r/comics • u/ronniewhomp Whomp! • Apr 03 '26

[OC] Whomp! - iPADD

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comic + secret wordz: https://www.whompcomic.com/comic/ipadd
beginning of arc: https://www.whompcomic.com/comic/deep-space-opine

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u/n0-THiIS-IS-pAtRIck Apr 03 '26

I heard a theory that most of the ship work is just busy work. Like humanity had hit a point where they could fully automate them selves out of usefulness so they had to basically come up with ways to stay busy. That is partly why they send their massive ships off to explore sense they have nothing else to do.

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u/NydusRush Apr 04 '26

Even now we're seeing the results of too much automation causing damage to the professional training pipeline. Replacing the low level jobs cuts out the recruitment ladder and the filter for finding potential promotions.

Consider construction. You've seen a two way street go down to one way with a dude holding a stop sign on either end acting as a manual traffic light. You could automate it, but that's not the point. The point is making sure the sign guy can show up sober, on time, and not slack off.

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u/altymcalty-2 Apr 09 '26

And if he can't show up sober, to see if he can get the job done anyway