OK this strip had me thinking about dogs: the big ones that I've come across are mostly timid and friendly while the smaller ones are vicious and wild. Bubbles is a sweet and nice person while Faye is a raging beast unless reined in by someone...
OK this strip had me thinking about dogs: the big ones that I've come across are mostly timid and friendly while the smaller ones are vicious and wild. Bubbles is a sweet and nice person while Faye is a raging beast unless reined in by someone...
Sorry if it's a bad comparison, but it's just how my mind works.
I voted Emily as second (really first) most intimidating, on the grounds that at least one of her random hijinks required government intervention.
People being big or angry is old hat, it's hard to prepare for someone randomly ending the world because she thought of a new way to make coffee.
OK this strip had me thinking about dogs: the big ones that I've come across are mostly timid and friendly while the smaller ones are vicious and wild. Bubbles is a sweet and nice person while Faye is a raging beast unless reined in by someone...
Sorry if it's a bad comparison, but it's just how my mind works.
OK this strip had me thinking about dogs: the big ones that I've come across are mostly timid and friendly while the smaller ones are vicious and wild. Bubbles is a sweet and nice person while Faye is a raging beast unless reined in by someone...
That’s because generally speaking, people who have say, Rotties, or Great Danes know that they have to be well-socialised and trained. Most people with over-grown rats swear blind that little “muffykins” couldn’t harm a fly, despite the tiny beast being a terror straight from the pits of hell.
If a Human isn't allowed to apply ink to their prosthetic's dermal because that's an AI thing, should humans be allowed to have dermal covering on their prosthetic at all? That's literally an AI's SKIN! In fact, should humans be permitted prosthetics of that style at all, seeing as that arm or leg or hand or foot is using components that could embody an AI, and HUMANS have appropriated it for their own use!
And the thing is that dogs (unlike cats!) take to training, because they want to please. They actually enjoy being taught and learning to get it right, and having a real relationship with their humans - it's just the owners (some, that is) who are either too lazy or too ignorant to get that.
In my opinion, a 'spray' on a human's prosthetic is no more culturally appropriation-y in the abstract than a human scribbling on their own arm with ink. Furthermore, forbidding a human from decorating their prosthetic with a spray would be a slippery slope.If a Human isn't allowed to apply ink to their prosthetic's dermal because that's an AI thing, should humans be allowed to have dermal covering on their prosthetic at all? That's literally an AI's SKIN! In fact, should humans be permitted prosthetics of that style at all, seeing as that arm or leg or hand or foot is using components that could embody an AI, and HUMANS have appropriated it for their own use!
Now, there's murky territory in human 'sprays' to be sure, e.g. a human who wants a permanent spray to restore a design that was lost to an injury (e.g. the design ran from their spine down both arms and their right arm below the elbow in a car crash) need permission from the original artist for the design to be restored, but is it expected that this is a service tattoo artists would need to perform (at the normal rate? prorated as a 'touch up'? I don't have any tattoos, myself, so I don't know if that's a thing) , or would you get permission and then go to a spray artist? If someone with an extant prosthetic wants a tattoo, would they need to go to a special shop for a combined spray/tattoo artist or a collaboration?
Uh...so if I were in the QCverse, and I drew on myself with a marker or pen while bored at work or a friend drew on me for fun, that'd be appropriating AI culture?
They don't own you, they don't own the artwork that they put on you.
I think that we have a tiny insight into Faye's current financial situation that, as much as she approaches it negatively, her first hope is that Clinton is going to spend some money! Then, of course, too late, she realises that she's hit his 'nerd' trigger and gets out as he and Willow start talking weird stuff about philosophy.
I do agree with Jeph's essential point about art here, though: Sometimes art means more to the one who consumes it to the one who produces it. To them, it may be a living whilst, to you, it may be a deep insight into the human condition! On the other hand, this is definitely one of those times when his attempt to use AIs as an allegory for human minorities breaks down. Humans have been doodling on themselves using temporary materials for millennia. If anything, it's the AIs culturally appropriating humans!
I've always found the cultural appropriation issue somewhat iffy and this instance is even shakier than most.
who we oppressed by I don't know, creating them and then not oppressing them?
I'm a little late, but...
I'm pretty sure it's just a dozen AIs or so who have heard of Sam's drawings and like them. Sam's "sprays" are not part of anyone's culture, it's just a local fad.
That, and what's already been said. People have been drawing on themselves for as long as there's been people. Permanently or otherwise. When I was 10, my friends and I scribbled on each other with magic markers. It's a kid thing to do.
They don't own you, they don't own the artwork that they put on you.
Actually, tattoo artists are permitted to copyright their designs. When you receive a tattoo, you have purchased a print of the design in the medium of ink on flesh, and have a license to display that specific print. Recreating the design itself in another medium, e.g. ink on synthetic dermal, could be construed as outside of fair use. The artist would not sue our hypothetical crash victim, but rather the studio/body shop that recreated the design without permission.
I've always found the cultural appropriation issue somewhat iffy and this instance is even shakier than most.
The Nightmare Before Christmas is a good illustration of what cultural appropriation is.
Note that while Jack is well-meaning, he doesn't ask any of the Christmas Town locals about the meaning of any part of what he sees in Christmas town.
I think certain people in this forum forget that just because a character says something doesn't mean it is something the author believes or agrees with. The characters are not the author.
Both.I've always found the cultural appropriation issue somewhat iffy and this instance is even shakier than most.
The Nightmare Before Christmas is a good illustration of what cultural appropriation is.
Note that while Jack is well-meaning, he doesn't ask any of the Christmas Town locals about the meaning of any part of what he sees in Christmas town.
What's the problematic part of Jack's plan in Nightmare Before Christmas? Is it really the fact that he adopts the trappings of Christmas without understanding their meaning? Or is it, you know, the kidnapping?
They don't own you, they don't own the artwork that they put on you.
Actually, tattoo artists are permitted to copyright their designs. When you receive a tattoo, you have purchased a print of the design in the medium of ink on flesh, and have a license to display that specific print. Recreating the design itself in another medium, e.g. ink on synthetic dermal, could be construed as outside of fair use. The artist would not sue our hypothetical crash victim, but rather the studio/body shop that recreated the design without permission.
I asked a friend in the tattoo industry about this, and she said that no, your tattoo is yours. You can stop work mid-tattoo and go to another artist and have them finish it, if you'd like. The artist might get upset, but there isn't really anything they can do to stop you. Same principle would hold for having it repaired later by another artist.
I'm pretty sure when Sam first started doing the drawings, it was considered new and unusual by Bubbles' and Faye's clients. I'm not sure, though, and I failed miserably at looking up the first strip where her drawings were introduced.
All my attention is drawn my the fact that Faye is telepathically controlling the arm she's holding to point at Willow. I know it's just a small easter egg, but she is remotely making a mechanical object move without manipulating it. I can't focus on anything else.
Looking at certain parts of this strip makes my back hurt.
Just wondering - what ever happened to those guns Faye was sporting for a while? When she was working at the underground fighting outfit, she had gotten kind of ripped.Junk food. Whatever CW’s other flaws, she paid better than freelancing appears to, so Faye is running on packet noodles and scavenged baked goods r/n. Which is cheap but not conducive to retaining muscle tone. Also I suspect the actual manual labour part of the workload has gone down a lot too.
Both.I've always found the cultural appropriation issue somewhat iffy and this instance is even shakier than most.
The Nightmare Before Christmas is a good illustration of what cultural appropriation is.
Note that while Jack is well-meaning, he doesn't ask any of the Christmas Town locals about the meaning of any part of what he sees in Christmas town.
What's the problematic part of Jack's plan in Nightmare Before Christmas? Is it really the fact that he adopts the trappings of Christmas without understanding their meaning? Or is it, you know, the kidnapping?
So if I remember correctly, the next step to any character's Initiation Into Main Cast is to invite them to the Horrible Revelation to get drunk. That will have to happen tomorrow in comic time... UNLESS Clinton forgets that he just made plans for a dinner date with Elliott tonight. :psyduck:
Maybe they could squeeze both in, depending on how early dinner finishes. Elliott did say he had a shift at the HR afterwards. But then this single day of comic time would go on for well over 100 strips. Has that ever happened before?
She can be spiky and aggressive but this is mostly a kind of defensiveness and an inability on her own part to get a handle on her own emotional problems.
I have given up so many burdens, perhaps it is time to release one more.
Bubbles, will you help me take off my armor?
I'm on the record as being a defender of Faye. She can be spiky
I'm on the record as being a defender of Faye. She can be spiky
There’s nothing wrong with being spiky.
I'm pretty sure when Sam first started doing the drawings, it was considered new and unusual by Bubbles' and Faye's clients. I'm not sure, though, and I failed miserably at looking up the first strip where her drawings were introduced.
She drew on Punchbot's temporary patch just to make it look awesome. Then the next thing we know another robot walks in and asks "is this the place doing the sprays?". So the name and concept clearly predated Sam's involvement, but it does seem like there wasn't really anyone local doing them before Sam got into it.
I have wondered about height differences myself. Sometimes I meet couples where I think: 'my back hurts just looking at them'.
As a tall person (6'5"), it is worlds of difference between kissing or being intimate with someone at or close to your own height and someone who's a foot and a half shorter than you.
Comic's up.
I just love the way that Bubbles interacts with Clinton here. She's up-front, but she also gives fair warning.
I have wondered about height differences myself. Sometimes I meet couples where I think: 'my back hurts just looking at them'.
Both Bubbles and Elliot would likely have the option of physically lifting their respective partners without much trouble, anyway, so maybe it's not that big a problem.
...I'm of the belief that shirt pulls and nervous expression is clearly an evasion and new course- but it is a valid question that he's asking, especially with his bit of recent history.
I know what this comic is saying. It's specifically saying that Clinton's biggest problem with dating Elliot is the height difference. Given the height difference between Clinton and Emily and the fact that it never bothered him, I find this... bizarre.
As a tall person (6'5"), it is worlds of difference between kissing or being intimate with someone at or close to your own height and someone who's a foot and a half shorter than you.
I am 5'10"/5'11" so most of the women I date are considerably shorter than I am. Certain sexual positions are made somewhat more difficult when a significant height difference is involved. Fortunately, there is no shortage of variations in how humans can boink, so it rarely poses an insurmountable problem. :-)As a tall person (6'5"), it is worlds of difference between kissing or being intimate with someone at or close to your own height and someone who's a foot and a half shorter than you.
I was going to say "everyone is the same height lying down," but it sounds like you've got experience to the contrary.
Being tall and dating short girls rules, I love gently bullying my gfs.
Bubbles doesn't need to slam anybody into the floor: all she has to do is ask for an apology (https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3336)
That link has an ad for a "2016 sucked" tee in it ... :-\
Adaptation and experimenting. We made it work, but there were times my back wasn't happy.As a tall person (6'5"), it is worlds of difference between kissing or being intimate with someone at or close to your own height and someone who's a foot and a half shorter than you.
Me and my partner have a 6 inch difference between us, and that is already notable (6'3 and 5'9), I have to stand on my toes to properly kiss.
I'm kinda happy it isn't more. But then again, my parents are 6'3 and 5'3 and they make it work. Making proper pictures with them both in frame is a thing tho :P
A foot and a half, damn, what's that like?
A foot and a half, damn, what's that like?
D'awwww! That reminds me of this comic (https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4052).
EDIT: Willow seems unsure of how to react to Faye's duct tape stories.
EDIT: Willow seems unsure of how to react to Faye's duct tape stories.... funny stories that she'll appreciate once she realizes that Faye isn't that dangerous
Elliot can hold Brun's weight with one arm as well. And she's somewhat larger than Claire.Both Bubbles and Elliot would likely have the option of physically lifting their respective partners without much trouble, anyway, so maybe it's not that big a problem.
Asuming that Clinton doesn't weigh too much more than his sister, you are absolutely correct. Elliot's able to support Claire's weight with one arm at full extension (http://"https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3516"); Picking Clinton up for a smooch is almost certainly something he could do... but I suspect he wouldn't do it spontaneously since he tries to be very conscious of how his height and strength reflects on him and therefore would ask first.
So, basically Bubbles is saying that the biggest advantage to being so much bigger than Faye is that it makes spooning in all circumstances easier? Well, Faye obviously enjoys it.