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WCDT: 2878-2882 (19-23 January 2015)
Emperor Norton:
If one fifth of 80 proof liquor REALLY had a 50/50 kill chance, I, as well as a large number of my friends, have all had lottery winning levels of luck in not dying in our 20s. I think that there is something you might be missing in how those calculations are done.
(also, I'm sure Faye weighs more than 60kg, though I didn't in my hardest drinking partying days)
plusorminus:
--- Quote from: kent_eh on 23 Jan 2015, 06:37 ---In late, but here's my thoughts.
- We don't know if the bottle(s) were full when she started guzzling. I doubt she planned this binge by first making a shopping trip. She may have just drank whatever part bottles she could find in the house (and in her purse).
- the color of puke: Maybe she had marinara for lunch.
- Pintsize: Whatever happened, I doubt he was much other than a smartass. That's historically been his character. His current apparently catatonic state could be anything from impact damage to a porn induced haze. Or he could have gotten bored after Faye passed out and simply gone into "screen saver" mode for a while.
We don't really know, but given that it's Friday, we're going to be hanging on this dramatic cliff-hanger for a couple of days. Jeph is a clever and evil man.
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I think the fact that a whole panel is devoted to Pintsize looking, honestly, as if he has been deactivated or erased sort of indicates that whatever is happening with him, it's not mundane. Especially considering this. I think it's entirely possible that he tried to stop her and said he was calling Marten and she turned him off or, as suggested, threw him against a wall.
There had been something bugging me about this comic and I think I know what it is, and that's Marten's complete lack of surprise. As opposed to here. The cases are similar. If he had no heads up, he would probably, upon seeing Pintsize be like "What the fuck ...?" instead of resigned silence. The same with Faye. He looks concerned but he doesn't have the look of shock as a person who has no idea that their roommate got fired for drunkenness and might have gone on a bigger bender. So I am thinking, especially since prior to their first date he told Claire that getting all dressed up wasn't really necessary, that Dora did call him or text him, or at the very least, texted Tai.
dexeron:
OK, I'm a noob, and I know this isn't the time for it...
but someone has to explain to me the whole "While you were posting, such and such" thing, and how it seems to (sometimes) intelligently comment on what's been posted.
Are these forums actually a self-aware AI? They are, aren't they? And QC is just Jeph's extremely round-about way of making society comfortable with the concept of AI-human interaction.
That's the QC endgame, isn't it?
:psyduck:
MrNumbers:
--- Quote from: dexeron on 23 Jan 2015, 07:34 ---OK, I'm a noob, and I know this isn't the time for it...
but someone has to explain to me the whole "While you were posting, such and such" thing, and how it seems to (sometimes) intelligently comment on what's been posted.
Are these forums actually a self-aware AI? They are, aren't they? And QC is just Jeph's extremely round-about way of making society comfortable with the concept of AI-human interaction.
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We copy and paste them, add a colour tag and edit it ourselves.
Sorry. Is this like telling a kid the Santa Clause in the mall isn't real by shooting him execution-style in front of them?
Neko_Ali:
It's people making fun/smart comments about the automated "people have posted while you were writing" message. Not copy/pastes. It's kind of a forum tradition.
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