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WCDT Strips 3546 to 3550 (14th to 18th August 2017)

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castn:

--- Quote from: Kugai on 16 Aug 2017, 15:56 ---May is, at heart, the author of her own misfortunes and misery and while one can have some sympathy for her, taking her frustrations out on Winslow is low even for her.  She really does seed the proverbial boot up the ass for this.

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It was easy to sympathise with May when she was cooped up in AI jail and only wanted to see the stars, even when she had been shitty to Dale. We like that nice part of her hiding under the rudeness. But the moment May acts rudely to Winslow we're suddenly all "she dug her own grave she has no right to be mean to poor ignorant Winslow". This is rubbish. Yeah, her actions led her here, but she doesn't have to sugarcoat her life to make privileged people feel more comfortable. I mean, sorry not sorry, but if you're ignorant in spite of the fact that you have a world of information at the tip of your fingers....

Winslow is Hanners' companion. He is in a position that allows him historical context to the struggle of AI developments, yet he has still chosen not to exercise politeness/consideration when approaching May. Just because he's timid and happy doesn't mean that what he did isn't inherently rude. You can be pleasant and shitty at the same time. Winslow shoved his privilege into May's workplace, which she obviously hates. Her reaction was to shove her frustration back at him.

I love that Bubbles is being sensible but remember: she's being confronted by a deflated Winslow, not a showing-off Winslow. She's helping someone deal with a hurtful experience, not facing someone who's lauding their privilege over her.

Is it cold in here?:
Winslow makes me think of a child who can't figure out that they're suddenly getting yelled at because the other person brought undeclared baggage to the interaction.

castn:
He's....childlike? Idk, his aversion to explicit content and verbal rudeness makes it seem that way. But I feel uncomfortable likening him to a child, even in metaphor, because it absolves him of culpability. Winslow is capable of autonomous research and, being who he is, has incentive to read up on the subject of privilege between AIs. Anyway. In this metaphor, he brought the interaction to her and unintentionally drew attention to the disparity between their baggage weights!

"Look at me! I have so little baggage! It's so nice not having much baggage, as I speak to you here in your hellscape of a workplace that reminds you of all your heavy baggage! Be happy for me!!!"

I do feel bad for him though because most AIs/people who have physical autonomy have learned to quickly recognise when others carry "baggage" (i.e. when others are in a position of less privilege than them) but Winslow doesn't have practice with that.

TheEvilDog:

--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 16 Aug 2017, 17:06 ---Winslow makes me think of a child who can't figure out that they're suddenly getting yelled at because the other person brought undeclared baggage to the interaction.

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I think that might be something of a disservice to Winslow. I'd say he's more socially underdeveloped then actual being a child (or close to it). He's essentially had what amounts to a sheltered upbringing and now he's being exposed to the darker side of what he wanted. He's less precocious kid and more someone similar to Boo Radley (not an exact match, but its the closest I can come up with right now).

DaiJB:
Bubbles looking casual in a tracksuit?
She really is starting to relax!

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