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WCDT Strips 3316-3320 (26th - 30th September 2016)

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JimC:

--- Quote from: BenRG on 25 Sep 2016, 23:15 ---Looking at the strip as a whole today, I just think that Jeph used a small type font for Bubbles today;
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I'm not convinced the text for Bubbles in 3316 is smaller than in say 3279. I just did a compare and at most its one pixel different for lower case letters, so arguably in the aliasing effects range. I would have thought if extra quiet speech was being hinted at then text in frame 1 would be larger than the others.

What constitutes exploitation for AIs do we think? I've seen it stated (http://www.workplacefairness.org/sc/undocumentedworkers.php) that
--- Quote ---...the most vulnerable and exploited workers in our country, as frequent victims of unpaid wages, dangerous conditions and uncompensated workplace injuries, discrimination, and other labor law violations. Workers who attempt to remedy the abuse routinely face physical and immigration-related threats and retaliation.
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If that's a reasonable summary how does it apply? Unsafe working conditions? That's an interesting one. CW made much play of protected cores, and a comparison with the safety of working conditions of professional boxers could be made. Unpaid wages? Uncompensated workplace injuries? We don't know. If the cost of repairs is being deducted from wages that would certainly be valid, but if Faye and Bubbles re doing all repairs without any cost to the fighters that would seem OK. Immigratiopn related threats? CW has certainly been skirting around something analogous to that one in the exchange with Bubbles.

BenRG:
To me, 'exploitation' in this case means using manipulative or coercive means to persuade a Sythetic to do something that they would not normally wish to do or in order to provide work under illegal conditions (for example, uninsured) or for illegal levels of compensation (sub-minimum wage or 'tips only').

Oenone:
I wonder how life insurance, health insurance, and workers comp come into play. Is she using the repairs to keep her fighters indebted to her? Like, you can only fight if you're repairs are certified by Bubbles, and seeing Bubbles costs $$$$$?

I'm thinking about how in Vera Drake, Vera didn't know her friend was charging women for her services as an abortion provider; she thought she was doing it for free. It turned out both Vera AND her clients were being exploited financially.

Is it cold in here?:
>perhaps isn't paying as much attention to what Bubbles says as she should.

Bubbles is the sort worthy of close attention for more than one reason.

Maybe Faye didn't ask point blank because she doesn't want to know.

Kugai:
I think, for various reasons, Bubbles actually trusts Faye far more than she does CW at this stage.  I hope that Faye does actually realise this and doesn't do anything to damage that trust as she has earned it from Bubbles.

It would be sad to see this friendship go down the toilet as her friendship with Dora very nearly did with her previous alcoholism.

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