Game Of Telephone

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Vintage telephones, but no knowledge of PDFs....| Come to think of it, he did figure out how to read the file.

How am I supposed to read Nelson? He’s got pretty much the same mouth in each panel. In the first panel I can read it as threatening, but having it persist males it read more as unflappable. Is the intent for the Pintsize-style bodies to be somewhat ambiguously inarticulate?

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Dumb question time that I know y'all will have the answer to: Is it Roko Basilisk? Basilisk Roko? Is Roko her nickname and Basilisk the entirety of her name?

I hereby volunteer to secure Roko to her desk. This may or may not also involve spanking her with a baguette.

Thank goodness Roko isn’t still wearing the PJs in panel 3.

Lose canon? That sounds bad.

Retro chassis, retro phone....Nelson has a certain sense of style. (Nice job on that phone, Jeph. You got enough detail that I can tell it's supposed to be a Western Electric 50AL.)

I like how Nelson is basically the anti-Pintsize. Or he was, before Pintsize upgraded both his body and his sense of propriety.

Man, isn't it bad enough she got filmed while drunk-ranting about work woes? If she's properly secured as a loose canon, that's just gonna result in some unsolicited deck pics.

I appreciate that Nelson is the kind of manager who will take the W when he can, and isn't going to stress too hard about if it was accomplished some "Exactly Right Way". 9/10 Would work with.

Somewhere old Pintsize is crying that he missed that setup.

"Sure, lemme just tighten your restraining bolt"

I'm going to say that Roko is, in fact, NOT a huge asshole. Doing it drunk might not be a great look, but that's all optics. She was still 100% in the right to call them out and if she didn't break any laws doing it, then branding herself an asshole is just catering to the customs of politeness that protect people who do bad things by making it rude to call them out on it. As someone who is often more polite than I should be in the face of things that should be called out, I can empathize with the horror of doing it drunkenly, but it's a lot easier as a 3rd party to say, "This was absolutely correct."

As a former cop who resigned because of systemic issues Roko should call him out for that comparison

She better hope Pintsize didn't hear that last line.

There’s a slogan called “No face, no case” where if you’re like, streaking through city park with a clown mask on, it can be pretty hard to prove it’s you and make it stick if you don’t have any identifying tattoos or birthmarks. In this case, I think it might be “No name, no defame.” In the clip I saw, she just said “some corporate guys” were being mean to “some assembly workers”. That could be anybody! It’s black boxed what other specific details were included, vice whatever else came out in the comments by people in the know. It’s not particularly illegal to just ramble drunkenly online, unless I dunno specific NDA details came out, which it sounds like by instinct and luck maybe they didn’t.

I feel like Nelson should be smoking a(n) (electronic) cigar, wearing suspenders and griping about how no one has brought him pictures of Pizza Girl. (She's a menace)

A+ comedy. I don't often laugh out loud at those comics but the last panel made me wake up my wife. Not sure if I should be thanking you.

Ring Ring, Bananaphoneeeeee

Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring yelling phone du du du du du du

I would still expect them to try a more subtle attempt to screw up her life in some way

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Broke: beating up a suspect to get a confession Bespoke: giving the owners hell on social media to help a workplace organize

Nelson that may not be great motivation for an ex cop

Roko, take the win! You deserve it!

I love the fact that Nelson uses that analogy, knowing she’s an ex cop. And did she ever mention the employee’s name in her rant? She could have been talking about anyone. But this is another case of, “you can’t necessarily use the law to protect you when you’re already breaking it”

Does anyone find it suspect that "Nelson" [hours later I return with a recharged phone to find three people have like this even though I didn't finish the thought] is a highly suspect name when one is throwing about nautical metaphors?

Oh, I'd like to properly secure her to the deck... I mean, consensually.

Nelson doesn't look THAT old to me

I love how Nelson's appearance is so similar to Pintsize's but he's almost a polar-opposite personality, an anti-goblin.

I really feel for Roko here.. I've been in similar positions, where I did something ill advised, unorthodox, and arguably against the 'rules' (and I grew up a pathological rule-follower) but managed to fix serious problems, usually at the cost of my own employment and mental health.

And Roko gets a new kink

The character with the same name as one of the most famous admirals in naval warfare just made a cannons quote. This is either a deeply laid plan of brilliant subtle geekery or the most lovely of coincidences.

My 1930 Western Electric still works.

There's something very stylish about Nelson, he's great.

And Roko slams one into the bleachers. Just past Melon!

I love Nelson.

This has been a great storyline Jack, well done. ;)

Wooo all's well that ends well!

I love this nelson lore! And anything he does is always 10x funnier bc we don't see many AIs with a similar chassis to Pintsize's and the juxtaposition is... delightful.

Roko's last line is *chef kiss*

OMG Jeph, the dialogue is wonderful in this arc!! You are amazing!!!

Love this. Doesn’t even strain my legal suspension of disbelief — it’s a totally realistic outcome once you adjust for the sentient robots.

Wait wait wait Nelson is using an old-timey phone, with a thingy you put in your ear? (also lol at the punchline. Back in the days of sailing ships, "loose cannon" was not a metaphor or a joke!)

I appreciate the minor nod to my sole remaining hobby.

Nelson's phone is my new favorite AI thing

Our flag means union!

This whole sequence has really made me happy.

And Rokp didn't even need Yay on this one. Nice.

Nelson is just stoked to be here

Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring, bananaphone?

Soooo...no permanent harm done? And in the future, companies will be less like to obfuscate?

Nobody in the building will accept her resignation.

Lawful Good Roko does a Chaotic Good action and hates it.

Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring...bananaphone!

Nelson is the new pint-size and I'm here for it

Very fitting after being a literal former cop

ooo bondage....