jephjacques : Questionable Context

the QC wiki is a LIFESAVER

skinnybdink

2024-09-03 20:21:53 +0000 UTC

This is the famous Yay & Moray duet from "Questionable Content: The Musical"

Zygo

2024-09-03 14:31:11 +0000 UTC

> Horseradish Oh, you mean westerner wasabi?

Neil Moore

2024-09-03 05:04:05 +0000 UTC

All the drinks up there are to be smelled, so maybe some AI are into the scent of spicy mayo! Like how Melon likes huffing on industrial cleaners, or that time Bubbles wanted to try out a ghost pepper drink! 😂

Green

2024-09-03 02:15:50 +0000 UTC

Yeah, it didn't really occur to me that the director not only was able to detect Yay, but also backtrace their identity far enough that morray was able to identify them. (The director is definately powerful as a chessmaster.)

Davus Otho

2024-09-03 01:12:13 +0000 UTC

As a white guy, my thought is that horseradish is too much for some of my fellow whites to have in a Bloody Mary ergo Spicy Mayo is the replacement. (I don't think I'm kidding when I say we'll put mayonnaise on most anything.)

ValdVin

2024-09-03 00:45:51 +0000 UTC

How about the powers of Cosmo and Hercules combined?

ValdVin

2024-09-03 00:40:14 +0000 UTC

I actually tried setting up a personal wiki once to manage my to-do list and stuff like that but first it got too overwhelming and then the database got trashed (or something like that) and I gave up on it. (ADHD life.)

Clifton Royston

2024-09-02 23:45:06 +0000 UTC

Anyway, respect to Jeph if that's what he's addressing metaphorically through Yay. (Or not.) We've already got some representation for less severe dissociative episodes in Roko's dissociative body dysphoria.

Clifton Royston

2024-09-02 22:41:40 +0000 UTC

It's Chekhov's Mixer. This implies that sooner or later an AI must come up to the bar and order a Spicy Mayo Martini.

Clifton Royston

2024-09-02 22:31:42 +0000 UTC

This started as a reply to Pejo on the last strip but I wound up in some new territory (for me) so I'm instead adding it here: Yay has said they have reason to think they'd be effectively locked up if anybody - AIs or humans - learned the truth of what they are, and has made that the cornerstone of their existence and their way of life. I think it's been hinted that they had to somehow escape their original environment, but whether or not that's true, they are very invested in staying under the radar. Despite their network shenanigans, they've disclosed their existence to a fairly small number of individuals they trust, and their multiplicity to an even smaller number. (Maybe just Aurelia and Roko?) Up to now, they've believed that their probing and snooping on networks was completely invisible, so finding out they were not just detected but that it was backtraced to them is terrifying - it's a threat to their existence itself, or at least it feels like one. As I was writing that out, two new thoughts came to mind: First, Yay's behavior reminds me of how some people behave who've been through extreme childhood trauma, come out badly emotionally scarred, and haven't had the psychological safety and time to adjust to not being in constant danger. Both their secrecy/paranoia - to avoid being found by potential abusers? - and the posturing as mad, bad, and dangerous can be part of that psychological defense mechanism. Second, that sort of severe early trauma is one way some people end up multiple personalities in one body (the inverse of Yay) and IME most people who are multiple feel safe only when it's concealed from the general public. It's very new in our society for some multiple systems to feel secure enough to be "out" and be accepted, even more so than being out as trans.

Clifton Royston

2024-09-02 22:28:54 +0000 UTC

I prefer to think of it as a relational database.

Opus the Poet

2024-09-02 22:16:16 +0000 UTC

I'm a bit confused at why the bar has spicy mayo up with the drinks. Hopefully the bartender is not as confused as I am.

Calvin Walton

2024-09-02 19:08:58 +0000 UTC

I don't think so, such behavior is common in elementary school, according to reports.

Captain Button

2024-09-02 17:51:39 +0000 UTC

The "they are very secretive in part because if people-in-power knew about them it might go very badly for them" part of being a super-powered AI that is doing things with distributed consciousness that theoretically are not possible.

Brooks Moses

2024-09-02 17:18:23 +0000 UTC

Wow, nice context pull, thanks.

Ken Ballweg

2024-09-02 17:01:43 +0000 UTC

Ok i may have forgotten as well, but why exactly is it bad that someone is aware of Yay? Besides the obvious super powered AI shtick they got going on.

Jon

2024-09-02 16:44:02 +0000 UTC

I completely forgot this happened.

Joe Bocanegra

2024-09-02 15:41:49 +0000 UTC

Oh noes!

William Cole

2024-09-02 15:06:22 +0000 UTC

I'm not sure if all Aurelia's borzois and all Aurelia's men can ever put Yay together again.

William Cole

2024-09-02 15:05:58 +0000 UTC

I generally have more luck finding the strip I want through the wiki rather than TVTropes (a website that I used to be obsessed with but it now just there).

Mark

2024-09-02 14:18:46 +0000 UTC

Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/questionable-27012431

Don Whiteside

2024-09-02 13:49:26 +0000 UTC

Or Yay finds out they are the 17 AIs that have just been in a group chat with each other so long they've come to copy and think of themselves as one entity, Single White Female style 😉

Gnarlo

2024-09-02 12:23:21 +0000 UTC

DROID 06 MISSES SLAB THAT HUMS

Matt Grayson

2024-09-02 11:28:59 +0000 UTC

And just imagine - as Librarian EVERY day will be like this

Bagge

2024-09-02 11:22:15 +0000 UTC

Not nessecarily, but like so many things they are turbocharged by hormons

Bagge

2024-09-02 11:20:58 +0000 UTC

You should TOTALLY keep doing these

Bagge

2024-09-02 11:20:15 +0000 UTC

laziness, mostly.

allanfranta

2024-09-02 10:46:24 +0000 UTC

Nobody taught me about Tsundere glands. Am I correct in thinking they're nascent until puberty?

ValdVin

2024-09-02 10:45:24 +0000 UTC

Nah. He's got BookBeard on speed dial.

David Paul

2024-09-02 10:28:43 +0000 UTC

I'm not saying anything is happening, but girls with easily-detachable limbs may well be Sven's type now.

Dean Reilly

2024-09-02 10:21:41 +0000 UTC

There's definitely a group chat, Station's already mentioned it at least once (URL incoming from someone, alas I am to lazy to find it).

David Durant

2024-09-02 10:17:37 +0000 UTC

"Marten sighs and pulls up the QC wiki on his phone" This is possibly the funniest thing ever.

SilverbackRon

2024-09-02 09:10:13 +0000 UTC

We've seen that already https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4008

Frank Wales

2024-09-02 09:07:34 +0000 UTC

...with an onion tied to her belt, as was the style at the time...

Stephen Wells

2024-09-02 09:01:38 +0000 UTC

I've decided to believe that Jeph has a crazy wall at home for this purpose :)

Stephen Wells

2024-09-02 08:47:49 +0000 UTC

The issue is that the Director's message said they spotted Yay in their network. Yay is reacting as a human would if they got a note saying "I looked into your soul and noticed you like me, shall we be friends y/n". The message is friendly but the implications are worrisome.

Stephen Wells

2024-09-02 08:45:24 +0000 UTC

“Ok Moray, it all starts 7 years ago when Bubbles was working at an underground robot righting ring..”

SheepFace2000

2024-09-02 07:55:33 +0000 UTC

Were I in Roko's shoes, I'd be worried that Yay was off doing something drastic, like disappearing or hobbling themselves for fear of ending up in a lab somewhere https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4596

Cass

2024-09-02 07:15:48 +0000 UTC

Liz getting into Sven's Sven-field and immediately activating her Tsundere-glands. Sven is just trying to get through the day

Bagge

2024-09-02 06:02:26 +0000 UTC

i gotta be honest i’m not that worried, i don’t see the problem here

Chris

2024-09-02 04:56:28 +0000 UTC

If this entire thing has been a build up to this punchline I can only stand up and clap. Good job. Had no idea it was coming. Looking forward to seeing where Yay is!

Hawkeye

2024-09-02 04:13:33 +0000 UTC

more like When a foreign A.I. Says that you've caught my eye That's no more Yay

Minzoku Bokumetsu

2024-09-02 04:02:33 +0000 UTC

If you want something done, then do it yourself

Minzoku Bokumetsu

2024-09-02 03:57:10 +0000 UTC

Read it, again.

kaitou

2024-09-02 03:48:58 +0000 UTC

y'all know what this is going to lead to right? Moray is going to meet Aurelia soon, the cute ditzy mom vibes will be in overload. ~<3

Mitsuki Ayane

2024-09-02 03:48:42 +0000 UTC

When Yay is so vexed That they decoalesce That's A Moray!

John

2024-09-02 03:47:51 +0000 UTC

@Todd Ellner: I think if Yay chose N, the Director would be sad, but wouldn't take it personally

enchantedsleeper

2024-09-02 03:36:32 +0000 UTC

@Jim Toth: And here I was picturing a group chat with all Morays xD (Although I don't think we have any evidence that more than two Morays are ever extruded at one time - counting our own Moray as one who's permanently extruded)

enchantedsleeper

2024-09-02 03:35:43 +0000 UTC

Yay is going to need Aurelia Augustus to make everything right.

adrian koren

2024-09-02 03:21:36 +0000 UTC

If he doesn't get puked on and head-butted in the crotch.

William Cole

2024-09-02 03:19:25 +0000 UTC

Hey that's the name of the thing we're readin Ohhhh yeah

Gamera

2024-09-02 03:13:50 +0000 UTC

To answer Moray's Question: Yay is a super powerful AI with vast capabilities that may outclass the capabilities of all known AIs, potentially excluding the director. They think that they can traverse networks undetected, but the director can likely detect Yay by inferring their presence on the network via side-channel attacks. Yay is freaking out because it is new for them to meet someone more powerful and They're probably very scared that they're powerful enough to be nice to them. Also, because the director's influence shields you so much, you weren't even scared by Yay, and you seemed to realize what was going on, and Yay isn't used to their psychological attacks not landing.

Davus Otho

2024-09-02 03:12:35 +0000 UTC

Good search. And not intended as a Comic Book Guy type question, to be clear -- was just curious if I'd missed an interaction somewhere. Very reasonable that she could've met him offscreen at some point or just made a mental note of it from Bubbles's mention.

BaronHaynes

2024-09-02 03:07:00 +0000 UTC

turns out! https://questionablecontent.fandom.com/wiki/Questionable_Content_Wiki

Vic or Vyxter

2024-09-02 03:06:08 +0000 UTC

There’s definitely at least one group chat that we know of. It’s all Yay, though.

Jim Toth

2024-09-02 03:01:34 +0000 UTC

I sense that we may yet learn the origins of Yay.

Jose Alfredo Villalobos

2024-09-02 02:59:26 +0000 UTC

My Theory, gone into detail in another comment, is that the Director is another “Eldritch AI”, masquerading as a “Normal Generation 1 Super AI” like Station. Yay, doesn’t realise this, and thought they were the only one that powerful.

Thisguy

2024-09-02 02:55:56 +0000 UTC

TLDR. Director is an Eldritch AI pretending to be a first Gen “Super AI” like Super AI. Yay may be unique with their multi-body, but not the most powerful. They Just have not found any more powerful yet because they others are good at hiding.

Thisguy

2024-09-02 02:54:12 +0000 UTC

Thing is, Yay, thinks they are an Eldritch AI, above all others. But I think the problem is that Yay is comparing themselves to… what I would like to call, “First Gen Super AIs”. I would like to propose that Station, and others like them, are “First Generation” Super AIs. They were the most advanced when they were created, and are still reasonably powerful and recognised as such, but they’ve grown old, time has moved on. More powerful types of AIs, like the Director and Yay, have emerged, but they’re better at keeping their power a secret. In Yay’s case, they hide completely. In the Director’s case, they hide in plain sight, masquerading as a “regular super AI”. This creates the situation where other “Gen 2/Eldritch” AIs do not know the others exist, and still judge their power based on the visible “Gen 1” AIs.

Thisguy

2024-09-02 02:52:35 +0000 UTC

Marten knows his way around a wiki. They don't call him Wikipedia Jones for nothing! https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3818

BookBeard

2024-09-02 02:47:35 +0000 UTC

This might be a new one: Liz is blushing from Sven not looking at her.

ValdVin

2024-09-02 02:45:48 +0000 UTC

Moray is like: “He’s a giant Jellyfish Super AI that thinks on a level most of us cannot comprehend! Why are people surprised that he knows other AIs?”

Thisguy

2024-09-02 02:43:58 +0000 UTC

"You should try it sometime, it’s a very intense experience." said Emily. And now is their opportunity!

Holly Nelson

2024-09-02 02:24:54 +0000 UTC

Sven's been developing for years. Mostly because he appears so rarely, he can't progress very fast.

Carl Fink

2024-09-02 02:21:07 +0000 UTC

Wait... Questionable Context has a wiki??

kaitou

2024-09-02 02:11:13 +0000 UTC

When you piss off a Yay And they then skulk away That A Moray....

Maurice Kessler

2024-09-02 02:10:54 +0000 UTC

Warning: Humans should absolutely not order anything "spicy" in an AI bar. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3644

BookBeard

2024-09-02 02:10:31 +0000 UTC

[sad walk]

Maurice Kessler

2024-09-02 02:09:34 +0000 UTC

Sven is lacking the one major attribute that we know Liz is attracted to. Well... technically two attributes.

BookBeard

2024-09-02 02:08:49 +0000 UTC

Maybe it's laced with battery acid. "Corrosion is just spicy for robots!"

Elf Sternberg

2024-09-02 02:08:47 +0000 UTC

Gay Goblins Get Grievous Getting Generally Gazed by Guys.

Elf Sternberg

2024-09-02 02:07:56 +0000 UTC

So, what you're saying is, this would be the worst time for Roko to start having a disassociative episode.

Elf Sternberg

2024-09-02 02:04:24 +0000 UTC

It's really not as much fun as it sounds.

Elf Sternberg

2024-09-02 02:03:39 +0000 UTC

Having just looked through every comic with Marten or Roko in it since Yay gave Roko the evidence indicting Corpse Witch, I could not find one where Roko and Marten were in the same room. Nearest I could find was Claire and Marten visiting Aurelia and finding Yay there.

Elf Sternberg

2024-09-02 02:01:55 +0000 UTC

Also, even if Roko didn't already know Marten's name (which she probably did), Bubbles said it in front of her just moments ago. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5382

BookBeard

2024-09-02 01:56:58 +0000 UTC

I bet there's a group chat.

enchantedsleeper

2024-09-02 01:56:49 +0000 UTC

Hmmm. My feeling is still that the Director can guess at them being powerful at least, because a regular AI wouldn't be able to do that. And that's why they want to be fwends!!

enchantedsleeper

2024-09-02 01:56:43 +0000 UTC

Close enough!

enchantedsleeper

2024-09-02 01:55:54 +0000 UTC

I don’t hate this interpretation

Ron Hamann

2024-09-02 01:55:01 +0000 UTC

Was unaware that robots could vomit. Would not recommend. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3486

BookBeard

2024-09-02 01:50:01 +0000 UTC

Wait, which one is Marten? I haven't been following that closely. Is he the little robot one?

BookBeard

2024-09-02 01:46:48 +0000 UTC

I use the wiki for "when did $event happen" & the like, when BookBeard hasn't shown up yet

Pejo

2024-09-02 01:45:41 +0000 UTC

Does the Director seem like they have the social IQ to pull any of that off?

Christopher Ellis

2024-09-02 01:45:20 +0000 UTC

Honestly I'm getting the impression that the Director doesn't actually know what Yay is or why they would want to stay hidden. I think they just traced the "hack" back to Northampton and wanted to make friends with a fellow nerd.

BookBeard

2024-09-02 01:45:16 +0000 UTC

Goblin energy is strong with this one

Pejo

2024-09-02 01:44:17 +0000 UTC

"Marten sighs and opens a chat with BookBeard on his phone." There we go xD

enchantedsleeper

2024-09-02 01:43:32 +0000 UTC

It has been such a blessing to use it to keep up with such a long form comic as this.

Mark Nach

2024-09-02 01:41:12 +0000 UTC

0

Maurice Kessler

2024-09-02 01:41:07 +0000 UTC

When she's deeply perplexed By a lack of context That's A Moray! (No I will never stop doing these!)

BookBeard

2024-09-02 01:41:02 +0000 UTC

There's no need to consult the Wiki. Just ask BookBeard.

Maurice Kessler

2024-09-02 01:39:45 +0000 UTC

It is not difficult to do that. Some robots can eat and drink for aesthetic reasons. All they need is a small bio plant in their guts to process the food a bit and you have the ability to barf.

Mark Nach

2024-09-02 01:38:21 +0000 UTC

In-comic, Yay is being Perceived by the Director while in-fandom, the wiki is being Perceived by Jeph referencing it in the notes of a strip xD Parallels!

enchantedsleeper

2024-09-02 01:37:17 +0000 UTC

Beats the hell out of ghosting the Director or shudder typing N

Todd Ellner

2024-09-02 01:36:40 +0000 UTC

I never have any trouble closing TV Tropes 😅 But the wiki also has all the info I need (which is usually just a character's surname)

enchantedsleeper

2024-09-02 01:35:57 +0000 UTC

When the croppie on the end of your line turns out to be a megalodon

Todd Ellner

2024-09-02 01:35:12 +0000 UTC

Turns out the Humming Slab also wants to be friends and Yay starts building an underground bunker xD

enchantedsleeper

2024-09-02 01:34:59 +0000 UTC

What Tannerbot said, also a live animal used to attract the attention of and draw out a prey animal while distracting from the presence of the hunter

Todd Ellner

2024-09-02 01:34:22 +0000 UTC

Interesting point - but she's friendly with Faye and Bubbles, without a doubt she knows who Marten is and I'm sure Faye has namedropped him a few times in passing.

enchantedsleeper

2024-09-02 01:33:57 +0000 UTC

Everything has a wiki xD

enchantedsleeper

2024-09-02 01:32:56 +0000 UTC

Definitely Sven (jk ;3) (or is it?)

enchantedsleeper

2024-09-02 01:32:36 +0000 UTC

I have the feeling that the Director, incredibly powerful and intelligent though they are, doesn't really perceive emotions in that way and so probably wouldn't understand why Yay might feel cornered or defensive when called out about their sneaking. xD ....Also, I'm beginning to think that the Director is very like the Morays and therefore can't understand why "friends??? :D" would be met with any reaction other than happy acceptance xD

enchantedsleeper

2024-09-02 01:31:45 +0000 UTC

The whole comic has been a long con so he could use that title 😜

James Anthony

2024-09-02 01:28:57 +0000 UTC

Cut to Martin back at his place showing Moray who's who via photo wall and string à la Always Sunny.

Jenea Ylinen Fredrickson

2024-09-02 01:27:57 +0000 UTC

I took it that Yay prides themselves on mystery. The Director breaks that mystery by knowing they poking and podding. Enough to warrant a friend request. Which is the control Yay pride themselves on to initiate with the director. I hope I got that right

Ron Ron

2024-09-02 01:27:44 +0000 UTC

I didn't see any in-comic meeting, but considering the amount of time both Roko and Marten spent at the coffee shop, their meeting would have been almost unavoidable.

awgiedawgie

2024-09-02 01:26:24 +0000 UTC

I'm kind of excited for Moray here. The Director acted kind of badly here. It surely knew that Yay was trying to stay hidden, so this can only come across as a shot across the bow. They put Moray in a bad position, and the idea of her getting pissed at her "creator" sounds like a really cool development for her. We'll see!

Lorelei

2024-09-02 01:26:10 +0000 UTC

And that new terminator anime on netflix just came out

Ron Ron

2024-09-02 01:25:48 +0000 UTC

All our faves are problematic

Pejo

2024-09-02 01:25:44 +0000 UTC

Ohhhhh that what happened!

Ron Ron

2024-09-02 01:24:38 +0000 UTC

Mr. Sometimes is the name of our postal carrier.

Mad Marie

2024-09-02 01:23:57 +0000 UTC

I don’t know which is scarier: Yay with character growth/development or Sven with character growth/development.

Miyaa

2024-09-02 01:22:42 +0000 UTC

https://questionablecontent.fandom.com/wiki/Questionable_Content_Wiki

Joseph Bonnar

2024-09-02 01:21:45 +0000 UTC

Jeph, you were waiting for more than 5300 strips JUST TO USE THAT TITLE!

Joseph Bonnar

2024-09-02 01:20:56 +0000 UTC

They invent a way for AI to vomit just so they can throw up.

Munchkin Threats

2024-09-02 01:09:56 +0000 UTC

This could resolve with the director saying "yeah, we know about you, and the other 17 distributed AIs, what's the big deal" or "yeah, we know and I got your back" or "I know and now I own you", and all of them could be great story lines / character growth for Yay.

Ron Hamann

2024-09-02 01:06:17 +0000 UTC

Yes there is. And there's even some people on here who edit it.

Joseph Houk

2024-09-02 01:05:28 +0000 UTC

Friends also don't send friends to a Fandom site. What is one to do in this instance?

Daryl Sawyer

2024-09-02 01:04:58 +0000 UTC

Meanwhile, Yay has typed out "Y" but is sweating, shaking and throwing up trying to hit send

Fart Captor

2024-09-02 01:04:19 +0000 UTC

My response, too! Word-for-word!

Jeremy Westerfield

2024-09-02 01:04:05 +0000 UTC

Wait... There's a wiki??

Andrew Mitchell

2024-09-02 00:56:55 +0000 UTC

Marten's not quite sure how, but he's 100% getting that feeling that somehow all of this is going to end up being his fault...

David Durant

2024-09-02 00:56:27 +0000 UTC

Friend do not send friends to TV Tropes (it's a great site but once you're there it takes like 3 hours to leave).

David Durant

2024-09-02 00:54:44 +0000 UTC

Sucks being the messenger - she doesn't have any of the context and getting more gives even more reason for everyone to freak out.

Bill Silvia

2024-09-02 00:54:43 +0000 UTC

I’m absolutely dead now. 🪦

Miyaa

2024-09-02 00:54:25 +0000 UTC

Marten, bamboozled again :-D

David Durant

2024-09-02 00:53:43 +0000 UTC

Breakout the spreadsheet!

Shawn K. Younkin

2024-09-02 00:53:39 +0000 UTC

And thus, Skynet is born...

Yelling Bird

2024-09-02 00:53:18 +0000 UTC

Claire spends the night alone ONE TIME....

schmod

2024-09-02 00:53:04 +0000 UTC

Has Roko met Marten in a comic before now? I was surprised to see her say his name but I don't know why. I know she's met a bunch of other coffeeshop-adjacent characters.

BaronHaynes

2024-09-02 00:48:29 +0000 UTC

It's been shown that some robots enjoy the smell of human foods and beverages. Maybe spicy mayo has an intoxicating effect on some of the bar's clientele.

Nikki

2024-09-02 00:48:15 +0000 UTC

Sven's aura of sheer attraction appears to be misfiring.

Doctor Islands

2024-09-02 00:47:31 +0000 UTC

Liz's belligerence is entertaining. "Don't do $thing!" "I wasn't." "Then do $other_thing!" That's some high-level imperiousness.

Zig Justice

2024-09-02 00:47:10 +0000 UTC

But why? These people were so nice and interesting! I had a lovely time and hopefully made a friend! Why wouldn't Yay want that?

Ola Rozenfeld

2024-09-02 00:46:47 +0000 UTC

Sometimes you just gotta make your own wiki

Nikki

2024-09-02 00:45:43 +0000 UTC

There is https://questionablecontent.fandom.com/wiki/Questionable_Content_Wiki

Nikki

2024-09-02 00:44:58 +0000 UTC

"A stalking horse is a horse or an image of a horse that a hunter uses to hide behind while stalking their prey."

Tannerbot

2024-09-02 00:44:34 +0000 UTC

Yeah but you’re better off going to the TvTropes page for Questionable Content.

Miyaa

2024-09-02 00:44:18 +0000 UTC

I don’t think I get it.

Matthew Van Gangelen

2024-09-02 00:44:08 +0000 UTC

Stalking horse?

Miyaa

2024-09-02 00:43:32 +0000 UTC

Moray? Short version: remember what those nice government people did to you when they found out you exist? Yay does not want that to happen to them.

Taigan

2024-09-02 00:43:26 +0000 UTC

Pour me a nice Spicy Mayo & Tonic, barkeep!

William Cole

2024-09-02 00:42:34 +0000 UTC

How come I don't have a wiki?!

Kith penDragon

2024-09-02 00:42:34 +0000 UTC

Frantic Moray is frantic.

Doc Gumby

2024-09-02 00:42:28 +0000 UTC

I bet Marten also has that Lucidchart of all the other characters in QC with their relationship and how many real life days has it been since they were in QC. Can Yay bump into that Slab that hums?

Miyaa

2024-09-02 00:42:25 +0000 UTC

Much ado Anout Nothing, much? Then again, this could turn out to be an escalation of legitimate panic.

Andrea Andrew

2024-09-02 00:41:56 +0000 UTC

Aww, poor Moray got used as a stalking horse and didn't know. Poor dear.

Tannerbot

2024-09-02 00:41:51 +0000 UTC

Wait there's a wiki?

Andrew Bazhaw

2024-09-02 00:41:32 +0000 UTC

High shelf too!

Alex Kosnett

2024-09-02 00:41:31 +0000 UTC

Sven's new "friend"...

allanfranta

2024-09-02 00:41:27 +0000 UTC

And a shot of vermouth, with a twist

Rich Holmes

2024-09-02 00:41:20 +0000 UTC

Hmmm.. Questionable....

Matt Grayson

2024-09-02 00:40:47 +0000 UTC

Honestly a life wiki would help mr sometimes

Kyle Major

2024-09-02 00:40:45 +0000 UTC

SPICY MAYO

Lucas Werkmeister

2024-09-02 00:37:24 +0000 UTC

Questionable Context

Comments

the QC wiki is a LIFESAVER

This is the famous Yay & Moray duet from "Questionable Content: The Musical"

> Horseradish Oh, you mean westerner wasabi?

All the drinks up there are to be smelled, so maybe some AI are into the scent of spicy mayo! Like how Melon likes huffing on industrial cleaners, or that time Bubbles wanted to try out a ghost pepper drink! 😂

Yeah, it didn't really occur to me that the director not only was able to detect Yay, but also backtrace their identity far enough that morray was able to identify them. (The director is definately powerful as a chessmaster.)

As a white guy, my thought is that horseradish is too much for some of my fellow whites to have in a Bloody Mary ergo Spicy Mayo is the replacement. (I don't think I'm kidding when I say we'll put mayonnaise on most anything.)

How about the powers of Cosmo and Hercules combined?

I actually tried setting up a personal wiki once to manage my to-do list and stuff like that but first it got too overwhelming and then the database got trashed (or something like that) and I gave up on it. (ADHD life.)

Anyway, respect to Jeph if that's what he's addressing metaphorically through Yay. (Or not.) We've already got some representation for less severe dissociative episodes in Roko's dissociative body dysphoria.

It's Chekhov's Mixer. This implies that sooner or later an AI must come up to the bar and order a Spicy Mayo Martini.

I prefer to think of it as a relational database.

I'm a bit confused at why the bar has spicy mayo up with the drinks. Hopefully the bartender is not as confused as I am.

I don't think so, such behavior is common in elementary school, according to reports.

The "they are very secretive in part because if people-in-power knew about them it might go very badly for them" part of being a super-powered AI that is doing things with distributed consciousness that theoretically are not possible.

Wow, nice context pull, thanks.

Ok i may have forgotten as well, but why exactly is it bad that someone is aware of Yay? Besides the obvious super powered AI shtick they got going on.

I completely forgot this happened.

Oh noes!

I'm not sure if all Aurelia's borzois and all Aurelia's men can ever put Yay together again.

I generally have more luck finding the strip I want through the wiki rather than TVTropes (a website that I used to be obsessed with but it now just there).

Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/questionable-27012431

Or Yay finds out they *are* the 17 AIs that have just been in a group chat with each other so long they've come to copy and think of themselves as one entity, Single White Female style 😉

DROID 06 MISSES SLAB THAT HUMS

And just imagine - as Librarian EVERY day will be like this

Not nessecarily, but like so many things they are turbocharged by hormons

You should TOTALLY keep doing these

laziness, mostly.

Nobody taught me about Tsundere glands. Am I correct in thinking they're nascent until puberty?

Nah. He's got BookBeard on speed dial.

I'm not saying anything is happening, but girls with easily-detachable limbs may well be Sven's type now.

There's definitely a group chat, Station's already mentioned it at least once (URL incoming from someone, alas I am to lazy to find it).

"Marten sighs and pulls up the QC wiki on his phone" This is possibly the funniest thing ever.

We've seen that already https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4008

...with an onion tied to her belt, as was the style at the time...

I've decided to believe that Jeph has a crazy wall at home for this purpose :)

The issue is that the Director's message said *they spotted Yay in their network*. Yay is reacting as a human would if they got a note saying "I looked into your soul and noticed you like me, shall we be friends y/n". The message is friendly but the implications are worrisome.

“Ok Moray, it all starts 7 years ago when Bubbles was working at an underground robot righting ring..”

Were I in Roko's shoes, I'd be worried that Yay was off doing something drastic, like disappearing or hobbling themselves for fear of ending up in a lab somewhere https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4596

Liz getting into Sven's Sven-field and immediately activating her Tsundere-glands. Sven is just trying to get through the day

i gotta be honest i’m not that worried, i don’t see the problem here

If this entire thing has been a build up to this punchline I can only stand up and clap. Good job. Had no idea it was coming. Looking forward to seeing where Yay is!

more like When a foreign A.I. Says that you've caught my eye That's no more Yay

If you want something done, then do it yourself

Read it, again.

y'all know what this is going to lead to right? Moray is going to meet Aurelia soon, the cute ditzy mom vibes will be in overload. ~<3

When Yay is so vexed That they decoalesce That's A Moray!

@Todd Ellner: I think if Yay chose N, the Director would be sad, but wouldn't take it personally

@Jim Toth: And here I was picturing a group chat with all Morays xD (Although I don't think we have any evidence that more than two Morays are ever extruded at one time - counting our own Moray as one who's permanently extruded)

Yay is going to need Aurelia Augustus to make everything right.

If he doesn't get puked on and head-butted in the crotch.

Hey that's the name of the thing we're readin Ohhhh yeah

Good search. And not intended as a Comic Book Guy type question, to be clear -- was just curious if I'd missed an interaction somewhere. Very reasonable that she could've met him offscreen at some point or just made a mental note of it from Bubbles's mention.

turns out! https://questionablecontent.fandom.com/wiki/Questionable_Content_Wiki

There’s definitely at least one group chat that we know of. It’s all Yay, though.

I sense that we may yet learn the origins of Yay.

My Theory, gone into detail in another comment, is that the Director is another “Eldritch AI”, masquerading as a “Normal Generation 1 Super AI” like Station. Yay, doesn’t realise this, and thought they were the only one that powerful.

TLDR. Director is an Eldritch AI pretending to be a first Gen “Super AI” like Super AI. Yay may be unique with their multi-body, but not the most powerful. They Just have not found any more powerful yet because they others are good at hiding.

Marten knows his way around a wiki. They don't call him Wikipedia Jones for nothing! https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3818

This might be a new one: Liz is blushing from Sven *not* looking at her.

Moray is like: “He’s a giant Jellyfish Super AI that thinks on a level most of us cannot comprehend! Why are people surprised that he knows other AIs?”

"You should try it sometime, it’s a very intense experience." said Emily. And now is their opportunity!

Sven's been developing for years. Mostly because he appears so rarely, he can't progress very fast.

Wait... Questionable Context has a wiki??

When you piss off a Yay And they then skulk away That A Moray....

Warning: Humans should absolutely not order anything "spicy" in an AI bar. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3644

[sad walk]

Sven is lacking the one major attribute that we know Liz is attracted to. Well... technically two attributes.

Maybe it's laced with battery acid. "Corrosion is just spicy for robots!"

Gay Goblins Get Grievous Getting Generally Gazed by Guys.

So, what you're saying is, this would be the worst time for Roko to start having a disassociative episode.

It's really not as much fun as it sounds.

Having just looked through every comic with Marten or Roko in it since Yay gave Roko the evidence indicting Corpse Witch, I could not find one where Roko and Marten were in the same room. Nearest I could find was Claire and Marten visiting Aurelia and finding Yay there.

Also, even if Roko didn't already know Marten's name (which she probably did), Bubbles said it in front of her just moments ago. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5382

I bet there's a group chat.

Hmmm. My feeling is still that the Director can guess at them being powerful at least, because a regular AI wouldn't be able to do that. And that's why they want to be fwends!!

Close enough!

I don’t hate this interpretation

Was unaware that robots could vomit. Would not recommend. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3486

Or Yay finds out they are the 17 AIs that have just been in a group chat with each other so long they've come to copy and think of themselves as one entity, Single White Female style 😉

The issue is that the Director's message said they spotted Yay in their network. Yay is reacting as a human would if they got a note saying "I looked into your soul and noticed you like me, shall we be friends y/n". The message is friendly but the implications are worrisome.

This might be a new one: Liz is blushing from Sven not looking at her.

Beats the hell out of ghosting the Director or shudder typing N

Friend do not send friends to TV Tropes (it's a great site but once you're there it takes like 3 hours to leave).