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Words Per Minute (Patreon)

Published:
2023-02-14 02:08:41
Imported:
2026-06

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Kyle Major

This feels sad and also on her

Bill Silvia

That's some impressive gibberish ya got there.

ValdVin

Elizabeth should memorize "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet" for occaisions like this.

Michael Boettger

So Elizabeth is typing gibberish on a (I'm assuming) networked computer. So the Director can see what she's doing........

NinjaZaku

At risk of being mean. I must ask how this is Claire's problem? Like taking the job out from under Claire is not going to assuage your insecurity or fix your situation, my guy.

Elberik

So she's worried Claire will ruin it for all the freeloaders?

Brittany Huckey

Sooooo She doesn't want Claire to be librarian because someone will finally realize that she hasn't done anything, because she hasn't asked for help or direction?

obw

liz has contracted Goblin Syndrome from marigold I see

OldGoat

So, "Liz" it is.

Nicolas Demers

Unbeknownst to her, that gibberish was key to most major breakthroughs in the last 2 years. It took the Director to see it!

Byron Wright

I think she sees "Librarian of Cubetown" as an empty position like hers. She could go around just making up shit to do and finding something to experiment on but she already pushed away Moray and she thinks everyone will treat her like a child. Impostor syndrome strikes again.

Andrea Andrew

Could she be responsible for the lack of progress in Cubetown?

Bill Silvia

The impression I got was that Cubetown is making tons of progress, just not necessarily in a measurable direction.

Mooster

Well, assuming Elizabeth is totally freaked out and hasn't gotten anything done, if Claire becomes The Librarian and curator of content there... Well, it seems that Elizabeth would be concerned about being exposed?

Adam

I feel like the more we learn about Cubetown and its denizens, the further it moves from "free-spirited wackiness zone" to "scarily dysfunctional clusterfuck." I'm curious if it's just me being grumpy or if others are getting that vibe as well.

Zak Reichle

I feel bad for Moray. 😟

Bill Silvia

Maybe she's the subject of a study being conducted by the Director.

Inahc

That tends to hold for reality too, IME.

Tamara Macadam

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Chris Gropp

The paralyzing weight of expectations, even knowing full well you're competent enough to meet them if you can just put the work in, is a feeling I know all too well. The question is, is she worried for herself being revealed to have let down the expectations she believes others have for her, or hoping to avoid a similar fate for Claire as everyone expects her to fix this impossible mess? Or both?

Captain Button

Thank you for password. Please submit Verification Code from your designated alternate device. You have ten seconds to comply.

awgiedawgie

I think Moray is just a *little* too cheerful for Elizabeth.

Andrew Mitchell

IMO it's a dysfunctional clusterfuck that is ripe for improvement over the next 4000 strips. And of course that improvement is all initiated by Clare and Marten.

Dean Reilly

If Claire becomes the librarian she will be responsible for organising the data produced by Cubetown's scientists, and will presumably realise that Liz hasn't done anything since she arrived.

Adam

Are anyone else's comments consistently being threaded incorrectly in this post? One worked fine, but when I try to reply it ends up under the wrong post. Android app

KCkittysnores

It’s reminding me really painfully of my phd, so I’d say it’s the latter.

Shawn Spencer

My initial assessment of her really hasn't changed at all, what a surprise.

jonesnori

I am not warming up to Liz yet. We'll see!

emmavoid

fast forward to it turning out that Liz's keysmashing has been inadvertently powering the majority of Cubetown's progress

Emma Humphries

I'm gonna give that status in my team meeting tomorrow morning "progress, but not in a measurable direction."

Jon Guyer

Being Cubetown, it's authentic maritime gibberish

Bill Silvia

I've seen that using the app, but when I checked in browser it was in the right place.

jaelte

Yes! That keeps happening to me too. In case it happens again, this is a response to @Adam Friedlander's question about comments appearing under the wrong thread.

ellafine

I've been wondering though - if it's that she's afraid of being exposed, why be honest with Marten about it, knowing he'll most likely tell Claire? It doesn't seem like an ironclad plan for steering Claire away from the job *or* keeping her secret. There must be more to it yet...

Jon Guyer

Brownian progress

ellafine

Ah! It just happened to me too. I was replying to Mooster and my comment appears threaded under emmavoid. Also using Android

Joseph Bonnar

Right now, that's the feeling I'm getting myself. Of course, I have a PhD in Grumpy so...

Joseph Bonnar

As per Patrion notification emails, I've had people replying to my comments, but when I get back to read their reply I find nothing. This might explain it.

Mad Marie

CITIZEN, PROVE YOU ARE A HUMAN BY IDENTIFYING STOPLIGHTS. YOU HAVE TEN SECONDS TO COMPLY.

Mad Marie

@Joseph: that’s happened to me as well, recently.

Mad Marie

So is this the million monkeys with a million typewriters scenario?

Frank Wales

If we assume that Liz is both immature and not so good at the interpersonal stuff, then her Machiavellian skullduggery ability probably has a negative value. So her cunning plan may be based mostly on panicked wishful thinking.

Frank Wales

I knew we shouldn't have added ED-209 to the authorised MFA device list

William Cole

Oh, I jumped into the clusterfuck camp with both feet back during Claire's interview. But I'm also enjoying the side of wackiness that comes along with the dysfunction.

Sean Kinlin

Yes, only instead of works of literature, they eventually produce the entire catalog of The Monkees.

Finvaara

I mean, Liz needs a therapist, sure, but I'm growing more and more convinced that CUBETOWN needs a therapist. Probably a battery of therapists, heavily supplied, with plenty of backup, and a safety barge to retreat to when needed.

William Cole

Cubetown is the Library of Babel!

Yelling Bird

I've had jobs like this. I've also had worse though...

Ben French

Things are starting to add up now.

WST

I'm getting as impatient with this flashback as Marten must be right now. Just another 'gifted child' who does better in academia than anything resembling real life.

Zak Reichle

Liz is really gonna struggle to use that coat rack

Bagge

Honey...

Armin

What's with that door handle? Is that a 12 foot door?

Michael Boettger

I think we're just seeing the edge of the desk. The bottom of the door is shielded from direct view

PixelThis

Look at where the light switch is. That's a doorknob for a really small wheelchair

Tommm

That’s just random keystrokes on the monitor. Is she faking it?

Kate Cole

based on what we have seen of cubetown, they heard a short person was coming and lowered it

T.

I've had jobs like this where they hired me and then didn't know what to do with me. I just wandered around until I found somebody doing something I thought was interesting and helped with that...

Nulgar

Oh wow, did you just unify Quantum Mechanics with General Relativity? Should I make a copy of this? Nah, no need, Patreon comments truly are the height of proper data storage.

Armin

@Michael Boettger I think you nailed it. I saw the desk for the floor, but that doesn't make sense for the laptop. Also the shelf has 5 sections and we only see the upper three ones.

Foal Papers

Hmm. Several folks are guessing that Liz’s motive regarding Claire will be revealed to be about self-preservation, about not wanting a lack of actual work on Liz’s part to be revealed. This is definitely a strong possibility and the most direct line from the flashback to the present day, but I can’t shake the feeling there’s more to it than that. I’m hoping that Liz is motivated by something other than self-interest, and that there are bigger issues on hand. In any case, I’m looking forward to finding out. :-)

Mad Marie

This is like me with knitting…fake it ‘til you make it.

Mad Marie

It looked shorter in the prior comic

Mad Marie

Comparing to the prior comic, where the handle was level with the third shelf, and the coatrack with the top shelf, it looks like it’s technically the same.

Mad Marie

okay, I looked closer…the door was taller than the top of the bookcase by a whole shelf in the last comic, but now it’s level with it. Moray lines up differently here too. i think the bookcase and coat rack have leveled up.

Dean Reilly

My understanding is that Liz is a child prodigy who has spent her life being guided and directed and told that she is destined for Great Things by parents and educators who genuinely wanted to help this brilliant child achieve her full potential. Cubetown is the first time that she has had the chance to decide what she wants to do for herself, and she obviously has no idea. Admitting that she needs help would be a betrayal of all the people who believed in her, and the more time passes, the harder it is to speak up. Now everyone is going to find out anyway!

David Paul

It *might* make sense to the Director.

David Paul

I suspect that Liz was poached in the same manner as Claire, but instead of asking questions about her role, just rode along with it until she was given her office. It would be curious to know what Liz specialises in, and how relevant it is to her role in Cubetown.

Stephen Wells

People in academia are as real and as alive as all the other people in the world.

SquigglyComics

ahh, I think I see what's going on, she's incredibly gifted but cube town provided no direction to her, she's done nothing during her stay and is afraid that, should claire become the librarian, her failiure to produce work will be exposed, instead of the more likely option that she will be given direction and find a way to her job more easily, she's locked herself into a corner and burned her social bridges out of a misguided misanthropy and now is terrified of the concequences

Ísabel Pirsic

What I see is rather “what befell me must not befall you too”, i.e., Liz may try to warn Claire that Cubetown culture sucks your soul and energy but is somehow at the same time hard to let go of. IDK 🤷

David Durant

More than anything I think Liz needs a hug (although she'd never admit it).

Captain Button

Patreon is trying to emulate the chaos that makes Cubetown what it is.

Captain Button

It's like speaking in tongues, only more electronic.

Captain Button

Why am I now picturing Marten back in CoD saying "And I alone returned to tell you."?

Ísabel Pirsic

Ah, and then Dolphin Jack, Brun and Pintsize (in a One Piece suit) will form a rescue squad ⚓️🐋🦑

SilverbackRon

Yep. Look at the color of the floor in panels 1 & 2. You can also see the color of the desk. Panel 6 is clearly looking over the desk, you cannot see the floor.

Leak

Make it 'til you fake it.

Fabio Neves

So Liz is basically Asuka Langley Soryu, got it!

Leak

I'm pretty sure that'd be giving her waaay too much credit - or not enough if it really is on her...

Leak

Big con is long.

Dypstych

Is Liz using one of the new dark macbooks? Or a pc notebook running some linux configured to look like macos?

Mrpink

So, basically she's an asocial twat and for some reason doesn't want anyone to find out she's not doing anything while getting paid?

Ruth Merriam

Not painting a likeable Liz pic.

Chris Warren

She's an awkward kid who's not good at the social stuff. That'll happen sometimes.

Nilbog Nerw

Yeah, absolutely nothing about this character is giving off the vibe that she'd be remotely that altruistic but I appreciate you for seeing the best in people

innpchan

"Took the last boat to Cubetown..."

Joseph Bonnar

My belief right now (subject to change) is that Liz is the new Corpse Witch.

Mad Marie

The Mad Knitter Crochets with flamingos.

Mad Marie

…with a pizza sent by Station…