Terrible
Is this the most "nothing happens" page of all time? They're taking a breather to prepare for the emotional impact of...a girls' day clothes shopping trip.
>>154619514moray is so big
>>154619547We are steadily approaching the point where I'd throw Claire and everything about her arc into the sun if I could.She's been awful for Marten's story for ages, but at this point her retarded plot of being a mentat for handicapped scientists and retard robots just consistently torpedoes the whole comic for weeks on end.
>>154619514>ukraine flag on the wall
>>154619547Yeah normally when it's this phoned in there's at least a beat panel with no background where he's attempting to have some form of emphasis. This is genuinely nothing.
>>154619846It's not even a flag hanging on the wall, it's framed. Unironically what did they mean by this?
>>154619514>economy so bad jeph had to cheap out and give us only three panels
>>154619972>>154619846Zlata is Ukranian.
>>154619846Uh... not to turn this into a /pol/ thread or anything (especially since I don't follow politics too closely... but on the other hand, if Jeph put the flag in the comic, he's kinda asking for it), but aren't Ukraine considered by most to be the 'good guy' in this conflict? Or is this just some ironic contrarianism?
>>154619846>>154619972>>154620187Zlata is only a Ukranian-Canadian robot specifically so Jeph could virtue signal support for Ukraine without implying that the same war is going on in their universe. If not for the war, he would've named her Sally or something.>>154620197Ukraine is (probably) the good guy, but America's proxy involvement has made them more morally gray, and we're more at fault in this conflict than anyone wants to admit. On top of that, it was really perturbing how quickly a huge number of people who previously never gave a damn about that country were suddenly putting up Ukrainian flags everywhere in symbolic support.
>>154620197Supporting Ukraine was the "current thing" among annoying cunts for a while, so now some people immediately anything related to it in media revolting. They aren't entirely wrong to do so.Others are indeed contrarians who dickride Putin though.
>>154620197No, you're right, it is. Plus Zlata is a slavic name, so we can infer from this she's probably Ukrainian.
>>154620318was she ever stated or implied to be Ukranian before this? she could've been from any slavic or balkan country. also how does a robot have a nationality, are they citizens registered with their municipalities? People can just buy them
>>154620001I'm sure Jeff is charging up for a tubetop, miniskirt, hooker heels extravaganza.
>>154619514Zlata has Down syndrome.>>154619846>>ukraine flag on the wallThis is not a ukrainian flag, it is Down syndrome symbol .
>>154620364It was probably stated somewhere but I don't really want to trawl through the last 800 pages and the QC wiki only lists her as a minor character so they don't have a deep bio. 5091 and 5093 at least vaguely imply she was from Eastern Europe.
>>154620364>how does a robot have a nationalityTheir nationality is where they were built, I would assume.
>>154619514What do you call it when less than nothing happens? This is like, the absence of nothing. At least nothing is something
>>154620866I mean, the term is staring you dead in the face. It's questionable content.
>>154619514At least it's not the gay women part of the comic
>>154620969>At least it's not the gay women part of the comic>Claire>women
>>154619846based shitting on jewkraine
>>154620318Whatever you say, Ford Chevrolet from Mississippi Autonomous Okrug.
>>154621081Hey now, I ain't no Okrug.
>>154619514I've been seeing these threads on this website for years so over the past month I went back and read every single one of these and all I have to say is{spoiler]terrible{/spoiler]
>>154621104Yes you are. Now get to the TCK, it's your time to die under Russian air strikes for your nen'ka.
>>154621142Every single one from the past few weeks, or the entire comic from 2003 to present?
>>154621142>{spoiler]terrible{/spoiler]And that's good! When this comic stops being terrible, it stops being interesting.
>>154621067Technically anon is still correct.
>>154621269>Technically>Claire>has all the technical paraphernalia of a man>women
>>154621288No no, it's a gay man hanging out with straight women. There's no lesbians on screen.
>>154621327>gay manHere! Fag man but a fag women.
>>154621374I hope you find your way.
>>154621173Every single one.
>>154621520My condolences. Welcome to the fold.
>>154620318>On top of that, it was really perturbing how quickly a huge number of people who previously never gave a damn about that country were suddenly putting up Ukrainian flags everywhere in symbolic support.That's mostly because they see Russia as an aggressive attacking nation trying to pick on it's smaller neighbors. There's also the fact that the US and other countries agreed to defend Ukraine after it gave up it's nukes in the 90's (I think that's when that happened), but then all those countries reneged on that deal.Regardless, since Hacks hasn't gone on a big out-of-touch rant about the war it's not actually happening in this comic and Zlata is just "Manufactured in Ukraine" or whatever.
>>154621440Where?
>>154621600>That's mostly because they see Russia as an aggressive attacking nation trying to pick on it's smaller neighbors. There's also the fact that the US and other countries agreed to defend Ukraine after it gave up it's nukes in the 90's (I think that's when that happened), but then all those countries reneged on that deal.So why are they fleeing Ukraine instead of defending it, if they love it? If Russia is aggressive, not Ukraine, then why don't they let go of their smaller regions that want to join Russia, but instead commit aggression against them? And why are they fleeing to the US and other countries that betrayed them and didn't defend them? Are all Ukrainians really suffering from Down syndrome?
>>154621683I'm not getting pulled into an argument about Ukraine in this thread. Go to /pol/ if you want to post about it.
>>154621721I don't even understand what Ukraine has to do with this. The blue and yellow ribbon isn't a national flag; it's an international symbol for people with Down syndrome. Although...
>>154621777>The blue and yellow ribbon isn't a national flaghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_UkrainePlease stop being retarded. It's embarrassing to see.
>>154621067Schrodinger's Gender, anon. Doing ">she" doesn't work with Claire because she has functionally been biologically female since she started being drawn more like how Jeph draws women. Her being trans is basically obscure trivia at this point.
>>154621520>fayes tits have quadrupled in size since 2004We must go even further beyond.
>>154619514>More completely blank walls with one (1) piece of decoration.I'm so annoyed Geoph can make enough money to survive for so long with so little effort. I would kill, down right murder a man, for such an easy job and consistent high cash flow.
https://files.catbox.moe/sax9lh.png
>>154621867>The blue and yellow ribbon isn't a national flaghttps://meduza.io/en/lion/2016/04/06/ukrainian-media-mistakes-vatican-s-down-syndrome-awareness-support-for-a-touching-photo-of-ukraine-s-flagPlease stop being retarded. It's embarrassing to see.
>>154622455Finally, some good fucking food
>>154622096kill jeph and take his job
>>154620197>Or is this just some ironic contrarianism?Welcome to 4chan where any "leftist" political point such as "defending yourself from invasion" is attacked by retards.
>>154619846why are you reading degenerate cartoons, Ivan? aren't those banned in based and trad Poccna? I'm not sure saying you only read them ironically will convince the judge.
>>154623154Are you that upset to see that someone doesn't consider you a "good guy", Taras?
>>154621887>biologically female>Claire>female
>>154623168>I was merely studying trannyism, your honor, I swear!
>>154620318>virtue signalThere is no such thing as a valid complain about virtue signalling.the word you are looking for is "hypocrisy", but unlike virtue signalling, that's something you have to prove.
>>154619846SLAVA UKRAINIAN!
>>154620364>also how does a robot have a nationalityThey just do.
>>154622455Hell yeah!
>>154622455Finally some redemption for an unusually more terrible thread. Not letting this go noticed by only two other anons.
>>154619846Mobilization soon fellow komrades
>>154623379>It's a good thing I don't live in UK, I swear!
>>154623523>SLAVANope. Her name is ZLATA! Slava is a male name among the Eastern Slavs, you stupid redneck.
>>154623829>Mobilization soon fellow komradesAlready! Zlata fled Ukraine due to fear of mobilization, she is a ukhilyant.
>>154624165I don't tho.
>>154623513Hypocrisy is preaching one thing then acting against it, virtue signaling is preaching not to convince anyone but to show you're a "good person" while taking no meaningful action for or against the thing. A historical example is during and after the Civil War, some southerners would whistle Dixie (the confederate anthem) to appear supportive while avoiding involvement on either side. Social media has fueled virtue signaling like never before.
>>154624231>I don't tho.LOL
>>154624442>Ivan fled the draft in Finlandhow brave. Poccna must be proud.
>>154624638Taras identifies everyone as Ivan, who destroys his imaginary world, where the whole world considers him a good guy.
>this thread
>>154621067>>154621288This faggot truly ruined his life by being friends with Chris Tyson and goonclown
>>154624418>virtue signaling is preaching not to convince anyone but to show you're a "good person" while taking no meaningful action for or against the thingThis is a stupid complain to make. There is fundementally nothing worng with trying to preach for a good thing. Once again, the only issue is if the motvation is fake, which is something you have to prove."Virtue signaling" complain was just a coward way to complain about "woke" content without admitting that your actual issue is the existence of "woke" content instead of whatever might be the intent of the writer.
Took the time to scour the archive with pgdn button and found the last mention of Zlata's ethnicity.5660.Roughly 200 pages for this "punchline".
>>154625259>Ukrainian AI>was literally a tractoreh
>>154621887>functionally been biologically femaleif i wear brown makeup and practice my spanish and my accent 24/7, can i functionally be mexican?
>>154625259Look how CUTE she is.
>>154625259This is a good one!
>>154619811Remember when the nerd girl had the largest "gag boobs" in the strip? Half the cast mogs her now, including the one that's a walking breast implant.
>>154626361Inflation gets - I mean, hits us all hard.
>>154625259Okay, yeah, I think I AM missing her old body. The little Beeps-style bots are very cute. Where the fuck is Beeps btw?
>>154627857>Where the fuck is Beeps btw?Don't worry, we'll see her and her new more human-style body she upgraded to offscreen eventually. Probably when she has to apologize to Roko for not having body integration issues like she does.
>>154625517>>154623184You're both missing the point. Because of Jeph genuine terror of a third Stabbening if he screws up presenting trans issues "correctly", Claire being trans literally stopped being brought up the moment Martin threaten Pint Size when he was about to do a tranny joke at her expense. At this point, if you told a new reader that she was trans, they're think it was queerbaiting because nothing currently in the comic supports it. Remember; she used to look more angular. You used to be able to tell the difference between her and her mom. Now she's literally drawn to look exactly like her mom but without the age lines.It's like announcing that a character is bisexual just so you can have more people on a Pride variant cover, only for them to never show interest in both gender ever again. She literally could have never been trans and it would have had ZERO effect on the story. The only problem is that Jeph's paypigs probably love that Claire is immune to clocking.
I want enhanced Zlata to copy her brain back into original. Two Zlatas
>>154629894>she's literally drawn to look exactly like her mom but without the age linesHer mom is also drawn like her mom without the age lines, the nanobot water will do that to you
>>154630188this could go into an actual dark, existential place that would be better than the whole strip thus far.Zlata wakes up in the old body and has to live with the fact that she chose to continue with a better version of herself, and she now exists merely as a restored backup of herself. I KNOW YOU READ THIS, JIMBLES
>>154630461But who won the coin toss?
>>154630527Original Zlata remembers making the decision to keep the upgraded body. From her POV, she was Zlata right up until the duplication point. Then she opened her eyes in the body that “she” had already decided was inferior. DO IT JIMBLES
>>154622455>no slime girl to milk me and choke me at the same timeWhy live?
>>154630612Given that their consciousness can be transferred as digital data, wouldn't robots be able to edit their memories?
>>154630789Dunno. Bubbles doesn't seem able to.
>>154630867>>154630789NTA but Bubbles is a special case because she's some military AI, and there definitely was something done with/to her memories by... I want to say it was one of the old robot fight club members, Corpse Witch, I think?
>>154630789the inebriation software can cause them to forget/supress memories. corpse witch was able to lock away bubbles's memories (well, actually delete them by mistake because it's hard to mess with memories) and plant some sort of trap. only time true modification has been suggested is from spookybot (pre-yay and pre-de-multiplicitication) but they were opposed to doing it on principle. so theoretically possible but not happening.their consciousness is emergent and not completely understood. like ours, but whereas our hardware and the way operates we don't fully understand and can't really replicate, copy or transfer, theirs is stored and running in a way that is known how to transfer, even if to actually decompile and know how to modify it is difficult and hasn't been done yet (though should theorerically be easier than doing so for human consciousness). but this isn't hard scifi anyway. or scifi at all, really. jeph doesn't care about that kind of detail
>>154624442The bigger surprise here is that France has so few wrongthink arrests.
>>154631079I feel like France is known more for burning shit down when expressing themselves than anything
>>154619846My favorite is the pride flag + Ukraine flag combo
>>154630980Look buddy, I'm just trying to point out the possibility of existential horror around Zlata realizing she's mentally altered version of herself created by herself to be okay with an undesirable situation of her choosing.
>>154625243>nothing worng with trying to preach for a good thingTrue, if and only if the person preaching believes in it.> if the motvation is fake, which is something you have to proveActually, Jeph has to prove that it's not. He makes well over $100k a year on this shitty comic, he could easily make a public donation to some Ukrainian charity. He hasn't.>"Virtue signaling" complain was just a coward way to complain about "woke"The example I gave you was the literal opposite of woke. Woke is indeed bad, but woke and lazy is not good.
>>154631079It's just that there aren't many white people left in France, and niggas don't arrest niggas.
