Quote Originally Posted by Mechalich View Post
How does the most recent comic address the decision? It leaves wide open the question of 'where did Pintsize get the money for a new body?'

Pintsize does not have a job, he has never had a job. Now, this hasn't mattered because he's never needed money because the little anthroPC chassis he had was apparently comparatively robust and he never really needed more than the odd bit of loose cash to buy this or that (a $200 one-time expenditure is nothing, that's less than May's gross pay in a 2-day period). Somehow, without expending any perceptible effort he managed to do the exact same thing that took a heavy lift for the general comic community to provide for May.

The fact that May doesn't care is completely irrelevant to the overall problem.
Pintsize has constantly been spending money, though less so recently as he became less of a character in the series. His mysterious funding has always been present as he blows money on everything from cosplay gear, to cake mix, to hand crafted giant metal dongs. This isnt something that only just now came up. He also has no bills that we are aware of. He lives with marten, presumably rent free, his body doesnt need constant repairs, and he can charge up whenever he needs to. He could literally be working an online part time minimum wage job and easily afford this with just a little saving up because his paycheck is all profit to him. Or be making regular payments on a more expensive purchase because, again, every dime he makes is profit so he could easily make monthly payments on garbage pay. And you know what? That would make sense. What else does he have to do all day that marten and company arent there other than plan his next bout of whacky hijinx? Just because he doesnt talk about what he does doesnt mean he doesnt do anything. And I dont feel like binging 6k comics to see if he ever mentioned taking part in those online ai gigs where you lend out processor power or whatever it was.

Im just not sure why you chose to get hung up on this point. May was obvious, she couldnt afford a new body because she had to spend every dime she made maintaining her current one as it was falling apart on her and she also pays some sort of rent i think. Her whole reason for existing in the comic is to be jephs example of the unfairness of the criminal justice system due to the after effects of being incarcerated or however he might choose to phrase it. Also, I think the cost of a new ai body has been somewhat overblown because of how easy it is for others to get one. When momo got her new body, all she had to do was get a job at the library as an assistant and boom, problem solved, she could pay off marigold without issue or stress. The only reason there was any stress at all was that she was an unemployed companion ai and thus marigold was on the hook for an out of pocket expense that, again, she was able to afford shortly after realizing her friend wanted a new body. Yeah we had the "comedic" nosebleed reaction to the price tag but that was before momo got a job meaning that there was no issue for her to afford it, and even if momo DIDNT work marigold could have absorbed the cost. All that before she went burger oni.