Topic: WCDT Strips 3181 to 3185 (21 to 25 March 2016) (Read 44570 times)

Neko_Ali · « **Reply #50 on:** 21 Mar 2016, 19:35 »

I dunno.. Maxima from Grrl Power meeting with Bubbles would be interesting. Either they would become fast friends thanks to shared experiences, or it would be the stare off of the century...

re: The Unicorn and Pegasus roves.. I don't think they are hallucinations. The one time we saw the unicorn was just artistic representation of how smelling the tea made Bubbles feel. Sometimes certain sensations, like the smell or sound of something, and elicit strong reactions from people. Clearly the smell of Hannelore's tea gives Bubbles a sense of much needed calm and solace.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #51 on:** 21 Mar 2016, 20:11 »

http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3147 sounded to me as if Bubbles had actually seen a unicorn.

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #52 on:** 21 Mar 2016, 20:32 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 21 Mar 2016, 14:38

Wait, I just noticed she's wearing a coat over her armor, so what the fuck's her issue with a cardigan?

A bit late to this, but it could be that Bubbles walking down a civilian street when you're not fighting and in full combat armour.....probably not going to endear people to the idea of AI taking a role in human conflicts.

Its more to put everyone else at ease than for Bubbles' own sake.

Put it another way, would you rather see a soldier in off duty gear walking down the main street of your hometown or in full battle fatigues, combat vest and helmet?

Undrneath · « **Reply #53 on:** 21 Mar 2016, 20:54 »

That is a very angry Hannerface.

chaospersonified · « **Reply #54 on:** 21 Mar 2016, 20:54 »

JUICY HAS RETURNED

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #55 on:** 21 Mar 2016, 21:01 »

I thought I heard the Ironside sirens going off.

Mmeaninglessnamee · « **Reply #56 on:** 21 Mar 2016, 21:04 »

I know we've seen Juicy before, but what comic? I can't find it right now. Searching "Juicy" in the wiki isn't really useful.

Edit: Found it! http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2846

Kugai · « **Reply #57 on:** 21 Mar 2016, 21:11 »

"Of course, you realise this means war!"

~~mustang6172~~ · « **Reply #58 on:** 21 Mar 2016, 21:22 »

At first I thought Hanners was going to murder someone. Then I realized that it would be more satisfying to leave said nemesis penniless and homeless by making a phone call to one's mother. And that just became the strangest sentence I ever wrote!

Warning - while you were typing a new reply has been posted. You may wish to give mom a call.

Tova · « **Reply #59 on:** 21 Mar 2016, 21:25 »

I had forgotten about the Juicy episode (thanks Mmeaninglessnamee for the link). If Jeph hadn't said so, I would have had no idea that this woman was already a nemesis. I'd initially assumed that Hanners' expression in the last panel was purely and justifiably based on what had happened in this comic.

Edit: Thanks also to cucumber error, your effort is still appreciated.

Somebody · « **Reply #60 on:** 21 Mar 2016, 21:42 »

Quote from: DSL on 21 Mar 2016, 05:18

The cardigan is a tesseract (we can only see it as a cube). Every time Bubbles puts it on and takes it off, she's crossed over into a different comic.

Who do you think Emily is? Raven?!

Tova · « **Reply #61 on:** 21 Mar 2016, 22:02 »

Mmmmmmaybe.

Radium_Coyote · « **Reply #62 on:** 21 Mar 2016, 22:25 »

Calm down Hanners! or everyone duck.

KOODustin · « **Reply #63 on:** 21 Mar 2016, 22:29 »

Oh my God. This character made me so irrationally angry. I deal with this kind of person EVERY day and I want to set them on fire with my eyes.

hedgie · « **Reply #64 on:** 21 Mar 2016, 23:09 »

Hannelore: It's time
Minion: S-so soon?
H: Are you questioning me?
M: N…no ma'am
H: Good
H: Release the virus
(strip 2443)

And *today* we see what will set this five year plan into motion. Juicy has doomed the world.

BenRG · « **Reply #65 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 00:16 »

So, Juicy returns and reminds Hanners all over again why she hates her: She is the avatar of all the things she loathes in people. Somehow, she does all the things that annoy and/or trigger Hannelore!

Yes, there will be payback...

... And, yes, there will be blood!

Timemaster · « **Reply #66 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 00:38 »

Fear and Loathing in Coffee Of Doom!

I feel so much with Hanners here. Anger. Loathing. Rage. An overwhelming urge to spill entrails over the walls.
Calm down Hanners. Don´t do it. Don´t kill her. It´s not worth it, the paperwork is incredible.

And I want a large version of that last panel as a background for my mobile.

TM

Truec · « **Reply #67 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 00:47 »

This reminds me of my continuing desire to install some sort of cell phone jamming apparatus at my workplace that would prevent anybody from being on a phone within thirty feet of the counter. Would make my life so much better.

USS Martenclaire · « **Reply #68 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 01:26 »

I'm not sure if cellphone jammers are the right idea. Granted, 95% of the time the call is probably chit chat but 5% of the time it could be someone in hospital or an urgent conversation with someone in a bad place. A coffee can often help me focus with calls like those.

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In that last panel, I had the red flashing light and dramatic sounds from Kill Bill playing. :p

J · « **Reply #69 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 01:36 »

you know hannelore, if you bought the apartment building, i'm sure you could find some reason to evict her.

Quote from: Truec on 22 Mar 2016, 00:47

This reminds me of my continuing desire to install some sort of cell phone jamming apparatus at my workplace that would prevent anybody from being on a phone within thirty feet of the counter. Would make my life so much better.

yeah, that's a felony

Nepiophage · « **Reply #70 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 02:12 »

I've decided that I like Juicy. I feel she is, it is true, impulsive, thoughtless and silly; but essentially a kind and generous person. Much nicer than say, Faye.

War Sparrow · « **Reply #71 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 02:40 »

No, miss Juicy, it is not "okay if you're holding him." It is a health and safety code violation. So unless it is a really poorly trained service dog, leave him outside and hang up your phone.

People like this bother me.

blt · « **Reply #72 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 03:36 »

Quote from: Shremedy on 21 Mar 2016, 19:13

Unicorns and Pegasi -

Yes, it's an amusing conceit for story purposes. I don't know about anyone else here, but (as a veteran) I am frankly alarmed at the notion that a bio/chem weapon detection system can be manipulated/spoofed in such a way to generate visual/olfactory hallucinations. Kind of undermines the reliability of something that lives could literally depend on, especially if the hallucination were designed to be something not so obviously unreal...

"It's all right, Colonel, you can sent the human battalion through, nothing here but an olive grove..." (as opposed to an Alice Grove...)

Not to overthink a one off/two off joke or anything, but if I can bullsh*t with technobabble...

Maybe the bio/chem weapon detection system functions separately from the main processes of B's brain, so as to free up thinking room for more interactive high-level tasks, only popping up a warning and description for her when something is amiss (like a brain-HUD). However by focusing on smelling the tea, B is tapping into the process, and getting a lot more information out of it she wasn't meant to directly process, and the active side of her brain is filling in the gaps as if she was actively seeing it.

Sort of like an artist trying to describe the feeling of a spring day with a page or two worth of flowery metaphors.

At least that's how I justify it to myself.

osaka · « **Reply #73 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 04:28 »

Where's Emily's hyper-powered rubber mallet when you need it?

Martin · « **Reply #74 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 05:07 »

Poor Hannelore, she has mutch to learn.
Faye and/or Dorra would have handled Juicy a little bit different...

~~The Iron Rose~~ · « **Reply #75 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 05:12 »

man Juicy is rad and Hannelore's anger is entirely unjustified

juicy ain't at fault for Hannelore's ocd

Neko_Ali · « **Reply #76 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 06:01 »

The thing of it is.. Hannelore is in the perfect place to do what we've always dreamed of doing in that situation... Roundly berating the offending customer, throwing her out on her ear.. Heck, Dora's even pulled out the counter sword to threaten people with before... Not only would Dora let it slide, she'd probably be there encouraging it... if she wasn't the one who started it.

Renimar · « **Reply #77 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 06:07 »

Hanners, it's time to snail the latte.

Zebediah · « **Reply #78 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 06:14 »

Juicy returns.

And in an orbital pod high above the Earth, a hunter-killer bot awakens.

DSL · « **Reply #79 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 06:21 »

Hanners picks up the pizza caller, dials up a deep dish with extra cheese, extra anchovies. Lock in on the cell phone signal and ... PLACE ORDER.

Mad Cat · « **Reply #80 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 09:00 »

I selected Other (Please Specify)

Primary Vote: Isaac Asimov's Robots series, because rules is rules.
Secondary Vote: Sinfest, because fembots growing into their synthetic girl power.
Tertiary Vote: Girl Genius, because any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #81 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 09:28 »

Quote from: DSL on 22 Mar 2016, 06:21

Hanners picks up the pizza caller, dials up a deep dish with extra cheese, extra anchovies. Lock in on the cell phone signal and ... PLACE ORDER.

Nah, Station, monitoring his favourite person, registers the disdain Hanners feels towards "Juicy", decides to..."take care" of the problem...

And promptly hacks Juicy's phone, tablet, laptop and every other device she owns, uploading all the photos to facebook and plasters her face everywhere, before sending a link to Juicy's employers. Juicy is fired and forced to move out of her apartment and takes to living on the street in a box that ironically says Juicy.

Hanners forces Station to apologise to the young woman whose life he destroyed.

Momo and May end up projecting two pony holograms, begging for the madness to stop.

WareWolf · « **Reply #82 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 09:41 »

Quote from: USS Martenclaire on 22 Mar 2016, 01:26

I'm not sure if cellphone jammers are the right idea. Granted, 95% of the time the call is probably chit chat but 5% of the time it could be someone in hospital or an urgent conversation with someone in a bad place. A coffee can often help me focus with calls like those.

A few years ago, I was behind a lady in a fast food place who was just getting ready to order when her phone rang. As she pulled it out, I was just getting ready to do the devastating eye-roll and heavy sigh combo for which I am justly famed when the friend with her turned to the line and said "Her husband's in Iraq, she has to take the call when it comes in because neither of them know when he'll get another chance." So, I've been a little more tolerant of people with cell phones in line ever since.

And yes, she did get out of line to go sit down and talk to hubby while her friend ordered for both of them.

hedgie · « **Reply #83 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 10:35 »

More businesses need to have policies where employees are instructed under no circumstances to speak to anyone using a phone. They do not exist, and are but mere phantoms making noise to complain. I have worked at coffee shops like that. It was bliss, and those who were really throwing a fit were removed and sent to our Galasso-like boss. As a consequence, our regulars immediately went outside when they took a call, even at a table. I think the policy actually improved business since everyone else there was free from the blight of hearing one half of a conversation, usually at volume by some entitled prick.

FunkyTuba · « **Reply #84 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 11:26 »

Jeph should outsource any loose ends he doesn't want to bother tying up to The Perry Bible Fellowship

miados · « **Reply #85 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 12:09 »

I am picturing hanners wanting her mom to stop the production of anything with the name juicy on it or buying the rights to disallow anyone from using it for anything.

Akima · « **Reply #86 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 14:32 »

Do people really just hold out their wallets to let servers take the money out? I'd almost feel tempted to take the largest denomination note, and put the change in the tip-jar...

Method of Madness · « **Reply #87 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 15:12 »

I was thinking the same thing.

Neko_Ali · « **Reply #88 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 16:37 »

I would have just taken the whole wallet and put it under the counter. When she complained, then look surprised. "Oh! Are you going to actually talk to the person you want something from now, and act like a civilized person?" Then again, I wouldn't have served someone that rude in the first place. It would have been just 'No, your dog is not okay. Leave the store and return when you do not have your dog with you and your phone is hung up, then you will be served. Until then, get out.'

swapna · « **Reply #89 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 16:43 »

Quote from: Akima on 22 Mar 2016, 14:32

Do people really just hold out their wallets to let servers take the money out? I'd almost feel tempted to take the largest denomination note, and put the change in the tip-jar...

yes. Especially older people who do have difficulties properly handling cash. I don't work at that supermarket, but I often shop there and see them.

also: almost 10 $ for a coffee?? Hanners is overcharging her by a mile.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #90 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 16:45 »

Quote from: swapna on 22 Mar 2016, 16:43

yes. Especially older people who do have difficulties properly handling cash.

That's nowhere close to being the same thing as this. And even in their case, they would ask, and not simply shove it in the cashier's face while talking on the phone.

Thrudd · « **Reply #91 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 17:03 »

Quote from: BenRG on 22 Mar 2016, 00:16

So, Juicy returns and reminds Hanners all over again why she hates her: She is the avatar of all the things she loathes in people. Somehow, she does all the things that annoy and/or trigger Hannelore!

Yes, there will be payback...

... And, yes, there will be ~~blood~~! Antiseptic and protein remover

Corrected for you

Morituri · « **Reply #92 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 17:55 »

I'm sorry ma'am, there's a dog in the store. I'm not allowed to serve anyone while there's a dog in the store.

swapna · « **Reply #93 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 18:02 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 22 Mar 2016, 16:45

Quote from: swapna on 22 Mar 2016, 16:43
yes. Especially older people who do have difficulties properly handling cash.
That's nowhere close to being the same thing as this. And even in their case, they would ask, and not simply shove it in the cashier's face while talking on the phone.

It is not, but yes, there are people who'll hand the server their wallet (which was the question). Juicy lady is very rude, but the wallet-thing alone wouldn't be problematic, especially if there's a good reason. (sometimes even the people at the manicurists who don't want to ruin their new manicure do that...)

Method of Madness · « **Reply #94 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 18:04 »

Basically we all agree that it's the rudeness that's really the issue.

chaospersonified · « **Reply #95 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 20:50 »

Leave it to Emily to choose a concept of physical science as her nemesis.

cesium133 · « **Reply #96 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 20:50 »

Hannelore is, I suspect, also not a fan of entropy. It makes things messy.

As for my nemesis, I choose electric fields. They keep polarizin' my atoms.

Perfectly Reasonable · « **Reply #97 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 20:53 »

If you don't have a nemesis by age 20, then what have you been doing with your life?

hedgie · « **Reply #98 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 20:59 »

I have no living enemies.

sitnspin · « **Reply #99 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 21:17 »

Quote from: cesium133 on 22 Mar 2016, 20:50

Hannelore is, I suspect, also not a fan of entropy. It makes things messy.

Quite the opposite, really. The endgame for entropy is everything being uniformly distributed.

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