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2019-06-05, 09:07 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XV: I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS! I Told You This Thread Was Weird
“Evil is evil. Lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same. Proportions are negotiated, boundaries blurred. I'm not a pious hermit, I haven't done only good in my life. But if I'm to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all.”
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2019-06-05, 10:28 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XV: I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS! I Told You This Thread Was Weird
"Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum"
Translation: "Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe."
"If you don't get those cameras out of my face, I'm gonna go 8.6 on the Richter scale with gastric emissions that'll clear this room."
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2019-06-05, 08:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XV: I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS! I Told You This Thread Was Weird
Ok. I think this is an acceptable de-escalation. Momo knows she overreacted and wasn't being fair, and unless something happened in between when she left and when the page picked up, she hasn't done anything that cant be fixed by just cleanly apologizing.
Still, Momo is supposed to be the responsible one.“Evil is evil. Lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same. Proportions are negotiated, boundaries blurred. I'm not a pious hermit, I haven't done only good in my life. But if I'm to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all.”
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2019-06-05, 09:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XV: I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS! I Told You This Thread Was Weird
As someone that at least attempts to be the responsible one, I can vouch for the fact that I
am 100% reasonable and responsible at all timesstill slip up from time to time and over-react or otherwise mess up in the heat of the moment. Some physical space and a bit of time is sometimes needed to get that initial reaction under wraps so that the sensible, rational part of me that I generally want making my decisions can chime in.
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2019-06-05, 11:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XV: I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS! I Told You This Thread Was Weird
Momo is no longer acting in a questionable manner. I find this a questionable turn for the comic.
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2019-06-06, 12:37 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XV: I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS! I Told You This Thread Was Weird
I mean, fine, Momo decided to act reasonable after all, but then what was the point of the last three updates? To talk about a crush that doesn't matter? To show Momo can be unreasonable? Filler? If it leads somewhere, fine, but if it was drama over nothing...
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2019-06-06, 01:55 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XV: I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS! I Told You This Thread Was Weird
Could be any number of things; a catalyst for Momo to become more assertive, tension between May and Momo to prompt May into seeking other company, a set up for Momo to pay more attention to what other people around her want, May helping Momo get over the crush she apparently still feels, May helping Momo act on the crush she apparently still feels....
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2019-06-06, 08:06 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XV: I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS! I Told You This Thread Was Weird
Anyone else notice Ms. Augustus is holding a book about Borzois?
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2019-06-06, 08:20 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-06-06, 11:57 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XV: I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS! I Told You This Thread Was Weird
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2019-06-07, 12:37 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XV: I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS! I Told You This Thread Was Weird
Well, you could go back and, I don't know, APOLOGIZE! Is it really that complicated?
Also, I'll admit, the Jojo reference got me.
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2019-06-07, 12:39 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-06-07, 04:34 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XV: I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS! I Told You This Thread Was Weird
I'm showing my age when I point out that I was expecting it to be a Fist Of The North Star reference. I was vaguely in the right area of media though, which is closer than I usually get.
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2019-06-07, 06:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-06-07, 11:08 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XV: I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS! I Told You This Thread Was Weird
"Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum"
Translation: "Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe."
"If you don't get those cameras out of my face, I'm gonna go 8.6 on the Richter scale with gastric emissions that'll clear this room."
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2019-06-07, 11:14 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XV: I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS! I Told You This Thread Was Weird
“Evil is evil. Lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same. Proportions are negotiated, boundaries blurred. I'm not a pious hermit, I haven't done only good in my life. But if I'm to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all.”
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2019-06-09, 08:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XV: I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS! I Told You This Thread Was Weird
Jesus Christ, Roko..
I shouldn't find a robot so attractive. Daaaamn
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2019-06-10, 12:50 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XV: I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS! I Told You This Thread Was Weird
Roko is pretty cute, yeah, but still man. Bubbles.
i am going to make it through this year
if it kills me
i am going to make it though this year
if it kills me
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2019-06-10, 02:25 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XV: I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS! I Told You This Thread Was Weird
And she stands like she's waiting in line at the bathroom, judging by panel 3.
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2019-06-10, 02:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-06-10, 03:12 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XV: I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS! I Told You This Thread Was Weird
And thus the drama-spiral begins; May makes an innocent off-hand comment, Momo gets angry, Momo lashes out at May, May gets pissed off, May lashes out at Roko, Roko takes a kitchen appliance to her face again...
...It occurs to me that both I and the comic are possibly taking an allegory for self-harming way too flippantly, under the circumstances. I'll stop that - hopefully Jeph will too.
They're definitely there, you can literally take your pick!Last edited by Wraith; 2019-06-10 at 03:32 AM.
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2019-06-10, 11:13 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XV: I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS! I Told You This Thread Was Weird
What are the odds on Roko offering May a bodyswap?
They're definitely there, you can literally take your pick!Last edited by halfeye; 2019-06-10 at 11:14 AM.
The end of what Son? The story? There is no end. There's just the point where the storytellers stop talking.
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2019-06-10, 11:47 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XV: I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS! I Told You This Thread Was Weird
"Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum"
Translation: "Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe."
"If you don't get those cameras out of my face, I'm gonna go 8.6 on the Richter scale with gastric emissions that'll clear this room."
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2019-06-10, 12:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XV: I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS! I Told You This Thread Was Weird
The "factory bot" chose a "masculine" body when he took over the shop.
"Jeremy", was maybe the name.It is one thing to suspend your disbelief. It is another thing entirely to hang it by the neck until dead.
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2019-06-10, 02:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XV: I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS! I Told You This Thread Was Weird
It's actually not unreasonable for there to be a numeric imbalance between robot genders in the QC universe. The majority of embodied AIs we see began existence programmed for service roles supporting humans, and currently the majority of real world machine-human interfaces are programmed to present as female (there are various reasons why this is the case, but for this question those aren't important). We can even see, in the comic, a general trend for AIs with a more industrial bent to present as male, while AIs that are more socially oriented present as female (there are exceptions, like Bubbles). This makes sense, as AIs that learn their interactions by observing humans would be expected to mimic our gender stereotyping.
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2019-06-10, 03:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XV: I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS! I Told You This Thread Was Weird
I'm honestly struggling to imagine something that Roko is LESS likely to agree to! Going from Roko 1.0 to 2.0 even though they're visually identical has been traumatic for her; going from Roko 2.0 to Second-Hand Ex-Con/Prison Issue would be about as far from comfortable as one could probably imagine.
Maybe Roko's story will inspire May to hang out on the sidewalk near Union Robotics and hope for another falling Crushbot, though. It's his insurance that pays out, so she'd get fixed up with a new body on his bill.
Heck, maybe Roko could join her? The yellow fembot that she was talking to in the shop said that she went through a couple of bodies before she found one that was comfortable, maybe the two of them could spot for each other and see who can be 'lucky' enough to try out more new bodies until they're both happy? That could possibly be played for laughs in a dark, Loony Tunes-style montage.
There was also the spiky-haired guy who paid Sam to draw on him. At least, I think that one was referred to as "he", the hair and eyes were pink after all, for what that matters?
Also, May's parole officer has (what appears to be) a Regular Boy chassis like Winslow. Generally speaking though, male AI's do seem to prefer the stylised chassis' rather than the softer-edged human-like ones that Roko, Lemon and the other female 'bots have.~ CAUTION: May Contain Weasels ~
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2019-06-10, 09:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XV: I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS! I Told You This Thread Was Weird
I'm from Montreal, so I cannot constitutionally read Bostonese. But did Roko just said she has been.. Faking Disassociation?
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2019-06-10, 09:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-06-10, 09:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-06-10, 09:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Questionable Content XV: I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS! I Told You This Thread Was Weird
On that note, does anybody else wish Jeph wouldn't spell out the silly phonetic accent? It just makes it much harder to read her dialogue, and while I cant confirm this either way, I have a sneaking suspicion that Jeph doesn't actually know what an agitated Bostonian would sound like.
“Evil is evil. Lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same. Proportions are negotiated, boundaries blurred. I'm not a pious hermit, I haven't done only good in my life. But if I'm to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all.”