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WCDT 15-19 August 2011 (1991-95)
pwhodges:
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--- Quote from: pwhodges on 18 Aug 2011, 23:07 ---I would say that therapy is not so much about how to be or live with yourself, which should not be necessary in general, but how to reconcile yourself with our present society's increasingly restrictive demands on our behaviour.
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Hmmm.. I dunno. Itīs rather how you put it, is it not?
You might go the same way by saying "oh, itīs not about how to reconcile yourself with society's increasingly restrictive demands on our behaviour, but how to get all the chemicals in your head into just the right mix so as not to feel blue" and still... feels hinky.
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Another way of expressing what I meant is this:
--- Quote from: TheBiscuit on 19 Aug 2011, 09:03 ---Society treats difference from the norm as pathological, yes.
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Is it cold in here?:
The situations are related, but not the same. Hannelore is driven by a brain chemistry problem, she is aware that it's a problem, and 709 shows that she can push herself to override it and diversify her experiences.
Marigold is doing things with long-term health consequences.
On another topic, there is an Elm Court Road in Northampton. We now have addresses for five characters. My urge for trivia collection is gratified. I've updated the wiki.
VonKleist:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 19 Aug 2011, 09:55 ---Another way of expressing what I meant is this:
--- Quote from: TheBiscuit on 19 Aug 2011, 09:03 ---Society treats difference from the norm as pathological, yes.
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You ever suffered from any mental disorder?
Blackjoker:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 19 Aug 2011, 09:58 ---The situations are related, but not the same. Hannelore is driven by a brain chemistry problem, she is aware that it's a problem, and 709 shows that she can push herself to override it and diversify her experiences.
Marigold is doing things with long-term health consequences.
On another topic, there is an Elm Court Road in Northampton. We now have addresses for five characters. My urge for trivia collection is gratified. I've updated the wiki.
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Long term health consequences? Really? Yes, she's fairly sedentary, but again, a person who sat and read instead of the games, or watched TV/movies for the same durations that Marigold plays video games would be just as sedentary.
Is it cold in here?:
I can't figure out whether this should be in a separate thread.
What kind of jobs can an AnthroPC hold?
They can make coffee (1843). Momo is a female character, so it's odd that she's not working at Coffee of Doom already.
She could probably tutor in Japanese.
If her social protocol database is sufficiently detailed, she might work at a charm school.
She could be like one of those therapy animals who visits nursing homes.
She could assist the disabled with light housework.
The Smif library had AnthroPCs, but there was nothing to suggest that they were employees.
Someone here who deserves credit for the idea, but whose name I have forgotten for the moment, has pointed out that jobs like Marten's are ripe for being taken over by robots. Which points a spotlight at the question, why haven't they? (Aside from the fact that it's a comic and designed to be funny rather than logical -- that's too dull an explanation to accept).
Is there discrimination? Marten was unwilling to drink coffee prepared by an AnthroPC. It wouldn't be the first case in history where there were lingering prejudices toward beings who were formerly property. Maybe Pintsize is just trying to live down to negative stereotypes of AnthroPCs.
EDIT: I was thinking specifically of Marigold's sleep deprivation. People keep finding more and more ways in which that causes health damage.
EDIT: Anyone else think the camera angles in this strip were a nice touch?
EDIT: Momo is 2.7 years old? That's getting up there by analogy with laptops, which have about a 3-year life cycle. She was said to be Sony's latest model, which implies slow releases on Sony's part.
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