Fanboy Moment
Clinton: still not very much chill
Comments (71)
Yay has the gall to be judgy?
"belay your incipient tumescence" is my new favorite put-down. thanks Jeph!!
Small steps. Less tumescence.
No surprise tumescence is one of them.
I thought Bubbles was the most prominent user with 5 dollar words.
Don't forget Wil. He has a very strict policy. https://web.archive.org/web/20260309104901/https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1208
New t-shirt: Belay your incipient tumescence.
'Belay your incipient tumescence' is the greatest single phrase I have ever read in a comic. I felt a tiny tinge of pride just understanding it.
You know, it's kind of interesting that Yay has this commentary on Hanners. Have we seen them interact directly? Would love to know what Yay is forming this assessment from.
Well, Yay is still Yay, and they would undoubtedly have lore on the daughter of the Father of AI. Not to mention this group of friends/town isn't -that- big. Hannelore did catch a fainting Roko once.
If Clinton displayed the capacity for more than 1.5 ounces of chill, it would be a cause for concern that he'd been replaced by some kind of impostor.
“Incipient Tumescence” is a great band name
I didn't expect that I would acquire new vocabulary on a Monday morning.
I like how Clinton doesn't miss a beat, either.
Side note: I'm totally shipping Clinton/getting-help-Elliot-who-misses-Clinton.
As a person exhilerated by five-dollar words, I think Yay is delightful. Which does not exclude them from lacking tact.
"Belay your incipient tumescence." I'm having that one.
In this economy? $20 words at minimum
And Clinton eventually lost his cool.
Incipient Tumescence is the name of my new cover band.
actually, due to recent inflation, "the fat cat sat on the mat" is now entirely $5 words
$5 words? "Incipient" and "tumescence" are worth $15 each alone, with a 50% bonus for using them together. $45 for an awakening willie ain't bad.
plot twist: Yay uses the same sort of horrible mechanical "eating" system as a 1995 juice and cookies baby alive doll. Aurelia has to flush them out with a truly insane amount of water to avoid predictable issues
The original Baby Alive doll came out in 1973. I wanted one, but my mom wouldn't let me have one. I suspect she had concerns about where the stuff that went into the mouth went, and those concerns were probably not unfounded. Looking back, I probably wouldn't have enjoyed it much, anyway. I always liked my stuffed animal "friends" better. On the whole, I think my mother was correct on all counts.
Yay lore??
A rather surprising revelation.
Though I'm already technically a cyborg (got several inorganic parts) I'd love it if we could get to the tech level where they could fix me.
Unexpected empathetical moment for Yay
Well, momentarily. Then Clinton blew it.
I'd absolutely believe them if they said that in a past life, they worked for Public Security Section 9.
“Tumescence”, without fail, makes me think of 10 Things I Hate About You
I think neither of these two would be good at human-cyborg relations.
Yay deserves a little Clintoning.
Woah. $5 words is WAY above my paygrade. Or is it Yay above my paygrade? I dunno.
The way is pay above your yaygrade.
Pardon? Did I miss a strip? Is she saying she is organic, or started out organic??? That would make sense,(stifling my nerd response.)
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Is it me, or is Yay's nose getting longer?
I really think they're looking more and more like their family of choice. It is a *very* advanced chassis.
"Incipient tumescence"! :D (i recall a tad embarrassingly that i 'complimented' an acquaintance lass by saying she inspired increasing tumescence in those who saw her; she had to go look it up in a dictionary.)
That is truly funny. And I'd love to see the look on her face when she realized what you had said.
I forget, what does Clinton do for a job? I feel like it was mentioned once, maybe AI research or something?
I think he might still be in college. He is the younger brother, after all.
Would Clinton’s incipient tumescence be a full on robot chubby in any other person?
“Belay your incipient tumescence” is poetry. I will be adding it to my lexicon, with appropriate credit. Thank you for this gift — especially when I’m less than a week out from an event where it’ll be a particular hit. :-)
Were I employed, I would consider getting it on a t-shirt.
lol, they deserve this
I love how ambiguous your comment is as to its object. :D
I wonder if Yay is now considering how best to eliminate fanboy.
Well, but then they wouldn't have a fanboy. It is, indeed, a dilemma.
Incipient Tumescence was an exciting band, but they peaked… prematurely.
I saw them open for Cybernetic Fanboy back in '93.
”Clinton is not chill” is a well established meme but honestly Yay is far, far worse when it comes to social interaction. I rather be talking with Clinton than Yay any day of the week.
Yay only gets chill when superconducting.
Hmmm… Clinton may be fanboying again, but he raises a question I would like answered.
Sure, but everyone who's ever had people asking deeply personal questions (what's it like ... ? can I touch your hair? when did you first ... ?) can empathize with Yay's annoyance (or maybe that's just me).
Someone eating cereal? In this comic? At this time of year? Localised entirely within Yay's kitchen?
They were trying to understand Steve's headspace.
Glad to see Clinton is still Clinton. The past few strips had me worried he had grown ;)
Five steps forward, four steps back, three to the left, one forward, and two to the right.
Look, it's still a lot more chill than he used to have, okay? Baby steps. It's character development, not a miracle.
Is that what we are calling a metaphorical boner now? Character development?
If you need funds so you can start using 15 Canadian dollar words, just let us know and we’d be happy to help. (15 CAD ≈ £ 8.20 ≈ € 9.40 ≈ $10.90)
How much is that in mysteriously wet Canadian Tire money?
Wait, when do we get Yay asking "Are the stories of your onanistic overexertion true, or are you just trying to impress a superior life form?"
"We are merely curious because numerous simulations have indicated that even the most enthusiastic of autoerotism is unlikely to result in such manual atrophy. Of course we thoroughly deleted all data pertaining to those simulations following their completion. And removed and shredded the relevant memory units. And incinerated what remained in a ritual fire. We still get occasional glimpses. It would seem that the Internet is correct, some things cannot be unseen."
He used to be an adventurer, but then he took an arrow to the knee
He used to be an adventurer, but then he adventured so much that it fell off
Engorged
Turgid even!
Empathy!