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WCDT strips 3741 to 3745 (May 14th - 18th 2018)
AlliedToasters:
--- Quote from: Grumpy Old Man on 16 May 2018, 07:24 ---As much as I like seeing the two of them together, long term it's going to suck for Bubs. Much like the lore about vampires the relationships between AI's and humans will have sad endings. While the AIs are basically immortal just having to change hardware when it wears out they will have to watch all the humans they care about die of old age.
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--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 16 May 2018, 07:36 ---Welcome, new person!
You're insightful.
There's a Greek myth where a couple was hospitable to some travelers, so much so that the travelers revealed that they were gods, and thankful to the couple, and would grant them a couple of wishes of the it-will-turn-out-well type. They asked to build a temple to those gods, and for neither to outlive the other. They led a long and loving life, and at the end of it two trees emerged from their graves and intertwined their branches over the temple.
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This just got super existential. I would just point out that, mortal or immortal, we don't generally let the possible endings for a relationship influence its beginnings. We mortals go into relationships knowing full well that they will end, and somebody almost always outlives another in the optimistic case that the relationship lasts that long. So, it's really not important. Carpe diem. If they can be happy today, let no unrealized possibilities stop them.
With that I would like to share this charming Faye/Bubbles moment from their early relationship:
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3119
SpanielBear:
--- Quote from: AlliedToasters on 16 May 2018, 08:13 ---
This just got super existential. I would just point out that, mortal or immortal, we don't generally let the possible endings for a relationship influence its beginnings. We mortals go into relationships knowing full well that they will end, and somebody almost always outlives another in the optimistic case that the relationship lasts that long. So, it's really not important. Carpe diem. If they can be happy today, let no unrealized possibilities stop them.
With that I would like to share this charming Faye/Bubbles moment from their early relationship:
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3119
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Pretty much my thoughts on the subject. There are many reasons why a relationship may not be eternal, and comfort is hard to come by. Stupid to reject it while it's on offer.
awgiedawgie:
--- Quote from: efindumb on 16 May 2018, 01:38 ---
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 15 May 2018, 23:16 ---These last several days have been a difficult time to see the strip a day ahead and not talk about it.
Which is a lousy kvetch because it just means the strip has been suspenseful.
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It explains the snippy attitudes about people speculating for fun and trying to consider the possibles instead of instantly agreeing with what others knew was coming...It also takes the fun out of discussing the strip especially for those of us who refuse to give Jeph money.
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Discussing the strip is still fun, because we don't talk about Patreon strips ahead of time. I know - I got rightfully berated for doing it once, and it wasn't even a high-suspense story like this one. But I went and looked at lots of cat gifs, and I felt better. If I had talked about this story a day ahead, I'd probably be hunted down and lynched. So I just discuss it as if I had not seen the next day's strip yet (and in many cases, I haven't).
--- Quote from: bhtooefr on 16 May 2018, 01:21 ---TBH, I use the WCDTs a lot less since I started contributing to Jeph's Patreon, because the threads are always talking about a strip that's now old news, until Friday.
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I still use the WCDTs more, because here it's more of an ongoing discussion (yeah, I know that's redundant, since that's what the 'D' is for), whereas the Patreon comments are more just reactions to that single strip. Here, there are a lot of people who don't see the Patreon strips, so for them, it's not old news.
nightshade:
We've been trolled off and on this whole week in the strips .....I mean on Monday or Tuesday he made it look like bubbles had no clue othan she thought she hurt Faye how with the last strip meant for us letting us know it still may or may not happen........and since jephs on vacation we'll get yelling bird for a while......
Welu:
Yelling Bird has been retired for a while.
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