View Full Version : Warbot_010: Washing Machine
Zack Finfrock
08-25-2009, 09:56 AM
Oh SNAP! A new comic up. (http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/08/25/warbot_010-washing-machine/) It's been, like, forEVER.
Kepor
08-25-2009, 10:06 AM
Not depressing enough!
John Wood
08-25-2009, 10:07 AM
Poor sad Warbot...is he even capable of killing himself? Not just jumping off a building but does he have any missles or anything capable of penetrating that armor of his?
Lost in Time
08-25-2009, 10:10 AM
Does he have to pay for a new couch every meeting, or do they just not replace it?
Viridis
08-25-2009, 10:14 AM
It's kind of funny that the old man's the old one who calls attention to how Warbot's different. Is everyone else simply too PC to mention it?
Meister
08-25-2009, 10:18 AM
This must be the best psychiatrist in the world.
Si Civa
08-25-2009, 10:56 AM
Not depressing enough!
This.
I didn't feel like horrible human being after reading this! There's something wrong with this.
Also, Warbot can communicate to somebody, it's like the happiest day of his life. Stop making these darn happy comics. We want depression and.. and.. sadness! Yeah! That's what we want in our lives.
Lost in Time
08-25-2009, 11:05 AM
Yeah, once I heard "Nursing Home," I thought this would all be downhill. But it was just a dip in the road of life.
Nuklear Waste
08-25-2009, 11:37 AM
That last line got me.
Also, I think the old guy is right. Warbot's eye makes him look like a front-loading washing machine. Sort of.
EDIT: Unless that's a pun on Warbot's "cold" life or something.
Magic_Marker
08-25-2009, 12:29 PM
The image of him trying to lay down on the couch is forever in my brain. With that image, I will never be sad.
voodooKobra
08-25-2009, 01:35 PM
How did Warbot convey that experience to the psychiatrist if he cannot speak?
Viridis
08-25-2009, 01:40 PM
How did Warbot convey that experience to the psychiatrist if he cannot speak?
It's like "How did he type just his name on that dating website?". Simply down to the Rule of Funny.
Zack Finfrock
08-25-2009, 05:05 PM
It's like "How did he type just his name on that dating website?". Simply down to the Rule of Funny.
Or "How does he walk into a room through a doorway."
Mirai Gen
08-25-2009, 05:08 PM
The universe exists to make Warbot miserable.
That means he can do whatever he wants provided that, in the end, he ends up sad. Plus it is funny.
This wasn't nearly as godawful as the rest of the comics (the robot daughter) but hey you need to lure us into a false sense of happiness first.
rpgdemon
08-25-2009, 06:17 PM
So, is it a bad thing that I actually saw this comic as a ray of sunshine? The previous Warbot comics have apparently been so depressing, that little things like, "No one died" seem like great big happy things! XD
The comic has a sort of soothing nature to it in that way. Makes things you'd normally find depressing seem rather cheerful.
Lemarc
08-25-2009, 07:11 PM
So, is it a bad thing that I actually saw this comic as a ray of sunshine? The previous Warbot comics have apparently been so depressing, that little things like, "No one died" seem like great big happy things! XD
The comic has a sort of soothing nature to it in that way. Makes things you'd normally find depressing seem rather cheerful.
This is exactly how I felt. I started reading the comic in a rather depressed mood, and I figured this would only make it worse. But when I reached the end, and nobody had been killed or mutilated, I actually felt cheered up.
Kepor
08-25-2009, 07:15 PM
This is exactly how I felt. I started reading the comic in a rather depressed mood, and I figured this would only make it worse. But when I reached the end, and nobody had been killed or mutilated, I actually felt cheered up.
Proof that Warbot does have happy endings!
Link_991
08-25-2009, 10:32 PM
I like to imagine there was someone else lying on the couch when he got on it.
Zack Finfrock
08-26-2009, 12:04 AM
God damn Link 991. Every time I see your avatar, I laugh.
Amusing: Warbot being called a name by a cranky old man.
Depressing: Warbot's resident begins to have a heart attack, after telling him what a nice, sweet young man he is. Warbot tries to press the emergency button in their room, but he accidentally smashes it. He's forced to watch his resident die, because he cannot signal for help.
Suicidally Depressing: Warbot's resident begins to pass away in the room with him there. The resident tells him that all she wants before she dies is for someone to tell her that they love her, that it's going to be okay. Warbot stares on, silently, while the resident desperately watches Warbot in his inability to speak, before they die unloved.
Anything you can do I can do better. :I
.. Without art.
Shadow Bunny
08-26-2009, 01:31 AM
I love how a body count of zero is all that's necessary for this comic to be considered not depressing.
Zack Finfrock
08-26-2009, 02:06 AM
Anything you can do I can do better. :I
.. Without art.
So you think. :D
Kurosen
08-26-2009, 02:14 AM
Anything you can do I can do better. :I
Nice try.
Mirai Gen
08-26-2009, 02:20 AM
Anything you can do I can do better. :I
Dude they gave us aborted robot daughter.
This comic is just a false sense of happiness, just watch.
Dude they gave us aborted robot daughter.
This comic is just a false sense of happiness, just watch.
So this is the part of Requiem for a Dream where they get the truck full of drugs to peddle for a tidy profit, giving them a false sense of security?
Does that mean ass to ass and electroshock therapy are coming soon? ^_^
Lorpius Prime
08-26-2009, 03:33 AM
I like the psychotherapist lady, she's the only one who truly understands Warbot.
wight24
08-26-2009, 03:49 AM
1 This took to long
2 It was not depressing enough
3 Compare this (http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/04/15/warbot_003-online-dating-service/) to that (http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/08/25/warbot_010-washing-machine/)
Fungrus
08-26-2009, 06:33 AM
Another great comic, somehow you convey to me that Warbot is in the fetal position when on the couch even though he's really only sideways.
The only thing that felt out of place was the last panel having dialogue, perhaps I've been conditioned by the other episodes to not want any. As always, can't wait for the next one.
Deborah
08-26-2009, 07:35 AM
Suicidally Depressing: Warbot's resident begins to pass away in the room with him there. The resident tells him that all she wants before she dies is for someone to tell her that they love her, that it's going to be okay. Warbot stares on, silently, while the resident desperately watches Warbot in his inability to speak, before they die unloved.
Well I liked it.
Dasherion
08-26-2009, 11:07 AM
Woohoo, he managed to communicate with another human being who's actually trying to help him! I predict nothing but happiness and cuty bunny rabbits in the future!
*Imagines Warbot petting a rabbit* sooo cuuute ^^
voodooKobra
08-26-2009, 07:27 PM
Woohoo, he managed to communicate with another human being who's actually trying to help him! I predict nothing but happiness and cuty bunny rabbits in the future!
*Imagines Warbot petting a rabbit* sooo cuuute ^^
Hahahaha. You win.
GrandMasterPlanetEater
08-26-2009, 08:43 PM
I liked this comic. It actually made me laugh. Warbot doesn't need to tear the reader limb from limb psychologically every strip.
Invisible Queen
08-27-2009, 12:13 PM
It's like "How did he type just his name on that dating website?". Simply down to the Rule of Funny.
I've said it before, Warbot can function much like a normal person as long as he's not on panel.
So, is it just me who thought he'd be better suited as a user than a volunteer?
(Inside tip: People who use personal assistant are called "users" by the assistants. At least in Sweden.)
GrandMasterPlanetEater
08-27-2009, 03:15 PM
Really? Because here in the United States a "user" is anyone who continuously abuses you by using trickery or your own kindness to get things from you without giving anything back. Or someone who uses drugs.
Viridis
08-27-2009, 03:23 PM
Yeah. Here we'd probably call the personal assistant user a patient/customer/client.
Also, 'user' makes it sound like you're a piece of software being logged into.
Invisible Queen
08-27-2009, 03:54 PM
When it comes to abusing things like friendships or drugs or whatever, you'd think the word "abuser" would be useful. >_>
But yeah, it's the same word meaning different things depending on jargon. <_<
Fantabulate
08-27-2009, 08:18 PM
I feel so happy for warbot. His emotional pain has gone from failed sucide attempts to being called a refrigorator/washing machine and being rejected by the loneliest people alive (no, in this case I'm trying NOT to think of Warbot as a person, lest the true trauma tear me apart.)
Truth is, this is him being rejected the the second loneliest people alive. That's about as depressing as the rest of them. Its just hidden better, and we're evading looking at its deeper semiotics lest we stop laughing.
GrandMasterPlanetEater
08-30-2009, 02:51 PM
Truth is, this is him being rejected the the second loneliest people alive.
Serves him right. Warbot wouldn't laugh at any of their jokes! Not even a pity chuckle.
capnchicken
09-02-2009, 05:13 PM
Suicidally Depressing: Warbot's resident begins to pass away in the room with him there. The resident tells him that all she wants before she dies is for someone to tell her that they love her, that it's going to be okay. Warbot stares on, silently, while the resident desperately watches Warbot in his inability to speak, before they die unloved.
Anything you can do I can do better. :I
.. Without art.
That was better.
Nice try.
Don't you have a sprites to copy/paste somewhere? That guy needs to be an editor for your Warbot scripts.
Kurosen
09-02-2009, 06:57 PM
No, it wasn't better. I can't tell you why though. DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNNNNN.
No, it wasn't better. I can't tell you why though. DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNNNNN.
Warbot killed Chan's master....with a Teapot!
rpgdemon
09-02-2009, 08:01 PM
No, it wasn't better. I can't tell you why though. DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNNNNN.
There is continuation? No! I was happy at this bit of not-death! DX
Bob the Mercenary
09-27-2009, 07:40 PM
I'm sensing a string of ultra-happy episodes where things finally start to look up for the guy, then the most depressing event to date. Like RAM cancer or something. And the rest of the series has him going to weekly chemotherapy in between other, even more depressing events.
Kurosen
09-27-2009, 08:04 PM
RAM cancer. Might have to steal that bit.
Bob the Mercenary
09-28-2009, 05:57 AM
What have I done...
Kurosen
09-28-2009, 09:26 AM
I promise that Warbot will be fine. Uh, physically fine.
Mirai Gen
09-28-2009, 10:50 AM
Totally fine?
Woah, deja vu.
Viridis
09-28-2009, 10:54 AM
Regular fine or the kind of fine that makes you characters shout that they'll be "safe! Safe forever!"
Because we see what happens to that kind of fine.
tshadowdrag
09-30-2009, 04:34 PM
I promise that Warbot will be fine. Uh, physically fine.
It would explain his disappearance if he was checked into clinics for RAM cancer. Interesting stuff that happens off panel that you'll never see.
Invisible Queen
09-30-2009, 05:26 PM
Chemotherapy for robots would involve controlled EM radiation, I think. Maybe it should be called atomic therapy. Cause it's basically surgical nuclear strikes into the computer memory. Maybe "controlled" is a bit optimistic. . .
cwDeici
10-07-2009, 11:00 AM
No, it wasn't better. I can't tell you why though. DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNNNNN.
Obviously something horrible is going to happen as regards Warbot - Psychiatrist.
Most likely he'll think they have a friendship going and she'll reject that, seeing him purely in a client relationship. If even that.
Which is strange, because she seems nice. Maybe he'll fail as client? She gets her license revoked?
Something awful :(.
cwDeici
10-07-2009, 11:03 AM
Regular fine or the kind of fine that makes you characters shout that they'll be "safe! Safe forever!"
Because we see what happens to that kind of fine.
C'mon, they recovered from that little killing. Excruciating pain fades with time.
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