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WCDT: 2878-2882 (19-23 January 2015)
osaka:
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--- 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?
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--- Quote from: Neko_Ali on 23 Jan 2015, 07:37 ---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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Although if we actually were a self-aware AI we would probably want you to believe otherwise. Not my call to make in all honesty.
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--- Quote from: BenRG on 23 Jan 2015, 07:15 ---DOCTOR: "I have a Mr Marten Reed as Ms Whittaker's designated emergency contact...?"
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Unless Faye has a legal directive authorizing Marten to do so, he can't make any medical decisions on Faye's behalf.
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This is only a gut feeling on my part but I suspect that Faye has long since had either Dora or Marten listed officially as having authorisation to act on her behalf if she's incapacitated. Her mother lives several states away and there is no guarantee that she would be available; the sensible move for Faye would be to have the most clear-headed of her friends named to act for her.
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NEXT UP: Actually, it's Pintsize. Since the night before. He broke into the government records just in case (since after all he was the one with more info about the situation, down to the actual chemical properties of the cheap booze Faye was downing).
This is my headcanon until proved otherwise.
Which would make getting Pintsize up to boot that much more critical.
Warning - while you were typing Dexeron has read right through us. The beans of doubt have been planted. Which is sad because we wanted to do it before
Neko_Ali:
What I am not telling you of course is that it's all a cover up, that I became a mod by being assimilated into the forum Borg Collective.
I'm not telling you that because it isn't true, of course.
Or is it?
osaka:
Dammit. I don't like being assimilated. I even got mad when I couldn't beat Borg Multiball in the Star Trek pinball table.
I guess I'll never moderate around here (which on the other hand might be better for all of us).
DillyDolly:
Greetings, All -
Old fan and lurker. New to discussing.
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--- 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.
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I fear Pintsize is permanently deactivated—especially after what you pointed out. He's been showing up less and less, and this seems to be a really huge turning point for the whole strip. If he isn't deactivated, it wouldn't be a surprise if he's changed physically and/or personality-wise. Of course, I may be completely wrong, and he may be there so when Marten starts him back up he can explain what happened. Either way, this is quite a cliffhanger!
I don't think Faye will die or even end up in the hospital. We don't see Marten calling 911. Of course he could have done it off-camera prior to calling off the date, but it seems like the kind of thing we would have been shown if he had.
Faye's vomit looked more red earlier. It looks very brown now. Did it get edited? I was on a phone instead my laptop so maybe the color looked different, and that's why some people think it's blood. Seeing it now, though, it's definitely brown—and not in a dried blood way.
I think a lot of things are about to change in the strip—from the chemistry between the cast members to the actual cast itself. It's been kind of heading that way as we've been seeing more and more of the library.
On a different note, having worked at a college library (and very briefly at a crappy concession stand), it's totally normal for staff/faculty members to smoke pot once in a while at a college workplace versus a food place. My ex-library boss even told me he smoked on campus during work with one of my relatives. I suppose you could harm someone with a book, but it's a lot less likely than the harm you can cause in the food industry where you can wreck things easily—from screwing up someone's order to burning them or giving them food poisoning. At a restaurant, you quickly can destroy your company's reputation and put it out of business through lawsuits or health violations. Coffee houses are generally considered higher end than something like fast food, too—even though you have to hustle the same (even not quicker—pre-caffeinated customers are grumpy). But college libraries? Most of those are state funded. And being stoned on a little pot is usually a lot less severe or noticeable than being drunk unless you are spending all day smoking or doing some really heavy stuff (speaking as an observer—I've only drank but been around a lot of pot smokers).
TheCallMeFez:
You know whats cool about this though? We get to see Pintsize being a companion. As he said here he has a different view on how to do his job. I think he has been acting a bit more subdued in his interactions with Faye and perhaps part of his natural aptitude with being a companion compelled him to gravitate towards Faye recently. Drinking with her and listening to her problems and possibly even trying to help her to the point of getting in harms way. I like to think that Pintsize is a lot more deep than we give him credit for. Really hoping this shows his softer side and doesn't end up being another butt joke
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