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WCDT Strips 3636 to 3640 (18th to 22nd December 2017)
Tova:
What a wet blanket. :mrgreen:
Is it cold in here?:
Re: AIs --
We know they have libidos and network based ways of expressing them.
That is a really good question about what their childhoods are like.
mephron:
--- Quote from: Eyes_of_Heaven on 21 Dec 2017, 07:36 ---I've seen several cases of the "Always wanting to help" mindset in some people, and what I usually end up finding out is that these people have been in multiple situations where friends and family have been abundantly over-critical of everything they do, or constantly put down any efforts on their part of trying to help. I've heard cases of lectures or verbal abuse over things as small as putting the bow on a present in a "Incorrect" spot, or them being belittled because they didn't do a extremely specific thing that they were never told but "Should have just known".
This builds a self destructive personality of "It was my fault. I should be a better person and think of others more than myself". The end result is that they over-extend in trying to be useful to others, not just because they want to help, but because of some subconscious desire for SOMEONE to look at what they did and say "Good job" instead of pointing out another very minor flaw.
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This is me, basically, and I have been sitting there looking at Tilly and going "Oh, hon, this is just going to be painful for you later, because you're stuck between someone who really doesn't need your help and someone who sees you as nothing more than a mobile iPhone, not even sentient, just expecting you to do something and being angry when it's a task you're not suited to".
But this is the best comment on Tilly and why she seems to be doing things that I've seen, so.
The Wyrm Ouroboros:
I have to say that the two 'confrontation' comics - #3637-3638 - greatly satisfied me. We've known Beatrice to be cavalier with her daughter, and we've seen Hannelore put up with it basically because 'she's my mother and a total spaz but she's trying in her total-spaz way' - essentially, like I presume she thinks a good daughter ought to do.
It is extremely pleasing, however, to see that Hannelore has developed to where she well and truly cares about people and will not put up with her mother's overbearing crap when she's using both Hannelore and someone else for her own amoral purposes.
... on consideration, I think it possible that in the near future Hannelore may well act to remove her mother from any position of power or influence within Ellicott-Chatham Enterprises. I do not think she would take her mother's place, but Hannelore is absolutely smart enough (and, I hope, wise enough) to expand her understanding of her mother's actions to her and Tilly into 'she does this to everyone; this state of affairs must not stand.' It will be interesting to watch going forward.
Tova:
Welcome, thoughtful new person!
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