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Comic Discussion => QUESTIONABLE CONTENT => Topic started by: BenRG on 16 Oct 2016, 12:56
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Okay, inspiration struck! Who is Fairy Girl?
I genuinely think that she may be a county employee who dresses up in costume to get the citizens in the mood for Easter, Christmas, Thanksgiving or whatever. It is purely a personal eccentricity that each costume has a fairy theme. :lol:
So, what's going to happen this week? I'm predicting Faye and Bubbles at the apartment. Whilst they are being awkward and Bubbles is visibly restraining herself from killing Pintsize, I suspect that odd things may be up at the Skate Park. Such as what? Such as a hurried evacuation (in response to police interest) to 'Site B' that will leave a puzzled Bubbles and Faye returning to a totally empty building. The lesson, ladies and gentlemen? Don't take long breaks without your boss's knowledge. You might miss something important!
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There seem to be a lot of noisy raccoons in this town.
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There seem to be a lot of noisy raccoons in this town.
Had them in my attic once; they are not quiet animals.
If Lilac is a real LEO, why is she hiding from Bubbles? Messing with LEO's is a short trip to a world of hurt, I should think, so she's safe (even aside from the "robot's core selves are impregnable" bit).
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Interesting. It looks like the comic which actually had robocop's name was a Patreon-only bonus. I guess it'll have to wait until it hits a live comic to use it.
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The strip is funny, but if Detective Lilac has the same kind of emotional responses as a carbon-based cop, she's going to take this personally.
Hiding from Bubbles makes some sense in general, but it's not likely what she was taught in police academy. I would also have expected her to have some better plan in mind for a meeting with Bubbles, like maybe "Hello. I am streaming this conversation to a cloud server and have two off-site backups in the last 24 hours. Those are standard safety precautions, though, not anything I need to do around someone who's served her country. There is another service you can provide ...".
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I've got to say that Bubbles could not have made her life worse if she'd tried. I mean, in legal terms, Bubbles did nothing wrong. Did she try to trap a cop? No, Lilac hid and didn't identify herself, so any decent lawyer could claim that Bubbles literally had no idea that a cop was in the bottom trash can.
However, in the real world, Lilac must know why Bubbles did what she did. There are a thousand and one ways that a cop could make the life of someone like Bubbles very, very difficult. She doesn't even need to arrest her; just make sure uniforms know that she is a 'person of interest' and that her every public appearance needs to be scrutinised and doing even the simplest thing made amazingly inconvenient to the point where her friends start ostracising her as 'the cop magnet' and every shop knows that letting her come through the door inevitably leads to a raid a few days later.
Bubbles' actions were understandable but, ultimately, horribly self-destructive.
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No, Lilac hid and didn't identify herself, so any decent lawyer could claim that Bubbles literally had no idea that a cop was in the bottom trash can.
As a point of interest, robocop is in the top bin. Compare relation to drainpipe and litter. Bubbles is strong.
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Don't bully the racoons! :x
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I've got to say that Bubbles could not have made her life worse if she'd tried. I mean, in legal terms, Bubbles did nothing wrong. Did she try to trap a cop? No, Lilac hid and didn't identify herself, so any decent lawyer could claim that Bubbles literally had no idea that a cop was in the bottom trash can.
However, in the real world, Lilac must know why Bubbles did what she did. There are a thousand and one ways that a cop could make the life of someone like Bubbles very, very difficult. She doesn't even need to arrest her; just make sure uniforms know that she is a 'person of interest' and that her every public appearance needs to be scrutinised and doing even the simplest thing made amazingly inconvenient to the point where her friends start ostracising her as 'the cop magnet' and every shop knows that letting her come through the door inevitably leads to a raid a few days later.
Bubbles' actions were understandable but, ultimately, horribly self-destructive.
All very true.
However, 1) The folks in the OCverse seem to be all-around generally less crappy than those of our world (for now) and 2) Detective Lilac also can't even prove that Bubbles is the one who stacked the cans.
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Especially given Faye has prior convictions for stacked cans.
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Detective Lilac also can't even prove that Bubbles is the one who stacked the cans.
It's not about proof, or even due process. Police in the U.S. have a good deal of latitude for harassing ordinary citizens for any reason. Perhaps you've heard, there's been some controversy about it lately. Getting on Lilac's bad side ought to be a bad move even without explicit legal action.
I'm starting to wonder if there's a pecking order among QC law enforcement, with the AI-focussed services at a lower social rung. This would explain why Lilac hid from Bubbles; she can't count on the same reflexive defense from her fellow officers that human LEOs get.
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I've got to say that Bubbles could not have made her life worse if she'd tried. I mean, in legal terms, Bubbles did nothing wrong. Did she try to trap a cop? No, Lilac hid and didn't identify herself, so any decent lawyer could claim that Bubbles literally had no idea that a cop was in the bottom trash can.
However, in the real world, Lilac must know why Bubbles did what she did. There are a thousand and one ways that a cop could make the life of someone like Bubbles very, very difficult. She doesn't even need to arrest her; just make sure uniforms know that she is a 'person of interest' and that her every public appearance needs to be scrutinised and doing even the simplest thing made amazingly inconvenient to the point where her friends start ostracising her as 'the cop magnet' and every shop knows that letting her come through the door inevitably leads to a raid a few days later.
Bubbles' actions were understandable but, ultimately, horribly self-destructive.
Or maybe she's trying to provoke the officer into doing something rash. Bubbles is a soldier so she may be thinking strategically.
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Some great art.
In a world with A.I. and drones, following some-one seems pleasingly archaic.
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Don't bully the racoons! :x
That's Cyril Sneer's job!
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Some great art.
In a world with A.I. and drones, following some-one seems pleasingly archaic.
You mean like the AI that is following them?
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It's not about proof, or even due process. Police in the U.S. have a good deal of latitude for harassing ordinary citizens for any reason. Perhaps you've heard, there's been some controversy about it lately. Getting on Lilac's bad side ought to be a bad move even without explicit legal action.
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That's where Gyrre's "less crappy" comes into the picture. My first reaction was your first reaction, even if Bubbles were not so legally vulnerable. On the other hand we've never heard even a hint about, say, Dale being hassled by cops when he was constantly on the road in white neighborhoods. That's a much different thing from a cop being personally humiliated, of course. But it's a flimsy piece of evidence that they have a lower level of hassle-pronenesss than in our world.
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This page to me adds more weight to my theory that Officer Lilac is stalking the fight club as a personal project. By her own admission the police know about it, but don't care to do anything to shut it down, even though they could easily do so. So either they've been well paid to look the other way, or they don't consider it worth their time. The only one who seems to be investigating it is Lilac, and she has apparently been doing so long enough that Corpse Witch considers her just part of the whole thing. And importantly is well aware of her. Add in the general tone of the comic as a whole and this all seems to add up to 'idealistic rookie trying to do the right thing by shutting down the evil criminal organization and everyone else thing she's a big joke'. That said, it probably means that, unlike real life, her veiled threats to Faye really don't have a lot of teeth behind them. Lilac's department probably has no interest in the case or shutting down the fight club, unless it's revealed that there are robots being taken advantage of. And honestly in that case both Faye and Bubbles would probably turn on Corpse Witch after finding that out anyway.
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Bubbles' actions were understandable but, ultimately, horribly self-destructive.
(and numerous other comments by other posters...)
I understand that a lot of posters here take almost everything very seriously, but really? It was a gag in a (mostly) humorous comic strip. Sometimes a gag is just a gag...
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You're absolutely right.
Over-analyzing is a game here.
Lilac hinted that Corpse Witch is connected, or Connected, to people doing some actual bad things and that the fight club is simply her stepping-stone up to the real criminals.
If it were our universe, the legal system is in such bad shape that I can think of at least three Federal felonies Faye could be charged with. FSM help her if Corpse Witch has a drug business on the side.
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You're absolutely right.
Over-analyzing is a game here.
Lilac hinted that Corpse Witch is connected, or Connected, to people doing some actual bad things and that the fight club is simply her stepping-stone up to the real criminals.
If it were our universe, the legal system is in such bad shape that I can think of at least three Federal felonies Faye could be charged with. FSM help her if Corpse Witch has a drug business on the side.
Heck they don't even need all that to charge someone for being - insert anything you can think of since it doesn't have to be on the books to get arrested, jailed, beaten or worse - this is because cops don't need to know the law but just have to feel that a law was broken. Oh and there is no personal responsibility if they screw up.
Yeah - I will stick with a fantasy world were cops are nice people looking out for your well being and interns sometimes do stupid stuff. Maybe one of the Nordic countries since this crap is seeping north.
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I don't think she's found a very good place to hide there.
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I don't see why Bubbles even did that. It accomplished nothing except for probably pissing off Robocop. It seems out of character for her.
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My best guess as to motive is that it was revenge for upsetting Faye and adding complications to a life already too full of them.
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What police officer? All I see is a garbage can with a loose lid.
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What police officer? All I see is a garbage can with a loose lid.
I thought that it contained a raccoon and my friend has had problems with raccoons in the past:
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=541
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1155 and http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1156
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Well, it could have been so that Lilac couldn't follow them any further. By the time she gets out, Faye and Bubbles will be long gone. I'm sure Bubbles didn't want any annoying surveillance.
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My best guess as to motive is that it was revenge for upsetting Faye and adding complications to a life already too full of them.
Having Bubbles try to help in your life might just add complications itself.
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Trying to climb out of a garbage can is one thing.
Trying to climb out of a garbage can that's on top of another garbage can is another thing altogether.
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At least it wasn't an owl.
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With regards to Cogney (or is that Laser) making things difficult for Bubbles.
Errr, would you really and I mean really want to make an enemy out of a Combat Chassis'd AI like Bubbles? Bubbles wouldn't have to lay a finger on her, and despite what she might think of herself, soldiers do watch out for other soldiers, so if any word of trouble were to make it back to any members of her unit, those soldiers might make things difficult for our gumshoe gynoid.
I mean, there's dumb and then there's really stupid.
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Bubbles dropped a broad hint that there are no surviving members of her unit.
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Bubbles dropped a broad hint that there are no surviving members of her unit.
Fair enough, but there are entire BRANCHES which take certain behaviors...personally.
Primary example: USMC.
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The same goes for police. Now, assume that Lilac made an issue of this. She could bring a whole host of legal problems down on Bubbles. What are Bubbles hypothetical army buddies going to do about this? Especially given the fact that Bubbles is actually guilty of several crimes. Most recent of which could be obstruction of a police officer in the line of duty. Not that I think something like that would happen, but just pointing out in this situation, the police officer has all the power. Aside from making sure Bubbles has a lawyer on call, there's nothing the Army or her military buddies, if she has any, can do here that wouldn't make things a whole lot worse.
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She didn't really hurt her, just stuck the bin she was hiding on top of a less stable one. Wouldn't have been much of a fall and she is an AntroPC after all, so no bruises.
Ugh
Cheap Tea.
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Who would have guessed an AI could pull a face like that?
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I'm a big fan of this visual metaphor.
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Ah, Lipton's: The AOL of teas. Claire should see if there's any artisanal sarsaparilla left for Bubbles to sniff.
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Amongst all this controversy, I would just like to say that I totally ship Faye x Bubbles! they're so cute! That last panel in #3330 is just the best thing. Ever.
(Mod note: they're cute but let's please back away from shipping them)
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Breakfast teas are not for the sniffing; unlike herbal teas, their magic is in their taste. Of course, I doubt that Bubbles' chassis is rigged for that sort of thing. It's interesting that Bubbles still gets the general theme, even if it is far less elaborate. Does this indicate an interest in her mind or is it just something all teas do for her in different ways? I wonder what the scent of coffee does for her?
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A horse in the rain with a spear in its head.
That tea is awful!
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Breakfast teas are not for the sniffing; unlike herbal teas, their magic is in their taste.
Teas can be appreciated for fragrance and flavour, and typically the quality of the tea is equally reflected in both. If one is going all-out to prepare tea formally for guests, one provides a "fragrance cup" to each guest as well as a "tasting cup", and there is an elaborate technique (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=217JxM9tP-g) for transferring the tea from one to the other.
Claire is apprently a heretic who uses tea-bags, so I'm not surprised that the fragrance is coarse and unrefined. :-P
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I followed HiFranc's raccoon links and wound up on page 543 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=543). I had forgotten that Dave Davenport and Helen B. Narnon of Narbonic (http://narbonic.com/) had made a cameo in QC.
The Skin Horse (http://skin-horse.com/) comic I reference from time to time is set in the same universe as Narbonic.
Ah, Lipton's: The AOL of teas. Claire should see if there's any artisanal sarsaparilla left for Bubbles to sniff.
Oooh!
I wonder what sort of mythological creatures that would conjure up? Maybe a deer woman (http://www.native-languages.org/deer-woman.htm)?
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Strangely enough I sympathize with Bubbles since I had the same reaction drinking Jasmine Green Tea as I read the strip. It was a new flavor I was sampling and I'm not a fan.
Breakfast teas are not for the sniffing; unlike herbal teas, their magic is in their taste.
Teas can be appreciated for fragrance and flavour, and typically the quality of the tea is equally reflected in both. If one is going all-out to prepare tea formally for guests, one provides a "fragrance cup" to each guest as well as a "tasting cup", and there is an elaborate technique (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=217JxM9tP-g) for transferring the tea from one to the other.
Claire is apprently a heretic who uses tea-bags, so I'm not surprised that the fragrance is coarse and unrefined. :-P
How is tea supposed to be prepared? Aside from restaurants that serve Asian cuisine I always drink tea from a cup and a bag. The only difference is I never use a pot. Always the microwave.
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Claire is apprently a heretic who uses tea-bags, so I'm not surprised that the fragrance is coarse and unrefined. :-P
Claire is an amateur. Hannelore is a professional. It makes all the difference. :lol:
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I am not a tea snob, but I sympathize with those who are as I am a coffee snob.
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How is tea supposed to be prepared? Aside from restaurants that serve Asian cuisine I always drink tea from a cup and a bag. The only difference is I never use a pot. Always the microwave.
And future forumites will speak of the days where the UK contingent tore each other into tiny pieces arguing about the specifics.
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Honestly there's only one way this discussion should go before the torches and pitchforks are broken out.... (http://artbymoga.tumblr.com/image/151907634031)
Also, you should never use a microwave to make tea; you have no control over the temperature of the water. You're going to end up with incredibly hot water that cools far too quickly, point is you aren't going to get uniformly heated water. Its best to just use an electric kettle or stove-top kettle.
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How you boil the water is meaningless so long as you take steps to ensure the water has had time to even out its temperature across the container. In my view, it is how you actually brew the tea that strongly influences the aroma and taste of the resulting beverage.
Additionally, as Hedgie points out, people develop strong preferences to certain methods and certain outcomes. Sometimes these are hereditary traditions, handed down from mother to daughter for generations and take on the form of identifiers of your social acceptability. Indeed, deviating from these assumed 'norms' are a cause of horror completely out of proportion to their actual effect on the drinking experience.
A good example: When making a bag-in-the-cup picnic tea, when does one put in the milk (for English tea is commonly diluted by a small amount, say about 50-100ml, of milk)? To me, putting the teabag in with the milk is ridiculous as it will completely change how the brewed tea tastes; yet, to my mother, not putting milk into the cup before the tea (a reflexive pattern that assumes you brew the tea in a separate pot - either with bags tea in a strainer) is unthinkable and, indeed, a gross social indiscretion as well as a cause for personal shame. We have had quite serious public arguments about it.
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I was told milk and sugar go in first because the milk has time to melt the sugar. Google says it's because hot tea could potentially crack hot cups in the days when tea cups were poorly manufactured, and putting the milk in first was to ensure the cup wouldn't crack.
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I'm out of milk, and don't really do sugar, so I'm just drinking it straight at this moment. Although I'm sure that Akima will be inwardly laughing at how I'm drinking lapsang souchong right now (and probably my Romanisation as well).
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Teabags, as such, aren't a problem. The key is if you have at least a decent tea _in_ the teabag.
I have a nice electric kettle and I buy Yorkshire blend from Taylors of Harrogate in England. I could, I'm sure, find better but it's a nice compromise of cost vs quality and certainly blows away cruft like Lipton or Twinnings.
Boil the water & steep for 5 minutes & enjoy. I don't adulterate my tea with sugar, lemon or milk though I understand there are those who like to ruin tea that way. :-D
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I stick a teabag in my throat and pour the boiling water straight down my nose. It's the only way to properly appreciate the blend.
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"Isn't that hot?"
"Extremely."
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My initial reaction to the tea talk was one of furious indignation. How can some of these people live with themselves?
Then I remembered what I drink at work. Tetley builders brew with a huge mug that was white but is now quite brown and in dire need of a wash.
Putting the milk in first is weird though.
Also the British Standards Institute has published a standard on this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3103 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3103).
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Personally, I don't put sugar or milk in it at all. I'm generally of the opinion that if it's a good cup (tea or coffee), it doesn't need anything added.
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Honestly there's only one way this discussion should go before the torches and pitchforks are broken out.... (http://artbymoga.tumblr.com/image/151907634031)
Also, you should never use a microwave to make tea; you have no control over the temperature of the water. You're going to end up with incredibly hot water that cools far too quickly, point is you aren't going to get uniformly heated water. Its best to just use an electric kettle or stove-top kettle.
Unfortunately, there is neither of those things in the breakroom only a microwave and instant coffee is a far more vile option than heating up a cup of water and then dunking a teabag in it.
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I remembered what I drink at work. Tetley builders brew with a huge mug that was white but is now quite brown and in dire need of a wash.
But does the spoon stand up?
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Is it harder to draw "poorly" when you draw well? Because that's the best bad crayon sketch I've seen.
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I use Teabags, but I try to make sure the Tea and Brand are of good quality (love Twinings Earl Grey myself). There are weeks due to financial constraints I'm forced to buy the cheapest in the shop, but that's fairly rare.
I ether have it with or without Milk depending on how I'm feeling when I make it. Two Sugars.
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I use Teabags, but I try to make sure the Tea and Brand are of good quality (love Twinings Earl Grey myself).
While I do quite like Twinnings, especially English Breakfast and Assam, I have never been able to enjoy the taste of Earl Grey, but that's the bergamot for me.
And its milk and two small artificial sweeteners in my giant mug.
Of course, its a moot point for me anyway because I have a severe allergy to coffee. Sets off day-long migraines for me.
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I had to quit coffee 'cos it makes me to jittery. I don't seem to have that problem with a reasonable bit of tea, so tea it is.
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I don't have tea often but I put in a small bit of sugar first, then boiled water, then teabag, stir, take teabag out, then lots of milk. I put in the sugar first it gets dissolved by the hot water and I can start drinking as quick as possible. I have it so weak it's borderline hot milk. I prefer cold drinks but when I'm in the mood for a hot drink, can't beat a nice cuppa.
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I use Teabags, but I try to make sure the Tea and Brand are of good quality (love Twinings Earl Grey myself).
While I do quite like Twinnings, especially English Breakfast and Assam, I have never been able to enjoy the taste of Earl Grey, but that's the bergamot for me.
And its milk and two small artificial sweeteners in my giant mug.
Of course, its a moot point for me anyway because I have a severe allergy to coffee. Sets off day-long migraines for me.
I think my Signature here gives you a fair idea of what my favorite is :-D
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I'm too embarrassed to reveal my tea-brewing preferences in this forum, but I will say hot tea is my go-to remedy when I have a persistent cough. Delicious, and soothes a raw throat like nothing else. Iced tea is good as a summer drink, though best used in rotation with other iced drinks such as plain ice water, juices and lemonade. A good tea doesn't need sugar when served over ice.
Don't really like coffee in anything other than frozen desserts.
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Iced (or even just cold) tea by the gallon (or the litre, if you prefer), all day, every day, no matter the outside temp. Anything but instant. Or Snapple. Sweet or not, but the sweetener must be real-deal sugar. Don't care for restaurant or commercial sweet tea, as it generally is made with cornsyrup in the US, and I have the distinct sensation of drinking glue, and even more unfortunate sensations later.
But, yes, I like cold tea. I say it's my blood type.
Coffee too, but not as much.
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Also, you should never use a microwave to make tea; you have no control over the temperature of the water. You're going to end up with incredibly hot water that cools far too quickly, point is you aren't going to get uniformly heated water. Its best to just use an electric kettle or stove-top kettle.
Sorry but the "incredibly hot water" bit is flatly impossible. If the water is boiling, any of it that's above 212 F / 100 C has left the container as water vapor and will not be involved in the making of tea. Unless of course you're boiling it in a sealed container.
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Iced (or even just cold) tea by the gallon
US gallon, or Imperial?
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Also, you should never use a microwave to make tea; you have no control over the temperature of the water. You're going to end up with incredibly hot water that cools far too quickly, point is you aren't going to get uniformly heated water. Its best to just use an electric kettle or stove-top kettle.
Sorry but the "incredibly hot water" bit is flatly impossible. If the water is boiling, any of it that's above 212 F / 100 C has left the container as water vapor and will not be involved in the making of tea. Unless of course you're boiling it in a sealed container.
I prefer my tea made with supercritical water.
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Bubbles didn't have to stop and think about the wording of that letter.
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Bubbles didn't have to stop and think about the wording of that letter.
Nope, it's a vague adaptation of the "Deeply Regret" letter; the one you hope your family never has to have delivered by Western Union, back when they still did such things.
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Pintsize is right about one thing, though: Bubbles is a real 'glass half empty' personality type! You also can't help wonder if that is a letter that she feels that she should have written, wants to write but hasn't been allowed to because she has no sane reason to do so.
This isn't the first time that Jeph has implied that Bubbles is struggling with guilt for something horrible that happened when she was in the service.
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Bubbles is simply realistic in this instance. She knows what the consequences of that particular action would be. Realism often looks like pessimism to those who don't bother to think about consequences ahead of time.
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This comic suggests how much more serious the mayhem would be if Pintsize and Bubbles switched chassis. On the one hand we'd no longer have this morose, haunted ex-soldier. On the other, we'd have a lot more collateral damage. And just try wrapping Bubbles' chassis in duct tape and sticking it on a wall.
For Bubbles' part, a stint in Pintsize's oval shoes might do her a world of good. Pintsize can afford not to take life seriously, partly because he's not in a position to do it much damage. A few weeks of that could help Bubbles see humanity from a different angle, and also perhaps to gain an appreciation for the inherent absurdity of existence.
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I have to side with Bubbles on this one. Pintsize is a self absorbed teenager who can't contemplate a world without his idea of "fun" (and is still surprised that others think differently to him).
{edit} I feel for Bubbles. She's obviously got some PTSD and he just triggered it because he wanted to justify himself.
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{edit} I feel for Bubbles. She's obviously got some PTSD and he just triggered it because he wanted to justify himself.
Actually, I think it's Bubbles sense of humour showing. I doubt she would mention "washing off the entrails" in such a nonchalant manner if it had triggered something; she just likes to troll Pintsize. And, it works!
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{edit} I feel for Bubbles. She's obviously got some PTSD and he just triggered it because he wanted to justify himself.
Actually, I think it's Bubbles sense of humour showing. I doubt she would mention "washing off the entrails" in such a nonchalant manner if it had triggered something; she just likes to troll Pintsize. And, it works!
50/50. Bubbles may be doing that thing where you're damaged, but working on it, so you use your trauma in your humor to troll people.
That last panel was reminiscent of letters commanding officers write families about soldiers who die in battle. An experience Bubbles has close to heart. Did we ever learn her rank? Getting a nickname like "bubbles" suggests to me she was a non-com or specialist rather than an officer or grunt.
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Bubbles is simply realistic in this instance. She knows what the consequences of that particular action would be. Realism often looks like pessimism to those who don't bother to think about consequences ahead of time.
Agreed, but if she had the chance to ride a blue whale would she do it?
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Iced (or even just cold) tea by the gallon
US gallon, or Imperial?
Perhaps I mistyped and meant "galleon."
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Perhaps I mistyped and meant "galleon."
No, can't be. In popular culture tea was traditionally delivered by Clipper ships, not galleons...
Tea Clipper
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/W.S._Alfred_-_The_composite_tea_clipper_%E2%80%9ATaunton%E2%80%98.jpg)
Galleon
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/French_galleon_model.jpg/1024px-French_galleon_model.jpg)
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Bubbles is somewhat overcontrolled
Pintsize has absolutely no Impulse Control
Seems to balance out in the end.
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Bubbles is somewhat overcontrolled
Pintsize has absolutely no Impulse Control
Seems to balance out in the end.
I watched this sitcom, back in the 70s, with Jack Klugman and Tony Randall.
(And before that it was Matthau and Lemmon, yes, I know.)
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Perhaps I mistyped and meant "galleon."
No, can't be. In popular culture tea was traditionally delivered by Clipper ships, not galleons...
Or an East Indiaman:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/EastIndiaman.jpg)
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I'm too embarrassed to reveal my tea-brewing preferences in this forum, but I will say hot tea is my go-to remedy when I have a persistent cough. Delicious, and soothes a raw throat like nothing else. Iced tea is good as a summer drink, though best used in rotation with other iced drinks such as plain ice water, juices and lemonade. A good tea doesn't need sugar when served over ice.
Don't really like coffee in anything other than frozen desserts.
Coffee is the secret to a perfect chocolate cake --which is about the only way I consume it (other than cheap gas station cappuccino).
Mint green tea, and raspberry lemon tea and raspberry ginger tea are about the only teas I drink.
EDIT: I have a strong aversion to bitter flavors. For those wondering, no, I can't stand pale ales, stouts or most other non-fruit beers (honey lagers are fine, though).
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Perhaps I mistyped and meant "galleon."
Aah, my mistake.
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Did we ever learn her rank? Getting a nickname like "bubbles" suggests to me she was a non-com or specialist rather than an officer or grunt.
I had guessed it either had to do with her personality or some instance of her being submerged in water and air bubbles escaping from her armor. Possibly in a manner resembling bubbles caused by a fart.
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She might have had a more bubbly personality before the trauma. IIRC, she received the nickname from members of her unit, so they also may have given it to her in the same way that one would name a snake "Fluffy".
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Bubbles is somewhat overcontrolled
Pintsize has absolutely no Impulse Control
Seems to balance out in the end.
I watched this sitcom, back in the 70s, with Jack Klugman and Tony Randall.
(And before that it was Matthau and Lemmon, yes, I know.)
And, in the original production, Walter Matthau and Art Carney.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Walter_Matthau_Art_Carney_The_Odd_Couple_Broadway_1965.JPG/605px-Walter_Matthau_Art_Carney_The_Odd_Couple_Broadway_1965.JPG)
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New comic! Bubbles is a font of merriment and good cheer.
And I am Marie of Roumania (https://hokku.wordpress.com/2012/09/24/and-i-am-marie-of-roumania/).
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I'd forgotten that Pintsize was a military chassis before being... Pintsize.
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He started off in a civilian body until the cake mix incident.
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I'd forgotten that Pintsize was a military chassis before being... Pintsize.
Pintsize was there first. The military chassis (with laser at first) was a replacement.
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I'd forgotten that Pintsize was a military chassis before being... Pintsize.
Pintsize was there first. The military chassis (with laser at first) was a replacement.
Unclear wording on my part. "I'd forgotten that Pintsize's current chassis was military hardware before it was Pintsize's" is what I meant. I apologize for the unclearness.
(The thought of Pintsize being allowed anywhere NEAR being military is, frankly, terrifying.)
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I sense that the epilogue of Small Soldiers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Soldiers) sort of really happened in the QC-verse. There really was a discussion about the economic, terror and psychological value of the use of small toy-like combat AIs. That said, I wonder if knowing that Pintsize's chassis is the AI equivalent of a cluster bomb will change how people view him.
Oh, IIRC, Pintsize's chassis is a downgraded military design and seems relatively common in the AI-Companion market. One wonders just how long Bubbles has been hiding under the rock of the Skate Park and doesn't know everything about how the world works in the post-emancipation era.
Yes, Pintsize is closed down. They've probably shut him down so they can carry out any disassembly needed to perform repairs without him complaining, loudly, about it.
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Oh, IIRC, Pintsize's chassis is a downgraded military design and seems relatively common in the AI-Companion market. One wonders just how long Bubbles has been hiding under the rock of the Skate Park and doesn't know everything about how the world works in the post-emancipation era.
My understanding is that this basic design was a common standard for AIs. The default. The armed forces decided to develop a military version thinking it would be less intimidating for the public (after all, human soldiers are based on the same design as every other human), however soon saw the error of their thinking. Marten bought this chassis assuming it was a civilian issue, but the laser proved otherwise. Bubbles has met Pintsize before and did not make the observation. Only now has she noticed what a durable chassis it is, and perhaps other telltales.
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Only now has she noticed what a durable chassis it is, and perhaps other telltales.
Sometimes it's the little things you look for; like the difference between the AR-15 and the M16 being the small 1/16" autosear pin hole above the selector.
It is my opinion that Bubbles knows what to look for when it comes to military equipment.
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"butterfly bomb"
...Google is not my friend...
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Is there any danger that the Pentagon will come round and want their chassis back? (For both Bubbles AND Pintsize?)
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Probably not. Closest analogy I can think of is the Pentagon showing up at your door demanding the return of the military-surplus jeep that you bought from a surplus warehouse a few years back. Legally they've disposed of the equipment and no longer have title to it.
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Is there any danger that the Pentagon will come round and want their chassis back? (For both Bubbles AND Pintsize?)
Yes, that already happened, but they just wanted the laser back really. And, it wasn't property that the Pentagon had released the title to, more that it had made it to Marten mistakenly: http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=147
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This reminds me of Ghost in the Shell where the tachikomas converse about how humans trust them more than the human looking AIs because they don't feel like the tachikomas are trying to replace them. Perhaps that was the original thinking behind the Pintsize models until they realized if people thought they were too cute they might get killed in the manner that Bubbles alluded to and preferred big intimidating chassis despite the obvious perception people would have.
I should also add that the only reason Faye would fear an army of Pint Sizes is she knows what he's capable of.
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Multiple anything is weird and messed up
(http://s1.dmcdn.net/TjhmD/x240-vWr.jpg)
But can still lead to wacky hi-jinks
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'Twould seem there may be merit to the 'ironic-nickname' hypothesis for where "bubbles" came from.
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Tiny cute deadly things are more frightening than large uncute deadly things because of the incongruity.
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Remember that. Watching Faye KO a Federal Agent and Dora 'Monstering' him outta the Apartment was fun.
So, now will we see Bubbles and Pintsize trading War Stories?
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I thought it was a mistake, but apparently font is a legitimate alternative spelling of fount.
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There really was a raccoon!
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OH!
I totally thought that was Corpse Witch spying on them a few strips back.
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Lilac seems to have come down with a bad case of Villain Decay (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VillainDecay).
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This reminds me of Ghost in the Shell where the tachikomas converse about how humans trust them more than the human looking AIs because they don't feel like the tachikomas are trying to replace them. Perhaps that was the original thinking behind the Pintsize models until they realized if people thought they were too cute they might get killed in the manner that Bubbles alluded to and preferred big intimidating chassis despite the obvious perception people would have.
Its the Uncanny Valley in full effect.
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I thought it was a mistake, but apparently font is a legitimate alternative spelling of fount.
As in "baptismal font" or "font of wisdom".
"Happens every day". "This frickin' town".
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There really was a raccoon!
Bubbles doesn't seem to lie so while it was a bit of misdirection it was ultimately true.
Am I the only one hearing the Inspector Gadget theme song running through my head while Officer Lilac is chasing the raccoon?
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Y'know, the worrying thing is the possibility that Renee wasn't being facetious. It really does happen all the time in Northampton. Then you really need to start talking about quantum comedic instabilities where, if something is potentially funny, it will happen, no matter how mathematically unlikely!
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Mr Jacques, for me at least, is getting a fine selection of laugh out loud episodes lately, and without seriously compromising main progress of the tales.
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Y'know, the worrying thing is the possibility that Renee wasn't being facetious. It really does happen all the time in Northampton. Then you really need to start talking about quantum comedic instabilities where, if something is potentially funny, it will happen, no matter how mathematically unlikely!
I think that Raven explained this perfectly. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1978) Can't argue with science :roll:
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missed opportunity for a robocop joke. "dead or alive, you are coming with me"
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Crazy speculation of the week... It is in fact a AI/Robo Racoon (clearly the tech exists for an AI that size by Momo's original chassis) and its being used by an associate of either unidentified big fish or Corpse |Witch to distract Officer Lilac...
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An interesting theory but I think that that IS a Raccoon, so it's more likly hijinks ensued when Lilac fell out of the bin.
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Let's split the difference. It's a cyborg raccoon. His name is Rocket.
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Y'know, the worrying thing is the possibility that Renee wasn't being facetious. It really does happen all the time in Northampton. Then you really need to start talking about quantum comedic instabilities where, if something is potentially funny, it will happen, no matter how mathematically unlikely!
I think that Raven explained this perfectly. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1978) Can't argue with science :roll:
I just want Raven and Emily to meet and build something together.
Of course, that might be the end of the Questionable Content universe (and maybe the beginning of Alice Grove?)
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Law enforcement has raccoon problems in our universe as well (http://community.correctionsone.com/showthread.php?t=2&p=70&viewfull=1#post70).
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Tiny cute deadly things are more frightening than large uncute deadly things because of the incongruity.
Like small boxy robots?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LA7Boywu7Lc
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Or Talky Tina from The Twilight Zone.