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:[Megan is sitting at a computer.]
 
:[Megan is sitting at a computer.]
:Speech2Text Commander
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:Computer: Speech2Text Commander
:Bug #167801
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:Computer: Bug #167801
:Speech recognition fails on young child voices.
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:Megan: Hmm.
 
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:[A pregnancy test is displayed. The label indicates not pregnant.]
 
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:Pregnant
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:Not pregnant
  
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:[Megan is typing on the computer.]
:Bug #167801
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:Megan typing: Bug #167801
:Status: Closed
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:Megan typing: Status: Closed
:Reason: Could not reproduce.
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Revision as of 19:07, 20 October 2015

CNR
Can't and shouldn't.
Title text: Can't and shouldn't.

Explanation

"Could not reproduce" (CNR as per the title) is used here as a double entendre. Because the reported bug is that speech recognition failed on a young child's voice, the programmers attempt to reproduce (biologically) in order to have a child to use as a test subject to understand and fix the bug, starting by reproducing it (the bug). However the attempt fails, as shown by the negative pregnancy test, and therefore the bug report is closed with the reason being "could not reproduce": they could not reproduce the bug because they could not reproduce biologically.

This reason also shows up in comic 937: TornadoGuard.

The title-text "Can't and shouldn't" qualifies the bug report, meaning that the programmers not only could not reproduce, they also should not reproduce given their unacceptable motive as well as poor child-rearing skills (demonstrated in comic 674: Natural Parenting).

Transcript

[Megan is sitting at a computer.]
Computer: Speech2Text Commander
Computer: Bug #167801
Computer: Speech recognition fails on young child voices.
Megan: Hmm.
[The view enlarges to show a man sitting at another desk.]
Megan: Hey, can you do me without a condom? We need a young child for something.
Cueball: Okay.
[A pregnancy test is displayed. The label indicates not pregnant.]
Pregnant
Not pregnant
[Megan is typing on the computer.]
Megan typing: Bug #167801
Megan typing: Status: Closed
Megan typing: Reason: Could not reproduce.


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Discussion

It's kind of silly that they'd need to make a new kid. There are plenty of them for free in any given shopping mall on any day!

(No, I do not condone abducting children, even for science.)Pennpenn (talk) 03:57, 14 February 2014 (UTC)

@Pennpenn: For $847.63 you can buy a child in the supermarket. Or could, in 1989. The Simpsons already did it! 173.245.53.147 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)


The title text may also be a reference to the Ig Nobel Prize, which is awarded to research that "cannot or should not be reproduced." Enter your username (talk) 13:19, 6 November 2020 (UTC)