Questionable Content 11: It's Like Seeing a Unicorn

[Thialfi]

Wow, the cast keeps growing and growing. Look at all the people in today's strip. Who's the guy sitting next to the red head?

[halfeye]

Wow, the cast keeps growing and growing. Look at all the people in today's strip. Who's the guy sitting next to the red head?

Marten (was that sarcasm? all the characters seem to be previously known)?

[Yuki Akuma]

Marten (was that sarcasm? all the characters seem to be previously known)?

It was absolutely sarcasm.

[Fawkes]

I'm pretty sure that's Eglamore.

[eee]

I'm pretty sure that's Eglamore.

Wow. He's really let himself go.

[Kato]

... So does bubbles care about Faye's tits? Or does pintsize? Do robots have the same sexual interests as humans? This whole robo-relationship thing makes me think about stuff I never thought I'd wonder about...

[eee]

Why Pintsize is walking on the ceiling, is what I want to know.

[Ibrinar]

... So does bubbles care about Faye's tits? Or does pintsize? Do robots have the same sexual interests as humans? This whole robo-relationship thing makes me think about stuff I never thought I'd wonder about...

Well smaller girl robot whose name I temporarily forgot was attracted to guy making money with corny lyrics I think so I guess that human standards of good looking work. But well robots have sometimes very simple bodies so I assume that isn't the only thing that works for them.

[Max_Killjoy]

Well smaller girl robot whose name I temporarily forgot was attracted to guy making money with corny lyrics I think so I guess that human standards of good looking work. But well robots have sometimes very simple bodies so I assume that isn't the only thing that works for them.

Was that Momo?

[Grey_Wolf_c]

... So does bubbles care about Faye's tits? Or does pintsize? Do robots have the same sexual interests as humans? This whole robo-relationship thing makes me think about stuff I never thought I'd wonder about...

Depending on how AI is developed/grown/evolved, maybe? We don't know that in QC any of the robots are that interested for reals - Pintsize tends to say things for the shock value, after all. But I can easily imagine scenarios in which ensuring that AI understands the human social signaling would facilitate its integration into human society.

Put another way: you don't want robots trying to convince women they shouldn't e.g. wear high heals because of their known deleterious effects to their backs and posture - they need to understand that human often choose style over health, and for them to understand that they need to know about sexual signaling.

To be clear: I am not suggesting the AI would be programmed with this knowledge, mind you, but that there must be some process that teaches them how society works before they are dumped into it, which will include such knowledge amongst all the other. AIs clearly having distinct emerging personalities, it would not be surprising if they too develop fetishes like humans do in the same contexts.

Grey Wolf

[Traab]

We know that ais that inhabit humanoid bodies tend to take on humanoid interests ins aid bodies. Even May is worried about her body and its ability to please a dude without tearing off or abraiding things. :p So chances are yes, bubbles is attracted to fays various body parts.

[Shadow of the Sun]

...yeah, imma side with Faye here.

[Eldan]

So much yes. I lived with two metalheads in college, our shower drain was clogged every other week.

[eee]

I am surprised that Faye's shriek didn't bring Bubbles crashing into the shower stall. Her Faye Response Index must include a differentiation between shrieks caused by the sight of spiders and shrieks of genuine distress.

If Claire sheds that much during a shower she might want to see a dermatologist...

[Keltest]

I am surprised that Faye's shriek didn't bring Bubbles crashing into the shower stall. Her Faye Response Index must include a differentiation between shrieks caused by the sight of spiders and shrieks of genuine distress.

If Claire sheds that much during a shower she might want to see a dermatologist...

Speaking as somebody who has curly hair and who lives with others who have curly hair, it really doesn't take a lot of it to make an impressive hairball. Unless you keep your hair cut extremely short or wash it just about every day, its going to accumulate like that pretty quickly.

[Honest Tiefling]

If Claire sheds that much during a shower she might want to see a dermatologist...

Depends a LOT on hair type. I have thinner hair, so I'd need to chop all of it off to make a hairball that size. I've known people with much thicker hair, including a TA who donated hair on a regular basis and could do two donations at once. It was pretty impressive.

[AuthorGirl]

I feel like I've lived in this strip, from the complaints about shed hair to the "I'm sorry! Headphones!"

Claire is so cute in the first panel! Squee!

[JBPuffin]

Oh, Claire - doing Jeph's dirty, dirty shipping work...I do love how she immediately processed Faye's vague answers into Bubbaye support .

Hang on a minute, are there any other characters that fit those criteria? Characters that Claire would know, that is.

[eee]

Claire is straining SO HARD not to say anything...

Edit: I rather like how, having re-emphasized her Alpha Femaledom, Faye is happy to just talk to Claire now.

Oh, Claire - doing Jeph's dirty, dirty shipping work...I do love how she immediately processed Faye's vague answers into Bubbaye support .

Hang on a minute, are there any other characters that fit those criteria? Characters that Claire would know, that is.

Eliot. Although he's not retired from being a bouncer.

[Yuki Akuma]

Eliot. Although he's not retired from being a bouncer.

Claire also ships Eliot with Clinton, although that doesn't always stop shippers...

[Eldan]

Steve is quite muscular and retired from being a superspy. But he's not single.

[Cikomyr]

Steve is quite muscular and retired from being a superspy. But he's not single.

Steve is totally a bro

[otakuryoga]

of Faye...you make it too toooo easy by far

[Beelzebub1111]

Does anyone else hate it when people ship their friends? especially when their sexuality isn't known? or even worse, they know and just don't care?

[JBPuffin]

Does anyone else hate it when people ship their friends? especially when their sexuality isn't known? or even worse, they know and just don't care?

Eh. It's happened, and I haven't had a problem with it. What is it that bugs you about it?

[Wraith]

Some times it's helpful, when there's an obvious mutual attraction and just pointing it out to either party gives them a spur in the right direction. Other times, it's just meddling for the sake of their own satisfaction, with or without the implication that "they know best".

I suppose it's the latter presumption that is irksome. As much as I adore my own friends, I wouldn't hesitate to tell them the difference between something that they can do and something they should do.

[dps]

Does anyone else hate it when people ship their friends? especially when their sexuality isn't known? or even worse, they know and just don't care?

Do you mean in fiction, or IRL?

In fiction, I wouldn't say I hate it, but I do usually dislike it, because it's often not handled well, and the shipper comes off as a presumptuous, annoying busybody.

I'm not sure if I've ever seen it happen IRL.

[Shadow of the Sun]

Yo Tilly you're adorable, but I think I'd have the same reaction too if I were in Hanners' place.

[eee]

This is unexpected. By Hanners, as well as us. Why does she need a personal assistant, anyway?

Her mother probably would have told her about Tilly. Should have, anyway. Her father might not have remembered to. Station probably would have preferred it to be a surprise. I think she should ask Tilly why she's there and who hired her, first. That might save time.

Are those books on the shelves in Hanner's bedroom? Videotapes out be out of date. Bottles of cleaning solution?

[Windscion]

Tilly looks like a female human Winslow, only slightly nerdier.