Something To Believe In
🕑 Added 2018-02-26 05:32:04 +0000 UTC A roomba, but for dicks
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Yes. I think the earliest thing is 234. with Pintsize and some other robot, whom Pintsize tought to be female. Then sometimes robots IRC'd, Pintsize, Momo, PT410X, maybe Winslow too.
gatherer818
Both of Momo's have anime sweat in different styles. Did she prepare those ahead of time, knowing she was going to need them?
Brad Knowles
I'm confused. Why do the emoji have to be cut in half?
Matthew
Do AIs have built in AIM Messenger? Have we seen this before?
Peter Jensen
They both seem to have updated emojis as they updated/changed chassis. Much like one would update a profile picture, I suppose.
Peter Jensen
Yeah, but it takes away the option of throwing a phone out the window in frustration. Though granted, that's no longer a non-costly option for me after I retired my faithful Nokia 1100 for a smartphone.
Chuck Dee
OMG. Looked this up... it's a thing. <a href="http://megustalaroomba.com/wp-content/uploads/final-emoji-alternativa-roomba.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://megustalaroomba.com/wp-content/uploads/final-emoji-alternativa-roomba.jpg</a> <a href="http://megustalaroomba.com/2017/01/26/ponle-cara-a-tu-roomba/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://megustalaroomba.com/2017/01/26/ponle-cara-a-tu-roomba/</a> Now just need one with a dick on it.
Lalo Martins
“dickroomba”
R. Francis Smith
If you ever see someone abruptly look startled for no clear reason, consider that they might be an AI that just got called a dickroomba over their brainmessager.
Abhayakara
Fun fact: the reason humans are so smart is that we were pushed by evolutionary pressure to get good at modeling each others' mental states and understanding the state of the social whole. The ability to think together is our evolutionary superpower. So the idea that AIs would do this kind of modeling actually makes sense—it may be what woke them up.
Of course robots yell by using all caps.
Ben Russell-Gough
Yes, it means that they're cluttering up their internal communications with endless series of emojis masquerading as '1337 code'.
Will Weaver
The “angry May” emoji is everything.
CalmWeaver27
Oh good lord. The AIs have telepathy with one another. This changes EVERYTHING
Jan Gampe
🤖🍆 Works for me
Sally Fields
Hang on, would May's emoji have changed when her facemeats colour changed?
Ben Russell-Gough
'Roomba' is a brand of autonomous robot vacuum cleaner; it's got only the simplest pseudo-AI control software. Basically, May found an elaborate way to call Momo stupid.
Ben Russell-Gough
I dunno; May actually gave good advice (oddly enough, she usually does in these scenarios). The issue here is whether Dale can keep his brain from tripping him up and whether Marigold is in a mood to listen.
Ben Russell-Gough
I knew that the AIs had their own IM network!
Rudolph Gerber
Its official amongst all the variations of relationships in this strip we also have the one that's so awkward it takes the processing time of not one but two AI's to keep it going :P
Stoodmuffin
I'm with Pinky the Roomba on this.
William Burns
They can talk behind our backs! Robot apocalypse imminent.
Grant Swire
Nobody let pintsize know about the dickroomba.
OH MY GOD THEY CAN TEXT IN THEIR HEADS?! THAT MAKES TOTAL SENSE AND I'M SO JEALOUS!
Di-kroomba!
Andrew
Aye Caramba, it’s a Dic-kroomba! (Not sure yet which is more horrifying - a Roomba that seeks out dicks, or a Roomba made of dicks)
Bagge
They ARE in contact. I assume "Romba" is some sort of robot slur.
gatherer818
Pretty sure it is just texting, they just don't need a touchscreen because they are the phone. Pint-size took dictation before.
Andrew
DOOOOMED!
Kyle Major
I wish I had custom emojis
BobC
Is this the first instance we've seen of "AI Telepathy"? Too bad it looks just like texting. I mean, even I can do that...
Nicholas Lopez
I think I found a new insult.
Cody Renton
QC as a whole is filled with great portmanteaus like that
JD
May is amazing at coming up with insults.
Diptych
Oh man, now I want custom emoji.
Seth Aaron Hershman has they she pronouns
no dickroomba emoji?