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WCDT Strips 3546 to 3550 (14th to 18th August 2017)
zisraelsen:
--- Quote from: themacnut on 15 Aug 2017, 16:51 ---The problem isn't Winslow's approach, it's May's foul attitude. It's like being mad at a child of wealthy parents because that child gets breaks in life that you may not due to having less wealthy parents. It's not the child's "fault" that their life may be easier simply due to their parentage.
It is a natural response of course; the privileged are generally envied, even hated by those who aren't. But that response does not help the non-privileged person better their circumstances. All it does is make them look like the fox who couldn't get those sweet grapes.
--- End quote ---
But if that were really where May were coming from, wouldn't she be envious of any AI with a better chassis? She doesn't seem to be; Momo's chassis is way more advanced than May's and they are good friends (from May's perspective anyway). The problem, whether it was his fault or not, seems Winslow-specific.
ChipNoir:
--- Quote from: themacnut on 15 Aug 2017, 16:51 ---The problem isn't Winslow's approach, it's May's foul attitude. It's like being mad at a child of wealthy parents because that child gets breaks in life that you may not due to having less wealthy parents. It's not the child's "fault" that their life may be easier simply due to their parentage.
It is a natural response of course; the privileged are generally envied, even hated by those who aren't. But that response does not help the non-privileged person better their circumstances. All it does is make them look like the fox who couldn't get those sweet grapes.
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Again. I'm really not sure it's a wealth thing so much as a liberty thing. "Decided" is a bolded word here. I think May's really issue is the flippancy with which he's talking about something that should be treated with a lot more reverence.
Shjade:
--- Quote from: themacnut on 15 Aug 2017, 16:51 ---The problem isn't Winslow's approach, it's May's foul attitude. It's like being mad at a child of wealthy parents because that child gets breaks in life that you may not due to having less wealthy parents. It's not the child's "fault" that their life may be easier simply due to their parentage.
--- End quote ---
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.
themacnut:
Winslow wasn't "flaunting" anything. He just wanted to share good news with someone he mistook for a friend. Which was his only mistake. Sadly his social skills and experience are not developed enough to realize this.
comicalArchitect:
So apparently Winslow's plan is to start giving back, likely to other AIs. What if this involves him getting a job at one of the comic's locales? I would like to see him work at Secret Bakery; it would bring disparate strands of the comic together, and CoD is overstuffed as is.
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