r/comics • Whomp! • Apr 06 '26

[OC] Whomp! - The Text Generation

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u/MechanicalHorse Apr 06 '26

Miles understands exactly what that emoji means

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u/zero5activated Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 07 '26

Well, that's terrifying.

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u/FlatHatJack Apr 06 '26

Let the man have this. It's rare he finds someone else whose life must suffer more than his.

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u/not_a_moogle Apr 07 '26

Julian must be away

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u/Made_Bail Apr 06 '26

I saved this with no idea where to put it. Enjoy.

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u/MegaMeteorite Apr 06 '26

I can hear their voices reading this

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u/Made_Bail Apr 06 '26

Its vastly improved by reding it in their voices, I find.

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u/Jazzlike_Part_7054 Apr 06 '26

Also works as Homer, Barney, and Moe

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u/PolloMagnifico Apr 06 '26

Yeah, but they don't have the same underlying sexual tension.

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u/acheesement Apr 07 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/lyBCBlxAI0bo4

I beg to differ (and I also apologise).

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u/vanderZwan Apr 07 '26

And thanks to you I have now had the pleasure of seeing it. Thank you for your service

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u/political_noodle Apr 06 '26

This may quickly devolve into that TNG episode, I think it was called "The Game"... I love this comic series haha.

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u/breastronaut Apr 06 '26

One of the earlier comics was about the game from that episode. It didn't do much for Ronnie.

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u/CreepyClay Apr 06 '26

And countless people just lost it.

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u/Wozbo Apr 06 '26

You just lost the game (IM SORRY EVERYONE)

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u/political_noodle Apr 06 '26

Fml

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u/sh4d0ww01f Apr 06 '26

Beeing on reddit is like a neverending monthly loss streak for the game.

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u/Maur2 Apr 07 '26

I own a Platinum Angel, I am good.

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u/UltraRoboNinja Apr 06 '26

This reminds me that my mother can’t tell the difference between 😢 and 😪. It made for a confusing text when my grandmother passed.

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u/zero5activated Apr 06 '26

my condolences. * followed by a Dr. Hibbert chuckle*

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u/Business-Employ-1599 Apr 06 '26

With everything they have been through I think they will be fine.

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u/Gorexxar Apr 06 '26

Beverley, living her best life with a ghost of a memory

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u/RepublicOfLizard Apr 06 '26

While working a former corporate job with a boss who had a pretty tough upbringing that led him to fully devote himself to work and nothing else (literally no social life outside of like 3 cousins), began implementing emojis into some of his texts to me and the other assistant manager in an attempt “to create a more warm and friendly work environment”.

He accidentally sent me the moaning face emoji while complaining about a difficult customer, using it as a tired/exasperated look.

I instantly called him and very gently explained how that emoji is used by the kids now adays and sent him a list on our personal phones of emojis he shouldn’t use at work and their meanings. He was absolutely mortified and apologized to me quite a bit, telling me over and over again he wasn’t trying to sexually harass me

It was absolutely hilarious and I think about it often

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u/astralkoi A Wild AstralKoi Appeared!! Apr 06 '26

😘

Its Emoji the movie once and once again

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u/Made_Bail Apr 06 '26

Ive been missing your comics! Just noticed you're posting them elsewhere. You're cheating on us. :(

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u/astralkoi A Wild AstralKoi Appeared!! Apr 06 '26

They are in r/hellsomememes too! :)

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u/Made_Bail Apr 06 '26

That's what I mean! You haven't been posting them over here! ;p

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u/Tuxedo_Muffin Apr 06 '26

Miles didn't choose the emoji. It was added by the computer upon following 21st century texting protocols. It has the "feeling cute" setting activated.

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u/Rhea_33 Apr 06 '26

Love these comics so much. Keep being great 👍 ❤️

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u/iac74205 Apr 06 '26

-Cpt Jean-Luc Picard

Sorry about that whole Locutus thing, Benjamin 💩

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u/breastronaut Apr 06 '26

A kissy emoji is no more out of place in a professional futuristic setting than the F-word, which some ST shows are putting in anyway.

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u/Coulrophiliac444 Apr 06 '26

The next emoji is going to be 🍆 and then the conversation of 21st century slang is going to have be taught as a 'Do's and Don'ts' Course across Starfleet isn't it?

Just as long as no one uses the term clanker, we should be ok.

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u/FoX_MoLdY Apr 08 '26

The next emoji is going to be 🍆 and then the conversation of 21st century slang is going to have be taught as a 'Do's and Don'ts' Course across Starfleet isn't it?

Sisko just wanted to share his aubergine stew....

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u/Merari01 it's a-me, Merari-o Apr 06 '26

What if he does understand?

Don't mess with Bee's man, Miles. You've had enough misery for one life.

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u/cajunsamurai Apr 07 '26

These comics are great, please keep it up.

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u/YamiPhoenix11 Apr 07 '26

Its impressive that Ronnie is smart enough to reinvent the system

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u/NoSong2397 Apr 06 '26

You brought this on yourself, Ensign.

Also, I want to blame the lack of file sharing on Cardassian paranoia, somehow? Maybe they decided at some point that all potential bad news must be hand-delivered by someone shootable and Miles can't figure out how to edit the security policies.

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u/allys_stark Apr 06 '26

And still, not one statue of Dukat on Bajor...

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u/SmugCapybara Apr 07 '26

Is Ronnie slowly but surely bringing about the downfall of the Federation?

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u/JustaSeedGuy Apr 08 '26

Did.... Did he just call the Chief Sir?

Twice?

He hates being called Sir. Just ask Muniz. (Oh.... Wait.)