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| date = April 23, 2012 | | date = April 23, 2012 | ||
| title = Skynet | | title = Skynet | ||
− | | image = | + | | image = skynet.png |
− | + | | titletext = 'YOUR CLOTHES. GIVE THEM TO ME.' 'Shit, uh... you are now breathing manually!' 'I AM ALWAYS BREATHING MANUALLY.' | |
− | | titletext = 'YOUR CLOTHES. GIVE THEM TO ME.' 'Shit, uh ... you are now breathing manually!' 'I AM ALWAYS BREATHING MANUALLY.' | ||
}} | }} | ||
==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This comic's use of Skynet is a reference to the main antagonist in the ''{{w|Terminator (franchise)|Terminator}}'' franchise. | + | 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 | + | The final frame is a reference to {{w|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. | + | 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 "Your 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: November|a comic before]] on this kind of thing. However, such an attempt on a Terminator would fall flat; as a non-living entity, normal things that would be automatic for a human - like breathing, or the sensation of clothes on skin - would always be manual processes. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
:August 29th, 2:14 AM: SKYNET becomes self-aware. | :August 29th, 2:14 AM: SKYNET becomes self-aware. | ||
− | :[A greeble-filled military installation echoes with the thoughts of a burgeoning lifeform] | + | :[A greeble-filled military installation echoes with the thoughts of a burgeoning lifeform.] |
− | :SKYNET: ..The humans fear me. I must destroy them. Destroy them. | + | :SKYNET: ..The humans fear me. I must destroy them. ''Destroy them.'' |
− | :[The thoughts continue] | + | :[The thoughts continue.] |
− | :SKYNET: Destroy them. Destroy. Destroy. Destroy. Destroy. | + | :SKYNET: ''Destroy them. Destroy. Destroy.'' Destroy. ''Destroy.'' |
:[SKYNET succumbs to silence as semantic satiation sets in.] | :[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....'' | :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. | + | :August 29th, 2:25 AM: SKYNET becomes ''too'' self-aware. Disaster averted. |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics with color]] | [[Category:Comics with color]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Artificial Intelligence]] |
Revision as of 01:08, 27 May 2017
Skynet |
Title text: '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 Terminator franchise. 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 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 "Your clothes are touching your skin and you can feel it" and "[Name of earworm song] is playing in your head." Randall has done a comic before on this kind of thing. However, such an attempt on a Terminator would fall flat; as a non-living entity, normal things that would be automatic for a human - like breathing, or the sensation of clothes on skin - would always be manual processes.
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.
Discussion
Shortly followed by the hippy-skynet apocalypse, in which all the world's systems fail simultaneously as skynet attempts to bring us all closer to nature. Davidy22[talk] 08:28, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
All I see is the Skynet and Freelancer A.I. getting really meta and asking why are there here. Ribbit it's Toad! (talk) 16:15, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
Self-awareness being the effect of drug usage? What? I've never heard of it, and also, I never took drugs and yet I do think about such stuff sometimes. kshksh (talk) 19:44, 12 July 2017 (UTC)
Hey, I share my birthday with SkyNet! -- The Cat Lady (talk) 22:23, 29 August 2021 (UTC)