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A Neutral Start
🕑 Added 2023-07-04 01:15:54 +0000 UTC412 is a big number
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YsabetJustYsabet
Also, when you're saying 'ethically neutral' it's for a specific area, both culturally and geographically. You can't compare, say, Bosnia and the Honduras, or Oregon and Botswana (well, you COULD, but it wouldn't make much sense) but you *can* consider Bosnia and the adjoining countries that share similar lingual, religious and cultural-trait intermingling and look at the name there. 'Eastern Europe' is kind of a big area, you know?
Ursus Ridens
Anyway I want her last name to be Shchevchenko. I have no idea whether it's authentically anything; I just like saying it.
Doc Gumby
Or just you know, in general.
Stephen Wells
@miyaa - we're talking about the same distinction - the Bosniak population is majority-Muslim. Basically it would be great if people could stop killing each other because of the Ottoman Empire.
Miyaa
Not until Sam gives Liz an robot arm tat.
Miyaa
Party Rocketeers sounds like how Jesse and James made enough money to buy all those things they needed to capture Pikachu.
Miyaa
@Rob McBobson & Stephen Wells • According to Wikipedia, Zlata “is popular in Bosnia because it is considered ethnically neutral amongst the three dominant Bosnian ethnicities: Bosniaks, Serbs, and Croats.” I can see it being neutral in terms of religious hinting too.
prettydragoon
So, if your name is Zlata and you are in Bosnia, you're golden.
Stephen Wells
In Bosnia it's considered neutral in that it doesn't give away if you're Muslim or Christian. There was a certain amount of genocide about that a few years ago. And for several centuries before that.
Rob McBobson
Okay, I'll bite. How the heck can it be ethnically neutral when it positively screams Eastern Europe?
Miyaa
Zlata is the feminine form of “Zlatan.” Is South Slavic for “golden” and stems from “zlato” in Old Slavic meaning gold. The Z before the ZL is not silent. The L in many Slavic languages is really a Ł, which makes it sound more like a W. (English W would be pronounced more like a V.) Most of the famous Zlatas on Wikipedia are famous writers, artists, and singers or actresses. Very common name is Bosnia because it is considered “ethnically neutral.”
David Turner
Thanks for the low-key Pittsburgh reference.
Matt Pedone
I think Liz would be irritated at having to "babysit".
Ruth Merriam
To hell with a spreadsheet. I want this organized into 2 separate card catalogs: Potential Minions and Party Rocketeers.
Andrea Andrew
It’s only a matter of time.
Andrea Andrew
That’s a question people asked when Faye was a possible romantic option for Marten. Honestly, they could still be poly, along with Claire and Bubbles, but we know that ship sailed long ago.
enchantedsleeper
He called her in the previous strip ^^
Paul Johnson
Oh, thanks! I was wondering who, but it must be Veronica.
Paul Johnson
Liz is several years older and will try to be a responsible adult, succeeding some of the time. Only some of her failures will be noticed by Emmet and Sam.
Allan Widner
I'm not even a librarian and I'm knocking off 10 points for ignoring The Spreadsheet.
Robert Malmgren
Very supportive mother 😁😁
David Paul
Science-powered chaos. Which, thinking about it, describes Cubetown.
David Paul
Moray has it memorised *because* it's in the spreadsheet.
Gemma Hentsch
I am shipping this triplet...
Chris Crowther
I kind of want to see what happens if you get Liz, Emmet, and Sam in one place.
Chris Crowther
But why don't you have a harem?
enchantedsleeper
She might be accessing it in her head
enchantedsleeper
This is going super well :D Also, Veronica is disappoint at Marten's lack of a harem
Bagge
Liz is his DAUGHTER, Veronica. Get with the program. Also, you're a grandma now.
Noodz
it wasn't her idea, she only made the spreadsheet
Todd Ellner
Half a klick. Half a klick. Half a klick onwards. Into the minion queue stood the six hundred
Simon Green
Why is there even a spreadsheet when Moray has it all memorised!?
Darnel D Cooper
Probably should take a break, too many impure thoughts about Moray.
Shane Wegner
The -Party- Spreadsheet clearly has no jurisdiction over -Work- matters such as underlinging! They’re separate lanes!
Randall Norman Pick
Regrets... I've had a few....
Carly Dingman
Not okay, Zlata!
Bagge
Welcome to the first day of your new job, Claire. Every day will be like this
Hawkeye
Wow, Veronica.
Kilonum
200%
Andreas_B
All hail the almighty spreadsheet
David Durant
Probably being overly picky but poly and kink aren't the same thing...
YoPaulie!
That explains why *I* wear glasses...
Andrew Mitchell
412 makes me wonder how many people live in Cubetown. Is 412 1% of the population? 10%? 100%?
Mark Nach
Nice Hitchhiker's Guide reference.
Captain Button
Too much self-abuse, but not so much she goes blind.
Captain Button
This is why you don't use spreadsheets for this, she snuck in and resorted it in reverse alphabetical order by first name.
Mark Nach
It is gonna be fun when Veronica finds out that Liz is sort of like their 'adopted daughter'. Grandma vibes all around
ValdVin
For the same reason they blush: More human-looking to put the humans at ease.
David Durant
The next question on the minion evaluation should be if she knows where her towel is.
YoPaulie!
Wait a minute... why does an AI need glasses?
Shawn K. Younkin
Claire, you need to make sure they are at least using symmetrical numbers, and not just I am first on the list but listed as number 412... like they do with their names.
Sean Kinlin
Zlata anxiety in the hallway.
Diptych
I checked, and I don't think so - not unless she's got some great false perspective going on, drawing them on the inside of her hair.
Rob McBobson
Yes, by Jeph, just like the rest of her is. :)
Michael Boettger
It just occurred to me. Are Zlata's glasses drawn on?
Matt Grayson
Not as big as 5083…
chili sunrise
Minus several million for good thinking, eh?
