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I thought we had a thread for Questionable Content before, but I can't seem to find it.

Anyway, I just needed to say that today's comic bummed me out, as it did its creator. I hope Faye doesn't go through with it. There's a pretty good chance she'll have a change of heart, I think. Sven definitely needs some comeuppance - karma still needs to bite him for that time he kicked Marten out the bathroom to deal with his date. What a jackdouche.

Edited by wingedcatgirl on Nov 5th 2025 at 3:25:39 PM

MrMallard Since: Oct, 2010
#15677: Mar 3rd 2016 at 8:58:33 PM

I like that the option of Momo's old chassis was addressed.

I hope this doesn't snowball into May doing anything legitimately illegal, I don't want her getting carted back to Robot Jail for going too far with the fightin' robutts after getting her chassis repaired.

CEOIII C-E-O-3, H-N-I-C from Franklin, PA Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: In my bunk
C-E-O-3, H-N-I-C
#15678: Mar 3rd 2016 at 10:33:59 PM

COMIC!!

Dude, post a link to the new comic before you talk about the new comic.

I'm Charlie Owens, good night and good luck. PSNID: CEOIII 1117
MrMallard Since: Oct, 2010
#15679: Mar 3rd 2016 at 11:53:40 PM

Oh crap, sorry. I thought the link above my post was the link to today's comic.

BaronPraxis (Veteran)
#15680: Mar 4th 2016 at 8:15:08 AM

I just noticed the little text on the bottom right corner of the comic.

phantom1 Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#15681: Mar 4th 2016 at 10:46:17 AM

"In some states a parole violations to associate "with evil men"' well she should be fine then as Faye is a woman tongue pointing out semantics of the law not being gender neutral counts as defence right? tongue

edited 4th Mar '16 10:47:34 AM by phantom1

Pyrarson Everybody's dead, Dave. from NaN Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Hugging my pillow
Everybody's dead, Dave.
#15682: Mar 4th 2016 at 9:46:20 PM

Oh, I get it! Faye's gonna fix her.

H.B. Ward
CEOIII C-E-O-3, H-N-I-C from Franklin, PA Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: In my bunk
C-E-O-3, H-N-I-C
#15683: Mar 4th 2016 at 10:31:20 PM

.....what did you think was gonna happen?

I'm Charlie Owens, good night and good luck. PSNID: CEOIII 1117
Pyrarson Everybody's dead, Dave. from NaN Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Hugging my pillow
Everybody's dead, Dave.
#15684: Mar 5th 2016 at 1:36:09 AM

[up] I honestly had no idea at the time. Seems obvious now.

It also seems obvious to me that this will end with policebot trouble if the characters act stupid.

H.B. Ward
ZeroPoint Since: Feb, 2013
#15685: Mar 5th 2016 at 2:33:23 AM

I have zero sympathy for May. While I agree that the justice system has problems (especially regarding people who do nothing wrong, i.e. do drugs), May is a CRIMINAL. She is a THIEF. I do not understand why we are supposed to empathize with someone who stole money for her own selfish desires.

Adannor (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
ZeroPoint Since: Feb, 2013
#15687: Mar 5th 2016 at 2:43:46 AM

Actions have long reaching consequences. We should not just assume that just because some arbitrary time has passed, that what you have done has been forgotten.

As a matter of fact, this bugs me as well: WHY exactly make robots that are sentient? If it was an accident, why KEEP making them? Machines are supposed to aid humanity, have them become criminals defeats the entire point. The Earth is overpopulated enough so have more potential resource drains on the world seems entirely useless.

Iaculus Pronounced YAK-you-luss from England Since: May, 2010
Pronounced YAK-you-luss
#15688: Mar 5th 2016 at 3:31:33 AM

The whole point of a limited-term sentence is that by the time you release the criminal, they won't want to commit the crime in question again. That generally involves a bit of rehabilitation-work, not just dumping them out on the streets once they're done with no money and a body that's literally falling apart.

Kind of difficult to renounce a life of crime when you've got zero non-criminal options once you're out again.

On why you'd want to make sapient robots - well, a person has far more potential in a billion different areas than a machine. Sometimes that potential goes bad (i.e., they become criminals), but sometimes it goes very, very good. Like, say, you create a warbot, they serve their term abroad, and then they come back and become a gifted politician, or the world's greatest chef. You're focusing way too much on the negatives here.

edited 5th Mar '16 3:37:19 AM by Iaculus

What's precedent ever done for us?
Ninety Absolutely no relation to NLK from Land of Quakes and Hills Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: In Spades with myself
Absolutely no relation to NLK
#15689: Mar 5th 2016 at 3:37:48 AM

Remind me not to put you in charge of the penal system when I'm emperor of the world, Zero.

Dopants: He meant what he said and he said what he meant, a Ninety is faithful 100%.
Elfive (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#15690: Mar 5th 2016 at 4:25:49 AM

The first AI wasn't an accident. That's not the sort of thing that happens by accident.

I mean, we don't even know where May stole the money from, but that much probably belonged to a very rich individual who wasn't going to use it anyway.

CivetCat Since: Feb, 2013
#15691: Mar 5th 2016 at 12:53:01 PM

May WAS a thief. May IS a convenience store clerk following the rules and paying her way. Isn't that the outcome we want? Shouldn't we support her reform?

If you think convicts should be tossed in the garbage, I refer you to Matthew 25:36.

If you're consumed with the need for continued consequences for her poor impulse control, reflect that a world of potential careers is now closed to her and she may not even be allowed to vote.

The most selfish view, considering only public safety, is that society is better off with May on the right side of the law.

ch00beh ??? from Who Knows Where Since: Jul, 2010
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#15692: Mar 5th 2016 at 1:22:12 PM

all crimes are punishable by death. hangings will continue until morale improves.

"Never let the truth get in the way of a good story." Twitter
Pyrarson Everybody's dead, Dave. from NaN Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Hugging my pillow
Everybody's dead, Dave.
#15693: Mar 5th 2016 at 1:37:39 PM

Wow, talk about Lawful Evil...

H.B. Ward
MrMallard Since: Oct, 2010
#15694: Mar 5th 2016 at 4:38:39 PM

I'm personally very optimistic about the concept of artificially created sentience, I mean most of the first world would go "Oh no dis is liek da terminator!! Computers cant feel feelings and will kill us!!!" and that would hinder the process of establishing and exploring the field of sentient AI, and there is a very real risk of a true artificial intelligence being a thief and wannabe fighter jet like May. But imagine living alongside a fully aware race of intelligent humanoids created by mankind. That would be indescribably awesome imo.

And while I do think May was a criminal jerk to land herself in jail, she's been attending court-mandated meetings and making friends - vitriolic or not - since getting out of jail, and staying out of trouble. Shaming someone for being a former criminal when they're genuinely turning themselves around, working a crappy job and following the rules of society rather than relapsing into criminal behavior that benefits them significantly more, is kinda jerky. Labelling someone a criminal for life is a self-fulfilling prophecy - can't work, kept at arm's length by everyone due to perceived dishonesty and/or violent behavior, and eventually giving up on being a good apple and becoming a full-time career criminal because it's the only path left to take.

Also, about sentient robots using up precious resources - so do babies. Selfish babies, who can't even hold down a job.

edited 5th Mar '16 4:41:29 PM by MrMallard

CivetCat Since: Feb, 2013
#15695: Mar 5th 2016 at 5:06:59 PM

"To see ourselves as others see us"...

It would be worth a lot of money and work to have a different species of intelligent life to offer their perspectives on Homo Sapiens.

FuzzyBoots from Outlying borough of Pittsburgh (there's a lot of Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
#15696: Mar 5th 2016 at 8:46:17 PM

I agree on the need to allow people who've served their sentence to move on. It's a major issue in our culture. I know friends who struggle to find work due to a conviction years ago. I know another guy who regularly gets rousted from his home and forced to move because the churches and schools in the area shifted their location (sex offender conviction). They're both good people who are trying to get their life back together, but society keeps telling them that they're worthless for honest work with this undercurrent that the illegal work has no such restrictions.

BaronPraxis (Veteran)
#15697: Mar 6th 2016 at 8:59:40 AM

[up]Probably because as a society we're for punishment and against reformation. Sadly.

CivetCat Since: Feb, 2013
#15698: Mar 6th 2016 at 12:43:30 PM

Which is a radical departure from traditional ideas, under which prisons were "reformatories", "penitentiaries", or "correctional institutions".

Spindriver Fanatical Dabbler from UK Since: Apr, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Fanatical Dabbler
#15699: Mar 6th 2016 at 2:50:10 PM

As so often, "traditional" there means basically "Victorian invention" - which is where we get a lot of our ideas, good and bad...

= Spindriver =
Elfive (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#15700: Mar 6th 2016 at 2:54:21 PM

All in all I think this is one of their better ones.


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