Questionable Content 10: La Li Lu Le Lo

[Lethologica]

Welcome to the latest installment of discussion threads for Questionable Content, a M-F "slice of life" comic in which life is defined by coffee, robots, Butts Disease, and spontaneous metal interludes.

You have been warned.

Links To The Past
Questionable Content 1
Questionable Content 2: Espresso With Extra Scorn
Questionable Content 3: Ironically Quite Popular
Questionable Content 4: Attack of the 60-Inch AnthroPC
Questionable Content 5: Suffers Occasional Outbreaks of Butt's Disease
Questionable Content 6: Murder Mode
Questionable Content 7: Will Work For Makeouts
Questionable Content 8: OMG I SHIP IT!
Questionable Content 9: To Kill a Yelling Bird

Who knew christmas reindeer pixie girl would actually kickstart plot?

[Traab]

ello ello ello! Whats all this then?

[Beelzebub1111]

You know, I'll never know why everyone is so violent towards pint-size. Sure he's a tool, but I can't think of anything that warrants the savage beatings he regularly gets. If anything, quick physical retribution only encourages him to think "Oh, I've been hit we're even" whereas if the subject were actually shown to be upset then he'd probably be more likely to quit it.

[AvatarVecna]

Ah, that new thread smell...

Also, really glad to be back to the Bubbles stuff.

[Morquard]

Don't jinx it!

[Keltest]

You know, I'll never know why everyone is so violent towards pint-size. Sure he's a tool, but I can't think of anything that warrants the savage beatings he regularly gets. If anything, quick physical retribution only encourages him to think "Oh, I've been hit we're even" whereas if the subject were actually shown to be upset then he'd probably be more likely to quit it.

Because he can take it. People aren't going to hold back on being violent towards him because it isn't really going to, you know, hurt him. Inconvenience him, maybe, but he does worse to himself all the time.

Plus, it was a reindeer. Why would it hold back?

[rooster707]

Checking in!

I'll be back in... let's see, about 20 pages, probably?

[Beelzebub1111]

Because he can take it. People aren't going to hold back on being violent towards him because it isn't really going to, you know, hurt him. Inconvenience him, maybe, but he does worse to himself all the time.

Plus, it was a reindeer. Why would it hold back?

I wasn't talking so much about the reindeer, but in general. Bubbles's and Faye's comment was what got me thinking about it. If Bubbles, instead of punching him, got visibly upset and went "Hey, cut it out" it wouldn't be fun for him anymore and he'd actually stop. The posturing is counter-intuitive to enforcing their desired behavior.

[FLHerne]

Do they really want him to stop? He doesn't usually cause much damage, and the main cast seem to find him more amusing than offensive. Anyway, creative and/or violent retribution is great stress-relief.

Bubbles might be an exception, but she's not great at interpreting normal behaviour, nevermind Pintsize's idiocy.

[Morquard]

Problem is, if Faye hits Pintsize, she hits him with a human fist. A fleshy, soft fits. Maybe dents his chassis a bit but nothing major. Probably hurts her more than him.
When Bubbles hits him, a freaking war droid just attacked him. I'm not sure if his AI core is tripple shielded like the combat bots...

[Keltest]

Problem is, if Faye hits Pintsize, she hits him with a human fist. A fleshy, soft fits. Maybe dents his chassis a bit but nothing major. Probably hurts her more than him.
When Bubbles hits him, a freaking war droid just attacked him. I'm not sure if his AI core is tripple shielded like the combat bots...

It wouldn't surprise me at all if Martin or Pintsize were making frequent backups ever since he nearly erased himself.

[Beelzebub1111]

Do they really want him to stop? He doesn't usually cause much damage, and the main cast seem to find him more amusing than offensive. Anyway, creative and/or violent retribution is great stress-relief.

That's the rub, innit? If they don't want him to stop, why are they posturing like they do want him to? If they want him to stop, why not make a more effective attempt?

Unless it is just posturing. In which case, what does it say about them if they care more about looking like they want to stop crude behavior than actually stopping it.

[AvatarVecna]

That's the rub, innit? If they don't want him to stop, why are they posturing like they do want him to? If they want him to stop, why not make a more effective attempt?

Unless it is just posturing. In which case, what does it say about them if they care more about looking like they want to stop crude behavior than actually stopping it.

You're acting like the main cast consists of perfect angels with no problems in their heads that would cause them to want a talking punching bag that doesn't actually get hurt.

[Traab]

Meh, its the robot equivalent of a slap to the back of the head. When you go too far your friends tend to give you a swat to bring you back in line.

[Flickerdart]

Obviously, Pintsize has blackmail on the entire cast. If they try to distance themselves from him, everyone finds out Marten's darkest secret - he doesn't actually like indie music, and memorized all the band names just so he could get friends.

[Mith]

This most recent comic gave me a good chuckle.

[eee]

OK, I may be reading too much into this, but Bubbles identified Lady Robocop on sight as a problem, not just an innocent bystander. L.R. immediately realized she was made, and instead of running or standing her ground, hid. Bubbles pulled a harmless but troublesome prank to eliminate the problem.

I think these two know each other.

[Keltest]

OK, I may be reading too much into this, but Bubbles identified Lady Robocop on sight as a problem, not just an innocent bystander. L.R. immediately realized she was made, and instead of running or standing her ground, hid. Bubbles pulled a harmless but troublesome prank to eliminate the problem.

I think these two know each other.

CW also seems to expect her to understand who "that state police unit" is. Bubbles is a military robot, after all. She can probably guess who would be following them even if she didn't know for sure.

Also, does bubbles seem taller in this comic than she did in the last one?

[Flickerdart]

Also, does bubbles seem taller in this comic than she did in the last one?

And has a different looking head. Mid-comic style change!

[halfeye]

Also, does bubbles seem taller in this comic than she did in the last one?

She has always been huge.

She is behind Faye in the first panel, so that makes her look a little taller still.

[Morquard]

Bubbles olfactory sensors are sure weird...

[Rodin]

I giggled at this one. I guess Bubbles is a bit of a tea snob!

[halfeye]

I guess Bubbles is a bit of a tea snob!

Not so. Snobbery is about social climbing, about liking or approving of things that other people, particularly aristocrats, like, whether you would naturally like them yourself or not. Bubbles likes or dislikes tea for what it is.

[Cikomyr]

She is growing into a bit of a Connaisseur, knowing what she likes and what she does not.

Which is fine. She would only turn into a bad person if she disparaged Claire's teamaking abilities in a mean way.

[Kato]

I guess snob is an ambivalent term.
Of course it carries a negative connotation but at some basic level it just means she has a restricted taste for things... if she doesn't like the tea she doesn't have to pretend.

[Mith]

I find Bubbles just gets better and better.

[AvatarVecna]

I agree with Faye, if I saw an army of Bubbles approaching and an army of Pintsize's approaching me, without having any experience with either character, I would probably prefer to face the army of Bubbles.

[SaintRidley]

It's amazing Pintsize didn't ask this sooner.

[Beelzebub1111]

Is it bad that I kind of want to know now? She wears body armor, and has synthetic skin on her face, does she have synth skin on her body as well? I'm asking out of curiosity, not because I have a thing for tall muscular people. But yes also that.

[Flickerdart]

Is it bad that I kind of want to know now? She wears body armor, and has synthetic skin on her face, does she have synth skin on her body as well? I'm asking out of curiosity, not because I have a thing for tall muscular people. But yes also that.

Does she wear body armor, or is she just covered in it?