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Sometimes I like to think this is like a bad soap-opera where the characters can't stop looking at the camera.  I'm honestly not sure what Dunkirk is going to do. Part of me is divided at "He was quick to off Plume so he's all about self-preservation and will do what will most likely ensure his survival" or he's going to kill the Koala guy or end up helping them escape.
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I'm late again, but UPDATETreason Isn't he already committing treason by not telling his boss that Not-Plume is not Plume?
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my dad posted:Isn't he already committing treason by not telling his boss that Not-Plume is not Plume? It's only treason if he gets caught.
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And if he's going to die anyways, then what's the point of Not-Plume hiding the fact that he's not Plume? I mean, the only reason why he kept it a secret was that he was going to be killed if he didn't.
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Not-Plume is not the brightest of dudes. That light bulb's gonna turn on eventually
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This comic has gone way too long without a drawn out logic standoff, and its making me antsy.
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Can't black mail Dunkirk without also getting Shim killed. We may see that logic train in the next comic (Not-Plume threatens to reveal Dunkirk, who threatens to then reveal Shim, who at this point is just as guilty for hiding the truth about Not-Plume). Remember, Not-Plume revealed who he was to Shim in front of Dunkirk. Sorry if someone mentioned this already. (maybe we get a three way team up instead. I mean who the hell is left on the ship who doesn't have a stake in the game? Harp?) Grogquock fucked around with this message at 21:11 on Jun 6, 2013 |
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Jun 6, 2013 21:03
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UPDATE Loyalty Not-Plume is really running out of options now. We're in for something big soon.
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Grogquock posted:(maybe we get a three way team up instead. I mean who the hell is left on the ship who doesn't have a stake in the game? Harp?) I'm still of the opinion that ~~Plume isn't dead.
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Sizone posted:I'm still of the opinion that ~~Plume isn't dead. How could he not be dead? Dunkirk stabbed him pretty good, and I doubt he wouldn't be thorough about it.
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ChairMaster posted:How could he not be dead? Dunkirk stabbed him pretty good, and I doubt he wouldn't be thorough about it. Mastery of the body, shifting internal organs to avoid the spear, control of breath and heartbeat to appear dead, BEING A WIZARD.
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Sizone posted:Mastery of the body, shifting internal organs to avoid the spear, control of breath and heartbeat to appear dead, BEING A WIZARD. , working with Dunkirk to accomplish something this whole time.
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Sizone posted:Mastery of the body, shifting internal organs to avoid the spear, control of breath and heartbeat to appear dead, BEING A WIZARD. He could have cast a DoNotDieiX Spell. 
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SHAOLIN FUCKFIEND posted:Save the Tjargellos That gets no emotional response from me. If we were talking about one Tjargello baby on the other hand...
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UPDATE Image Search Now we're back to some decent  at least. Operation Save the Babby is underway.Also, should I stop posting the links, or do people prefer them to manually going to the end of the comic?
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my dad posted:
It's nice to have a heads up when the strip has updated.
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That's pretty hilarious. You know, people like to be all "biotruths" this and that, but he's totally right. There's a pretty good reason in those charity commercials they always show you the starving african children and not the adults.
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I gotta say, Tjargello babies are pretty cute.
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I like it that the explanation doesn't go the usual stereotypical "women just love babies" but instead explains it as something all humans have developed because Anyway, do you people think Thorsby might personally believe some of this stuff? I have hard time believing that, but it sounds like some people in this thread do.
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Hempuli posted:Anyway, do you people think Thorsby might personally believe some of this stuff? I have hard time believing that, but it sounds like some people in this thread do. Some of it not so much but it's pretty undeniable that we're biologically programmed to like babies. If we weren't nobody would put up with their poo poo because they're terrible in almost every way. edit: I understand that a lot of the general reluctance to acknowledge this sort of stuff because a lot of stupid assholes use it to justify sexism or racism, but it's hardly a reason to pretend like it doesn't influence the way we are in pretty large ways. ChairMaster fucked around with this message at 13:40 on Jun 10, 2013 |
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ChairMaster posted:That's pretty hilarious. You know, people like to be all "biotruths" this and that, but he's totally right. There's a pretty good reason in those charity commercials they always show you the starving african children and not the adults. To add to the opposite end: just as it hasn't been very long since we outgrew the need to want to eat fatty foods and store body fat, hence our continued instinct to do so, the spacefaring humans of Petrevolt haven't yet evolved an instinctive aversion to the death of a species. BiggerJ fucked around with this message at 13:40 on Jun 10, 2013 |
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BiggerJ posted:To add to the opposite end: just as it hasn't been very long since we outgrew the need to want to eat fatty foods and store body fat, hence our continued instinct to do so, the spacefaring humans of Petrevolt haven't yet evolved an instinctive aversion to the death of a species. They've only been off Earth for a couple thousand years. Aside from the obvious cosmetic genetic things that other races modified into them they're evolutionarily pretty much identical to the humans of Earth.
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Wonder if they're going to end up fighting Dunkirk now. He's like the only guy around besides the Koala now. I don't know if its just me, but I love when the guys that the heroes are working for turn out to be just as bad as the people that tried to kill/enslave them on the other planets. The real reason for war is ensuring survival of ones race over another's.
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BiggerJ posted:To add to the opposite end: just as it hasn't been very long since we outgrew the need to want to eat fatty foods and store body fat, hence our continued instinct to do so, the spacefaring humans of Petrevolt haven't yet evolved an instinctive aversion to the death of a species. I have a hard time conceiving of the kind of creature that would be rationally affected in equally appropriate ways by the deaths of thousands, or even millions of what are essentially abstract representations of people in the same way that it would be affected by the death of one person it knows or even can identify with. The amount of sympathy necessary to deal with mass genocide on any kind of emotional level would tax even the mind of god. A creature that is part of a collective consciousness might be able to handle it, but that too is so radically different than what I am that such an experience is pretty much beyond my imagination. Basically, stop tossing around biotruths. It's a stupid word to begin with, it's misused and where it's applicable is stupid reddit level discussions of why girls, in general, like shiny things. Thorsby's accounts of humor, faith and now this are, albeit cynical, pretty much spot on and humorous jabs at the inherent absurdities of being a sentient creature trapped in a bounded physical form and surrounded by a hostile world.
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Sizone posted:Basically, stop tossing around biotruths. It's a stupid word to begin with, it's misused and where it's applicable is stupid reddit level discussions of why girls, in general, like shiny things. Thorsby's accounts of humor, faith and now this are, albeit cynical, pretty much spot on and humorous jabs at the inherent absurdities of being a sentient creature trapped in a bounded physical form and surrounded by a hostile world. Whooosh.
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It's like a biologically hardwired Monkeysphere.
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"He will likely collapse to the grown"
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ChairMaster posted:Some of it not so much but it's pretty undeniable that we're biologically programmed to like babies. If we weren't nobody would put up with their poo poo because they're terrible in almost every way. Ah, by "I have hard time believing that" I meant that I have hard time believing that Thorsby writes these evolution-related parts seriously. Babies are special to other people, but studies show that their crying is more considered more irritating than most alarm buzzes, and this apparently has some genetic basis (prioritizing human distress etc).
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And we learn about the lunnhui . A species that I can't ever see going to war.
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I wonder how they manage to reproduce and avoid incest, what with all the necessary isolation that is required for them to avoid insanity? Maybe it's comparable to how we structure a distributed genetic algorithm where you only reproduce within your particular population unit and only exchange genetic information with the neighboring populations through migration? On the other hand, the fact that they don't even realize that they've been kidnapped means that migration would be a relatively rare event. I love just how, well, alien Thorsby's aliens are, without actually being all that different from us. It's an interesting poke at some standard sci-fi cliches. Hempuli posted:Ah, by "I have hard time believing that" I meant that I have hard time believing that Thorsby writes these evolution-related parts seriously. Babies are special to other people, but studies show that their crying is more considered more irritating than most alarm buzzes, and this apparently has some genetic basis (prioritizing human distress etc). The reason is that (most?) primate babies are literally incapable of taking care of themselves without the help of an adult and are rather prone to dying easily. Not reacting immediately to your baby's cries could literally be removing your genes from the genepool. Seeing that cry as something extremely unpleasant encourages a swift reaction and increases your chances of successfully reproducing (that is, having your offspring live long enough to reproduce) That's at least what I've heard.  If there's an evolutionary biologist reading this, please correct me if I'm wrong.edit: ^^^ Thanks for posting the update. Could you just add sirens to make it more noticeable, then I'll remove them from my post. my dad fucked around with this message at 13:48 on Jun 12, 2013 |
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Buzkashi posted:Maybe some of the goods that the lunnhui trade between houses include genetic material That sounds really gross. Your supposed to wash your hands afterwards for a reason. There's definitely got to be some inbreeding going on. Also nice to see a race destroy itself over being to sympathetic. scarycave fucked around with this message at 13:02 on Jun 13, 2013 |
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Hmm, too bad he skipped how the trait arose in the first place for this one. It wouldn't seem particularly evolutionarily advantageous, even before it had the chance of causing complete disability.
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Grogquock posted:Hmm, too bad he skipped how the trait arose in the first place for this one. It wouldn't seem particularly evolutionarily advantageous, even before it had the chance of causing complete disability. Evolution doesn't select for positive traits, it only selects against mutations that are detrimental to keeping the blood line going. In a small enough population, massive amounts of empathy wouldn't necessarily be a drawback. As populations grow, so do culture and technology which counter physical/psychological detriments.
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I think the comic is closing in on the final stretch. I say this mostly because the newest comic is labeled "FINAL PART".
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