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WCDT strips 4036 - 4040 (1 - 5 July 2019)
Cheetaur:
The strip seems to be washed out...or is it just me. It has a pink haze over it.
TheEvilDog:
Its not washed out, its just sunset.
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: Castlerook on 01 Jul 2019, 06:46 ---Still, its important to vet a charity to ensure that the money does go where its needed. I mean, its all well and good to donate a million, but what happens if only a few thousand gets to the people the charity is supposed to be helping.
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Exactly.
A charity that "promotes breast cancer awareness" but doesn't actually contribute to breast cancer research is rather useless. A charity that claims to be for autistic people but spends the brunt of its funds on prenatal testing is frighteningly akin (if not outright) to promoting eugenics.
And then there's the "charities" in which the wealthy circle jerk each other to cheat on their taxes even further. And that's not even getting into the more plausible conspiracy stuff (CIA slush-funds and the like).
EDIT: typo fix
Wingy:
--- Quote from: Mr_Rose on 02 Jul 2019, 14:23 ---... someone has to check you are the account holder, check you have the funds to transfer, check the recipient account exists and isn’t suspended or otherwise unable to accept transfers in, type the transfer amount in, and finally push the button. ...
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Hence how May got in trouble...
jmsr:
--- Quote from: OldGoat on 02 Jul 2019, 00:13 ---It's interesting to note who has the real power in this relationship.
For all their near omnipotence, Spooks is still an immature personality. It's only recently they've actually experienced face-to-face interactions with other corporeal entities. Roko, on the other hand, is arguably the most mature member of the entire cast (Bubbles being the other viable candidate).
For all practical purposes Roko is becoming mentor to a godling. To Spooky's credit, in spite of their immaturity they've enough wisdom to know they need Roko as a teacher.
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I would agree with both of these assessments; now that Bubbles is no longer broken. But she's still not a good candidate since she is in a close personal relationship with someone else. Also, she's ex-military (and SOTAtech, no less!) and the government -might- be keeping tabs on her, which is a risk Spookybot might not want to take. And lastly, the whole 'sanctitiy of mind' thing which i'm inclined to believe they're being honest about.
And yes, Spooks IS new to all this and doesn't really understand friendship, otherwise they would have realized they were friends from the point Roko gave them a wedgie! Asking to be friends with or without performative hazing is how children become friends in many cases; that seems to apply here. Again, unless they're not being honest here and are looking for confirmation instead of just being naive, which i think is more likely.
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As for the 'sparkling' in panel 6 of the strip (https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4037) i'm inclined to think it's an effect for comic purposes rather than a hologram they're generating (or a magic effect - or glitterdust they threw up in the air). This is because we've seen these effects before like when Faye's sister generated a rainbow here:(https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3665). Basically, i think Jeph is making a reference to the vampires in Twilight.
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