My concern is that it’s not his physical shell that does the soul sucking, and if he gets into the VR, he’ll have a much larger and more available supply of stuff to suck on.
Nick is a human male, and carries with him a centrally-located means of shorting out low-voltage gear… I know a guy who found out that electric fences don’t count! No matter what Ren and Stimpy say, it is *not* the funnest game in the whole wide world!
I don’t know about mythbusters, but I used to work with a guy who tried it once (yes, he was really drunk). He was still in pain the next morning when he sobered up.
That may be because drunks tend to sway and lean on the thing they are peeing against. (‘Lean’ not neccesarily with their upper body.) Or he had an unusually wide urethra.
I didn’t have a clear view of everything, but he wasn’t standing close enough to lean on anything. And Pygar seems to know someone who has had a similar experience. So there’s no question that it’s possible. I never actually saw this one tested on the show, but it wouldn’t be the first time that mythbusters “busted” something that I’ve either witnessed firsthand or done myself. That’s why I quit watching the show. It’s interesting and all, but not reliable enough for me.
Cammy, you’re life-stealing us more and more,
Same old whine you used to whine before.
And I say, “Yeah, well, what do you want me to do?
I didn’t see what you were getting up to.”
So you’re just some little bubble I’ve found,
Now you’re keeping your buttons down.
Stop suckin’ my
Stop suckin’ my
Stop suckin’ my life around.
It’s bad to think about what you’ve suffered.
It’s bad to think about what it cost.
This shouldn’t have to be a big wrong evil.
This shouldn’t have to be any fight at all.
[You know I really want this VR good-bye.
[You know I really want to leave this old world.]
Cammy, we could fix and mollify.
Yeah, I’m powered with the lore of the nerds.
Stop suckin’ my
Stop suckin’ my
Stop suckin’ my life around.
Tamagotchi ‘round loose in the world,
Ain’t got nothin’ easy to do.
Steal a soul from some geeky kid.
You need someone taking care of you.
[You know I really want this VR good-bye.
[You know I really want to leave this old world.]
Cammy, we could fix and mollify.
Yeah, I’m powered with the lore of the nerds.
Stop suckin’ my
Stop suckin’ my
Stop suckin’ my life around.
Stop suckin’ my life around,
Stop suckin’ my life around,
Stop suckin’ my life around…
—from “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around,” Tom Petty and Michael W. Campbell, sung by Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty.
It occurs to me that Cammy’s buttons being stuck and Nick tasting like Snapple are very likely directly related to each other. A nice can of electronic cleaning solvent should fix the trouble.
This might actually be what Dr. Lee meant by Nick being overqualified. Not only does he have empathy with machines (separate from machine empathy, which we have yet to see), but he can also do repairs if needed.
But what’ll happen to his soul-sucking physical shell after he uploads?
My concern is that it’s not his physical shell that does the soul sucking, and if he gets into the VR, he’ll have a much larger and more available supply of stuff to suck on.
I really hope not. We already have one apocalypse to deal with, we don’t need another.
So you’re saying that you could get your problem solved with a little screwdriver and some wd40?
Would that taste like Snapple?
I read this at first as, “Would that taste like SnapChat.” Now I have to wonder if the Snap Glasses are part of this, and if so, what hell they bring.
This may be less “David and Goliath” than “Androcles and the Lion”.
But wasn’t Androcles, besides being very kind, also very gentile?
Thank you, BJ.
(Enter rimshot)
Once a Whimsy princess, always a Whimsy princess.
Nick is a human male, and carries with him a centrally-located means of shorting out low-voltage gear… I know a guy who found out that electric fences don’t count! No matter what Ren and Stimpy say, it is *not* the funnest game in the whole wide world!
That’s because electric fences are not low voltage. They range from 2000 to 10000 volts, depending on their use.
Mythbusters wasn’t able to make that happen as I recall. The stream wasn’t continuous enough for a charge.
I don’t know about mythbusters, but I used to work with a guy who tried it once (yes, he was really drunk). He was still in pain the next morning when he sobered up.
That may be because drunks tend to sway and lean on the thing they are peeing against. (‘Lean’ not neccesarily with their upper body.) Or he had an unusually wide urethra.
I didn’t have a clear view of everything, but he wasn’t standing close enough to lean on anything. And Pygar seems to know someone who has had a similar experience. So there’s no question that it’s possible. I never actually saw this one tested on the show, but it wouldn’t be the first time that mythbusters “busted” something that I’ve either witnessed firsthand or done myself. That’s why I quit watching the show. It’s interesting and all, but not reliable enough for me.
I should have said, “don’t count as low voltage”!
Did the filter wear off?
i think he was doing that just for virginia’s sake.
Mistycorn should be tossed unceremoniously into the arena. All of him.
Cammy, you’re life-stealing us more and more,
Same old whine you used to whine before.
And I say, “Yeah, well, what do you want me to do?
I didn’t see what you were getting up to.”
So you’re just some little bubble I’ve found,
Now you’re keeping your buttons down.
Stop suckin’ my
Stop suckin’ my
Stop suckin’ my life around.
It’s bad to think about what you’ve suffered.
It’s bad to think about what it cost.
This shouldn’t have to be a big wrong evil.
This shouldn’t have to be any fight at all.
[You know I really want this VR good-bye.
[You know I really want to leave this old world.]
Cammy, we could fix and mollify.
Yeah, I’m powered with the lore of the nerds.
Stop suckin’ my
Stop suckin’ my
Stop suckin’ my life around.
Tamagotchi ‘round loose in the world,
Ain’t got nothin’ easy to do.
Steal a soul from some geeky kid.
You need someone taking care of you.
[You know I really want this VR good-bye.
[You know I really want to leave this old world.]
Cammy, we could fix and mollify.
Yeah, I’m powered with the lore of the nerds.
Stop suckin’ my
Stop suckin’ my
Stop suckin’ my life around.
Stop suckin’ my life around,
Stop suckin’ my life around,
Stop suckin’ my life around…
—from “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around,” Tom Petty and Michael W. Campbell, sung by Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty.
Hey, guess what doesn’t work on this site—emojis. I was trying to send you a bunch of clapping hands, so I guess I’ll just say Bravo!
It occurs to me that Cammy’s buttons being stuck and Nick tasting like Snapple are very likely directly related to each other. A nice can of electronic cleaning solvent should fix the trouble.
This might actually be what Dr. Lee meant by Nick being overqualified. Not only does he have empathy with machines (separate from machine empathy, which we have yet to see), but he can also do repairs if needed.