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The Grand Ballroom (with earthside & starside windows!)

1 (1.9%)

The greatest collection of brilliant minds in human history.

0 (0%)

That's what our marketing department would have you believe.

0 (0%)

Killbot with top hat and bow tie!

1 (1.9%)

Double Racist Grandma on the rocks.

4 (7.4%)

You ALWAYS suggest that.

0 (0%)

Little Orange Haired Scientist!

0 (0%)

I have no idea how to talk to any of these people (That's how I ALWAYS feel)

0 (0%)

Francis York

1 (1.9%)

What do you know about Pokemon?

10 (18.5%)

You are the man of my dreams, let's have a reasonable number of babies

9 (16.7%)

...I think you're being a little over-optimistic.

2 (3.7%)

Marigold. HE. IS. FLIRTING. WITH. YOU.

20 (37%)

Dead set on that "reasonable number of babies," huh.

2 (3.7%)

"I'm going to wash my hands. I want a drink waiting for me when I get back..."

2 (3.7%)

"...and they better be at LEAST making eye contact."

2 (3.7%)

Total Members Voted: 53

[jwhouk]

What do YOU know about Pokemon?

Greatest. Geek. Pickup. Line. EVER.    17 (26.2%)
Marten has learned a few things from Dora, it appears.    6 (9.2%)
I know plenty, thanks.    2 (3.1%)
Gotta catch 'em ALL!    7 (10.8%)
Where's the spathe ham?    2 (3.1%)
Poor Marigold won't know what hit her.    5 (7.7%)
The Major will stop him! She's his Anime Friend!    2 (3.1%)
I do not like Jeph's "Uh oh."    12 (18.5%)
This.... could be interesting.    7 (10.8%)
This... will not end well.    5 (7.7%)

Total Members Voted: 65

[Throg]

Oh, Marigold was getting it, between panels 3 and 5, all right -- the increasing blush.  She just didn't know how to proceed, how to either gracefully walk away or engage the guy in polite non-flirty conversation or return the flirt. 

Marigold, you station-wrecker. Major Otaku is gonna have a RIVAL. Broken hearts, strewn in her wake! Romantic triangle at the Lagrange point! Tremble at the approach of the Queen of Nerds!

I need sleep.

[Alchemy]

I just snorted outloud when I read Hannelore's panel.

"HE. IS. FLIRTING. WITH. YOU"

Awkward Situatation amplified.

[jmucchiello]

Remember folks, panel four WILL be in the Caption Game next week. It just has to.

No way. Panel 6 is much, much better.

Has Marigold's acne cleared?

[Is it cold in here?]

Marigirl is probably leading a healthier lifestyle now and may have dug out of her cave far enough to be concerned about appearance and get some acne medication.

[FunkyTuba]

Much as I liked "what do you know about pokemon", I don't think it represents anything new in Marten's character. He already mostly had the social awareness and communications chops to pull that off.

Hanners' encouragement represents a way she's sharing her discoveries with Marigold... They're learning social awareness
as bros (plus she overcame her untouchy-unfeely-ness to deliver the message). So I voted for that.

[Kugai]

I think Marigold was getting that fact Hanners.

[TinPenguin]

I don't think she was. That blushing looks more like general embarrassment at an awkward social situation.

[iduguphergrave]

I rather liked Hanners telling Marten to get her a drink; rawr girl. I love it when she's forceful. 

[Carl-E]

She's done that before - I recall the Tom Collins recipe for cleaning vomit.  It sound like her mother coming through, the casual ordering that needs be met, as opposed to the brilliant curiosity / cluelessness she's obviously gotten from her father...

[jwhouk]

And the MOMENT OF THE WEEK was?

The Grand Ballroom (with earthside & starside windows!)    1 (3.8%)
Double Racist Grandma on the rocks.    2 (7.7%)
What do you know about Pokemon?    7 (26.9%)
You are the man of my dreams, let's have a reasonable number of babies    4 (15.4%)
...I think you're being a little over-optimistic.    1 (3.8%)
Marigold. HE. IS. FLIRTING. WITH. YOU.    9 (34.6%)
"I'm going to wash my hands. I want a drink waiting for me when I get back..."    2 (7.7%)

Total Members Voted: 26

[Ravenswing]

The humor inherent in Hannelore, of all people, giving male-female interaction advice ...

[Stoutfellow]

The humor inherent in Hannelore, of all people, giving male-female interaction advice ...

But of course: "Those who can, do..."

[Is it cold in here?]

Hannelore seems to have a pretty good intellectual grasp of the subject, starting with her lecture to Marten in her first appearance. What she is missing is the perspective that comes with practical experience.

Why does Marigold go to parties without her portable social protocol database?

[Schmorgluck]

Back when I was unable to engage in the dating dance due to personal issues, I was still able to help friends just by giving an outside perspective.

[jwhouk]

Hannelore seems to have a pretty good intellectual grasp of the subject, starting with her lecture to Marten in her first appearance. What she is missing is the perspective that comes with practical experience.

Why does Marigold go to parties without her portable social protocol database?

I believe Momo was prohibited from attending the festivities on the station.

This may beg a question: why?

[jwhouk]

And the MOMENT OF THE WEEK was?

The Grand Ballroom (with earthside & starside windows!)    1 (2.9%)
Killbot with top hat and bow tie!    1 (2.9%)
Double Racist Grandma on the rocks.    3 (8.8%)
Francis York    1 (2.9%)
What do you know about Pokemon?    7 (20.6%)
You are the man of my dreams, let's have a reasonable number of babies    4 (11.8%)
...I think you're being a little over-optimistic.    1 (2.9%)
Marigold. HE. IS. FLIRTING. WITH. YOU.    13 (38.2%)
Dead set on that "reasonable number of babies," huh.    1 (2.9%)
"I'm going to wash my hands. I want a drink waiting for me when I get back..."    2 (5.9%)

Total Members Voted: 34

[TinPenguin]

I believe Momo was prohibited from attending the festivities on the station.

This may beg a question: why?

The station AnthroPCs are all set to male and haven't seen a female AnthroPC in years. Who knows what might happen.

[LTK]

I believe Momo was prohibited from attending the festivities on the station.

This may beg a question: why?

...That's not how you use 'to beg a question'.

[pwhodges]

I agree; but...

[jwhouk]

Oh, come on. I'm a Midwestern American male who speaks Cheesehead on odd days, dere hey.

[MillionDollar Belt Sander]

Oh, come on. I'm a Midwestern American male who speaks Cheesehead on odd days, dere hey.

Darn toot'n.    Boy howdy.  Ya'll come here watch this now.   You dere, hold my beer, eh?

[Carl-E]

Yah, shoore, you betcha. 

So, pretty warm for winter dis year...

[Method of Madness]

What is this I don't even

[Is it cold in here?]

I believe Momo was prohibited from attending the festivities on the station.

This may beg a question: why?

...That's not how you use 'to beg a question'.

I asked why Momo wasn't there, and jwhouk posted an explanation which left open the question of "why". I believe that is a correct use of "to beg a question", and not the popular misuse where it's used as a way of saying "to invite a question".

That also leaves the question of why Marigirl hasn't taken Momo to planetside social events like the Horrible Revelation excursion.

Perhaps consumer-grade AIs are too flaky for a controlled environment. Imagine Momo having a tantrum like the one that blew up Marigirl's gaming rig, but near an important piece of equipment. One would hope that all the _really_ important machines are behind locked doors, but we can be confident that nothing there is cheap.

[jwhouk]

Oh, come on. I'm a Midwestern American male who speaks Cheesehead on odd days, dere hey.

Darn toot'n.    Boy howdy.  Ya'll come here watch this now.   You dere, hold my beer, eh?

You got it wrong. You're supposed to say "Oh, yah dere hey, aina?"

Yah, shoore, you betcha. 

So, pretty warm for winter dis year...

Now that's just the wrong state (I'm not in Minne-sooooota). And "pretty warm" only applies for the southern part of WIS - and NOT the part where I live.

As for Momo - maybe there is some part of the station where they use heavy-duty magnetics, which would basically destroy any APC's internal hard drive (and prevent it from "bailing out" via Wi-Fi).

IOW - visiting the Station would essentially be like us visiting the Fukushima Power Plant without a radiation protection suit.

[Mr. Doctor]

It's also an alarming sign of how much of a shut-in Marigold is that Hanners gets to help her in this.

That's the first thing I noticed in this comic. It's quite extreme tbh.

[Carl-E]

Yah, shoore, you betcha. 

So, pretty warm for winter dis year...

Now that's just the wrong state (I'm not in Minne-sooooota). And "pretty warm" only applies for the southern part of WIS - and NOT the part where I live.

My bad - all those summers in Rhinelander were spent with vacationing Minnesotans...

[jwhouk]

Yah, shoore, you betcha. 

So, pretty warm for winter dis year...

Now that's just the wrong state (I'm not in Minne-sooooota). And "pretty warm" only applies for the southern part of WIS - and NOT the part where I live.

My bad - all those summers in Rhinelander were spent with vacationing Minnesotans...

I'm south of Rhinelander, thankfully. (Not by much, though.)

[jwhouk]

I'm going to wash my hands. I want a drink waiting for me when I get back, and they better be at LEAST making eye contact.

That may not be a realistic expectation, Hannelore.

...Which one, the drink waiting for you or the eye contact?

[Is it cold in here?]

The one about coming back from washing her hands as opposed to getting stuck doing it over and over?