Zlata Has Fun
fun is dangerous
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You know, if cutting loose occasionally is good for Claire, it's good for Zlata too. And if she accidentally reveals her crush on Marten, it would make for good content. Right?
Thank you, Jeph, for mentioning Bobly. Now I'm curious about that beverage Moray is cooling.
Moray is top tier good noodle.
Moray is basically an incarnation of the Director. You’ve almost kinda been ordered to try it (if you want to). How could you disobey?
I'm sure it was just a quick visual gag but I'm wondering if something will happen when Moray breaks down that can she slipped in her chest. Fizzy Moray.
She put the can IN her chest?! I thought that she just stowed it in her cleavage.
sporkling??
Probably means you eat it with a spork.
I had fun once and I've regretted it ever since
What do you call a straight-edge AI? A GPT-Totaler! :)
Fuck AI bullshit though
Bobly is Cubetown's resident Lounge Act Scientist, researching Applied Lounge Singing Physics. Oddly they are solidly in the 50th percentile for explosive property destruction
I must not have fun Fun is the time-killer ...
Fun is the little death that brings total shenanigans
If only I had been this thoughtful in my yoot.
Is Moray fizzy?
And does she have electrolytes?
Bobly is my favorite sparkling water brand
It's actually sporkling woter. For legal reasons.
“Of course they would say that, they’re inhibitions” is hilarious to me for some reason
"Getting peer pressured by others can be fun! I do it all the time!"
"Come on, just try peer pressuring me! All the cool kids are doing it!"
I adore Moray's level of pure self awareness. <3
I assume that the code for intoxicating an AI has to put the input through a pipe.
It tries, but sometimes the code is too viscous.
Sometimes I think Marten must feel like Gandalf trying to keep the hobbits from falling off cliffs.
"Fool of a Took!" *bops Moray on the head with his staff*
Zlata make sure the intoxication app has a timer and memory wipe feature...
The ferry boat that runs from the shore to Cubetown is the only one allowed to exert pier pressure.
Software? Does that mean you can preset it to to turn back off after a certain time? "Turn intoxication off after two hours". That's the god damn dream
According to Mille, you have to want to turn it off. Although it could be the timer option exists and she just doesn't use the feature. It's probably an in app purchase or something... https://web.archive.org/web/20260313112827/https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4162
Reverse psychology?
She talked Zlata into it, while simultaneously letting herself be talked into talking Zlata out of being talked into it. I think technically that's double contra-inverse backwards anti-reverse unpsychology.
Meanwhile Regret turns to Violence and says, “Weird. I feel like I’m being summoned. Usually they ask for you first.” Upsetti then regrabs Regret, pulls her downward, and in a monotone voice says, “Aaaa.”
As a standalone page, this would be beautifully surreal.
"My inhibitions are saying it is a bad idea. But they are inhibitions, so of course they would say that." GOLD.
There's no hibitions like inhibitions.
When she pressures her peer To try virtual beer That's A Moray!
🎵 When she's being a fool And tells you that it's cool That's a Moray!
There's a quotation on the can from the CEO: "You'll love our water, and our sparkle, or my name isn't Bob Lee!"
Not many people know that Robert E. Lee had a seltzer company.
Isn't GremLiz off in the corner somewhere, making evil (but scientific) plans?
Possibly trying to get Claire de-topping drunk.
Oh she's gonna be a wild "drunk," isn't she?
Probably also speaking in Ukrainian and congratulating Liz on not murdering anyone through the first third of 2026.
When you say "Zlata has fun", is that foreshadowing? Or do they consider the very act of just considering it "fun"? And will they get into a tit-whipping-out contest?
Zlata is more likely to be topless and howling at the virtual moon than Claire is, I suspect. I sense another spicy opportunity coming.
Bobly sparkling water? That takes the joy right out of my life.
I had to look back at the strip to realize “bobly sparkling water” wasn’t a reference to Moray ☺️
As a teetotaler for close to my whole life (over 5 decades), I say to Zlata, definitely don't feel the need to do stuff just because everyone around you is.
And if you want to try it, don't have the first time be at a wild party where anything could happen. Do it among people one trusts, with at least a few of them already experienced. And avoid learning the "drink just go get drunk" culture. Beer, wine, even spirits can, and should, taste good, particularly when paired with food, and if the person teaching you how to drink tells you to just chug it down... they're doing it wrong.
Zlata blatta?
Is this Moray attempting to cause her rival (Zlata) problems? *muahahahaha*
If she gets drunk she is totally gonna flirt with Marten and make things uncomfortable for her work relationship with Clair isn't she...
Bobly.
Very different product from Boobly.
In my mind, Moray IS bobly sparkling water, take that however you will
I’m just gonna say it and let the chip fall where they may: I’ve never liked sparkling water.
Me either, and the zero calorie 'flavored' stuff only has a smell, not a flavor.
The insight on inhibitions is pure gold
People who remember Zlata meeting Marten: “uh-oh”
Uh oh.
Reverse psychology first requires psychology.
A reverse psychologist walks into a bar. Bartender says, "Please don't buy a drink." Reverse psychologist buys a the drink. Bartender says, "I beg you, please don't buy another drink--especially not from the top shelf." Reverse psychologist buys the more expensive drink. Bartender says, "For crying out loud this is getting embarassing! Please don't buy a round for the whole bar." Reverse psychologist buys a round for the whole bar. Bartender says, "Whatever you do, don't you dare give me the biggest tip of your life." Reverse psychologist hiccups, blinks twice, and slurs out, "I'm sorrrrrrry. I didn't—hic!—hear you. Can you—hic!—can you please say that again?" Bartender sighs, hangs his head, laughs, and says, "Well played, well played. Couldn't hurt to try! Ok, buddy, have a nice day. See ya again soon?" Reverse Psychologist goes ghostly pale, pulls out three hundred dollar bills, leaves them on the bar, and walks out the door, never to be seen again.
I've never seen reverse-peer-pressure before.
Would explain why Moray can’t go down the drain either.
Oh this is about to get FUN isnt it