A Neutral Start
Added 2023-07-04 01:15:54 +0000 UTC412 is a big number
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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?
YsabetJustYsabet
2023-07-06 14:35:38 +0000 UTCAnyway I want her last name to be Shchevchenko. I have no idea whether it's authentically anything; I just like saying it.
Ursus Ridens
2023-07-05 01:54:42 +0000 UTCOr just you know, in general.
Doc Gumby
2023-07-05 00:12:23 +0000 UTC@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.
Stephen Wells
2023-07-04 21:31:20 +0000 UTCNot until Sam gives Liz an robot arm tat.
Miyaa
2023-07-04 20:55:53 +0000 UTCParty Rocketeers sounds like how Jesse and James made enough money to buy all those things they needed to capture Pikachu.
Miyaa
2023-07-04 20:53:38 +0000 UTC@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.
Miyaa
2023-07-04 20:51:53 +0000 UTCSo, if your name is Zlata and you are in Bosnia, you're golden.
prettydragoon
2023-07-04 19:35:07 +0000 UTCIn 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.
Stephen Wells
2023-07-04 19:11:26 +0000 UTCOkay, I'll bite. How the heck can it be ethnically neutral when it positively screams Eastern Europe?
Rob McBobson
2023-07-04 18:50:53 +0000 UTCZlata 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.”
Miyaa
2023-07-04 18:28:21 +0000 UTCThanks for the low-key Pittsburgh reference.
David Turner
2023-07-04 17:22:34 +0000 UTCI think Liz would be irritated at having to "babysit".
Matt Pedone
2023-07-04 16:54:59 +0000 UTCTo hell with a spreadsheet. I want this organized into 2 separate card catalogs: Potential Minions and Party Rocketeers.
Ruth Merriam
2023-07-04 16:37:13 +0000 UTCIt’s only a matter of time.
Andrea Andrew
2023-07-04 15:50:50 +0000 UTCThat’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.
Andrea Andrew
2023-07-04 15:50:30 +0000 UTCHe called her in the previous strip ^^
enchantedsleeper
2023-07-04 15:09:19 +0000 UTCOh, thanks! I was wondering who, but it must be Veronica.
Paul Johnson
2023-07-04 15:02:18 +0000 UTCLiz 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.
Paul Johnson
2023-07-04 15:01:09 +0000 UTCI'm not even a librarian and I'm knocking off 10 points for ignoring The Spreadsheet.
Allan Widner
2023-07-04 14:41:01 +0000 UTCVery supportive mother 😁😁
Robert Malmgren
2023-07-04 13:03:40 +0000 UTCScience-powered chaos. Which, thinking about it, describes Cubetown.
David Paul
2023-07-04 11:53:23 +0000 UTCMoray has it memorised *because* it's in the spreadsheet.
David Paul
2023-07-04 11:51:06 +0000 UTCI am shipping this triplet...
Gemma Hentsch
2023-07-04 11:34:44 +0000 UTCI kind of want to see what happens if you get Liz, Emmet, and Sam in one place.
Chris Crowther
2023-07-04 11:00:25 +0000 UTCBut why don't you have a harem?
Chris Crowther
2023-07-04 10:58:01 +0000 UTCShe might be accessing it in her head
enchantedsleeper
2023-07-04 09:29:31 +0000 UTCThis is going super well :D Also, Veronica is disappoint at Marten's lack of a harem
enchantedsleeper
2023-07-04 09:28:41 +0000 UTCLiz is his DAUGHTER, Veronica. Get with the program. Also, you're a grandma now.
Bagge
2023-07-04 08:33:12 +0000 UTCit wasn't her idea, she only made the spreadsheet
Noodz
2023-07-04 07:09:29 +0000 UTCHalf a klick. Half a klick. Half a klick onwards. Into the minion queue stood the six hundred
Todd Ellner
2023-07-04 06:39:36 +0000 UTCWhy is there even a spreadsheet when Moray has it all memorised!?
Simon Green
2023-07-04 05:59:46 +0000 UTCProbably should take a break, too many impure thoughts about Moray.
Darnel D Cooper
2023-07-04 05:24:26 +0000 UTCThe -Party- Spreadsheet clearly has no jurisdiction over -Work- matters such as underlinging! They’re separate lanes!
Shane Wegner
2023-07-04 04:59:20 +0000 UTCRegrets... I've had a few....
Randall Norman Pick
2023-07-04 04:36:16 +0000 UTCNot okay, Zlata!
Carly Dingman
2023-07-04 04:28:34 +0000 UTCWelcome to the first day of your new job, Claire. Every day will be like this
Bagge
2023-07-04 03:46:30 +0000 UTCWow, Veronica.
Hawkeye
2023-07-04 03:45:12 +0000 UTC200%
Kilonum
2023-07-04 01:55:45 +0000 UTCAll hail the almighty spreadsheet
Andreas_B
2023-07-04 01:54:02 +0000 UTCProbably being overly picky but poly and kink aren't the same thing...
David Durant
2023-07-04 01:53:58 +0000 UTCThat explains why *I* wear glasses...
YoPaulie!
2023-07-04 01:51:47 +0000 UTC412 makes me wonder how many people live in Cubetown. Is 412 1% of the population? 10%? 100%?
Andrew Mitchell
2023-07-04 01:50:20 +0000 UTCNice Hitchhiker's Guide reference.
Mark Nach
2023-07-04 01:48:36 +0000 UTCToo much self-abuse, but not so much she goes blind.
Captain Button
2023-07-04 01:48:25 +0000 UTCThis is why you don't use spreadsheets for this, she snuck in and resorted it in reverse alphabetical order by first name.
Captain Button
2023-07-04 01:47:28 +0000 UTCIt is gonna be fun when Veronica finds out that Liz is sort of like their 'adopted daughter'. Grandma vibes all around
Mark Nach
2023-07-04 01:47:21 +0000 UTCFor the same reason they blush: More human-looking to put the humans at ease.
ValdVin
2023-07-04 01:46:37 +0000 UTCThe next question on the minion evaluation should be if she knows where her towel is.
David Durant
2023-07-04 01:46:37 +0000 UTCWait a minute... why does an AI need glasses?
YoPaulie!
2023-07-04 01:41:33 +0000 UTCClaire, 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.
Shawn K. Younkin
2023-07-04 01:39:36 +0000 UTCZlata anxiety in the hallway.
Sean Kinlin
2023-07-04 01:34:58 +0000 UTCI 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.
Diptych
2023-07-04 01:32:49 +0000 UTCYes, by Jeph, just like the rest of her is. :)
Rob McBobson
2023-07-04 01:28:02 +0000 UTCIt just occurred to me. Are Zlata's glasses drawn on?
Michael Boettger
2023-07-04 01:27:05 +0000 UTCNot as big as 5083…
Matt Grayson
2023-07-04 01:26:53 +0000 UTCMinus several million for good thinking, eh?
chili sunrise
2023-07-04 01:24:44 +0000 UTC
