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WCDT: 2631-2635 (Feb 03 - 07 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Kugai:
Mellow out Marigold, mellow out.
NilsO:
I guess the Momo/Marigold companionship has been discussed before. Perhaps the best background information can be found here. Momo usually acts as mentor, boss, or facilitator, trying to improve Marigold's life. What is unclear, is how this companionship came to be. Marigold has possibly been mentally ill, and a robot companion would have been a recommendation from her psychiatrist.
The question then becomes if Momo was aware of Marigold's problems when they signed the companionship agreement. Do human and robot have a trial period before signing? They have obviously bonded, but does Momo sometimes regret? Does she stay because a breakup would be devastating to Marigold? Or is it her mission to take care of Marigold?
Carl-E:
--- Quote from: Kugai on 05 Feb 2014, 10:15 ---Mellow out Marigold, mellow out.
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Storel:
I got chicken pox for the first time at the age of 33. I'm 52 now, and that time is still the most miserable two weeks of my life, before OR since. And by the time I could go back to work, the scars were still so bright red and so prolific that people at work were afraid to come near me for quite a while. Definitely not fun to get it as an adult. :-(
(I did have one week that was more miserable, when I got pneumonia last year, but since it was only for a week the chicken pox episode is still the most miserable two-week period.)
Smallest:
--- Quote from: NilsO on 05 Feb 2014, 10:35 ---I guess the Momo/Marigold companionship has been discussed before. Perhaps the best background information can be found here. Momo usually acts as mentor, boss, or facilitator, trying to improve Marigold's life. What is unclear, is how this companionship came to be. Marigold has possibly been mentally ill, and a robot companion would have been a recommendation from her psychiatrist.
The question then becomes if Momo was aware of Marigold's problems when they signed the companionship agreement. Do human and robot have a trial period before signing? They have obviously bonded, but does Momo sometimes regret? Does she stay because a breakup would be devastating to Marigold? Or is it her mission to take care of Marigold?
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I find this really interesting to consider even if an archive dig tells us that they did have a trial. Although even if there was, even if there's not a legal obligation there's probably a bit of an emotional obligation to keep going, if you know what I mean?
ETA- Like, what if you see someone's emotionally bad off and needs friends and has bonded onto you (an AI), and then you 'reject' them? They might not bother getting an AI or attempting to make a friend again.
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