Momo Believes

It's Momo who crushed on Sven.

Am Queue

Embrace the power of "and".

Am Queue

I'LL SEND HER HOME SMELLING LIKE A WEINER!

Yelling Bird

Melina, red beans and rice got me and my house mates through a few rough winters.

Ted Van Roekel

Eh,... i'm possibly from a long-lost time. "House food" was classed as Dairy, bread, rice, beans, Pasta, at one point Bolongna (Large uncut tubes from the locak butcher, we got a great deal,) Burgers/hotdogs/beef/chicken were "treats" if shared no one went hungry, Once someone got between jobs and lived on "house food" until they got back on their feet, then they splurged and we had exotic foods like Pizza,.... (good times)

Darnel D Cooper

House food has never been a thing in any of my roommate environments. People like different things, eat at different times, etc. I'd offer food if it seemed right to do so, but by default it wasn't practical to share anything other than maybe salt/sugar type ingredients.

P

Back when I lived in with housemates, we never combined food, but we would share. Either we’d plan on cooking together or sometimes it was just, like, dude I’m broke can you share some food with me? I never lived with anyone I didn’t like enough to share whatever food I had, and I never went hungry when I was the broke one. But rice and beans was the main theme for all of us so, I don’t know how it would have gone if we weren’t all in similar circumstances

Melina Filomia

Also, I have the impression that rent is cheap.

Ted Van Roekel

Since Martin is A: a sweetheart, B: a pushover, C: generally clueless about finance or financial expectations, and D: has the sole solid job in the house, I really doubt there would be any drama. FFS, he supported Faye for how long at the beginning of this marvelous adventure? And bought her glasses?

Ted Van Roekel

I doubt Martin and Clare are exactly chowing down on filet mignon and truffles and gloating about it to Faye, given their jobs are library assistant and unemployed respectively. And Faye probably isn’t literally eating only rice and beans, but I’d believe it if Faye is quietly sticking to generic brands and things you can buy in the middle shelves (spaghetti and cereals and rice and beans) vice the things around the edge of the store (fresh fruits and vegetables and meats and dairies).

Shane Wegner

I've generally avoided the "house food" model every time I've had roommates, and I definitely preferred it that way, even when it was to my detriment. Maybe it was a pride thing on my part but I'm honestly not sure. I just preferred to have very clearly defined boundaries. I never really spent much time analyzing that facet, and it's been a few years since I've had a roommate so it hasn't come up recently.

For nearly a decade I rented a bedroom. My housemates were rather set in their ways, with predictable eating habits, so I had no problems avoiding their food. The reverse was not true, especially when I brought something new into the house. I'd make a dinner I was willing to share (we had at least 2 "house meals" together each week, with a rotating "host"), with the understanding that the leftovers represented my food budget for the rest of the week. Those leftovers chronically got scarfed by others. I made that a non-issue by putting a small refrigerator in my room. We respected each other's personal space (it was part of the house agreement), so my food was safe. That done, I always made sure my roommates felt comfortable asking me to share, but only if they could be absolutely OK when they'd get more "No" than "Yes" answers. I certainly didn't want them to go hungry, but no way would I ever again let them force me to go hungry.

BobC

Pride. I didn't even factor that in. Sigh.

Darnel D Cooper

I've never lived in a house that didn't choose to share food, but in some houses, the grocery bills were still a thing. It could certainly be a thing that Fae and Bubbles aren't splitting groceries with Claire and her boy just because she doesn't like how unequal that relationship would be. People make a lot of choices based on pride that has been warped by societal expectations, and other people sometimes let them do that because untangling that knot is best done slowly one-on-one with a therapist.

Thomas Halpin

Question to group at large that is showing my age: When sharing living spaces w/o being a couple, why is it currently accepted that someone is reduced to rice and beans because she doesn't make enough money to eat better and her room mates are nowhere approaching aweful evil. (Unless Martin is a Supervillian and I missed those strips?) Back in the before time we had "house food" were pitched in on and if you were eating hummingbird tongue, you labeled it and folk left it alone. In the same vein, are there housing regs for AI? And while I'm showing my stupid,... what is the range for AI chasis? (Going back to my corner and waiting patiently.)

Darnel D Cooper

Why can't it be both?

Tim Keating

I can’t decide if this is brilliant or a recipe for disaster.

RadiusUlna

"May be too good at it" - pun intended, also... https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2762

David Howe

Yes, because jealousy is rational lol. But she probably is over him.

With or without a Sven? (who isn't a mooch, obviously)

David Howe

I have no problem with May SAVING UP for a fighter jet :)

David Howe

Marigold has Dale now and is past all of that, surely.

Stephen Wells

Remember when Momo *openly treated May with despise*? That was when May did not have a body (not even a substandard one), but it’s not only May who’s changed since then. EDIT: “open contempt” probably describes it better. But still.

Comics Ladybird

@Mark • I hope they’ve refilled the toilet paper by now.

Miyaa

I think that the real problem is that Marigold crushed on Sven once and there may be some jealous awkwardness if, ultimately, Svay becomes a thing: "I'm socially obliged to be happy for you but, inside, there's a part of me that screams in rage!"

Ben Russell-Gough

I mean, she didn't try to, she did...she just got caught in the end...probably by someone like Hanners.

Chris Crowther

Now she will come home smelling of Sven's "hot dog juice", which may or may not be worse.

Stephen Wells

She was a banking AI who tried to steal millions of dollars so she could buy a fighter jet body.

Dean Reilly

She embezzled enough money to buy a high-end combat drone on the black market.

Marc Moskowitz

My memory is quite bad, what exactly did May that got her into robot jail?

Sarah Peper

May and Marigold... Goblin versus Hobgoblin... Place your bets, people, place your bets!

Joseph Bonnar

In the real world I would agree with you 120%. Very much NOT a good idea.

Joseph Bonnar

Mine as well

Jeffrey Anderson

I know it's sound like a good idea, but I think it's a mistake to hire friends. Specialy friends who live at your home.They are so hard to fire in case of issue, and you are with them 24 hour a day. Even without the work part, it would be unmanageable. And speacialy in this case , where both May and Marigold don't have the maturity to make it work.

Sarah Buisson

Almost sounds like Marigold will miss the hotdog juice smell

George

Momo's intensity of belief is a force to be reckoned with.

Brooks Moses

Luckily, I'm guessing that Hannelore and Momo would ... no, they wouldn't write it for them. They would consider writing it for them and then insist firmly on getting a proper lawyer to write it.

Brooks Moses

She will not

Bagge

§1. "FUCK YOU!" §2. "NO FUCK YOU!" §3. "FUCK THEM ALL!"

Bagge

Many other of Momo's traits would also be good to have in a companion.

Mark

Momo should be able to do it, as she has before- https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4319

Mark

Yes, Momo believes in May but, realistically, that was never in doubt. Getting May to believe in herself will be the trick.

Ben Russell-Gough

I would almost want to read the terms of employment contract between Marigold and May...

Daniel Rydberg

Occasionally I think about how far this comic has come and where we are now and it blows my mine

Tali

I know that feel momo

Dylan T

My heart is so happy for may even though shes gonna be iffy on this

Awww, Momo, that's...sweet?

Culminating in Sven trying to say this, only for May to shove the money into his hands and then kiss him.

David Jackson

Momo just described the perfect steaming manager

I'm pretty sure May's going to use her first paycheck here to try and pay back the people she knows helped with her new body, complete with a montage of 'keep the money, I just wanted to help' from everyone

dizzy ditzy

Momo's not wrong, but I also hope May can trust Momo on this one.

Thomas Halpin

HOTDOG JUICE NASSY!!

Bill Hall

May, backstory aside, has been surprisingly one of the most responsible folks in the strip.

Alan

It's the month of May after all

The Mystery of the Hotdog Juice continues apace...

Sammitch

Oh Momo <3

Bagge

May probably can't afford grease or other lubricants/fluids, so I'm betting it's gone into a whole bunch of orifices

Jason Wotzko

Secret, May is drinking the hot dog juice.

Tudza

Momo's description of May sounds like someone who's perfect to be a business manager for an Internet streamer, frankly.

fluffy

Back alley gangbang?

Valraven

I dunno. May is everything Momo said, but she's actually been pretty responsible in her post-release life. And she seems dead set on not going back to Robot Jail. There may be some epic hijinks, but I actually think this may work.

William Cole

Further plot twist: *why* May smells like hot dog juice

Valraven

Your name is amazing

Errol Lobo

This is a recipe for disaster and I’ve got a big bowl of popcorn.

Jp

Momo is a master strategist. I'm not sure whether I'm in awe or scared half to death about this.

R L

Would the terms of May's probation let her deal with finances? I imagine working at a bank would be completely out, but where do you suppose the boundaries are?

That Blair Guy

May will do such a bang-up job, Hanner's mom will try to hire her away. "The daughter she should have had"

Michael Boettger

Also, what do robots hallucinate when they smell hotdog juice? D:

Asher Rose Fox

What a lad

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Momo/May shipping intensifies

Asher Rose Fox

Yes.

Joseph Houk

Will May give two weeks notice? Can she handle the ethical dilemma?

BobC

Aw, what's so wrong with Marcie Fleach?

Devin Gates

Momo is such a sweet kid ❤

Fart Captor

Just as long as Marigold doesn't start making fighter jet money. 😄

Dean Reilly

I believe! *Cue book of Mormon track*

Max D S

How I expect this to go: Marigold: "May I have a job offer for y-" May: "I'll take it" Marigold: "I haven't told you what it is yet" May: "Calling my manager to quit right now"

I want someone that believes in me the way Momo believes in May.

Tom B

Wait. Remind me; does May live at Marigold's place?

Rob McBobson

GDI

Miyaa

Maybe she'd be less bitchy if she didn't have to work at a convenience store.

lilibat

May seems like the type that would anoint herself with hotdog juice just to be annoying, although not to her friends. Melon on the other hand just enjoys the smell.

Crushogre

Sounds like May would be a real weiner 😁

Jon

j u i c e

Wynn Donivan

"Hopefully"

drone r0m-3

Plot twist: may intentionally comes home smelling like hot dog juice.

Absentia

Hot Dog Juice opening for Hard Soft Pretzels at the Troc this Thursday, $5 cover

Hope

Eww, hot dog juices.

Miyaa