It’s good to see Lovelace and Aimee becoming friends.
Aimee is the literal embodiment of Nick’s inner Whimsy princess and has proven herself one of very few people who can be trusted with the mind control powers of the Crown.
Far better than _anyone_ could know.
There has to be some kind of intelligent error detection and elimination algorithm far in advance of anything we know that has prevented Whimsy World from crashing or being corrupted into oblivion. This might be built into each of the AIs independently in cross check fashion.
Let’s hope they don’t get too friendly. ‘Cause it would just about break the heart of that foulmouthed foul-minded little animatronic unicorn. Unless he’s got something else stashed in his private space.
Even in this universe, they’ll be fine: “You can drop a mouse down a thousand-
yard mine shaft; and, on arriving at the bottom, it gets a slight shock and walks away, provided that the ground is fairly soft.” JBS Haldane, On Being the Right Size.
up to this point I sincerely thought Lovelace and Aimee were already dating. Though I guess if Aimee is still single, her reaction on last Saturday’s strip makes more sense.
I’m surprised that Lovelace doesn’t have an aversion to hamsters. In fact, maybe this is another clue? Along with her liking it here when she previously said she didn’t like Whimsy movies… AIs can look like anything they want, and we’ve never heard anything like them verifying each other’s identities that I can recall.
After effects of hamster rainstorms:
https://youtu.be/w-DNjeGcTmk
I’ve recently started taking drugs that sedate my hamsters. Wish I’d known I could do that sooner.
You take the drugs, but the hamsters are the ones that are sedated? How does that work?
Metaphorical hamsters in my mind that refuse to STFU.
Thank you for that, it was adorable!
I want to see the hamsters’ flying island!!!
Sorry, that was destroyed. And no one inside the box knows anything about it besides Lovelace.
…just two words of caution…
…hamster poop.
Pretty sure nobody poops in Virtual Whimsyworld.
Does that mean there is a DARK Virtual Whimsyworld where everything poops, for starters?
That’s where the bad robots go. (Cue musical number)
Bad robots? Hamsters? Let us pray they don’t get together! Narbonic flashbacks…
Was meant to be a Futurama rather than a Narbonic reference, but that’s an interesting notion too.
I’m guessing Baron found a way to maintain his outside self in the sim and doesn’t want anyone there to know.
You know you love it, Nick.
Aimee’s really leaning in on this Whimsey Princess thing.
Yup, entirely logical
At least when you factor in rule of cute
how do multiple versions of nick attract total babes??
I mean look at him.
That’s what we mean!
Wonder how Duplicate Nick is doing?
You’d like to do what, Lovelace?
Live there. She finished the thought in the next panel.
It’s good to see Lovelace and Aimee becoming friends.
Aimee is the literal embodiment of Nick’s inner Whimsy princess and has proven herself one of very few people who can be trusted with the mind control powers of the Crown.
Whimsey Corp created better than they knew.
Far better than _anyone_ could know.
There has to be some kind of intelligent error detection and elimination algorithm far in advance of anything we know that has prevented Whimsy World from crashing or being corrupted into oblivion. This might be built into each of the AIs independently in cross check fashion.
Let’s hope they don’t get too friendly. ‘Cause it would just about break the heart of that foulmouthed foul-minded little animatronic unicorn. Unless he’s got something else stashed in his private space.
And them without a canopy.
Poor hamsters. They very much prefer being on the ground.
I wonder whether Lovelace’s thinking is affected by Whimseyworld mind control.
Hamsters… In the Shaenonverse, harbingers of doom…
Kind of reminding me of Mabel world, here
I hope they land safely, or this going to get a lot less cute in a hurry.
It’s a virtual reality, so physics are entirely optional. They probably never fall fast enough to hurt – either themselves, or those they land on.
Even in this universe, they’ll be fine: “You can drop a mouse down a thousand-
yard mine shaft; and, on arriving at the bottom, it gets a slight shock and walks away, provided that the ground is fairly soft.” JBS Haldane, On Being the Right Size.
It’s all about volume to surface area rations. But hamsters are larger than mice, so I’m not sure about their terminal velocity.
Cats are quite a lot larger than hamsters, and are famous for having a terminal velocity that allows them to land safely.
I would want to visit a world with hamster rain. Anyone who loves animals would.
splut… splut… schplap… schplutschplut-schplut…
“Oh, I’m singing in the (splat) rain, just (schplut) singing in the rain…”
I must admit, Lovelace’s comment about “if we survive all this” has me concerned.
What does she know that we don’t?
That there is an army of supersoldiers trying to destroy them all? Though if you don’t know that you’ve really not been paying attention.
So Aimee and Lovelace are into each other right?
I like to think Lovelace is somehow ancestor to Shaenon’s Space I.T. person, Eydie… E.D. as in Davenport, I hope!
up to this point I sincerely thought Lovelace and Aimee were already dating. Though I guess if Aimee is still single, her reaction on last Saturday’s strip makes more sense.
Best get out of here before they start quoting Ayn Rand at you.
Dibidi ba didi dou dou
Di ba didi dou
Didi didldildidldidl houdihoudi dey dou
I’m surprised that Lovelace doesn’t have an aversion to hamsters. In fact, maybe this is another clue? Along with her liking it here when she previously said she didn’t like Whimsy movies… AIs can look like anything they want, and we’ve never heard anything like them verifying each other’s identities that I can recall.