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The Angel of Peas!

3 (3.9%)

Give peas a chance!

15 (19.5%)

Peas cannot be achieved through violence.

9 (11.7%)

Imagine whirled peas.

6 (7.8%)

A vision of peas with a Birdseye view.

3 (3.9%)

Peas on hurt; goodwill to all sentient beings.

5 (6.5%)

+5 soothe pain, -5 cause light frostbite.

9 (11.7%)

No justice - no peas.

5 (6.5%)

Peas porridge hot - no Earl Gray.

2 (2.6%)

Peas porridge cold - with a side of waffles.

6 (7.8%)

Space ham and peas?

3 (3.9%)

Can we peas stop the puns?

11 (14.3%)

Total Members Voted: 72

[westrim]

But if you've never heard the phrase "give peace a chance" then it could be hard to get the pun, so it's probably more of a difference in pop culture than a difference in pronunciation.

I'd never cared much about John in his post-Yoko period.

Post-Yoko?!

As in, after December 8th, 1980?

Yeah, I don't care much either.  But what does that have to do with "give peace a chance"?

Pretty sure "post(hooking up with)Yoko" was the intended meaning. As for the phase...

[Sidhekin]

1969, it says.  Hardly the post-December-8th-1980 phase.

PS: 

[Loki]

You guys talking of Yoko makes me want to watch some Detective Conan episodes.

(There is a starlet in it called Yoko Okino. One of the main characters adores her).

[Mr. Doctor]

Sad day and comic for us metalheads... I still can't believe the news.

[mtmerrick]

that last frame is awesome though

[jasononline]

While reading the comic, I was thinking to myself, "Wow, I didn't know Jeff was into Kris Kross."

Then I saw the news post.  Guess May has not been a good month for any music genre, so far.

[TimO]

Today's strip is a bit of a divergence from any of the storyline arcs, aside from a bit of Hannelore's father and his inventions, which has come up a handful of times previously.  It's a good strip, but it's definitely a bit of a downer for the end of the week (as I guess the news was).

[Zebediah]

So what technology is Hannelore's dad working on, anyway? Let's speculate!

I'm guessing an AI simulation of the deceased. There's a guy out there (can't remember his name at the moment) who has postulated that some day we'll all be recreated as simulated AIs on a giant computer. He has further claimed that this state will actually be identical to the afterlife as described by Christianity. Heaven as massively multiplayer online afterlife, in essence, with AI simultations of us that are so good that they won't be aware that they aren't us.

If you're thinking "I can see no way this can go wrong": the TV show Caprica made interesting use of this scenario.

[Border Reiver]

Caprica use of that was definitely interesting - and the whole ide of people just not being able to let go makes it a really bad idea.

[Masterpiece]

I think Hannelore was just referring to the "travelling at the speed of light" part of Dora's speech. As in, her father is working on something that is inherrently a bit faster than that.

Nothing like the AI of dead people.

[Valdís]

Though given how hyper-aware Hannerdad is about his own limited lifespan and what he "Needs to accomplish" I suppose he might not care so much that he himself doesn't live on, so long as an equivalent genius to him with his vision of the future does. In that regard it makes sense for a project of his.

Also apparently it's "Caprica Is Awesome Day" here on the QC-forums.

[Pilchard123]

Crazy talky time:

If it were possible to read/copy someone's brain, the staion may in the future run two AIs. One will be Hannerdad. There may even be a Henway in there.

[Boiled Dove]

Thanks for the tribute comic Jeph.

I was also thinking that Hanners was talking about the ability to upload your consciousness to an AI.

[westrim]

All I know about Slayer is that God listens to them any time.

(click to show/hide)

[Kugai]

[MagnusPykeVoice] Science!!! [/MagnusPykeVoice]

[mustang6172]

I'm guessing an AI simulation of the deceased.

I think Hanners already hinted that exists, but it got too popular.

[mtmerrick]

Crazy talky time:

If it were possible to read/copy someone's brain, the staion may in the future run two AIs. One will be Hannerdad. There may even be a Henway in there.

Because that always works so well.

If I die before you people can pour me into a computer, I want Caroline to run this place. Now she'll argue, she'll say she can't - she's modest like that. But you make her! Hell, put her in my computer, I don't care.

[Kugai]

WE ARE THE BORG
LOWER YOUR SHIELDS AND SURRENDER YOUR SHIPS
YOUR TECHNOLOGICAL DISTINCTIVENESS WILL BE ADDED TO OUR
YOU WILL EXIST TO SERVICE US
RESISTANCE IS FUTILE

[ZoeB]

I know that I'm betraying my inner geek by not speculating about time travel, ftl, returned personalities etc that may be being researched....

But I'm more concerned with Emily.
She's not a cardboard cutout (OK, she's a cartoon character, but you know what I mean).
She's upset. She doesn't deserve to be.
If I had one word to describe her, it might be "stunted". "Blighted" perhaps. Nowhere near the complete human she has the potential to be.
Lonely too.

Odd, isn't it. I forego speculating about the Big Important World-Changing stuff I'm intensely interested in, and just want to help a character I don't particularly like (see her inhuman treatment of pintsize) simply because the world seems unbalanced unless someone does.

[Method of Madness]

She's upset. She doesn't deserve to be.

Deserve? What does that even mean? How can someone deserve to be upset?

[Game and Watch Forever]

Sometimes people need a good kick in the rear (metaphorically and in rarest of occasions literally) in order to learn an important lesson in how they interact within the world and with those around them. That's bound to make them unhappy.

Not saying that Emily deserves it... this time. The Pintsize thing, while hilarious, probably taught her enough (example - she asks Claire to play with her hair rather than just does it).

But to your point Method, I'd say nobody deserves to be permanently unhappy.

[Nepiophage]

Re Dora and Slayer:
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1199
I wonder if she has played it when making love with Tai?

[Is it cold in here?]

I understand -- I feel bad for Emily too.

Jeph has a way of fleshing out characters who at first seem to be cardboard cutouts. This feels likely to happen with Emily.

On the other hand, doesn't she seem like the type to bounce back quickly?

[techkid]

I know that I'm betraying my inner geek by not speculating about time travel, ftl, returned personalities etc that may be being researched....

You can always get back to that sometime in the future (or past ).

But I'm more concerned with Emily.
She's not a cardboard cutout (OK, she's a cartoon character, but you know what I mean).
She's upset. She doesn't deserve to be.
If I had one word to describe her, it might be "stunted". "Blighted" perhaps. Nowhere near the complete human she has the potential to be.
Lonely too.

[...] doesn't she seem like the type to bounce back quickly?

What seems and what is are sometimes two different things. Yeah, Emily has an air-headedness that would be synonymous with the word "bimbo", but sometimes there is more to people's behaviour than just how they act.

[KOK]

sometimes there is more to people's behaviour than just how they act.

How so?

[Method of Madness]

Yeah, I also want to know.

[FunkyTuba]

Like or hate the way Emily is, I think it will be interesting to find out why she is the way she is.

Jeph created for himself a lot of interesting new characters in the Interns but it's easy to forget just how new they are. He's spent a lot of comics showing us Claire and I think (hope) he'll move on to Emily soon, but jeez, give the guy a chance to develop a character before complaining how undeveloped they are.

[Method of Madness]

We still know far more about Emily than we do about Gabby.

[cesium133]

I think Jeph may have forgotten that Gabby exists.

[Method of Madness]

His memory is affected by the humidity. (I still don't see why she got so defensive over it, her hair looked considerably better when it was affected by the humidity.)

[cesium133]

Well, if you got asked about it a dozen times by everyone, their sister, and their pet robot, you might get annoyed, I guess.

[Method of Madness]

I guess.

[cesium133]

Or something like that.

[Is it cold in here?]

It's hard to do justice to a large cast in four panels per day. Nonetheless it would be fun to learn more about Gabby.

[Kugai]

We probably will once the humidity goes down.

[Method of Madness]

But then her hair won't be as nice!

[cesariojpn]

Guess we'll never know what happened to Emily in this week. Angus and Faye in bed.

[Method of Madness]

I wouldn't say never. Also, "Balls Deep in Faye's Jacuzzi" would be a good band name.

[jwhouk]

Peas?

The Angel of Peas!    3 (4%)
Give peas a chance!    14 (18.7%)
Peas cannot be achieved through violence.    9 (12%)
Imagine whirled peas.    6 (8%)
A vision of peas with a Birdseye view.    3 (4%)
Peas on hurt; goodwill to all sentient beings.    5 (6.7%)
+5 soothe pain, -5 cause light frostbite.    9 (12%)
No justice - no peas.    5 (6.7%)
Peas porridge hot - no Earl Gray.    1 (1.3%)
Peas porridge cold - with a side of waffles.    6 (8%)
Space ham and peas?    3 (4%)
Can we peas stop the puns?    11 (14.7%)

Total Members Voted: 75