Shame Currency

noy thinks its strange that these two would be placed in a relationship together, sure may has always been standoffish, and is looking for that new edge all the time, noy kinda feels sven will stoop lower, maybe perhaps, "taste a melon".

So, Sven knew where she worked?

The Karma, she is the BITCH!!! Sven hooked up with a lady who can out-dick him!!!!!!

If I needed a power cord to avoid sudden loss of consciousness I'd probably have it attached to me somehow or at least carry a spare.

Considering that Sven just moved her to the Couch and propped her up, I suspect he would have a reasonable idea as to whether he could piggyback her without self-injury

Given the probably weight of an AI I would argue that giving May a piggy back ride could be bad for Sven's back. My citation is here: https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3572

I'm just surprised that, with all the noise May makes, the charger plugs in her -ear-

I know May is being all awkward and kind of putting her foot in her mouth in this page, but I feel like this all could easily lead to Sven offering to buy May a body that isn't falling the fuck apart. Not, like, right away, mind, but if we see more of these two in the coming pages. And it could be in the context of friends as opposed to a... booty call... sugar daddy type of situation. XD Like, Dale makes enough in his seventeen jobs to get by, but Sven kind of has fuck you money. Wouldn't have to be anything top of the line, but you know, like, the standard Regular Girl™ would be a massive improvement over her current situation. Especially considering his "try to be a better person" arch.

QC has opened a new chapter of human-AI sexual interaction. I’m still making up my mind about the morality of this. Virginia’s anti-miscegenation laws were struck down with respect race as being unconstitutional. ( Loving v Virginia) But would they still apply in the case of human and AI relationships? What is the law with respect to human-AI couples. If one dies does the other inherit? And what about custody of the children? CHILDREN!! So many questions.

Yet another reason they should have just standardized on USB-C

so, someone who has had multiple interactions with AI people..would have a variety of chargers in the nightstand?

I think Sven's only problem here is not reading the room. I feel like his piggy-back offer was joking-but-legit -- IE, he wasn't going to literally give her a piggy-back ride, but maybe walk her home or call her a cab or something. Problem is, he didn't pick up on how super-vulnerable May was feeling. May lashed out, which was rude but I'm giving her a pass because: vulnerable.

While I do not see this as long term viable, it will certainly provide some growth opportunities for both...

I kinda hope they wind up together. They both seem like the kick in the ass they need.

It's funny how they both are emotionally immature persons, who adopted asshole-ish personality front to cope with own insecurities, and at the same time they come from an opposite ends of spectrum. Sven always had everything too easy for him, becoming a borderline narcissist until the Faye fiasco set him on the path of (some) introspection. May, on the other hand, never got what she wanted, and is just coping with the really shitty hand life had dealt to her. Beauty of their interaction is that they both are capable and willing to talk and listen - so they can on one hand look at their own assholishness from the other's perspective, and on the other hand - appreciate totally different experience of "world of plenty / world of scraps". This is probably one of the most interesting arcs since Faye/Bubbles.

What did we have to do with it!?

Man, I get that May's embarrassed about her body's capabilities (or lack thereof), and just tweaking to the fact that there may be social repercussions for her actions, but that was an unnecessarily cruel thing to say to someone trying to help her. For someone so insistent that "don't be a dick to the person you're hooking up with" is easy, she sure hasn't 100%ed that skill herself.

Aww, that's harsh.

I think may needs to get a new battery

Shame Orb Approved.

Sven, great job of getting the cable for her and explaining right away how you got it; but when she's feeling vulnerable and just told you she needs stay in a vulnerable situation for yet some time, you say "OK, I won't disturb you" and get the fuck out. You DON'T engage in sexy banter when her top priority is to be able to stay conscious for the next hour*. *) Come to think of it, that's good advice in general.

Damn, Sven got shut down. I think he might need a charging cable now.

Well, that was easy. At least they didn't feed the drama llamas. And, Sven didn't find out that her body is actually popular with the toaster tuner community in Japan. They have upgrade kits!

I'm guessing she doesn't want Dale to find out cause he works with Dora and with his lack of social skills would let it slip out and tell Dora and maybe May doesn't want her to know

There's an Orb for that...

He might have given her a piggyback ride last night. That's why she doesn't trust him.

May has a sort of inverted shame threshold: she’s fine with being thought of as crude, obnoxious or degenerate, but very skittish about showing any softer emotions.

I like how May was all "Oh, it should be easy and straightforward for humans to matter-of-factly declare their desires to slam and then slam" and is now like "I can no longer do the simple act of arriving at my domicile with a man because of the complicated social shame mechanics that would result!" Not so easy as you thought, is it May?! I think this is why the master-level artilects have the new ones spend time among the humans in human-like bodies- it builds a lot of empathy via experience.

I'm kinda surprised to learn May actually feels any shame about that. Is she actually shy about sex, or just embarrassed about fucking Sven?

I was so afraid she would forget.

So do you have to black out the partial left tit for google?

It's funny how everyone in the comments was overthinking what Sven should do, while he just went with the simplest solution.

Enter: Sven's intern! (Actually I'm sure she's gone, but it could be funny.)

Shit, Momo would get mad since Sven is her crush

Christ pissing on the cross is a new phrase to add to my lexicon

That was really nice of Sven! I also doubt Dale would make fun of her. Hell, he'd probably high five her for it! That man loves sex!

I’m interested to see where this goes. It could be awhile before they get together, though.

Sven, you idiot! Piggybacking is reserved for the fifth date/sex try!

The honesty of May hahha.

Oh Sven, never change