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Added 2025-03-05 02:02:22 +0000 UTCHer heart is in the right place (her chest)
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Retrospection.
Ursus Ridens
2025-03-07 00:26:16 +0000 UTCYou people have marvelous, marvelous imaginations. Thank you again, Jeph, for enabling this whirlpool of simultaneously well-thought-out and weird ideas.
Ursus Ridens
2025-03-07 00:22:28 +0000 UTCWhee! "Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim" for when you're really mad. (Do look him up, folks.) When I really need a good long exclamation/execration, however, I've been using "Chocolate-covered bacon-wrapped deep-fried Twinkie!" Even though my brother-in-law (otherwise a sensible sort) commented, "Actually, that sounds sort of good."
Ursus Ridens
2025-03-07 00:07:55 +0000 UTCIt's the answer for 'What's a grecian urn?' From Rowan and Martins Laugh-In (Approx. 1968)
alphanor
2025-03-06 22:01:52 +0000 UTCThat's kind of a given considering how she turned out.
awgiedawgie
2025-03-06 19:56:40 +0000 UTCNah. He has no heart.
awgiedawgie
2025-03-06 19:55:18 +0000 UTCOooh, that IS a good one. I like swearing by shouting "Theophrastus Bombastus Von Hohenheim!" I don't have anything against Paracelsus in particular, it's just very satisfying to yell.
YsabetJustYsabet
2025-03-06 17:08:55 +0000 UTCAhh, but her dad's is in his wallet.
YsabetJustYsabet
2025-03-06 17:06:45 +0000 UTCWe know that Beepatrice also had integration issues with her second body. It's less common, but not so rare that you wouldn't get two AIs who don't otherwise know each other both having experience with that issue.
enchantedsleeper
2025-03-06 09:44:07 +0000 UTCBy the way, not many people seem to be commenting on the fact that it takes Anh 48 hours to get a meeting with her own father. Possibly not the closest or most affectionate of families.
Phil_M
2025-03-06 09:07:17 +0000 UTCIt does seem that one of Anh’s virtues is that she’s prepared to accept reality when it’s staring her in the face. She doesn’t do denial beyond the point where it becomes untenable, even if the truth does drive her to drink sometimes. I mean, it’s a low bar, but it’s one that a lot of people duck under.
Phil_M
2025-03-06 09:04:09 +0000 UTCOn the other hand, May seemed to adapt quickly, and several others have upgraded as well, with no complaints. Roko seems to be an exception, not the rule.
Carl G Knoblock
2025-03-06 07:09:31 +0000 UTCI have a complete shoulder replacement scheduled and approved by the insurance company. Now, if I only stay healthy enough to have the surgery.
Carl G Knoblock
2025-03-06 06:45:19 +0000 UTCAmazing, what we can learn in this venue. Thank you, Dad.
Ursus Ridens
2025-03-06 05:47:17 +0000 UTCAha. Anh could learn a lot by chatting with Hanners...but I don't think that she's ready to really listen yet.
Ursus Ridens
2025-03-06 05:45:54 +0000 UTCBeats me why even a buncha cheapskates would make a muscle out of thermoplastic elastomer. It'll eventually flow under stress. (Bonus: I finally had to look up what a rotator cuff actually is. Not only did Wikipedia answer that question, but it gave me, free for nothing, the wonderful phrase "infraspinous fossa", which should be useful as an exclamation at times, e.g., when I hit my thumb with a hammer.)
Ursus Ridens
2025-03-06 05:43:52 +0000 UTCThat will be a character arc to behold. I am looking forward to it! I think Anh has a lot of potential.
SilverbackRon
2025-03-06 03:26:49 +0000 UTCI think this is a turning point for Anh as a character. She goes from "annoying dumpster fire trash goblin" to "Annoying Dumpster Fire Trash Goblin with a heart of... TBD".
SilverbackRon
2025-03-06 03:24:38 +0000 UTCAbout a buck 25 an hour. If you get that reference, you are really old, like me.
alphanor
2025-03-06 02:10:36 +0000 UTCAs a person that's dealt with warranties before that are supposed to cover individual parts, they always find a way to make your use of the product more than what "average wear and tear" is. Except AutoZone, I can return damn near anything to them and they'll replace it or trade in for full value.
Byron Wright
2025-03-05 23:21:02 +0000 UTCYou forget the tragic back story, someone needs to kill Anh's parents.
Opus the Poet
2025-03-05 22:28:42 +0000 UTCAFAIK it precedes Narbonic, by decades. I was using it in the 90s.
Opus the Poet
2025-03-05 21:50:34 +0000 UTCAnd for all intents and purposes has pretty much ruined Twitter, no great loss.
Opus the Poet
2025-03-05 21:40:00 +0000 UTCConvoluted, but I'll buy it.
Opus the Poet
2025-03-05 21:27:32 +0000 UTCExcept for her father, Faye's family are pretty good.
Opus the Poet
2025-03-05 21:25:08 +0000 UTChow many answers to the question can we get? Two so far.
alphanor
2025-03-05 20:54:41 +0000 UTCI respect Anh for immediately trusting Faye's expertise and not falling back on "but that's my family's company, there's no way things could be that bad!", although she seems to have drawn the AI's ire nonetheless by associating with the brand (which I feel is a little unfair, but they've got arm issues thanks to said brand so I can't exactly blame them). Also glad her immediate reaction is to try and use her connections for good, despite how "rich bitch" she's acted in... honestly every strip before this one.
Sarah Valentine
2025-03-05 20:23:10 +0000 UTC@Donna See, my first thought was she was grabbing a buncha screwdrivers (or sifting through a drawer of them or something), and probably just had a handful of them when she heard the name she recognized and came over with whatever she was already holding.
Sarah Valentine
2025-03-05 20:14:43 +0000 UTCSMW: If Dora pushed Tai into digging out two people from college she could still get hold of and who she didn't actually *dis*like, because she had to have some kind of bridesmaids, she didn't actually do too badly. Cleo seemed quite cool, and Anh... has her charms. MB: Time is a function of the progression of events.
Phil_M
2025-03-05 19:52:52 +0000 UTCFor worse!!! He is a fucking moron who bought the presidency.
Andrea Andrew
2025-03-05 19:35:43 +0000 UTCWell, he’s somebody who manages engineering operations, for better or for worse.
Phil_M
2025-03-05 19:30:09 +0000 UTCOf course I would follow the BookBeard-provided link and then just keep reading the comic in order. I still can't believe Melon gets paid to curl up under a bright light and have bugs/reptiles/small rodents crawl all over her. If only I'd known making money were that easy.
Mikey Bear
2025-03-05 19:24:31 +0000 UTC*Most* of her hair's still in place.
Rich Holmes
2025-03-05 19:23:31 +0000 UTCIs that a Narbonic reference? I think I recognize that.
Miyaa
2025-03-05 19:03:42 +0000 UTCFrankly, we had all predicted (Read: hoped) it would be Pintsize who pulled a Luigi, but it will probably be Yay.
Mikey Bear
2025-03-05 19:03:06 +0000 UTCGDI Sean, now I’m in the mood for Vietnamese spring rolls (with shrimp) and Vietnamese style coffee (Marten should start offering those).
Miyaa
2025-03-05 19:02:20 +0000 UTCI'm guessing (Read: hoping) she'll react with tears and/or fire.
Mikey Bear
2025-03-05 19:01:03 +0000 UTCWould be wild if Pizza Girl delivered pizza to the place and Anh recognized her as actually the daughter of an evil Gordon Ramsey type of Michelin star chef and this uncovers a secret that Pizza Girl and Pen-Pen are secretly long lost twins!
Miyaa
2025-03-05 18:56:11 +0000 UTCI'm hoping there's a lot of fire involved >:)
Mikey Bear
2025-03-05 18:55:16 +0000 UTC*Roko bursts into tears off screen*
Mikey Bear
2025-03-05 18:54:14 +0000 UTCLike "Attorneys general", I like it.
Mikey Bear
2025-03-05 18:51:52 +0000 UTC*in best Christophe voice* For pooping, silly.
Mikey Bear
2025-03-05 18:49:40 +0000 UTCA phillips head, a flat head, and a universal driver are all solid guesses, tbf
Mikey Bear
2025-03-05 18:47:56 +0000 UTCI N S A N E to me that they started planning this wedding over a thousand pages ago. What is time even???
Mikey Bear
2025-03-05 18:42:45 +0000 UTCTrying to at least. If she can get an appointment with her father.
Stewart MacWilliam
2025-03-05 17:39:19 +0000 UTCOoooh. This may explain it. https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4513
Stewart MacWilliam
2025-03-05 17:32:43 +0000 UTCOnly if Anh mysteriously turns out to have a wonderful knack for baking. Or interacts with Clinton, and Clinton convinces Eliot to teach her so that he can squee about it to Claire.
Sean Morgan
2025-03-05 17:26:24 +0000 UTCYeah - Tai has heavily implied that, as an extroverted party-type who had a lot of flings, her social circle included a lot of people who weren't that emotionally invested in each other.
Sean Morgan
2025-03-05 17:24:51 +0000 UTCGood for Anh for leveraging her privilege. Also, she's getting grubbier and more disheveled and I'm here for that. ;-)
Hugh Eckert
2025-03-05 17:08:51 +0000 UTCAlso, I remember Tai mentioning she didn't have a lot of actual friends before becoming part of Marten's circle...
Hugh Eckert
2025-03-05 17:04:02 +0000 UTCYes
Drazi
2025-03-05 15:54:29 +0000 UTCShe'll get there. I think currently she might be assuming the issue is incompetence at the manufacturing level. If/when she finds out that, as Faye is implying, it is actually apathy or downright malevolence at an executive level *that's* when the real outrage will kick in.
BookBeard
2025-03-05 15:33:26 +0000 UTCMusk isn’t an engineering manager at all. He inherited his money and bought all his companies. No skills and no degree as he dropped out of college. Vivian Wilson isn’t comparable to Anh, as she’s been abused by Musk her whole life.
Andrea Andrew
2025-03-05 15:09:46 +0000 UTCI got the impression that they were friends from college. I imagine that Anh was entertaining to be around, paid for dinner more often than was her turn, and had some interesting stories about high society. And she’s never come across as really mean — just a bit… status-conscious.
Phil_M
2025-03-05 15:08:51 +0000 UTCNah. Her name is far too normal and non-embarrassing.
Phil_M
2025-03-05 15:03:15 +0000 UTCThe complication is that, if robot bodies are still made by capitalist corporations (and I doubt that anyone will change that any time soon), you’re at risk that the corporations will churn out particularly shoddy, non-durable bodies, and leave it to the socialised robomaintenance sector to (literally) pick up the pieces.
Phil_M
2025-03-05 15:02:11 +0000 UTCDaddy probably made the mistake of telling her that the company is proud to deliver quality goods and services. After all, it’s nice to have your kids think the best of you, and presumably he’s not horrible enough to go the full Logan Roy raise-a-pack-of-sociopaths route. And I can’t entirely blame Anh for still believing that line; it’s pleasant to think the best of one’s parents, in the absence of clear reasons to think otherwise.
Phil_M
2025-03-05 14:57:44 +0000 UTCOh, you're right! I'd like to find out what happened after she eloped with Calzone Lass and then was brutally betrayed by her ex, the Pasta Primogenitor.
enchantedsleeper
2025-03-05 14:53:16 +0000 UTCThe most positive thing I’ve heard plausibly argued about Musk is that he’s a very good engineering manager. Which is no small thing if true, but doesn’t make him a universal genius. Saying that this is like Musk’s *daughter* developing a conscience hits the complication that that plotline already happened in reality. But note that Anh hasn’t actually changed much yet. She’s still all on board with the family business; she just thinks that it ought to deliver proper product quality. Which is actually fine so far as it goes, and may lead to more if she gets that shareholder value speech from daddy.
Phil_M
2025-03-05 14:52:20 +0000 UTCJust having inside knowledge of the company could provide useful snippets of information. And a corporate heiress standing up against corporate interests would be great PR; the press love family-struggle stories.
Phil_M
2025-03-05 14:46:21 +0000 UTCOh, that's a common misconception: the correct plural is "buttfori"!
enchantedsleeper
2025-03-05 14:45:44 +0000 UTCPre-wedding Anh seems such an unlikely person for Tai to want AT her wedding, let alone IN it. Were they childhood friends before the Dangs got megarich?
Stewart MacWilliam
2025-03-05 14:38:09 +0000 UTC@Philip Masters: re: your last point: "presumably even she would regard a mechanical repair as no more traumatic, and much easier, than a human having an injury attended to." Easier, yes, but as for traumatic - Roko fainted at the sight of her own disembodied foot when Faye was fixing the hitch in her ankle. That was explained to all be part of her deep integration with her chassis as well. Generally speaking, it seems like it's a combination of the two (equipment and organic body). Yes, AI bodies work more like equipment and they can have parts added on, upgraded and changed more freely and can also switch chassis if they want to (and have the means). But Jeph introducing the issue of bodily integration and the associated potential for dissociation and dysphoria complicates things on that front.
enchantedsleeper
2025-03-05 14:36:41 +0000 UTCShe clearly reckons she’s still on reasonable terms with her father, so she hasn’t done anything obvious to annoy him. We don’t know if she’s told him about the bi-realisation thing, and we don’t know how he’d react to that. As to the moving across the country — he may just shrug that off as kids being kids, or even be pleased that she’s trying to do something with her life instead of hanging around cluttering the place up, even if she isn’t clear yet what the something is.
Phil_M
2025-03-05 14:35:48 +0000 UTCI’m sure she’s seen the staff electrician use them.
Phil_M
2025-03-05 14:30:31 +0000 UTCDon't forget Pizza Girl! It's been a while... About time she made a reappearance!
David Warren
2025-03-05 14:26:38 +0000 UTCNot much detail to be had on their relationship so far, just that she and Cleo seem to be friends of Tai's from before the events of the comic.
BookBeard
2025-03-05 14:25:30 +0000 UTCSo here for THAT, too! I've always wanted happiness for Bleminda. And the Mysterious Slab Emitting A Low Hum deserves a better and more stable polycule situation.
enchantedsleeper
2025-03-05 14:24:03 +0000 UTCI fear that poor Anh is about to suffer a minor Are-We-The-Baddies moment when the realities of how the family got quite so rich crash in on her. But yes, it’s in the right place, even if her current motivation is about pride in quality of service rather than actual compassion.
Phil_M
2025-03-05 14:19:16 +0000 UTCIt’s easy to get ahead when daddy gives you $200M and you have a penchant for stealing other peoples’ work!
Nessi505
2025-03-05 14:17:29 +0000 UTCOK: I need some backstory. How did Anh end up as Tai's bridesmaid?
Stewart MacWilliam
2025-03-05 14:14:48 +0000 UTCConceptually, a robot body in this setting is more like a piece of equipment than a human’s organic body. Yeah, having it break down too often is annoying, and warranty scams are very annoying, but assuming the AI can cover the cost, it’s generally much less serious than a human’s debilitating illness. Of course, close identity/body associations like Roko’s confuse the issue a little, but presumably even she would regard a mechanical repair as no more traumatic, and much easier, than a human having an injury attended to.
Phil_M
2025-03-05 14:14:04 +0000 UTCWe don't?!? Damn, that explains some stuff.
Michael Steamweed
2025-03-05 14:08:20 +0000 UTCEveryone in QC has such a great family background!
Michael Steamweed
2025-03-05 14:07:06 +0000 UTCNot just her father. https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5434
Stewart MacWilliam
2025-03-05 13:48:35 +0000 UTCRight between the lungs... a little north of center of mass, as my USMC father used to say.
allanfranta
2025-03-05 13:33:03 +0000 UTCConsidering how sheltered she has been, simply identifying screwdrivers is an accomplishment.
Stewart MacWilliam
2025-03-05 13:26:40 +0000 UTC...and multiple different vacuum-cup attachments!
Stephen Wells
2025-03-05 12:19:22 +0000 UTC@Stephen: it probably has various vibration speeds and patterns.
Sean Kinlin
2025-03-05 12:09:28 +0000 UTCDoes the black slab *vibrate gently* while emitting a low hum?
Stephen Wells
2025-03-05 11:58:54 +0000 UTCBut not the *whole* master plan. We all know that an Anh/Fairy Girl/Black Slab Emitting A Low Hum/Melon/Bleminda polycule is the real endgame here. It's just so obvious.
BookBeard
2025-03-05 11:50:48 +0000 UTCYeah, there's no way her dad knows about it yet. It takes 48 hours for her to get a response from his assistants assistant about the possibility of a hypothetical meeting with him, and she only decided to move across the country yesterday.
BookBeard
2025-03-05 11:45:41 +0000 UTCIt's not Mad Science anymore it's Angry Engineering!
Opus the Poet
2025-03-05 11:40:25 +0000 UTC@Stephen Wells, even if our bodies came with a warranty how long do you think it would be good for? The biblical three score and ten is a 70 life expectancy, how much of that would be within warranty?
Opus the Poet
2025-03-05 11:28:27 +0000 UTCI am confused as to how she managed that, tbh xD I wonder if some of the screwdrivers had rolled under dusty shelves and the like.
enchantedsleeper
2025-03-05 11:08:52 +0000 UTCYeah, I'm excited for this to potentially inspire Anh to try and fuck shit up. Or at least reevaluate her background (and worldview beyond sexuality).
enchantedsleeper
2025-03-05 11:08:11 +0000 UTC@Bookbeard Heh, I guess so, but that depends on whether you want physical autonomy or not... And when you want to return to a mobile chassis, you still have to be able to afford that (or afford the repairs to your old one).
enchantedsleeper
2025-03-05 10:54:01 +0000 UTCoof. i see anh's been getting the same stellar level of service
Boots McGoot
2025-03-05 10:53:59 +0000 UTCif I could change what substrate the information system that was Me ran on, you can be sure I'd have multiple backups! Use save stations - live forever!
Kith penDragon
2025-03-05 10:52:52 +0000 UTCTechnically they don't *have* to deal with it, since even if their chassis breaks completely their brain can still run out of a datacenter. Perhaps not an ideal scenario depending on their situation, but as a meat-robot whose chassis is always breaking in new and interesting ways, I must say the option of taking a month or two off from having a physical body sounds rather delightful.
BookBeard
2025-03-05 10:50:16 +0000 UTCWe've seen conventionally "robotic" AIs, like Jeremy, with servomotors and gears and wires; and what are clearly deliberately human-like bodies with artificial skeleton and muscle (e.g. Millie's leg fracture and butt enhancement). And we know the designers have implemented some orifices purely for fun :) so the human emulation is deliberate. I'd assume that things would be a lot different inside the chest and abdomen - coolant pump and battery packs rather than heart/lung/intestine.
Stephen Wells
2025-03-05 10:37:58 +0000 UTCDefinitely porn!
Donna Flint
2025-03-05 10:33:02 +0000 UTCI don't see that as much of an advantage, though, considering *gestures at comic*
enchantedsleeper
2025-03-05 10:32:35 +0000 UTCOrganic bodies don't come with a warranty *at all*!
Stephen Wells
2025-03-05 10:31:36 +0000 UTCTry asking Yay.
Donna Flint
2025-03-05 10:30:43 +0000 UTCI see she came back with three candidates. I wonder what made her think one of those three were it.
Donna Flint
2025-03-05 10:27:21 +0000 UTCShe'll just get the control-costs-to-enhance-shareholder-value, economic-realities, speech from her dad, probably with a (metaphorical) condescending pat on the head. How *she* reacts to the realities of corporate decision making would be the interesting question 🙂
Pete Jordan
2025-03-05 10:05:12 +0000 UTCPorn.
Pete Jordan
2025-03-05 09:59:18 +0000 UTCSentient AI... unreliable mechanised bodies falling apart... cybernetic limbs... and of course powerful corporations... QC ticks off a surprising number of the biggest cyberpunk tropes; it's just got a brighter visual palette than you would normally expect xD
enchantedsleeper
2025-03-05 09:46:52 +0000 UTCYou've rumbled Jeph's master plan! So here for it.
enchantedsleeper
2025-03-05 09:46:29 +0000 UTCI actually didn't notice that until you mentioned it, nice!
SilverbackRon
2025-03-05 09:14:48 +0000 UTCAnh's dad's assistant's assistant normally gets back to her within 48 hours, but we don't know whether they typically brush her off when they do (I'm willing to bet that's the case). Still, I'm sure Roko would work with that.
enchantedsleeper
2025-03-05 08:45:54 +0000 UTCI wonder if Anh has siblings. It would be interesting to know who's in line to take over different parts of the empire. Though she's probably just expected to marry some dude who will run the businesses.
enchantedsleeper
2025-03-05 08:30:35 +0000 UTCBubbles returns, they talk about Roko and AI rights -> Anh joins Roko's campaign -> Anh and Roko have an ill-judged but inevitable sapphic fling -> Yay returns through the power of jealousy.
Stephen Wells
2025-03-05 08:29:04 +0000 UTCThree years for a part of your body. That's genuinely horrifying. Also, what kind of lifespan do QC AIs have? Presumably it could be infinite if nothing happens to their processor core, so - they have to deal with this pretty much infinitely?
enchantedsleeper
2025-03-05 08:27:44 +0000 UTCBookBeard: Thank you for your service sir! 🫡
Freid
2025-03-05 08:27:07 +0000 UTCOoh ooh, is this how Ayo's crime fighting story actually comes true? xD
enchantedsleeper
2025-03-05 08:25:06 +0000 UTCI can imagine that it's going to come into play pretty soon. I doubt anything major has happened yet but I can see Roko at least mentioning it in passing.
enchantedsleeper
2025-03-05 08:24:23 +0000 UTCIt shows she's probably pretty naiive if she doesn't realise that having parts that wear out quickly (and conveniently just after the warranty expires) is by design. I wonder how she'll react to learning that information.
enchantedsleeper
2025-03-05 08:22:57 +0000 UTC@Andrew Omg, I can see that being the case xD
enchantedsleeper
2025-03-05 08:20:25 +0000 UTCI guess she's not on the outs with him yet, despite having apparently up and left to move across the country 🤔 (Although judging by the "assistant's assistant" he's probably too disconnected to be bothered about that).
enchantedsleeper
2025-03-05 08:18:13 +0000 UTCDue back anyyyy minute now
enchantedsleeper
2025-03-05 08:17:10 +0000 UTCShe's really trying to find a left-handed screwdriver? (I don't care; I still believe in Anh.)
Chris Warren
2025-03-05 06:57:31 +0000 UTCI think it's percent
Lara
2025-03-05 06:57:02 +0000 UTCThe plural is actually 'buttsfor'
Arto Rantala
2025-03-05 06:39:45 +0000 UTCIn the new timeline, Anh will Release The Virus.
Captain Button
2025-03-05 06:32:34 +0000 UTCAh it makes more sense that Ahn works with Roko on robot rights instead of sweeping Faye's shop. Maybe Anh's dad gets upset that she's making bad PR for one of his companies, cuts her off financially.
PostRetroism
2025-03-05 06:10:04 +0000 UTCBubbles and Crushbot are spending quality time together.
PostRetroism
2025-03-05 06:07:54 +0000 UTCI'm sure it's better in Canada, but I have a feeling that robot healthcare in Cubetown might lean a bit... mad sciency.
BookBeard
2025-03-05 06:06:45 +0000 UTCIt seems to depend quite a bit on the type of chassis. Millefeuille's insides were remarkably human-like, but Punchbot's internals are more traditionally robotic i.e. a metal housing full of wires. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4414 https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3595
BookBeard
2025-03-05 05:56:51 +0000 UTCHer initial response may be “Oh, the Philomena was modelled on me!”, but she’ll catch on quick.
Andrew
2025-03-05 05:54:47 +0000 UTCIf I have my timeline right, this is at the same time as Bubbles visits Roko
Bagge
2025-03-05 05:42:46 +0000 UTCI mean, she'll probably be able to get a box of replacements for free, which is a better deal than May got from Hannelore getting her dad involved
Bagge
2025-03-05 05:42:06 +0000 UTCI'm thinking about knees specifically.
Opus the Poet
2025-03-05 05:37:52 +0000 UTCAll of them are right ones, unfortunately she was supposed to find the left one.
BookBeard
2025-03-05 05:31:54 +0000 UTCWell, props to her for immediately trying to do something about it. To me, that’s enough not to draw any ire. And while I’m sure she believes she can make a difference, what she said sounds like it’s not going to help much.
Thisguy
2025-03-05 05:28:12 +0000 UTCI just need to get mine repaired, a minor surgery but I have to find someone to do it.
Opus the Poet
2025-03-05 05:23:54 +0000 UTCAnd where, I wonder, is Bubbles. inquiring minds want to know!
Joseph Bonnar
2025-03-05 05:04:16 +0000 UTCIs that metric or imperial sizes?
William Cole
2025-03-05 05:04:04 +0000 UTCYeah! Like those butt fibers we saw getting replaced with Sam observing.
Andrew Mitchell
2025-03-05 05:03:16 +0000 UTCA buttfor is so you aren't exploding after a huge meal of lima beans and cabbage.
Joseph Bonnar
2025-03-05 05:01:36 +0000 UTCThank you for your service!
Andrew Mitchell
2025-03-05 05:01:23 +0000 UTCI have a question. What's a buttfor?😆 Someone had to ask! I volunteered to throw myself on the joke!
alphanor
2025-03-05 04:36:08 +0000 UTCI think if you're trying to build a human-like frame you're probably going to run into some common design patterns that surface naturally, for lack of a better word.
Uniquitous
2025-03-05 04:18:45 +0000 UTCAnh hah!
Stewart MacWilliam
2025-03-05 04:17:32 +0000 UTCNope.
Matthew Reiter
2025-03-05 04:14:42 +0000 UTCDang, Dang!
Sam Shores
2025-03-05 04:12:46 +0000 UTCHaha she's coming back with all the screwdrivers XD One of them must be the right one!
mooviies
2025-03-05 04:12:33 +0000 UTCAh - now we see why Anh is around. This is going to loop back to the Roko robot's rights storyline. Which is great but it's certainly time to check back in on that.
David Durant
2025-03-05 04:01:37 +0000 UTCBiodiesel?
Populuxe
2025-03-05 03:51:39 +0000 UTCCan I ❤️ this a few more times?
Ailadi
2025-03-05 03:49:00 +0000 UTCliving for the anh arc rn
Cozy
2025-03-05 03:43:28 +0000 UTCGreat I 2 days to spare.
Jose Alfredo Villalobos
2025-03-05 03:35:53 +0000 UTC"Oh wait, this *literally* is crap, never mind."
Rich Holmes
2025-03-05 03:29:00 +0000 UTCButt did she find the buttfors?
TV4Fun
2025-03-05 03:25:35 +0000 UTCDon’t forget the ridiculous & ridiculously sexy mobile to match!!!
Melissa Wilson
2025-03-05 03:25:34 +0000 UTC@Harsh and Joan: QCigi (pronounced like the letters "Q C G" with stress and a little extra "ee" (sounded as in "Wii") after the "C")
tellumo
2025-03-05 03:25:01 +0000 UTCThis gets me wondering, how much different from human anatomy is AI chassis anatomy? Did the designers go through human anatomy and said "This is crap, how can we do better?"
Opus the Poet
2025-03-05 03:24:42 +0000 UTCSeems comparable to the distance between Hanners & her female progenitor. Perhaps it’s a mathematical constant? But what would they call it… Dang’s distance? Blueblood ratio? Coefficient of disinterest? Heiress’s apple-fall range?
Melissa Wilson
2025-03-05 03:21:38 +0000 UTCMaybe Ahn could use a tutorial from Hanners in family relations?
FreeReedz
2025-03-05 03:19:32 +0000 UTCAwww, sweety!
Vilinda
2025-03-05 03:15:14 +0000 UTCWhat do you think fueled the singularity in the first place?
Rich Holmes
2025-03-05 03:14:15 +0000 UTCI know. I’m sick of these conservative freaks pretending Elon is some genius, when he’s proven to be an extremely lucky fascist idiot.
Andrea Andrew
2025-03-05 03:13:57 +0000 UTCExcept Elon doesn't understand engineering, or anything else he pretends to know anything about.
Ohh Crap Guy
2025-03-05 03:10:01 +0000 UTC"Weird, *they're* not returning my texts *either*."
Rich Holmes
2025-03-05 03:02:57 +0000 UTCIndeed. This would be an excellent opportunity for an update on how that's going too. (hint hint, Jeph ;) https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4305
BookBeard
2025-03-05 03:02:48 +0000 UTCOne of those screwdrivers is a lefty, ain’t it?
Melissa Wilson
2025-03-05 02:56:48 +0000 UTCSo that's what Yay's been up to. 😅
Emma Humphries
2025-03-05 02:55:39 +0000 UTCThe weird domino effect of Anh having a bi-awakening leading to her accidentally being the nation's leading embodied-AI rights advocates
CthonicBelletrist
2025-03-05 02:54:58 +0000 UTCHope Anh's noble streak lasts a while -- we need more rich people with an actual conscience who are willing to lift their game. (Unfortunately she's also impulsive and erratic. So I'm hopeful, but I'm also not holding my breath)
Shannon Woodbury
2025-03-05 02:54:19 +0000 UTCI love that Anh already has signs of dirt and dust on her.... she's been there all of an hour and she's getting her hands dirty... Jeph working it so we all start to peel back the layers of that particularly pungent onion...
Munk33 Magic
2025-03-05 02:53:05 +0000 UTCIt seems Anh wasn't completely bullshitting when she said she "knew all about robots and stuff". https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5515 Well, she could still be bullshitting, as in she is an heiress to the FutureLife company, but possibly has little to no technical experience. She doesn't strike me as being particularly proficient in tech skills. I think she put all her proficiency points into shopping and snobbery.
SilverbackRon
2025-03-05 02:51:17 +0000 UTCShe came back with ✨options✨
Kristina
2025-03-05 02:47:06 +0000 UTCMy rotator cuff also needs replacing.
lilibat
2025-03-05 02:42:48 +0000 UTCMaybe Anh should take a lesson from her crush and not wait for that appointment. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3637
BookBeard
2025-03-05 02:41:02 +0000 UTCOnly 48 hours and two layers of assistants!
Mad Marie
2025-03-05 02:40:18 +0000 UTCHanners's Dad wrote a letter about that.
Bill Silvia
2025-03-05 02:39:39 +0000 UTCJeph, are you saying she has plain ol' Dextrocardia, or full-on Situs Inversus?
Mad Marie
2025-03-05 02:39:22 +0000 UTCOh! Plot!
The World Famous Chocomerican
2025-03-05 02:39:22 +0000 UTCPost-singularity doesn’t mean post-greed.
Populuxe
2025-03-05 02:38:01 +0000 UTCman the QC version of Luigi is going to be *nuts*
Harsh and Joan
2025-03-05 02:36:38 +0000 UTCNa na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na Bat Anh!
Sean Kinlin
2025-03-05 02:32:37 +0000 UTCWell she’s clearly very close to her father.
Taigan
2025-03-05 02:32:21 +0000 UTC"Anh's heart grew .03 sizes that day."
Sean Kinlin
2025-03-05 02:30:59 +0000 UTCAnh is willing to work for free, has inside connections at a major robot chassis manufacturer, and actually gives a shit about AI rights? Faye, you give her Roko's number this damn second!
BookBeard
2025-03-05 02:30:14 +0000 UTCThat's not a left-handed screwdriver
Elberik
2025-03-05 02:29:40 +0000 UTCThat seems literally impossible.
Miyaa
2025-03-05 02:29:15 +0000 UTCoh no she's winning me over
David
2025-03-05 02:21:39 +0000 UTCShe’s like if Elon Musk actually developed a conscience.
Andrea Andrew
2025-03-05 02:21:10 +0000 UTCNo kink shaming!
Amelia Lewis
2025-03-05 02:20:14 +0000 UTCOK, starting to warm up to Ahn. Not the brightest bulb by any means, definitely not acting on this in the best way, but she sees the injustice and she's immediately not standing for it.
Alias Fakename
2025-03-05 02:18:29 +0000 UTCi think they'll stick around, it's not like they can stick 'em up right now (rotator cuff joke)
LH
2025-03-05 02:15:44 +0000 UTC'I think these screwdrivers are all ambidextrous - will they do?'
Diptych
2025-03-05 02:14:24 +0000 UTCThe one with the hamster?
Diptych
2025-03-05 02:13:52 +0000 UTCHow many times have they told her that her worthless, shitty, dilettante life is contingent on defrauding machine intelligences?
Emma Humphries
2025-03-05 02:13:19 +0000 UTCI’m a little disappointed that she didn’t rise to the buttfor bait.
Alex Ives
2025-03-05 02:12:46 +0000 UTCThey clearly need socialise body are for everyone.
Andrew Mitchell
2025-03-05 02:12:11 +0000 UTCit's probably better in Cubetown (because Canada)
LH
2025-03-05 02:11:29 +0000 UTCSeems simpler at least though. Human shoulder surgery is more involved, and I don't think you can fully remove the arm.
zbot
2025-03-05 02:11:27 +0000 UTCI stand by my earlier *facepalm*.
Doc Gumby
2025-03-05 02:11:20 +0000 UTCAll Anh needs now is a ward and a bat costume
SpookyPenguin
2025-03-05 02:10:53 +0000 UTCDon't tell anyone but Hanners would impressed by Ahn going off like this on her Dad's business.
ValdVin
2025-03-05 02:09:49 +0000 UTCwait...is her dad that Eland Minsk guy?
Ben R
2025-03-05 02:09:36 +0000 UTCNot a very safe place for a heart to be when Faye has immediate access to power tools.
Orion Rhine
2025-03-05 02:06:16 +0000 UTCNight City when
Ting
2025-03-05 02:06:13 +0000 UTCI mean, at least she's using her heiress powers for good?
Jenea Ylinen Fredrickson
2025-03-05 02:06:13 +0000 UTCAwww anh is trying
Cancertopia
2025-03-05 02:05:56 +0000 UTCOh no. Anh is gonna feel the Anh-gony.
Miyaa
2025-03-05 02:05:43 +0000 UTCIs this going to involve a plane trip and a robot horse?
Bill Silvia
2025-03-05 02:05:23 +0000 UTCEven robot healthcare is shit
Hope
2025-03-05 02:05:00 +0000 UTCNot for much longer!
Kenneth Carlile
2025-03-05 02:04:27 +0000 UTCFound a whole bunch of left handed screwdrivers!
Jamieson
2025-03-05 02:04:26 +0000 UTC
