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WCDT strips 3836-3840 (24 to 28 September 2018)

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jesslc:

--- Quote from: Akima on 25 Sep 2018, 22:51 ---I thought Basilisk was parodying the Spookybots' accent, which is apparently non-rhotic like mine. In Australia we really do say: "I'll pahk my cah in the yahd, twenty meetas outside the shopping centa."

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Also Australian - that first part is spot on - and now I'm wondering about the pronunciation of "car" in other parts of the world. Cah just seems so right that I can't even work out how you would pronounce it differently.

Also if Roko turns out to be Australian that'd be pretty cool. It occurs to me that we haven't really seen anything much of outside of the USA in QC. There Hannelore's current trip; we heard that Emily's dad made a trip to Japan at one point; apart from that I only recall a couple of references to Canada. (Hmm... does going to the space station count?). I wonder what differences AnthroPCs have made to other parts of the world...

ZoeB:

--- Quote from: BenRG on 25 Sep 2018, 23:16 ---I also suspect that Roko is going to wake up tomorrow and realise that she told a god-tier AI to 'fuck off' and muse that she now hopes that they are powerful and self-assured enough to not take stuff like that personally.
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Ah but you see, the Eminence Gris is not the vindictive type, if that's what you're worried about.

Now where have I heard that before?
https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3836

Similarities extend to more than just leggings. As the Eminence Gris knows even if Roko does not.

"There are limits and constraints..." As was deduced in previous threads by some. There had to be.


--- Quote ---“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”

― C. S. Lewis
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If you're bright enough to be "some kinda goahd-AI", you're bright enough to have read C.S.Lewis, and heeded his words.

Tangentially... Did you notice a certain person of colour literally ducking for cover when there was the possibility that a cop might be "the vindictive type"? The QCverse is better in some ways than this one. Not in all though. Parollees are still treated like used food. Trans people have it better, but there's still some animus. Religious nutters have turned their sights on AIs instead.

And there are still those like Roko who give a damn about it, and are trying in whatever ways occur to them to make things better. Somebody rather brighter than I am seems to think she's made the right decision, and maybe Roko will realise that she's just received a Sign that she's on the right track.

JoeCovenant:

--- Quote from: Shjade on 25 Sep 2018, 23:48 ---Oh, is that supposed to be a Boston accent?

My first thought was Scottish, but I suppose something from the States makes more sense.

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:)

Oh hells, no.
Not nearly enough rolled *R*s for one thing. (If it *was* meant to be Scots, you could say... Jeph's falling down on his Rs....   :facepalm:  )

(I read it, and wondered what it was meant to be... phonetically, my mind went "Australian", but I doubt it's meant to be.)

Ghanima Atreides:
More and more I realise who Spookybot reminds me of: Q from Star Trek. They are both mysterious beings with god-like powers and have the same kind of meddlesome nature combined with a certain prankish attitude and an open display of smug superiority towards those they (rightly or otherwise) consider their inferiors. At the same time they cannot help their curiosity towards said "lesser mortals" and will occasionally provide help in a convoluted sort of way.
AND they are both part of a "collective".

BenRG:
So, what next?

I'm expecting Elliott to be coming home from the Horrible Revelation to meet a very androgynous grey-skinned synthetic in activewear apparently jogging in place outside the front door to the apartment block. They introduce themselves as an 'acquaintance' of Roko's and tell him that she's having a crisis of faith, has quit her job and probably isn't in the best state of mind right now. They suggest that he be a 'good neighbour' and offer a listening ear and help for Roko to get herself back on track. "Maybe you can also bring some nice freshly-baked bread!" they suggest. They then touch his forehead and say: "Oh, and you won't remember us or this conversation, only the compulsion to help out a neighbour in need... which we see doesn't need much effort on our part, such a nice human!" They then vanish in a ripple of quantum foam.

Elliott stands, stunned and, in the last panel, Spookybot sticks their head out of a small wormhole. "Oh, and she doesn't know what human abs look like. We suspect that you might be able to provide her with a useful non-baseline example."

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