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Comic Discussion => QUESTIONABLE CONTENT => Topic started by: Gyrre on 20 Feb 2022, 19:09
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On the note of moving robotic bodies around.
Also, come on, Iris. I liked you.
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Or right, jargon.
Omni wheel/omnidirectional wheel: a wheel with multiple rollers along its out edge that allow it to roll sideways in addition to the foward spin of the wheel.
Spider tank: a robot/mech that uses a combination of legs and wheels/treads to move about giving it a much wider variety of terrain it can traverse. The concept is largely constricted to science fiction at the moment, but attempts have been made. As the name implies, it's usually got a turret or some other projectile weapon affixed to the main body. The Tachikoma from GitS: Stanalone Complex would be a good example.
(https://www.startpage.com/av/proxy-image?piurl=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fen%2Fthumb%2F2%2F2e%2FTatikoma_B2.jpg%2F320px-Tatikoma_B2.jpg&sp=1645413458T805d4563c645a930df46842f96678a6e0f9045469994f1c5eb74e8445372649e)
Shuffler: uses rotational movenment to shift around verticle plates for locomotion. There's an entire category (https://battlebots.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Shufflebots) in Battlebots for them.
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At least Iris doesn't go straight to "no, that's incorrect, you're wrong, humans are stupid", so that's something.
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...er... frankly... why?
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I wonder how deeply Hannelore has just shaken Iris's view of herself and, indeed, of the whole world? "Wait, you mean that I'm not intrinsically better than you? Wow! This is going to make it harder for me to condescend and look down on you guys!"
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Wow, I wasn't expecting anyone to go pure flight.
Also, you can select up to three options for the poll (because I meant for 2 but typo'd so screw it.) Remember; options are good.
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Quite frankly, though, I feel the poll has only one correct answer.
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And you have to wonder if Iris actually knows who Hannelore is, and by extension, who her father is?
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And you have to wonder if Iris actually knows who Hannelore is, and by extension, who her father is?
I doubt it. However, to be honest, I think that Iris would probably do her best to emphasise that she is not impressed by any blood relationship between Hannelore and Dr John (and I'm sure she'd have unflattering things to say about his 'coincidental' involvement in her existence).
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Maybe not impressed, but it would lend credence to Hannelore's comments about AI body coordination levels.
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New comic.
Well, that happened. Iris weaves herself a tangled web indeed.
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It was inevitable really :roll:
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Re: Jeph's comment underneath: Damn, I want an inductive charging plate on my ass!
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Why not just A TANK?
Re, comic: That wasn't what I expected.
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Why not just A TANK?
Re, comic: That wasn't what I expected.
I had considered it, but it's technically covered under the wheels/treads option. Granted, I suppose the multiple votes does make the 'spider tank' option redundant. I should have included a "some combination of" in that question.
Quite frankly, though, I feel the poll has only one correct answer.
I'm curious as to which. Winged flight seems quite, but I'm guessing a prop system would theoretically allow for a fly wheel and an alternator to be used to help wiith power conservation.
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I’m holding out for anti-gravity.
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This is the difference between having a 'how to...' database and actually having practised doing something. Iris knew the position but she didn't know the warning signs and she didn't know all the intermediate steps and how to move through them.
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I’m holding out for anti-gravity.
That'll be interesting when we see true anti-grav that doesn't rely on magnets.
Until then;
EDIT: It can lift this guy, but I'm not sure how wel l this super magnet array will hold 200+ lbs folks yet. So I'll probably have to wait for the hover longboard.
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I’m holding out for anti-gravity.
Yeah, I chose "Other" too :- I mean, if we're going for sci-fi transport solutions, why not go all the way?
I chose teleportation - but levitating into the teleportation portal would be totally cool...
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So, the ideal is a true hoverboard and a portal gun?
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Why does Bubs have to sleep under the covers? She's got a coolant pump, so heating isn't likely to be a problem. Is it really all about the snugglies?
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Is it really all about the snugglies?
Why does it need to be about anything else?
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Why does Bubs have to sleep under the covers? She's got a coolant pump, so heating isn't likely to be a problem. Is it really all about the snugglies?
I don't get cold easily, but I still sleep under a cover. I don't think I could fall asleep otherwise.
More broadly, most humans prefer to be covered with something when sleeping, and the human body thermoregulates pretty well. And we tend to sleep in heated/insulated rooms, so the warmth benefit is tangential at best, I would argue.
Point is, sleeping under a cover is not necessarily only about temperature.
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Agreed, and it makes the summers here even more hellish. A sheet isn’t thick enough to work for my mental needs, but even that makes the overheating worse.
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I'm a bit confused about what time it is. Is this a night yoga class, and that's why Faye and Bubbles are asleep? Or is this implying that Iris was stuck in that position for hours into the night? But then why is Iris talking as if the class is still going and she just got into that position now?
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I'm guessing it's an early-morning class; Bubbles and Faye haven't gotten up for work yet, since they set their own hours.
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I wanna see the video Iris got that pose from.
( she just needs to roll back onto her butt and straighten her legs )
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Re: Jeph's comment underneath: Damn, I want an inductive charging plate on my ass!
I genuinely wondered where the hell Faye's phone was hiding, and didn't see that Jeph actually answered this question until the second or third viewing.
A sensible chuckle may have escaped.
Roko has a charging boob, so sure, why not have an inductive coil in your left ass cheek? Maybe it was originally for charging and carrying some sort of weapons system or something.
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Gold stars for all!
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Gold stars for all!
A different sort of daily affirmation, but it will do.
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the double fist-pull of triumph
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the double fist-pull of triumph
She gets a passing grade without tying her extremities in knots. For Marigold, this is a win-win scenario!
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Is it just me, or "I hate saying this, but thanks" barely qualifies as thanks at all?
I know, it's supposed to establish Iris' personality, but thanking someone or apologising for something etc. is (to me) supposed to be about expressing a genuine sentiment (or an acceptable imitation of one, since telepathy is not a thing), not about saying the correct sequence of magic words. If I thank someone and make sure to express explicitly that I do not *want* to do this, it counts (again, to me) as not actually thanking them.
It has about the same value as a parent or a teacher forcing a kid to apologise to another kid. It's an apology only on a technicality.
EDIT: also, "nobody better tell Willow about this". Iris, you said to everyone that Willow is having fun times in the toilet due to eating bad food. Despite her express wishes for you not to do just that. Hypocrisy much?
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I agree that her gratitude is not really genuine, and she's demanding exactly what she refused to do for Willow, but
"How are you feeling?"
"Awful. That's normal though."
She could just talking about feeling awful because she had to go through a reboot, essentially, but I am getting the distinct impression that Iris is making a more general comment on her state of mind/being, and hints at a possible explanation for her misanthropic tendencies.
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Is there anyone in the QC universe whose life is like... together?
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Is there anyone in the QC universe whose life is like... together?
Just like real life, I'd say 'probably not'
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Dora seems to be doing pretty well.
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And it depends on how one defines "together". Marten is at least somewhere he's content, and aside from Claire not having a job in her field yet (and he's heavily invested in her happiness), he's in a good place. And his contentment, and being centred probably does help her feel better in the now, even if she still stresses about her future.
Hanners, as well, seems pretty together these days, and, if my own experiences with exposure therapy and contamination issues are any analogue, probably isn't overly troubled by them on a constant or possibly even daily basis.
Faye and Bubbles seem to be in a good place both as a couple and within themselves, work fears and stresses notwithstanding.
Sam,[1] Jim, Veronica, and all of the characters currently taking an extended bus trip also seem to be in fairly good places with themselves.
One doesn't need to have everything perfect, both in their lives or in themselves to be "together", even if there are struggles, whether persistent or intermittent.
[1] Aside from the raging insanity that comes along with being a teenager
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Is it just me, or "I hate saying this, but thanks" barely qualifies as thanks at all?
I know, it's supposed to establish Iris' personality, but thanking someone or apologising for something etc. is (to me) supposed to be about expressing a genuine sentiment (or an acceptable imitation of one, since telepathy is not a thing), not about saying the correct sequence of magic words. If I thank someone and make sure to express explicitly that I do not *want* to do this, it counts (again, to me) as not actually thanking them.
That's interesting, because it comes over very differently to me. The way I read it, it's the very genuineness and depth of her sentiment that forces her to express it, even though that's not something she would normally be willing to do. Basically saying that her need to express her thanks to them has overcome her general hatred of thanking anybody, more or less.
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I agree that her gratitude is not really genuine, and she's demanding exactly what she refused to do for Willow, but
"How are you feeling?"
"Awful. That's normal though."
She could just talking about feeling awful because she had to go through a reboot, essentially, but I am getting the distinct impression that Iris is making a more general comment on her state of mind/being, and hints at a possible explanation for her misanthropic tendencies.
Iris is like Marvin (from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) but hostile instead of depressed.
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Why does Bubs have to sleep under the covers?
Because this is regular QC, not Patreon.
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Is there anyone in the QC universe whose life is like... together?
(https://www.questionablecontent.net/comics/3887.png)
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It looks like Willow can be a bit of a space-cadet (love her ditzy expression in the last panel) and needs Iris-Mom to keep her grounded.
I like the way both Hannelore and Marigold immediately pick up on the Dynamic that Iris so vociferously denies exists... :-D
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Remember to hydrate!
:-D
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So easy to forget.
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What's the dynamic? Tsundere except for her One True Love?
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What's the dynamic? Tsundere except for her One True Love?
Tsunundre in denial and thus being aggressive even towards her One True Love.
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Is there anyone in the QC universe whose life is like... together?
https://www.questionablecontent.net/comics/3887.png
...yyyyeah I'm not gonna say Roko really has her life together. (Or that she's normal.)
I'm gonna go with Marten at this point. We don't see him much - and when we do, it's often when Claire is the focus - precisely because he's gotten his life together.
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Together may be too strong a word; as someone said, who does have their life together?
Maybe I wasn't asking so much 'together' as 'not a fucking shambles'
But then they're also millennials I guess and we're fucked
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Is there anyone in the QC universe whose life is like... together?
https://www.questionablecontent.net/comics/3887.png
...yyyyeah I'm not gonna say Roko really has her life together. (Or that she's normal.)
I'm not saying she does.
Who else was it who says "This @#$&*! town..."?
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I think I remember both Hanners and Faye saying something along those lines.
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I have a feeling most of the OG main cast have said something along those lines at one point or another.
No, brain, I really do not have time to go browsing through four thousand comics today. I have to get some work done!
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It always comes back to things with ovipositors.
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It always comes back to things with ovipositors.
Ovipositor vibes only.
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I didn't even know what an ovipositor was before I started reading QC.
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Remember, Hanners, shipping real people is not cool.
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Shipping? No, no, she's only just recognized Willow from the vacation photos Stabula had her father take. She knew she knew her from somewhere.
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I didn't even know what an ovipositor was before I started reading QC.
I had blissfully forgotten.
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> I'm a simple girl, all I want from life is to drink the blood of my enemies from their bleached hollowed skulls.
Um.
So you're a simple girl, you like to set yourself up for some major crafting challenges followed by big time food poisoning.
What happened to the good old sitting at a river and wait until the corpses of your enemies swim by ?
Seems MUCH simpler to me.
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There's fan-fiction, there's hard AU fan-fiction and then there is this stuff: An entirely original story that just reuses the names of the characters.
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Is there anyone in the QC universe whose life is like... together?
Steve & Cosette
Jim & Veronica
? anyone else ?
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Roko has a charging boob, so sure, why not have an inductive coil in your left ass cheek? Maybe it was originally for charging and carrying some sort of weapons system or something.
I thought of that as a built-in seat belt for when Bubbles and her same body type were in vehicles - they could inductively stick themselves to the seat without the need for a seat belt that could spoil a potentially quick leaving of the seat. Just turn off the induction and pop out like a shot. That same device could be used to charge a cell phone. And since Bubs is likely plugged in, the extra drain on her batteries isn't an issue.
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Wait. Is that Aurelia in the background of 4730?
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Is there anyone in the QC universe whose life is like... together?
I'll vote for "No", because that's part of the fun of the QC universe. Of course, it's also a direct reflection of our universe, but I digress.
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A belated warning for Willow: Never assume you have the food poisoning completely out of your system, if you are going to be doing tricksy yoga poses.
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I think I remember both Hanners and Faye saying something along those lines.
I just realized--Jeph hasn't actually lived in Northampton for some time now, has he?
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It always comes back to things with ovipositors.
Ovipositor vibes only.
It's going to be difficult to take this discussion much further without running afoul of the prohibition on discussion individual's genital configurations.
Unless "Hanners started it!" is a valid excuse.
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Yeah, 'no' to real life shipping, Hanners.
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Stabula XIII won the throne in a very messy oviposit-off against Arglebargle IV or someone else.
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This is the simplest way to show that you are capable of engendering a successor. As the new crown princess eats her way out of the loser's carcass.
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I didn't even know what an ovipositor was before I started reading QC.
I had blissfully forgotten.
Oh come on. It's not like every species that uses them is parasitic. Just like 80+% of them. :laugh:
On a lighter note, seahorses have them. That's jow the female gets her eggs into the male's brood pouch.
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Wait. Is that Aurelia in the background of 4730?
Aurelia is not androgynous. Quite the opposite, actually.