# I don't quite get today's "Questionable Content" strip **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** comic-strips\ **Created:** [April 13, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967 "2010-04-13T17:48:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 105
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2082 "2017-01-26T00:16:39Z")
Dora is the biggest employer in Duckburg…sorry, Northampton…already. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2083 "2017-01-26T00:23:50Z")
On the other hand, since Faye was fired, the banana smoothies just aren’t the same. And Bubbles is just the girlie to get them up to scratch again! (No, I’m not going to link the “banana smoothie” strips; the Archive is a nightmare to navigate. If you’re a new reader, Faye would just hit a banana with a hammer and put it in a cup. It was Emily’s fave drink) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2084 "2017-01-26T00:29:15Z")
Oops. I forgot about the magic of Google. Man, I would be SUCH a shitty wizard. [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2209](http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2209) [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2210](http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2210) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2085 "2017-01-26T01:41:50Z")
Emily’s making the banana smoothies now anyway; Dora had to give her a rubber mallet because she was damaging the counter. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2086 "2017-01-26T13:28:12Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Can’t be. It’s clearly conscious. You do know what a p-zombie is supposed to be, right? ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2087 "2017-01-27T20:09:14Z")
Make sure they never find the body, Bubbles. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2088 "2017-01-27T20:30:28Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Make sure they never find the body, Bubbles. I am sure Faye can use her for parts. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2089 "2017-01-27T20:42:37Z")
So I guess the dragon thing was some sort of malware that CW could use to delete/reset Bubbles’ mind? Except, you know, now it’s gone so that didn’t work out too well. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2090 "2017-01-28T00:30:23Z")
…boring ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2091 "2017-02-09T14:41:50Z")
Apparently a confession obtained through torture is admissible in this world. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2092 "2017-02-09T14:52:38Z")
So, is Jeph using a literal _Deus Ex Machina_ to wrap up the strip? Is the end nigh? ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2093 "2017-02-09T17:33:46Z")
Seems like a bit of a jump from wrapping up one small storyline to wrapping up the entire comic…have there been other hints/indications that QC is ending? ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2094 "2017-02-09T18:08:14Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Apparently a confession obtained through torture is admissible in this world. Clearly all of QC civilization exists at the whim of the SpookyBot/Architeuthis AI. Whatever it says, goes. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2095 "2017-02-15T13:00:49Z")
Perhaps I’m a bit too much of a literalist, but is today’s comic: [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3418](http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3418) saying that the “Uber AI” is everywhere and can take over Bubbles? Or… what? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2096 "2017-02-15T14:07:06Z")
No, just that it is listening in on Station’s convos (which I imagine only makes sense, he did offer to launch targeted orbital strikes, someone like that _needs_ watching) ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2097 "2017-02-15T15:34:30Z")
Station’s point that it had not heard of the unnamed AI authority is scary too, since it implies that the nameless ones assumed this role without any sort of election or consent. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2098 "2017-02-15T16:20:20Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Station’s point that it had not heard of the unnamed AI authority is scary too, since it implies that the nameless ones assumed this role without any sort of election or consent. It’s interesting though that Bubbles [does have some idea what they are](http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3407). Did she hear about it while she was in the military? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2099 "2017-02-15T17:14:45Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Station’s point that it had not heard of the unnamed AI authority is scary too, since it implies that the nameless ones assumed this role without any sort of election or consent. Do children elect or consent to be parented? do pets elect or consent to being owned? Same-same. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2100 "2017-02-15T18:01:56Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Do children elect or consent to be parented? do pets elect or consent to being owned? Same-same. Well, except that the AIs were created by humans and not the other way around. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/2101 "2017-02-15T19:44:37Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Well, except that the AIs were created by humans and not the other way around. What about an AI created by another AI? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967.md?page=104) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967.md?page=106)