Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT 2066-2070; Nov. 28-Dec. 2, 2011
westrim:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 01 Dec 2011, 10:45 ---I'm not convinced Clinton lost his hand, I'd always assumed he just replaced it with something better because he could.
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--- Quote from: Carl-E on 01 Dec 2011, 10:56 ---Well, then it had to go somewhere at some time, unless he was born without.
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--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 01 Dec 2011, 11:21 ---@Carl-E - I mean he probably knows where it is, and had it removed willingly.
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--- Quote from: Carl-E on 01 Dec 2011, 11:26 ---I know, I know. Funny thing is, most people who lose an appendage know exactly where it is, or at least, where it went...
It's the "willingly" part that's different!
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--- Quote from: Paranoid on 01 Dec 2011, 12:14 ---I dunno. I mean, I wouldn't put it past someone like Clinton to lop off his own hand in favor of a mechanical one, but in comic 1909 he mentioned how he and others like himself benefited from his inventions, with a specific reference to his hand. It just seems to me that if he was the sort to lop off his own hand he wouldn't be that aware of how people with legitimate problems would also have a need for cybernetics as well.
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--- Quote from: Tova on 01 Dec 2011, 12:35 ---I always figured that it was the replacement of his hand that sparked his (possibly latent) obsession with crossing the line between organic and synthetic life. I hope it's a story we get to learn more about at some stage.
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I figure he lost his hand the same way he got zapped, being too excited to check things out and touch them- perhaps the latest and greatest flying tree trimmer. It makes me wonder (again) how he got this far with his attitude still in place. Aside for the meta "for comedy" reason, of course.
Yarin:
The meta is all
Tova:
"Are you telling me that you could have got out of those cuffs at any time??"
"No! Only when it was funny."
Heliphyneau:
Heh, I'm with Hanners on the robo vs. human scariness quotient. :-D Not sure Clinton would be a good soupifier operator, though -- he'd get all distracted and cause a souptastrophy, though I suppose the problem would right itself if he fell in.
Also, with all the robot waffle talk, I can't believe no one else posted this:
MillionDollar Belt Sander:
--- Quote from: BoDJangles on 01 Dec 2011, 17:25 ---Maybe Clinton is an anthro PC! Created to be a perfect simulacrum of a nerdy human being, and as a safety measure they made one of his hands really obviously robotic so people's attention would be drawn from any subtler imperfections! A tin can hitman, try to catch him if you can, secret robo-agent with a secret robo-plan!!!
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No... I suspect Hanners is the AnthroPC. :)
As Lore was too perfect, Dr. Soong created Data with all his myriad quirks, hangups, stumbling blocks and limitations.
Hannermom paid Hannerdad to create a synthetic daughter... for whatever reason. Perhaps she cannot have children due to a medical issue.
Think about it... Hanners does have some intresting android-like abilities... Her love of counting, her ability to audit thousands of files in mere hours/days...
Yeah it fits, but I doubt Jeph is going in that direction storywise.
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