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 Title text: Can't and shouldn't. |
Explanation
In this comic, "could not reproduce" is a double entendre. Because the reported bug is that speech recognition failed on a young child's voice, the programming team attempt to reproduce (biologically) in order to have a child to use as a test subject to understand and fix the bug, starting by reproducing it (the bug). However the attempt fail, as shown by the negative pregnancy test, and therefore the bug report is closed with the reason being "could not reproduce": they could not reproduce the bug because they could not reproduce biologically.
This reason also shows up in comic 937: TornadoGuard.
The title-text "Can't and shouldn't" qualifies the bug report, meaning that the programmers cannot and should not reproduce given their unacceptable motive as well as poor child-rearing skills (demonstrated in comic 674: Natural Parenting).
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It's kind of silly that they'd need to make a new kid. There are plenty of them for free in any given shopping mall on any day!
(No, I do not condone abducting children, even for science.)Pennpenn (talk) 03:57, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
@Pennpenn: For $847.63 you can buy a child in the supermarket. Or could, in 1989. The Simpsons already did it! 173.245.53.147 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
The title text may also be a reference to the Ig Nobel Prize, which is awarded to research that "cannot or should not be reproduced." Enter your username (talk) 13:19, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
