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WCDT strips 3666 to 3670 (29th January to 2nd February 2018)
traroth:
At some point, I liked crumpets, with butter and jam. Now, I think it's too squishy...
Tova:
--- Quote from: TinPenguin on 31 Jan 2018, 02:33 ---Tova what have you done to those poor innocent crumpets.
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My mother never did approve. What can I say?
maneyan:
--- Quote from: traroth on 31 Jan 2018, 02:29 ---
--- Quote from: fayelovesbubbles on 31 Jan 2018, 00:24 ---"Bubbles needs to chill, Evie didn't mean any harm."
Gee, where have I heard something like that before? Oh yes, white people telling me how to feel about racism, men telling me how to feel about misogyny and straight people telling me how to feel about homophobia.
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Every single one of us is a study subject for various science disciplines. Medecine, psychology, sociology... They all study us in a distantiated, depassionated way. And that's actually fine, because that's how science works.
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Pretty much this. From where I'm seeing it, the issue is not with Evie per se, it's simply with the fact that Bubbles is hypersensitive to these issues and can't really deal with that kind of scrutiny. This, after all, is a PTSD-suffering veteran whose main coping mechanism we've seen thus far is explosive violence towards things (that and tea admittedly). Still, it's this kind of scrutiny that is needed to build a greater understanding between people. Thus far we've seen laser-armed sociopath-bots (Pintsize), giant walker death robots (Deathbot 9000), 2.5 meter emotionally unstable Terminators (Bubbles), an omniscient demigod-bot etc. If that's the AI lineup I'm gonna say that "sorry, humanity is trying to understand you and being perceived as rude does not take precedence"
EDIT: Having reviewed the thread a bit more, I'm going to simply say "Yeah, Evie could have been way more diplomatic". Still: Bubbles should have been more clear she personally took offense. "Some might find that offensive" pretty much means "Some, not me", at least where I'm standing.
Tova:
--- Quote from: traroth on 31 Jan 2018, 02:29 ---
--- Quote from: fayelovesbubbles on 31 Jan 2018, 00:24 ---"Bubbles needs to chill, Evie didn't mean any harm."
Gee, where have I heard something like that before? Oh yes, white people telling me how to feel about racism, men telling me how to feel about misogyny and straight people telling me how to feel about homophobia.
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Every single one of us is a study subject for various science disciplines. Medecine, psychology, sociology... They all study us in a distantiated, depassionated way. And that's actually fine, because that's how science works.
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I mean, yes of course. That is fine.
That doesn't mean doctors, for example, start telling their patients what their pain feels like.
If you think that Bubbles is upset about AIs being studied, then you are not grasping today's comic. At all.
Jakk Frost:
--- Quote from: SpanielBear on 30 Jan 2018, 21:17 ---
--- Quote from: Shaitan051 on 30 Jan 2018, 21:11 ---
--- Quote from: SpanielBear on 30 Jan 2018, 21:01 ---Telling those men to their faces that they represented a threat to my way of life just as much as the terrorists did would *definately* be out of order.
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and utterly ludicrous. :roll:
When it comes to the possible destruction/enslavement of the human race, "am I being rude?" is the least of your worries.
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It is if you are talking to a sentient agent. If nothing else, if you are legitimately concerned that they are a risk to humanity (and for the record, I don't think Evie does think that), surely being polite would be basic self preservation...
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AKA "Let the wookiee win".
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