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Marten & Faye's Apartment

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Coffee of Doom

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The Park

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The Library

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Sven's house

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The Space Station

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The Fighting Arena

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Other

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The Quarry

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Emily's Holiday House

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The Horrible Revelation (the pub that Will works at)

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The Park where Emily got bitten by a snake (such pretty scenery)

2 (2.5%)

Total Members Voted: 61

[Gyrre]

On a side note, I always find the expression "You wanna come with?" to be strangely amusing yet just slightly appealing. Is that unique to the USA? That's the only place I recall coming across it.

It is funny that while the Danish word "med" means the exact same thing as the English word "with", just about none of the idioms using it translate word by word. E.g. "vil du med?" "want you with?" or in better English "do you want with?". Similar "shall I take something with for you?" or "do you want something with?", "I'm just with",  "with home" or "take with" ( = to go).

I just realised that I do not know how to say "I'm just with" in English. That is, I am not here to buy something, I am accompanying one who is.

Anyway "You wanna come with?" is mostly used in areas with Scandinavian influence. Or German, I guess.

And then there's the famous tongue test "rød grød med fløde", literally "red porridge with cream".

I actually found a recipe for it that I've been meaning to try.

[Gyrre]

Faye reveals once again that she's thought altogether too much about the tidy disposal of bodies.

ive done a lot of research on and off about the rate or decomposition and the tell tale signs of it plus if things are likely to kill someone or not. I mean its for stories, but i could only imagine if someone looked at my search history. my most recent one was how much of a giant icicle would melt due to body heat if it impales someone when it falls

Startpage.com doesn't record metadata and allows you to visit pages anonymously (thus circumventing metadata from being recorded). At least according to the Corbett Report (not Colbert, Corbett) and their own information.

There's also the Ghostery add-on for Firefox and Chrome which blocks third-party web crawlers. You can customize which ones you want to block and which you want to allow. Though, you will want to go through the list for social media, as stuff like tumblr's buttons and dashboard happen to be listed.

[neurocase]

This is some immense Hannerfloof.

[BenRG]

Yet not as great as the Clairefloof, even after The Great Shearing.

I'm hoping that we'll see Bubbles fully smile for the first time in this arc.

[KOK]

If synthetics could break down and cry, I could see her doing so in a few minutes as Hannelore waits on her hand-and-foot.

We have seen Momo cry.

[blue5]

All hail the overlord of robots...Hannelore

[brasca]

I have to wonder how much of a repeat customer Bubbles is since that chair looks expensive, but then again Hannrlore has resources.

[heyjames4]

Hanners and the bubble chair. I was not expecting that, yet it fits the characters and the foreshadowing. I love being surprised like that.

[ThePerilsOfDan]

the Hannelore adorability factor is going off the scale here.  I am so smitten it's embarrassing

[Akima]

"Oh no! Not the Comfy Chair!"

Hanners is everyone's favourite Space Princess.

[Tova]

DIABOLICAL LAUGHTER

[TheEvilDog]

All hail the overlord of robots...Hannelore

Technically she's the heiress to the Overlord of AI and robotics.

But back to the comic, I really do like confident and assertive Hanners, working at CoD has done her a world of good.

[heyjames4]

If Mr. Elicot is the God of AI, then Hannelore is an Angel. The Maker's first attempt at creation, with a different set of flaws and strengths. A sister of sorts, but forever apart.

[Morituri]

I also really want to know what good advice costs if plain old advice (quality unstated) is $10!

My dad used to tell us that experience is the best teacher -- but then he'd remind us we probably can't afford the very best, and give us advice anyway.

[BenRG]

If Mr. Elicot is the God of AI, then Hannelore is an Angel. The Maker's first attempt at creation, with a different set of flaws and strengths. A sister of sorts, but forever apart.

I've long thought that Hannelore might have some special spiritual significance to the AIs - The Firstborn Daughter of The Creator - and that some of the more religiously-minded of them (Momo has mentioned them) might revere her in some ways. Jeph has intimated that May might share in these beliefs on some level. This could be a reason why Hanners has such a non-existent public profile; she wants to avoid the attention of her fanbots.

I'm pretty sure that for Hannelore it is just a matter of being nice to people, something which she always tries to do. That said, it would be heart-warming in some way if she were to express a sense of kinship toward Elicott-Chatham AIs as being sort of distaff siblings.

[Mr_Rose]

Are you sure you mean distaff? I'm not certain what cloth-weaving has to do with AI, unless you count the Jacquard Loom as the first industrial robot…

[Storel]

I think BenRG may have misinterpreted the expression "on the distaff side".

[TRenn]

If synthetics could break down and cry, I could see her doing so in a few minutes as Hannelore waits on her hand-and-foot.

We have seen Momo cry.

Momo's current chassis is meant to be very human friendly, and can express a full emotional range. Bubbles' chassis is meant for combat, and expressing emotions was probably not on the list of priorities. Especially tears. Even assuming her ocular sensors require lubrication, it might not be quite so liquid as human tears.

[Tova]

I think BenRG may have misinterpreted the expression "on the distaff side".

C'mon, respect BenRG's headcanon.   

[BenRG]

Please note that I posted 'sort of...' Besides, literally every previous occasion I've seen it used, it meant step-sibling or illegitimate sibling.

[Kugai]

Don't fight it Bubbles, your one of the Clan now.

[wlewisiii]

I also really want to know what good advice costs if plain old advice (quality unstated) is $10!

My dad used to tell us that experience is the best teacher -- but then he'd remind us we probably can't afford the very best, and give us advice anyway.

I don't know. The best advice my mother ever gave me was simple: don't do anything I wouldn't do and only half of what I would...

[USS Martenclaire]

Yet not as great as the Clairefloof, even after The Great Shearing.

I'm hoping that we'll see Bubbles fully smile for the first time in this arc.

I'm hoping to see a floof-off between them at some point. The casulties will be catastrophic. And fuzzy.

[Thrudd]

I'm hoping to see a floof-off between them at some point. The casualties [sp] will be catastrophic. And fuzzy.

The two floofs would entangle and only some eldritch mathematical application of string theory would be able to save everyone from the cosmic entanglement...... or a flamethrower.

[JimC]

Please note that I posted 'sort of...' Besides, literally every previous occasion I've seen it used, it meant step-sibling or illegitimate sibling.

Which leads us to the interesting(?) philosophical consideration - at what point does a persistent incorrect usage of a phrase become correct usage?

[SubaruStephen]

Please note that I posted 'sort of...' Besides, literally every previous occasion I've seen it used, it meant step-sibling or illegitimate sibling.

Which leads us to the interesting(?) philosophical consideration - at what point does a persistent incorrect usage of a phrase become correct usage?

When the people who don't know it's incorrect outnumber the people who do know, irregardless of how many times they are told it's incorrect.

[Neko_Ali]

You no, you should really be more serious about language. You shouldn't just take it for granite.

[Tova]

Please note that I posted 'sort of...' Besides, literally every previous occasion I've seen it used, it meant step-sibling or illegitimate sibling.

Okay, Humpty Dumpty. There's glory for you, I suppose.

[chaospersonified]

BARRY LIVES

[TheEvilDog]

And Barry didn't start the fire. It was always burning since the world's been turning. He didn't start that fire. No, he didn't light it but he did try to fight it.

[Magniras]

BARRY LIVES

BARRY IS ETERNAL!

[Tova]

Bubbles' perplexity at being treated so nicely is something to behold.

As is Faye's reaction.

[Penquin47]

Barry!  Dora, be welcoming to Barry, he's pretty awesome.

[Storel]

Please note that I posted 'sort of...' Besides, literally every previous occasion I've seen it used, it meant step-sibling or illegitimate sibling.

Interesting. I've never seen it used that way. Then again, I don't think I've ever seen it used outside of fairly old writings (back when people knew what the expression really meant! ).

And yes, Barry survived the fire. Not really a surprise, as I think we'd have heard before now if anyone died. Pity he had to show up at CoD...

[cesium133]

Of course he went to CoD; his favorite bar burned down. Perhaps Dora will need to hire Brun to wrangle Barry into submission. Hopefully no shotguns (imaginary or real) will be necessary.

[Dust]

DIABOLICAL LAUGHTER

DIABOLICAL ACTING


Barry sensed a location change, and decided he wasn't done scene-stealing. His hat makes a fair point, I must say.

[cesium133]

Dogs would vote for better candidates than humans would. OOH HE THREW THE BALL VOTE FOR HIM!

Unless, of course, feces-smeared ballots count for Trump.

[BenRG]

Y'know, I'm genuinely surprised at the fact that anyone was even slightly worried about Barry's safety. I mean, since when does Jeph spend effort on creating a bizarre character only to stop using them after one scene?

Faye... how best to put this...? This is healthy for Dora. The old Co Datmosphere was a product of her sense of alienation and persecution. She is moving away from those neuroses and so is the shop. She just doesn't have that anger anymore and you have to admit that she's more healthy for that! Positivity helps more than negativity, as you've learned through your time with Bubbles!

Actually, you can't help but wonder if Faye's own anger reinforced Dora's as well as encouraged her negative perception of the world. Faye's absence may have contributed to Dora's progress. I hope that Faye considers this and asks hherself if changes on her own part are necessary, for her own sake.

[pwhodges]

literally every previous occasion I've seen it used, it meant step-sibling or illegitimate sibling.

But it didn't really - it was (or should have been) indicating the origin of the (possibly implied) half-sibling.  So it's easy to see how the confusion could have arisen in your mind.

[Shjade]

I'd just like to briefly interrupt this conversation on linguistics and floof AI worship to note that I'm really digging Dora's current hairstyle.

She just looks so...relaxed. Which seems like a great thing for her.

[ZoeB]

Bubbles' perplexity at being treated so nicely is something to behold.

When I saw that particular panel, I was reminded of an incident some 10 years ago, at Chonburi, Thailand.
I was being treated much like Bubbles. "Here's your tea, Miss TimTam".

(Long story involving industrial quantities of TimTams I'd brought for the nurses at the clinic).

My reaction was similar.



Hanners is a nice person.

[brasca]

Y'know, I'm genuinely surprised at the fact that anyone was even slightly worried about Barry's safety. I mean, since when does Jeph spend effort on creating a bizarre character only to stop using them after one scene?

Faye... how best to put this...? This is healthy for Dora. The old Co Datmosphere was a product of her sense of alienation and persecution. She is moving away from those neuroses and so is the shop. She just doesn't have that anger anymore and you have to admit that she's more healthy for that! Positivity helps more than negativity, as you've learned through your time with Bubbles!

Actually, you can't help but wonder if Faye's own anger reinforced Dora's as well as encouraged her negative perception of the world. Faye's absence may have contributed to Dora's progress. I hope that Faye considers this and asks hherself if changes on her own part are necessary, for her own sake.

That would explain how COD lasted under the previous management for as long as it did.  It's amazing it didn't go out of business and if the place is more profitable than ever that would reinforce the direction.  While I can understand hostility to some customers who deserved it there were also a lot of people who didn't and probably never returned.  Faye is better in her new line of work than she ever was behind the counter. 

As for Barry he might be a little too much too handle, but considering how accommodating they are to people with various neuroses they should still give him a chance...  but nothing too caffeinated. 

[blue5]

Barry is...interesting. Weird until he can recite every Hemingway book by memory. Hemingway rocks

The snarkiness is what gave CoD its charm. Otherwise is just a coffeehouse. Although Dora seems alot calmer. Here is to hope that Dora and Martin restart on a positive slate. They compliment each other. Martin is finally growing a spine. Sort of.

Faye looks, i am not sure...off. I can't place it. I think its the weird hairdo. The drawing style for her changed quite a bit since the firing arc.

[Scarblac]

On a side note, I always find the expression "You wanna come with?" to be strangely amusing yet just slightly appealing. Is that unique to the USA? That's the only place I recall coming across it.

It is funny that while the Danish word "med" means the exact same thing as the English word "with", just about none of the idioms using it translate word by word. E.g. "vil du med?" "want you with?" or in better English "do you want with?". Similar "shall I take something with for you?" or "do you want something with?", "I'm just with",  "with home" or "take with" ( = to go).

I just realised that I do not know how to say "I'm just with" in English. That is, I am not here to buy something, I am accompanying one who is.

Anyway "You wanna come with?" is mostly used in areas with Scandinavian influence. Or German, I guess.

Or Dutch.

Anything that Scandinavians, Germans and Dutch share is obviously old Germanic and probably once existed in English as well, but at some point they surrendered to those French guys and imported most of Latin into their language. That gave them "accompany"... Where the word "with" comes from is unclear to me, it doesn't sound like it's related to either 'med/mit/mee' or 'avec', not even to 'cum'.

[snubnose]

I'm surprised about everyone who did not vote "Space Station" in THIS poll.

[JimC]

I'm surprised about everyone who did not vote "Space Station" in THIS poll.

Yes and no. I think its a great location, but only because there's very little time there. I have a suspicion that if it were a regular scene it would get a bit tedious.

[Gyrre]

Please note that I posted 'sort of...' Besides, literally every previous occasion I've seen it used, it meant step-sibling or illegitimate sibling.

Ya learn something new everyday.

I've only ever encountered it on TV Tropes. Specifically in regards to the distaff counterpart (I sincerely apologize for however much time you all lose to clicking thru TVtropes).

(Fixed the link -Method)

[Gyrre]

I'm hoping to see a floof-off between them at some point. The casualties [sp] will be catastrophic. And fuzzy.

The two floofs would entangle and only some eldritch mathematical application of string theory would be able to save everyone from the cosmic entanglement...... or a flamethrower.

Ms. Azuma could very probably help out with that.

[Nepiophage]

(Long story involving industrial quantities of TimTams I'd brought for the nurses at the clinic).

Real Australian TimTams are the best choccie bikkies ever. You deserve their undying worship.

[Nepiophage]

Where the word "with" comes from is unclear to me, it doesn't sound like it's related to either 'med/mit/mee' or 'avec', not even to 'cum'.

Quote from OED:
OE. wið = OFris. with, OS. wið, ON. við (Sw. vid, Da. ved): app. a shortening (peculiar to the Anglo-Frisian and Scandinavian areas) of the Com. Teut. *wider- (see s.v. wither a. and adv. and wither-1), perh. taking place orig. in compounds (cf. with- and the parallelism of OE. wiþcéosan and wiþercéosan to reject, wiþstandan and wiþerstandan to withstand, etc.).

Maybe someone understands that  . . .