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It'll be an informal thing.

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Trashbot!

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Where'd Marigold go? (Now I'm going to toss this apple into the path of the Laser!)

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THIS IS THE GREATEST MOMENT OF MY LIFE

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Lt. Potter gave the shares back.

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It was SEXUAL HARASSMENT...

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Apology Accepted.

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Now, go get me a bottle of something...

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Five million on principle

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Zero-G badminton is strenuous!

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HERE'S TO PRINCIPLE! TO PRINCIPLE!

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S'okay. 'M off doody.

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EMULATION!

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We are all going to die. PROBABLY NOT WOO

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Dr. Case reveals how much Hanners has changed.

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Sad stringy-haired little Hanners

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One-person psychiatric ward

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Cyborg implant? (one of the more popular theories)

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Hanners with the little black dress

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You're even wearing lipstick!

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Cybernetic implant? Station! They KNOW!

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Releasin' hunter killer drois.

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Somebody call for a pack of merciless hunter-killer droids?

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Aw man, we never get to kill ANYbody.

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Total Members Voted: 52

[jwhouk]

And yet another week of space shenanigans.

[Method of Madness]

Shebly!

[Is it cold in here?]

Momo and Winslow has promise! Is Winslow thinking about what it would be like to be in a full-size chassis permanently, one that doesn't attract stares doing down the street?

[akronnick]

Shebly!

Shebly!

In Space!!!

[idontunderstand]

Randy in space?

[TinPenguin]

Randy IS space.

[Welu]

I'm happy to see more Shebly! Especially IN SPAAACE with SPAAAATHE HAM.

[jwhouk]

There is a positive from the new Twitter layout - you can watch the Ustream feed DIRECTLY from Twitter - without having to log in to Ustream.

[WAYF]

Once again, Marigold is acting uncannily similarly to how I would.

[thelittleking]

T minus how long until Marten and Hannelore are doing the space horizontal tango?

<mod>We don't allow shipping here.</mod>

[Kugai]

Randy IS space.

Randy made The Big Bang




"I can't let you do that Marigold.  I'm going to have to put you on the Gaming Grid."

[jwhouk]

Marigold is having the Time Of Her Life_(tm).

[Is it cold in here?]

T minus how long until [bad stuff was here]

Welcome, new person, but
(moderator)
please read the forum rules about "shipping". It's actually one of the more important of the local rules.
(/moderator)

EDIT: At first I was disappointed that the trash can looked so ordinary, but then I noticed that it had an eye.

[J]

is anything not a robot?


and i totally get where marigold is coming from here. science rules

[pendrake]

For comic #2131...


1. Trashbot made me laugh.  Most likely because I am so damn tired from long work night.

2. Hah, it really is labeled "Space Ham."  With potatoes and eggs to Space Ham's left-going.  (Man I have been wanting to eat at a decent breakfast/brunch buffet because of the the last few strips, the kind of buffet with silvered dome-trays like that rather than the rectangular flat trays.)

3. Hannelore's reaction to Marten owning a tuxedo was rather unusual for me.  Again, possibly because of late-work fatigue, but her words and pose seems to me like she is hinting at "Ooh I want to see that" curiousity .

4. Of course, now I would like to see Marten and Hanners both formally dressed.  I wager Marten would look pretty sharp.  But more interestingly, wonder at what kind of dress would Hannelore wear?  I imagine with something like a low-collared one-piece rather than something with cleavage (that would be for the other QC girls), and hand-to-shoulder length gloves.

5. Boy it is one nerdgasm after another for Marigold, isn't it?  To be fair, I probably would be experiencing the same thing were I in an orbital station and getting to experience high-powered lasers.  Plus, I am certain that Dr. Case is enjoying herself to be able to show off to someone like Marigold too.

6. @J...  [Futurama; season 2, episode 27 ("Mother's Day")]

 - Fry: [after fighting with a robot ceiling fan] Is anything here NOT a robot?!?

 - Nightstand Lamp: I'm not a robot.

[westrim]

Mmm, librarians...   what, I was paying attention, I swear!

Hannelore Ellicott-Chatham, wasting food like that! How could you? Resources are precious, no matter how cheap lift is! For lunch today, no soup for you.

It still bugs me that they have boring standard breakfast you could get at any 2 star space hotel. Can't one of the robotics scientists moonlight as a Ecuadorean Chef?

I don't see how trashbot liking trash could be a bad thing, no matter how much it does so. It should like trash. What would be disturbing is if it was programmed to DISlike trash by some sadistic programmer.

Is anything not a robot?

And I totally get where marigold is coming from here. science rules

Ah, memories. The mid to late nineties were not a bad time to be an American kid.

RE The shirt: I normally play as a woman in games when there's an option just for the switch/ the guys are ugly/ they feel more balanced/ whatever, but playing Mass Effect I just played default male (I blame the official videos). So, I never had to decide between Garrus and Kaiden. Jack and Tali in ME2, now that was a toughie.

Random comments over, sleeping now.

[Nathanyel]

Don't change the subject, Marten! Do you really have a tuxedo?

[Is it cold in here?]

The logical answer is that he's being ironic, since he even pawned his guitar before moving and hasn't had any reason to buy a tuxedo since.

Logic is not a reliable guide to a place as strange as the QC universe. Pintsize is entirely capable of buying a Marten-sized tuxedo to wear just in case he finally manages to upload himself into Marten's body.

[dreed]

T minus how long until Marten, Marigold and Hannelore are back on a ship?

[Is it cold in here?]

(How long before the Worry Hat is available for purchase at Topatoco?)

Jeph's latest Tumblr post says he agrees that a Worry Hat is a good merchandise idea and that they're looking into it.

[J]

The logical answer is that he's being ironic, since he even pawned his guitar before moving and hasn't had any reason to buy a tuxedo since.

it is possible that he obtained one for his father's wedding.

[Border Reiver]

Generally it is cheaper to rent than to buy a tux - unless you need formal wear more than once a year it will just hang in the closet gathering dust. 

So for formal evening wear occasions I have my mess kit.

[JRDelirio]

Man, she really loves her LASERS!! doesn't she?

[Border Reiver]

And why not?

[Akima]

The disturbing thing about Trashbot is its tiny shrivelled arm. I could understand no arms, but they look to short to do anything.

And lasering an apple? It's been done.

[jwhouk]

And it is STILL awesome.

[Welu]

Something about the shaky hand-cam in that video worries me.

There was a spec of dirt on my laptop that made it look like Trashbot had really angry eyebrows. I prefer them without the eyebrows.

[SomeCanadianWeirdo]

Marigold with a a laser is something I suspect is not a good thing. 

[cesium133]

Maybe I'm just expecting too much, but the laser in today's comic looks like it's on a wooden table, rather than a proper optical table.

[DSL]

Well, at least there's a fire extinguisher.

[Black Sword]

I...hate to admit, but I'm kinda tired of space. There doesn't seem to be much going on, and once it's on display it's not as interesting as hoped. I hope J^2 gets on with whatever he's scheming this week.

[lepetitfromage]

The disturbing thing about Trashbot is its tiny shrivelled arm. I could understand no arms, but they look to short to do anything.

At first, I just thought that maybe Jeph added them because they were fun/silly/cute. They made me chuckle a bit.

But maybe they are actually extending arms? I could see those being useful.




I hope we get to see the fate of the apple.

[DSL]

The fact Marten has a Tuxedo appears to have unusual significance for Hanners.

Then again, it could just be, "I don't remember seeing one any of the times I snooped in his closet!"

[pwhodges]

Or Marten was just being ironic: "As if I have any formal clothes to dress up in anyway"!"

[Sorflakne]

Now they're never gonna get Marigold off the station...

Then again, we haven't seen what or where she works, so employment opportunity?

[Omega Entity]

Actaully, we have. We know that she does web design/maintenance at the very least, from the one-sided conversations we've observed between her and her father, and the commentary she's made on Dora's website workmanship. No time to hunt down the specific comics right now, unfortunately.

[Madmartigan]

I...hate to admit, but I'm kinda tired of space. There doesn't seem to be much going on, and once it's on display it's not as interesting as hoped. I hope J^2 gets on with whatever he's scheming this week.

Agreed. This has to be the longest spell in the comic's history without any real kind of drama.  We had a hint of it with Hannelore early on talking about her panic attacks, but since then.  Fun and games.  Which I've actually liked so far.  Nice change of pace.  But I have the feeling something has to go to hell eventually in space.

Anyway, nice deflection Marty.  But based on Hanners reaction, I doubt she forgets, buddy.

[jmucchiello]

Agreed. This has to be the longest spell in the comic's history without any real kind of drama.

Isn't some kind of apocalypse happening on the ground? Isn't that drama? Perhaps you meant character drama.

[DSL]

Or Marten was just being ironic: "As if I have any formal clothes to dress up in anyway"!"

I'm guessing now that Marten's Tux is one of those T-shirts with a dinner jacket's lapels and a shirt front printed on it. Maybe wear it with the black Chuck Taylors if it's a really fancy occasion.

[westrim]

  But I have the feeling something has to go to hell eventually in space.

First they have to go to Phobos.

[Arancaytar]

I can't get the Portal theme out of my head after that last panel. "Look at me still talking when there's science to do..."

[sitnspin]

That is EXACTLY how my girlfriend would respond in Marigold's situation. Given that she is studying to be an astronomer, she would love this place.

[cesium133]

For the question on Jeph's Twitter page, what will happen to the apple depends on what kind of laser it is. If it's a pulsed laser, then the apple will end up with a bunch of holes shot into it. If it's a continuous wave laser, then, depending on how powerful the laser is, then most likely the apple would burn, and there might be a clean cut through the apple like Jeph suggests, depending on the speed that the apple drops through the laser beam (basically, does the laser burn through the apple faster than the apple moves out of the way).

This is all guessing based on my experience with lasers (in particular, setting things on fire with a CO2 laser and shooting holes in things with an Nd:YAG laser). Your mileage may vary, especially since the comic takes place in an alternate universe with lasers more powerful than the ones I've used.

[FunkyTuba]

I really want Trashbot to say "Om Nom Nom Nom".

[Method of Madness]

"G is for Garbage, that's good enough for me!"

[J]

Generally it is cheaper to rent than to buy a tux - unless you need formal wear more than once a year it will just hang in the closet gathering dust. 

how often does he visit the awkward zone? he might have found it cheaper to just buy one than keep renting.

[Tova]

I'm guessing that it was just a bit of deadpan humour.

[Markus Ramikin]

Lt. Potter just blew my suspension of disbelief into space.

[Is it cold in here?]

By that logic, nobody should ever accept cash settlements for anything.

[pwhodges]

Check out Jeph's explanation of today's strip 2132 on Tumblr.