YMMVFair. But they'd be a nice break from the Walmartians I currently have as coworkers.
I think it's being taken too far. Nobody's this inept all the time.
More to the point, how does their chronically underfunded agency have money on hand for Beepatrice to go out and buy an expensive pen? Surely they don't have it just lying around in petty cash.
I think it's being taken too far.
More to the point, how does their chronically underfunded agency have money on hand for Beepatrice to go out and buy an expensive pen? Surely they don't have it just lying around in petty cash.
It makes writing easy breezy!
It makes writing easy breezy!
So Jeph is still referencing the same anime as he did with that recent picture of the three AIs.
I think it's being taken too far. Nobody's this inept all the time.Intellectual lazinessness is easily argued to be worse than actual stupidity. Anybody who's had to work with or slightly above temps in the 'States in the past decade can probably back me up on that. (I'm a QA line inspector. Roughly adjacent to machine operator, but bottom rung of QA.)
More to the point, how does their chronically underfunded agency have money on hand for Beepatrice to go out and buy an expensive pen? Surely they don't have it just lying around in petty cash.
I think it's being taken too far. Nobody's this inept all the time.
More to the point, how does their chronically underfunded agency have money on hand for Beepatrice to go out and buy an expensive pen? Surely they don't have it just lying around in petty cash.
Take the promotion, Roko. It's the only way you, and this entire organization, are going to get anything done. Beeps is manifestly unsuited for the position, and at this point I'm starting to question whether she's even capable of functioning as a legal adult.
I think it's being taken too far.
Yeah, not the first QC character that's prompted this thought. Jeph seems to lean into some of his characters' indiocynracies a little too heavily, like he doesn't quite trust his audience to get the message.
Not sure about where this current storyline is going, but it's odd that bakery boss who doesn't seem to have the vaguest comprehension of appropriate personal or sexual harrassment boundaries when it comes to her employee Elliot, is full of lectures directed at him about his past associations.
Not sure about where this current storyline is going, but it's odd that bakery boss who doesn't seem to have the vaguest comprehension of appropriate personal or sexual harrassment boundaries when it comes to her employee Elliot, is full of lectures directed at him about his past associations.
[snip]Some of us like having a character we can relate that's a human instead of another robot or alien character.
On a separate note, Brun was kind of interesting once as a newly introduced quirky unknown quantity, but as we have gotten to know her.... she's honestly really not all that interesting as a character. She's just a convenient bag of Aspie behavioral tics that others play off of. I get that she has her challenges but if her response to Elliot's semi-infatuated, hovering behavior is utterly disinterested obliviousness where is that supposed to go as a story dynamic?
Some of us like having a character we can relate that's a human instead of another robot or alien character.
Okay. I'm going to wild guess that the little guy is either named Arthur Nelson, or Nelson Arthur. Because with the newest comic, that's the same little guy, isn't it?
I'm guessing that's meant in jest (it's been an off day). But if not, I meant within the broader scope of fiction. Data, Lal (his daughter), and Warf in Star Trek TNG, Spock and other Vulcans in the original run, Draxx in Guardians of the Galaxy (especially vol. 1 for me), Sonny from I Robot. Just to name a few. There are parts in the Terminator sequels where the T-1000 is relatable for some folks on the spectrum (no, not the murdery-fighty parts).Some of us like having a character we can relate that's a human instead of another robot or alien character.
You can't relate at all to the AI characters?
Beeps is manifestly unsuited for the position, and at this point I'm starting to question whether she's even capable of functioning as a legal adult.I reached that point a while (https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4028) back (https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4029).
I'm guessing that's meant in jest (it's been an off day).Some of us like having a character we can relate that's a human instead of another robot or alien character.
You can't relate at all to the AI characters?
Does this comic need a third Arthur? We already have support-group!Arthur and Arthur!companion-of-Melon.
( did i do the !thing! right? )
Really?
I guess I can see Spock and Data - but the T-1000?
I'll admit that I don't have much contact to 'spectrumfolk' outside of this site, but it's not obvious to me that 'they' would naturally identify with 'robot' characters.
No critique or objections on the wish for representation, mind you - just curiosity.
Does this comic need a third Arthur? We already have support-group!Arthur and Arthur!companion-of-Melon.I think at this point, "Arthur" is a code name for any character whose name Jeph can't remember.
( did i do the !thing! right? )
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Well, that at least explains things. Youch.
Personally, I generall y don't even think of the AIs as AIs until the context of the strip is something inherently robot-y .
Hm. (Golden Age of) Science Fiction author, female, deceased, probably lived/active on the East coast and the Boston area in particular, liked robots (though that may be more common in a world where they actually exist)... anyone care to take a guess? Do you think Jeph had someone real in mind?
Roko never stopped to wonder why she'd never been introduced to any other volunteers, I guess.
Hm. (Golden Age of) Science Fiction author, female, deceased, probably lived/active on the East coast and the Boston area in particular, liked robots (though that may be more common in a world where they actually exist)... anyone care to take a guess? Do you think Jeph had someone real in mind?
Dorothy Fontana, one of the real creators of Star Trek, come to mind. She was a New Jersey girl.
Someone on the Subreddit has suggested Ursula K LeGuin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin). Apparently, she wrote the story about the sexy starship captain and the sexy starship getting up to interesting things with robot manipulator arms that Millefeulle likes so much.
UKL spent most of her life on the West Coast, though; why would she establish a nonprofit in Massachusetts rather than Portland, Oregon?
The more I think about it, the more the idea of being a sculpture appeals to me. You're out in the sun and the fresh air, and in the public eye. It's a great reason to get yourself bronzed or gilded. And as a literal embodiment of Art, you can do Interpretive Dance in Ultra Slow Motion.
I sort of guessed that Roko would end up boss because there was no-one else who wanted to do it and was capable of doing it.
Countdown started until Melon or Emily starts hugging Agatha and won't let go...
Okay. I'm going to wild guess that the little guy is either named Arthur Nelson, or Nelson Arthur. Because with the newest comic, that's the same little guy, isn't it?
The name has been fixed to Nelson in the most recent comic (4208 (https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4208)), though the preceding ones still say Arthur.
Poor Roko. Reality isn't what it seems, she's saddled with a bunch of extra responsibility, and right after a dissociative episode and a major disappointment. I expect she'll embark on a wanderjhar shortly, at least mentally if not physically.
The more I think about it, the more the idea of being a sculpture appeals to me. You're out in the sun and the fresh air, and in the public eye. It's a great reason to get yourself bronzed or gilded. And as a literal embodiment of Art, you can do Interpretive Dance in Ultra Slow Motion.
Bird poop, tho.
Well, Roko now finds herself Boss by default. At least it'll look good on her resume?
Hi Agatha!
I'm already fascinated with Agatha. What's the story behind the sort-of-bear chassis? It's not very high-fidelity so I'm wondering if she used to work at a family fast food restaurant in the animatronic entertainment hour section.
It may still be possible to interact with them via email.
Giant robot bear? Might as well call her the security guard since nobody will break into the office with her working!Lotsa folks wear two hats at their job these days.
I expect she'll embark on a wanderjahr shortly, at least mentally if not physically. [Edit: fix speling]
Separated by an ocean and a common language: when I see the word custodian in connection with a charity I tend to assume some kind of senior role, and I was wondering whether bear = garden sculpture = founder's AI friend, but I checked an online dictionary, so am I right in thinking the role is what the R side would call a caretaker?
I'll have you know there's nothing common about this language.
Maybe she knows other veterans in search of purpose. There may even have been others like her. May they please not be named Blossom and Buttercup.Well, now they have to be, should they ever be introduced. If not, it's what I'll call them anyway.
Maybe she knows other veterans in search of purpose. There may even have been others like her. May they please not be named Blossom and Buttercup.Well, now they have to be, should they ever be introduced. If not, it's what I'll call them anyway.
The more appropriate English term (at least in the US) would be "sabbatical."I could accept that, or even walkabout in it's most general sense. I was thinking about the usage Heinlein made in THe Rolling Stones when I wrote that.
I'm already fascinated with Agatha. What's the story behind the sort-of-bear chassis? It's not very high-fidelity so I'm wondering if she used to work at a family fast food restaurant in the animatronic entertainment hour section. Double-purposing entertainment and cleaning staff would make economic sense but I imagine that it would lead to a lot of bitter entertainers - Bitter that they have to clean and bitter that the cleaners are better with the little brats than they are!I was thinking more along the lines of a dimensional shift by one of the bears from Girl Genius and hiding out in plain sight as a Robobear would seem to be the safest alternative.
Bubbles is tied down starting a new business now and that's more than full time, but I can't help imagining her leadership qualities being applied to energizing the charity.All powerpuff pun rehashes aside I would think that ED-210 or maybe Deathbot9000 even though his deployment was axed
Maybe she knows other veterans in search of purpose. There may even have been others like her. May they please not be named Blossom and Buttercup.