Yay, Hello
Added 2020-10-12 01:39:53 +0000 UTCyay
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Because she is many. The avatars and mannerisms seem vaguely feminine (not that AIs need be programmed with a specific sense of sex, Pintsize seems firmly omnisexual, interested in every conceivable form of carnal pleasure and many that make no sense to protein-people), but there's literally multiple parallel units so collective pronouns work if addressing the overmind. It's very confusing, but I don't mind confusing Sci-Fi, I liked RAH's Number of the Beast, for fuck's sake!
Sean
2020-10-13 14:08:09 +0000 UTCUm...Yay uses they/them pronouns in case folks forgot
spencer icasiano
2020-10-13 10:57:16 +0000 UTCI like how Elliot actually has a brain on top of all that muscle.
midwestmutt
2020-10-12 23:20:05 +0000 UTCYay, has become a lovable character, imho she was creepy AF when she first entered the comic.
Richard Durrer
2020-10-12 22:25:13 +0000 UTCI'd take that as a "we suck tonight" band name. When you realize you're having an off night and want to claim deniability, reintroduce the band after every song with a different wrong name. Like, if my outfit The James Rocket were really sucking bad: "hey thanks for coming out. We're Anxiety Spittoon" "We got a few more, thanks, we're Victoria's Secretion" and so on.
James Roy
2020-10-12 21:30:13 +0000 UTCI love Yay so much.
Erin Moriarty
2020-10-12 19:00:17 +0000 UTCOr at least just master the skill of Not Giving A Fuck™
Churchill (formerly TeaBear)
2020-10-12 16:04:49 +0000 UTCIs on a diet and is angry with Eliot about it, according to those texts...
Stephen Wells
2020-10-12 11:57:48 +0000 UTCNoting down "Anxiety spittoon" as a weird Dungeons and Dragons item and/or a band name.
Stephen Wells
2020-10-12 11:56:11 +0000 UTCYay thinks that's what she said :)
Stephen Wells
2020-10-12 11:52:04 +0000 UTCI wonder if Yay isn't trying to get itself frustrated here.
Frederick Ohlmann
2020-10-12 11:33:11 +0000 UTCfruit good.
Cley Faye
2020-10-12 09:05:02 +0000 UTCI hope Elliot’s Mom is like a towering giant still able to bench press the combined weight of the nurses at her retirement community.
Miyaa
2020-10-12 08:26:13 +0000 UTCGolgafrincham B-Arkers for you.
Chris Crowther
2020-10-12 07:41:46 +0000 UTCHonestly the problem wasn't coming down from the trees. Everything's gone downhill since that idiot decided fire was a good idea. Meddler!
Professor Harmless
2020-10-12 06:39:59 +0000 UTCI don’t know about the rest of you primates, but I’m shipping Yay & Hercules.
Miyaa
2020-10-12 06:21:18 +0000 UTCThe barely-contained condescension and apparent frustration, even if it is slowly giving way to the start of genuine compassion, could be a barrier to rapport.
Shane Wegner
2020-10-12 06:05:22 +0000 UTC"climb tree get fruit" at my age? maybe "lie under tree, hope for falling fruit" I guess
R. Francis Smith
2020-10-12 05:41:19 +0000 UTCI love this comic. It's hard to be genuine with people, and it's hard to accept people when they're being genuine if you're not used to it.
Thomas Halpin
2020-10-12 05:16:08 +0000 UTCThat beautiful Hercules smile
Jackson Mccreery
2020-10-12 04:01:26 +0000 UTCI love watching Yay make (or attempt to make) new friends. Or maybe I just like seeing Yay frustrated.
Populuxe
2020-10-12 03:53:42 +0000 UTCThis from the AI who delights in making its relationships with EVERYBODY as difficult as possible.
Sleepy John
2020-10-12 03:46:23 +0000 UTCBro I would love to climb tree and get fruit. Let me be primitive and not have the capicity to think about the state of the world.
I am the captian now
2020-10-12 03:41:43 +0000 UTCA few weeks back. When Elliot got sprayed by the skunk whilst shortcutting through the park.
Michael Boettger
2020-10-12 03:31:46 +0000 UTCI wasn't aware Elliot had met Yay yet....
Churchill (formerly TeaBear)
2020-10-12 03:24:30 +0000 UTCJust say "please, can I play with your cat" and work from there.
Bagge
2020-10-12 03:16:22 +0000 UTCHmmpf. Even the trees were a bad move; no one should ever have left the oceans.
Alex Borders
2020-10-12 03:08:12 +0000 UTCYaaaaaaaay!
Erin Hartshorn
2020-10-12 03:05:00 +0000 UTCI want fruits! XD
MercuryBuddha
2020-10-12 03:03:06 +0000 UTCMm, fruit
2020-10-12 02:54:04 +0000 UTCYes, Yay. We humans sometimes wonder the same thing. Thinking is quite overrated, and often gets us into trouble.
awgiedawgie
2020-10-12 02:53:45 +0000 UTCYes, a clear nod to HHGttG fandom.
Andrew Mitchell
2020-10-12 02:47:35 +0000 UTCi for one would love to climb tree, get fruit, roots.
2020-10-12 02:44:12 +0000 UTCYay's closing comment almost sounds like something that could have fit into Hitchhiker's Guide.
Ralph
2020-10-12 02:41:48 +0000 UTCNo, it's in Hercules's affairs. Elliot is just the cat-caretaker.
Raphael Bressel
2020-10-12 02:38:28 +0000 UTCHmmmm....Yay taking an interest in human affairs that have no AI nexus. I do believe this is the first time.
OldGoat
2020-10-12 02:26:44 +0000 UTCI think that's Elliot's mom.
Shawn K. Younkin
2020-10-12 02:25:46 +0000 UTCHercules! Also, picture in background of panel 2- almost looks like Tilly. Probably not, though...
Hugh Eckert
2020-10-12 02:14:29 +0000 UTCThat said, they're trying too hard. Big "I'm sorry I annoyed you with my friendship" energy. Also they totally didn't find out he was worrying because they heard the pacing. I don't trust them & Elliot should be slow to do so too.
Pejo
2020-10-12 02:12:54 +0000 UTCI really wish I could share my Hercules
The Shadow's Lair
2020-10-12 02:11:41 +0000 UTCYay
Pejo
2020-10-12 02:07:41 +0000 UTCHercules is looking less paunchy!
jimbo
2020-10-12 02:03:46 +0000 UTCYay probably knows in helping Elliot, she will help herself as well.
Shawn K. Younkin
2020-10-12 02:02:09 +0000 UTCHercules <3
SC
2020-10-12 02:00:50 +0000 UTCPretty sure Yay is "they". Not just for the "we".
Ardent Slacker
2020-10-12 02:00:09 +0000 UTCLook when Yay's right, Yay's right. Let's go back to the trees everyone. But I'm keeping the guitar.
SpookyPenguin
2020-10-12 01:54:03 +0000 UTCRoko voice: NEEEEERRRRDS
Kristina Preusker
2020-10-12 01:53:56 +0000 UTCI'm surprised Yay would push so hard when Eliot keeps letting her off the hook. Her character is mercurial so I'm not saying it's out of character, I am just shocked.
2020-10-12 01:53:54 +0000 UTCEliot's Mom approves.
Douglas E. Smith
2020-10-12 01:52:10 +0000 UTC::punches friend:: I AM TRYING TO HELP YOU GET OVER YOUR FEAR OF BEING PUNCHED!!! ::punches friend again::
Shawn K. Younkin
2020-10-12 01:52:08 +0000 UTCI think Yay Newfriend has become my favorite character.
Wolfger
2020-10-12 01:50:56 +0000 UTCOh, we SO WOULD. Biggest mistake we ever made was coming down from the trees.
lilibat
2020-10-12 01:49:04 +0000 UTCReject civilization, return to monke.
Jaron Mortimer
2020-10-12 01:47:55 +0000 UTCYay does try, gotta give them credit for that.
MikeT
2020-10-12 01:47:00 +0000 UTC'JUST BE MY FRIEND, DAMMIT.'
Dean Reilly
2020-10-12 01:45:40 +0000 UTCAlthough this does show how the Newfriend continuum is becoming more aware of the sea in which they swim, and to become the unknown presence at people's elbow.
Michael Boettger
2020-10-12 01:45:17 +0000 UTCWeird way to root, but if there's any comic going where that doesn't matter, this is the one.
Simon Green
2020-10-12 01:44:58 +0000 UTCBig mood Yay. Big mood.
drone r0m-3
2020-10-12 01:44:06 +0000 UTCSometimes it shows. Or maybe on some of their bodies it shows.
Clifton Royston
2020-10-12 01:43:46 +0000 UTCHercules knows Yay will spoil him
Michael
2020-10-12 01:42:29 +0000 UTCyay with a neck seam, thats not something weve seen before
Tamara Macadam
2020-10-12 01:42:15 +0000 UTCSeems like Yay Newfriend is making a... new friend.
C-Cubed
2020-10-12 01:41:49 +0000 UTCYay Newfriend. Relationship guru.
Michael Boettger
2020-10-12 01:41:45 +0000 UTCHonestly, same.
Vicki McLachlan
2020-10-12 01:41:35 +0000 UTC
