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Crystal Moose


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This is actually kind of fascinating. There doesn't seem to be anything keeping Sweetie Belle from stringing those five words together, but no one said robots couldn't be real ponies. I look forward to seeing where you go with this.

I really liked this. The story was to-the-point and the writing was very well done. Keep writing like this and I'll keep supporting.

Manes #4 · Oct 20th, 2014 · · 1 ·

Yay, a Sweetiebot story I can love and-

*sees story in complete status*

Awww.

this story right here gave me nightmares... for the simple reason i worked at one of those call centers... Oh god the terror. I can't answer a phone anymore without having a panic attack... oh god.

Poor Sweetie, she is not a robot. Why do Ponies always think she is.

Sure, singing was a great talent, but it didn’t pay the bills! When nearly one fifth of the ponies in Equestria had some form of musical special talent, the market was flooded with out-of-work singers, violinists, drummers and the occasional sousaphonist.

Poor Sweetie Belle (and all the other ponies with singing cutie marks). At least you don't have a sports cutie mark...

You're in a desert, walking along in the sand when all of a sudden you look down and see a tortoise. It's crawling toward you. You reach down and flip the tortoise over on its back. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over. But it can't. Not with out your help. But you're not helping. Why is that Sweetie?

Poor Sweetie...
It's like:
Sweetie: Hi, I'm calling from--
Dude: Are you a robot?!
Sweetie: :unsuresweetie:

“How are you hold a moment sir.”

SHE STAMMERED :rainbowlaugh:

I've worked in inbound call centers more than I want to mention, as well as worked as a collector on occasion. I feel a lot of nostalgia here, and I'm honestly not sure if it's in a good way.

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And on a third hoof, the callee seemed somewhat... programmed in his insistence that Sweetie Belle deny her robothood... :trixieshiftright:

5166544 you would not believe how many times i was asked that question... or the wierd stories i have to tell...


there was 1 guy who called in from a mental hostpital (It was on his address as a mental hospital) who swore at the end of a perfectly nice call that he was Neo from the matrix.

Then there was the time that these 2 women call in to fix their phone while at the same time being .. uhum very Intimate with each other.... yeah i was VERY red in the face durring that phone call....

:yay: I would like to be a robot?

:unsuresweetie:

Sweetie Belle fails a Turing Test, great idea, not developed enough though.

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Wait. They call in to fix their phone?

How are they calling in, if their phone is busted? :pinkiegasp:

World record for phone repair! Woot! :pinkiehappy:

5166815 I worked for First Verizon Wireless and second for T-mobile. I worked in the Data section so I worked on smartphones and Wireless cards. Of coarse they couldn't work on and talk at the same time so they talked on another cell or a home phone while we worked on getting internet/phone working again.



Edit: On a side note Longest phone call to get a phone working 18 hours... I kid you not came in at 12 was supposed to be off at 8 didn't get off the line till 6 the next morning. Told my boss to his face he wouldn't see me for 3 days. He told me he sure wouldn't becuase he was taking them off as well. (He had to stay there with me through the night)

I dunno. I just didn't find it funny. (shrugs) Whaddya gonna do?

The binary chapter title was a nice touch. A lot of code to say something so simple.

Sure, singing was a great talent, but it didn’t pay the bills! When nearly one fifth of the ponies in Equestria had some form of musical special talent, the market was flooded with out-of-work singers, violinists, drummers and the occasional sousaphonist.

I must say that is an excellent way of looking at things, I've never seen a story that looks at the cutie mark system like that before. So cutie marks are like degrees, there are useful ones and ones where you are either extremely lucky or end up in a job where you have to wear a silly hat.

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The equestrian equivalent to a fine arts degree.

"Would you like fries with that?"

I actually thought, it's kind of not really a sustainable system. Though we've already seen canon proof that not everyone gets a job directly related to their cutie mark. i.e. Rarity's talent seems to be related to finding gems, yet she is a fashion designer. Pinkie Pie's talent is parties and making people happy, but she has a job as a baker. Rainbow Dash's talent is speed, yet she works as a weather pony.

Celestia knows what Sea Swirl does in ponyville.

img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120211023159/mlp/images/thumb/0/08/Sea_Swirl_id_S2E15.png/240px-Sea_Swirl_id_S2E15.png

She must be australian, cause everyone over here seems to have a bachelor in marine science. I guess that's our equivalent to a fine arts degree. :rainbowlaugh:

A phenomenal exploration of this (far better than this stupid fic) is Smiling Flowers by theBrianJ.

I have another fic in the works exploring this, but this fic was basically a way to work through an annoying writer's block. :raritywink:

...I don't get it...

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Freaky in a good way.

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Yes.
Just, yes. You, sir, get a cookie

I looked at the picture,

I miss Legion.

On the bright side, I loved the story!

It's...a thing. :rainbowhuh: To be honest, it actually feels a bit sad. It clearly really bothers Sweetie (I can't fathom why) and the stallions a dick. Why does she refuse to say what he's asking? Why doesn't she just say it and move on? Sorry, but this gets a thumbs down from me.

Do I sense an existential rampage in Sweetie's future? :unsuresweetie:

Believe it or not, I was actually familiar with the inspiration for this story before reading it. Kudos to you sir for a hilarious Pone twist on a bizarre and obscure thing :moustache:

What's more, I once received a call from one of these "individuals". This one was actually a male, I'm guessing it was Samantha West's brother. :rainbowlaugh:

I feel stupid. What am I not getting about this? I haven't watched much of Friendship is Witchcraft, but I do know about Sweetiebot...this story doesn't seem to go anywhere, not even to a punchline.

The thing I think I love about this fic is the fact that, in the wake of a telemarketer... I'm that guy on the other end. I'll mess with them and I HAVE done the 'you ask me a question, I'll ask you a question' just to mess with the poor sap. This is too darn ironic but MAN, it makes me go back. Loved it - seriously loved it. :rainbowlaugh:

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Truth be told, I am that guy too.

What if we are all ponys that where inslaved by alicorns and are used as energy sources to power there stuff and Lauren Faust escaped and came back to try and free us by showing us the show?

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Agreed. It feels like the prologue to a bigger story.

I read this months ago, but only just now did I stumble into the audio recording this is based on by sheer accident. :pinkiecrazy:

https://soundcloud.com/zekejmiller/new-recording-68

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