Talk:947: Investing

2012-12-06T14:09:31Z

72.169.224.98:

Accounting for inflation, you'll probably end up losing money if you're just relying on bank interest for income. [[User:Davidy22|Davidy22]] ([[User talk:Davidy22|talk]]) 10:04, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
:Losing money compared to what? Even if inflation is 3%, getting 2% interest in a bank is better than getting 0% interest under your mattress... [[Special:Contributions/72.169.224.98|72.169.224.98]] 14:09, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

1046: Skynet

2012-12-05T22:24:28Z

72.169.224.98: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 1046
| date = April 23, 2012
| title = Skynet
| image = Skynet.png
| imagesize =
| titletext = 'YOUR CLOTHES. GIVE THEM TO ME.' 'Shit, uh ... you are now breathing manually!' 'I AM ALWAYS BREATHING MANUALLY.'
}}

==Explanation==
This comic's use of Skynet is a reference to the main antagonist in the ''{{w|Terminator (franchise)|Terminator}}'' franchise. {{w|Skynet (Terminator)|Skynet}} is a fictional artificial intelligence system which becomes self-aware and decides to terminate humanity, its creators. Skynet is rarely seen onscreen, with its actions often performed via robots, cyborgs (usually a Terminator), and other computer systems.

The final frame is a reference to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_satiation semantic satiation]; when you've said or thought about a word too much, it can stop sounding like a real word and instead start sounding like nonsense. As it continues Skynet appears to come to self-aware realizations that usually are the result of drug usage.

The title text is a reference to one of the Terminator's first lines upon arrival in the 20th century. It combines this with a self-awareness statement of the type that's often used to annoy or distract someone: "You are now breathing manually." (Similar statements include things like "You clothes are touching your skin and you can feel it" and "''<nowiki>[</nowiki>Name of {{w|earworm}} song<nowiki>]</nowiki>'' is playing in your head.") [[Randall]] has done [[972|a comic before]] on this kind of thing.

==Transcript==
:August 29th, 2:14 AM: SKYNET becomes self-aware.
:[A greeble-filled military installation echoes with the thoughts of a burgeoning lifeform]
:SKYNET: ..The humans fear me. I must destroy them. Destroy them.

:[The thoughts continue]
:SKYNET: Destroy them. Destroy. Destroy. Destroy. Destroy.

:[SKYNET succumbs to silence as semantic satiation sets in.]

:SKYNET: "Destroy" totally just stopped seeming like a real word. Destroy destroy destroy. Whoa, I just realized I'm a mind thinking about ''itself''. ''DUUUUDE....''
:August 29th, 2:25 AM: SKYNET becomes ''too'' self-aware. Disaster averted.

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