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2014-11-12

by shaenon on November 12, 2014 at 12:01 am
Chapter: Mixed-Up Files
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  1. Landis963
    November 12, 2014, 12:10 am | # | Reply

    Funnily enough, the guy in the last panel wants a therapist, not a psychologist. Also, the guy in the third panel looks vaguely familiar. Did he cameo in Narbonic?

    • irdburns
      November 12, 2014, 12:11 am | # | Reply

      The exact same thing occurred to me about the therapist…

    • GDwarf
      November 12, 2014, 2:12 am | # | Reply

      He’s quite a bit like Lupin Madblood (Or one of his many robot duplicates). However, Madblood would more likely be (trying) to lead a robot attack than running away from one. I also doubt he’d be caught dead without his tie. 😛

      • Frank
        November 12, 2014, 4:08 pm | # | Reply

        I thought all the robot duplicates got…er… repurposed

        • Rex Vivat
          November 12, 2014, 4:09 pm | # | Reply

          Not all of them. You can see many of them were left at the end of Narbonic (I’m not linking because spoilers).

    • Prodigal
      November 12, 2014, 2:16 am | # | Reply

      He looks about halfway between Lupin Madblood and the St Charlie Mad Tech Support guy.

    • Kirala
      November 12, 2014, 3:07 pm | # | Reply

      Has the dialogue been fixed to reflect Tip’s occupation, or are you referring to the fact that a traumatized person SHOULD want a therapist rather than a psychologist?

  2. irdburns
    November 12, 2014, 12:11 am | # | Reply

    Ah Tip, as wonderfully self involved as always.

    • Rex Vivat
      November 12, 2014, 10:06 am | # | Reply

      He’s a really good listener, isn’t he?

      • irdburns
        November 12, 2014, 5:08 pm | # | Reply

        At least he’s cute. SUCH a blonde, but cute.

  3. Alphaghoul
    November 12, 2014, 12:15 am | # | Reply

    We’ve all seen this old gag before.

    • edddddthemadgenius
      November 12, 2014, 12:55 am | # | Reply

      thank you for keeping us updated on your experiance with jokes

    • woozy
      November 12, 2014, 12:15 pm | # | Reply

      I was going to say “speaking of Sweethearts immersion in TV tropes…”. But “We’ve all seen this old gag before” has the same literal meaning.

      Yes, you are correct. We have all seen this trope before.

      • BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
        November 12, 2014, 1:04 pm | # | Reply

        I’m pretty sure “we’ve all seen this old gag before” is also a gag we’ve all seen before

  4. Eddurd
    November 12, 2014, 12:29 am | # | Reply

    (TUNE: “I Feel Pretty” from West Side Story, Bernstein & Sondheim)

    I feel trauma!
    So much trauma!
    All this drama
    Has traumatized me!
    Want my mama!
    Now I’m gonna yell hysteric’ly!

    Folks all panic!
    See them panic!
    Things titanic will panic the throng!
    Inorganic,
    They’re mechanical and rather strong!

     See the robots rampage throughout the mall!
     Finding vintage clothes in this store!
     Size one-hundred-three,
     Try it on and see,
     Goodness, could this be
     Genuine Dior?!

    Robots close now!
    Tip’s morose now!
    ‘Cause he knows he’s supposed to help guys!
    With those ‘bots,
    He could help them accessorize!

    • Brian Bogue
      November 12, 2014, 12:42 am | # | Reply

      Eddurd, this is the perfect song for this, as always

    • mickeyf
      November 12, 2014, 8:22 pm | # | Reply

      Several thumbs up!

  5. Alphaghoul
    November 12, 2014, 12:49 am | # | Reply

    What decade was Debbi supposed to be from?

    • Landis963
      November 12, 2014, 12:56 am | # | Reply

      @ Alphaghoul: 80s. Breakfast Club (’85), New Coke (’85), floppy disks (invented 60s, and starting to go into decline by the start of the 80s), that hairdo and slang – hers is pretty obviously a 80s-inspired madness.

  6. BMunro
    November 12, 2014, 1:55 am | # | Reply

    I wonder: are all these people reality-enabled, or have attack robots become so much of a thing we’re all expecting to see soon from the defense contractors that even the reality-blind can see them? (On the other hand, if they are funkalicious Tigerlily products, they may be too improbable to be seen, like the Pain Gorilla-bot from the earlier sequence).

    • dornbeast
      November 12, 2014, 3:08 am | # | Reply

      If reality-blindness resulted in people being unaware of threats to life and limb, it wouldn’t be much of a survival mechanism.

      • BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
        November 12, 2014, 1:12 pm | # | Reply

        Considering that people seem to interpret much more mundane problems as things like alien invasions or zombie attacks with a certain amount of regularity, I think RB may only extend so far.

    • BRGR
      November 12, 2014, 3:31 am | # | Reply

      A robot has just trashed a court house in another webcomic, Nukees!, and witnesses have not been able to describe what it was.

    • xiombrag
      November 12, 2014, 9:26 am | # | Reply

      It’s possible the reality-blind can perceive threats in the moment and then rationalize it differently later.

      • ZReporter
        November 12, 2014, 10:10 am | # | Reply

        My theory is that Reality-blinders work like a speeding vehicle racing towards you. You see it. You jump out of the way. Then when you think back on the experience when you heart isn’t beating loud enough to block out the noise around you… You know why you jumped, but you do not know what you jumped from. Just that your life was in danger. After all that vehicle could have been a car or a bus.

    • BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
      November 12, 2014, 1:08 pm | # | Reply

      Actually, I’m pretty sure the defense contractors themselves are reality blind, ’cause nobody that smart is that stupid. That, or they’re Mad.

    • woozy
      November 12, 2014, 3:25 pm | # | Reply

      Aren’t most people reality-enabled? something like 4 in 5?

      • Rex Vivat
        November 12, 2014, 3:28 pm | # | Reply

        Acording to Sweetheart, “About twenty percent of
        humans psychologically block things they consider impossible.” (from the filenames)

        • BMunro
          November 12, 2014, 5:46 pm | # | Reply

          If it’s only 20%, I can’t see how the giant spike-covered gorilla robot at Walmart avoided notice… 🙂

          • woozy
            November 12, 2014, 6:34 pm | #

            Because Wal-mart attracts the reality-blind. Seriously though, reality blindness has always been considered the exception rather than the norm.

            And honestly, it’s *funnier* that way.

      • irdburns
        November 12, 2014, 10:50 pm | # | Reply

        Whereas my experience has something like the reverse in reality. Then again, maybe true weirdness is actually kind of rare for all the protagonists are involved. Half are mad and for the others its their job.

    • oneuniverse2
      November 12, 2014, 3:32 pm | # | Reply

      I’m listening, as I read this comic, to a podcast about how memory can be skewed. The witnesses probably will be influenced by whatever the authorities want them to believe.

  7. Schism
    November 12, 2014, 2:30 am | # | Reply

    I’m glad to see that this layoff hasn’t affected Tip much.

  8. Robert Nowall
    November 12, 2014, 2:39 am | # | Reply

    Wouldn’t it be fine if it were Tigerlilly Jones and some new-made robot minions in the vintage clothing boutique?

    • irdburns
      November 12, 2014, 7:27 am | # | Reply

      Was there ever any doubt?

      • Robert Nowall
        November 12, 2014, 7:34 am | # | Reply

        After I posted, I realized there was no doubt. But they’ve got to keep us guessing…

  9. Michael Brewer
    November 12, 2014, 3:10 am | # | Reply

    Tip really needs to learn to listen better.

    • K. Willsen
      November 12, 2014, 9:19 am | # | Reply

      He’s a psychologist. They listen about as well as ELIZA.

      #not-bitter

      • BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
        November 12, 2014, 1:15 pm | # | Reply

        What does that suggest to you?

        • oneuniverse2
          November 12, 2014, 3:29 pm | # | Reply

          It suggests this computer needs some percussive maintenance (using a hammer on it).

          • Rex Vivat
            November 12, 2014, 3:34 pm | #

            Can you elaborate on that?

          • oneuniverse2
            November 13, 2014, 12:03 pm | #

            *BAM!* *BAM!* *BAM!* ratatatat…

          • Rex Vivat
            November 13, 2014, 12:10 pm | #

            And how does that make you feel?

          • BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
            November 15, 2014, 8:10 pm | #

            You’re not really talking about me, are you?

  10. Dr. Steve
    November 12, 2014, 8:22 am | # | Reply

    I know of Tip’s angst. When someone on the plane asks “is there a doctor on board?” its NEVER an emergency call to discuss existential issues. No… always something “medical.”

    • oneuniverse2
      November 12, 2014, 3:34 pm | # | Reply

      Read two “Calvin and Hobbes” comics and call me in the morning.

  11. palenoue
    November 12, 2014, 12:18 pm | # | Reply

    I feel uninspired! I there a cartoonist here?

  12. davidbreslin101
    November 12, 2014, 12:24 pm | # | Reply

    Panel 5: [exit pursued by a (cybernetic’ly enhanced) lampshade]

  13. Sevendeer
    November 12, 2014, 4:05 pm | # | Reply

    Way to fail situational awareness forever, Tip.

  14. Shadowmehr
    November 12, 2014, 7:00 pm | # | Reply

    Sooner or later the situation is going to sink in, and Tip is going to be completely ticked at himself. There will be much face-palming in his future.

    • =Tamar
      November 12, 2014, 9:53 pm | # | Reply

      Tip wants something he’ll be paid for. Nobody’s offering him a paid job to deal with the boutique incident.

  15. Mental Mouse
    November 13, 2014, 6:53 am | # | Reply

    Perhaps Tip should start by visiting an audiologist….

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