Robot Hugs -

[MW 002]

I have seen this web comic being brought up quite a bit in the SJW thread and so I figured I'd make a topic here exclusively focused on it.

So yeah, this comic is bad. When I say bad, I mean pretty bad.

When I first saw a couple of strips I thought it was poking fun at SJW logic until I realized that the author was 100% serious. As she is with every page.

I admit I only giggled once, but other than that the comic is overall unfunny and boring.

Link: http://www.robot-hugs.com/about/

 

[characterlimit]

If it's unfunny and boring, that seems like it's precisely the opposite of what would make a good lolcow thread. I tried reading a few recent pages, and I didn't even see anything that popped out to me as stupid or offensive, though I'll admit I didn't give it too hard a look. Do you have any specific examples of what makes them a good choice for a thread? Particularly lulzworthy comics, perhaps, or something they do that goes above and beyond your normal SJW? Because I don't even t really see your normal SJW here. They even support professional diagnosis and medication for mental illnesses.

 

[Andy27]

http://www.robot-hugs.com/definition/

I found this one really funny because he goes on and on about the importance of taking a descriptive approach to language, only to support a prescriptivist point of view near the end. He says he is a "linguist and information professional" and that it is part of his career and yet he screws up one of the most basic and commonplace distinction in linguistics.

Maybe he is studying language through some other field (gender studies? SJWs are really attracted to that) and they use a twisted definition or something.

But yeah probably not enough milk for a lolcow.

 

[Ancani]

Robot Hugs is kinda hit-or-miss for me. I think it makes decent points sometimes, but a lot of the time it...really doesn't.

Not especially milkabe either way.

 

[Aural Offramp]

The comic about strip clubs is informative (and how I found them originally). Unfortunately while going through their archive makes for dull, preachy, and kinda patronising reading they just aren't interesting, or at least not interesting enough for the farms.

 

[Ohoolihan]

This is the dumbest thing I've ever seen.

Spoiler

 

[Trombonista]

This is the dumbest thing I've ever seen.

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If I didn't know better, I'd think this was mocking sparklegenders.

 

[characterlimit]

It honestly might be. Do we have any proof that this person is one of those "everything-is-a-gender" Tumblrinas like how you see in threads like Vade's? Because there are quite a few who reject pretty much any nounself gender type, or things like snarlgender or the sort.

 

[Ohoolihan]

It honestly might be. Do we have any proof that this person is one of those "everything-is-a-gender" Tumblrinas like how you see in threads like Vade's? Because there are quite a few who reject pretty much any nounself gender type, or things like snarlgender or the sort.

No idea if they think spoutself is a real thing, but they use the "zie/zir" pronoun and identify as a "non-binary genderqueer peoplequeer mentally ill non-monogamous kinky critical feminist".

Plus there's this: http://www.robot-hugs.com/gender-diaries/

 

[wheat pasta]

I dress today, snarling ‘You want a gender performance? I’ll give you a fucking performance”, layering skirts and pants, skirts and pants. I scrawl ‘NOPE’ in a sharpie across my chest.

I call into work sick. It is the responsible thing to do.

What a psychopath delightful individual.

 

[characterlimit]

No idea if they think spoutself is a real thing, but they use the "zie/zir" pronoun and identify as a "non-binary genderqueer peoplequeer mentally ill non-monogamous kinky critical feminist".

Whatever "peoplequeer" means, heh. Still, "non-binary genderqueer" is still something the more reasonable of the Tumblr-types tend to claim, and zie/zir is, while not a pronoun I would use, at least better than sproutself. The rest of it doesn't describe their gender, but other parts of their personality: mental illness, apparently polygamy-supporting, and against kinks, because I guess kinks are bad or something.

Plus there's this: http://www.robot-hugs.com/gender-diaries/

I... honestly have a hard time reading this seriously. There's just too much snark and satire here to be serious... right?

 

[BriarHeart]

Whatever "peoplequeer" means, heh. Still, "non-binary genderqueer" is still something the more reasonable of the Tumblr-types tend to claim, and zie/zir is, while not a pronoun I would use, at least better than sproutself. The rest of it doesn't describe their gender, but other parts of their personality: mental illness, apparently polygamy-supporting, and against kinks, because I guess kinks are bad or something.

Well, "genderqueer" refers to not feeling like you match up with either masculine or feminine genders. It's more about defining what you aren't rather than pinning down what you are. So, if I had to guess, I think that "peoplequeer" refers to not feeling like a person. That would tie into the mental illness descriptor, and author-as-robot imagery seems to be a running theme in the comic.

I actually know a mathematician who, thanks to some pretty crippling traumas and abuse, has a very difficult time processing and dealing with emotions, and one of her fondest daydreams is to become a computer so that she could process quantum cryptography all day without needing to deal with squishy feelings or bodily functions. "Peoplequeer" isn't a term she'd ever use, but I imagine it'd be similar.

 

[SpessCaptain]

Ugly colour choices, no background, thinks changing the colour of the background is nessacary (its annoying) this style is almost a rip-off of Buttersafe and another comic I can't put my finger on.

My god it's everything rolled into one.

 

[Chubby_Penguin]

Ugly colour choices, no background, thinks changing the colour of the background is nessacary (its annoying) this style is almost a rip-off of Buttersafe and another comic I can't put my finger on.

My god it's everything rolled into one.

I think it's trying to go for a simple but charming look like Cyanide and Happiness comics have but fails miserably.

 

[Dr. Boe Jangles Esq.]

....Seriously?
http://www.robot-hugs.com/tired/

Pardon me while I fetch a violin.

 

[APerson]

....Seriously?
http://www.robot-hugs.com/tired/

Pardon me while I fetch a violin.

Here you go.

Spoiler

 

[BriarHeart]

....Seriously?
http://www.robot-hugs.com/tired/

Pardon me while I fetch a violin.

Seriously. Extreme and prolonged feelings of tiredness are typical for a whole host of mental issues. For example, Major Depressive Disorder is at least partially diagnosed by the presence of "psychomotor retardation," a chemical inability of the brain to motivate the body, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder wears out the body by making you constantly afraid, putting you into a perpetual fight-or-flight stress state that drains your resources pretty quickly. So yeah, it's definitely a melodramatic presentation, but the symptoms are bog-standard for even the more common mental illnesses.

 

[Dr. Boe Jangles Esq.]

Seriously. Extreme and prolonged feelings of tiredness are typical for a whole host of mental issues. For example, Major Depressive Disorder is at least partially diagnosed by the presence of "psychomotor retardation," a chemical inability of the brain to motivate the body, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder wears out the body by making you constantly afraid, putting you into a perpetual fight-or-flight stress state that drains your resources pretty quickly. So yeah, it's definitely a melodramatic presentation, but the symptoms are bog-standard for even the more common mental illnesses.

Indeed.
However, the incredibly melodramatic presentation, in combination with tumblrites love of absolute bullshit, makes me question this.

 

[Feline Darkmage]

http://robothugscomic.tumblr.com/

https://www.facebook.com/robothugswebcomic

https://twitter.com/robothugscomic?lang=en

http://everydayfeminism.com/author/robot-hugs/


The Author's bio on EDF is as follows

What the hell is a "peoplequeer"? Why does this comic exist? So many questions...

 

[knifetruck]

Peoplequeer might be some weird, new, flashy tumblrina "multiple personality thing". Or identifying as a cyborg. Honestly, I have no idea.

But it looks like K believes in hiring minorities just 'cause they're minorities with this comic. Also, ye old argument of volunteerism being unpaid labor.

Spoiler: ARCHIVE OF COMIC

http://archive.md/BHgFt