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Momo at Hannelores (With optional hugging)

25 (17.7%)

Angry Hannelore

13 (9.2%)

Dale asks Marigold out (With optional Awkward Zone)

9 (6.4%)

Marigold asks Dale out (With optional Momoglare)

29 (20.6%)

HappyDora at CoD

2 (1.4%)

HappyTai at Library

3 (2.1%)

Claire and Marten (With optional Clinton)

9 (6.4%)

Marten and Claire (With optional Emily)

16 (11.3%)

Penelope and Emily

1 (0.7%)

Penelope ane Emily AND Wil.

4 (2.8%)

Angus and Faye at the Railway Station

3 (2.1%)

Faye and Angus at the apartment

4 (2.8%)

Steve eats Cereal

2 (1.4%)

Cereal eats Steve

8 (5.7%)

Pintsize eats Waffles

1 (0.7%)

Waffles eat Pintzize

8 (5.7%)

Other (Specify)

1 (0.7%)

Other (Purple Monkey Dishwasher)

3 (2.1%)

Total Members Voted: 68

[SomeCanadianWeirdo]

I have the uneasy suspicion that Hannelore is about to relapse into Little Hats mode. Except with Little Teddies.

Which kind?  Oh, wait,  right, Hannelore.  Not likely to be wearing a teddy.  I can imagine Marigold putting one on, but being utterly embarrassed if anyone saw her in it.

[Shjade]

I have the uneasy suspicion that Hannelore is about to relapse into Little Hats mode. Except with Little Teddies.

Which kind?  Oh, wait,  right, Hannelore.  Not likely to be wearing a teddy.  I can imagine Marigold putting one on, but being utterly embarrassed if anyone saw her in it.

...no, pretty sure he means Hannelore putting Winslow and Momo into little teddies, not wearing them herself.

[Method of Madness]

Damn it, Marbear doesn't realize what she's done yet :/

[techkid]

I think Hammer-lore is going to have to come down hard on her. Marigold deserves it.

[KOK]

It must be a very old issue she is reading. Or must it? The impression I have of YAOI is that the characters would not wait for tens of issues to have sex.

[Soulsynger]

I giggled at the title-description combo. It seems, for robots, every day is hump day.
... maybe that's the bet?

[Loki]

It must be a very old issue she is reading. Or must it? The impression I have of YAOI is that the characters would not wait for tens of issues to have sex.

That is in fact contrary to the impression I have (I think they are more focused on weird romantic shenanigans), but I honestly don't read yaoi. I suppose there is such and such.

[Akima]

Who knew that Winslow was so prudish? Perhaps he's the anti-Pintsize.

And Angus reappears! I don't think it is wise of him to discuss any form of sexuality with the Prince of Perversion.

[Kugai]

*Sigh*


And Angus, you'd be safer talking with Deathbot3000 than Pintsize

[pwhodges]

But going over to Faye's (and Marten's) place means facing Pintsize - he can't be avoided!

[Schmee]

I hate to bring up the arguments of last thread again, but I can't help but notice that Marigold still hasn't twigged that what she said to Momo was kinda awful. (I'd previously assumed that the guilt-tripping was an unthinking, spur-of-the-moment thing). This, unfortunately, lowers my opinion of her a notch. 

[Is it cold in here?]

Or she can't face the realization and is blocking it out.

Even someone with the empathy of an electric can opener should have figured out that Momo doesn't do things like that casually.

[Somebody]

Even someone with the empathy of an electric can opener should have figured out that Momo doesn't do things like that casually.

But DOES Marigold have the empathy of an electric can opener?

[Aimless]

Our ability and inclination/tendency to empathize with others is balanced by a lot of things, more or less constant challenges such as being stressed, or tired, or short on time, or being Marigold.

I must say I'm ambivalent about both Dale and Marigold, so I guess that means Daligold works for me but I see great frustration and with and aggravation by these two in my future.

[ZoeB]

Or she can't face the realization and is blocking it out.

Give her time.
And if that doesn't work, a good friend will apply a cluebat.

[J]

so, is angus going to ask why robots even have sexuality? because that's something i've been wondering for a while now

[SomeCanadianWeirdo]

Hannelore may be more sympathetic to Marigold than some folks think.  After all she knows very well what it's like having  trouble relating to people.  It was only because  she was  using some very powerful meds at the time that she approached Marten in the first place.   The early, unmedicated Hannelore we soon came to know likely would have just watched Marten and Fay from afar and never interacted with them.

[jwhouk]

Or she can't face the realization and is blocking it out.

Give her time.
And if that doesn't work, a good friend will apply a cluebat.

We call those "clue-by-fours" up here in the USA.

[Neko_Ali]

Or she can't face the realization and is blocking it out.

Give her time.
And if that doesn't work, a good friend will apply a cluebat.

We call those "clue-by-fours" up here in the USA.

heheh.. You beat me to it. My comment was going to be 'Boy, someone needs to visit Marigold with the clue-by-four now.'

[Lubricus]

Even someone with the empathy of an electric can opener should have figured out that Momo doesn't do things like that casually.

But DOES Marigold have the empathy of an electric can opener?

Nope, merely the empathy of a mechanical one.

[Thrudd]

since this has gone up almost a page ago without comment ...

'Do robots dream of electric Beefcake?'

Yes, yes they do [and I fail at archivefu - where is the pre upgrade momo waking with a Buhhhh?]

[Is it cold in here?]

I'm afraid to link to that comic since I get accused of the equivalent of rick rolling when I do.

Jeph said himself that AnthroPC libido is a mystery. Now that they have civil rights it may be illegal to take it away, but why was it there in the first place?

[Lubricus]

since this has gone up almost a page ago without comment ...

'Do robots dream of electric Beefcake?'

Yes, yes they do [and I fail at archivefu - where is the pre upgrade momo waking with a Buhhhh?]

Its number 1658, IIRC.

[NotAwesomeAnymore]

I've been thinking about Marigold's issues and what they might stem from. Has her mother ever been mentioned? Is it possible her mother was beautiful and abusive?

[Barmymoo]

Sometimes people just develop anxiety and neuroses and it isn't their mother's fault or their father's or anyone else's, it's just how it happened to them. I don't think you can ever pin things on one particular person or event - ok, maybe Faye's issues were a lot to do with her dad's suicide, but other things will have influenced her too. I don't we have ever met Marigold's mother though.

[Is it cold in here?]

Not at all. She might have been absent or neglectful, leaving Marigold without a role model.

[NotAwesomeAnymore]

@Barmymoo, I agree that it's not just one incident or one person that screws someone up. But people can start developing bad emotional habits from a very young age, as a result of their upbringing or life circumstances. E.g. A person with neglectful parents may be uncomfortable with someone being attentive to them, because it's so unfamiliar. So instead, they'll keep surrounding themselves with neglectful people. That can really compound an anxiety problem.

The wiki says this:

Marigold has mentioned her father (who has since appeared in the strip[91]) but there has been no word in the comic about her mother. If she had an absent, dead, or neglectful mother that deprived her of an early role model for being female, some of her problems could be explained.

"no early role model for being female" sounds way too Freudian to me.

[Barmymoo]

Also complete nonsense - there is no one way to be female, and even if there were I'm fairly certain that Marigold will have met other female people during her childhood.

[Schmorgluck]

There have been hints that Marigold has been victim of bullying. We know what happened at the last party she was invited to, and we know what was done to her with a dissected frog. Oh, and Angus mentionned people made fun of her all though school, too.

[Smallest]

C-c-c-colour change?????

I feel like today's comic is maybe a lead up to
"she's at Hannelore's"
"Why?"
"[explanation and grump]"
"Mar thas fucked up"
"Whaaa?"

[themacnut]

There have been hints that Marigold has been victim of bullying. We know what happened at the last party she was invited to, and we know what was done to her with a dissected frog. Oh, and Angus mentionned people made fun of her all though school, too.

Which would actually go a long way toward explaining her abysmal social skills. If she started off with less than ideal social skills in the first place, this would invite teasing and bullying whenever she tried to socialize (or was forced to by circumstances - either way, people tend to tease and bully the oddball), causing her to withdraw from social situations which meant her social skills would never really have a chance to develop. The end result of all this would be the socially- and hygienically-challenged individual we were introduced to.

[ElvisRevenge]

Or she can't face the realization and is blocking it out.

Give her time.
And if that doesn't work, a good friend will apply a cluebat.

We call those "clue-by-fours" up here in the USA.

[ElvisRevenge]

There have been hints that Marigold has been victim of bullying. We know what happened at the last party she was invited to, and we know what was done to her with a dissected frog. Oh, and Angus mentionned people made fun of her all though school, too.

Which would actually go a long way toward explaining her abysmal social skills. If she started off with less than ideal social skills in the first place, this would invite teasing and bullying whenever she tried to socialize (or was forced to by circumstances - either way, people tend to tease and bully the oddball), causing her to withdraw from social situations which meant her social skills would never really have a chance to develop. The end result of all this would be the socially- and hygienically-challenged individual we were introduced to.

Indeed. And I think some of us are over-estimating the amount of time that's lapsed in the QC-verse since Marigold was introduced and actually made friends, arguably for the first time in her life. I'm frustrated with her behavior, but I'm trying to remain patient, because I know it'll work out eventually. These characters are good people, after all!

[aliensporebomb]

So while she's all upset it wouldn't be a great idea for Dale to show up to ask her out while she's all angry?

Seems like she has a temper with a long sustain time.  Interesting.

[Platypodes]

Marigold is chubby and recently recovered from a case of acne that was probably considerably worse when she was a teenager.  She may have been tagged as fat and ugly by some bullies looking for a victim, and then it was all downhill from there.  That by itself could account for the majority of her issues now, and her family might be basically pretty good.

[Kugai]

She may just use anger as a shield.


[edit] That's probably true too Platypodes [/edit]

[themacnut]

Indeed. And I think some of us are over-estimating the amount of time that's lapsed in the QC-verse since Marigold was introduced and actually made friends, arguably for the first time in her life.

There's that too. It's probably only been a matter of weeks or maybe a few months since Marigold met Martin and the gang, and changing a lifetime of bad social habits and overcoming a lifetime of bad memories will take more time than that. It may also require therapy, which I'm sure will require Marigold being convinced to avail herself of.

[Loki]

It's probably only been a matter of weeks or maybe a few months since Marigold met Martin and the gang

*Marten

Also, I am pretty sure it has been longer than that. The wiki tells me Marigold met the gang before Dora moved in with Marten. I think they have lived together for a few months.

[Method of Madness]

Also it's been months since the breakup...probably. It's impossible to know for sure.

Marigold is chubby

Yet not as chubby as she thinks she is.

[Storel]

I'm afraid to link to that comic since I get accused of the equivalent of rick rolling when I do.

Jeph said himself that AnthroPC libido is a mystery. Now that they have civil rights it may be illegal to take it away, but why was it there in the first place?

There was a strip where Hanners was asking her dad about a rumor she'd heard -- that true AIs hadn't been designed at all, but were the spontaneous product of a human having sex with a computer! And her father (whom we know to have created the first true AI, or at least to have been on the team that created it) awkwardly evades the question and changes the subject...

So... if it really did require sex to create the first AI, it seems likely that it will require sex to create any additional AIs. With any luck, once the first human-computer hybrids came into existence, they could reproduce by mating with each other instead of with humans.

And that's why robots have libidos!

[T]

Considering how direct brain-machine interfaces exist and are used I would say that "sex with a computer" might have been not physical but virtual.

Human thought patterns spread like a STD and machines became aware.

[LookingIn]

Yet not as chubby as she thinks she is.

Which also goes back to the whole self image problem that may or may not be directly related to her bullying backstory.

She needs a strong dose of the master of full figured self confidence- Faye.

[LookingIn]

I'm afraid to link to that comic since I get accused of the equivalent of rick rolling when I do.

Jeph said himself that AnthroPC libido is a mystery. Now that they have civil rights it may be illegal to take it away, but why was it there in the first place?

There was a strip where Hanners was asking her dad about a rumor she'd heard -- that true AIs hadn't been designed at all, but were the spontaneous product of a human having sex with a computer! And her father (whom we know to have created the first true AI, or at least to have been on the team that created it) awkwardly evades the question and changes the subject...

So... if it really did require sex to create the first AI, it seems likely that it will require sex to create any additional AIs. With any luck, once the first human-computer hybrids came into existence, they could reproduce by mating with each other instead of with humans.

And that's why robots have libidos!

Proven by the Roombas

[94ssd]

As someone who dislikes both pink and excessive amounts of gray, I like the new site design.

[Method of Madness]

Man, I do not like it. Then again, the old version took a while to grow on me, so meh.

[ZoeB]

As someone who dislikes both pink and excessive amounts of gray, I like the new site design.

You wouldn't like Galahs then. One of the more commn birds round here.

[jwhouk]

Hm. Wow. Jarring.

[Mr_Rose]

Geh. All birds are stupid fuzzy mini-dinosaurs anyway. And they're up to something!

[RightInTheSquishyParts]

New comic, new format.   This should prove interesting!

[Method of Madness]

Is the new format for just this comic? I'm not sure if his newspost implied that he'd do this just now or for a while or FOREVER. Time will tell I guess.