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WCDT - December 5 to December 9, 2022 (strips #4931 to #4935)

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sitnspin:
I talk about The Fifth Element a lot, actually.

St.Clair:
"Anybody else wanna negotiate?!"
"W-where did he learn to negotiate like that?"
"I wonder."

stayctee:

--- Quote from: Mojo on 07 Dec 2022, 14:58 ---You know, I miss the days when the comic was more realistic... I mean, there was Pintsize, and occasional other minor bot characters, but most of the comic was about people in a relatively realistic world.

Maybe I'm the only one, but I miss the old days.

--- End quote ---

I hear ya. It's still a cute comic though, that's why I stick around. You can always go back and reread! Also there are lots of slice of life comics on the internet. :)

I'm going to go out on a limb and say, that "residential apartment" was supposed to say "residential quadrant".

Actually, the Marten as main character thing is interesting - I still think of him that way because I've been reading since he was. But what would newer readers think? I wonder how absolutely confusing this comic is to someone who started reading recently, actually, now that I think about it.

BenRG:

--- Quote from: St.Clair on 08 Dec 2022, 21:16 ---"Anybody else wanna negotiate?!"
"W-where did he learn to negotiate like that?"
"I wonder."
--- End quote ---

I always loved President Lindberg in The Fifth Element. He just struck me as a fairly straight-line guy who was tired of being surrounded by childlike military leaders, raving loony religious 'advisers' and politicians. Now he has to deal with the End of the World with the only nearly-sane person to hand being Korbin Dallas, a man who has yet to encounter a problem that he cannot shoot to make it go away.

hedgie:

--- Quote from: snubnose on 08 Dec 2022, 00:45 ---I'm sorry but I just have to point out that an arm makes no sense. There should be at least also a frame for the torso and some artificial legs. Otherwise all that arm might give you is enormous strength in your handshakes or some such.

Then again maybe the feature of the artificial arm is exceptional precision of movement or something like that ?!?

--- End quote ---

My previous attempted reply got mutilated (and only showed the quote), so sorry, trying again:
You’re absolutely right there, and that specific issue was explored in the Ghost in the Shell manga, as a reason (IIRC, fuzzy memory) that people would opt for full body prosthesis rather than just having a super-strong replacement arm, complete with cute cartoon (different art style) of an arm trying to pick up something heavy and ripping itself out in the process.

Aside from the possibility you brought up, for symbiosis experiments, an arm does make more sense than other appendages.  At least if it decides to stop listening to the host, there’s no mobility impairment, so the poor host can run around for help screaming whilst the arm is punching them in the face rather than trying to ambulate in some manner with an uncooperative leg. 

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