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WCT: Jan 25-29, 2010

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LTK:
Poor Penpen. The reason for her bad mood will probably be explained later, but she can't take all the blame. Angus seems to have forgotten that not all girls respond well to sass-talk. It seems this has become his only means of communication, but frankly, the fact that this is supposed to make us laugh kind of makes it so.  :lol:

tinkerbell:

--- Quote from: espressobsessed on 28 Jan 2010, 21:38 ---Penners... why are you so friggen laaaaame?

I'm throwing in my vote for Penny to be written out of the script via rigor mortis.

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Seconded.

I imagine Jeph loves all his characters now though, even if they are in shitty moods. I suppose the way she reacted is actually pretty similar to how most people would react if spoken to that way. Witty retorts are fun, but are easier between people who know each other well enough for a well aimed insult.

Carl-E:

--- Quote from: Border Reiver on 29 Jan 2010, 04:49 ---My first reaction on today's strip was Penny definitely is in a bad mood - the body language, the facial expression, the mundane specials and lack of patience.

So this all begs the question, what is going on in her life?  Wil no longer writing poetry?  Her attempts to become a literary agent becoming less and less likely?  Just  a really bad day?  Tune in next week to find out!

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Oh, c'mon - imagine yourself in her position - the rest of the staff is off moving with friends, and you're left behind alone in the coffee shop, having to deal with real costumers customers.  

Then Angus walks in, and tries to use you as an ersatz Faye.  

Wouldn't you do the same?  It's not like he won't be coming back, he's been thrown out before!  

But yeah, some Wil & Penelope would be good right about now.  

jwhouk:

--- Quote from: IlGreven on 28 Jan 2010, 21:20 ---I believe this strip single-handedly earns Penelope the "Only Sane Man" QC entry on TVTropes.

...Also, I want "Mr. Rogers in a bloodstained sweater" as a poll option!

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Ask and ye shall receive.

BobtheDancingFlea:

--- Quote from: westrim on 25 Jan 2010, 22:42 ---
--- Quote from: BobtheDancingFlea on 25 Jan 2010, 18:12 ---
--- Quote from: Akima on 25 Jan 2010, 16:49 ---
--- Quote from: BobtheDancingFlea on 25 Jan 2010, 16:11 ---I feel like I would have enjoyed this comic more if I knew what it meant for the singularity to hit. :c
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You'll be asking Jeph to chew your food for you next, or at least stick to fart jokes...  :-D
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_singularity

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I...bluh? Is it really that, I don't know, is it really a reference that most people would get? I've never heard of it and I can't even wrap my head around the wikipedia article. :1

Maybe I'll go sit in the corner with my unchewed plate of food. ;o;

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Part of your issue may simply be that the Singularity applies generally to all fields of human inquiry, which is of course incredibly vast. It's easier to go field by field; for instance, the Singularity for programming is generally considered to be the first self sufficient AI, when we will have effectively created something smarter than ourselves. Most in the field believe this will probably happen before 2050- and that's pessimistically.

The term means different things to different people, but essentially the Singularity is the point past which we can no longer predict what will happen. We know AIs are coming- whether they kill us all or we coexist peacefully, however, simply can't be known yet. We know nanoscale assembly is on its way, but we don't know if we will grey-goo the universe when we achieve it.
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Thank you! That helped explain it much better. :3

ALSO!!

Am I the only one who thought Penpen's response was AWESOME? Angus was being a little turd talking to her like that, and her response totally made her the victor, even if she didn't give a witty retort. :3 Plus, he should probably remember she doesn't ~do~ witty retorts after she gave him a coffee last and threatened head-bopping.
+I don't know why everyone seems to think she's in a bad mood, she looked totally normal until Angus started being a pest.

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