Automation

Didn't interview for that though, Dale got her that one :D

David Howe

OK, I'll bite: why is it an insult? I know what part of the body it is, but I don't know why it would be an insult. What other reason is there?

Larry

I actually think this is emergent cultural behavior for AIs in the QC world. Melon acts out a virtual lifestyle in a physical simulation of the actual world. Her expressiveness is broad and shallow -- she doesn't actually plumb the depths of the behavior she's aping. She simply adopts its form. And she has a rich and satisfying life thereby. May is doing much the same, though with fewer resources and more cynicism, having seen the darker side of the physical world. So she's actually working at a real job for real money, while cherishing her few friends but not being willing to be very open about it. At the same time, her understanding of the world is still broad and shallow -- so she imagines that if she just became a dancing sandwich placard advertisement, business would follow! Pintsize embodies most of this, honestly. His failure to achieve 'transgressive' with May reinforces that. It makes sense. AIs have a virtual understanding and have only recently -- by human standards -- gained citizenship in human society. As a result, they're really only beginning to participate in that society as equals, and therefore have limited understanding of the purpose of much of human interaction. The robot fighting league was another variation on this theme -- why did robots fight in the league? Because it was jolly good fun, it was a job they could get, and because why not fight? It caused no harm and by God Punchbot loved to punch! On the other side of all of this we have Corpse Witch and Bubbles -- the two AIs who found themselves living in a very, very real world. Corpse Witch developed a superiority complex and sought to live off the society she ultimately rejected. Bubbles couldn't cope with the horrifying memories of her 'interactions' with the real world. Neither one of them could see themselves dancing on a corner in a sandwich placard or clipping a 'tie' onto her chest to go to 'work' in the other corner of their apartment. Innocence and Experience. The young tasting the allure of the adult world, and the adults looking back at the innocent world wistfully. All played out across the world by an entire subculture of newly sentient, newly emancipated beings. Also? Dick jokes.

Eric Burns-White

Except she's not. Unless I missed a comic where she got fired, she has a job. It just sucks.

JD

Yes, Momo, this is how all of her interviews go. Why do you think she's still jobless?

Derrik Pates

I want to explain exactly why it's an insult, but I have the feeling you'd rather not know :P

gatherer818

I think May is Melon with the censorship function deactivated

Paul Rendell

Today i learned "taint" could be used as an insult.

Dylan T

Melon is just May taken to 11.

TMN

I think she's getting there :) I'm really excited and happy for her

Faye's don't worry about it face has been showing up way more frequently than I'm used to. It's almost like she's in a good place now

Liz Hesser

What about tertiary and quaternary sex characteristics? n-boobs and meta-phalluses, etc.

Gary Walker

Is it just me, or is May starting to act like Melon occasionally?

Jason Rock

Which does a tentacle count as... both?

Andrew

It's like Faye has an angel & devil on each shoulder, and mostly they just argue.

Andrew

But this way you don't need to choose. You can have the best of both worlds for one low, low price $$$!

Makeshift Razor

May-hem.

BobC

What would you get? Another limb or a secondary sexual characteristic? Hmm, a question for the ages.

Hawkeye