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WCDT Strips 3191-3195 (4th to 8th April 2016)
jheartney:
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I wouldn't call the radiation risks "pitiful." Radiation isn't all the same, and the cosmic rays astronauts would be exposed to are potentially quite dangerous.
Not terribly surprised the idea of launching nuclear reactors from the Earth is a touchy subject, what with the known tendency of chemical rockets to blow up (yes, still happens). You also need to provide for a landing in nearly airless conditions (so parachutes won't be enough by themselves) and enough fuel/propulsion capability to escape the Martian gravity well so you can return home. All so you can get a few meat-bags there for a few weeks to do a tiny fraction of the science that much cheaper unmanned probes can accomplish, given that the probes can stay for years and don't need a return trip.
chaospersonified:
Oof. Shish. I think we're getting major world-building here, and possibly an explanation for near-future crankiness on Bubbles' behalf. She's hurt. Friggin' jerk-ass teens.
Carl-E:
Callbacks. Aside from the leaning redhead (no, it's not Harriet/ST), there's the AI toaster...
"I make toast fun!"
It takes a particularly stupid brand of bigot to taunt a military grade armored AI. We know Bubbles wouldn't do anything, but unless there's a well known directive a la Asimov's laws, it would be a risky act.
Especially for a pubescent meatbag.
Penquin47:
Pubescent meatbags are immortal. Don't you remember that from being one? Nothing bad ever happens to them!
I feel so bad for Bubbles. Just as she was gaining some confidence in her ability to be liked...
BenRG:
If it makes you feel any better, Bubbles, human bigotry is species-agnostic. There are assholes out there who take even the smallest difference from them, in appearance or behavior, as an existential threat to them. Mostly, they prefer to just harass with talk and social exclusion because that carries fewer personal risks from retaliation. Occasionally, though, things can get a bit... hectic, especially if the bigot has a talent for demagoguery and political ambitions.
Ultimately, though, it isn't because you are a synthetic. It's because you don't look and act so similar to them that you could serve as a mirror. You'd be surprised by how threatening some people find that.
Just remember that your friends have accepted you unconditionally. Let that remind you that to assume all humans are bad, just because they are human is bigotry in its own right - Just as irrational and driven solely by fear.
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