Topic: WCDT: 2201-2205 (4-8 June 2012) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread (Read 81622 times)

cvcharger · « **Reply #50 on:** 04 Jun 2012, 22:53 »

Quote from: Kugai on 04 Jun 2012, 22:40

Tai

At least the AnthroPC's aren't thinking of going Cylon on the Humans

Yet

Maybe they just want us to think that.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #51 on:** 04 Jun 2012, 23:15 »

Pintsize can taste things and has a stomach, as of the upgrade to the M-31 chassis.

There is a potential for dramatic conflict when Momo discovers that her premium chassis is missing a feature that Pintsize has.

pwhodges · « **Reply #52 on:** 05 Jun 2012, 05:55 »

This is certainly the longest time I can remember that a comic has been up with not a single comment. Perhaps this is because there isn't a joke, but just musing about the future; or does it just not go down well with Europeans for some inscrutable reason?

Nikolai · « **Reply #53 on:** 05 Jun 2012, 06:00 »

I want cybernetic implants. Mostly just modded arms and a glowing red eye, though.

Soulsynger · « **Reply #54 on:** 05 Jun 2012, 06:17 »

Quote from: pwhodges on 05 Jun 2012, 05:55

This is certainly the longest time I can remember that a comic has been up with not a single comment. Perhaps this is because there isn't a joke, but just musing about the future; or does it just not go down well with Europeans for some inscrutable reason?

Aren't you gonna join us in holding your breath in anticipation of wherever this is going?

One of us (Europeans)! One of us (Europeans)! One of us (Europeans)!

jwhouk · « **Reply #55 on:** 05 Jun 2012, 06:17 »

The Unscientific Poll We Haven't Done In A While - Your Favorite Character?

Marten 5 (8.9%)
Faye 11 (19.6%)
Dora 1 (1.8%)
Hannelore 19 (33.9%)
Pintsize 2 (3.6%)
Marigold 3 (5.4%)
Steve 0 (0%)
Sven 0 (0%)
Raven 3 (5.4%)
Angus 1 (1.8%)
Tai 1 (1.8%)
Penelope 0 (0%)
Momo 6 (10.7%)
Winslow 1 (1.8%)
Other (Specify) 3 (5.4%)

Total Members Voted: 56

Method of Madness · « **Reply #56 on:** 05 Jun 2012, 06:54 »

Quote from: mustang6172 on 04 Jun 2012, 22:27

I'm sick of Momo's "Little Mermaid" comics.

I have no idea what that means.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #57 on:** 05 Jun 2012, 06:57 »

Yeah I couldn't work that one out either. Momo is nothing like the little mermaid, either the Disney version or the traditional folk tale.

ETA: just checked and discovered it isn't a folk tale, but Hans Anderson actually made it up. Either way, no pink-headed robot girls.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #58 on:** 05 Jun 2012, 07:05 »

Jeanne Calment, who lived to be 122, was asked what it was like to have lived through so much change. I don't remember her exact words, even in translation, but what she said was to the effect of "Meh. People are the same.".

When the cybernetic implants hit the QC world, they'll probably only affect cognition.

Genetic engineering will probably be aimed at superficial ends, such as making someone good at Scrabble.

techkid · « **Reply #59 on:** 05 Jun 2012, 07:08 »

Quote from: DSL on 04 Jun 2012, 16:47

Quote from: Throg on 04 Jun 2012, 08:32
I for one would love to read what Jeph has written as the 'canon' to the QCverse. I didn't even notice the church, but I found that last use of the word "we" for the AnthroPC's as a bit chilling -- like there's a universal hivemind of AI consciousness, and anything from a nuclear submarine to a toaster to an Idoru, can login and compare notes.

@DSL: I hope Jeph DOESN'T. That's a short fuse to a big stick of dynamite. Why poke the sleeping dragon?

If it's any consolation, Pintsize has probably been banned from the important forums.
@Throg: I doubt he'll poke the dragon just for the sake of poking the dragon; that hasn't been his style so far. But he has done things he said he wouldn't do, at least indirectly; he commented early on after a fairly tame scene that he probably wouldn't get more risqué than that. And then, later on, he turned it up a notch -- but in service of the story, or at least a joke. But the place on society of AIs in the QCverse is obviously much on his mind and he's certainly thinking about ways to explore this.

I don't know Jeph as a person, but I think I can sort of see his views. I don't think he'd "poke the dragon" just for the sake of doing it. It may have been something on his mind back when Westboro Church was reigniting its homophobic tirade (and particularly when they came out into the public eye), and just needed the time, place and/or circumstances to be right.

I don't know. All I can guess is Jeph probably wouldn't make a cheap jibe at anyone without cause.

Throg · « **Reply #60 on:** 05 Jun 2012, 08:48 »

QC = Blade Runner where EVERYBODY'S JUST DANDY, kthxbye

jmucchiello · « **Reply #61 on:** 05 Jun 2012, 08:51 »

Quote from: pwhodges on 05 Jun 2012, 05:55

This is certainly the longest time I can remember that a comic has been up with not a single comment.

Um, his twitter saying the comic was up is 7 hours old so it went up between 4 and 5 am. You post just before 6 am. So you are saying less than 2 hours is a LONG time?

idontunderstand · « **Reply #62 on:** 05 Jun 2012, 08:59 »

Well, pwhodges, for the record I love the two comics this week, so far. I just can't think of anything to add. It's almost perfect to me.

cvcharger · « **Reply #63 on:** 05 Jun 2012, 10:48 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 04 Jun 2012, 23:15

Pintsize can taste things and has a stomach, as of the upgrade to the M-31 chassis.

There is a potential for dramatic conflict when Momo discovers that her premium chassis is missing a feature that Pintsize has.

Well, at least she still has her electric shock feature, as opposed to Pintsize losing his laser.

chetoos8 · « **Reply #64 on:** 05 Jun 2012, 10:51 »

I just want to say that I love the perspective shot in the first panel. That is all.

themacnut · « **Reply #65 on:** 05 Jun 2012, 11:00 »

Loving the discussion of AI's place in humanity so far. This page in particular reminds me of my favorite sci-fi site, Orion's Arm that deals with many of the same issues, and in the speculative future discussed on that site, many people DO in fact become vehicles, vessels (the "brains" of them, certainly) and many others actually evolve into highly advanced AI. That site is basically The Singularity on steroids. Mega steroids.

idontunderstand · « **Reply #66 on:** 05 Jun 2012, 13:02 »

Quote from: chetoos8 on 05 Jun 2012, 10:51

I just want to say that I love the perspective shot in the first panel. That is all.

Jeph tweeted (or was it tumbled?) something about working on thinking of ways of getting the comic better, and different perspectives was one of them. Very successful so far in my humble opinion.

Akima · « **Reply #67 on:** 05 Jun 2012, 15:52 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 05 Jun 2012, 06:54

Quote from: mustang6172 on 04 Jun 2012, 22:27
I'm sick of Momo's "Little Mermaid" comics.
I have no idea what that means.

I am guessing that Mustang, possibly confused by Momo/Ariel pink/red hair, it thinking of Ariel wanting to become human to be with Eric. The parallel doesn't really work though, because Momo doesn't want to be human, just to be treated as equal to a human. There is a big difference!

And as others have pointed out, awesome perspectives. Jeph should place his characters in expansive spaces more often.

iduguphergrave · « **Reply #68 on:** 05 Jun 2012, 16:18 »

No no no he meant that he's sick of Momo's actual collection of Little Mermaid comic books. They really annoy him for some reason.

DUH

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #69 on:** 05 Jun 2012, 20:04 »

Quote from: Akima on 05 Jun 2012, 15:52

The parallel doesn't really work though, because Momo doesn't want to be human, just to be treated as equal to a human. There is a big difference!

Except she wants to be able to eat cupcakes.

Kugai · « **Reply #70 on:** 05 Jun 2012, 20:29 »

I wonder, sometime in the future will Marten play Batou to momo's Major?

DKDzyn · « **Reply #71 on:** 05 Jun 2012, 20:41 »

Quote from: Kugai on 05 Jun 2012, 20:29

I wonder, sometime in the future will Marten play Batou to momo's Major?

THAT is funny! I just can't see Momo doing all the cyber$#x and having Marten ghost link her at the wrong time being something Jeph would do. Then again after that strip where Pintsize was wearing the Fleshlight and had a cartoon of Dora's hindquarters taped to his back, perhaps anything is possible! ECCCCH! I can't get that Pintsize image out of my head. Singed my retinas on that one!

Boomslang · « **Reply #72 on:** 05 Jun 2012, 21:22 »

Picked Raven, because even though I don't like her all that much individually, I really enjoy the strips where she's interacting with the rest of the cast. I wouldn't mind seeing Pintsize attempt to shock her with his antics and fail spectacularly.

I'm honestly not surprised that there's a lot of hostility towards AI, and it doesn't even seem like it'd necessarily be religious. AI's have the ability to swap bodies as often as they can afford it, they have very few needs that are easily met so they can spend more time focusing on the things they enjoy, and they're effectively immortal in a way humans don't appear to be yet. I can see and even sympathize with people who'd be freaking out over what is both an admitted takeover by the over-AI and the effective replacement of human beings by entities that not only have advantages now, but whose capabilities are increasing at a rate approaching Moore's law. It's like Skynet, if skynet was more into adult alternative than black metal (seriously, all of the skulls and flames and whatnot? Totally metal).

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #73 on:** 05 Jun 2012, 22:03 »

Some humans will automatically hate anything different without being motivated by actual reasons. Then some other humans will attribute anything scary done by a member of a minority group to the group as a whole, and we know that some AnthroPCs have violated social conventions.

The fact that AIs "don't do religion" is probably enough by itself to set off a particular subset of bigots. That's a bigger difference from humans than being made of plastic is.

iduguphergrave · « **Reply #74 on:** 05 Jun 2012, 22:41 »

Which is funny since there are plenty of humans made of plastic.

cvcharger · « **Reply #75 on:** 05 Jun 2012, 23:03 »

I want to be a hoverboard!!! That is all.

Mr_Rose · « **Reply #76 on:** 05 Jun 2012, 23:04 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 05 Jun 2012, 20:04

Quote from: Akima on 05 Jun 2012, 15:52
The parallel doesn't really work though, because Momo doesn't want to be human, just to be treated as equal to a human. There is a big difference!

Except she wants to be able to eat cupcakes.

Not equivalent. Puppies can eat cupcakes; maybe she wants to be a puppy?
It is not sufficient to expand a poorly defined desire (does she only want to eat cupcakes? What about steak? Does she think of cupcakes as delicious morsels or abominations to be destroyed? Etc.) into a vaguely correlated set of other desires, assume that this one path of many is the intent and sole possible outcome, then drop into full on prejudice-mode and expound a crude metaphor to attempt to express this, without further explanation.

cvcharger · « **Reply #77 on:** 05 Jun 2012, 23:09 »

Quote from: Mr_Rose on 05 Jun 2012, 23:04

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 05 Jun 2012, 20:04
Quote from: Akima on 05 Jun 2012, 15:52
The parallel doesn't really work though, because Momo doesn't want to be human, just to be treated as equal to a human. There is a big difference!

Except she wants to be able to eat cupcakes.

Not equivalent. Puppies can eat cupcakes; maybe she wants to be a puppy?
It is not sufficient to expand a poorly defined desire (does she only want to eat cupcakes? What about steak? Does she think of cupcakes as delicious morsels or abominations to be destroyed? Etc.) into a vaguely correlated set of other desires, assume that this one path of many is the intent and sole possible outcome, then drop into full on prejudice-mode and expound a crude metaphor to attempt to express this, without further explanation.

You know, now that I think about it, why can't robots eat cupcakes? I mean, surely a civilization that has achieved singularity must have also started developing biochemical reactors, which work best with carbohydrates, which is basically all there is to cupcakes. Or maybe I missed something.

iduguphergrave · « **Reply #78 on:** 05 Jun 2012, 23:28 »

BAHAHA Fuck YES! Adventure Time fucking rules!

Also I seriously toked up before reading the comic, totally by coincidence. Fucking awesome.

/profanity

but seriously watch Adventure Time right now

blewupthesun · « **Reply #79 on:** 05 Jun 2012, 23:38 »

It's the new girl! *jumps and points* I was wondering when she'd finally pop up.

cesium133 · « **Reply #80 on:** 05 Jun 2012, 23:42 »

And

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Soulsynger · « **Reply #81 on:** 05 Jun 2012, 23:43 »

Quote from: blewupthesun on 05 Jun 2012, 23:38

It's the new girl! *jumps and points* I was wondering when she'd finally pop up.

What new girl? (Which of the three?)

And I totally know that redhead from somewhere... *wrinkles brain*
(Cudos to Jeph for further experimenting with body shapes... variata delectat)

Quote from: cesium133 on 05 Jun 2012, 23:42

And
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Tai has a last name

Nah... could be a friend/teacher of the slim tall girl's.

scrawney · « **Reply #82 on:** 05 Jun 2012, 23:56 »

seems to me that the black girl in the latest comic looks like she could be Faye's sister.

the possibilities.

Arancaytar · « **Reply #83 on:** 05 Jun 2012, 23:57 »

Redheaded girl is Clinton's sister; calling it now. Compare chin, facial shape, eye color and hair color.

Lubricus · « **Reply #84 on:** 05 Jun 2012, 23:59 »

Nice to see that Jeph has found a use for his mysterious redhead! Looking forward to get to know her.

Edit: Oh, and I voted "Other" on the poll - I adore and miss Padma! *dodges incoming missiles*

Arancaytar · « **Reply #85 on:** 06 Jun 2012, 00:10 »

I thought this and this was the mysterious redhead; very different. Did this girl show up in the background previously too?

Jeph's "#theresthatgirlagain" remark indicates at least one of them did, but I'm not sure which or where.

Edit:

ah.
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Lubricus · « **Reply #86 on:** 06 Jun 2012, 00:11 »

Jeph has drawn the new girl on Twitter a few times, wondering what to do with her. She hasn't turned up in the comic until now.

~~cesariojpn~~ · « **Reply #87 on:** 06 Jun 2012, 00:48 »

Quote from: Arancaytar on 06 Jun 2012, 00:10

I thought this and this was the mysterious redhead; very different. Did this girl show up in the background previously too?

Jeph's "#theresthatgirlagain" remark indicates at least one of them did, but I'm not sure which or where.

Edit:

ah.
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v

No, thats Sweet-tits. The girl that appears in many Yelling Bird strips.

Kugai · « **Reply #88 on:** 06 Jun 2012, 01:07 »

I think that that poor young intern is in for an ...... interesting time

Especially with Hai Tai

Welu · « **Reply #89 on:** 06 Jun 2012, 01:11 »

The red-headed intern with glasses is a design that Jeph has been playing with for a while on Tumblr.

Links:
http://jephjacques.com/post/24100499624/qa-dump-38

http://jephjacques.com/post/18717797534/still-keep-drawin-this-girl-all-the-time-who-is

http://jephjacques.com/post/20639465972/more-face-sketches-of-that-goddamn-girl-i-keep

http://jephjacques.com/post/18642486448/drew-some-animes-tonight

Soulsynger · « **Reply #90 on:** 06 Jun 2012, 01:16 »

I am much more fascinated by the tall one in the bunch. We know a lot more about her already than we know about the other two... and she seems interesting.

calmcalamity · « **Reply #91 on:** 06 Jun 2012, 01:23 »

Quote from: cesium133 on 05 Jun 2012, 23:42

And
(click to show/hide)
Tai has a last name

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FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUCK

Skaltura · « **Reply #92 on:** 06 Jun 2012, 01:27 »

Sooo, since Jeph mused on his Twitter about introducing a Transwoman attending Smith College, might one of the new girls be this person?

Soulsynger · « **Reply #93 on:** 06 Jun 2012, 01:30 »

Quote from: Skaltura on 06 Jun 2012, 01:27

Sooo, since Jeph mused on his Twitter about introducing a Transwoman attending Smith College, might one of the new girls be this person?

My mind just translated this into "female transformer"... I. Need. Help.

Lubricus · « **Reply #94 on:** 06 Jun 2012, 01:43 »

Quote from: Soulsynger on 06 Jun 2012, 01:30

Quote from: Skaltura on 06 Jun 2012, 01:27
Sooo, since Jeph mused on his Twitter about introducing a Transwoman attending Smith College, might one of the new girls be this person?

My mind just translated this into "female transformer"... I. Need. Help.

Transwoman - robots in disguise,
Transwoman - more than meets the eyes!

Uh...

Soulsynger · « **Reply #95 on:** 06 Jun 2012, 01:47 »

Damn, why does this work so well? ><

~~Schmorgluck~~ · « **Reply #96 on:** 06 Jun 2012, 01:50 »

Quote from: Schmorgluck on 15 Mar 2011, 08:12

Cue Tai throwing single college girls at Marten! Wacky hijinks ensue...

This is beginning...

Lubricus · « **Reply #97 on:** 06 Jun 2012, 02:00 »

I can't say I'm impressed with the looks of the intern girls - I like the mystery redhead somewhat, if only because Jeph has shown her to us a few times before, but those other two fail to intrigue me. If Tai is hoping to match Marten with one of them, I hope she fails. Then again, we've just met them, so maybe they'll turn out to be interesting after all.

cpflux · « **Reply #98 on:** 06 Jun 2012, 02:09 »

Sure, Marten is a bit worried about training three new interns.

But, deep down, dude's thinking, "Three more ladies to add to my harem."

calmcalamity · « **Reply #99 on:** 06 Jun 2012, 02:11 »

Quote from: Soulsynger on 06 Jun 2012, 01:30

My mind just translated this into "female transformer"... I. Need. Help.

someone's like a certain character in a certain other webkomic.

Also, speakin' of Adventure Time, is it just me, or have the last two b'n more fucked up than usual?

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