He’s right, it is parlor tricks. I’ve said this before, but alot (not all, but alot) of what he does is actually cold reading combined with engineering the circumstances to favor certain outcomes.
Indeed. For those who haven’t read Narbonic, towards the end Artie is called out on the fact that for all he claims to be good his actions have greater negative consequences than those of the evil characters.
I think I hit every square on my own. The jackpot for guessing the plot got so high, I could cover the board and guarantee myself a net profit, even if I had to share the payout with a couple lightweights who only picked a single combination.
All of a sudden I’m wondering if it *is* Artie—or at least the Artie of their happentrack. Gerbils are pretty much genetically the same, aren’t they?…maybe if you zap them with a transmogrifier they’ll all come out like that…
Hey, man, oh, I’m so alone, you know,
Hey, man, oh, Sergio, I should have known, I gotta—
Hey man, Skin Horse is straight outta time!
This glasses-faced man just took a bite of my crime!
Hey, man, I’m wracking my brain!
Hey, man, it’s all been in vain!
Hey, man, well, it’s a further damn-damn
I said I had to seize it but I then I…
Oh, I’m keen on you, man, ‘cause I can’t afford to kick it!
I’ve got a case of self-pity!
Oh, I’m keen on you, man, ‘cause you can’t afford to wreck it!
You know my case of self-pity…
Is freakin’ bright…I’m all right.
—“Suffragette City,” David Bowie. ‘Cause somehow it seems appropriate today.
What Sergio doesn’t realize is that Artie’s powers DO prevent TIP from barfing freeze-dried Now & Laters..
Oh, come on, Artie, you call yourself superintelligent? I saw that one coming.
I suppose he has always been weak on figuring out what Mell’s brain is going to do. Maybe it’s just too straightforward for him to understand.
I think he just can’t predict mel’s brain with a conscience
I think his problem is that he isn’t accounting for Rule of Funny in his calculations.
“Dumb people make mistakes. Geniuses really screw things up.”
“I can’t predict every weird thing Skin Horse does.” may be my new favorite line.
He’s right, it is parlor tricks. I’ve said this before, but alot (not all, but alot) of what he does is actually cold reading combined with engineering the circumstances to favor certain outcomes.
Indeed. For those who haven’t read Narbonic, towards the end Artie is called out on the fact that for all he claims to be good his actions have greater negative consequences than those of the evil characters.
Or, that could be part of the normal structure of the universe. Action –> Reaction –> Explosion!
Well then you should probably read the comments section more
Just because those in the comments sections predict that Skin-Horse will do *every* conceivable action doesn’t make it a good prognostication tool.
“Congratulations to those who figured this out. In my mind I am picturing a dart board with every available space riddled with darts.”
The sacred darts are never wrong!
I think I hit every square on my own. The jackpot for guessing the plot got so high, I could cover the board and guarantee myself a net profit, even if I had to share the payout with a couple lightweights who only picked a single combination.
So the freeze-dried Neapolitan made even Unity sick.
Who mentioned anything about Unity being sick? o_O
Didn’t think she favored barfing it back up…
It’s UNITY though…
Yeah, I figured Unity barfed up the Neapolitan astronaut ice cream on purpose to see if it came out multicolored like it was when it went in.
All of a sudden I’m wondering if it *is* Artie—or at least the Artie of their happentrack. Gerbils are pretty much genetically the same, aren’t they?…maybe if you zap them with a transmogrifier they’ll all come out like that…
…Dana? o.O;
I doubt it, I’m pretty sure Helen specifically designed his human form to be the way it is. It’s not the default form of human gerbils.
Hey, man, oh, I’m so alone, you know,
Hey, man, oh, Sergio, I should have known, I gotta—
Hey man, Skin Horse is straight outta time!
This glasses-faced man just took a bite of my crime!
Hey, man, I’m wracking my brain!
Hey, man, it’s all been in vain!
Hey, man, well, it’s a further damn-damn
I said I had to seize it but I then I…
Oh, I’m keen on you, man, ‘cause I can’t afford to kick it!
I’ve got a case of self-pity!
Oh, I’m keen on you, man, ‘cause you can’t afford to wreck it!
You know my case of self-pity…
Is freakin’ bright…I’m all right.
—“Suffragette City,” David Bowie. ‘Cause somehow it seems appropriate today.
I DID warn you all about the astronaut ice cream.
Since it’s Unity, I wonder if it came back up with the stripes intact?
Okay, follow me here . . .
1. Freeze-dried ice cream is organic in nature, if heavily modified.
2. U.N.I.T.Y.’s nanotechnology is designed to infect organic materials.
3. Her appetite is great enough that consuming more than one packet is not out of the question.
1 + 2 + 3 = There might a semi-sentient ice cream blob wandering around the complex. Which is both awesome and slightly disgusting.
I’m not sure I needed that image in my head.