Questionable Content 12: Artificial Unintelligence

[Shadow of the Sun]

What kind of bread is your favourite is a silly question. I love my homemade Ciabatta bread. But i wouldnt ever eat hot dogs with that bread; itd need another kind to have a more satisfying experience.

Are we talking about bread for toast? Bread for a sandwich? What kind of sandwich?

Its like asking what my favourite knife is. I use various knives for carving, chopping, cutting, spreading, stabbing, skinning and stealing apples from kids. You cant ask me to pick one over the other.

To a baker, I think it's less silly, because "What's your favourite type of bread to bake" is a more reasonable question.

[Wraith]

What kind of bread is your favourite is a silly question. I love my homemade Ciabatta bread. But i wouldnt ever eat hot dogs with that bread; itd need another kind to have a more satisfying experience.

I think it's a reasonable question, if only in broad, small-talk terms.

For example, I do a lot of painting, and my favourite colour is, without question, Revill's water-based Burnished Gold. I certainly wouldn't use it if I were painting something neon green in a glossy paint because they don't go well together... But, in broad terms, Burnished Gold is still my favourite and I'm inclined to do projects where I can use it over those where I can't.

So in context, to use your example; if you were presented with an opportunity to use a knife for any reason you chose, which one would you like to use the most? Maybe a butterfly knife *is* more intimidating and efficient when it comes to shaking down those little apple-having kids, but you know what? You always prefer something with a longer edge and bit of heft to it and go for a Boey all the same.

[Grey_Wolf_c]

I think it's a reasonable question, if only in broad, small-talk terms.

Agreed - it is a perfectly functional conversation opener when at a loss of what to talk about (as seen in the comic). Just like "what is your favourite <anything>", it is a question without a single answer, and that is what makes it a good question. You are not going to offend anyone, everyone gets to have a different answer if they want, and can foster a good conversation, even if you end up talking about something else competely.

GW

[Beelzebub1111]

pumpernickel or die. The real stuff.

[John Cribati]

In Jamaica we have Pinch Bread, which is like Hard Dough bread but slightly softer and with a touch of sweetness. Of call that one my favorite.

[georgie_leech]

Give me a good Sourdough any day of the week.

Also, is it just me, or does Clinton end up in a lot of those "Two People stand there smiling at each other over a washed out white background" panels?

[AvatarVecna]

Also, is it just me, or does Clinton end up in a lot of those "Two People stand there smiling at each other over a washed out white background" panels?

There's in-comic ship-teasing between Clinton and each of Emily, Elliot, Roko, and Brun. And unlike Marten, where he's being set up by Jeph with one person at a time (mostly), Clinton romantic tension ha so many people hooked that Jeph is milking it for all it's worth - as evidenced by how in the past five comics, there have been one subtle and two blatant ship-tease moments, each with a different person.

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Soda bread CAN be kind of dry. It has a different texture than yeast bread, and if you're not prepared for it, that can be off-putting.

[Honest Tiefling]

Give me a good Sourdough any day of the week.

You I like. You have good taste.

In Jamaica we have Pinch Bread, which is like Hard Dough bread but slightly softer and with a touch of sweetness. Of call that one my favorite.

...What is hard dough bread?

To a baker, I think it's less silly, because "What's your favourite type of bread to bake" is a more reasonable question.

Not to mention, it is clear that Clinton is awkwardly trying to fill in silence, so he's reaching for questions. And after discussing his own, it would be strange not to express some sort of interest in what the other person does in some sense. Clinton isn't THAT bad!

[John Cribati]

...What is hard dough bread?

White bread but denser, basically.

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[Cikomyr]

White bread but denser, basically.

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Jesus that bread is whiter than a Klan rally

[Mith]

Jesus that bread is whiter than a Klan rally

I'm stealing this comparison for future use.

[Cikomyr]

I'm stealing this comparison for future use.

That bread is whiter than White Bread. Thats how ****ing white it is

[eee]

The more we hear about Clinton and Claire's father, the more it sounds like the best thing he ever did was leave. If he comes back...

[Keltest]

The more we hear about Clinton and Claire's father, the more it sounds like the best thing he ever did was leave. If he comes back...

Claire... doesn't know where the broadsword is kept, right?

[John Cribati]

I wouldnt trust anyone who hates raisins.

Well, who hates them that much, anyway.

[Thufir]

Claire... doesn't know where the broadsword is kept, right?

She does. It makes her feel... powerful.

[Cikomyr]

I wouldnt trust anyone who hates raisins.

Well, who hates them that much, anyway.

Anyone who throws a fit about something as silly as food.. seriously.

Its like if someone threw a fit about what sort of bagel is superior, and how you are an inferior being for liking any other kind. Can you imagine the nerve?

[Wraith]

Ah, I see. So it wasn't one of those "wacky hi-jinks that were based on misunderstandings and amusing anecdotes like Marten's parents" divorces, but rather one of those "sort of based in real life trauma and emotional abuse" ones. I hate that kind.

[Fawkes]

Oh my god, Jeph wrote a comic where Brun is actually relatable and funny.

wtf i like brun now

[Cikomyr]

Oh my god, Jeph wrote a comic where Brun is actually relatable and funny.

wtf i like brun now

Brun is likeable. She just shares too much screentime with Renee, who is not

[Honest Tiefling]

I never had an issue wtih Brun, but I am curious why people don't like her.

[rooster707]

I never had an issue wtih Brun, but I am curious why people don't like her.

I’ve liked Brun for a while now, but she definitely made a bad first impression, what with the shotgun and all.

[John Cribati]

I never had an issue wtih Brun, but I am curious why people don't like her.

It's because shes on the autism spectrum, and since society tends to be biased against behaviors associated with the autism spectrum, and since the vast majority of people are part of society (nominally at least- I'm not sure how many people may have been literally raised by other animals), they've likely absorbed this bias subconsciously and never thought about it.

[Honest Tiefling]

It's because shes on the autism spectrum, and since society tends to be biased against behaviors associated with the autism spectrum, and since the vast majority of people are part of society (nominally at least- I'm not sure how many people may have been literally raised by other animals), they've likely absorbed this bias subconsciously and never thought about it.

Huh. I thought she was just awkward.

Through I'm more worried about a backlash against autistic characters not due to a subconscious bias of the behaviors associated with it, but due to many authors using it as a lazy way to garner interest, as opposed to either presenting it legitimately or just...Making a likable character sans labels.

LOVE MY TOKEN MINORITY DAMN YOU, LOVE HER.

[Traab]

More talk of claires dad.

[georgie_leech]

Huh. I thought she was just awkward.

Through I'm more worried about a backlash against autistic characters not due to a subconscious bias of the behaviors associated with it, but due to many authors using it as a lazy way to garner interest, as opposed to either presenting it legitimately or just...Making a likable character sans labels.

LOVE MY TOKEN MINORITY DAMN YOU, LOVE HER.

Heh, there's some truth to that. But aside from that, people this socially awkward can be difficult to deal with without invoking bias or subconscious prejudice. To me it's part of what makes her interesting and relate-able (I certainly can't really relate to threatening with weapons, even if it was retconned to a harpoon ), but consistently not responding as expected to social cues isn't the strangest thing to be annoyed by.

[Windscion]

Well, it's not really Clinton and Brun getting into a heated discussion over the cinnamon raisin (https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3775 footer)

[Knaight]

It's because shes on the autism spectrum, and since society tends to be biased against behaviors associated with the autism spectrum, and since the vast majority of people are part of society (nominally at least- I'm not sure how many people may have been literally raised by other animals), they've likely absorbed this bias subconsciously and never thought about it.

Threatening people with a shotgun (or harpoon) is not a symptom of autism, and that's the main inciting incident for dislike./

[The Glyphstone]

It's because shes on the autism spectrum, and since society tends to be biased against behaviors associated with the autism spectrum, and since the vast majority of people are part of society (nominally at least- I'm not sure how many people may have been literally raised by other animals), they've likely absorbed this bias subconsciously and never thought about it.

Huh. I thought she was just awkward.

Through I'm more worried about a backlash against autistic characters not due to a subconscious bias of the behaviors associated with it, but due to many authors using it as a lazy way to garner interest, as opposed to either presenting it legitimately or just...Making a likable character sans labels.

LOVE MY TOKEN MINORITY DAMN YOU, LOVE HER.

More the latter than the former, IMO. She comes across less as a person on the autism spectrum and more like a flat stereotype of people on the autism spectrum - one of the reason it's a spectrum is the wide variance of individual behaviors that result, but Brun seems to variably have some or all of those widely diverse behaviors rolled into one.