Poor Bubbles! It must be utterly hell for her to have crush on a woman who is, firstly, totally ignorant of it and, secondly, is one of those people who is really unselfconsciously into very close physical contact.
I'm guessing that what comes next is passers-by mentioning what a cute couple Faye and Bubbles make. The reaction of our two principals to this mistaken compliment will be... instructive.
Poor Bubbles! It must be utterly hell for her to have crush on a woman who is, firstly, totally ignorant of it and, secondly, is one of those people who is really unselfconsciously into very close physical contact.
That's odd; Faye used to be extremely self-conscious about any sort of physical contact, didn't she? Or was that only about physical contact with people of the male persuasion?
Another blush ...I don't know if it's been discussed here before, but... why do robots blush? And how?
Another blush ...I don't know if it's been discussed here before, but... why do robots blush? And how?
She's far too self-aware of things to NOT notice Bubble's reactions
(especially since Bubbles basically out-and-out admitted her affection once before (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3523)).
She probably doesn't have Bubbles filed in her mind among potential romantic partners.
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You know, with the entire thing about not being able to eat things, I wonder if Hanners is going to pass that on to her father to develop a patch that allows the AI bodies to taste, or some equipment to allow it...
Yeah, Bubbles has it bad.
We're going to have to deal with this sooner or later.
So... it's not bad that I read the entire page and went into a ten, fifteen-second long giggle fit of glee?Uhhhh - it's Irish humor so be warned
* Through dark magic, Sara returns from being eaten by an allosaurYikes that would be terrifying depending how big it was, how it consumed her and how effective it's digestive tract was.
(Hey, one can hope.)
Secondly: I know this is a universe with super-advanced technology, but I wonder how the chemical sensors that serve as "smell" work for AI. The human olfactory sense is very complex and (despite the popular wisdom claiming otherwise, mostly because we tend to compare humans to animals whose sense of smell is EVEN better than ours) incredibly sensitive and fine-tuned to many different substances. My mother is a chemist by education and she tested food for a living, for some time. Her claim is that a human smell or taste (if it isn't dulled by regular smoking and the like) can actually detect much smaller traces of certain substances, if you're trained for that, than many simple chemical tests. In fact, in some cases only a rather expensive and complex (and somewhat time-consuming) analysis yields more precise results for certain substances than human senses.
Granted, that was a couple of decades ago, but while technology may progress fast, it doesn't progress SO fast that I'd believe it would make a huge jump in that respect.
Since I see no reason to disbelieve my mother's experience, technology that'd provide instant recognition of smells an order of magnitude better than a human nose's would be rather impressive indeed. I'd personally peg that as much more impressive than stuff like artificial muscle/bodies.
EDIT: now that I think about it, it's perfectly possible that AI bodies feel certain smells much more strongly than humans, and certain smells weakly or not at all. It would be very difficult to notice this difference in most everyday situations, I imagine. Say, if a human and an AI had a completely different subjective experience of the same smell due to registering different chemical components, it would not likely come up in conversation, unless a human and an AI were comparing two smells ("what do you MEAN those two smell alike?").
Another blush ...I don't know if it's been discussed here before, but... why do robots blush? And how?
Well it does appear that her processes kicked into overdrive there, so she has to quickly dump that extra heat somewhere....
Joking aside, a lot of it probably has to do with making anthropc bodies with that much human like detailing as human as they can to avoid the uncanny valley effect. Blushing, nervous ticks, eyes moving and blinking. None of it would be necessary for a robot body, but if they didn't do that sort of thing it freaks people out as they realize something isn't right looking at them. Also, for a human-like anthropc body putting a lot of the heat exhaust into the head makes sense. Since they wear clothing more often than not putting heat sinks in the torso would have their effectiveness reduced. Also they really don't want metal fins poking out of their bodies if they're trying to look human. So internal sinks that blow hot hair through the mouth and nose would be the way to go. Also probably use the cranium/hair extensions to radiate heat. But none of that would be terribly efficient, so they would tend to run hot, and if they had an excess of heat generation then dumping it through the face, causing a blush would make sense as it's the most exposed part of the body.
Is anyone a little worried about there being drama as people in the city may attack an AI/Human couple? As far as I know, besides Punchbot (Or his dopple, possibly) AI's and humans have never been shown as coupled that way.
I really hope that this version of the world would go beyond it, but we've already been shown that Bubbles has experienced some nasty prejudice against her. It could come right back round again, and throw the entire thing into jeopardy.
And Keith Richards has been undead since at least 1970.
Is anyone a little worried about there being drama as people in the city may attack an AI/Human couple?
Is anyone a little worried about there being drama as people in the city may attack an AI/Human couple?
In Northampton? All I can say to that is that it is far, far less likely here than in most other places I've lived. We pride ourselves on our tolerance. Even our local bigots have mostly learned to live and let live - they might roll their eyes and say "What, we got robot lesbians now? Whatever!" But that's probably as far as it would go.
Is anyone a little worried about there being drama as people in the city may attack an AI/Human couple?
In Northampton? All I can say to that is that it is far, far less likely here than in most other places I've lived. We pride ourselves on our tolerance. Even our local bigots have mostly learned to live and let live - they might roll their eyes and say "What, we got robot lesbians now? Whatever!" But that's probably as far as it would go.
I'm not american, but I have a feeling that the country is far less tolerant these days. Anyway, maybe in the QCverse politics are not so cathastrofically interfering in people's behaviour... But even in the comics we've seen characters being discriminated (May) or worried about their safety (Claire).
Tell me about it. The dude's 77 years old and can still keep perfect rhythm in complex time signatures? OBVIOUSLY A ROBOT.
Of course Bubbles has heard the Beatles. She's just messing with Faye, made obvious by her comment about Wings. And after Faye calls her on it, she drops the act and gives her analysis of the subliminal messages in the songs she obviously must have heard.
Alternately, French special forces listen to Jean Rochefort (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsV4zD4lYJg) reading from Alain's Mars, War unveiled.
Was that a smile there? That looks like a smile....:o
I've heard people claim that Ringo isn't actually all that good a drummer,
I regret nothing
https://imgur.com/a/LKDMe (https://imgur.com/a/LKDMe)
Which is intriguingly advanced bantering technique. Where would Bubbles have learned it? Is it a natural talent?You learn it in basic training. No GI can survive without bullshitting skills.
Didn't he have a speaking part at the end of that silent picture way back when?Alternately, French special forces listen to Jean Rochefort (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsV4zD4lYJg) reading from Alain's Mars, War unveiled.No, they listen to Marcel Marceau's Greatest Hits.
How do people interpret Faye's falling asleep after remembering Bubbles's compliment? As opposed to following up with questions?
Didn't he have a speaking part at the end of that silent picture way back when?Alternately, French special forces listen to Jean Rochefort (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsV4zD4lYJg) reading from Alain's Mars, War unveiled.No, they listen to Marcel Marceau's Greatest Hits.
Who is Skullmaster? Or should I not worry about it?
Who is Skullmaster? Or should I not worry about it?
What the Hell is Sam doing there, and how did she get in there past Bubbles in the first place?
Maybe it's morning. Faye is sleeping in. Sam has come a-calling at what a 14 year old considers an appropriate hour. OR - Bubbles realized it was a kid and could tell by the absence of weaponry that she did not present any real threat.
If it's a civilized hour, are Jim and Veronica there, too, (perhaps to make an announcement, or just to deal with some more mundane family business)?
I think you're all underestimating Sam's sneaking prowess (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2343).
I think you're all underestimating Sam's sneaking prowess (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2343).
Not underestimating. Just saying that if Sam sneaked into a room being shared by a veteran with PTSD, jumped on the bed and started yelling without them being aware of their presence, calmly picking her up and telling her to use her inside voice is almost certainly not going to be Bubble's reaction.
Haha wow. How did I not realize that was Sam? I feel dumb now.As you should! How could you
I think you're all underestimating Sam's sneaking prowess (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2343).
Not underestimating. Just saying that if Sam sneaked into a room being shared by a veteran with PTSD, jumped on the bed and started yelling without them being aware of their presence, calmly picking her up and telling her to use her inside voice is almost certainly not going to be Bubble's reaction.
I don't think what Bubbles has fits PTSD.
Her reactions as shown so far don't really fit it unless there are even more divergences between human and AI psychology.
I'm suspecting that her issue is more akin to Faye's with a form of survivors guilt combined with other things including the mental voids caused by the entire memory thing, but she's not displayed the stress reactions as of yet that are normal for human and animal forms of PTSD.
Haha wow. How did I not realize that was Sam? I feel dumb now.
Haha wow. How did I not realize that was Sam? I feel dumb now.
Again, I'm pretty sure she was white for some reason when the strip was first uploaded. I remember thinking, "this seems like Sam, but those hands..."
The real question is whether Faye was woken up by the shouting or the smell.Why not both?
Who is Skullmaster? Or should I not worry about it?
Haha wow. How did I not realize that was Sam? I feel dumb now.Don't worry, I forgot about Faye's "boobscar".
Haha wow. How did I not realize that was Sam? I feel dumb now.
Again, I'm pretty sure she was white for some reason when the strip was first uploaded. I remember thinking, "this seems like Sam, but those hands..."
She is, as far as we know. I don't think her mother's ever been shown. She has always always had that skin tone. Not every white person has pale skin, some of them are naturally darker. And they tend to tan as well, especially ones who spend a lot of time outside catching frogs and snakes.
She is, as far as we know. I don't think her mother's ever been shown. She has always always had that skin tone. Not every white person has pale skin, some of them are naturally darker. And they tend to tan as well, especially ones who spend a lot of time outside catching frogs and snakes.
She is both ripe and sun-dried.It depends. Jim no doubt runs her through the wash cycle at regular intervals whether she needs it or not.
Does that mean she accepts them, or that she doesn't realize they're happening?