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Title: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: BenRG on 02 Aug 2015, 10:50
Well, it is possible that we may ony have strips 3016 to 3019 this week, depending on Jeph's situation tomorrow.

I think that this new side to Hannelore is interesting. It would be entirely within Dora's rights to feel angry about her trying to pressure her into fixing her manifold friendship problems. That said, it is arguable that Dora needs help because she gets a bit too comfortable in her defensive position of 'no emotional complications because I'm in charge'. Tai has weakened those walls but, IMO, Dora still needs to put her past to bed, at least as far as Sven is concerned.

What else could happen this week? Well, Marten might follow Faye to work or we might see what Claire's post-Intern life is like. Or maybe we could spend a week with Emily, who has been recruited by a shadowy federal agency called SEMME to develop software for [[CLASSIFIED]]. Which is fine, so long as they promise not to kill her family.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Rghfrgl on 02 Aug 2015, 12:18
I'm hoping for Mora and Svan.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Welu on 02 Aug 2015, 12:47
I wonder if we will see Winslow or maybe PT410X. I miss Winslow.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: cesium133 on 02 Aug 2015, 12:57
Fun fact: Excluding guest and filler comics, Winslow has appeared eight times between #2000 and now.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: cesium133 on 02 Aug 2015, 14:07
Quote from: Jeph's twitter
Tomorrow's comic will be the end of an era. Regular strips will resume on Tuesday.

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Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Kugai on 02 Aug 2015, 16:55
Oooooh, ominous sounding
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Omega Entity on 02 Aug 2015, 18:39
Comic.

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Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: DrBear on 02 Aug 2015, 18:41
Cesium, you were close, but...I guess Randy really IS eternal.

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Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Undrneath on 02 Aug 2015, 18:44
But what about Sweet Tits and Shame Orb?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: SubaruStephen on 02 Aug 2015, 18:48
So that's it? He's just gone?


*breaks out the champagne*

One less cloaca-head spouting abuse at the world.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Aziraphale on 02 Aug 2015, 18:49
Can't say I'll miss the old bastard.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Mmeaninglessnamee on 02 Aug 2015, 18:52
Press F[uck Shit Ass-nipples-dicks] to pay respects to our foulmouthed friend
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: osaka on 02 Aug 2015, 18:55
Apparently, Sweet Tits and Shame/Pride Orb might not be going anywhere. And for ol' fucker here, he might appear on those shenanigans, but not as a filler by himself. At least according to his twitter.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: tangerinewarrior on 02 Aug 2015, 19:08
So long yelling bird. You were a ripe bastard, but you were our ripe bastard. May your cloaca always be primed for rocket launches.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: amykathleen on 02 Aug 2015, 19:12
I'm actually really, really sad about this.  I love Yelling Bird!  I have the Yelling Bird Squishable!  Yelling Bird, while of course not a good role model in general, is nonetheless my role model for creative insults.
I will miss you, Yelling Bird.  I'll remember you forever and I'll do my best to carry on your filthy legacy in my own life.  <3
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: jwhouk on 02 Aug 2015, 19:45
The YB Squishable was more tolerable than the actual YB.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: cesium133 on 02 Aug 2015, 19:47
So that's it? He's just gone?


*breaks out the champagne*

One less cloaca-head spouting abuse at the world.
Be kind to your fine-feathered friends.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: SomeCanadianWeirdo on 02 Aug 2015, 19:50
I'll believe it when I don't see it.   :laugh:
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Perfectly Reasonable on 02 Aug 2015, 19:52
This is bad. Really bad. Because you know Yelling Bird will be replaced by something even more obnoxious.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Kugai on 02 Aug 2015, 20:17
So, KFC finally coughs up with the bugger.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Method of Madness on 02 Aug 2015, 21:26
I'd have been fine with never seeing a new YB comic, but it feels weird hearing that YB will never show up again. Especially since it's only true until it isn't, so it's kind of a meaningless statement. Eh, filler is filler I guess.

(Dunno why people hate Randy though)
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: electromgneticDstroyosaur on 02 Aug 2015, 21:42
THEY MUST JUST HATE BANDICOOTS, MR MADNESS.  THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO OTHER REASON TO HATE RANDY.  HE IS A BANDICOOT.  HE'S NOT ANNOYING AT ALL.  HE'S A BANDICOOT.  THAT'S A MARSUPIAL.  OH, DID I MENTION HE'S A BANDICOOT?  THIS CAN'T POSSIBLY GET OLD!  HE'S RANDY!
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Method of Madness on 02 Aug 2015, 21:53
It's not just old, it's eternal!

But yeah, Randy's shown up far fewer times than YB and he's far less, well...terrible. (I mean, if you don't count the skulls and the almost certain genocide. Although we don't know what YB does on his day off, so who knows.)
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Penquin47 on 02 Aug 2015, 22:36
Today that stupid bird and his sister got kidnapped by hill people.  It was the best day ever.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: FunkyTuba on 02 Aug 2015, 22:46
He seems to have gotten fond of those snarky character pages... He could do a year of filler out of his cast of thousands.

Ok maybe 6 mos
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: electromgneticDstroyosaur on 02 Aug 2015, 23:00
far less, well...terrible. (I mean, if you don't count the skulls and the almost certain genocide. ...)

By those standards, Hitler may well be less terrible than Yelling Bird.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: BenRG on 02 Aug 2015, 23:12
Pah! That Bird's a liar! He'll be back as soon as Jeph needs him again! Meanwhile, he and the rest of the YB team are probably off to Aruba to have a six-star vacation funded by all the cash they embezzled from Jeph's Patreon!

It's true though - Conventions is where Nerds go to spawn! I'm sure of it!
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: snubnose on 02 Aug 2015, 23:31
I actually enjoyed Yelling bird because his insults have been so drastic I wouldnt have known how to insult people this drastically.

Pfft. This poll has a serious lack of a "none of the above" option.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Wimblesaurus on 03 Aug 2015, 00:22
It wasn't even a real YB strip.  I feel cheated, or at least I would if I was reading QC out of anything but habit at this point.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Cajun on 03 Aug 2015, 01:08
Yelling Bird's eventual return will be glorious and you all know it.

Until then, farewell Yelling Bird you magnificent bastard. o7
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: foolsguinea on 03 Aug 2015, 01:10
No! Yelling Bird!
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Mordhaus on 03 Aug 2015, 01:45
I think I am more scared that YB will be out from under watchful eyes. I don't think it is coincidental that the last time that happened, a little something called the Black Plague showed up.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: DrBear on 03 Aug 2015, 06:04
I'd like to put a write in vote in the poll:

Hanners tries to patch up Yelling Bird and Jeph, but ends up cursing worse than Yelling Bird
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Welu on 03 Aug 2015, 15:54
I wonder if we might see Yelling Bird in the end of year strips, where we get to see Randy, Harriet and Shame Orb among other. Either way, it's cool that Jeph has made the decision to up the overall tone.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Method of Madness on 03 Aug 2015, 18:27
Apparently that's a possibility. Just not these types of YB stripes.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Method of Madness on 03 Aug 2015, 19:23
Yay robot fighting!
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Neko_Ali on 03 Aug 2015, 19:31
Huh. It's kind of interesting that most of the people watching are robots themselves. I didn't expect that to be the case.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Rghfrgl on 03 Aug 2015, 19:46
If you lose you get put in one of those Pintsize's.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: kent_eh on 03 Aug 2015, 20:31
I like that Orange's head appears to be attached with a Rock-em Sock-em Robots type mechanism.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: wlewisiii on 03 Aug 2015, 22:34
Well now, is that a subtle way to find out where Faye is really at or is it a subtle way to say the Bubbles isn't too happy with her place in the world? I'm left wondering because of the facial expression Bubbles wears in panel  5.

I'm not surprised by Faye. I am by Bubbles. I only wonder at the moment about authors intent.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Stanistani on 03 Aug 2015, 22:59
Bubbles is a subtle character. This will be fun to watch develop.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: BenRG on 03 Aug 2015, 23:19
I agree that there is a big chunk of story with Bubbles that we haven't heard yet. Either she's used to humans pouring moral scorn on the fights and was anticipating the wrong reaction or she has her own issues with it. Either way, she seems genuinely surprised with Faye's reaction. It's possible that in exploring Bubbles' reaction, Faye may find herself ankle-deep in unexpected complications.

I'm not surprised that Faye reacts this way. It seems in character that she'd find violence and causing destruction entertaining. It just seems to be... her. :laugh:

The audience is interesting. I'm seeing humans and robots there. Obviously this isn't just one side exploiting the other. Corpse Witch has obviously tapped into a genuine market!
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: katsmeat on 04 Aug 2015, 01:07
This does seem a bit like banger racing in Ferraris, given what we know about the cost of chassies.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Storel on 04 Aug 2015, 01:45
This does seem a bit like banger racing in Ferraris, given what we know about the cost of chassies.

That's why they have repairs on site. Repairing the chassis is much cheaper than buying a new one.

Beside's, Momo's chassis was a fancy near-lifelike custom Japanese model. I'm sure the models we see fighting are more like Fords and Chevies than Ferraris.

Heck, what did Momo's chassis cost? $30,000 or something like? These days you can hardly even get a Ford or a Chevy for that little, can you? I know Ferraris are more like $75,000 to $100,000 or more.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Akima on 04 Aug 2015, 02:02
Do robots have "junk", and if so, why?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: BenRG on 04 Aug 2015, 02:15
Beside's, Momo's chassis was a fancy near-lifelike custom Japanese model. I'm sure the models we see fighting are more like Fords and Chevies than Ferraris.

Probably closer to Hummers because of all the armour plate and power boosting.

Do robots have "junk", and if so, why?

No, they don't have 'junk', at least those sorts of chassis don't. You've just learned something very disturbing about the level of anger in Faye.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: chaospersonified on 04 Aug 2015, 04:47


Do robots have "junk", and if so, why?

No, they don't have 'junk', at least those sorts of chassis don't. You've just learned something very disturbing about the level of anger in Faye.

For some reason, my first thought on reading this was that Faye's bot's kill move will involve welding an iron dingaling onto the opponent and targeting that
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 04 Aug 2015, 06:43
The Jude Law  chassis did, though not accurately human-ilke.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Detachable Felix on 04 Aug 2015, 07:04
Ah yes, Uncanny Valley, but with an erection... *shudders*
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: kent_eh on 04 Aug 2015, 07:23

Do robots have "junk", and if so, why?

Why?

Ask Pintsize.
I'm sure he would if he could.

But only one, this time.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: ReindeerFlotilla on 04 Aug 2015, 08:58
Getting a thrill out of violence doesn't require anger. Faye  is simply a violent person. I wonder if the is arc is meant to explore that. I'm not saying it is. In WCDT tradition, over analysis (I should make a new profile called OveurAnalysis. But I like my 5 stars, so meh) suggests Bubbles is the key to question about robot personhood (which would make me happy because I'd like the departures into Momo's head to have meaning and relevance). I think it is even possible that Bubbles has potential to fill a sort of companion role for Faye. One wonders why a military robot AI would have such objections to violence (Keeping in mind that military would select for AI that don't). Which suggest a backstory.

Of course, that's a lot to add to one statement and a degree of side-eye.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Neko_Ali on 04 Aug 2015, 10:25
It could well be that Bubbles developed an objection to violence while in the military and left. However being in a military-grade chassis with no human partner to provide for her she may have found work somewhat difficult to come by. An intersection to robot-racist and how military veterans are sometimes seen. It's also possible she doesn't have any marketable skills other than 'beat people up'. Any of these reasons could explain why she is working in a robot fighting arena even if she finds violence grotesque. It's also possible that she works there in a support role, not a fighting one.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Zebediah on 04 Aug 2015, 10:41
It is also possible that Bubbles is okay with necessary violence (i.e. in the line of duty, in defense of human life, etc.) but has a severe distaste for unnecessary violence. The fighting ring definitely falls into the "unnecessary" category.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: ReindeerFlotilla on 04 Aug 2015, 10:48
So many possibles. But is Mista J gonna tell us?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: swapna on 04 Aug 2015, 10:59
Or, or.. Faye's in a hard place right now, she needs money. Robo-Violence looks like fun (Faye herself is an expert in Punch-Fu, Savanna-Style (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1857)) AND like dollar-signs (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1581) since she's getting paid to patch them up afterwards. Not only patch them up, but put spikes on them. And maybe robo-junks.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: osaka on 04 Aug 2015, 11:03
I was going to chime in saying that Bubbles has seen things, but it'd cheapen the analysis made.

Also, I don't have a gif to go with it.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Neko_Ali on 04 Aug 2015, 11:22
(http://i.imgur.com/IKeGy2b.jpg)

You're welcome. :)
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: osaka on 04 Aug 2015, 11:24
I was going for the comical approach but the serious approach also helps. Thx neko.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: aliensporebomb on 04 Aug 2015, 12:37
Well, I look at it this way: since Faye's recent hospitalization this is the first "visceral entertainment" she's been able to experience and watching robots walloping the snot out of each other might be enjoyable and let her forget her problems for a bit.  Maybe she can make the fights more entertaining with her modifications.

Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: ReindeerFlotilla on 04 Aug 2015, 14:37
Faye's entire relationship with Padma was based around violence as a casual greeting. Given what she knows, I can't see a reason she wouldn't be enjoying this.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Kugai on 04 Aug 2015, 15:40
(http://i.imgur.com/IKeGy2b.jpg)

You're welcome. :)


Ninjaed

I think Bubbles is a pacifist at heart
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: hedgie on 04 Aug 2015, 17:13
Given that we're dealing with sapient computer hardware here, the version from the Scary Devil Monastery might even fit better:

... I've seen Sun monitors on fire off the side of the multimedia
lab. I've seen NTU lights glitter in the dark near the Mail Gate. All
these things will be lost in time, like the root partition last week.
Time to die...

Peter Gutmann
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: SubaruStephen on 04 Aug 2015, 18:28
Getting a thrill out of violence doesn't require anger.

I'm not an angry person, and boxing, wrestling, and MMA repulse me, but during Robot Wars and Battlebots I'm yelling for more destruction. I'm Faye in the last panel....3 fold.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: WareWolf on 04 Aug 2015, 18:32
So it appears that Bubbles' MOS may very well have been medic/repair-bot, which would explain her attitude about this whole endeavor.

Also, as a practicing trial attorney, I completely understand Barry and Reggie's attitudes.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Method of Madness on 04 Aug 2015, 18:34
That was adorable.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: mustang6172 on 04 Aug 2015, 18:43
I hope that knee gets some kind of reinforcement.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: DSL on 04 Aug 2015, 18:43
They're professionals, that's all.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Perfectly Reasonable on 04 Aug 2015, 20:42
I like this! We are getting science fictional here. AIs give Jeph the chance to explore non-human situations. For instance, physical trauma can be completely separated from emotional trauma.

Also, the near destruction of Barry's chassis means that Faye can rebuild it from the ground up, an opportunity for her to express her own creative style. With spikes. And espresso.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: SubaruStephen on 04 Aug 2015, 21:04
Since Bubbles has a different text font in her speech..uh..bubbles, than the other robots/AIs, I keep reading her voice as sort of 1980's/early 90's computer vocalization (like Joshua from War Games, only more feminine).
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: 94ssd on 04 Aug 2015, 21:27
I can't be the only one who imagined Barry's lines being in this Barry's voice.

(http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/gamegrumps/images/d/db/Barry_TableFlip.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/480?cb=20140628235810)
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Stanistani on 04 Aug 2015, 22:34
Quote from: Jeph
No more comics about smooching, just comics about ROBOT FIGHT from now on forever.

I'm in.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Omega Entity on 04 Aug 2015, 23:21
Since Bubbles has a different text font in her speech..uh..bubbles, than the other robots/AIs, I keep reading her voice as sort of 1980's/early 90's computer vocalization (like Joshua from War Games, only more feminine).

I don't think that it's a different font so much as it is the usual AI font being distorted due to it being squeezed into the speech box.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Rghfrgl on 04 Aug 2015, 23:24
Quote from: Jeph
No more comics about smooching, just comics about ROBOT FIGHT from now on forever.

I'm in.

Can love bloom, even in the robot battlefield?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: BenRG on 04 Aug 2015, 23:30
"Hey, lady ! It's only a job! There's no need for us to take it personally!" We're being reminded just how different an AI can perceive stuff because of the differing nature of their physical being. If you don't feel pain and can be hammered back into shape, what point is there worrying about what your opponent did to you?

I wonder if, like modern professional wrestling, there is a considerable element of theatre about this. The fighters may even rehearse!

It's interesting that Bubbles seems to have a repair tasking. It's also interesting that she is so much taller than the fighters. I really do wonder what her story may be.

Quote from: Jeph
No more comics about smooching, just comics about ROBOT FIGHT from now on forever.

I'm in.

I'm not. Too much of anything gets boring after a while!
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: St.Clair on 05 Aug 2015, 00:52
Might as well ask if someone's upset that their friend just shot them in the face/back/leg, in a game like CoD or TF, when a respawn is only 5 seconds away.
Okay, so this repair process is a bit more involved (and possibly expensive), but when you take lasting physical harm out of the equation, attitudes tend to change.
It's no longer horrible tragic carnage, but a bunch of buds laughing at how far that rocket launcher sent their body flying.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Zebediah on 05 Aug 2015, 04:22
Short story recommendation: Check out Paolo Bacigalupi's story "The People of Sand and Slag" (http://www.baenebooks.com/chapters/1597801348/1597801348___3.htm) for what life is like for humans (well, posthumans) who don't feel pain and who can quickly regenerate any injury. It's... on the disturbing side. These people are in some ways less human than Jeph's robots.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Neko_Ali on 05 Aug 2015, 05:40
Actually, I don't think Barry and Reginald's attitudes are all that different than other professional fighters. Especially those in the entertainment field. We are talk a fairly small and close knit group of people with a specific and unusual job. To beat each other up and make it as entertaining as they can for the audience. You see these people every day and you are putting your well being and potentially life in their hands. Actual for real anger and hatred really don't have a place in the ring (Or octogon, or battle box or whatever). So yeah, fighters may be all 'grr I hate you!' when in character, but privately they are part of a small circle of people and some of the few people who really understand each other. Friendships are natural in this environment.

And then when you add in the impermanence of damage because these fighters are robots and really, what is there to get angry about? Maybe having to pay out for repairs or replacement parts, if the ring management doesn't cover all the cost of those. If the fighters get paid the same to fight as opposed to the winners making more then there is even less reason for it to become personal.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 05 Aug 2015, 07:17
Bubbles is the bouncer?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: DSL on 05 Aug 2015, 08:33
I'm thinking now of the old Benny Hill sketch of two professional wrestlers going at it in the ring, only the conversation ranges from "How's the wife and kids, Harry?" to "Come over Thursday for tea, then?" "Yes, that sounds lovely."
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: BenRG on 05 Aug 2015, 10:59
Interesting little tidbit from Jeph's Twitter feed (https://twitter.com/jephjacques/status/628960890344370176).

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: osaka on 05 Aug 2015, 12:10
I want to note that Reggie's comment seems to have made Barry's entire day. The whole of it.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: WareWolf on 05 Aug 2015, 13:51
I'm thinking now of the old Benny Hill sketch of two professional wrestlers going at it in the ring, only the conversation ranges from "How's the wife and kids, Harry?" to "Come over Thursday for tea, then?" "Yes, that sounds lovely."

I was also thinking of the old "Sam the Sheepdog and Ralph the Wolf" cartoons. Like this one:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo7JNvVTMf8

(My favorite bit's the "lunch break" around 3:35).
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: DSL on 05 Aug 2015, 16:13
Sam is clearly the "work smarter, not harder" type. (The "nothing personal" aspect was played up even more in later "Ralph and Sam" cartoons)
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Kugai on 05 Aug 2015, 16:44
It's nothing personal
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: DSL on 05 Aug 2015, 18:06
It's nothing personal

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5c/Salvatore_Tessio.jpg)
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: mustang6172 on 05 Aug 2015, 19:02
I maintain that Jeph made a huge mistake in declaring AI to be people.  AI should have been kept as a slave class that's programed to enjoy being a slave class.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Method of Madness on 05 Aug 2015, 19:02
That's fucking awful, dude.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: improvnerd on 05 Aug 2015, 19:59
So Bubbles is a conscientious objector?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: mustang6172 on 05 Aug 2015, 20:31
That's fucking awful, dude.

No, awful would be AI as a slave class that resents it, but not a single human character is sympathetic to their plight.  That would also be the funniest course of action.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Perfectly Reasonable on 05 Aug 2015, 20:49
"Cronenbergian?"
Dammit, Bubbles! Now I want a cronenburger with double fries!
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: chaospersonified on 05 Aug 2015, 21:30
Yeah, Bubbles has a bigger vocabulary than I do, it seems.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: BenRG on 05 Aug 2015, 23:09
Yeah, it's more-or-less as I thought. Bubbles is anti-violence in some way. I think that she and Faye are about to have a very illuminating conversation that is going to help Faye come to understand AIs and the difference between 'chassis type' and 'chosen profession'.

Bubbles was made to be a soldier; a killer. It's beginning to look like she prefers being a healer.

Is there some connection between robots/ anthropcs and Cronenberg? The only other time I remember someone saying 'Cronenbergian' in QC it was Pintsize with his thumb-limbs.

A guess: Cronenberg wrote, directed and produced eXistenZ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existenz), a film about how constant use of virtual reality technology and immersive video-gaming would lead to people becoming disconnected with reality and uncertain of the division between the game world and objective reality. I've got a feeling that this would have a lot of extra meaning to AIs, whose hardware and data files would define their reality and, more importantly, how humans perceive their reality to be.

The lesson? Don't judge by what your senses initially tell you. Investigate and determine reality before reacting.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Omega Entity on 05 Aug 2015, 23:30
Man, it's been forever since I've heard any reference to that movie, even though I think of it every time I misspell 'existence'. It was pretty neat.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: anahata on 06 Aug 2015, 00:43
I'd never heard of Cronenberg, but the summary at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cronenberg seems to fit.

Also, Bubbles is rapidly becoming a favourite character.

And I applaud Jeph for mentally researching the background behind sentient AI fighters.
Quote from: Jeph
working out the behind the scenes mechanics of your universe even if you never display them
...but even if he doesn't show the details, the fragments he does show us will consequently have a depth and consistency that will make it all look more real.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: ReindeerFlotilla on 06 Aug 2015, 00:58
It's perfectly possible to have mechanic underlying a fictional universe that just make it absurd.

And for most humans, this makes your fictional universe suck. Then there's Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams. To paraphrase Cyberpunk 2020, they have world building skill at 11, but you never will.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: ZoeB on 06 Aug 2015, 01:37
Roh Ro.

I suspect Bubbles could do with a therapist - or a friend. Jeph's pretty good at characterisation, and the few times I've seen someone say something like that, something pretty darned horrific had happened to cause it.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: MooskiNet on 06 Aug 2015, 07:23
Roh Ro.

I suspect Bubbles could do with a therapist - or a friend. Jeph's pretty good at characterisation, and the few times I've seen someone say something like that, something pretty darned horrific had happened to cause it.

It would tickle me if Faye overcame her drinking habit by acquiring a drinking buddy that doesn't drink.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: theMarc on 06 Aug 2015, 15:57
No joke, if Jeph started doing a webcomic exclusively about the sociopolitical ramifications of sentient AI in the QC-verse, I would totally read it.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Kugai on 06 Aug 2015, 16:00
I had a feeling she wasn't a fighter.

There's an interesting tale there I bet, especially from an ex MilSpec Combat Droid.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: DSL on 06 Aug 2015, 16:07
Did we just see the Pugnacious Peach show awareness of having crossed someone else's boundaries? I don't recall having seen that before.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: zioninavision on 06 Aug 2015, 16:47
here is something quite wonderful!!

Unironic Canada Hat ‏@jephjacques 8h
Some good cat names:

Brembo
Chorp
Prelvis
Dangdangdangdangdangdangdang
Quelp
Malkmus
Google Plus
Belby
Crembo, Son of Brembo
Panera Bread

 :lol: :lol: :-)

Unironic Canada Hat retweeted
Ethan Steele ‏@ethansteele 5h5 hours ago
@jephjacques dord, pantera bread

 :laugh: :lol:  i am sort of hoping pantera bread becomes a character's shirt design some time this year!
Overall a QC shirt design featuring any character wearing a t shirt that said Some good cat names: and a list similar to that, would become a cult classic   :-)   I do very much support the idea of an 'infinity mirror' type t shirt featuring a character wearing a t shirt with the same design as many times as would fit!   
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: War Sparrow on 06 Aug 2015, 17:22
Bubbles brings up an interesting point. Can anthropc's experience ptsd the way humans can? From what I know of it, PTSD and PTS are caused by not fully processing trauma. In humans, it can be caused by the most random things too-I've seen case studies where a person falls and suffers PTSD symptoms, while a person hit by a train in a tractor does not. It has also been linked to a variable heartrate, oddly enough, as well as the element of decision making, or an ability to leave a situation. 9/11 had less civilian presentations of post traumatic symptoms then survivors of hurricane Katrina, as of my 2011 Psych class.

Therefore, can Anthropcs become traumatized to the point of illness? They process information, albeit digitally, they have emotions..they don't have a heartrate to measure, but perhaps that doesn't matter for them. 
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: celticgeek on 06 Aug 2015, 18:09
I can't confirm or deny it, but the comic is numbered 2030, rather that the 2020 it should be.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: osaka on 06 Aug 2015, 18:09
COMIC

So. Marten just had another one of those brief moments of clarity where he realizes how profoundly weird his life is.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: mustang6172 on 06 Aug 2015, 18:33
COMIC

So. Marten just had another one of those brief moments of clarity where he realizes how profoundly weird his life is.

Robot combat is profoundly weird?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: osaka on 06 Aug 2015, 18:42
Referencing an old strip almost verbatim. Also, it's not just the robot combat, it's "My roommate who is a recovering alcoholic is now working as repair technician in an illegal underground robot fighting league that I thought was a joke". There's a bit of a stretch there.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Rghfrgl on 06 Aug 2015, 19:31
I can't confirm or deny it, but the comic is numbered 2030, rather that the 2020 it should be.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.

3020.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: FunkyTuba on 06 Aug 2015, 20:08

[...] pantera bread

 :laugh: :lol:  i am sort of hoping pantera bread becomes a character's shirt design some time this year!

Found on the internets:
(http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww346/polydactyla/Pantera.jpg)
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbztafs1rE1qbkotho1_500.jpg)
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Mordhaus on 06 Aug 2015, 20:35
(http://www.snopes.com/photos/signs/graphics/austria2.jpg)
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: celticgeek on 06 Aug 2015, 21:24
I can't confirm or deny it, but the comic is numbered 2030, rather that the 2020 it should be.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.

3020.

I can't believe that I screwed up the numbering, too. 

Long day.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Perfectly Reasonable on 06 Aug 2015, 21:28
And I applaud Jeph for mentally researching the background behind sentient AI fighters.
Quote from: Jeph
working out the behind the scenes mechanics of your universe even if you never display them

...but even if he doesn't show the details, the fragments he does show us will consequently have a depth and consistency that will make it all look more real.

^ This.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: zioninavision on 06 Aug 2015, 22:06

[...] pantera bread

 :laugh: :lol:  i am sort of hoping pantera bread becomes a character's shirt design some time this year!

Found on the internets:
(http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww346/polydactyla/Pantera.jpg)
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbztafs1rE1qbkotho1_500.jpg)

:0 :)   I have made a panera photoshop with musician before for some reason! 

(http://oi58.tinypic.com/1zob1x0.jpg)

The new comic is quite good and maybe the '2030' is a reference to look back at 2030 and see how it is a bit similar ; maybe Faye will hear from Angus soon, I am not sure who in New york could fully appreciate his nuances.  looking forward to the possible visit from Angus and he can attend one of the matches!!   :lol: :laugh:

Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Mr_Rose on 06 Aug 2015, 22:44
So, Bubbles. My theory: she isn't an AI at all. She is, in fact, a human ex soldier injured badly enough that they were given a total body prosthetic, robocop style.
If Faye paid the least bit if attention to the news five years ago she would have instantly recognised Bubbles, who was quite infamous for a while. Especially after she was banned from the paralympics for life (apparently "WD40" is on the list of illegal doping substances).
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: BenRG on 06 Aug 2015, 23:19
Poor Marten! Is it too much for him to get a tiny bit of normalcy and complete unexceptional lack of weirdness in his life?

Oh, and Faye? You fail at keeping secrets. I don't think that it matters in this case but you'd better have a more plausible response for others! The complete brain-lock 'Oh my God, what do I say?' for an entire panel didn't help.

The new comic is quite good and maybe the '2030' is a reference to look back at 2030 and see how it is a bit similar ; maybe Faye will hear from Angus soon, I am not sure who in New york could fully appreciate his nuances.  looking forward to the possible visit from Angus and he can attend one of the matches!!

Actually, I think that, taken in parallel to this Tweet (https://twitter.com/jephjacques/status/629420858956754944), it means that Jeph was worn out after a tough day and typed the numbers in the wrong sequence; I know that I do that sometimes!
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: snubnose on 06 Aug 2015, 23:32
I can neither confirm nor deny that todays comic is good.  :meh:
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: electromgneticDstroyosaur on 07 Aug 2015, 00:13
That's it?  No concerns about the fact that half the rent now comes from dubious sources?  I always though Marten was a bit too Lawful Good for this sort of thing to slide so easily.  But I guess that's what living in a place like (this depiction of) Northampton does to a fellow.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: anahata on 07 Aug 2015, 00:48
No concerns about the fact that half the rent now comes from dubious sources?

He might come round to that, but actually it's Faye's problem, not his.
It's not like he's receiving stolen goods.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: snubnose on 07 Aug 2015, 01:08
Since when is Marten lawful good ? I always thought he's clearly chaotic good ... like most people.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: BenRG on 07 Aug 2015, 01:25
That's it?  No concerns about the fact that half the rent now comes from dubious sources?

Right now, I think he's too drained by the fact his personal reality won't settle down on 'normal' to worry about that.

FWIW, it is more likely that he would worry about Faye getting in trouble than the source of the money. He has struck me as knowing enough about AIs and how they live their lives to have confidence that, irrespective of the letter of the law, it would be nearly impossible to abuse them in this manner if they didn't want to be.

He might come round to that, but actually it's Faye's problem, not his.
It's not like he's receiving stolen goods.

Interestingly, at least in British law at least, it is the landlord's problem, not Marten's. If it is exposed that Faye's rent is coming from illegal sources, the landlord would be held responsible for not carrying out reasonable checks to verify that he was not receiving 'immoral earnings'.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Akima on 07 Aug 2015, 02:11
If it is exposed that Faye's rent is coming from illegal sources, the landlord would be held responsible for not carrying out reasonable checks to verify that he was not receiving 'immoral earnings'.
Does that apply to earnings from any crime, or just prostitution?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Tichy on 07 Aug 2015, 02:25
If it is exposed that Faye's rent is coming from illegal sources, the landlord would be held responsible for not carrying out reasonable checks to verify that he was not receiving 'immoral earnings'.
Does that apply to earnings from any crime, or just prostitution?

That may be exactly the idea. Some brothels are run as "hotels" for the prostitutes, who just happen to use it as their workplace as well. That way you punish the pimp/madam.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: jwhouk on 07 Aug 2015, 02:36
Apartment leases in the US generally have clauses relating to illegal activities while on the premises.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: anahata on 07 Aug 2015, 03:13
Is that the same as illegal activities OFF the premises, though? (even if the proceeds pay the rent)
I can see that the "immoral earnings" rule might apply, if (as questioned by Akima) that includes other than prostitution.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: jwhouk on 07 Aug 2015, 03:58
I'd have to do some looking around. States and municipalities have laws about apartment rentals.
Title: Q
Post by: hedgie on 07 Aug 2015, 04:39
If it is exposed that Faye's rent is coming from illegal sources, the landlord would be held responsible for not carrying out reasonable checks to verify that he was not receiving 'immoral earnings'.
Does that apply to earnings from any crime, or just prostitution?

I don't know about the legal aspect of "immoral earnings", but I will say that if illegal ones were a problem, I'd be homeless.  Quite a few of the flats I have had were paid for by employers who regularly flouted labour laws, like the whole overtime thing, and whatnot.  If I actually had money (or still being with someone who had a sister who could put that whole "jd" thing after her hame), I would have taken my last three employers to court.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Kiloku on 07 Aug 2015, 05:40
I doubt the legality of her money will be an issue in the comic. It'd be a bit boring to have juridical proceedings as a plotline. It's kinda played for laughs anyway.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 07 Aug 2015, 06:49
Anyway we know Marten is not above insurance fraud.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Akima on 07 Aug 2015, 07:44
That may be exactly the idea. Some brothels are run as "hotels" for the prostitutes, who just happen to use it as their workplace as well. That way you punish the pimp/madam.
Just so. I recall reading that landlords can, or at least could, be prosecuted for "keeping a disorderly house (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disorderly_house)", which usually meant allowing their building to be used as a brothel. But paying the rent with money earned in a shady manner outside the house? I don't know.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Zebediah on 07 Aug 2015, 07:54
In Massachusetts I don't think the landlord could be held accountable for a tenant's off-premises activities. There's no way the landlord could reasonably know that Faye's income comes from an illegal activity that does not take place on the landlord's property. Especially since Faye had a legitimate job when she moved in and likely hasn't notified her landlord of her change in employment - she wouldn't legally be required to give such notice.

Now, if Faye was doing something illegal in the apartment, the landlord would be well within his rights to terminate the lease without notice and evict both Faye and Marten. But that's not the case here.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: jwhouk on 07 Aug 2015, 12:10
Found a template rental agreement here: http://rentalleaseagreement.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/massachusetts-residential-lease-agreement.pdf

As long as she's not using the place as an APC training room, she's probably good.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Deadcoder on 07 Aug 2015, 12:27
Anyway we know Marten is not above insurance fraud.

It's not really insurance fraud. It's more of "Accessory to illegal robot fights". Not that insurance fraud is unethical. Most insurance companies will actively try to avoid paying out their policy, so they're acceptable targets.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Method of Madness on 07 Aug 2015, 13:09
That was a reference to using his health insurance to buy Faye glasses near the beginning.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Kugai on 07 Aug 2015, 14:54
I've said it before, and I'll say it now.

I think the Fight Club is, techically illegal, but is one of those activities that the Govt turns a blind eye to unless it becomes a problem or too 'Exposed' to the general public at large. So long as it's kept 'Under The Rose' so to speak, they'll take no action as it's an outlet for both Humans and AnthroPC's.

Undobutedly, the Feds do the odd Raid on the places just to show they're keeping to the letter of the law, but otherwise, they do the old 'Nod, Wink' about it unless, as I mentioned, it gets out of hand or comes too much under public scrutiny.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Neko_Ali on 07 Aug 2015, 15:09
Well, the way those things usually come about is when there is no money or publicity points to be earned stopping it. Making big noise about drug busts is good to keep that War on Drugs funding coming in. Traffic stops and DUI checkpoints keeps the ticket money coming in. Prostitution stings usually happen to appeal to the morality patrol types. Big cases of violent crimes like assaults or murder? Good for the reputation. But someone stealing car stereos, breaking into houses or an underground robot fighting right that few people know about? ehhh... If they can get around to it.

Yes, I am more than a little bit jaded.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Radium_Coyote on 07 Aug 2015, 17:12
Poor Marten! Is it too much for him to get a tiny bit of normalcy and complete unexceptional lack of weirdness in his life?

Dude's been to outer space, owns a robot, and works in a library with Tai and Emily and what's-her-face.  That would be actually a LOT to ask, but consider this:

Is Marten better or worse for having gone through this journey?  He's touched so many lives, and I think he's rubbed off a little on each of them.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: osaka on 07 Aug 2015, 18:08
That's an oversimplification. When Marten mentions his life being profoundly weird back in 1666, he was getting started in a way. Any way you put it, Marten has been running into wacky shenanigans for the entire run of the comic, and doing that can be exhausting when you get to a certain point. Let's be honest, no life is truly normal, but this dude's is off the scale.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: mustang6172 on 07 Aug 2015, 18:34
He's touched so many lives, and I think he's rubbed off a little on each of them.

I don't think he rubbed off on each of them.  Just Dora, Padma, Claire, and the sexist slur removed by moderator Faye soaked with milk.   :claireface:

EDIT:  Oh, and Tai's friend.  Was her name Delilah?
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: improvnerd on 07 Aug 2015, 19:43
EDIT:  Oh, and Tai's friend.  Was her name Delilah?

It's okay, Marten doesn't remember it either.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: mustang6172 on 08 Aug 2015, 11:24
Give me an example of a dehumanizing slur that would be acceptable.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Method of Madness on 08 Aug 2015, 11:38
Global Moderator Comment There isn't one. She did a shitty thing but she's still human. I don't know what word you used, but there's no reason to insult all women by calling her such a name.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: questionablydiscontent on 08 Aug 2015, 20:10
First rule of Robot Fight Club: Do not talk about Robot Fight Club
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: SomeCanadianWeirdo on 09 Aug 2015, 14:09
It's interesting that we've never seen Marten's landlord, or any apartment manager/maintenance person the apartment might have.  You'd think Pintsize's shenanigans would have led to at least one instance of someone showing up to paint a wall, fix a broken door, etc.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: jwhouk on 09 Aug 2015, 15:38
We haven't seen the landlord since they signed for the place.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Omega Entity on 09 Aug 2015, 16:35
We haven't seen the landlord since they signed for the place.
It's interesting that we've never seen Marten's landlord, or any apartment manager/maintenance person the apartment might have.  You'd think Pintsize's shenanigans would have led to at least one instance of someone showing up to paint a wall, fix a broken door, etc.

Indeed. (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=312)
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Method of Madness on 09 Aug 2015, 18:11
I actually think that's the broker, so SCW may still be correct.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: celticgeek on 09 Aug 2015, 18:14
Oops, the L-word just slipped out. 

A distraction from the real discussion?

Oops, wrong comic.  I have not been doing well lately.
Title: Re: WCDT Strips 3016 to 3020 (3rd to 7th August 2015)
Post by: Omega Entity on 09 Aug 2015, 18:31
I actually think that's the broker, so SCW may still be correct.
I thought that at first too, but the subsequent comics solidified it as the landlord, for me, anyway.