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2019-01-17

by shaenon on January 17, 2019 at 12:01 am
Chapter: The Iron Man
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  1. Dave
    January 17, 2019, 12:05 am | # | Reply

    I don’t know if pane four was intended to be relevant to current events (govt shutdown), but the timeliness amuses me all the same.

    • awgiedawgie
      January 17, 2019, 12:12 am | # | Reply

      Somehow I doubt it. Pretty sure she’s just referring to the fact that they’ve gone rogue.

    • The J is Silent
      January 17, 2019, 1:18 am | # | Reply

      Speaking as a furlouged fed, I had the exact same thought.
      However, the Skin Horse staff is using their furlough much more productively than I am mine.

    • Shaenon
      January 17, 2019, 2:01 am | # | Reply

      We planned this ages ago. It just turns out we’re all living in a comic-strip reality now.

      • WuseMajor
        January 17, 2019, 2:12 am | # | Reply

        It’s a pity the societal craziness hasn’t broken down the laws of physics enough for giant robots to become feasible.

        • 5-tons-of-flax
          January 17, 2019, 7:50 am | # | Reply

          Maybe it has, but we’re all too reality blind to see it.

        • Towering Barbarian
          January 17, 2019, 9:35 am | # | Reply

          Actually,…

          https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/294135/

          ^_~

      • BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
        January 17, 2019, 8:29 pm | # | Reply

        I shudder to think how a floating timeline might effect term limits.

  2. dexitroboper
    January 17, 2019, 12:13 am | # | Reply

    It’s like Über, but for Project Skin Horse.

    • BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
      January 17, 2019, 8:34 pm | # | Reply

      Because they aren’t being paid a living wage, or because they’re driving a dangerous experimental vehicle that kills people?

      • Seth Buehler
        January 17, 2019, 9:17 pm | # | Reply

        You’re probably thinking of Waymo.

        • BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
          January 18, 2019, 2:43 am | # | Reply

          I hadn’t heard about Waymo’s cars killing anyone, but it doesn’t surprise me. When did that happen?

      • Regret
        January 18, 2019, 1:24 am | # | Reply

        I wouldn’t call a car experimental, though you are partially right, cars do kill a lot of people.

        • BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
          January 18, 2019, 2:39 am | # | Reply

          Nah, I’m talking about the driverless tech they’re testing out, which fatally ran down a pedestrian in Arizona last March.

  3. thedoctor55
    January 17, 2019, 12:19 am | # | Reply

    I wonder if they padded the feet on Annex-1 Bot so the building doesn’t vibrate too much.

    • awgiedawgie
      January 17, 2019, 2:31 am | # | Reply

      Better yet, have shock absorbers in the joints. Either way, it would take an incredible amount of shock absorption.

      • TimK
        January 17, 2019, 3:30 am | # | Reply

        With Tigerlilly’s aptitude for springs shock-absorbers shouldn’t be a problem. They probably regenerate the vibrational energy or at least turn it into a funkier beat.

        • Dr. Steve
          January 17, 2019, 9:26 am | # | Reply

          Attention… Attention… There will be a dance tonight in Annex One. No… sorry… correction… there will be a dance tonight OF Annex One!

          • jjjdavidson
            January 17, 2019, 5:44 pm | #

            “Never mind.” Mr. Altman would be proud.

    • Ruggs
      January 17, 2019, 12:45 pm | # | Reply

      New Balance or Nike could get a great liscensing deal.

      • awgiedawgie
        January 17, 2019, 1:49 pm | # | Reply

        I doubt NB or Nike would be interested, what with Annex One not having any money. And with the reality blindness, they probably can’t see the building anyway, or at the very least, can’t see it as anything but a building.

  4. Robert Nowall
    January 17, 2019, 12:33 am | # | Reply

    What with Nick and Dr. Lee, well…don’t come a-knockin’ if Annex One is a-rockin’.

  5. Bruce A Munro
    January 17, 2019, 12:43 am | # | Reply

    That’s a reactive response. Be pro-active and go Kaiju on Asig headquarters,

    • thedoctor55
      January 17, 2019, 1:15 am | # | Reply

      If that means using Annex-One to stomp a mud hole in Asid and Ira,then I’m all for it!

      • Candace
        January 17, 2019, 1:41 am | # | Reply

        There are a lot of people in A-sig, though. They should give those inside a chance to turn over a new leaf before stomping the building into a mud hole.

      • awgiedawgie
        January 17, 2019, 2:29 am | # | Reply

        If it’s close enough to the coast, Annex One could drop kick A-Sig headquarters into the ocean.

      • Midwestmutt
        January 17, 2019, 9:06 am | # | Reply

        I want Ira to get brain-wiped somehow so he becomes the lovable old coot he pretended to be. I know it’s a cliched end but I’ve grown too fond of him over the years to see him killed off.

    • Shadowmehr
      January 17, 2019, 10:21 pm | # | Reply

      I still say that A-Sig has done the same for their headquarters that Tigerlily did for Annex One, so attacking would just result in a mecha fight.

      So full speed ahead.

  6. Altarboy
    January 17, 2019, 2:37 am | # | Reply

    It’ the Crimson Mutual Assurance of social work.

    • Forrest M Davis
      January 17, 2019, 2:55 pm | # | Reply

      +3, minimum. Well done sir!

    • Bruce A Munro
      January 17, 2019, 10:42 pm | # | Reply

      And he goes for nerd gold!

  7. John Evans
    January 17, 2019, 6:21 am | # | Reply

    In 2018 a black ops social service unit was disbanded by a secret human-supremacist organization for a crime they didn’t commit. These men, women, dogs, zombie, and helicopters promptly reunited, including one who escaped from a maximum security virtual reality simulation to the American underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as bureaucrats of fortune. If you are not human, have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire the Skin Horse.

    • Robert Nowall
      January 17, 2019, 7:50 am | # | Reply

      And robots, irridators, bees, and bloggers. Who else is there in Annex One?

    • 5-tons-of-flax
      January 17, 2019, 7:55 am | # | Reply

      Damn. Now there’s a socially aware ‘70’s show I would watch. In fact I think I *did* watch it.

    • awgiedawgie
      January 17, 2019, 9:46 am | # | Reply

      They’re traveling around in a building called Annex One, so you really could call them the A-team.

    • OneUniverse
      January 17, 2019, 11:17 am | # | Reply

      If it were “Charlie’s Angels” we’d at least know where the funding came from.

    • Kaymyth
      January 17, 2019, 1:15 pm | # | Reply

      I love everything about this.

    • jjjdavidson
      January 17, 2019, 5:43 pm | # | Reply

      And somehow my beanie little brain immediately cast Moustachio as Mr. Thinkonium: “I sincerely pity the poor fool who attempts to impede our forward progress!”

      • Shadowmehr
        January 17, 2019, 10:23 pm | # | Reply

        With Nick Zerhakker as “Howling Mad” Murdock, and Captain’s Fancy Valentine Sweetheart as John “Hannibal” Smith. (Tip would play Face, but I can’t remember his real name.)

        • awgiedawgie
          January 18, 2019, 4:35 am | # | Reply

          That would be Templeton Peck. Or as he was occasionally known, “The Magnificent Templeton”.

          Or did you mean Tip’s real name, Dr. Dennis Wilkin.

          • Shadowmehr
            January 18, 2019, 9:13 pm | #

            No, I meant Face’s real name. Thanks.

          • awgiedawgie
            January 18, 2019, 11:52 pm | #

            And Nera would be Amy Amanda Allen, the sexy journalist who joins the team and uses her influence in the popular media to further their cause.

    • Altarboy
      January 18, 2019, 2:54 am | # | Reply

      Love it!

  8. OneUniverse
    January 17, 2019, 11:22 am | # | Reply

    At least Skin-horse doesn’t have a foreign hostile government trying to stoke divisions between factions, just an old white guy trying to keep his privileged place in society.

    • Towering Barbarian
      January 17, 2019, 12:52 pm | # | Reply

      Not even that. I doubt Ira cares about what sort of human is in charge so long as it is humans who are in charge. ^_^

      • mickeyjf
        January 17, 2019, 8:36 pm | # | Reply

        Usually, the Ira’s of the world want Ira to be in charge.

      • Bruce A Munro
        January 17, 2019, 10:39 pm | # | Reply

        I’m pretty sure at one point Ira states they’re aiming for global domination.

  9. warpzone32
    January 18, 2019, 7:40 pm | # | Reply

    Ha ha. It’s funny because they’re working for free! Just like real life!

  10. Jon
    December 22, 2019, 11:23 pm | # | Reply

    Badass.

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