HT seems to be missing the point that they’re REALITY blind, not regular blind. They’re actually more likely now to just tranq him on sight (if he’s lucky).
The solution is obvious: Mutate HT until he is a 200-foot tall half-gerbil with spikes and a compulsion for speaking prose poetry. Then no one will be able to see him at all.
That’s horribly speciseist, nyao. Frightfully accurate, but still speciesist. Then again, what can we kitties expect from you two-leggers, nya? I swear, if it weren’t for your opposable thumbs and skill at giving chin skritchies…. -_^
Not to mention our ability to actually drive to the market and buy the tuna. Our kitty is a little weird. She doesn’t even like chin rubs… but rub her ears and she melts into a furry little purr factory.
I just wish she’d learn English already. I still can’t tell the difference between “rub my ears”, “let me outside” & “feed me”.
Knowing about this stuff didn’t help the city council, who went reality blind in the middle of discussing it. Including Ed, who H.T. thought he was on first-name terms with.
(If it’s The Cure at work, then the fact it works on mads suggests that being this stuff doesn’t help much.)
So I don’t know why it’s not affected Tip (yet), but it’s not that.
Come to think of it, if people who already know about this stuff got an exception, how would you tell? I mean, on a nationwide level, not just locally with how people react to them?
“My god, all the people who don’t know we exist … still don’t know we exist!”
If you didn’t know about technology, and you were reality blind, would an airplane not register to you? would it count as too weird?
My take on it (and I don’t think it’s been confirmed or denied in the strip) has always been the Discworld Talking Dog model — it’s not enough to not know something exists; you have to “know” that it doesn’t. Reality blindness doesn’t get prompted by “My model of reality doesn’t include this” but by “My model of reality says this is impossible“. A plane might qualify – if you know enough to have learned or recreated the 18th-19th century arguments that say heavier-than-air flying machines can’t exist. If you don’t have any reason to think that, it’s just a thing.
There were no serious 19th century arguments that heavier-than-air flying machines couldn’t exist, they just knew that they couldn’t build them. Anyone who’d ever seen a bird knew that it was possible for something to fly and still be substantially heavier than air.
You know, HT is treating this as a disadvantage to non-humans, but if someone was looking to restart the Old War it would be a huge *advantage*. You can disbelieve in a robot all you want, but that doesn’t mean its lasers hurt any less. A war with non-humans where the human side can’t remember their opponents exist would be pretty one-sided.
People don’t just “not see” the weirdness. They simply rationalize it away.
Just because they don’t see something for what it truly is doesn’t mean people won’t recognize that something is still a mortal peril. Instead of a robot shooting a laser at them, they might see it as a terrorist shooting an assault rifle at them. The details aren’t important – in either case, people will still run away and call in the police or the army to fight back.
A giant robot foot accompanied by a rifle-toting assassin is fighting an army of hamsters in mechanical suits? That’s just a gang war, and one side somehow got their hands on an armored vehicle or similar.
Aliens land on the White House lawn in a flying saucer and start vaporizing people? They’re just a splinter faction of Russian special forces who went rogue (probably because of psychological conditioning gone wrong), stole a top secret stealth helicopter, and “declared war” on the United States and the president.
A bigfoot starts running around eatting people? That’s just a Florida man who got high on bath salts and started killing and eatting random people.
I’m more worried about Virginia… Haven’t seen her in a while; hopefully will soon. Wearing the Dork Knight armor, a nice clear rear view, preferably… wielding the lightsaber…
It’s 3:37 AM here, a man can dream…
Not only has she had U.N.I.T.Y. inside her, but she built her in the first place. I’m pretty sure that not only would she would be immune, and other people might start not seeing her due to the Crown’s influence.
They can’t see clearly now, the Cure is on.
They can’t see all animals in their way.
On are the food plans that H. T. finds.
He wants to take a bite (bite), bite (bite), sometime today.
The people can’t take it now, the Cure is on.
All of that unrealness has disappeared.
This is the main show H. T.’s been waitin’ for.
He wants to take a bite (bite), bite (bite) sometime today.
Look all around, there’s nothing but humans!
Look straight ahead, edible humans!
They can’t see clearly now, the Cure is on.
They can’t see all animals in their way.
On are the food plans that H. T. finds.
He wants to take a bite (bite), bite (bite), sometime today.
—from “I Can See Clearly Now,” Gamble / Huff —Johnny Nash.
HT seems to be missing the point that they’re REALITY blind, not regular blind. They’re actually more likely now to just tranq him on sight (if he’s lucky).
The solution is obvious: Mutate HT until he is a 200-foot tall half-gerbil with spikes and a compulsion for speaking prose poetry. Then no one will be able to see him at all.
Or possibly mistake him for a Macy’s Thanksgiving parade balloon, which will be very confusing when it starts eating people.
For you maybe. I’ve never trusted those balloons.
Sentient tiger = Kzin so “scream and then leap!” is about as subtle as H.T. is likely to get. ^_^
That’s horribly speciseist, nyao. Frightfully accurate, but still speciesist. Then again, what can we kitties expect from you two-leggers, nya? I swear, if it weren’t for your opposable thumbs and skill at giving chin skritchies…. -_^
*Gives Kitirena a scratch on the chin and then rubs behind her ears for good measure*. ^_~
Not to mention our ability to actually drive to the market and buy the tuna. Our kitty is a little weird. She doesn’t even like chin rubs… but rub her ears and she melts into a furry little purr factory.
I just wish she’d learn English already. I still can’t tell the difference between “rub my ears”, “let me outside” & “feed me”.
What, just the four of them? That might be too much even for Unity.
It’s affecting all humans? So what makes Tip an exception — just too much exposure to weirdness already?
Maybe he’s just too fabulous.
makes me wonder- is Tip going to go reality blind eventually, or do people who already know about this stuff get an exception?
If you didn’t know about technology, and you were reality blind, would an airplane not register to you? would it count as too weird?
Wow, that’s a really big shiny bird.
The people in this town already knew about H.T., but they forgot and don’t recognise him anymore.
Knowing about this stuff didn’t help the city council, who went reality blind in the middle of discussing it. Including Ed, who H.T. thought he was on first-name terms with.
(If it’s The Cure at work, then the fact it works on mads suggests that being this stuff doesn’t help much.)
So I don’t know why it’s not affected Tip (yet), but it’s not that.
Come to think of it, if people who already know about this stuff got an exception, how would you tell? I mean, on a nationwide level, not just locally with how people react to them?
“My god, all the people who don’t know we exist … still don’t know we exist!”
If you didn’t know about technology, and you were reality blind, would an airplane not register to you? would it count as too weird?
My take on it (and I don’t think it’s been confirmed or denied in the strip) has always been the Discworld Talking Dog model — it’s not enough to not know something exists; you have to “know” that it doesn’t. Reality blindness doesn’t get prompted by “My model of reality doesn’t include this” but by “My model of reality says this is impossible“. A plane might qualify – if you know enough to have learned or recreated the 18th-19th century arguments that say heavier-than-air flying machines can’t exist. If you don’t have any reason to think that, it’s just a thing.
There were no serious 19th century arguments that heavier-than-air flying machines couldn’t exist, they just knew that they couldn’t build them. Anyone who’d ever seen a bird knew that it was possible for something to fly and still be substantially heavier than air.
It’s because there’s more opportunity for misadventure and merriment if Tip remains reality-cognizant.
Isn’t Tip slightly werewolf?
Also slightly Unity, probably.
Same reason he wasn’t knocked out by the sonic weapon I think: he’s not entirely human anymore.
Tip is already a source of weirdness
Weather it’s a sufficient source is yet to be seen
Yeah, his plan is going to see him shot, more than likely.
Pip dude, change back into your regular clothes – that should impose a bit of normalcy to the proceedings.
Here’s a thought: what if the change of clothes is what caused this?
This is almost certainly the case. What is Tremontino’s master plan, and for how long has he been working for Anasigma?
Sounds like a good plan to me.
Saute or bake ’em?
I feel like he is to try and pounce on unity or tip first, I do not think he is aware that unity can punch his lights out, lets see how he last.
She’s already flattened him with a punch at least once: if he’s giving her a running start, I suspect he won’t chase her very fast.
I don’t think unity would taste very good anyway
That’s not what Artie says
You know, HT is treating this as a disadvantage to non-humans, but if someone was looking to restart the Old War it would be a huge *advantage*. You can disbelieve in a robot all you want, but that doesn’t mean its lasers hurt any less. A war with non-humans where the human side can’t remember their opponents exist would be pretty one-sided.
That’s one reason I suggested this might be the work of a Mad, although right now I’m placing my money on the Secret Government.
People don’t just “not see” the weirdness. They simply rationalize it away.
Just because they don’t see something for what it truly is doesn’t mean people won’t recognize that something is still a mortal peril. Instead of a robot shooting a laser at them, they might see it as a terrorist shooting an assault rifle at them. The details aren’t important – in either case, people will still run away and call in the police or the army to fight back.
A giant robot foot accompanied by a rifle-toting assassin is fighting an army of hamsters in mechanical suits? That’s just a gang war, and one side somehow got their hands on an armored vehicle or similar.
Aliens land on the White House lawn in a flying saucer and start vaporizing people? They’re just a splinter faction of Russian special forces who went rogue (probably because of psychological conditioning gone wrong), stole a top secret stealth helicopter, and “declared war” on the United States and the president.
A bigfoot starts running around eatting people? That’s just a Florida man who got high on bath salts and started killing and eatting random people.
Depends on the severity, actually. Dave’s brother couldn’t see Artie at all.
All humans…. but not Tip?
Tip is human, and wolf, and Unity, IIRC.
I’m more worried about Virginia… Haven’t seen her in a while; hopefully will soon. Wearing the Dork Knight armor, a nice clear rear view, preferably… wielding the lightsaber…
It’s 3:37 AM here, a man can dream…
Virginia’s had some Unity in her too if that makes a difference.
Not only has she had U.N.I.T.Y. inside her, but she built her in the first place. I’m pretty sure that not only would she would be immune, and other people might start not seeing her due to the Crown’s influence.
…and now the chapter title makes its meaning known.
Unless this mess can be fixed, hardly anybody will be able to see unicorns. 🙁
(chorus of young children in unison) UNICORNS?!?!?!?!
For humans with reality blindness, would it be useful to wear the dark glasses from “They Live”?
Hofmann lenses.
Did the third panel remind anyone else of the Jordan, Jesse, Go podcast’s ‘GARABA’ meme?
Get help
Assess the situation
Read up on it
Assess the situation again
Be kind to yourself
Abstinence
I make HT’s acronym out to be more like ‘SACRE AH’, which works for me.
They can’t see clearly now, the Cure is on.
They can’t see all animals in their way.
On are the food plans that H. T. finds.
He wants to take a bite (bite), bite (bite), sometime today.
The people can’t take it now, the Cure is on.
All of that unrealness has disappeared.
This is the main show H. T.’s been waitin’ for.
He wants to take a bite (bite), bite (bite) sometime today.
Look all around, there’s nothing but humans!
Look straight ahead, edible humans!
They can’t see clearly now, the Cure is on.
They can’t see all animals in their way.
On are the food plans that H. T. finds.
He wants to take a bite (bite), bite (bite), sometime today.
—from “I Can See Clearly Now,” Gamble / Huff —Johnny Nash.
This is indeed worthy.