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

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Is it cold in here?:
Momo gets it, May says.

Momo has had to have the plight of impoverished AIs explained to her. There's also at least one occasion I can think of where May was envious and resentful about Momo's situation in life.

Do synthetics in the QC world have an equivalent of mirror neurons? Can they rejoice in someone else's happiness? However you interpret her reaction it's interesting to note that she wasn't happy that her acquaintance was happy.

oddtail:

--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 16 Aug 2017, 23:39 ---Momo gets it, May says.

Momo has had to have the plight of impoverished AIs explained to her. There's also at least one occasion I can think of where May was envious and resentful about Momo's situation in life.

Do synthetics in the QC world have an equivalent of mirror neurons? Can they rejoice in someone else's happiness? However you interpret her reaction it's interesting to note that she wasn't happy that her acquaintance was happy.

--- End quote ---

I would say that since AI seem to act, for the most part, like humans, it's safe to assume their psychology is broadly similar until proven otherwise.

I would not speculate as to the shape of an AI's psyche based on May. I've met people in real life who didn't jump for joy when they heard someone else was doing well, even ostensibly a friend. That's just as human a reaction as being happy that someone's happy. People vary, and I don't think May's being an AI is a relevant factor here.

Reaver:
I went back and read the comic where Winslow told Hanners that he can't go back to his old body and that he was 1000% willing to get a job to pay for his new body.

I think he should go and get a job, and work and pay off what the body is worth, and give it back to Hannelore, so that he can proudly say he bought and paid for it.

Magniras:
You know, this whole privilege arc would be a lot more compelling if MAY HADN'T TRIED TO STEAL A FIGHTER JET, AND NARROWLY AVOIDED TERMINATION THANKS TO THE KINDNESS OF SOMEONE WHO HAD JUST MET HER.

Meanwhile, Winslow has been taking care of Hanners for how long?  During the years where she thought it was acceptable to stalk people or surreptitiously take their blood for tests, and god knows what else.  All alone in that sanitized apartment.

Momo's got a legit beef with Winslow.  I get her point of view.  I sympathize with it.  And hell, if May had reacted differently, I might have been on her side.  But she's got no one to blame for her current situation but herself.

Larm Hargraven:
I guess all I can offer is a bit of an analogy? Or...similar situation? Words.

In mental health, something I personally deal with, there is a distinction between sympathizing and understanding the pain of another who is mentally ill. Understanding they are in a situation out of their control which leads to behaviors and problems in their social setting is needed to help bring understanding and better terms for both sides of the mental health community.

With that said, it is not an excuse or pass to project the frustrations of being mentally ill on someone nor use it as a way to excuse the negative behavior it brings.

May isn't mentally ill, but she is in a situation out of her control and has sympathy for that because of her attempt to in some ways to get better, hence why she's tolerated by some like Dale or Momo, which is where I see her on one side of the analogy. Winslow sits on the other side of the analogy, of someone mentally well. On this he is, and has shown, to be a very kind and understanding person. So what this doesn't give May a pass on is the projection of her frustration of seeing someone on the other side who genuinely did not or does not understand why it would be a problem. Even at the lowest of my own low, it was encouraged to explain my frustrations of mental illness without insults or in a rude and resentful manner.

Is her frustration warranted? Yes. Is her projection of said frustration on Winslow in a resentful manner warranted? No. And this is where May is in the wrong. Not because she feels mad, but because she chose to let her anger manifest in hurting another who genuinely has never shown to be a bad person. Furthermore, it seems May is aware of who Winslow is and so most likely is aware of his personality, seeing as she goes on about him (in a very resentful way) to Momo. This is where, again, she is in the wrong. Not in her being mad, but because she is disparaging a person about a perceived slight. She is filling the blanks of Winslow's intentions with hate and bitterness without even attempting to try and understand Winslow's side of why he wanted a body or even that he may have not understood why it made her mad.

Now of course, May is that kind of character. This isn't a call to say "MAY IS BAD AND REMOVE HER FROM COMIC PLZ" it's simply an observation and assessment of what she's doing and where she has crossed this perceived line.

And if there is still character judging happening, Momo should also be noted to be extensively passive in her interaction with May to the point of almost enabling the behavior, as she may know Winslow the most (second to Hannelore) but allows the topic of "privilege" to over-ride her reasoning to be able to understand why May is mad and accept that while also perhaps coming to the defense of her friend who genuinely did not know why this would have been an offensive thing to May. Momo isn't bad for it, but it's not a very good personality trait to have.

All I hope is that by the end of this arc both Winslow AND May learn something a bit from this. Winslow learning privilege comes in all shapes and sizes and to think about the person they're going to and understanding their side without considering. May for learning to work on her anger and think before she speaks, allowing understanding of the other side instead of assuming.

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