she was portrayed as clumsy was back in 1758 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1758), unless you count the wardrobe malfunction in 2629 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2629)
Jeph doesn't like today's art according to the newspost but it looks fine to me. Also Sven still has his bun :psyduck:
New comic... and I hadn't realized it, but this is the first time that Momo has seen Sven since the comic that need not be named.Technically since the one before that one.
Oh, May. Thank you for ridiculing Sven about his man bun.And thank you, May, for not calling it that. That name is dumber than the hairstyle itself.
For some reason, I was always under the impression that Sven could do that to himself... Don't judge me!
I want Momo's shirt. Those sleeves may solve my problems with door handles.
For some reason, I was always under the impression that Sven could do that to himself... Don't judge me!
He's rather tall, he'd have to be very flexible for that to work.
Oh, May. Thank you for ridiculing Sven about his man bun.
Oh, May. Thank you for ridiculing Sven about his man bun.
One day the man bun will be regarded in the same way we currently look at the mullet.
Or, you know, you could let people style their hair any way they want without ridiculing them about it like an asshole. Just an idea.
Hmmm, could be. For some reason I didn't think of embarrassment but it does make more sense.
Were they ever not? I've never heard them mentioned in a positive light.http://www.mtv.com/news/1935690/harry-styles-man-buns/ (http://www.mtv.com/news/1935690/harry-styles-man-buns/)
Hmmm, could be. For some reason I didn't think of embarrassment but it does make more sense.
The upturned eyebrows (like a worried expression) are the giveaway. Couple that with the blush, fearful expression, and the seriously hunched shoulders, and you have the look of someone so mortified that they wish the ground would rip open and send them hurtling to the center of the earth.
Now, it will be interesting to see what damage this may have caused.
So May --- genital insecurity much?
(whoops. I was about to suggest that May is no better equipped now than she was as a hologram, but that probably verges on the "discussion of private parts" thingy. Sorry.)
Well, given how unrealistically sentient AIs in QC are, a human-robot romance would actually be possible in that universe.This irritates me about QC: why would you have a universe with AIs in them when you're only going to make them exactly like humans?
I'm not sure if May has any kind of sexual interest in humans. She does seem interested, possibly fascinated with body parts, especially on women. I'm not sure if that indicates personal interest, or it's something more like Pintsize's obsession with porn and butts.
Given that in human jail/prison, sex is forbidden, I can't see the robot parole board popping for a chassis model with those… peripherals. Even for the male-type AIs. Just swap "Ken doll" for "Barbie doll".
Why are May and Momo even hanging out together, again? They have nothing in common besides being AIs. I'm not even sure May's technicly a female-type.
Hmm... Nope, I'm still not tired of reading about Momo and May's escapades.
I think we just need to clone Jeph, and have the clone work exclusively on a Momo & May webcomic.
...and have another clone for a Hannelore webcomic.
...and another for a robot fight club webcomic.
...and another for a Clairepuns webcomic.
...and another for a...
Comic after comic after that: Momo shows up in a maid uniform on Dale's glasses.
Lesson for today May is don't piss off the cute AI.
Apparently it is possible, probably not even infrequent for humans and AnthroPCs to be ah... physically intimate. It's at least common enough that the err... equipment necessary for such activities is either standard or an option for some chassis.Of course it is...
Ok, I need some fashion enlightenment here.people enjoy being judgmental, and judging other people to be douchebags lets them do it without having to face up to their own douchebaggery
Why is the manbun or whatever people want to call it so hated? I have long hair but my hairstyle doesn't really allow me to have a bun. So I just go for your average pony tail when I don't want to look like your average metalhead.
What's the reason it got a douche-stain all over it? Just curious.
Does it occur to no one that Momo can control the power of her taser burst? That she doesn't have to or indeed does use it with intent to kill every time she uses it? That the force could have been the equivalent of punching a friend who made a crude and inappropriate comment about the form (or in this case, existence) of her genitals. I am not saying this excuses physical violence in response to crude language and inappropriate questions. But there is a level of difference between punching a friend and pulling out a gun and shooting them. It's pretty unlikely Momo's heading to Robot Jail over this. And even less likely that May will be the one to report her.
Why is the manbun or whatever people want to call it so hated?Meh... It's just the "Nobody should live their lives differently from the way I do" reaction. Refer to people's negative reactions to "long haired hippies" or mullets. I think there's an element of racism too, since men wearing long hair in buns has been, and still is, much more common outside Western cultures.
Hmm... Nope, I'm still not tired of reading about Momo and May's escapades.
I think we just need to clone Jeph, and have the clone work exclusively on a Momo & May webcomic.
...and have another clone for a Hannelore webcomic.
...and another for a robot fight club webcomic.
...and another for a Clairepuns webcomic.
...and another for a...
I demand at least two for Alice Grove.
Mistake Not ... (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spacecraft_in_the_Culture_series)(click to show/hide)
... Apparently it is possible, probably not even infrequent for humans and AnthroPCs to be ah... physically intimate. It's at least common enough that the err... equipment necessary for such activities is either standard or an option for some chassis.
Why is the manbun or whatever people want to call it so hated?Meh... It's just the "Nobody should live their lives differently from the way I do" reaction. Refer to people's negative reactions to "long haired hippies" or mullets. I think there's an element of racism too, since men wearing long hair in buns has been, and still is, much more common outside Western cultures.(click to show/hide)
Yet the fight club exists.But no one is forced to participate. Life circumstances might make it feel like the only option they might have, but it's not compulsory by any means.
Yet the fight club exists.But no one is forced to participate. Life circumstances might make it feel like the only option they might have, but it's not compulsory by any means.
i personally think it'd be a pretty interesting turn if after her whole thing with Bubbles & the BattleBots momo were to accidentally injure someone
If the fight club is exploitative, and robots are victims of circumstance that causes them to make the choice to fight, even against their own better interests, then Momo is way off base for being upset at the robots who fight. She'd be the AI equivalent of a person who blames a prostitute for prostitution, while knowing that the prostitute in question was manipulated into selling sex. Or a person who blames a common soldier for a war, when enlisted people aren't the ones making the policy and the soldier only enlisted because the economy is in the toilet and he couldn't find a job in the private sector.
And if that's the case, I think my respect for Momo would go way, way down. You don't blame the pawn for the chess player's strategies, even if the pawn willingly joins the game.
Turkey Terminator??
Why do you think she's upset at the robots who fight?Momo has given at least part of the answer herself. She believes that AIs that exhibit violent behaviour provoke "ZOMG!!! KILLER ROBOTZ!!!" fears, however unjustified, and potentially create anti-AI sentiment and prejudice.
Momo has given at least part of the answer herself. She believes that AIs that exhibit violent behaviour provoke "ZOMG!!! KILLER ROBOTZ!!!" fears, however unjustified, and potentially create anti-AI sentiment and prejudice.
If the fight club is exploitative, and robots are victims of circumstance that causes them to make the choice to fight, even against their own better interests, then Momo is way off base for being upset at the robots who fight.
Er... What? I don't think I extrapolated anything.Momo has given at least part of the answer herself. She believes that AIs that exhibit violent behaviour provoke "ZOMG!!! KILLER ROBOTZ!!!" fears, however unjustified, and potentially create anti-AI sentiment and prejudice.Okay. Fine. Apparently, we're all happy to believe that, because Momo disagrees with AIs getting involved in human military conflict specifically, then we're going to extrapolate from that one data point that surely she's upset at robots who fight through absolute necessity due to their unfortunate circumstances.
Why do you think she's upset at the robots who fight?But I do think I misread this sentence. I read it as "Why do you think she's upset at robots who fight?", rather than "Why do you think she's upset at the robots who fight?" referring specifically to the the fight-club robots. My bad and my apologies.
Why do you think she's upset at the robots who fight?But I do think I misread this sentence. I read it as "Why do you think she's upset at robots who fight?", rather than "Why do you think she's upset at the robots who fight?" referring specifically to the the fight-club robots. My bad and my apologies.
"Respect all ways. Practice first your own." -- Master Po, Kung FuWhy do you think she's upset at the robots who fight?Momo has given at least part of the answer herself. She believes that AIs that exhibit violent behaviour provoke "ZOMG!!! KILLER ROBOTZ!!!" fears, however unjustified, and potentially create anti-AI sentiment and prejudice.
More generally, and speaking from personal experience, if one has made a commitment to non-violence (which Momo might have done, though some doubt is cast on this by her willingness to resort to electrocution in situations where violent self-defence was not obviously necessary :-P), one faces the problem of how to respond to people who have made other life-choices. I believe that Rule One is "Don't be a jerk about it". There have been, and still are, a number of people on this forum who have served in their country's military. This is not a choice I would make (assuming there actually was a choice where conscription is in force), but there is not only one decent and honourable path in life, so I'm content simply to accept that their way is not my way. The same applies to fighting in the ring, eating meat, wearing a man-bun, and many other things.
Meanwhile, comic. In which we find that Faye is irreplaced.
Irreplaced?
At least it appears no AIs are forced into a life not of their choosing.Lessee... Momo seeks a way to repay the debt she feels she owes to Marigold. So she gets a library job. As an AI, she is able to plug directly into the library databases. In my head canon, she acts as an intelligent search engine for them. And does a job a human could not do nearly as well.
I'm not finding it anywhere. Does it just mean "not replaced"?Irreplaced?
Perfectly cromulent.
Does it occur to no one that Momo can control the power of her taser burst? That she doesn't have to or indeed does use it with intent to kill every time she uses it? That the force could have been the equivalent of punching a friend who made a crude and inappropriate comment about the form (or in this case, existence) of her genitals. I am not saying this excuses physical violence in response to crude language and inappropriate questions. But there is a level of difference between punching a friend and pulling out a gun and shooting them. It's pretty unlikely Momo's heading to Robot Jail over this. And even less likely that May will be the one to report her.
arcing electricity follows fairly predictable rules. circuitry also responds fairly predictably to current.
seeing as how a simple static spark (arc measured in millimeters) can fry a computer motherboard, any arc covering the distance shown in the comic would easily destroy a cpu/ram/other. if May were grounded... the current would bypass her circuitry, but she wouldn't go all "ajfhaskfhdskehf" like she does in the comic were that the case.
Why did Hanners shrink upwards of 4" between panels 3 & 4?
Why did Hanners shrink upwards of 4" between panels 3 & 4?
Also, is it just me, or are waists being drawn really weirdly lately? I can't put my finger on why they look weird, but they look weird.
I think a lot of what's going on is Dora's trust issues, at this point - especially after Faye screwed her over, she really won't trust anyone to run the business unless she's absolutely forced to.
Why did Hanners shrink upwards of 4" between panels 3 & 4?
If something is replaceable, it is something that can be replaced.I'm not finding it anywhere. Does it just mean "not replaced"?Irreplaced?
Perfectly cromulent.
If something is irreplaceable, it is something that can be irreplaced. 8-)I'm not finding it anywhere. Does it just mean "not replaced"?Irreplaced?
Perfectly cromulent.
Why is the manbun or whatever people want to call it so hated?Meh... It's just the "Nobody should live their lives differently from the way I do" reaction. Refer to people's negative reactions to "long haired hippies" or mullets. I think there's an element of racism too, since men wearing long hair in buns has been, and still is, much more common outside Western cultures.(click to show/hide)
[nitpick ] Those are top-knots, not man-buns (/nitpick]
It was always topknot, at least in the comic. Jeph's called it a manbun in the newspost though.
If something is replaceable, it is something that can be replaced.
If something is irreplaceable, it is something that can be irreplaced.
I'm stealing that.