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Exostenialism

Comics that make you go Huh?!?

Madcap hillarity

The Far Side

Sweet Tits

Shebly and Randy

Jeph will fool us - A week of Yelling Bird

QC: The Star Trek Parody

QC The Anime

Purple Monkey Dishwasher with Spathe Ham

Butts, Butts and more Butts

[Method of Madness]

I'm trying to figure out all of the things she got away with!

[jwhouk]

Don't try. Remember, she thinks in Terabytes.

[Schmorgluck]

"hememonic capitalism"? I find the word in Google, but no definition, although I might work out a definition from contexts.

Kel McDonald is slightly dyslexic, so I guess it was meant to be "hegemonic".

[quix0te]

Wow.  Comic 2749 was actually very cute.  Good job!  Normally the guest comics go straight for Yellingbird/Pintsize jokes. 

[quix0te]

I'm trying to figure out all of the things she got away with!

Meh.  She strikes me as being a thirteen-year-old, which means she's probably lying about getting away with anything.  She really seems to lack enough guile or cunning. 
That does open up an interesting question.  If we could 'reprogram' people prone to antisocial behavior (beyond drug addiction), would it be immoral?  What if they volunteered as an alternative to prison?  What if they volunteered knowing it would have no impact on their sentence? 

[Schmorgluck]

Those questions have been explored in Babylon 5, in particular the season three episode "Passing Through Gethsemane". It's complicated really.

[Aziraphale]

I'm trying to figure out all of the things she got away with!

Meh.  She strikes me as being a thirteen-year-old, which means she's probably lying about getting away with anything.  She really seems to lack enough guile or cunning. 
That does open up an interesting question.  If we could 'reprogram' people prone to antisocial behavior (beyond drug addiction), would it be immoral?  What if they volunteered as an alternative to prison?  What if they volunteered knowing it would have no impact on their sentence?

Might that not look like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy? Not "reprogramming," as such, but it also manages to avoid the ethical issues inherent in literal reprogramming of a sentient being's mind.

[T]

I'm trying to figure out all of the things she got away with!

Meh.  She strikes me as being a thirteen-year-old, which means she's probably lying about getting away with anything.  She really seems to lack enough guile or cunning. 
That does open up an interesting question.  If we could 'reprogram' people prone to antisocial behavior (beyond drug addiction), would it be immoral?  What if they volunteered as an alternative to prison?  What if they volunteered knowing it would have no impact on their sentence? 

In the past we had chemical castration as an alternative for homosexuals like Alan Turing case. Now sometimes it is used for rapists and child sex offenders.

[hedgie]

Might that not look like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy? Not "reprogramming," as such, but it also manages to avoid the ethical issues inherent in literal reprogramming of a sentient being's mind.

I'd argue that it *is* reprogramming.  Just the voluntary sort.  I've endured[1] rounds of both CBT and exposure therapy, and am glad for it.  I got kicked out of the programme due to my shitty insurance company[2] only halfway through, and I should have kept up with the exercises better, but it was the kind of reprogramming that *I* wanted, and since I gave absolutely full consent to.

[1] I say endured, 'cos it sucked.  I knew I needed it, and when it got to be too much where I had to retreat and take a Lorazepam, I could do that without losing it too much.  But all in all, I'm glad I got some reprogrammers to work on my mind, even if it was difficult.

[2] Not only did they cancel my policy the next month, without appeal because my payment was registered as 2 days "late" (wonder how fucking long it was sitting there), they refused to pay for about $10k US that had previously been approved when I entered the programme.  In fact, they knew exactly what it would cost from the beginning, but they fucked me, and I couldn't afford to sue them for the kind of money that means that I'll never have to work again.

[Kugai]

Those questions have been explored in Babylon 5, in particular the season three episode "Passing Through Gethsemane". It's complicated really.

Yes, but 'Death Of Personality' wasn't perfect even then as proven by that episode.

Still, I suppose it's better than what Garibaldis just shove 'em out an airlock policy.



That's not 3PO, it's his 'Clone' brother.

[Is it cold in here?]

Jeph said that AnthroPCs can download software patches that change their personality. It's possible that some of them find jail preferable to loss of self.

[T]

Like drugs but the effects are not temporary.

[Storel]

I'm trying to figure out all of the things she got away with!

My guess is surreptitiously dismantling C-3P0...

[Carl-E]

Sounds like he just needed some "reprogramming". 

Which is why he was in robot jail in the first place...   


And four out of five ain't bad (Marigold strips, that is). 

Marigold strips

Just noticed that, decided not to edit.   

[Kugai]

Smart man Carl

[DSL]

Sounds like he just needed some "reprogramming". 

Which is why he was in robot jail in the first place...   

Those memory wipes are getting to be a thing with him.

[Kugai]

Whats on the agenda?


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Madcap hillarity  ........  3 (5.8%)
The Far Side  ........  1 (1.9%)
Sweet Tits  ........  5 (9.6%)
Shebly and Randy  ........  1 (1.9%)
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QC: The Star Trek Parody  ........  7 (13.5%)
QC The Anime  ........  5 (9.6%)
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