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WCDT Strips 4006-4010 (20th-25th May, 2019)
Tova:
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--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 23 May 2019, 17:03 ---How does a computer forget something?
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May is not a computer.
Unlike the 'weird' remark, which she was clearly pleased about, I doubt she would be pleased about this characterisation.
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When I asked Jeph in some Q&A about whether robots feel pain, he said something very close to "No, they're computers", and definitely used the word "computers".
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I doubt he would give that precise answer today. I also doubt that it generalises. I am pretty sure that if I tried to claim that QC robots cannot have hurt feelings because "they're computers," I'd quite rightly be shouted down very quickly.
Why do computers have feelings?
Why do computers want relationships?
Why do computers forget things?
I honestly have no idea why that last question, of all possible questions, repeatedly gets traction.
Drunken Old Man:
If I saw Sven giving May a piggyback ride home, "oooooo, dey been FUCKIN!" is not the first conclusion I'd jump to.
Although I'm not sure what would be...
BenRG:
There is so much sweet in this strip and Jeph's done a good job writing his characters. Sven really is trying to be kind and helpful but I see why he and Faye got on well: Like her, he reacts to emotional load by becoming teasing, something that I think May clearly doesn't appreciate. That said, I do get the underlying point; he's willing to do this in the way that's best for her, whatever that is.
However, the big point is that May is vulnerable and Sven is making it quite clear she is safe with him. He gave her the help she needed and didn't tuck her away in a corner. No, he gave her a blanket to spare her modesty and let her use his couch. He doesn't draw attention to how frightened she looks in panel 3, instead choosing to try humour.
FWIW, May's reaction in panel 4? She put it in her way but, yes, I do think that she'd definitely prefer not to have to deal with Dale, Marigold and especially Momo over this!
--- Quote from: Drunken Old Man on 23 May 2019, 23:19 ---If I saw Sven giving May a piggyback ride home, "oooooo, dey been FUCKIN!" is not the first conclusion I'd jump to.
Although I'm not sure what would be...
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Probably, like the passers-by earlier this week: "This town is weird!"
traroth:
I never would have thought May was so prone to shame. Is that the same person who talked about taping a fleshlight(tm) to her crotch?
BenRG:
It's easy to make wild and crazy sexual suggestions when you're basically chatting in private with your best friend and there are no consequences. To actually be in the situation where you are in intimate terms with someone, have been left vulnerable and everyone may yet learn about it? That's a very different thing, especially for someone as insecure and damaged by experience as is May.
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