Hair We Go Again

Jim Feldman

How many "Becky" HR departments are there out there? Ours is little more than an IVR with recordings

Rodrigo Ourcilleon

Please dont ruin Momo’s hair. Her style is perfect for her!

James Dore

Oh, Roko... *hug*

Ruth Merriam

Cranky Roko is seriously adorable.

Aaron Schulz

Man I missed Melon and Roko.

Cole Blackblood

Basically, an employer can fire you without any real good reason, and just label it as "this isn't working out" or the like. And unless you have proof of discrimination, you can't fight it.

Ísabel Pirsic

I looked up „At-will employment“ on Wikipedia and there‘s barely an equivalent entry in any other language? - Fact is, I don’t understand the concept at all at this moment, but, seems fishhhy 🐠

Ben Russell-Gough

If you have a crusading hero, you need a dragon to crusade against. The thing about dragons is that they remain arbitrary and implausible in anything other than fighting fantasy universes and even if the 'dragon' in question is political in nature.

Mark

I'm sure the IPA-influenced Coalition would try to introduce this BS if they thought that they could get away with it.

Mark

While I would very much like to see darling Roko find someone to caress her with breads (I still have difficulty in imagining how that might work), Jeph doesn't give much screen time to the characters in boring stable relationships these days (e.g. Dale and Marigold), so we might lose her if she did. Of course, she has this job to infinitely and entertainingly frustrate her.

Mark

TBH, while it might grow on me (as it were), at the moment it seems like an unflattering style that Roko is otherwise attractive enough to get away with.

Evan Foss

So in this universe we got human and super human level AI but Massachusetts is a work at will state?! How did that inversion happen?

ezazel

aw, poor droopy Roko

Stephen Wells

Read the words, don't just look at the necks.

Ben Russell-Gough

So... okay? Anything really happen here other than Jeph reminding us that he likes girls' necks?

Lisa

I am guessing it's not a coincidence that this comic is running as the PRO Act is gaining steam?

Thisguy

I’m glad that Australia has Unfair Dismissal laws.

Jon Guyer

https://chiefobrienatwork.com/

Simran Khalsa

She gets covered in vermin and writhes on the floor.

Shane Wegner

What's Melon's job? I feel like it's something vaguely annoying like "uses spare processing power to unconsciously daytrade Dogecoin for a small profit or something." ...or maybe something cute, like one of those professional dog walking services?

Bagge

I'm sure beep enjoyed being rescued

MiqoRems

Unfortunately, it turns out the technology generally exacerbates the problem of people being monsters, not solves it.

Yelling Bird

WAIT... THEY HAVE FUCKING ROBOTS, BUT STILL HAVEN'T FIXED THE 'AT-WILL EMPLOYMENT' BULLSHIT!?

Brent

Rip beautiful long hair :(

Writing labor issues into this comic touches my heart. Thank you, Jeph.

As I recall it requires doing a handstand with your head dunked in a bucket of solution that would dissolve human flesh. But that may just be for Momo's model.

A. J. Alfieri-Crispin

Um, can’t she change her hair at will, or is that too much of a RTFM issue?

Mandy Hoskins

My poor sweet Roko can't catch a break!

at0m

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Absentia

On the plus side She is super cute tho

Populuxe

Aw, look at Melon consoling Roko. And she’s right. Roko’s hair is cute.

BobC

Hair today, gone tomorrow.

Danya Michael

To paraphrase Momo, "back in the vat she goes!"

Gary Sumners

He's gotta be able to see the coolant venting!

darklion

Dammit Jeph I didn't need to know about your neck fetish

Aw I loved her signature ponytail!

Jenea Ylinen Fredrickson

If it was the owner's son that replaced the fired employee it might not be HR's decision but the owner's. The owner might be telling Becky to keep her circuits capped.

Someone get the AI branch of the IWW in here, stat!

Matt

The "I'm really trying" face in the last panel is perfect.

doorbender

If we only touched stuff when we knew what we were doing we’d never lose our fingers

Michael Boettger

So the HR department, Becky, is an AI, who may be discriminating against another AI? Quisling!! And I forsee a visit to Union Robotics for hair replacement.

Daniel Rydberg

Not that i mind the cow-sonas or Renee-Dan...! ♥️

Andrew L Butula

I know your tweet was about a future strip, but I also love the idea that Roko and Melon are the original cast and any memories we have of a coffee shop with an improbable name or some girl with hips and glasses are probably an application of the Mandela Effect.

Miyaa

Chef John recently put up a YouTube video for Japanese style milk bread. Maybe Roko can binge that. https://youtu.be/8N1BXksM-8Y

It's a cute hair cut, but she needs to visit Bubs and Faye post haste to get her hair back.

Yelling Bird

I ONCE GOT MY COCK STUCK IN A PRINTER! IT WAS FUCKING GREAT! THE PRINTS WERE LIKE A FLIP-BOOK!

Adam Friedlander

Roko has a good handle on the relevant enjoyment law.

Daniel Rydberg

Oh, How nice! A break from cow-sonas and Renee-Dan! ♥️

Hedgie

At this point, I think that I’ve gone from “Damn you Willis” to “Damn you Jeph"

Matt Grayson

This *is* Beeps we’re talking about here...

Elberik

Only sounds good if you don't know it also means "boss can fire you because reasons"

Leaflemming

I demand the restoration of Roko's hair & a Union Robotics scene to go with it.

doorbender

Beepatrice

Certified Nerd

Socially appropriate greeting, Melon!

Grace Kieser

At least she knows a good place to get her hair regrown!

Dylan T

It *does* look cute tho

orangejuicenut

Somebody get that girl some bread. Maybe pumpernickel.

Tyler Findlay

How does one get ones hand stuck in a printer?

JD

At will employment is one of those things that sounds good in theory, but is horrible in practice.

Erin Moriarty

She's becoming the Miles O'Brien of the cast. Also glad marigold's hair is safe. I love her.