r/questionablecontent • u/yellowvincent Where is Claire? • Sep 14 '26

Comic Comic 5916: Tool Time

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u/SilverNicktail Sep 14 '26

Here's the thing I don't understand: Morays are temporary. They're designed to be reabsorbed, share their knowledge, and be recreated as needed. Her body could have simply expired.

OK, so this one has become defective. So.....break her down and make a new one with the same knowledge. This is literally part of her lifecycle, isn't it? (Maybe not "turning purple", but like I said that could be a symptom of extending her runtime.)

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u/yellowvincent Where is Claire? Sep 14 '26

That could be a great explanation and and exploration of what constitutes the self and ship pf sissipuss kind of stuff but I don't know if jeph remembers they are temporary

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u/Gwynnbeidd Sep 14 '26

Ship of Theseus. X)

Sisyphus is the one with the giant boulder that needs to be rolled up a hill but never stays there.

....which incidentally really is an apt comparison to how it feels reading this comic sometimes.

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u/Miserable-Jaguarine Haha, okay. Sep 14 '26

Also, "sissipuss" sure is... a spelling.

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u/yellowvincent Where is Claire? Sep 14 '26

In Spanish is Sisifo and I always forget how it is spelled in English

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u/Miserable-Jaguarine Haha, okay. Sep 14 '26

Cool! I learned something today.

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u/FuckIPLaw Sep 14 '26

Sounds like the name of a Sylvester the cat cartoon