Questionable Content 11: It's Like Seeing a Unicorn

[JBPuffin]

Just realized Marten's taking backstage in what used to be his comic. That's kind of in-character for him, funnily enough...

Also, his last bubble nearly killed me. "The door..." Oh Jeph. Also, the Threat Evaluation Protocol...does she have one for everyone?

[Morquard]

Probably part of her base programming.

[eee]

He's got the Pancake Flip technique down pretty good!

Also, of course Hanners would have a cupboard full of various soaps. Of course.

[Yuki Akuma]

He probably downloaded an app.

[Thialfi]

So maybe the guy that was worried about being accosted by alligators shouldn't be so dismissive of the girl worried about criminal breakfast makers.

[georgie_leech]

So maybe the guy that was worried about being accosted by alligators shouldn't be so dismissive of the girl worried about criminal breakfast makers.

I'm half expecting Barry to be making waffles in Martin's appartment

[Morquard]

So maybe the guy that was worried about being accosted by alligators shouldn't be so dismissive of the girl worried about criminal breakfast makers.

Yes, but in his mind the alligators were a very valid concern, while criminal breakfast makers never entered his mind so it seems silly.

[Gnoman]

Also, of course Hanners would have a cupboard full of various soaps. Of course.

Not just a cupboard - it looks like a huge industrial-grade storage cabinet. Hanners could probably sleep in the thing if she curled up.

[AuthorGirl]

"It's psychosomatic."

Interesting. To what extent are QC-verse robots integrated with their bodies? Momo and Winslow both adjusted to their new bodies very easily, not seeming disoriented at all. But Roko's mind is well enough habituated to her body that it will conjure up physical sensations which map perfectly to how she's actually built.

In a related question, how much do robots identify with their bodies? Having "body stores" seems to indicate that their bodies are at least somewhat impersonal to them. On the other hand, I seem to recall Bubbles explaining that her body has partially shaped the way she feels about herself.

[tomandtish]

"It's psychosomatic."

Interesting. To what extent are QC-verse robots integrated with their bodies? Momo and Winslow both adjusted to their new bodies very easily, not seeming disoriented at all. But Roko's mind is well enough habituated to her body that it will conjure up physical sensations which map perfectly to how she's actually built.

In a related question, how much do robots identify with their bodies? Having "body stores" seems to indicate that their bodies are at least somewhat impersonal to them. On the other hand, I seem to recall Bubbles explaining that her body has partially shaped the way she feels about herself.

If I recall correctly, it's specifically more how others reacted to her body that has shaped the way she feels about herself.

To clarify, a person who has esteem issues related to their weight may have developed those as a result of watching how society interacts with the overweight without ever having them specifically directed at them personally. Bubbles issues related to her body appear to be a direct result of people's specific reactions to HER.

A large point of her development with Faye is overcoming that.

[AuthorGirl]

If I recall correctly, it's specifically more how others reacted to her body that has shaped the way she feels about herself.

To clarify, a person who has esteem issues related to their weight may have developed those as a result of watching how society interacts with the overweight without ever having them specifically directed at them personally. Bubbles issues related to her body appear to be a direct result of people's specific reactions to HER.

A large point of her development with Faye is overcoming that.

Hmm, that makes a lot of sense.

[Morquard]

Don't they still have those scented candles that May brought them? :)

[Yuki Akuma]

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[eee]

To be fair, Roko, they're not CONVICTED criminals...

Don't they still have those scented candles that May brought them? :)

It would appear Bubbles did not like May's choices.

It's too bad they don't have a pot of tea there. They could serve her some and see if she has the same reaction as before. Definitely a few kinks in the Lady Robocop's psyche.

[Cikomyr]

That was very thorough and taughtful, Bubble.

[Cikomyr]

That is very shallow and rude, Faye

[Hackman]

That is very shallow and rude, Faye

Faye's bedside manners are worse than Dr. Mengele's.

[Landis963]

I get the feeling Faye doesn't like Roko too much. And I definitely get the feeling that she likes her needling, trolling, and gloating a lot more than is optimal for a customer-facing position.

[Lethologica]

Depends on the customer-facing position.

[Vinyadan]

I get the feeling Faye doesn't like Roko too much. And I definitely get the feeling that she likes her needling, trolling, and gloating a lot more than is optimal for a customer-facing position.

It's the least believable part of her character. RL Faye wouldn't last long in normal social environment, or on the workplace, because she is a toxic person, be it her fault or not, with self-destructive tendencies that reverberate on others through bullying, violent, and alienating behaviour.

Honestly, the only jobs I can think of that would fit her are being a shepherd or the guardian of a dam on some isolated mountain.

[Keltest]

It's the least believable part of her character. RL Faye wouldn't last long in normal social environment, or on the workplace, because she is a toxic person, be it her fault or not, with self-destructive tendencies that reverberate on others through bullying, violent, and alienating behaviour.

Honestly, the only jobs I can think of that would fit her are being a shepherd or the guardian of a dam on some isolated mountain.

Its been pointed out several times that Marty is really the only reason she isn't just a drunk homeless bub on the streets with no friends or family, because he can take her abuse well enough to get the actually tolerable parts of her personality.

Having said that, the fact that she doesn't work for a big company with red tape and company policies and a big corporate bottom line gives her a lot more leeway. She only needs to convince Dora, her friend, not to fire her, which is significantly easier than working through all the red tape and lawyers or a full on corporation.

Evidently not easy enough, but easier, nonetheless.

[Traab]

Its been pointed out several times that Marty is really the only reason she isn't just a drunk homeless bub on the streets with no friends or family, because he can take her abuse well enough to get the actually tolerable parts of her personality.

Having said that, the fact that she doesn't work for a big company with red tape and company policies and a big corporate bottom line gives her a lot more leeway. She only needs to convince Dora, her friend, not to fire her, which is significantly easier than working through all the red tape and lawyers or a full on corporation.

Evidently not easy enough, but easier, nonetheless.

Considering she went from working a job where her behavior is not just tolerated but how dora wanted the place to be run, and now is basically self employed with only her partner who is well aware of her personality to deal with, its understandable how she has gotten this far. She only got fired for being a drunken wreck while she was in a pretty bad place from what little I recall.

[Shogo]

Huh. I forgot pretty much everyone used to be super skinny. It actually took me longer than it should have to recognize Faye.

As for Faye getting where she has . . . It helps that she was able to find a roommate as easy to push around as Martin. She might have had some trouble if she kept trying to find affordable places where would be roomies actually had some backbone.

[Rodin]

It may just be the black shirt, but Faye really looks like Marigold in that last panel.

[Max_Killjoy]

Huh. I forgot pretty much everyone used to be super skinny. It actually took me longer than it should have to recognize Faye.

As for Faye getting where she has . . . It helps that she was able to find a roommate as easy to push around as Martin. She might have had some trouble if she kept trying to find affordable places where would be roomies actually had some backbone.

As his art style changed, he went from everyone being cartoonishly skinny, to sort of medium, to many of the characters who were average-build as represented in his middle stage becoming chunky in some way in the last few years.

[eee]

I wonder what tea that is. I wonder what would happen to an AI who sniffed Lapsang Souchong. And I wonder why Emily isn't the one taking notes, she's the one familiar with robot internal imagery.

I get the feeling Faye doesn't like Roko too much. And I definitely get the feeling that she likes her needling, trolling, and gloating a lot more than is optimal for a customer-facing position.

To be fair, she did much the same thing to May when they were replacing her face.

As his art style changed, he went from everyone being cartoonishly skinny, to sort of medium, to many of the characters who were average-build as represented in his middle stage becoming chunky in some way in the last few years.

In art, as in real life for most of us.

[halfeye]

I wonder what tea that is. I wonder what would happen to an AI who sniffed Lapsang Souchong.

What about *shudder* Earl Grey? Oolong might be nice, there are many nice Chinese teas.

In art, as in real life for most of us.

There are required calorie counts for maintaining weight, they go up as it increases. It isn't easy to control your weight, but it is possible. Thyroid complications don't always help, but you should know if you have those.

[Wraith]

Similarly, while slowed significantly compared to the actual age of the comic, the characters do seem to age as time goes on.

Most people I know are well over their 30th birthday, and almost all of them look back on their 25 year old selves as a) dumbasses and b) significantly more trim than they are now. In fact, I'm probably the most egregious exception as, 12 years on, I still have the 32" waist that I had when I was 20.

[Cikomyr]

I have to say. The plotline about the AI going on a Spiritual Journey of Olfactive Discovery is probably one of the thing that endears me the most to this webcomic.

Its so random, and yet sweet.

[Lethologica]

I would play an AI Olfaction RPG.