.... how does it work, that the robots are drinking liquids and such?
Or is it virtual drunkness via app?
"You're peeing out PERFECTLY GOOD BEER?!"
They will now play a drinking game whereby they binge read QC and take a drink for every panel where a character is drunk.
Luckily they will most likely fall unconscious before they catch up to the latest comic and cause a feedback loop that destroys the Internet.
(Seriously, Jeph’s characters get drunk very often)
kill drinkr.exe
run hangover.exe --level 10 --nooverride
Also, do they actually drink it?
"We have a internal storage tank, for when we have to consume food or drink in social situations."
".... and then you just empty it later?"
"Yes."
"You're peeing out PERFECTLY GOOD BEER?!"
".... I suppose?"
So, we go onto Drinkr and two features that interest me. Firstly, that the freeware version is it impossible to get fully drunk or even to get to its' reduced limit quickly.I'm not convinced that Beeps'.... lack of acceleration is due to it being the free version, so much as her not hammering the "drink" button like Millie clearly is.
So, we go onto Drinkr and two features that interest me. Firstly, that the freeware version is it impossible to get fully drunk or even to get to its' reduced limit quickly.
I'm not convinced that Beeps'.... lack of acceleration is due to it being the free version, so much as her not hammering the "drink" button like Millie clearly is.
Are the folks voting for Clinton and Claire's dad doing so because they hope to see the various characters line up and take turns decking/smacking him?I voted for him. Not precisely for the reason you propose, but in hopes of seeing a resolution of some sort. I know life isn't that orderly or neat, but Jeph's world frequently is, and since Claire has become such an important character, that seems like something that might happen.
Random question that came to mind: if robots smell tea, why wouldn't they smell beer?
Bonus question: if the Revelation sells Robot Beers, how do they coexist with Drinkr?
If you'll notice, the caps are still on the bottles that they're holding.
Because most beers (especially pale ales) smell vile.Random question that came to mind: if robots smell tea, why wouldn't they smell beer?
Bonus question: if the Revelation sells Robot Beers, how do they coexist with Drinkr?
Different smell profiles than human beer? There is that one strip where Marten offers Bubs to smell his IPA, and the answer was about it smelling kind of disgusting to a robot.
Also, the Drinkr App probably is the drunk simulation alone, and no outside stimulus.
New strip up.Oh right, Brun is a fighty drunk.
"Who wants to check out my new butt!" is nearly her catchphrase now.
I try and use "wacky", instead.
Also, do they actually drink it?
"We have a internal storage tank, for when we have to consume food or drink in social situations."
".... and then you just empty it later?"
"Yes."
"You're peeing out PERFECTLY GOOD BEER?!"
".... I suppose?"
Also, do they actually drink it?
"We have a internal storage tank, for when we have to consume food or drink in social situations."
".... and then you just empty it later?"
"Yes."
"You're peeing out PERFECTLY GOOD BEER?!"
".... I suppose?"
"... but is it COLD beer?"
I must be sheltered. This is literally the first I've heard of crazy being a bad word.
I must be sheltered. This is literally the first I've heard of crazy being a bad word.
First time, too. Altough I'm not a native english speaker... and the equivalent portuguese words for "crazy" are rarely used to describe actual clinically mad people, so I'm not sure if I get the real weight of the c-word.
*raises hand*
I have, at a minimum, depression and anxiety. Does that give me "c-word" privileges?
So what's the name of this beer? It could be simply 'GOOD' but I suspect there's more to it than that.
I must be sheltered. This is literally the first I've heard of crazy being a bad word.
*raises hand*
I have, at a minimum, depression and anxiety. Does that give me "c-word" privileges?
"How many traits must I have in common with a person to be an insensitive asshole towards them using a word that has been used to stigmatize and/or oppress people like them for generations?"
I dunno. I've been committed/sectioned several times, and some people still don't like me throwing the word "crazy" about with reckless abandon. I think that the main reason that I still use it is to keep it from having (more) power over me.
*raises hand*
I have, at a minimum, depression and anxiety. Does that give me "c-word" privileges?
"How many traits must I have in common with a person to be an insensitive asshole towards them using a word that has been used to stigmatize and/or oppress people like them for generations?"
*raises hand*
I have, at a minimum, depression and anxiety. Does that give me "c-word" privileges?
"How many traits must I have in common with a person to be an insensitive asshole towards them using a word that has been used to stigmatize and/or oppress people like them for generations?"
Comic's up.
I get the feeling Millefeuille is going to make a drunken pass at Clinton.
I get the feeling Millefeuille is going to make a drunken pass at Clinton.
I get the feeling Millefeuille is going to make a drunken pass at Clinton.It's pretty clear she abruptly decided she'd like to "click together" with Clinton. Hence the look. Who hasn't picked up on that, but will probably say "let's talk about that when you're sober" once he's clued in (assuming that happens).
Sorry to hear about your ordeals, Unbuggerable one. Myself, I have two entries in various incarnations of the DSM about the way my headmeats work, and nobody is going to publicly shame me about the way I talk about (aspects of) myself - and especially not out of some alleged intent to protect me from public shaming.
I get the feeling Millefeuille is going to make a drunken pass at Clinton.
But calling people "dipshit" is okay.It's better than 'r*t*rd'. Granted, calling some of them that would be insulting to people with intellectual disability (ID, also known as general learning disability)¹. Even if the individual still has the maturity level of a tween or mid-range teenager well into their 20s, 30s, 40s or 50s. Though, that's more a failure on their part to progress past that point. ('Arrested development' is not recognized as a disability at this point in time.)
And people wonder why I rarely speak.
Always a triumph when one manages to do that.Sorry to hear about your ordeals, Unbuggerable one. Myself, I have two entries in various incarnations of the DSM about the way my headmeats work, and nobody is going to publicly shame me about the way I talk about (aspects of) myself - and especially not out of some alleged intent to protect me from public shaming.
Sad to say, I've probably been buggered by life. In recent weeks, I've managed to, at least thus far, avoid from punching people in the face who really deserved it.
He might also just be unaware, density in guys is a thing
Maybe drunk Milly is like "oooooh, he already has a biomechanical interface. That's gonna make it even better!"
I am entertained by all of the attempts to interpret Clinton's lack of reaction.
In recent weeks, I've managed to, at least thus far, avoid punching people in the face who really deserved it.
But calling people "dipshit" is okay.It's better than 'r*t*rd'.
And people wonder why I rarely speak.
I wouldn't mind having a 2×4 with a grip on it and the words "clue-by-four" engraved into the side of it. I certainly know a fair few folks I'd like to give a few head-whacks to with such an item.
Maybe drunk Milly is like "oooooh, he already has a biomechanical interface. That's gonna make it even better!"
I am entertained by all of the attempts to interpret Clinton's lack of reaction.
I don't think that Clinton has no reaction. What I see in panel 6 (especially with the raised eyebrows and the implied irony of his words) is a neutral-to-negative reaction. Basically: "Yeah, heard this one before and no."
Maybe drunk Milly is like "oooooh, he already has a biomechanical interface. That's gonna make it even better!"
Third reaction: Clinton explicitly has an older-style mount, and I think he mentioned his hand doesn't give him a lot of feedback? His I/O port might not be able to broadcast back to the rest of his system at all.
In recent weeks, I've managed to, at least thus far, avoid punching people in the face who really deserved it.
This a state I live in almost constantly, broken only by the occasional moments when I do not avoid it.
I am entertained by all of the attempts to interpret Clinton's lack of reaction.
I don't think that Clinton has no reaction. What I see in panel 6 (especially with the raised eyebrows and the implied irony of his words) is a neutral-to-negative reaction. Basically: "Yeah, heard this one before and no."
I think it to be somewhere between "is she actually trying to flirt with me?", "no, thank you" and oblivion or denial.
I must be sheltered. This is literally the first I've heard of crazy being a bad word.https://www.autistichoya.com/p/ableist-words-and-terms-to-avoid.html
Maybe we can turn crazy into something like they did with shellshock? Just keep massaging it until it's so vague it doesn't mean anything.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o25I2fzFGoY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o25I2fzFGoY)
Nowadays, "Post-traumatic stress disorder" is applied to a many more different situations than just shellshock.
Nothing will or can stop the euphemism treadmill.
Also: I have never liked the taste (smell, etc) of anise / licorice.
The sequence "Shellshock → battle fatigue → operational exhaustion → post-traumatic stress disorder" lead not only to an euphemisation of the language, but also to broad generalization of the concept. Nowadays, "Post-traumatic stress disorder" is applied to a many more different situations than just shellshock.
*raises hand*That's not really how it works. It's not a thing that someone has ``priveleges'' for. It doesn't matter who says it. The point is, if a word is used poorly, the whole language suffers. We wouldn't want to
I have, at a minimum, depression and anxiety. Does that give me "c-word" privileges?
keep massaging it until it's so vague it doesn't mean anything.Or would we? The fact of the matter is that the word ``crazy'' is merely synonymous with ``insane''---(behaving as) not of sound mind; for using a poorly curated metadictionary (https://www.dictionary.com/) as though it were, about the vernacular, a reliable source, that article (https://thethirty.whowhatwear.com/etymology-crazy-sexist-words) is crazy.
Brun's line in panel 2 is one of the more profoundly sad things I've ever seen in a web-comic. I can't recall the last time I felt this sad for a fictional character.I like ``bad'' things due to lower consumptive competition. It's not that they're bad, as much as they're slightly less good; most such are still very good. (Entastement is easy. Nonentastement is trivial; all it takes is one taste. Disentastement is as difficult as forgetting.) More accurately: ``things that most others don't prefer.'' This seems not something important to Brun, and, I imagine, he isn't pedantic about unimportant-to-him things.
Panel 2 had me cringeready for Thousandleaf to grab Clinton's recent upgrade to grab Thousandleaf 's recent upgrade; mightta spoil'd the shipping.I get the feeling Millefeuille is going to make a drunken pass at Clinton.It's pretty clear she abruptly decided she'd like to "click together" with Clinton. Hence the look. Who hasn't picked up on that, but will probably say "let's talk about that when you're sober" once he's clued in (assuming that happens).
Clinton's expression in panel 6 when Millie makes her pass tells me that he definitely isn't interested in her as matters stand.Also, in panel 4, Clinton probably recognized that Thousandleaf's discomforting reaction was the same as, but much less intense than, Clinton's. I interpreted Clinton's expression in panel 6 as basic frustration from the broken expectation that Thousandleaf is to say something interesting, as though Clinton is thinking ``oh, we've been over this before.''
With one thing leading to another, ultimately, they're quite satisfied.Also, do they actually drink it?
"We have a internal storage tank, for when we have to consume food or drink in social situations."
".... and then you just empty it later?"
"Yes."
"You're peeing out PERFECTLY GOOD BEER?!"
".... I suppose?"
"... but is it COLD beer?"
"Do you want it to be cold? I'm equipped with next-gen active cooling technology." - "what? You're a walking fridge?" - "... Crudely put, yes."
I’ve had ouzo once, back when I was in college. Senior year, several of the physics majors went to a bar with the department chair. He bought us a round of ouzo shots. I thought it was delicious, but maybe I’m weird. Later in grad school, I was at a bar with some other grad students, and we were deciding what to get for a round of shots, and I suggested ouzo. They thought I was pranking them.I usually get people who make fun of me for not liking beer to shut-up by mentioning that I like Jägermeister.
But then the police report would read 'assault with a deadly weapon' in addition to 'aggravated battery'.I wouldn't mind having a 2×4 with a grip on it and the words "clue-by-four" engraved into the side of it. I certainly know a fair few folks I'd like to give a few head-whacks to with such an item.
Isn't that essentially a cricket bat?
Mein gott!In recent weeks, I've managed to, at least thus far, avoid punching people in the face who really deserved it.
This a state I live in almost constantly, broken only by the occasional moments when I do not avoid it.
Ouzo: An anise flavored drink that inspires Greeks to go out and beat up Turks.
Raki: An anise flavored drink that inspires Turks to go out and beat up Greeks.
https://www.autistichoya.com/p/ableist-words-and-terms-to-avoid.html
The site which Theta9 linked suggests the following words as replacements: wild, confusing, unpredictable, impulsive, reckless, fearless, lives on the edge, thrill-seeker, risk-taker, out of control. Is there anything that would prevent the word choice inflation to engulf these words as well?
Ouzo: An anise flavored drink that inspires Greeks to go out and beat up Turks.
Raki: An anise flavored drink that inspires Turks to go out and beat up Greeks.
Ouzo is made from aniseed, and you've got to like it. And like a few other kinds of booze, tue cheaper it gets the worse the taste. Personally, I don't like it, but I can see why people would like the quality stuff.I finally started to develop a taste for whisky once I tried really good whisky. Now I can't touch any bottom shelf shit, but middle-of-the-pack stuff is fine - I can't really afford the tops.
FWIW, I'm expecting for Brun and Millie to have an argument about who has priority over Clinton.I thought it was established that Brun wasn't interested in Clinton, just like Emily wasn't interested. Evidence so far is that Brun is not sure if she has sexual feelings for anyone.
As for Elliot, we don't have any evidence that Clinton's inclined that way. Not everyone in the universe is omnisexual. Not even in the QC universe, which seems to trend about 800% more omnisexual than the real world.The only thing even suggesting he might be "inclined that way" is when he was drinking with Eliot and said "Always figured I was straight, but if I met the right dude, who knows?" (or something close to that; can't be arsed to dig up the actual strip for a verbatim quote). IOW, Clinton's about as gay as I am - maybe a 0.2 on the Kinsey scale.
I thought it was established that Brun wasn't interested in Clinton,I was impressed that Brun's carnal interest was merely not established. Brun's noncarnal interest about Clinton may have been established by Brun's slight disappointment at having sog-ruined the paper whereon was written Clinton's telephone address. Perhaps that disappointment was about merely the disroutinal erratum.
just like Emily wasn't interested.Wasn't Emily merely busy?, Clinton interpreted Emily's reply as noninterest.
Not everyone in the universe is omnisexual. Not even in the QC universe, which seems to trend about 800% more omnisexual than the real world.For example, Marten has expressed his open-minded ahomosexuality.
what does the AI non-profit need with a water cooler?Fleshbound guests; probably accounted under ``entertainment''
I once took along a bottle of Cynar(artichoke liqueur) to my dorm, but nobody liked it, it was to herby for them, so I ended up drinking most of it.Sounds delicious
Edit: what does the AI non-profit need with a water cooler?
Ouzo is made from aniseed, and you've got to like it. And like a few other kinds of booze, tue cheaper it gets the worse the taste. Personally, I don't like it, but I can see why people would like the quality stuff.I finally started to develop a taste for whisky once I tried really good whisky. Now I can't touch any bottom shelf shit, but middle-of-the-pack stuff is fine - I can't really afford the tops.
I know that feeling, but it's even worse for me with whiskey
- some people can't understand how I can drink the "cheap" stuff (like standard Jim Beam). The really cheap stuff is best consumed as a mixer.
I'm thinking that Clinton is wondering if he'll ever meet a woman who can't be put in the pigeon hole marked "Sweet but weird all the way down". The answer that I'd give him would be: "Why would you want to?"
I know that feeling, but it's even worse for me with whiskey
- some people can't understand how I can drink the "cheap" stuff (like standard Jim Beam). The really cheap stuff is best consumed as a mixer.
I didn't even realise that there was another way.
Has Beepatrice shown any interest in a relationship with a human?
Because she's ADORABLE here.
I was actually tempted by this comic to buy a bottle of ouzo... but the liquor store is next to a Meijer and a Costco, and after seeing the lines of cars headed in that direction, I decided I don't need to try ouzo again that badly. :psyduck:
"Okay but... Who would heat a vibrator to 160C?"
I'm thinking that Clinton is wondering if he'll ever meet a woman who can't be put in the pigeon hole marked "Sweet but weird all the way down". The answer that I'd give him would be: "Why would you want to?"'Birds of a feather fly together.'
[snip]
Was I the only one who heard her giggle nervously in panel 5?
As for Elliot, we don't have any evidence that Clinton's inclined that way. Not everyone in the universe is omnisexual. Not even in the QC universe, which seems to trend about 800% more omnisexual than the real world.
As for Elliot, we don't have any evidence that Clinton's inclined that way. Not everyone in the universe is omnisexual. Not even in the QC universe, which seems to trend about 800% more omnisexual than the real world.
As am omnisexual chap, I have found that people who are that flexible tend to move in packs. It's something in common, same as background, skin colour, interests, life experience generally.
I'm thinking that Clinton is wondering if he'll ever meet a woman who can't be put in the pigeon hole marked "Sweet but weird all the way down".This is how they're lead to Mathematics. He wants to meet the absolute strangety, and Mathematics (or Philosophy, in turn leading to Mathematics) is strangeful. His imminent interest in foundations, and his esteem for the history and culture, lead him to consume Bertrand Russell's Principles of Mathematics, wherein his search for absolute strangety ends, despite which he'll still seek many nonperfect strangeties; c'est la vie &c.
I'm sure that May and her situation will come up eventually; I'm wondering if Clinton 'knows a guy' in his class who might have the leverage that Roko needs?I fear the aid of too-many powerful allies would render that story uninteresting unless, despite all that, May get's denied. Bureaucracy, amirite?
[Beepatrice]'ll always be better as the plucky comedy sidekick than she'll ever be as the one in charge, at least not without a drawn out 'coming of age' arc.Of Hannelore's all I recall is her sudden departure and Yak-shit -shoveling return. (I would rather she never returned, and another character (played by another actor, naturally) filled what is now her role.)
Wasn't Emily merely busy?, Clinton interpreted Emily's reply as noninterest.Being busy is, realistically, the same thing as being uninterested. Someone who is interested will make time, one way or another.
Being busy is, realistically, the same thing as being uninterested.Realistically, it's a matter of what the person would rather do. For some people, there is also a strong disinclination from adjusting one's schedule. Perhaps Azuma had something imporant planned. Perhaps Azuma is loath to change plans. It is quite effective to start loading appropriate thought patterns before the approach towards a cogitive optimum, so that, when the approach begins, the mind is all ready for the cogitage; perhaps Azuma had noticed such a cogitively optimal mental state, and, possibly despite being interested in clinton, would prefer to use most effectively use that mental state.
Wasn't Emily merely busy?, Clinton interpreted Emily's reply as noninterest.Being busy is, realistically, the same thing as being uninterested. Someone who is interested will make time, one way or another.
Wasn't Emily merely busy?, Clinton interpreted Emily's reply as noninterest.Being busy is, realistically, the same thing as being uninterested. Someone who is interested will make time, one way or another.
I will refer you to Big Clive and his YouTube channel where he tests common as well as weird products of the electrical variety, purchased online from far east suppliers."Okay but... Who would heat a vibrator to 160C?"Using it while charging it with the Ultra Quick Charger Module™.
Something that helped humanity survive as a species is box thinking. It provides shortcuts for stress thinking, and quick decision-making. The boost in speed goes at the expense of accuracy. Those boxes can be very wrong, or applied the wrong way. I've been catching myself every so often, and I'm pretty sure everyone does it to a degree.One of the other features of "Box Thinking" that is easily observed in the younger spawn and among certain outlier types, is obliviousness to inconsequential details.
Point is, those boxes quite often apply to social circles, too.
I don't know how AIs work in the QCverse, but in being man-made, that box thinking may apply to them, too, perhaps even worse compared to humans.
I will refer you to Big Clive and his YouTube channel where he tests common as well as weird products of the electrical variety, purchased online from far east suppliers.Well it would hardly be a proper Dalek if it didn't try to exterminate any nearby humans.
Overheating, releasing vital smoke and energetic self disassembly is only part of the list.
IIRC there was a Dalek flashlight with a USB phone charge port that was LIVE while the unit was connected to the mains to charge the flashlight.
This was made even more fun for those who purchased the shiny metallic coloured models.
220VAC for the Brits and only 120VAC for the Yanks.
How busy people are varies - so there may be an opening to ask again at another time. But generally no means no.
There's also the asshats that are half the reason the coded version for "no" exists.How busy people are varies - so there may be an opening to ask again at another time. But generally no means no.
Given that she said she didn't have time "between school and work (https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3207)," that's not going to be anytime soon. So while in theory there may well be an opening to ask again at another time, I wouldn't recommend he put dating on hold in the duration. And while no definitely means no, it doesn't necessarily mean "never."
So really, the difference is academic.