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WCDT Strips 3181 to 3185 (21 to 25 March 2016)
Is it cold in here?:
People who object, how did you feel about Momo talking to Marten about the bigoted anti-AI church? Same thing? Different thing? Different how?
swapna:
It felt more natural - it was something Momo wanted to talk about, and she was already upset. She also didn't feel the need to lecture Marten about the topic (she assumed he was on her side, she just clarified why she was sad).
In Claires case - she felt the need to reiterate something everybody already knew (pintsize isn't surprised), she argued against a strawman (in no universe did Pintsize say that tech would solve all problems, he just said everybody could have the body they wanted). If she continued the conversation another way (it would be awesome if being able to have whatever body you want would actually solve all problems, but she can't see it going that way, because bigotry, for example) it would have felt like a conversation friends actually have, not a lecture.
Random832:
--- Quote from: swapna on 26 Mar 2016, 17:05 ---It felt more natural - it was something Momo wanted to talk about, and she was already upset. She also didn't feel the need to lecture Marten about the topic (she assumed he was on her side, she just clarified why she was sad).
In Claires case - she felt the need to reiterate something everybody already knew (pintsize isn't surprised), she argued against a strawman (in no universe did Pintsize say that tech would solve all problems, he just said everybody could have the body they wanted). If she continued the conversation another way (it would be awesome if being able to have whatever body you want would actually solve all problems, but she can't see it going that way, because bigotry, for example) it would have felt like a conversation friends actually have, not a lecture.
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Also, the camera moved to Pintsize's head. That's not something that randomly happens, that's a choice Jeph made.
No, Claire didn't look at the camera. That doesn't change the fact that the camera looked at her (or, rather, centered itself in the direction she was looking).
ZoeB:
--- Quote from: Neko_Ali on 26 Mar 2016, 06:47 ---Claire is one of the few people that actually understand that Pintsize is not a rampaging a-hole. I mean she says as much. He's crude, he's rude, he enjoys shocking people... But he's also a companion AI. And really, he does help people. He does so while being crude, rude and nasty towards people. In a lot of ways he's like a old jester. He deliberately makes himself the butt of jokes to act as a goad and provide catharsis to those around him. He sets himself up to be a joke, even be abused... but he also amuses people and sometimes makes them think.
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+1 Insightful
Is it cold in here?:
Claire may have heard people saying everything would be all right later, and they may have said it in a spirit of refusing to look at her daily issues.
Reacting to those past conversations while talking to Pintsize was not the ultimate in focused conversation but it feels plausible to me.
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