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I'm sure there are pods with attached animal living areas. Otherwise it's a business plan waiting to happen
Interesting is that Roko is self aware of the incongruity of an AI/robot having an apartment. Around the time she got her new body, she questioned why she had and wanted a kitchen that she knew she'd never use. I wonder if there are fragments of human "code" in the AI's that draw some to various human mannerisms and traits. Even Bub's internalized "Squee" moment when she thought about Clinton and Eliot seems a too "human" response.
I like to think that "Squee" is a universal constant of every empathetic being.
These two.
One of the realistic aspects of this strip that I really appreciate is the way in which characters can "other" people inappropriately without any ill will at all. Clinton's overexcitement about AI's, and Faye's SIL's academic objectivity, don't come from any kind of disgust or hate, but they can still make AI people seem like things to be admired or studied, rather than people to be respected.
I've met people who can do that to various people as well. If one does it to a group of people who have been the target of othering stemming from or disgust or hate, it tends to not go well. Probably to nobody's surprise.
Haven't we seen Yay's apartment already & they have multiple dogs?
It appears Yay's apartment is in another building, and her friends don't know she's multiply-embodied. She apparently rented the pod in Roko/Elliot's building just to be close to Roko.
I cannot WAIT for Yay & Clinton to meet. I think he might figure out pretty quickly the deal w/ them like no one else has, even to a degree Jeph hasn't revealed to the readers. WILL HE BE EXCITED OR TERRIFIED OMG I had no idea Yay lived (or one body does, at least) in Elliot's building. Anyone have a link to that comic?
https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4183
Yay is listing to this convo through Clinton's robotic hand >_>
And every smartphone, watch, and television as well.
Dear HEAVENS! Is Jeph bringing all his characters together now?
We're due. Yay!
Now I want to see Elliot and Clinton play with Yay's dogs
Yay meets Clinton's mom on a dogwalking trip.
Yay Newfood? O.o
Yeah, Elliot does not know that Yay has multiple bodies, actually has a number of those bodies living in an apartment already (and owns dogs), and just has that body live in the charging pod so it’s close to Roko.... And so it can visit Hercules.
? Why does Elliot think Yay only has a charging pod, when we've seen Yay in their apartment?
The body Yay uses to visit Roko, Melon, and Elliot specifically stays in a pod in the basement. Elliot presumably doesn't know about Yay's whole deal.
Is Clinton drinking beer, or cola.... or cola mixed with beer.
Love how Clinton instantly picked up on Yay's pronoun just from Elliot's usage. Yay for them!
Or Clinton is just used to using "them" ambiguously, since you really can use it for anyone. I'll use a specific pronoun if I'm intimately acquainted with someone, but most of the time I just use "they". And once in a while, it actually works out well. Not long ago, I met someone who appeared and acted female in every possible way, but I happened to overhear them mention to one of their coworkers that they were non-binary, and they preferred to use "they", which I had been using for them all along.
YAY CLINTON AND ELLIOT IN THE MOST INTERESTING POLYCULE *EVER* PLEASE
Now THAT’S an interesting example of a phrase in need of an Oxford comma.
I have such a crush on...Yay.
Elliot is now being retroactively creeped out by Yay.
That body of Yays' (or is itYay's? Gestalts are hard!) gets stored in a charging pod, but they have an apartment all their own and two gorgeous dogs. I also have trouble believing in AI of such magnificent puissance has a standard class battery, and not some sort of radioisotope electrical generator with a 400-year lifespan installed in their instances.
The charging pod is camouflage and an excuse to hang out in that building.
Yay will devour Clinton slowly
Clinton would like it
Good grief Clinton is short.
Though calling him a small mammal is slightly unfair.
Saw the title before any pictures showed, was thinking we'd finally see what Steve has been up to... like eating cereal maybe?
We can always hope.
Yay's hearing all this, aren't they....
Yay hears EVERYTHING.
Oh no. The last thing we need is Yay getting aboard this love icosahedron.
I want Clinton to make a remark that Yay interprets as consent to hack his cyber hand and do weird but mostly harmless things with it.
I wonder if Yay is Familiar is familiar with the Addams Family? I could totally see Yay doing a "thing" with Clinton's hand.
Okay, how much fun will Yay have messing with Clinton's head? He's met Roko, and Melon, oh heavens, Melon. God help him.
Yay wouldn't eat the hamster, just scar it emotionally.
The hamster would laugh at Yay condescendingly.
If Clinton met Yay and understood what they were, he would probably have a heart attack.
They
SMALL MAMMAL WEEEEEEEK
Clinton would fan boy on Yay and it wouldn't end well
I can see yay “possessing” Clinton’s hand. I don’t like what I see
Clinton No
cronch
But more seriously: Yay has multiple bodies, which look to have two hands each. How many animals can they pet before reaching their maximum petting enjoyment threshold? Is there a known upper bound? (Also, "more seriously" was an outright lie. Sorry.)