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    Six Signs You Might Be Dating a Robot

    Television's Biggest Badass Of All Time, Day Six: River Vs. The Doctor

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    Image of Dirk Anger Dirk Anger
    09/11/09

    In reply to Six Signs You Might Be Dating a Robot
    Oh my, there's just so many dieselsweeties strips I could post righ now I can't choose a single one
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    09/10/09

    In reply to Six Signs You Might Be Dating a Robot
    I resent you saying that Kirk falls in lust every other week.

    Kirk never had a 14 day dry spell in his life.
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    Image of it must be bunnies it must be bunnies
    09/10/09

    In reply to Six Signs You Might Be Dating a Robot
    Watching Star Trek as a kid I always felt sorry for Flint. Here he worked so hard to create his girlfriend only to have Kirk come and make her 'die'.

    The Roger Korby one always creeped me out even as a child.

    On a Buffy note: having lovable John Ritter playing such vile character was a stroke of genius.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    09/10/09

    In reply to Six Signs You Might Be Dating a Robot
    As an aside, I've found that "They've returned from the dead" is an important signal generally.

    Alone, and without one of the other factors mentioned above such as dance style, it may not be sufficient to establish that your significant other is a robot, but it almost certainly signifies something that you should be aware of, and almost certainly, avoid.

    Also, if your significant other does not do any of the above except for having returned from the dead, but also does not do much of anything else and has a very stiff personality, he or she may not in fact have returned from the dead at all, and may, in fact, actually still be dead. This may or may not be a deal-breaker for you, but it's probably not something you want to find out on your honeymoon.
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    Image of geiko geiko
    09/10/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: necrophiliasy ftw?
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    Image of NefariousNewt NefariousNewt
    09/10/09

    In reply to Six Signs You Might Be Dating a Robot
    One word: rivets.
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    Image of Renako Renako
    09/10/09

    In reply to Six Signs You Might Be Dating a Robot
    Don't forget that their spines glow red during sex! Telltale sign, right there.
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    B promoted this comment Renako was starred Renako was unstarred
    Image of B B
    09/10/09

    @Renako: This is why you should always do it doggy-style, that way you'll know.
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    Image of jajbowler jajbowler
    09/10/09

    @B: the judges also would have accepted "reverse cowgirl"
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    Image of ThisDudeRufus ThisDudeRufus
    09/10/09

    @jajbowler: What score would they give for 'extensive system of mirrors'?
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    Image of jajbowler jajbowler
    09/10/09

    @ThisDudeRufus: if i had to guess, that would likely supersede any and all point-based value systems and proceed straight into "fist-bump" territory.
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    Image of redqueenmeg redqueenmeg
    09/10/09

    @B: Or with the lights completely off; that should light the place up like a disco if your partner is a Cylon.
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    09/11/09

    @jajbowler: Dont forget video taping.
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    09/10/09

    In reply to Six Signs You Might Be Dating a Robot
    What is wrong with dating a robot? As long as he is not trying to kill you to stop you from giving birth to the savior of mankind, I see nothing wrong with a little robot love.
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    Image of braak braak
    09/10/09

    @LittleDragon: Clearly you've never watched the filmstrips about Electric Gonorrhea: the Noisy Killer.
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    Image of Anekanta - Go Play! Anekanta - Go Play!
    09/10/09

    @braak: Hmmm, that explains the static shocks and the smell of burning insulation...
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    Image of ThisDudeRufus ThisDudeRufus
    09/10/09

    In reply to Six Signs You Might Be Dating a Robot
    Well, that's two xkcd strips in one day. Go for three!
    Also, no Futurama?
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    Image of redqueenmeg redqueenmeg
    09/10/09

    In reply to Six Signs You Might Be Dating a Robot
    Nobody I've ever dated has been Three Laws-compliant, so I've got that going for me. Which is nice.
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    Image of Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.
    09/11/09

    @redqueenmeg: I'd imagine it'd make any kind of BDSM a little ...problematic.
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    Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. was starred Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. was unstarred
    Image of redqueenmeg redqueenmeg
    09/11/09

    @Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.: Well, unless you made it clear at the beginning what your definition of "harm" was. I was using an expanded one to include mental harm, just for the sake of the gag. :)
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    Image of VisibleHand VisibleHand
    09/11/09

    @redqueenmeg: I see what you did there.
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    Image of vinylrake vinylrake
    09/11/09

    @Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.: It's important to make sure your 'safe' word sounds a lot like the sound you involuntarily make as you are being crushed to death in a robot hug/gasping for air/bleeding profusely, etc.
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    Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. promoted this comment vinylrake was starred vinylrake was unstarred
    Image of redqueenmeg redqueenmeg
    09/11/09

    @VisibleHand: Which thing that I did?
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    Image of VisibleHand VisibleHand
    09/14/09

    @redqueenmeg: I was referring to "just for the sake of the gag" line. Which was hilarious if it was intentional.
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    08/30/09

    In reply to Television's Biggest Badass Of All Time, Day Six: River Vs. The Doctor
    Yeah, this is why I'm not voting on these anymore. It's ridiculous.
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    Image of rek rek
    08/30/09

    In reply to Television's Biggest Badass Of All Time, Day Six: River Vs. The Doctor
    These polls are a joke.
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    08/30/09

    In reply to Television's Biggest Badass Of All Time, Day Six: River Vs. The Doctor
    lets face it. this won't be won on actual ability. if that was the case, the Doctor wins, every time.

    hell he's in a class of his own.
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    Image of brinderwalt brinderwalt
    08/30/09

    @KhaiJB: It's not a poll about raw ability - it's about badassery.
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    KhaiJB promoted this comment Edited by brinderwalt at 08/30/09 12:12 PM brinderwalt was starred brinderwalt was unstarred
    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    08/30/09

    @brinderwalt: when she beats the entire Dalek race - several times, destroys a Cyberfleet with nothing but her brains, comes back from the dead 10 times and can introduce france to the banana daiquiri, then she can talk to me.

    killing machines are 10 a penny.

    thinking Hero's are rare.
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    08/30/09

    @KhaiJB:
    Bless you.
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    08/30/09

    @brinderwalt:
    Yeah, yeah, sure sure. That's why DwightKnight keeps repeating "riverwouldwinriverwouldwinriverwouldwin...."

    River may be a badass, but her fans are a bunch of whiners, apparently.
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    Image of berserkiest berserkiest
    08/30/09

    In reply to Television's Biggest Badass Of All Time, Day Six: River Vs. The Doctor
    I really want to see a Doctor vs Batman battle. I'm not even sure who would win that
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    Dr Emilio Lizardo promoted this comment berserkiest was starred berserkiest was unstarred
    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    08/30/09

    @berserkiest: Yeah, I was thinking that Batman is just the kind of thug that the Doctor loves to beat up on and The Doctor is just the kind of quirky overconfident guy that Batman handles with ease.
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    08/30/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo:

    Bats would probably just glower at the Doctor, who would try to fill in the awkward silences.
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    Image of Dug Dug
    08/30/09

    In reply to Television's Biggest Badass Of All Time, Day Six: River Vs. The Doctor
    Perhaps if the doctor had tits?
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    Image of Jeriba Jeriba
    08/30/09

    @Dug: They're not tits, they're DALEK IMPLANTS!!

    Wait...what?
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    jbq promoted this comment Jeriba was starred Jeriba was unstarred
    Image of jbq jbq
    08/30/09

    @Jeriba: Curse of the Fatal Deaths ;-) Dalek Bumps, btw, still loving the reference.
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    Image of Franklin Harris Franklin Harris
    08/30/09

    @jbq: Never mind the Dalek bumps. Did you know the sonic screwdriver has three settings?
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    jbq promoted this comment Franklin Harris was starred Franklin Harris was unstarred
    Image of jbq jbq
    08/30/09

    @Franklin Harris: I'll explain later!
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    Image of Cold Bear Cold Bear
    08/30/09

    In reply to Television's Biggest Badass Of All Time, Day Six: River Vs. The Doctor
    I'm new and am not a giant River fan. Hell she couldn't even convince me to watch the Sarah Conner crap, but she's very good in either a knuckle brawl or gun fight. That said, she was never going to make it against anyone who's going to spend the battle thinking. Not only does she lose against the Dr., she'd lose against Batman also. Both for the same reason. If she manages to knock them back on a pure physical level, they'll stop, think, and win. Kirk was good with a plan, but switching streams was not his strong point, and that's what you need to beat her.

    I also gave Anthony Fremont the win. Very few have any kind of chance against him. The Doc's one, and Bats and Kirk might find their way back, but they would've lost the first fight.
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