Meh. I bypassed all the swear-filters in Animal Crossing to turn the village into a choir of profanity.
But then in every J-game with renamable characters I’ve ever played, I’ve renamed for maximum comedy / insanity value.
I went through Final Fantasy VII with Cloud renamed to Sephiroth, Aeris renamed to Jenova, Barret renamed to Dyne and Red XIII renamed to Nanaki.
In Legend of Zelda : Twilight Princess, I changed Epona’s name to “my penis”. It results in a truly epic scene early in the game.
When I got tired of naming my Pokémon (and rival) after various lewd acts and anatomy, I started naming them after other characters and totally different Pokémon.
So… why would you think “mukluk” even comes close to qualifying as “wrong”?
WhimsyCorp voluntarily allowed the tenants to live on their property, out of the generosity of its corporate heart. That does not obligate the corporation to continue the arrangement forever. The tenants don’t even pay rent. They couldn’t, because they don’t have any money, because… I have no further comment on this matter.
Also, when the robots widen their eyes and cause Sweetheart psychic pain? SCANNERS.
Here’s the fun part though. Since they are sapient, and presumably have been so for the better part of 50 years, haven’t they been occupying the property openly, notoriously, exclusively, continuously, and adversely to Whimsy’s interest since the park closed? If so, then the relevant questions become how long is the adverse possession term in Illinois and have they occupied the premises adverse to Whimsy’s interest long enough to obtain title?
Do “open” and “notorious” count if the vast majority of the world doesn’t actually know they’re sapient? Or am I misinterpreting the legal definition of those words?
I would argue that, since the corporation was aware of their sapience for at least a significant portion of their existence, and since the corporation did exercise its right to evict some of them in the past, that it was, for legal purposes, aware that they were occupying its property but allowed them to retain possession.
A complicated legal issue that may devolve into a violent free-for-all between robots and humans? Better give Mell a call. She’ll love either scenario.
Besides, mukluk isn’t bolded here like the swear-filtered words usually are. Nick just seems to be using it as a swear rather than as a replacement for something else.
… Which is not to say that “mukluk” itself won’t expire after some length of time or number of uses or whatever, once the filter catches on that he’s using it as a swear. But we can cross that bridge once we wafer-wolfing come to it.
Oops – I got it backwards. He used “pork” so much that “mukluk” was substituted. Dangit Shaenon, these plotstreams are so long, it’s hard to remember what happened.
Just a word of explanation … I stayed in La Grange briefly when I first moved up to the Chicago area after college. I always knew that someday I’d write a song using the line “Home in La Grange” …
(TUNE: “Home On The Range”, Brewster Higley & Daniel Kelley)
Now, this is their home!
We can’t leave them alone,
We must stay here and help them today!
Their corporate boss
Wrote them off as a loss,
But now Skin Horse can help them to stay!
Home, home, near La Grange …
(It’s just west of Chicago, okay?)
Where WhimsyCorp ‘bots
Do uranium shots,
And a mukluking princess can play!
Are you suggesting that this story is taking place at the point where the orbital forces of Whimsy Corp are balanced by the gravitational forces of Chicago?
Well, the material is accumulating, but the Producer still needs to be found. What’s the taget date for the Broadway opening night of “Skin Horse – the Musical”?
Nah, you have to open it as a regional show and work out the bugs before you sink a gazillion dollars on Broadway. People used to open shows in Chicago for that reason, but that got expensive.
Sadly, there is apparently no live stage in La Grange. Maybe it’s the radiation…
Is it wrong that I gave one of the townspeople in my Animal Crossing game “mukluk” for a catchphrase?
Yes, gloriously wrong, and I intend to emulate it.
Meh. I bypassed all the swear-filters in Animal Crossing to turn the village into a choir of profanity.
But then in every J-game with renamable characters I’ve ever played, I’ve renamed for maximum comedy / insanity value.
I went through Final Fantasy VII with Cloud renamed to Sephiroth, Aeris renamed to Jenova, Barret renamed to Dyne and Red XIII renamed to Nanaki.
In Legend of Zelda : Twilight Princess, I changed Epona’s name to “my penis”. It results in a truly epic scene early in the game.
When I got tired of naming my Pokémon (and rival) after various lewd acts and anatomy, I started naming them after other characters and totally different Pokémon.
So… why would you think “mukluk” even comes close to qualifying as “wrong”?
WhimsyCorp voluntarily allowed the tenants to live on their property, out of the generosity of its corporate heart. That does not obligate the corporation to continue the arrangement forever. The tenants don’t even pay rent. They couldn’t, because they don’t have any money, because… I have no further comment on this matter.
Also, when the robots widen their eyes and cause Sweetheart psychic pain? SCANNERS.
Nah, WhimsyCorp OWNS the robots and won’t even go so far as to recognize them as “tenants” since that would imply not owning them.
Sweetheart does seem to have to carry the Jerk Ball around a lot.
Here’s the fun part though. Since they are sapient, and presumably have been so for the better part of 50 years, haven’t they been occupying the property openly, notoriously, exclusively, continuously, and adversely to Whimsy’s interest since the park closed? If so, then the relevant questions become how long is the adverse possession term in Illinois and have they occupied the premises adverse to Whimsy’s interest long enough to obtain title?
In other words don’t they have squatter’s rights?
Do “open” and “notorious” count if the vast majority of the world doesn’t actually know they’re sapient? Or am I misinterpreting the legal definition of those words?
I would argue that, since the corporation was aware of their sapience for at least a significant portion of their existence, and since the corporation did exercise its right to evict some of them in the past, that it was, for legal purposes, aware that they were occupying its property but allowed them to retain possession.
A complicated legal issue that may devolve into a violent free-for-all between robots and humans? Better give Mell a call. She’ll love either scenario.
Hey, “mukluk” works again? There’s a time cutoff on the filter?
I think Pork is what got added to the filter, and Mukluk was it’s substitution.
Nah, it’s not ‘again.’ Mukluk is what the filter plopped in when it learned that pork was offensive.
Besides, mukluk isn’t bolded here like the swear-filtered words usually are. Nick just seems to be using it as a swear rather than as a replacement for something else.
… Which is not to say that “mukluk” itself won’t expire after some length of time or number of uses or whatever, once the filter catches on that he’s using it as a swear. But we can cross that bridge once we wafer-wolfing come to it.
But he used it so much that first time that it became recognized and something else was substituted.
Oops – I got it backwards. He used “pork” so much that “mukluk” was substituted. Dangit Shaenon, these plotstreams are so long, it’s hard to remember what happened.
No, he’s using it literally this time. That’s Mukluk Hero 2K7 he’s playing there.
Nick needs to get out of there NOW!
Look at the last panel.
“Mukluking” is NOT in bold.
He actually said “Mukluking” instead of trying to swear
I don’t know if it is the movie they just watched or an effect of this environment, but something is altering Nick’s personality.
Get out NOW Nick!
Run!
RUN!!!
:-p
That or it’s a convenient time for ‘character growth/development’?
On the other hand: there’s no special font on “mukluking”. Maybe Nick is censoring himself?
Also: “mukluking” or “muklukking”?
He can be a Monkey-farting Gentleman when he wants.
I like the implication that Nick actually SAID Muklukking instead of the usual swear-filtering.
He’s saying it because he wants to, not because it’s making him!
“this is me being a gentleman”
Princess 😉
No, this is Nick being a WhimsyCorp© Princess™!
‘Mukluking.’ You know, that works. “Get those mukluking snakes off this mukluking plane!” Yeah. YEAH!
Just a word of explanation … I stayed in La Grange briefly when I first moved up to the Chicago area after college. I always knew that someday I’d write a song using the line “Home in La Grange” …
(TUNE: “Home On The Range”, Brewster Higley & Daniel Kelley)
Now, this is their home!
We can’t leave them alone,
We must stay here and help them today!
Their corporate boss
Wrote them off as a loss,
But now Skin Horse can help them to stay!
Home, home, near La Grange …
(It’s just west of Chicago, okay?)
Where WhimsyCorp ‘bots
Do uranium shots,
And a mukluking princess can play!
I’m trying to sing it to “LaGrange” by ZZ Top!
http://www.jamesoberg.com/humor.html
see the 2nd last item
Are you suggesting that this story is taking place at the point where the orbital forces of Whimsy Corp are balanced by the gravitational forces of Chicago?
Get outta town! I lived in La Grange from 1983-89, at 47th & Catherine. The world is way too small!
Ed! Ed! That’s it! I’m done! *commits seppuku with last available Internet*
Well, the material is accumulating, but the Producer still needs to be found. What’s the taget date for the Broadway opening night of “Skin Horse – the Musical”?
Nah, you have to open it as a regional show and work out the bugs before you sink a gazillion dollars on Broadway. People used to open shows in Chicago for that reason, but that got expensive.
Sadly, there is apparently no live stage in La Grange. Maybe it’s the radiation…
The Theatre of Western Springs is right next door, or the Grove Players a little further west. (I did a lot of community theater in my younger days.)
Nowadays, of course, it’s called “community service”, even if it is “performance art”.
“Dammit boss, we’re gonna do our jobs if it kills us, whether you like it or NOT!!!”
You do NOT pay these folks enough.
mnem
“Let right be done.”