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WCDT Strips 3656-3660 (15th to 19th January 2018)

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fayelovesbubbles:
I honestly want to punch Evie. I immediately disliked her from the start and the way she's treating Bubbles is shitty. She reminds me of every stuck up, head up their ass academic I've ever come across. Gross.

Tyr:

--- Quote from: Castlerook on 17 Jan 2018, 20:16 ---I think it might be less to do with Faye taking money from Melon and more that Evie might have pressed a couple of buttons during their conversation and Bubbles has chosen to remove herself from that situation.

--- End quote ---

I agree, mostly, but I think Bubbles' face is more "I have some thinking I'd like to do in solitude" rather than "I am going to duck out on this because one or more parties are annoying me".

SpanielBear:
"I think the friction with Bubs today is due to her being frustrated with the Melon thing, possibly for a couple of reasons. The most obvious is that Bubbles has been a (somewhat) naive AI that got taken advantage by someone else.  It's not as horrible as what happened to her, but it's still kind of in that same realm. It's a young AI who doesn't know any better being exploited for personal gain. Whether or not Melon was doing it to save face doesn't really matter, it's the optics.

Beyond that there is the fact Faye is once again making business decisions without consulting with Bubbles. Union Robotics is supposed to be their attempt at going legit, and "tricking" someone into paying $100 just to be told that vibrators need batteries doesn't mesh well with that concept. Yes, Melon offered it, but that doesn't really make it okay. It's definitely not going to help the business if Melon mentions it to someone who knows better. It is short term gain for what could be long term problems. You don't want to get a reputation for exploiting people. If Melon did it to save face, they'll probably fine. You don't knowingly do something like that just to tell people later.. but Faye and Bubs don't really have any way of knowing that. It's an unnecessary risk."


Hold up there, respectfully there are a few leaps you seem to be making.

For one, Bubs was still talking to Evie throughout all of the Faye/Melon interaction. The fact that Amanda had to tell Evie about the experience suggests they were in a different area of the shop. Additionally, Bubbles was already being shown to feel uncomfortable about being de... I want to say depersonalised but it's not that. De-entitied? Objectified? Being compared to unthinking nuclear weapons as a veteran trying to adapt to a new life is going to uncomfortable to say the least, if not downright upsetting. I'd be very surprised if that wasn't what Bubbles is currently processing.

Secondly, I agree that Faye accepting $100 for a casual chat feels uncomfortable, but I wouldn't go so far as to call it exploitative. She didn't name the price, just accepted what was offered. Not how I would have played it, but I'm not a struggling small business owner. Furthermore calling this a business decision Bubbles wasn't involved in seems disingenuous. She was accepting payment from a customer. That's like saying Hanners should be checking with Dora every time she asks someone to pay for their coffee.

tldr, it feels like you are painting Faye's actions in the worst possible light and then using that to conclude that this means Bubbles/Faye drama. You may be right, but all things being equal I don't think that's where the strip is going.

(Also I messed up the quoting, I'm really sorry. Writing on iPhone is less than ideal)

Isyrion:
I think its about 50% Melon getting hustled by Faye, 50% Evie hitting a sore spot without thinking about it.  Bubs will likely call Faye out, which Faye will likely get snarky with then do the right thing....I also think if Bubs does get mad at Faye over the Melon stuff her attraction (for lack of a better word) will play a part in her anger with Faye.  Don't forget Bubs is an AI and being a former combat unit she might have enhanced hearing.

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fayelovesbubbles:
The comparison of AIs to nuclear weapons was too much. Can I please, please punch Evie? I want to punch her. She has just been irritating since she showed up. First saying that Faye was "negging" her, and just generally being a douche. She's super annoying.

She's just one of those people who can't see past herself and doesn't even have the presence of mind to know she's offended Bubbles and should apologize. From the first time they saw Bubbles, Evie looking at Bubbles like she was some object, then when Bubbles is like "yo dawg, you're offending me" she's like "that's fair, it's offensive, BUT I wasn't talking about ME thinking that..."

I also feel like she's subtly suggesting that racism (that she deals with) is not in any way comparable to discrimination against AIs. It's not "real" so to speak. Being a POC myself, she reminds me of so many idiots. Like "Oh, people of color have all this cultural and historical baggage, but AIs don't have to deal with any prejudice at all."

ugh. Want to punch. So. Much.

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