11/04/2017 22:08:08 ¶ ●

revolutionaryduelist:

> armsocks:

> > armsocks:

> > > dirk is absolutely an annoying STEM major

> > john (MBA or something): hi

> > dirk: Your degree is pointless; your career will be obsolete in five years tops. You will never be able to do what I do. Have fun with your easy m

> dirk’s, like, introductory description includes reference to him being a pop culture enthusiast and his main interests include philosophy and history , and his interest in “Stem” pretty much never shows its face in the comic outside of being the result of a handful of projects he worked on across his teenage years

> It’s to the point that even Bro–who is the worst dirk possible–engages in art and makes comics and stuff far, far more than he ever engages in robotics. You’re thinking uncharitably of Jade or maybe Jake here, not Dirk. Or, you know, Caliborn who is the exact kind of annoying mra who would value “practical” skills over art so

> nah

Dirk snapping together the Brobot out of off the shelf parts, then spending weeks carefully fashioning the perfect metal sunglasses (also ROBOTIC HAIR) to complete the look.

Dirk fucking up his make-your-own-AI kit so bad it turns sentient and proceeds to haunt him for three years.

Dirk carefully explaining the nuanced narrative implications of stuffing a toy rabbit into a standard-issue Protectabot shell.

I mean, I’m interpreting and adding a little more detail here than is explicitly present in the text, but eh, felt like writing this.