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Post by philman on Apr 20, 2022 7:17:22 GMT
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Post by noone3 on Apr 20, 2022 7:36:17 GMT
Oooh... I bet you million trillion zillion dollars that was not the answer you expected.
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Post by shadow3 on Apr 20, 2022 7:41:17 GMT
"Dear 8-Ball, do I deserve to have a billion dollars?"
"Yes."
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Post by theonethatgotaway on Apr 20, 2022 7:54:45 GMT
Kat really needs to do something about Robot's smugness setting, it seems to be stuck at 110%!
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Post by blahzor on Apr 20, 2022 8:33:19 GMT
Sometimes your cult leader tells you the truth
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Post by blahzor on Apr 20, 2022 8:34:06 GMT
Kat really needs to do something about Robot's smugness setting, it seems to be stuck at 110%! He just has resting smug face! |
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Post by arf on Apr 20, 2022 8:44:38 GMT
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Post by ohthatone on Apr 20, 2022 11:45:31 GMT
Oof.
Lana: how so I fix it?
Robot: you need to redirect the attention of your friend to you.
Lana: so I need to get senpai* to notice...me?
*though in this case it might be kohai
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Post by Bo No Bo on Apr 20, 2022 11:59:11 GMT
I suspect that Robot was doing some interpretation mambo here- Not 'wrong' as in 'You are malfunctioning', but 'There IS something you know is unsatisfactory inside you that you must confront and fix.'
Then again: Lana DID specifically say 'malfunctioning' earlier, and the last panel with Robot's face half in shadow (heh)... yeesh...
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Post by TBeholder on Apr 20, 2022 12:48:50 GMT
Self-awareness error: learned to imitate oblivious humans too well.
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Post by arf on Apr 20, 2022 14:01:06 GMT
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Post by ctso74 on Apr 20, 2022 14:59:59 GMT
I imagine him saying that in a chipper, happy voice.
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Post by csj on Apr 20, 2022 15:41:42 GMT
if only she had green eyes
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Post by fia on Apr 20, 2022 16:48:18 GMT
Robot must be fun at parties
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Post by blahzor on Apr 20, 2022 19:36:59 GMT
this is easy "I saw a opportunity" fodder
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Post by rabbit on Apr 20, 2022 19:51:15 GMT
Kat really needs to do something about Robot's smugness setting, it seems to be stuck at 110%! He just has resting smug face! I would have expected a robot to have a resting bit face. |
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Post by pyradonis on Apr 20, 2022 20:51:02 GMT
Ah, religious leaders telling you that something is wrong with you for experiencing a completely normal feeling or sensation. A classic.
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Post by Gemminie on Apr 20, 2022 21:20:08 GMT
Lana is jealous of Jerrek in one way or another. Is it that she wishes she were that close to Annie? Or is it just that Jerrek's gotten closer to a human faster than Lana has, despite the fact that Lana did all that "research" (reading manga) beforehand, engineered her body to look just so, etc.?
Does Robot elaborate after the punchline? I mean, does he have any helpful suggestions on what might be wrong and how to fix it, or at least deal with it? Other than starting an amusing flirt war with Annie, that is?
What will we see next chapter? This was a very Loup-ful chapter. I wonder ... we've heard about the Court moving to somewhere else, but maybe we'll see some of that going on? We haven't seen the other folks Annie's age for a while. How are they being affected? Margo and John, Janet and Winsbury, none of them seem to have any sort of etheric abilities, so will they go with the Court to its new non-Ether digs? I'm sure that neither Paz nor Annie are going, which means Kat isn't going, but what about the others? Will this breakup the Class of ... Unspecified Year? Will Omega tell them who should go and who should stay? Will we finally see Omega now that it'll almost be anticlimactic when it happens? Will Omega look like an iMac? An old-style daisy-wheel printer? Boxbot?
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Post by birdwhisperer on Apr 20, 2022 21:59:39 GMT
My interpretation of this: Robot considered pain a good thing even though it means something is 'wrong' with you, because it is a human thing. Similarly, negative emotions like jealously do mean there's something 'wrong' with you, but he's smiling because that's good as it means you are more human.
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Post by warrl on Apr 20, 2022 22:01:09 GMT
Lana is jealous of Jerrek in one way or another. Is it that she wishes she were that close to Annie? Or is it just that Jerrek's gotten closer to a human faster than Lana has, despite the fact that Lana did all that "research" (reading manga) beforehand, engineered her body to look just so, etc.? Or perhaps Lana is jealous of Annie and wants to slide in and walk off with Jerrek. |
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Post by saardvark on Apr 21, 2022 0:05:04 GMT
Lana is jealous of Jerrek in one way or another. Is it that she wishes she were that close to Annie? Or is it just that Jerrek's gotten closer to a human faster than Lana has, despite the fact that Lana did all that "research" (reading manga) beforehand, engineered her body to look just so, etc.? What will we see next chapter? This was a very Loup-ful chapter. I wonder ... we've heard about the Court moving to somewhere else, but maybe we'll see some of that going on? We haven't seen the other folks Annie's age for a while. How are they being affected? Margo and John, Janet and Winsbury, none of them seem to have any sort of etheric abilities, so will they go with the Court to its new non-Ether digs? I'm sure that neither Paz nor Annie are going, which means Kat isn't going, but what about the others? Will this breakup the Class of ... Unspecified Year? Will Omega tell them who should go and who should stay? Will we finally see Omega now that it'll almost be anticlimactic when it happens? Will Omega look like an iMac? An old-style daisy-wheel printer? Boxbot? Or maybe after thinking it over (and finding out Jerrek was actually trying to keep her safe) she decides she likes him after all, but now he's getting along with Annie and.... On etheric abilities, Janet has supernatural archery aim (splitting Winsbury's arrow), kind of a minor ability, but it might count? Which could potentially cause a sad parting, or minor revolt against the Court's wishes (either Winsbury staying behind with exiled Janet, or Llanwyn carving out an exception for his daughter). |
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Post by maxptc on Apr 21, 2022 0:50:19 GMT
Lana is jealous of Jerrek in one way or another. Is it that she wishes she were that close to Annie? Or is it just that Jerrek's gotten closer to a human faster than Lana has, despite the fact that Lana did all that "research" (reading manga) beforehand, engineered her body to look just so, etc.? What will we see next chapter? This was a very Loup-ful chapter. I wonder ... we've heard about the Court moving to somewhere else, but maybe we'll see some of that going on? We haven't seen the other folks Annie's age for a while. How are they being affected? Margo and John, Janet and Winsbury, none of them seem to have any sort of etheric abilities, so will they go with the Court to its new non-Ether digs? I'm sure that neither Paz nor Annie are going, which means Kat isn't going, but what about the others? Will this breakup the Class of ... Unspecified Year? Will Omega tell them who should go and who should stay? Will we finally see Omega now that it'll almost be anticlimactic when it happens? Will Omega look like an iMac? An old-style daisy-wheel printer? Boxbot? Or maybe after thinking it over (and finding out Jerrek was actually trying to keep her safe) she decides she likes him after all, but now he's getting along with Annie and.... On etheric abilities, Janet has supernatural archery aim (splitting Winsbury's arrow), kind of a minor ability, but it might count? Which could potentially cause a sad parting, or minor revolt against the Court's wishes (either Winsbury staying behind with exiled Janet, or Llanwyn carving out an exception for his daughter). Her power may be more then that, dont forget the double strike in bowling. |
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Post by jda on Apr 21, 2022 4:26:22 GMT
Kat really needs to do something about Robot's smugness setting, it seems to be stuck at 110%!  |
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Post by Runningflame on Apr 21, 2022 19:02:09 GMT
On etheric abilities, Janet has supernatural archery aim (splitting Winsbury's arrow), kind of a minor ability, but it might count? Are we sure that's supernatural? Maybe she's just very, very good at it. |
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Post by saardvark on Apr 22, 2022 0:21:18 GMT
On etheric abilities, Janet has supernatural archery aim (splitting Winsbury's arrow), kind of a minor ability, but it might count? Are we sure that's supernatural? Maybe she's just very, very good at it. But as maxptc noted, there is also her double-strike in bowling. The archery, OK, may be possible. EXTREMELY difficult, but just possible. The double-strike, on the other hand, is virtually impossible - the amount of momentum, frontspin and sidespin yould have to put on the ball (making it strike, bounce off the back, and then skid to the side, hop to the next lane, and strike again?) would probably burn a hole in the lane, maybe even the Earth's crust!  Might even violate physics... |
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Post by Runningflame on Apr 22, 2022 18:23:34 GMT
Are we sure that's supernatural? Maybe she's just very, very good at it. But as maxptc noted, there is also her double-strike in bowling. The archery, OK, may be possible. EXTREMELY difficult, but just possible. The double-strike, on the other hand, is virtually impossible - the amount of momentum, frontspin and sidespin yould have to put on the ball (making it strike, bounce off the back, and then skid to the side, hop to the next lane, and strike again?) would probably burn a hole in the lane, maybe even the Earth's crust! Might even violate physics... I always thought that meant two strikes in a row (i.e. she got a strike on the previous frame and she got a strike again on this frame). Annie's statement "I didn't realise it was possible to get two strikes with one throw" just indicates that she doesn't understand bowling and is confused by the terminology. Of course, it's still an impressive accomplishment, but not supernatural. |
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Post by maxptc on Apr 22, 2022 18:31:13 GMT
But as maxptc noted, there is also her double-strike in bowling. The archery, OK, may be possible. EXTREMELY difficult, but just possible. The double-strike, on the other hand, is virtually impossible - the amount of momentum, frontspin and sidespin yould have to put on the ball (making it strike, bounce off the back, and then skid to the side, hop to the next lane, and strike again?) would probably burn a hole in the lane, maybe even the Earth's crust! Might even violate physics... I always thought that meant two strikes in a row (i.e. she got a strike on the previous frame and she got a strike again on this frame). Annie's statement "I didn't realise it was possible to get two strikes with one throw" just indicates that she doesn't understand bowling and is confused by the terminology. Of course, it's still an impressive accomplishment, but not supernatural. She doesn't know terminology well enough to say two strikes "in a row" instead of "in one throw"? How does she know the term strike then? The words double strike are what appear as the effect as well, not consecutive strikes. Also Annie didn't know you could knock all the pins over twice in a row in two throws? Do you really think Annie is that dumb and unable to think logically? |
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Post by saardvark on Apr 23, 2022 0:19:35 GMT
But as maxptc noted, there is also her double-strike in bowling. The archery, OK, may be possible. EXTREMELY difficult, but just possible. The double-strike, on the other hand, is virtually impossible - the amount of momentum, frontspin and sidespin yould have to put on the ball (making it strike, bounce off the back, and then skid to the side, hop to the next lane, and strike again?) would probably burn a hole in the lane, maybe even the Earth's crust! Might even violate physics... I always thought that meant two strikes in a row (i.e. she got a strike on the previous frame and she got a strike again on this frame). Annie's statement "I didn't realise it was possible to get two strikes with one throw" just indicates that she doesn't understand bowling and is confused by the terminology. Of course, it's still an impressive accomplishment, but not supernatural. I think it is definitely not two strikes in a row, but rather two strikes with one throw (as Annie notes): www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1631 |
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Post by tokomak on Apr 23, 2022 1:49:17 GMT
Robot is interviewing for a job. His interviewer is Mr. Smith.
Smith: "What is your greatest weakness?"
Robot: "Answering the semantics of a question while ignoring the pragmatics."
Smith: "Could you give me an example?"
Robot: "Yes, I could."
Smith: "Tell me something about yourself."
Robot: "I am a robot."
Smith: "What's your greatest strength?"
Robot: "I am willing to perform services in exchange for currency."
Smith: "What do you know about our company?"
Robot: "You give currency in exchange for services."
Smith: "Why should we hire you?"
Robot: "I am currently unemployed."
Smith: "Did you bring your references with you?"
Robot: "I tried, but they were busy."
Smith: "How do you take criticism?"
Robot: "Verbally or in writing."
Smith: "What gets you up in the morning?"
Robot: "An alarm."
Smith: "What's the one word that defines you?"
Robot: "Pronoun."
Later that day, Robot started his job at the Verizon Customer Service call center.
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Post by Runningflame on Apr 23, 2022 7:11:48 GMT
I always thought that meant two strikes in a row (i.e. she got a strike on the previous frame and she got a strike again on this frame). Annie's statement "I didn't realise it was possible to get two strikes with one throw" just indicates that she doesn't understand bowling and is confused by the terminology. Of course, it's still an impressive accomplishment, but not supernatural. She doesn't know terminology well enough to say two strikes "in a row" instead of "in one throw"? How does she know the term strike then? The words double strike are what appear as the effect as well, not consecutive strikes. Also Annie didn't know you could knock all the pins over twice in a row in two throws? Do you really think Annie is that dumb and unable to think logically? Yes.  In all seriousness: Annie leads off the scene by saying she's never been bowling before. It's fair to assume she knows nothing about the game or its scoring and terminology. (Personal experience: I've been bowling several times in my life. The first few times, I didn't know anything beyond "Put your fingers in the holes, throw the ball underhand, and try to knock the pins over." Since then, I've slowly picked up some of the terminology, but I still don't really understand the scoring system.) She has others showing her the absolute basics: first Margo, then Winsbury (who may have other motives, to be fair). She tries it out and does comically poorly (as I'm sure most people do on their first try). Renard then makes a logical observation (despite not knowing much about the game himself) which hasn't occurred to Annie, and she finds a small success. In summary: Annie has plenty of strengths, but this scene makes it pretty clear that bowling is not one of them. "Double strike" is the term for two strikes in consecutive frames. It's shown as a sound effect, but I imagine one of the other kids calling it as such, which is why Annie reacts to the term. Her comment doesn't make much sense because she's clueless about bowling. Furthermore, if Janet had done something so physics-defying as knocking over the pins in two different lanes with a single throw, I think the other kids' response would have been something like "That's impossible, how did she do that?!" Instead, Margo looks slightly surprised and then disappointed, as she realizes that she's not going to beat Janet today. (Incidentally, knocking over the pins in two different lanes wouldn't help Janet's score more than a regular strike; it would basically just be showing off. Which, to be fair, probably is the sort of thing Janet would do.) Then too, I think Tom would have shown something so cool-looking (like he did with Janet's fancy shooting), rather than having it happen off-screen and merely showing Margo's reaction. Finally, it's not 100% clear, but it looks like the lane they're using is the only lane with pins set up. If the other lanes are empty, then Janet can't have knocked pins down in two lanes at once.
All this to say: I'm not opposed to believing that Janet may have supernatural powers of aiming, but I think the archery is stronger evidence than the bowling, and even the archery isn't knock-down proof. |
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