Most of the groups listed have at least one entity that makes me go "no way".Hadn't even thought of Mrs. Augustus.good choice if you rent the basement/attic (if either are furnished). Melon strikes me as a daily visitor.
The exceptions are Steve/Cosette and Roko. To be fair, if Steve and Cosette lived in an apartment instead of a house, they'd be a "no way" as well.
There are two others under my consideration.
Those others are Sven (and Princess - remember Princess?) and Mrs. A (and Cosmo). My figuring is that either way, I would learn something in an area I know little about. :evil:
Honestly, though, I'm not that much of an animal person, so...
My final decision is to go with Roko, if only to give her cooking utensils a reason to exist. I can handle the visitors in small doses.
Okay, I'm too tired to understand the pun in the last panel. Could someone please explain it to me?
Of all the puns her roommate makes, Renée takes the brun-t.'Tis karma.
There's no pun btw, it's just a cute USB backronym.Gee, I always called it the "dog alarm", or the "dog alarum" if I was reading Tolkien at the time. I usually set it off while delivering morning newspapers...
...has Millie had a SECOND set of butt implants? She's... a little over-proportioned in panel 2.
I say 'meel-fee'. But I am handicapped by having taken French, so when I see a French word, I pronounce it in the French manner.Sorry to have to tell you this, but meel-foy is closer to actual French pronunciation than meel-fee, which would probably be understood as mille filles.
Huh, IDK it seems really rude to call your new neighbor "Robot Neighbor" like insert anything else and it's..really not a good look so.
If I had to choose a roommate it'd probably be Elliot, because he seems like the one I'd be imposing on the least. And I think he'd be chill about my cat, which is simply non-negotiable.
Also, yes, you can always use more USB cables.
Penney and Will? Like Steve and Cosette, stable but less accident-prone. And Will's working evenings, so it would be quiet...Are you suggesting Sarah did a 'Tammy and the T-rex'? And is the Allosaurus an A.I.?
Or how about Sara and the velociraptor?
...naaah, probably not all that quiet.
It's a weird kind of melancholy, isn't it? Yes, you're relieved to be out of a position for which you were ill-suited and, honestly, made you miserable anyway. However, it still hurts a bit to have to acknowledge to yourself that you were simply not good enough for that particular job.Having made just such a transition recently, well writ. Plus I got to watch my replacement, as I just shifted laterally, do the job better and then get the promotion I was angling for, which brings it's own level of angst on top of the whole situation. Realistically I would have been even more miserable in that job now that I've had time to reflect, but giving up that misplaced priority brings its own level of angst on top of everything already mentioned.
Why do I get the feeling this story line is going to turn into a parody of the cabin scene in "A Night at the Opera"?"... and two hard-boiled eggs."
I'm thinking about Brun's words in the last panel. I'm not sure that her question is negative but, rather, that it may be hopeful. Just how many new people are going to wander in and what strange new things is she going to see? To be a good bartender one must, after all, have a high tolerance for new and strange people and, indeed, to enjoy people-watching.
I need to go rewatch that movie again. It's been at least a few months since last time. (BIG Marx fan here.)Why do I get the feeling this story line is going to turn into a parody of the cabin scene in "A Night at the Opera"?"... and two hard-boiled eggs."
"Poofy boy"... ??
Well.. that means something FAR different in the UK...
FWIW, the UK English spelling, as far as I was always taught, is 'pouf'
Only Veronica and Jim are old enough to remember when three-wheeled ATVs were being sold. (They're not banned?)Not banned, because then someone would have to track each one down, pay for it or repossess it, and then haul it away. They are private property after all - you can't just take them. I've got a Jarts game and another toy with ingestible magnets that could hurt children stupid enough eat more than one: that fact that I can't legally sell them to anyone doesn't hurt me in any way. My youngest niece/nephew is way past the age of putting random things in their mouth. The Jarts we play only with unintoxicated adults, so that's not an issue either.
FWIW, the UK English spelling, as far as I was always taught, is 'pouf' but the brain does auto-associate sounds so effectively that this doesn't really matter. The communications centre of our brain jumps to the (wrong) meaning immediately and you're struggling to catch up!
...four wheels being better than three. Only Veronica and Jim are old enough to remember when three-wheeled ATVs were being sold. (They're not banned?)
I need to go rewatch [A Night at the Opera] again. It's been at least a few months since last time. (BIG Marx fan here.)Oh yeah, the Marx Bros. were the best.
Not banned, because then someone would have to track each one down, pay for it or repossess it, and then haul it away. They are private property after all - you can't just take them. I've got a Jarts game and another toy with ingestible magnets that could hurt children stupid enough eat more than one: that fact that I can't legally sell them to anyone doesn't hurt me in any way. My youngest niece/nephew is way past the age of putting random things in their mouth. The Jarts we play only with unintoxicated adults, so that's not an issue either.
OK, what is the make of that vehicle?Badum-tish
And now I wanna play lawn darts. Wonder if our family's set is still hiding in the basement. If not, can I visit?I'll see if I can talk my wife out of them. Maybe we can arrange a deal if yes.
Clinton looks decidedly different to me, and I'm not just talking about the hairstyle. Can't quite put my finger on what it is though.
As for big butt girl, it would be funny if it turns out that her job doesn't have military connections, someone is just trying to develop stealth Emu technology.
what
Three wheeled vehicles, especially ones with the third wheel in the front, are more unstable than two-wheeled ones.
They're far more sentient than Three Laws minds can be because they don't seem to have anything like hard-coded directives.I agree that QC’s synthetics aren’t Three Laws Safe, but I think this statement about “Three Laws minds being less sentient” is highly debatable.
Now, am I the only one who thinks that Beeps' charge ended with her bouncing off of Elliot's chest and back into Millifeulle's arms?
They're far more sentient than Three Laws minds can be because they don't seem to have anything like hard-coded directives.I agree that QC’s synthetics aren’t Three Laws Safe, but I think this statement about “Three Laws minds being less sentient” is highly debatable.
It’s easy to get the impression that Three Laws robots are inherently mentally shallow, because most of Asimov’s stories depicted them as barely sentient. I think that’s more about Asimov and his writing than an inescapable consequence of the Three Laws.
my impression is that he came up with the laws specifically to tear them into shreds, by writing stories where they are subverted, ineffectual, or otherwise limited in effectiveness.Ye gods, no. Read “In Memory Yet Green,” the first volume of Asimov’s autobiography. He talks at length about the origin of the laws.
That was funny.
I do wonder... are humanoid robots deliberately built to be just human strong? And where is the line where greater strength comes into play? Punchbot, for instance, appeared to have greater than human strength.
Well, that's bizarre - Beeps just wanders in, Millefeuille admits that this will probably keep happening - but Elliot loudly announcing his (and Clinton's) entrance is treated as home invasion?! :?
IMO, one of the tricky but Very Important things to do with anything running a version of the Three Laws is to somehow keep them from coming up with an entirely logical interpretation of the First - or formulating a version of the Zeroth - that involves taking away all human freedom, for our own good / to protect us from ourselves and each other.
Because really, we'd all be so much safer (in both/all senses of the word) if we spent our entire lives locked into Matrix pods or something.
"With Folded Hands", Jack Williamson.Exactly. I thought of that story when talking about “Little Lost Robot” earlier. “Nestor” doesn’t have the “...or through inaction allow a human to come to harm” clause in the First Law. “With Folded Hands” is the logical result of really thoroughly applying that clause.
Maybe she wore padded pants before getting her implant and hasn't gone shopping for padless pants?
Maybe she wore padded pants before getting her implant and hasn't gone shopping for padless pants?
Padded ... pants?
I recall padded jackets ... (One more reason to be grateful that FB didn't exist in the early 90s)
Apparently it seems there is no longer a safe answer to "does my bum look big in this"...Padded ... pants?Capitalism (https://www.feelfoxy.com/padded-panties/)
Apparently it seems there is no longer a safe answer to "does my bum look big in this"...Padded ... pants?Capitalism (https://www.feelfoxy.com/padded-panties/)
I'm guessing "What would you prefer?" or "What are you aiming for?" are also both bad.Apparently it seems there is no longer a safe answer to "does my bum look big in this"...Padded ... pants?Capitalism (https://www.feelfoxy.com/padded-panties/)
And asking "Should it look big?" is also wrong.
Maybe she wore padded pants before getting her implant and hasn't gone shopping for padless pants?
Padded ... pants?
I recall padded jackets ... (One more reason to be grateful that FB didn't exist in the early 90s)