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WCDT: 18-22 Oct 2010 (1776-1780)
no one special:
--- Quote from: westrim on 19 Oct 2010, 11:21 --- :-o Really, anything that isn't far future (or past) with spaceships is "hardcore scifi?" Much scifi dealing with near future changes brings up the singularity, if often not by name.
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Ummm, I dunno. I'm constantly being told by people who are into Asimov and such that Star Wars and Star Trek aren't "real" sci-fi (which i disapree with, but whatever), so I've taken to calling it sci-fi melodrama. What constitutes "hardcore" sci-fi is up to someone else to define.
The only "real" sci-fi book I've read was Solaris by Stanislaw Lem, which is friggin' a-m-a-z-i-n-g.
akronnick:
--- Quote from: Promethean Sky on 20 Oct 2010, 00:24 ---[insert deity here]DAMMIT JEPH! The comic was bad enough, but did that really have to be the title text. I was eating a bagel with cream cheese!
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I just caught that!!!!!
I swear, sometimes I miss stuff that's so obvious that even Hanners would have trouble keeping a straight face!
pendrake:
For comic #1778...
1. Punchline of comic: eeeww...
2. Upon reflection of comic title after punchline: EEEWW...
3. Yet somehow, I doubt such thoughts of awkwardness &/or weirdness would stop Tai from sleeping with Dora (or vice-versa, for that matter) if the oppurtunity presented itself between the two :evil: .
westrim:
Sorry for the length and double posting despite my general opposition to that, but I was worried about cutting quotes.
--- Quote from: Random Wanderer on 19 Oct 2010, 17:04 ---But your response was not even suited to the question they were asking. No amount of Google-searching would have answered their question, because it was not "what is a singularity" but "what was the specific event that Winslow and Pintsize are talking about, which happened yesterday, and qualified as the singularity?" So not only were you insulting, you were incorrect, because you were insulting them over asking a question they hadn't even asked.
In short you made a fool of yourself by making a big deal about a topic that no one else was even talking about at the time. That is another reason why one shouldn't resort to outbursts like that. If you don't accept politeness as a reason, at least you should accept self-interest.
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There was nothing to indicate that was the question they were asking. It looked very much like they saw the first panel and ignored the rest, especially the third (which made it extremely clear that this was not the space-time type of singularity, by the way, which it is clear snub was still under the impression it was). The first panel said "The singularity happened" and snub promptly asked "so what exactly is the singularity that happened"- a direct response to the comic, not a real world event query.
You falsely accuse me of being a fool, so here's a corollary to the rule about lies (lies, damned lies, and statistics): there are fools, damn fools, and those who defend fools (did I just invent that?). Guess which you are in my estimation.
And I'm perfectly polite most of the time, so long as the individual has actually put in a modicum of thought. If they don't, I have no qualms about pointing it out.
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 19 Oct 2010, 20:01 ---
--- Quote from: St.Clair on 19 Oct 2010, 19:30 ---Hannelore can't be the Cybernetic Princess Queen, that's Kimiko's job/destiny.
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I forgot the exact quote, thanks for reminding me.
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I knew this was vaguely familiar! I wonder what we said last time, but I'm unwilling to wade through the old threads to find the one for that week.
--- Quote from: Tormuse on 19 Oct 2010, 22:13 ---I disagree. I don't find it annoying. In fact, I'd say it's a perfectly logical question to ask, considering this is a thread specifically designed for discussing the comic. I guarantee you that the people who posted those questions weren't the only ones who didn't get the comic. Someone has to be the first one to ask the question in order to get the ball rolling in terms of discussion. Why would you ridicule someone simply for being the first person to ask it? For that matter, why do you find the question so annoying?
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Nope, because they weren't asking about the comic, they were asking about the idea mentioned in the comic and totally failing to understand or check it out, as discussed in the above response to Wanderer. They could easily have taken 30 seconds to find it, then said " I don't get it, is this some point where humans cease to exist?" or some such, and I would have been find with that. Ignorance I can be patient with, lack of any drive to correct that ignorance without being spoon fed I cannot (I just looked back and realized that this is remarkably similar to the comment I made that you responded to, but you clearly didn't get the point so I'll keep it.) Basically, they could have asked just about anything except what they oh-so-lazily said and that would have been fine.
And I find it annoying because I deal with this (that is, delaying or forgoing actual conversation to give information the person can LOOK UP, and in fact has the means to do so literally right in front of them) all the damn time.
--- Quote from: Tormuse on 19 Oct 2010, 22:13 ---It did get people's attention, but useful for what exactly? It certainly created an air of irritation and discomfort as I indicated above, but it didn't answer the question or prove that you had the answer or means of finding it. The way I see it, all it did was insult people without contributing any useful information.
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The way I see it, the plea to actually attempt, however feebly, to inform yourself before asking, is now burned into at least a couple memory cells so that at least a couple of those who read it will remember the concept next time they want to ask online "hey, what does imbecile mean?" I'll note that it's not my fault people quoted it biggie sized so it was said 3 times instead of once. I make every effort I can to keep quotes short. And that I wasn't answering the question was the point. I checked to make sure it popped up when I googled 'singularity', it did, so they could achieve the same results by following my two word guide to enlightenment (and thus prove the last two in that second sentence).
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--- Quote from: westrim on 19 Oct 2010, 11:45 ---
--- Quote from: Dliessmgg on 19 Oct 2010, 03:36 ---http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techno logical_singularity
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Hey, I said no telling!
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What a coincidence! I also made a request today that wasn't complied with. Life's unfair, eh? :lol:
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Yes, but I gave a reason for denying your request. What was his? :wink:
westrim:
--- Quote from: Promethean Sky on 20 Oct 2010, 00:24 ---[insert deity here]DAMMIT JEPH! The comic was bad enough, but did that really have to be the title text. I was eating a bagel with cream cheese!
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Ninja'd, but here's my response, which I typed entirely before reading yours, and am posting before I get further behind:
Aw, dammit Jeph! The comic was fine, but then I saw the title and- :psyduck: :x (for those perplexed at my reaction, yes, it's another innocent term co-opted as slang for a sexual act.)
I dunno why Marten's so worried, though. I mean, it's his semen, so what's the big deal?
--- Quote from: srpilha on 20 Oct 2010, 00:20 ---my, how crude the comic today, eh? :lol:
I'm a little surprised at Tai's comment; I mean, Dora wouldn't be the first bi or straight woman she'd go down on, would she?
(Also surprised Marten hadn't thought of it before. Has any guy not thought of that? And why is it / should it be a problem?)
If you're going to be haunted by the ghosts of jizzes past, you're in for a difficult sex life. :-D
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Yeah, but right now he's in the moment so it's hitting harder than it will later. And I'm not sure that Tai's had this close a friendship with a guy before, so maybe that's part of her deal.
--- Quote from: peterh on 20 Oct 2010, 00:26 ---There must be a reason why Tai is the character that I like least. She does seem to be rather self-centered. Today's comic doesn't make it any easier to think otherwise.
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Well, she's thoughtless. She's the youngest regular in the strip I think (not counting girlfriends, Steve!), and I recall that being Jeph's thoughts on younger folk sometimes. Or I could be completely ass-wrong.
--- Quote from: no one special on 20 Oct 2010, 00:37 ---
--- Quote from: westrim on 19 Oct 2010, 11:21 --- :-o Really, anything that isn't far future (or past) with spaceships is "hardcore scifi?" Much scifi dealing with near future changes brings up the singularity, if often not by name.
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Ummm, I dunno. I'm constantly being told by people who are into Asimov and such that Star Wars and Star Trek aren't "real" sci-fi (which i disagree with, but whatever), so I've taken to calling it sci-fi melodrama. What constitutes "hardcore" sci-fi is up to someone else to define.
The only "real" sci-fi book I've read was Solaris by Stanislaw Lem, which is friggin' a-m-a-z-i-n-g.
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Well, those people are snobs. There is a range with the extremes being soft (like star wars) and hard scifi, but neither side is more valid than the other. The singularity has been touched on before in popular media, though often not by name- as mentioned several times before in this thread, Instrumentality from Evangelion was a singularity.
Solaris is indeed amazing, but also depressing to those who hope to find other life beyond our lonely ball of rock to chat with.
--- Quote from: akronnick on 20 Oct 2010, 00:38 ---
--- Quote from: Promethean Sky on 20 Oct 2010, 00:24 ---[insert deity here]DAMMIT JEPH! The comic was bad enough, but did that really have to be the title text. I was eating a bagel with cream cheese!
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I just caught that!!!!!
I swear, sometimes I miss stuff that's so obvious that even Hanners would have trouble keeping a straight face!
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This is the point where I'm hoping to see a post from someone saying "what are you all talking abou-*googles snowball sex* oh, damn it Jeph!" Pretty please? :angel:
I just noticed how many commas I used. My English teacher would kill me.
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