Topic: WCDT Strips 3571 to 3575 (18th to 22nd 2017) (Read 22792 times)

Tova · « **Reply #100 on:** 21 Sep 2017, 20:07 »

COMIC

So, do we have any synesthetes among the forumites? I must admit, I find the idea to be incredibly difficult to conceptualise.

comicalArchitect · « **Reply #101 on:** 21 Sep 2017, 20:14 »

it's up

Dang it, I actually already HAD the theory that Emily was a cyborg. Maybe Jeph's playing with us and she's actually full AI? It would explain this strip, Spookybot's interest in her, and possibly her wacky science skills / general wackiness.

Gyrre · « **Reply #102 on:** 21 Sep 2017, 21:11 »

Gonna be honest, I didnot see that coming.

Though I guess if any human were to have that response, it would be Emily.

SmilingCat · « **Reply #103 on:** 21 Sep 2017, 21:21 »

Speaking of random, Roko looks like equestria girls twilight sparkle in the last panel

.....

I have nieces! Don't judge me!

comicalArchitect · « **Reply #104 on:** 21 Sep 2017, 21:23 »

Quote from: SmilingCat on 21 Sep 2017, 21:21

Speaking of random, Roko looks like equestria girls twilight sparkle in the last panel

.....

I have nieces! Don't judge me!

OMG READING ALL ROKO'S LINES IN TARA STRONG'S VOICE FROM NOW ON

THIS IS PERFECT

zisraelsen · « **Reply #105 on:** 21 Sep 2017, 21:46 »

Could... could it be that the smellucinations aren't AI specific at all? Could it be that CoD's teas are just That mind-bendingly amazing and all the other human customers are too embarrassed by sexy unicorn man to admit it?

hakko504 · « **Reply #106 on:** 21 Sep 2017, 22:48 »

Quote from: Sullivan on 21 Sep 2017, 17:56

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 21 Sep 2017, 16:41
Internal water tank and breathe out steam?
Please, no steampunk influences here! AT ALL.

Too late: 2198

BenRG · « **Reply #107 on:** 21 Sep 2017, 23:26 »

Yeah, if any human would have a... free enough mind to have a similar reaction to tea to that experienced by a synthetic, it would be Emily. Not the same reaction but a similar one. She smelled Fabio Longhorn, even if she didn't see him. FWIW though, it's cute how obvious Roko is that sniffing Assam is a guilty pleasure for her!

FWIW, I've suspected for a long time that Emily is some sort of prototype synthetic, maybe a fleshbot with an AI brain. I'm not sure if this strip confirms or debunks this theory.

Off topic: Anyone know how to contact Jeph other than on on social media? There's been a pop-over car ad on the comic site for a few days now and I don't know how to tell him.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #108 on:** 21 Sep 2017, 23:46 »

[email protected] used to be the canonical contact address. I do not know if it still works.

NemesisDancer · « **Reply #109 on:** 22 Sep 2017, 02:10 »

Quote from: Tova on 21 Sep 2017, 20:07

COMIC

So, do we have any synesthetes among the forumites? I must admit, I find the idea to be incredibly difficult to conceptualise.

I've got a form of synaesthesia that involves seeing words/letters/numbers as being specific colours - for years I assumed this was just something everyone did, until someone told me, "No, that's not normal at all". It's not something I actually physically see; more to do with encoding and colours coming to mind upon reading words and characters. For the record, "Jeph" is purple, "Questionable" is a much paler purple, and "Content" is red.

However, can't say I've ever seen a sexy unicorn in tea. But then I've only tried Assam once or twice so perhaps I'm not sniffing hard enough.

pwhodges · « **Reply #110 on:** 22 Sep 2017, 03:27 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 21 Sep 2017, 23:46

[email protected] used to be the canonical contact address. I do not know if it still works.

We have no reason to doubt the details on his contact page (which after all is far more prominently advertised than this forum!). However, it is well known that he is not very likely to respond personally, even if he takes note and deals with a reported problem.

Bollthorn · « **Reply #111 on:** 22 Sep 2017, 09:37 »

Panel 1: Hannersface!! ^_^

DannyboyTheDane · « **Reply #112 on:** 22 Sep 2017, 10:25 »

Quote from: hakko504 on 21 Sep 2017, 22:48

Quote from: Sullivan on 21 Sep 2017, 17:56
Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 21 Sep 2017, 16:41
Internal water tank and breathe out steam?
Please, no steampunk influences here! AT ALL.
Too late: 2198

The Horrible Revelation also has a, if not steampunk, then Victorian aesthetic going for it.

In other news, my fondness for Roko is growing rapidly by the strip.

Storel · « **Reply #113 on:** 22 Sep 2017, 12:21 »

Quote from: comicalArchitect on 21 Sep 2017, 20:14

Dang it, I actually already HAD the theory that Emily was a cyborg. Maybe Jeph's playing with us and she's actually full AI? It would explain this strip, Spookybot's interest in her, and possibly her wacky science skills / general wackiness.

Well, his note after the strip says specifically:

Quote from: Jeph

Spoiler: Emily is not a cyborg

yet

Hmm, didn't notice that "yet" until just now... wonder if he's hinting that she's in the process of becoming one? Or that she's first in line to become one? Or...?

hedgie · « **Reply #114 on:** 22 Sep 2017, 14:14 »

Well, Clin-ton is already a cyborg, just not a full body-replacement job. I just hope that this doesn't mean that Emily is going to somehow blow bits of herself off.

Roborat · « **Reply #115 on:** 22 Sep 2017, 15:21 »

I love the drink sizes on the board behind them. I really want to see the WTF cup.

Mordhaus · « **Reply #116 on:** 22 Sep 2017, 16:34 »

So Roko is a furry eh?

Kugai · « **Reply #117 on:** 22 Sep 2017, 17:06 »

Roko and Hanners - Kindred spirits??

Is she blushing??

Akima · « **Reply #118 on:** 22 Sep 2017, 17:45 »

Have we seen that "I'm Ozymandias LOL" poster (in the background of the first panel) in CoD before? I'm imagining a stone foot broken off at the ankle.

Gyrre · « **Reply #119 on:** 22 Sep 2017, 19:22 »

Quote from: comicalArchitect on 21 Sep 2017, 20:14

it's up

Dang it, I actually already HAD the theory that Emily was a cyborg. Maybe Jeph's playing with us and she's actually full AI? It would explain this strip, Spookybot's interest in her, and possibly her wacky science skills / general wackiness.

She eats food, has parents, and has the capacity to feel pain. Also, Spookybot would know if she were AI and would have just plugged her directly into Bubbles instead of using the halo interface.

BenRG · « **Reply #120 on:** 22 Sep 2017, 23:37 »

She has the ability to process hydrocarbons into energy, has two people who claim to be her parents and fill the emotional role in her life and can detect injury and react accordingly. As I explain in my dedicated thread on the subject, none of this cannot be explained away if she is an extreme bio-mimetic synthetic.

Regarding interfacing with Bubbles, what if Emily wasn't built with a physical I/O port that can be accessed non-surgically?

Thrudd · « **Reply #121 on:** 23 Sep 2017, 16:35 »

Maybe she is organic with a techno core and even spooky may not know the truth ... especially if she is / was an alternative experimental next gen AI that was segregated from the creche before awakening.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #122 on:** 23 Sep 2017, 22:08 »

What if there's not just one?

Two Emilies, one organic, one synthetic. How weird would it make someone to have her mind in two different bodies at the same time?

HiFranc · « **Reply #123 on:** 24 Sep 2017, 00:51 »

As I said in the thread about Emily, I don't think an AI could access the magic of the ancients (remember that her project suddenly started spewing Eldritch Runes). I do have a theory or two but I've already posted them in that thread.

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #124 on:** 24 Sep 2017, 02:29 »

Do we need to get some anticonvulsants for these tall, woody-stemmed plants?

BenRG · « **Reply #125 on:** 24 Sep 2017, 05:55 »

Another suggestion: Emily the medical experiment.

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