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WCDT strips 4021-4025 (10th to 14th June 2019)
BenRG:
I agree with May that Beepatrice's suggested solution would be very annoying if it works.
Okay, conspiracy theorist's tin-foil hat firmly on here: I'm starting to think that this robot aid charity is a scam, based on the fact that Beepatrice has absolutely no clue how to actually help May. I'm starting to wonder if the organisation has helped a big fat zero AIs in any practical way and all they do is listen to their clients' 'sob stories' and then hand out leaflets for therapy and support groups that are all about how nothing can be changed. Indeed, it was for this purpose that this largely Federally-funded organisation was originally founded - to give needy AIs the impression someone was going to bat for them when nobody actually was. This would stop them from rocking the economic and political boat too much by working hard to change things and instead wait patiently for the assistance for which the organisation is unequipped and organisationally unable to offer.
Nelson has managed to be Employee of the Month so many times because he has held the record for the number of AIs he manages to disabuse of any notion that anyone will give them practical assistance and, instead, that they must learn to accept their lot in life. Maybe he'll be the one to explain it to Roko (much like how O'Malley was the voice of the cynical policeman). Roko is going to get in a lot of trouble for actually offering May practical assistance by bothering people in the Department of Corrections over something that no-one (in power) is even remotely concerned about.
I've just got the impression that Roko and Beeps are going to end up having to go freelance after actually succeeding in helping May, this leading members of the Federal bureaucracy to demand that her supervisors 'do something about the loose cannon'.
Cornelius:
... that sounds disconcertingly like the student support of a higher education institution I know. They're -were- pushing the idea that the system isn't broken, you are, and by the way, shouldn't you be in therapy for those paranoid suspicions? It took three years, misdelivered official correspondence, and threats of a high publicity law suit, to convince them - or get them to admit - that there was a structural problem.
DashaBlade:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 13 Jun 2019, 23:26 ---Nelson has managed to be Employee of the Month so many times because he has held the record for the number of AIs he manages to disabuse of any notion that anyone will give them practical assistance and, instead, that they must learn to accept their lot in life. Maybe he'll be the one to explain it to Roko (much like how O'Malley was the voice of the cynical policeman). Roko is going to get in a lot of trouble for actually offering May practical assistance by bothering people in the Department of Corrections over something that no-one (in power) is even remotely concerned about.
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In my (wildly speculative) headcanon, until it's disproven, Nelson has won Employee of the Month because he's the only one there with a license to practice law, so he's the only one who can actually get anything done. My only reason for thinking this is that it would be hilarious to picture Nelson, attorney-at-law arguing in court.
cybersmurf:
--- Quote from: DashaBlade on 13 Jun 2019, 23:49 ---
In my (wildly speculative) headcanon, until it's disproven, Nelson has won Employee of the Month because he's the only one there with a license to practice law, so he's the only one who can actually get anything done. My only reason for thinking this is that it would be hilarious to picture Nelson, attorney-at-law arguing in court.
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My mind has Nelson as Employee of the month because he's the only one who gets stuff done.
To me, it would be funny if Beepatrice would get a hearing for them simply because everybody thinks Beeps won't get anything done, plus has a FNG (effing new guy) in tow. But since Roko is determined to get things done, AND knows her way around law amd bureaucracy, they actually achieve something.
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: OldGoat on 13 Jun 2019, 23:03 ---There's something about three robots standing in front of a door marked "Restroom" that makes me snicker.
No doubt it's a building not specifically designed for AIs, they may even have clients come in with meatfolk friends, and being a not-for-profit they take what space they can get. Still . . .
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All of the above, plus it serves public health if they wash their hands regularly. They'll be shaking hands with people vulnerable to organic pathogens.
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