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WCDT strips 4036 - 4040 (1 - 5 July 2019)

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katwyld:

--- Quote from: Cheetaur on 02 Jul 2019, 15:28 ---The strip seems to be washed out...or is it just me. It has a pink haze over it.

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--- Quote from: Castlerook on 02 Jul 2019, 16:11 ---Its not washed out, its just sunset.

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I was wondering that same thing. Came in here for just that reason. Doesn't seem like what sunset would look like (maybe Jeph has done it before but only for one strip?), but I find it weirdly distracting. *shrug*

jmsr:

--- Quote from: Castlerook on 03 Jul 2019, 06:11 ---
--- Quote from: TieDyeKat on 03 Jul 2019, 06:02 ---All the AI individuals in QC speak in rectangular boxes, I suspect to differentiate between how they sound and how humans sound.

Why are Spookybot's speech bubbles rounded?

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Because Spookybot isn't a typical AI. It gives them an otherworldly quality that makes them as removed from AI as AI are from Humanity.

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Huh, i never noticed that their speech bubbles are rounded.  In any case, it's probably because their voice sounds more like a human, what with being a super-advanced AI.  You could be right about 'otherwordly' though since it seems that Spookybot seems to know how to do magic (Lovecraftian style magic is basically ultra-advanced mathematics and seems to work in the QC universe).  So maybe they're making their voice sound different?  Or they're adding something with a spell?

Keep in mind though that the most plausible explanation is that Jeph just wants to subtly indicate that Spookybot is different in yet another way and hasn't thought beyond that.

jmsr

Wingy:

--- Quote from: katwyld on 03 Jul 2019, 09:38 --- Doesn't seem like what sunset would look like (maybe Jeph has done it before but only for one strip?), but I find it weirdly distracting. *shrug*
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I've seen a similar effect before at both sunset and sunrise, though not as intensely pink as these strips.  It's often easier to see this kind of effect near water or tall building - the reflected light can take on wildly different colors. :-o

Is it cold in here?:

--- Quote from: Romanticide on 02 Jul 2019, 21:59 ---Roko probably is not able to see it this way right now but Spooky made that donations because of her. It looks casual but it wouldn't have happened if not for her, so it is actually her sucess even if unorthodox and not the way she was expecting it. She could have just got some sympathetic words an a token donation from someone who has a lot but instead she got a complete reorganization of wealth.

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You never know until you try. There's an entire program in my state to provide enhanced nutrition to pregnant prisoners. The person who put it into effect got started after a single emailed suggestion.

Case:

--- Quote from: snufflebottoms on 02 Jul 2019, 18:46 ---I'm not saying I hate this arc but it feel very repetitive of previous arcs involving wealth disparities of any kind. Kind of hoping there is a sudden twist coming next that makes things more interesting.

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Personally, I'd rather the wealthy start helping reduce the abundance of grotesque wealth- and income disparities - that would automatically remove the need to talk about them so much.

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