Comic for Monday, March 4th, 2019

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by PastUtopia on March 4, 2019 at 2:28 am

Chapter: Chapter 14

Location: Far Side of Utopia

Miko bubbles with cheer, as always.

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Sandman366

March 5, 2019, 7:52 am | # | Reply

I like Miko.

I mean, I’d get verbally shredded to tears in about two minutes if we met. At best. (Assuming there was any talking at all. (Wait, is getting shredded supposed to be the good outcome, then?!))

But being an uninvolved bystander and just watching is hilarious. Not that that’s anything new for Miko…..but hey! More to watch, woo! (And I think he’s more like two steps from that particular description in panel 2, not just one, but he is getting used rather easily as a pawn on the board. Not entirely his fault, probably a cross of not caring enough so long as he comes out of it okay and everybody else just being that much better at the game.)
Delta-v

March 5, 2019, 3:13 am | # | Reply

Most of Miko’s subtle charm is that she really doesn’t care. ^^
- Dave Howe
  
  March 5, 2019, 2:31 pm | # | Reply
  
  Miko and Subtle don’t belong in the same PARAGRAPH never mind sentence…
  - Delta-v
    
    March 5, 2019, 3:48 pm | # | Reply
    
    Yep, that’s what makes it funny. ^^
Jindra34

March 4, 2019, 10:03 pm | # | Reply

Thinking about it; How much of Miko’s attitude is what you (Past utopia) would love to get away with to your bosses.
- PastUtopia
  
  March 4, 2019, 10:13 pm | # | Reply
  
  None of my characters “are me” but I mean, they are all voices in my head, so…………………. and I have been known to do spots of ranting here and there……………………….
  
  In all seriousness though, Miko is fun to write, but is considerably more misanthropic than even my most annoyed with Corporate. I occasionally think executive staff might be theideal market for those self-tying shoes, Miko struggles to view other people as the same species.
  - Glider
    
    March 5, 2019, 5:51 am | # | Reply
    
    I’ll bite. Why would executive staff need self tying shoes?
    
    Or do you just have fantasies about the executive staff suddenly not having people to tie their shoes for them?
    - PastUtopia
      
      March 5, 2019, 5:55 am | # | Reply
      
      …you got me… I was half way through typing a reply too before I caught it… in my defense it was a long day…… 😐
      
      😉
    - Tgape
      
      March 5, 2019, 3:30 pm | # | Reply
      
      It’s because it can be painful to accidentally kick the people you have to tie your shoes as you’re walking places. Duh. (This answer brought to you by why I like wearing slip on shoes and applying as much misanthropy as I can muster.)
SiliconWolf

March 4, 2019, 4:02 pm | # | Reply

We asked 100 people this question: “Would you talk to a cyan shaded secretary?”
Survey says: “Yes” at 75%
50% of the people asked admitted to be attracted to females.
The remaining 25% admitted to be fans of The Far Side of Utopia.
Just_IDD

March 4, 2019, 6:36 am | # | Reply

Miko, such a way with words…I’m trying to figure out if there’s some place I can use
“If he was any more a puppet you’d have to shove a hand up his arse to make him move.”

It just flows with eloquent phrasing and textured nuance!
- PastUtopia
  
  March 4, 2019, 6:46 am | # | Reply
  
  LEGAL DISCLAIMER: PastUtopia & affiliated subcontractors bear no responsibility and do no condone the use of any “Miko”-ism or related vocabulary in an setting or context, and cannot be held liable for damages incurred including but not limited to: job loss, strange looks in the subway, or the slow edging away of ~~the less enlightened present who fail to grasp that the rest of the world is barely sentient sacks of watery waste emissions~~ people.
  
  Oops, seems like the Miko affiliated subcontractor got into the legal disclaimer there a bit… 😛
  - Glider
    
    March 4, 2019, 10:59 am | # | Reply
    
    We call that an RGE, resume generating event.
    - khms
      
      March 5, 2019, 8:01 am | # | Reply
      
      Interesting variant of euphemism. I prefer the good old CEM, career ending move (or moment).
      - Tgape
        
        March 5, 2019, 10:38 pm | # | Reply
        
        I’m assuming that the difference is Glider’s a younger person. It’s rare for an employer to blacken ones name throughout the galaxy these days. Actually, it was rare back when I first got out of school, too, but there had been enough of those while I was growing up for it to make an impression on me.
        
        Which makes me wonder, what ever happened to those guys who perpetrated the SCO fiasco? That’s really been the only really good name blackening since I’ve been in the workforce that I can think of… and they did it to themselves…
        
        Anyway, I’d probably guess that slight PR slip was more of a RGE. I mean, exactly how do you blacken the name of someone whose job it is to spew vitriol? “You don’t want to hire Miko’s voice actress. Sometimes, she *actually* compliments people.” just doesn’t seem like it’d be effective.
        
        Glider
        
        March 6, 2019, 2:02 am | # | Reply
        
        I am indeed a young man. Not even 47 yet.
- Jindra34
  
  March 4, 2019, 3:06 pm | # | Reply
  
  Miko, queen of inventive invectives.
Glider

March 4, 2019, 3:30 am | # | Reply

Brain fries. Goes perfectly with the zombie burger.
- Samantha Fuller
  
  March 4, 2019, 7:06 am | # | Reply
  
  In this comic there is a distinct possibility that “before my brain fries” is literal because she might be running Vi Mym in the background, not likely but possible.
  - Glider
    
    March 4, 2019, 11:01 am | # | Reply
    
    I think it is likely.
    
    She was interfaced with him last we saw her, and we’ve not resolved that story line in so far as I am aware.
    - Magnema
      
      March 6, 2019, 2:52 am | # | Reply
      
      Pretty sure Miko’s eyes look different here, too (shinier/brighter/silverier or something like that).
      
      I would also take that indicate the maintained interfacing.