Mope
October 5th, 2006

Mope

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  1. odd

    Shit. Because of not knowing how the rating system works I think I accidentally gave this one just 2 stars while I meant to give it 5.

    Excellent concept, great timing. Kudos!

  2. shui
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    brilliant, concise. i can see this as a short film. what do you think?

  3. Matt

    I need a hug.

  4. lizardboi

    Another wow! nice and simple.
    @shui - would be kool short film indeed!

  5. Aeris

    Ohhh, the robot is so cute.

  6. Carlo

    This comic is funny and sad at the same time.

  7. Tim
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    In addition to being hilarious, this strip raises some truly bewildering questions about morality. Is this guy a horrible bastard for what he’s doing, or is it okay because it’s a robot, and the robot won’t remember anyway after the reset?

    All I know is, the smile on the robot’s face when it thinks it’s being loved breaks my heart.

  8. MastaShiek
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    @Tim
    Agreed, the robot’s apparent joy over being accepted in panel 3 makes this strip extra tragic and makes it really work. 5 stars!

  9. Neil

    I’ve had a lot of PCs like that.

    Seriously though, this is my favourite example of the bitter humour that SCP does so well.

  10. Sarah

    I think there is a lot that could be said about paradigms by this strip. On the one hand, he’s destroying the intelligence that had formed in his little house-bot by resetting it into an automaton. In another point of view, he’s keeping that intelligence from suffering in its own mindless, pointless existence in the first place. Either way it’s rather inhumane and unsettling.

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