Post "In Which Bubbles Is Funny" by "jephjacques"

enchantedsleeper

Yeah, that's where the various "dang" jokes have been coming from.

enchantedsleeper

I think the only uncertainty is really how many times she namedropped them.

enchantedsleeper

@BookBeard I do think Nelson would be impressed by Anh here xD

enchantedsleeper

I'm imagining it like that one lady who speaks for the Board in Severance. *earpiece noises* "Your father is very displeased with how you've acted."

Elf Sternberg

I'm reminded of an episode of Bill the Galactic Hero, in which Bill works for a cyberwarfare group. He discovers that the military considers memory and wallpapers too expensive, so his experience of cyberspace is shades of stippled grey. But worst of all, his instructor says, "Implants? In your brain? Hell no. The brain can't take direct interface like that. It'd short out your neurons! You need to buffer the signal, the human body is a great buffer! That's why you get into that chair and you insert your suppositrode, soldier!"

Bill Silvia

Or at least dad's assistant!

Kuragari

This is definitely one of my favorites.

Steve

Now I'm having flashbacks to when they left Sam alone!

BookBeard

TheNobleFedora has already posted three videos about it.

Yelling Bird

Totally escaped me then. :)

Miyaa

The worst part that was how I learned about sex from the doctor after surgery, explaining about some internal body part I had never heard of as an 8 year old. Never learned about sex from my parents.

Lucas Werkmeister

I for one am excited to see Rationalist_Glenn's take on the Anh Dang Futurelife controversy tomorrow

Carrie

My mental trauma from physical horrible got better after I got my bits changed to the ones I always wanted. I'm sorry you probably can't get that level of healing from the extreme ugh.

Joe

we need more funny Bubbles!! more Fubbles!!

Simon Green

Do AIs even *need* suppositories?

Stephen Wells

God yes, she's adorable :)

Miyaa

And you wrote “Anh” correctly, so bonus points from @MadMarie !

Miyaa

We need more business suit Roko Basilisk.

Halloween Jack

Sadly there's already something called Naughty Robot, otherwise a really amazing merch tie-in for Bubbles would be possible.

Solomon Garland

(Someone has probably made this joke already but damned if I’m reading every single comment from the past week and a half)

Solomon Garland

So if she’s not actually getting paid for her work at UR, does that make her Anhemployed?

Some Ed

Or somebody in the comment recognizes the background in her video and name drops it.

BookBeard

Technically, both heir and heiress can refer to one who has the right of inheritance, even if they have not yet inherited.

Cole Blackblood

I fucking adore that Bubbles has gotten comfy enough to make comments like this. Also Anh may have just set off the next disaster. Possibly leading to being dropped by her family, if not getting her dad fired, going by how things have gone so far.

BookBeard

You're a loose cannon Anh Dang, but Anh Dangit you get results! https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4779

Bitter Magic

Bubbles and Faye are so busy being cute and/or sexy that they've left Anh unattended for more than thirty seconds!

David Durant

Thanks for the prompt Rich. Sat down and re-read the whole thing. Still great.

Phil_M

I’d say this is all consistently in character.

Stephen Wells

No evidence yet of any such technology at mood coffee - we've seen a kettle, a fridge and a pot of cold brew...

Phil_M

Not if it’s deliberate? I mean, Anh isn’t the first heiress to call out her parent’s corporate shenanigans.

Claudia D.

Actually, unless her folks are dead she’s not technically Anh "heiress", she just a rich kid (for now…)

R. Francis Smith

Elf: Yeah, same. (Also, _the_ Elf Sternberg? I'm a Usenet veteran...)

Miyaa

Reminds me of an ISIHAC definition of a testicle as a “first attempt at making a coracle.”

Miyaa

Are we sure even now that Marten knows how to run an espresso machine?

Opus the Poet

You'll be dead long before you know you are injured.

Opus the Poet

Lots of beating and banging going on?

Opus the Poet

Indeed, she shows a much improved sense of self.

Opus the Poet

Yes.

Magic Chopstick Games

Lest we forget the dreaded Pop Quizicle 😬

Magic Chopstick Games

The neighboring businesses all marvel at just how much heavy restoration work they do at Union Robotics, judging by the sound of it

Rich Holmes

For "this comic" there is https://questionablextensions.net/

Graydon Armstrong

Or just ghosted. Office Spaced. “We fixed the glitch. So she won't be receiving Anh allowance anymore, so it'll just work itself out naturally.”

Rich Holmes

As she said in https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5431

Graydon Armstrong

She'd be like a mantis shrimp.

Graydon Armstrong

I'm not sure how important the flavour is, versus getting to have the cold container in your lap.

Graydon Armstrong

Between the Ellicot-Chathams, Yay (who I'd like to believe would resurface if their friends were in danger), and Bubbles's righteous fury that would ensue if anyone tried to separate her from Faye, I think they're safe enough.

Matthew DeVries

This kills the scrotum

Stephen Wells

Roko and Anh bonding over "ill-advised callout video notoriety" :)

Stephen Wells

Does it count as a "Ratner" if you do it to your parents' company rather than literally your own?

Dissociated Women Incorporated

Bubs is a squirter?

Lorelei

Exactly.

Anders Rapp

Ahn Dang? Dang? Daaaaaang...

Darius Jenai

$5 says Anh dropped Union Robotics name somewhere in the callout video too.

enchantedsleeper

That's definitely a failgirl move, but maybe not a *toxic* failgirl move

enchantedsleeper

Unfortunately, this means she'll probably be on the sofa for the foreseeable future 😅

enchantedsleeper

At least she'll get a conversation with her dad, now!

Some Ed

Her unit was lost. It's possible she had some friends outside her unit.

Some Ed

How many hours since they opened the shop in which they had no customers to take care of and nothing else to do?

Some Ed

What I do to find such relevant links is write one line summaries of every update with the update number as the first word. I can then use a program like grep to find stuff like that. Having said that, maintaining that takes a lot of time. So much that I could only do it for one comic. Past tense because I don't even have time for that one comic anymore. This wasn't that comic. This was the second comic I tried to do that with. I didn't even get to update 1000 before I realized I couldn't manage it. Well, OK, I did try to do more involved with that, because I also wanted one of those summaries for every character for every update they were in, spoke in, or were mentioned in, with codes to indicate which of those three happened. Just one character, so seven total options.

SpookyPenguin

Oh MY

Some Ed

What do you mean, her allowance as a heiress? She's not a heiress. I mean, not anymore.

BaronHaynes

I think she means it! She hasn't fully absorbed all the little ways it will affect her life and the level of comfort she's used to, but she seems to adjust and reaffirm each time. So far, anyway.

BookBeard

I think those might be the only two with Bubbles, but off the top of my head we have also had "In Which Liz Is Skeptical" and "In Which Clinton Is Clinton". https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5118 https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5310 I feel like there's another one I'm forgetting. Perhaps it'll come to me later.

Brad Kirkwood

oh Anh, you're going to make things worse for yourself Not sure if she didn't think it through or if she is genuinely prepared to bugger up her inheritance to try to do good

legobil

Bubbles, that has to be a hat trick in dirty jokes. Score.

Andrew

I can promise, this won’t hurt a bit.

Yelling Bird

Wait, so her name is Anh Dang? I like it. :)

BobC

Is that innuendo from Bubbles? If so, I've had it wrong all this time. Thought it was an Italian suppository.

Blair Finkmoore

You've come remarkably far Bubs <3

Not that Patrick Foltz

Emergency Faye

Sparky

It’s sweet. Now, we have to find out if love is on target. I can’t imagine sweet sailing

SilverbackRon

Its funny, I was just reading a page titled "In Which Bubbles Is Rude" from like seven years ago. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3889 I wonder how many strips there have been titled "In Which Bubbles Is..."

Clifton Royston

My goodness, Bubbles has changed quite a bit!

Michael Steamweed

Good thing he already has descendants. Because he ain't having no more.

Michael Steamweed

It's fine. It's all fine.

Byron Wright

I never thought I'd see the day. I comic in which Faye is responsible and Bubbles won't stop making innuendos. Martin come home.

BookBeard

True, Bubbles certainly does enjoy dem tea teas.

Michael Steamweed

And, remember, this is for posterity. Be honest.

Michael Steamweed

I'm uncertain about the bit about Bubbles's old unit, but I, too, am thinking the video goes viral.

adrian koren

When I got to the third panel, I had to go make myself some tea so I could do a proper spit-take.

Michael Steamweed

I continue to be both amazed that you can find such relevant links and grateful that you do so. :D

Michael Steamweed

Perhaps it goes viral for exactly that reason. :O

Michael Steamweed

Bubbles/Faye flirting is a joy that must be protected.

Minzoku Bokumetsu

That's the "Why, Bubbles, I've never seen THIS side of you before...!" look =3

Michael Steamweed

Why, Bubbles! I did not know you had that in you! (Bubbles says, "That is because it was not in me, but in--") ((Faye quickly stops her))

Smashy smashy

Impending disanheritance in 3... 2...

Elf Sternberg

[Manfully sits on his hands and does NOT point out his red handkerchief collection.]

Elf Sternberg

Pretty sure that's why the "Bubbles" in the last panel is written in that "I can't believe you're going there and God I want to take you home right now" way.

Brendan Luster

it will all be jokes that only Faye laughs at. next show sells out

Brendan Luster

I would like to hear the owner of that support request rephrase it for their boss...

Jeff Brown

So what’s that video going to do to her allowance as heiress?

David Durant

Underated comment

R. Francis Smith

That right there is the dream

Sean Kinlin

My headcanon is that Faye can't stop laughing, but is also turned on by the topic, and Bubbles manages to bring her to orgasm simply by continuing the jokes.

Sean Kinlin

And Bubbles would make sure they were his final examicles.

Sean Kinlin

How many weeks since they opened the shop?

William Cole

How many days have passed since they opened the shop?

William Cole

But less fun for everyone involved.

Ron Braithwaite

Has it been THAT long? Damn.

William Cole

Oof. You definitely deserve ALL the ice cream.

Sean Kinlin

@Amelia: To a T.

R. Francis Smith

This may say something about my approach to sexy time...

Ragtime

I think its more of an embarrassed/amused expression.

Ailadi

*makes Miyaa a bowl of slightly melted chocolate ice cream with fluffy whip cream on top, offers shyly**

R. Francis Smith

If Faye isn't at "wait no this is actually hot" by panel 5 then I have very much misunderstood the expression.

Taigan

Well, it’s clear what bubbles has on her mind.

Ashley Thomas

i love this. bubbles is the best. and I'm actually proud of anh here, but i think she should have cleaned up her face before posting. she will be taken more seriously if she looks put together.

neelfirst

Yo dark character twist what if Anh is just switching up her life for the clicks and she is still totally vapid all along

Rich Holmes

Wow, Alice Grove was ten years ago!

Yenni Desroches

Omg how much could be heard in the recording o.O

BookBeard

Plot twist: Bubbles plays right into Mr. Dang's hands when it is revealed that he was the one who posted the ad looking for someone to "murder his balls". https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2906

BookBeard

True, but on the other hand it might just land her a gig at the AI rights org. She'll fit right in. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4776

Call me Ishmael.

-because this is *really* going to hurt...

Mad Marie

Testicles are way overrated. I mean, they're certainly more important than Quizicles, but definitely less impressive than Examicles.

Rich Holmes

In 5525 she says "I'm on a strict allowance" (not "I was...") and "I don't have enough money until next month" (implying *some* source of income). I don't think she was disowned and cut off. Until now.

alphanor

That sounds pretty fatal to me.

Graydon Armstrong

Note: I'm not saying don't do it, but damn, think it through first!

alphanor

And her father is going to be greatly inconvenienced (deservedly)!

Doc Gumby

OMG a horny, funny Bubbles! Yes! (I was about to cheer 'Yay!' but then I remembered.)

Simon Green

That's what Faye said

Elf Sternberg

That's ADORABLE. Such a perfect bit of character growth from the "Indeed. It is... like fuck." (Faye: "Oh, god, don't say it, it sounds weird when you say it!") On the other pseudopod, it's nice to see Bubbles's instinct for interpersonal violence is still working when justice is called for.

Alcaria Swain

Okay, place your bets. How many times (or how often) do you think Faye and Bubbles have hooked up in the garage?

Daryl Sawyer

Ahn's dad may be powerful, but they also have powerful friends.

Logan Nix

oh my god 😂 this can only go so well

Amelia Lewis

Does Bubbles like two teas, Sean?

Daryl Sawyer

I think she was already disowned and cut off. That's why she's here.

Mad Marie

Now, sir: I advise you to hold very still.

Daryl Sawyer

I think her unit was totally lost. TPK.

Logan Nix

@Captain Button, nah, the QC universe does not have our current real world political shotstorm

Captain Button

"Also, Futurelife rollcages don't."

R L

10 says that's exactly what happens.

R L

On one side. On the other she probably just got a HELL of a following and she's discovering something called morals.

Diptych

Some Bubbles once told me that she was gonna roll Faye; I Anh't the sharpest tool in the shed...

R L

Oh my gods Bubbles

Zak Reichle

That testicle punch will play out very much like Faye putting her fist through Moray

Creeperkry

Speculation time. The video goes viral, the shop gets an uptick in traffic, but Faye is shouting "Bubbles!" in the background, and this somehow reaches one of Bubbles' old army buddies, and maybe that's how Bubbles reconnects with her past a little. I'm probably overthinking this.

Mad Marie

What if it were more like a small-caliber railgun strike?

Captain Button

Yes but it will be closed because Faye was been deported and Bubbles has been recalled to active duty and stationed in Greenland.

Miyaa

I’ve had one of my testicles rupture. It was way more painful than the double hernia I had at the same time. Would not want another man have his balls punched by Bubbles.

Sean Brannon

Jeff's right, a punch to the testicles from Bubbles would probably literally explode the guy XD

KiTA

Aaand the spoiled clueless rich kid just got herself disowned and cut off. For twitter clout. Absolutely believable.

Mad Marie

Of course not! (whistles) Anh

Miyaa

Having had a testicle rupture, I will assure you that Bubble punching the CEO of Dang Technology would be the most painful thing ever, even more painful than having a colonoscopy without anesthesia. Now if you will excuse, my childhood trauma needs ice cream now. He prefers chocolate ice cream.

Greg Matyola

And probably someone’s kink?

SheepFace2000

Fucks sake Anh why do you have to do something redeeming. Why can’t you just continue to be thoroughly unlikeable. God damn Jeph writing damn nuanced characters god damnit >:p

Dean Reilly

Will the approaching social media storm attract customers to the shop, though?

Jared Cyr

You ever see a testicle come apart like that?

Dean Reilly

It's a phone microphone, designed to pick up nearby sounds and mute background. Unless Faye and Bubbles were shouting at the tops of their voices, they're probably fine.

Rich Holmes

It's called Faye

Maurice Kessler

Welp, that'll certainly get Anh disowned.

Scott

This may be the best single strip that Jeph has ever produced. O.M.G. We need posters, tshirts, coffee mugs, water bottles, etc.

Egos

I'm invisioning either a sniper elite testicle shot or she spot welds his balls to his thigh

That Blair Guy

I’m not sure which way I want that to go. Embarrassing for Faye and Bubble; but potential for hilarity? Or to lure Yay out of hiding? it would definitely turn life upside down for Faye and Bubbles though. Of course, that’s could happen regardless depending on how many followers Anh has…..

BookBeard

It might not be fatal, but you'll wish it was.

Not that Patrick Foltz

I am dead

Magic Chopstick Games

Aaaaall of it

BookBeard

Six months later, he is finally released from the hospital.

Sean Kinlin

I mean, it might not be fatal, but it would obliterate the pelvis and multiple organs. ☹️

ValdVin

You hope for what you want, and I'll hope for what I want.

Sean Kinlin

When Bubbles actually meets Mr. Dang, she shows some restraint, and only flicks his testicles with one finger.

Rich Holmes

Đặng!

Felis Obscurus

Well, can you blame her? (:

Phaine Of Catz

That is literally a military grade fist

Rich Holmes

You mean like impulsively doing something that gets her cut off from her allowance *before* securing the alternate source of income she'll need for food and housing?

Aerin Moriarty

Oh I hope Faye and Bubbles convo isn't in that video lolol

David Durant

I'm trying to imagine the effect of a testicle punch from someone who can literally lift a tank. Like the orbital pizza delivery but in reverse!

Brendan Luster

doze nutZ

Sean Kinlin

Bubbles may have an attachment for that.

Diptych

They could play I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles at their wedding.

Pejo

oh my GOD Bubbles 😂 also hell yeah Anh

Ben R

ok, I'm sure I already am being manipulated

BookBeard

Turnabout is fair play, Faye. But don't worry, Anh isn't polite company. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3896

ValdVin

The Fayces in this one are an escalation of glee. Haven't seen her like this for quite some time.

Ben R

It would seem that Bubbles has a deep knowledge of how to handle Faye. It gives me a growing apprehension about AI. I will NOT be manipulated!

Sean Kinlin

She sounds like she might want to roll Faye.

Simon Green

Something something Faye is blowing Bubbles in the other room

I am a Banana

I was thinking along similar lines. Let’s see what happens.

Sean Kinlin

"Notice me now, Daddy?"

Ben R

it's just bubbling out

Lorelei

Faye accounts for the rage, Pintsize the target.

Sean Kinlin

Bubbles is a tease who likes teas.

The World Famous Chocomerican

Please more of this banter. Like an extended comic continuing just this.

Grace Kieser

Bubbles has come a long way from the lady hiding in her literally armored shell!

Ailadi

Hehehehe

Lorelei

i love anh but she needs to do something else bad ASAP or she's going to lose toxic failgirl cred.

JMK

Fight the man, Anh! Power to the peo...er robots!

ValdVin

Something's just been building up inside Bubbles for months.

Kyle Sternquist

I'm putting this more on constant exposure to Pintsize over Faye's influence Either that, or Butts disease has advanced to full-blown entendritis. Or maybe they're comorbidities? I'm no chemist