Comic Discussion > ALICE GROVE
Alice Grove MCDLT - June 2016
retrosteve:
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--- Quote from: jheartney on 20 Jun 2016, 16:26 ---New fan theory
Sedna is 5000 year old May, and Alice is 5000 year old Bubbles.
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This actually makes a surprising amount of sense.
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I like it as a metaphor, like "All men are sons of Adam". As a literal theory, it's pretty hard to match to the facts.
1. The Blink removed all machines higher-tech than a pump, so how would Alice and Sedna be around if they were machines?
2. The Praesides say that AI isn't possible, and Alice disagrees, but says that any AIs on Earth vanished in the Blink. So Alice and Sedna can't be that. (Unless she's lying)
3. May and Momo don't sleep. But Alice and Sedna do. And they're not just faking it, or they would have noticed Gavia's abduction.
Alice and Sedna show every sign of being from the "enhanced biology" faction of the Pre-Blink society.
But yeah, personality-wise, they do bear a little resemblance to Bubbles and May.
P.S. I think the Praesides are also enhanced biology, as are Ardent and Gavia. There are no AI's left around, except for (I think) the big one that caused the Blink and eliminated all its rivals and creators, to remove competition.
DSL:
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--- Quote from: DSL on 21 Jun 2016, 09:51 ---Random thoughts from today's comic:
Given the political fumduckery that bubbled uo in the states over trans people and bathrooms, I wonder what the immediate social ramifications today would be....
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So far it seems that there is no skin based prejudiced 5000 years into the future even on Earth ...
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I was wondering about today.
brasca:
--- Quote from: DSL on 22 Jun 2016, 18:23 ---
--- Quote from: brasca on 21 Jun 2016, 14:22 ---
--- Quote from: DSL on 21 Jun 2016, 09:51 ---Random thoughts from today's comic:
Given the political fumduckery that bubbled uo in the states over trans people and bathrooms, I wonder what the immediate social ramifications today would be....
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So far it seems that there is no skin based prejudiced 5000 years into the future even on Earth ...
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I was wondering about today.
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I could see a lot of people taking advantage of such an ability. Racial profiling would become very difficult and while it would certainly be convenient as well as fun to get one over on racists the novelty would wear off when you couldn't be certain if people were being nice or polite to you because of your skin color as well as being too afraid to revert back to your default skin color to find out for sure.
In addition to how we perceive race there is also a matter of what we think is attractive based on societal norms. I wonder how many think Gavia is now more attractive since she lost her red eyes, slicked back hair, and ghostly white pallor. Even though this story takes 5000 years into the future I wouldn't be surprised if Earth dwellers find her attractive. We now know she had the ability to make herself look more conventional at any time, but chose to define herself with technology without any concern for appearance. Even in her current state she's very utilitarian which is one of the reasons I like her so much.
JimC:
Roll on little weird dogs, roll on, roll on...
cesium133:
They're playing Oregon Trail! Watch out for the dysentery...
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