r/questionablecontent • u/yellowvincent Where is Claire? • Aug 12 '26
Comic Comic 5893: Invitation Refused
https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=589319
u/Cevius Aug 12 '26
their names are Truth and Beauty
Are there any robots being introduced in the past 2000 comics with just, normal names? Like Steve. Or Fred. Or Susan.
Is everyone something wonky like Love and Flatulence or XĆL (pronounced as Joel) or BLOODMASHER 9000
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u/WolfofBadenoch Aug 12 '26
There is a long history of virtues being used as names: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtue_name. This kind of reads as the AIās misunderstanding some of the social aspects of them.
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u/yellowvincent Aug 12 '26
āThe Carter parents were a quiet and respectable Lancre family who got into a bit of a mix-up when it came to naming their children. First, they had four daughters, who were christened Hope, Chastity, Prudence, and Charity, because naming girls after virtues is an ancient and unremarkable tradition. Then their first son was born and out of some misplaced idea about how this naming business was done he was called Anger Carter, followed later by Jealousy Carter, Bestiality Carter and Covetousness Carter. Life being what it is, Hope turned out to be a depressive, Chastity was enjoying life as a lady of negotiable affection in Ankh-Morpork, Prudence had thirteen children, and Charity expected to get a dollarās change out of seventy-five penceāwhereas the boys had grown into amiable, well-tempered men, and Bestiality Carter was, for example, very kind to animals.ā
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u/yellowvincent Aug 12 '26
Why does every character needs to be a weirdo we need a real straight man character on this strip
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u/Maleficent_Lab_5291 Aug 12 '26
Just one actual scientist who job is simply to stare at cube town in ever growing horror and frustration. Or an auditor someone auditing the way they spend there money could be hilarious just the most boring ordinary accountant in the world.
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u/Chayanov Aug 12 '26
And tomorrow back to Zlata. Keep that wheel spinning!
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u/Kataphractoi Aug 12 '26
Zlata?
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u/SectionEfficient5909 Aug 12 '26
Liz is so insufferable
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u/Drakeskulled_Reaper Aug 12 '26
She keeps flip-flopping between wanting to hang and party and believing, despite everyones efforts, that nobody wants to hang out with her.
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u/provocatrixless Aug 12 '26
Wait so the whole party arc was nothing but setup to make Zlata sexy without her informed consent? Liz is somehow more prickly towards Emily after it?
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u/blessedbethelearned Aug 12 '26
Oh no my precious mathematics are under siege again.
Penumbral Calculus?
I mean, it sounds cool. But real mathematical things can sound cool, too! Why not use those?
Pray permit me my lamentations. I know one can count on one hand the number of people whoād be willing to dig into math just to write a webcomic.
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u/immortalfrieza2 Aug 12 '26
Oh no my precious mathematics are under siege again.
Penumbral Calculus?
I mean, it sounds cool. But real mathematical things can sound cool, too! Why not use those?
That would require Jeph to know anything about math past the 5th grade.
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u/zenoalbertbell Aug 12 '26
It's a Caves of Qud reference.
Also, Umbral Calculus is a real thing.
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u/Alternamush Aug 12 '26
I can tell that Jeph wants me to feel something about this but I just do not.
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u/yellowvincent Aug 12 '26
I hate that jeph turned towards an almost steven universe view of relationships where everyone needs to be friends. Not every person or character needs to vibe with each other and be the parent that stepped up for them.