Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT: 18-22 Oct 2010 (1776-1780)
someone1074:
Thank you, Tormuse. Beat me to it.
That giant "GOOGLE IT" is so fucking ostentatious too...
westrim:
--- Quote from: snubnose on 19 Oct 2010, 02:47 ---
But what I dont know is what kind of singularity happened yesterday. LHC didnt have any, for example. Thats why I'm confused.
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When you see a familiar term used in an unfamiliar way, look it up. And why are you assuming that a fictional comic in a fictional universe is going to respond to real world events?
--- 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!
--- Quote from: zagraf on 19 Oct 2010, 03:37 ---I don't think the comic is referencing any specific thing that happened in A.I. research or what have you that supposedly brings us all closer to the event. Because there doesn't appear to have been any new breakthrough in that area in the last week, let alone the last day (yes, I Googled. Google Newsed, to be precise, since I was already familiar with the "singularity" concept).
Rather, given Jeph's tweets, which showed he was having trouble coming up with a script until quite late, I figure he just went with an all-AnthroPC strip because they're faster to draw. Save himself the trouble. I don't blame him.
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Plus, they live in an alternate universe. And yes, that seems to me a plausible explanation.
--- Quote from: Near Lurker on 19 Oct 2010, 04:48 ---Does this mean tomorrow will be a cybertronically-enhanced Angus cybergroping Faye's thought-boobs?
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Right before they finally have cyber coitus?
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 19 Oct 2010, 05:18 ---We all know different things, so a series of jokes that everyone gets straight off is liable to become somewhat anodyne. I often have to look things up to get everything in QC (not today, though!), and generally feel that I have benefited from the extra info rather than been inconvenienced by needing to look it up.
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And lets not forget that the strip used to regularly reference indie bands that a large majority of its readers had probably never heard of. Come to think of it, why did he stop doing that?
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 19 Oct 2010, 07:30 ---
--- Quote from: zadojla on 19 Oct 2010, 06:19 ---It doesn't even have to be jokes. QC is populated by 20-something characters, written by a 20-something author (where "something" = "10"), and I've learned alot many things about 20-something culture, enabling me to surprise my 22-year-old daughter more than once since I started reading QC. (And, incidentally, leaving my wife dumbfounded.) And, yes, I've had to resort to Google.
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It's been like a fountain of youth for me, too. OK, well, at least it's kept me more in touch than my kids and their friends ever would. Or my students.
I've also gained a great deal of respect for Wikipedia!
Oh yeah, and I knew both singularity and Elohim. I think they both show up in the Illuminatus! trilogy, along with a lot of intellectual puns, John Dillinger, and the Leviathan. I think it's pretty dated now, but could be a good read still - I haven't seen it since I read it as a teenager in the 70's.
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Welcome, older denizens! In the name of younger folk, I greet you!
--- Quote from: laizeohbeets on 19 Oct 2010, 08:21 ---Yeah, I'm pretty sure the Sexy Robot Elohim has to be Six. It just makes sense.
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It could be Baltar too, if you want a different gender of messiah.
--- Quote from: Tormuse on 19 Oct 2010, 11:18 ---
Okay, can I request that we stop directing such hostility at people who ask questions? Especially since the knowledge of what a singularity is doesn't invalidate the question of what "the" singularity is in this case. The above-quoted posts are just mean-spirited, uncalled-for, and make for an uncomfortable atmosphere on the forum.
Even with the help of Google, the meaning of today's comic is unclear and even if it wasn't, there's no reason to belittle people for stating that they don't get it. I don't come on this forum very often, but it would be nice if I could visit without fear of being insulted for asking what I consider to be innocuous questions.
Google is an excellent resource for knowledge of anything and everything you can imagine, (and some things you'd rather not imagine) ;) but there's no reason this forum can't be treated as a resource for knowledge about the comic. I mean why wouldn't it be?
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Nope. I mean, you can ask, but I won't comply I'm fine with people asking questions, but asking questions while clearly showing that you did not put the slightest effort into finding the answer before asking is rightfully ridiculed. If they were asking about the comic, that would be okay. It would also be fine if they asked about it saying "I don't get it and google didn't help. Wth are they talking about?" But this, asking us about a term obviously not native to the comic, is annoying and should be treated as such.
--- Quote from: someone1074 on 19 Oct 2010, 11:27 ---Thank you, Tormuse. Beat me to it.
That giant "GOOGLE IT" is so fucking ostentatious too...
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But it got your attention, didn't it? I dislike people messing with font sizes/colors (there's someone here that makes every post yellow), but occasionally it's useful for emphasis.
Mad Cat:
At least no one's done this yet.
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=technological+singularity
Edit: Oh darn. Now I have.
Steve the Pocket:
--- Quote from: akronnick on 19 Oct 2010, 01:08 ---but no, it's so much more satisfying to display you're ignorance and self-importance by getting all butt-hurt because you didn't get the joke.
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I very much would like to know how you managed to extrapolate "self-importance" OR "butt-hurt" from a person not bothering to Google something.
And speaking of displaying ignorance, "you're". :-P
Carl-E:
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