Process Optimization
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The only downside to Jeph accidentally posting Sunday's strip on Friday is getting to Sunday and not having a new strip ☹️
All I think she’s missing are her glasses. And maybe her ahoge.
OK. So. I have no doubt Zlata's keeping the body, and since that seems to be what she wants, even if she's reluctant to admit as much to herself, that's all that really matters, and that's cool, and I look forward to seeing where this goes. My one and only minor and completely personal hangup about this: tiubas notwithstanding, she looked cuter in her old body, at least IMO.
Greater wisdom has never been spoken.
I liked the way Zlata looked before. But we should love her no matter what body she chooses (By Proxy. Of Jeph.)
I understand where Zlata's coming from here, but she needs to take Moray's advice. Yes, I just said that. May shouldn't have worried about whether she "deserved" her new body, and Zlata shouldn't, either. Not the same situation exactly, but Momo was right on target here. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4319
OMG! That was such an awesome callback. I forgot all about May's own self-recrimination and transformation. Zlata definitely needs to meet Momo 😆
Oof, too real! As someone who puts themself through this exact process with nearly every purchase-related decision, I can attest to the efficiency bonus (and mostly good outcomes) of drunkenness. It's like ripping the bandaid off, lol.
I am in this photo and I don't like it
These are definitely the two wolves inside of me
Some of my best decisions have been made...wait, no...
If overthinking was an Olympic sport, Zlata would be a serious contender.
Podium placement virtually guaranteed!
I mean… Zlata, you can always do the months of research, deliberation, second-guessing, contemplation, self-recrimination, third-guessing in post? You just skipped the solemn commitment! Not that it was very solemn. I’m sure the other processes weigh up for that mishap though.
Moray is a good enabler 😂
Aww Zlata, don't turn your back on the cuteness so fast.
Yeah, honestly? Moray is absolutely right. Sometimes you're sober and too afraid of making a decision, even when you know it's right. That's what the *good* liquid courage is for.
I like her old look better.
It's not about you! It's about her!
The slideshow and Gantt chart are vastly shorter, with fewer dependencies!
This juxtaposition of rationales makes me laugh out loud. I think I'll have to enshrine it on a refrigerator magnet, and take it wherever I move.
It's better to ask for justification than demand forgiveness, or something like that... or not...
Zlata, that applies to investing in agricultural equipment; personal bodies do not require the same kind of utility research (although, if you wanted to be a hay baler again, you could be a hay baler again).
Hmm. I didn't think we got early comics on friday.
Hush you. We’ve always gotten early comics on fridays, the same way we’ve always been at war with Eastasia.
Retroactive justifications is the title of my second album.n*guitar riff*
At least show it to Claire. Then she can say, "Decisions have consequences, even drunken ones. You have to keep it."
How much of this webcomic is an excuse to draw robots with huge boobs? Because robots and boobs are like my two favorite things! Or at least in the top 10
From an earlier dive/thread: the first humaniform-female robot bodies appear in #1996 so roughly the first third of the comic doesn't have them at all! But after that our host seems to have made up for lost time :-)
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times: "Hiyas, Melon? Can ya come over and visit?"
When you experience Body dysmophiance That's our Moray!
No that's Zlata. Moray is the slime girl!
Moray is only trying to help.
Zlata I am going to climb into the comic and GET you for thinking you don't deserve the body you want
It really makes one wish a new body would be a possibility in the real world....I am 70 years old by way of explanation...
Paul, I hear you (I’m 77). Although, I feel I have a "new" body today; losing forty-five pounds has completely boosted my health in a half dozen ways and given my self-image a happy jolt. Doc says I’ll live longer, so yay for healthy body improvement(s).
Hey, getting drunk and doing shit is my method. At least it used to be. My liver is too damaged to drink anymore. I can still smoke weed though...
I thought she was more attractive in her previous body so I say return the new one.
When a drunk shopping spree Is done optimally Thats A Moray!
When you buy in one night What you thought, "Maybe... might..." That's a Moray!
Something along the lines of "better to be miserable in the right way than happy in the wrong way"?
"When you can't make a choice Let the booze be your voice" So says Moray
🎵 Drunk-bought a new bod, And now feel like a clod? Talk to Moray!
When you send back your jugs Over financial tugs That's a bore, eh
Did she say it was "too expensive"? What is she saving for? A submarine?
Attack helicopter!
I love my brain. It's belting "Whole Zlata Love" while I'm typing this.
If that's not happening in Robert Plant's voice I would be shocked.
Moray ain’t wrong.
Oh good, my internal dialogue has been put to words 😬😬😬
I encountered illness that degraded my cognition. I remember exactly this train of thinking, having to justify and reinterpret everything from the least charitable view to prove I needed it. Of the abilities I miss, I don’t that. I’m sorry you’re still in the thick of it.
Next Week: Steve is in Istanbul and lets cats drink from his bowl of cereal milk. (He had Weetbix.)
I’d prefer he eat Crunchos!
If she likes the body, but doesn't like how she got it, then she should keep both the body, and her newfound self knowledge.
🎵 When retroactively She justifies your spree That's a Moray!
She needs a test drive …
I VOLUNTEER AS TRIBUTE!
it's not a drinking problem, it's an efficient decision making strategy!
"Inhibitions"... Pff! Who needs 'em?
When you buy that dress Unencumbered by the thought process — that’s a Moray!
The question is, what is the return fee since she'll need to return it from cube town?
Isn't this usually a skip day? Not a complaint!
Yeah, I was like, ooh, QC! Then I was all, but it's not supposed to be here. But then I shrugged and was like, ooh, QC!
Own it.
Efficient in this case. Crashing your car into the frat house while drunk is less efficient.
Depends on what you were trying to achieve. If you were thinking the frat house didn't have a big enough door then you kinda nailed it.
Also none of her clothes fit
She can get new clothes!
"Such a decision should be made after months of research, deliberation, second-guessing, contemplation, self-recrimination, third-guessing, and finally solemn commitment!" ^I'm in this picture and I don't like it
I will swear that Jeph has a secret group of people following us and observing us to get ideas for his comics. All of them report to BookBeard.
Woah, a rare Thursday night QC upload!
Possibly due to the lack of a Canadian holiday this weekend?
To be fair, she's right: it does sound more efficient.
feeling good about yourself is okay
“How I Stopped Worrying and Loved My Foolish Butt” an autobiography by Zlata.
expensive butt, from the sound of it 😄
She needs to install a chill software
I'm sure there's no way that could possibly go wrong.
Okay, "efficiency" is a defense of drunken and/or late night purchases that I am totally going to use.
"let's be real, I was gonna do it anyway"
I love retroactive justification, it's kinda a defining feature
I do not like seeing so much of myself in Zlata, it's almost like being called out 🤣
Sometimes a snap decision is the best one, you don't over think it
For sure. Also, most people don't actually make data driven decisions anyway. They make a snap decision and then look for reasons to justify that decision and call it being responsible.