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WCDT Strips 3546 to 3550 (14th to 18th August 2017)
ChipNoir:
I don't think there's a single person that is arguing on behalf of May's...methods.
But the question is entirely more about Winslow's behavior and awareness of other people, and the bottom line is he really has no idea how to behave besides being a very basic, chipper person. Frankly...It can be a little grating when people walk blithely through life unaware of other people's problems.
Just because there's no malice behind your actions, doesn't mean you're doing the right thing.
At any rate, we DO have a character who is pointing Winslow in the right direction. My love for Bubbles candid insight grows ever more
As for May "Deserving" her situation, well, can't agree there. AI or human, the punative system for ex-cons is atrocious, and more often than not just leads people right back into the prison system for lack of resources and support networks to reintegrate into society. It's improving, but May's condition is very similar to what a lot of ex-cons face, even when only having light sentences for drug use or other ridiculous charges.
Just how long after you've paid your dues to society do you have to live a life hobbled? Some crimes are unforgiveable, but if you feel it's okay to shove someone back into society after a point, that person needs to be allowed to function in society, or else they just return to the system, or worse, fall through the cracks to become something so much worse.
I admire May for how she lives her life in this regard. She is working SO damned hard. I'm not happy with way she treated Winslow, and I feel he's more an unfortunate recipient of her anger at a much larger problem.
Perfectly Reasonable:
"turn your privilege into a means for good"
Dangit Jeph!
Tomorrow I will go demonstrate for the people of Charlottesville -- Bubbles will not allow me to keep my self respect otherwise!
SmilingCat:
--- Quote from: zisraelsen on 15 Aug 2017, 20:07 ---My counterargument to SmilingCat would be this:
I have ulcerative colitis which essentially means I'm allergic to my own intestines. If someone I know, who knew that I had this condition, came up to me and said "Hey, you know what I sure do enjoy having? a well-functioning digestive tract! Look at how many nutrients I can absorb!" I'd call them a dickhead for it, whether or not they were flaunting their intestines or were genuinely grateful for them (I do recognize the absurdity of the metaphor but it's what I got).
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So your answer to my question is that, yes, I am entitled to hate people just because their bodies function properly? Some days, just being able to walk is something for me to envy.
Reaver:
--- Quote from: zisraelsen on 15 Aug 2017, 20:07 ---
--- Quote from: Reaver on 15 Aug 2017, 19:59 ---
--- Quote from: SmilingCat on 15 Aug 2017, 19:57 ---
--- Quote from: Shjade on 15 Aug 2017, 17:09 ---How the child chooses to flaunt their much easier life IS their "fault," however.
I don't begrudge rich kids for being born into wealth. Having one show up at my job just to remind me of how much wealthier they are compared to me, however? That sounds like an excellent opportunity for said rich kid to receive some valuable life experience in how to fuck right off.
The problem here is, indeed, in Winslow's approach, especially the where and when of its occurrence.
tl;dr - Winslow has no tact and May isn't the type to pretend he does.
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Out of curiosity, does this entitle me to yell at people who say hi to me because they have the audacity to walk around without the assistance of a cane?
I think it'd be very therapeutic for me if I could re-frame my disability as everybody else's problem. Those assholes with their properly functioning hearts and their two kidneys...
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Not to mention May's condition is HER OWN DAMN FAULT.
Winslow didn't walk up to someone who's been in a wheelchair going "HEY LOOKIT MY LEGS"
It would be one thing if he was flaunting his "Privilege" in the face of someone that can honestly NOT HELP their current state, but May made her own damn bed, and she gets to lay in it.
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My counterargument to SmilingCat would be this:
I have ulcerative colitis which essentially means I'm allergic to my own intestines. If someone I know, who knew that I had this condition, came up to me and said "Hey, you know what I sure do enjoy having? a well-functioning digestive tract! Look at how many nutrients I can absorb!" I'd call them a dickhead for it, whether or not they were flaunting their intestines or were genuinely grateful for them (I do recognize the absurdity of the metaphor but it's what I got).
My counterargument to Reaver would be that, even if I had caused this condition by diet or drinking or whatever, I'd still call them a dickhead for it.
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Except now you're changing the strip because Winslow didn't do that, he walked up to someone he thought was a friend, and basically went "Look! I got a new body! I'm just like you guys now!" Instead of the tiny MP3 body that Martin asks to "Borrow" so they can watch youtube videos on.
He basically stopped being a cute accessory and got to be a person.
May's just bitter because she's in a shitty "body" because of her own shitty decisions, and that Shitty body is her parolle
If he was showing off his new body and she was in a toaster, yeah that would be dickish.
SmilingCat:
--- Quote from: ChipNoir on 15 Aug 2017, 20:12 ---I don't think there's a single person that is arguing on behalf of May's...methods.
But the question is entirely more about Winslow's behavior and awareness of other people, and the bottom line is he really has no idea how to behave besides being a very basic, chipper person. Frankly...It can be a little grating when people walk blithely through life unaware of other people's problems.
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There's actually nothing wrong with not being aware of the problems of every single person we meet. Tragically, omniscience isn't part of our feature package.
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