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Favorite purely hypothetical variation of Yay? (blame/credit to flondrix)

Steampunk Yay
Elf Yay
Noir Yay
Yippie-Kai Yay
Gris Iron (sports jersey/sportsball fan)
Griselpunk (dieselpunk)
Eminence Gris (introductory form)
other (feel free to specify)
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Credit for the poll idea and first four options go to flondrix. I tried not to get carried away, so I limited myself to three adfitions and two puns.

DISCLAIMER: We know Jeph doesn't read the forums, so please don't freak out in the event of pure coincidence if any of these variations or puns pop up. The puns I came up with weren't even remotely difficult to come up with, so another experienced punster could easily come up with them on their own.

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… waiting for them all to Voltron up into Mega-Yay, Scourge of the Abyss.
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Eldritch horror instance that can only be desribed in vaugue terms lest an accurate description drive any one else insane.
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Eldritch horror instance that can only be desribed in vaugue terms lest an accurate description drive any one else insane.

Like that weird blobby deep-learning frog image?
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Eldritch horror instance that can only be desribed in vaugue terms lest an accurate description drive any one else insane.

Like that weird blobby deep-learning frog image?

Those ones where great, especially when that techniques got applied to video. Freakiest one was the casino clip from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas which was already mind bending at the best of times.
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I would be pretty bitter if I were stuck with the name Mr. Smooches.
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I don't think dogs attach the same importance to names as we do. They just want treats, regular walks and meals, and belly rubs.

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Actually, that would make me pretty happy too.
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I would be pretty bitter if I were stuck with the name Mr. Smooches.

It's a borzoi. I'm sure it's fine with it. But, yes, agreed.
[I'm generally told I'd be either a beagle or some breed of shepherd.]
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I swear, with every successive strip, Yay gets cuter!

Re the poll: "Other" - I can imagine an "advanced" (incomprehensibly advanced :-D) being like Yay getting depressed by the sheer mundaneness of everything - you know, "brain the size of a planet" and all that...
And so, therefore... Marvin  Yay!  :-D

 (And no, I didn't notice the pun in the name until I'd written it down  :facepalm:)
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Awww, Yay you softy.

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Re: WCDT for May 16th to May 20th, 2022 (strips 4786 to 4790)
« Reply #10 on: 16 May 2022, 05:28 »

DISCLAIMER: [...]
Aaaaahh someone shoutet at me !  :-o :-o :-o :-o

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Re: WCDT for May 16th to May 20th, 2022 (strips 4786 to 4790)
« Reply #11 on: 16 May 2022, 07:44 »

I'm going to argue that this panel could be a new meme format.
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Re: WCDT for May 16th to May 20th, 2022 (strips 4786 to 4790)
« Reply #12 on: 16 May 2022, 10:00 »

Yay, I am afraid it is too late.  You have developed ... friends
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Re: WCDT for May 16th to May 20th, 2022 (strips 4786 to 4790)
« Reply #13 on: 16 May 2022, 11:20 »

Noir Yay has already been done--in the character's original appearance. 

I swear, with every successive strip, Yay gets cuter!

Is there a term for a character trying to be androgynous but being too femme-cute to pull it off?

(Curvy-busty characters who try for androgynous are usually classified as "butch," correctly or not.  I'm talking about someone like Yay who has the body to pass as androgynous, but is just too gosh darn cute.)
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Re: WCDT for May 16th to May 20th, 2022 (strips 4786 to 4790)
« Reply #14 on: 16 May 2022, 14:30 »

DISCLAIMER: [...]
Aaaaahh someone shoutet at me !  :-o :-o :-o :-o

*runs*

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Not meant as shouting. Sorry.
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Re: WCDT for May 16th to May 20th, 2022 (strips 4786 to 4790)
« Reply #15 on: 16 May 2022, 19:22 »

New comic.

I know how Yay feels. Compliments make me very uncomfortable.
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Re: WCDT for May 16th to May 20th, 2022 (strips 4786 to 4790)
« Reply #16 on: 16 May 2022, 20:24 »

New comic.

I know how Yay feels. Compliments make me very uncomfortable.

Same.

Mine were often either a means of manipulation or later turned on me by said manipulative parent later on for not going into the line of work they wanted me to.
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Re: WCDT for May 16th to May 20th, 2022 (strips 4786 to 4790)
« Reply #17 on: 16 May 2022, 21:54 »

My wife's mother is a sweet, capable, gentle, kind, warm, intelligent woman and being complimented is utter torture for her. My wife tells me she was like this all through her childhood and growing up. She even has difficulty with someone thanking her for something: she's gracious, but if you know her well you can see the twinge of pain.

I wonder if it's a built-in personality thing, or if there's a back story to it. I don't think we'll ever know.

My wife's a bit like this, but not to the same degree.

My own parents (and myself for that matter, hopefully) are fine people, but not nearly as warm as she is -- if someone compliments or thanks us, it's no problem. It's just like "Hey, thanks/your welcome!" or whatever and life goes on. Maybe we just don't feel things as much?

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Re: WCDT for May 16th to May 20th, 2022 (strips 4786 to 4790)
« Reply #18 on: 17 May 2022, 00:48 »

Well without claiming the rest of these things would be true about me, but technically I dont like receiving compliments either.

Cant speak for others but I sort of just dont know what to do about them when I get them.
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Re: WCDT for May 16th to May 20th, 2022 (strips 4786 to 4790)
« Reply #19 on: 17 May 2022, 02:36 »

How? HOW?  How did Jeph take a character that I LOATHED from their very first appearance and turn them adorable?
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Re: WCDT for May 16th to May 20th, 2022 (strips 4786 to 4790)
« Reply #20 on: 17 May 2022, 04:37 »

Aww, Yay. I'd hug ya, but you'd punch me.

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Re: WCDT for May 16th to May 20th, 2022 (strips 4786 to 4790)
« Reply #21 on: 17 May 2022, 05:25 »

Yay, I am afraid it is too late.  You have developed ... friends

OH SHIT

IS IT SERIOUS
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Re: WCDT for May 16th to May 20th, 2022 (strips 4786 to 4790)
« Reply #22 on: 17 May 2022, 05:27 »

How? HOW?  How did Jeph take a character that I LOATHED from their very first appearance and turn them adorable?

By changing about everything about them.
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Re: WCDT for May 16th to May 20th, 2022 (strips 4786 to 4790)
« Reply #23 on: 17 May 2022, 10:40 »

By changing about everything about them.
But in a way that's (at least to me) pretty believable.
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Re: WCDT for May 16th to May 20th, 2022 (strips 4786 to 4790)
« Reply #24 on: 17 May 2022, 19:05 »

Well, more evidence that Yay wants to be a Permalite...
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Re: WCDT for May 16th to May 20th, 2022 (strips 4786 to 4790)
« Reply #25 on: 17 May 2022, 19:54 »

By changing about everything about them.

Character development is a thing.

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Re: WCDT for May 16th to May 20th, 2022 (strips 4786 to 4790)
« Reply #26 on: 17 May 2022, 20:32 »

Well, more evidence that Yay wants to be a Permalite...

A what?
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Re: WCDT for May 16th to May 20th, 2022 (strips 4786 to 4790)
« Reply #27 on: 17 May 2022, 21:13 »

You can see the interplanetary/interdimensional tourism campaign now....

"EARTH.
WE HAZ GOOD BOI."
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« Reply #28 on: 17 May 2022, 23:40 »

You can see the interplanetary/interdimensional tourism campaign now....

"EARTH.
WE HAZ GOOD BOI."

Then when dog-loving aliens want to visit Earth:
"Oh sh__, we can't go there, the Cats* have conquered it already."

*You can't convince me cats aren't aliens. (Cute, fluffy aliens...)
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« Reply #29 on: 17 May 2022, 23:47 »

You can see the interplanetary/interdimensional tourism campaign now....

"EARTH.
WE HAZ GOOD BOI."

Then when dog-loving aliens want to visit Earth:
"Oh sh__, we can't go there, the Cats* have conquered it already."

*You can't convince me cats aren't aliens. (Cute, fluffy aliens...)

...

Well, okay, SOME cats are "cute" and "fluffy".

Other cats are lions and tigers and whatnot and would consider you a tasty meal.
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Re: WCDT for May 16th to May 20th, 2022 (strips 4786 to 4790)
« Reply #30 on: 18 May 2022, 03:42 »

I wouldn’t mind a pet cheetah; all the upsides of cats but big and playful as a dog. Just need a loooot of space. And no dry cat food.
The ancient Egyptians used them like modern hunters use their gun dogs, to retrieve kills and flush winged game.
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Re: WCDT for May 16th to May 20th, 2022 (strips 4786 to 4790)
« Reply #31 on: 18 May 2022, 09:20 »

Then when dog-loving aliens want to visit Earth:
"Oh sh__, we can't go there, the Cats* have conquered it already."

*You can't convince me cats aren't aliens. (Cute, fluffy aliens...)

Well, feral house cats are considered an invasive species  :}
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Re: WCDT for May 16th to May 20th, 2022 (strips 4786 to 4790)
« Reply #32 on: 18 May 2022, 11:45 »

I SHIP IT.
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« Reply #33 on: 18 May 2022, 15:27 »

I SHIP IT.

I'm not sure if Hey even has a sexuality. Well, anyway...

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« Reply #34 on: 18 May 2022, 17:39 »

Other cats are lions and tigers and whatnot and would consider you a tasty meal.

That does not make them any less cute or fluffy. It would just be a bad idea to try and pet one.
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Re: WCDT for May 16th to May 20th, 2022 (strips 4786 to 4790)
« Reply #35 on: 18 May 2022, 18:57 »

New comic. That'd be a heck of a way to retire lol
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« Reply #36 on: 18 May 2022, 19:14 »

The ancient Egyptians used them like modern hunters use their gun dogs, to retrieve kills and flush winged game.

The ancient Egyptians regarded cats as gods.

Cats (well, mine, at least) haven't forgotten.
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« Reply #37 on: 18 May 2022, 19:56 »

Yay is really developing a sense of humor :D
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« Reply #38 on: 18 May 2022, 23:02 »

Yay is really developing a sense of humor :D

Hopefully...
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Re: WCDT for May 16th to May 20th, 2022 (strips 4786 to 4790)
« Reply #39 on: 18 May 2022, 23:17 »

The ancient Egyptians used them like modern hunters use their gun dogs, to retrieve kills and flush winged game.

The ancient Egyptians regarded cats as gods.

Cats (well, mine, at least) haven't forgotten.

Isn't that a myth?

I mean, I know Hathor became Sekhmet, who then became Basthet after calming tf down.

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« Reply #40 on: 19 May 2022, 00:45 »

That does not make them any less cute or fluffy. It would just be a bad idea to try and pet one.
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Re: WCDT for May 16th to May 20th, 2022 (strips 4786 to 4790)
« Reply #41 on: 19 May 2022, 02:16 »

I wouldn’t mind a pet cheetah; all the upsides of cats but big and playful as a dog. Just need a loooot of space. And no dry cat food.
The ancient Egyptians used them like modern hunters use their gun dogs, to retrieve kills and flush winged game.
I would definitely not want a pet who had the mind of my cat but who could actually beat me in a fight. The only reason at least one of my cats didn't kill me ages ago is cause I'm a lot bigger than he is.
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« Reply #42 on: 19 May 2022, 02:24 »

I wouldn’t mind a pet cheetah; all the upsides of cats but big and playful as a dog. Just need a loooot of space. And no dry cat food.
The ancient Egyptians used them like modern hunters use their gun dogs, to retrieve kills and flush winged game.
I would definitely not want a pet who had the mind of my cat but who could actually beat me in a fight. The only reason at least one of my cats didn't kill me ages ago is cause I'm a lot bigger than he is.
We're talking about a species that often needs an anti-anxiety dog assigned to it in captivity (typically golden retrievers) or some other means of anxiety relief.
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« Reply #43 on: 19 May 2022, 03:27 »

Wikipedia claims they are easily tameable.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheetah
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« Reply #44 on: 19 May 2022, 04:07 »

I liked Yay's outfit. Was cute.

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« Reply #45 on: 19 May 2022, 05:42 »

This would be a brilliant way to end a comic.
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« Reply #46 on: 19 May 2022, 08:07 »

This would be a brilliant way to end a comic.
The next page is a bunch of dogs sitting in front of a flying saucer and staring into the open hatch, while the generic background city burns behind it.
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Re: WCDT for May 16th to May 20th, 2022 (strips 4786 to 4790)
« Reply #47 on: 19 May 2022, 17:52 »

Wikipedia claims they are easily tameable.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheetah

Cheetahs and Servals are ones that are supposedly very tameable...cheetahs just tend to, specifically, have nervous issues.

I think that the asiatic cheetah is the one with the least of them...they're mainly because, as a species, the cheetah is basically a glass canon with their hunting strategy, and pretty much every other predator near their size category will kill them as well and do steal kills from them. The asiatic has less competition, so isn't as high strung about looking for problems.

Having a dog with them, or handlers that they're used to, means they aren't quite as paranoid because they aren't looking on their own there.
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Re: WCDT for May 16th to May 20th, 2022 (strips 4786 to 4790)
« Reply #48 on: 19 May 2022, 18:29 »

Ewwww, bugs.

Has the financials for Union Robotics improved, do we know?

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« Reply #49 on: 19 May 2022, 18:52 »

Not that we've heard of, I think.
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