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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.' | + | | imagesize = |
+ | | 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. {{w|Skynet (Terminator)|Skynet}} is a fictional artificial intelligence system | + | 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 | + | 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 | + | 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== | ==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. | + | :SKYNET: ..The humans fear me. I must destroy them. Destroy them. |
− | :[The thoughts continue | + | :[The thoughts continue] |
− | :SKYNET: | + | :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. Disaster averted. | + | :August 29th, 2:25 AM: SKYNET becomes ''too'' self-aware. Disaster averted. |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics with color]] | [[Category:Comics with color]] | ||
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