Self actualization requires self realization. A bidet has a particular purpose, so it probably is his joy. Don’t ascribe human values to a NHS. Just because he’s sapient doesn’t mean he wants the same things or is repulsed by the same things as we are.
Difficult to say with a lot of the Skin Horse crowd. Artie and Dr. Lee were way more comfortable than Tip about smelling bad after crawling through Colma sewers…
I think Alfie’s bit here in the fourth panel is because he was especially startled by Bubbles waking up from her dream. “I just vented my cloaca” is just his polite way of saying he shat himself.
My interpretation was that the future of breakroom technology was a water cooler that said “Service is my only joy”. Note that the first panel seems to be from the perspective of whatever she’s presenting, and that Bubbles is not visible from that angle.
I assume the series of unruly meetings that followed this reveal, followed by the sacking of several unrelated personnel and the decision that “we billed DoD for this; we might as well sell it to them–they’re already paying $800 a pop for tactical toilet seats” is the sort of gripping drama that you save for the printed collections.
Naturally, Bubbles would wake up from a dream about her creator screaming the one word she can use that wasn’t programmed into her. Her learning to say “not” was a fairly big deal at one point, as I recall.
What is a therapist’s job, if not to trick the patient into funding espionage with themselves as target? What is the point of social services if not to gain the beneficiary’s dependence? At last it is Halloween — let’s take off our masks and scare people.
Wow.
Revenge of the mads?
I guess that answers if androids dream about electric sheep. The answer is a resounding NOOOOOOPE
When they said prepare to meet your maker, i didn’t think they meant this!
It’s been said she has a Cousin Bidet in the Maragda building. I never thought service was *his* only joy.
Self actualization requires self realization. A bidet has a particular purpose, so it probably is his joy. Don’t ascribe human values to a NHS. Just because he’s sapient doesn’t mean he wants the same things or is repulsed by the same things as we are.
Difficult to say with a lot of the Skin Horse crowd. Artie and Dr. Lee were way more comfortable than Tip about smelling bad after crawling through Colma sewers…
Factory recall nightmare. I get that when I eat too much cake.
So, at least two of the creations of Mad Science are having dreams where their Creator shows up and says “I’m coming for you.”
I feel like this is not a coincidence.
Chekhov’s coincidence?
Once is chance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is conspiracy.
Three times is enemy action.
How about three times is a conspiracy of enemies?
I thought it was three times a lady?
Three times a charm.
3, unless we’re ignoring the “I’m coming for you even though you’re a twerp” line from Friday.
The cobras aren’t a creation of mad science per se. They just ate some lab samples that made them smart.
And Alfie wasn’t dreaming that. It was one of the zombies saying it.
Hmmm…. I wonder if the “lab samples” the cobras ate were zombie-related?
Artie will be dreaming of Helen—with whom I assume he’s still on reasonably good terms.
It was Mell who gave him nightmares.
And me… brrr! But I never voided my cloaca…
Wait, isn’t Alfie a result of the department of radiation? I really don’t see them trying to come after anything they made in a negative way.
It’s Bubbles who had the dream. Remember, she used to be the office water cooler at Annex One.
Didn’t think Alfie’s bit *was* a dream—thought it was one of the undead zombie refugees the Good Ship Habakkuk was hauling.
I think Alfie’s bit here in the fourth panel is because he was especially startled by Bubbles waking up from her dream. “I just vented my cloaca” is just his polite way of saying he shat himself.
Is Unity going to have one of these dreams?
Nick has those dreams all the time.
If Unity had one of those dreams, SHE would be the one coming for her creator instead of the other way around. Run, Dr. Lee, run!
Change your pajamas, Alfie, and go back to sleep.
So did Alfie vent himself in response to his dream or Bubbles’ scream?
I bet the future of breakroom technology involves a dedicated water line and filter, rather than a bottle fed cooler.
My interpretation was that the future of breakroom technology was a water cooler that said “Service is my only joy”. Note that the first panel seems to be from the perspective of whatever she’s presenting, and that Bubbles is not visible from that angle.
The dream here was Bubbles’. Alfie was reacting to her scream upon waking from it.
I assume the series of unruly meetings that followed this reveal, followed by the sacking of several unrelated personnel and the decision that “we billed DoD for this; we might as well sell it to them–they’re already paying $800 a pop for tactical toilet seats” is the sort of gripping drama that you save for the printed collections.
Naturally, Bubbles would wake up from a dream about her creator screaming the one word she can use that wasn’t programmed into her. Her learning to say “not” was a fairly big deal at one point, as I recall.
What is a therapist’s job, if not to trick the patient into funding espionage with themselves as target? What is the point of social services if not to gain the beneficiary’s dependence? At last it is Halloween — let’s take off our masks and scare people.
Can it be ennui, a guarantee that makes you sad and so blue?
Oh, no, it isn’t ennui, I’ll come for you.
Can it be the sting, this cosmic string, that casts you into a stew.
Oh, know, it isn’t the sting, I’ll come for you.
You cost several billion
The due date has come.
And this is the hour,
The power of experimental.
Is it all a dream, this evil meme, that terrifies senior crew?
You know this isn’t a dream, I’ll come for you.
—from “Love In Bloom,” Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger, sung (and parodied) by too many to mention.
…Is Artie about to have this dream too, or is it only the creations here right now…?
So Bubbles is the product of DoD budgetary excess?
And now she’s in charge of her own aircraft carrier, how lovely!