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WCDT strips 4021-4025 (10th to 14th June 2019)

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traroth:
Roko takes no shite from anybody, not even Spookybot. She's a real badass. So bad move, May...

It really is a shitty day for May. I can emphatise...

Gyrre:

--- Quote from: alc40 on 10 Jun 2019, 21:10 ---
--- Quote from: Gus_Smedstad on 10 Jun 2019, 20:14 ---Someone remind me what Basilisk’s new business is? Because I’m not clear how / why she’d take on May as a client.

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An AI rights nonprofit.

But it seemed like Roko got the idea of going into that line of work from May's problems with her body, so I'm not sure why the latest comic makes it seem like some new realization.  I suppose Roko might have forgotten about it for a while with the trauma & disruption from her body being destroyed, so this might be more remembering than a new realization.

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Conscious vs subconscious

Also she got completely blindsided by the new body.

snufflebottoms:

--- Quote from: SeattleCrochetWoman on 10 Jun 2019, 21:55 ---I probably shouldn’t comment now, because I mostly lurk and I didn’t say anything at the time. But last week someone said that Momo was “garbage” because of her bad reaction to May sleeping with Sven. Was it a bad idea for her to do that? Yes. Was it immature? Yes. Should she apologize to May? Yes. Should she think about what she did and maybe learn from it? Of course. But to say she’s “garbage” because she acted shitty or like a jerk once is going wayyy too far.

Also a couple years ago, someone suggested that Faye’s sister’s girlfriend should be denied a psychology degree because she suggested that Faye’s feelings for Bubbles May be more than friendship. Was it inappropriate and kind of rude? Yes. Was the girlfriend kind of annoying in other ways? Definitely. But to suggest that she should be denied a degree or reported for a HIPAA violation for something that wasn’t a therapeutic situation—wow!

(I realize I’m actually being judgmental myself here though.)

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All good insights. And I agree even though May is rude and jerky, she should still be provided basic health care which means chassis repairs. I'm actually curious how that works for most AIs. Clearly the parole board doesn't cover it but do most chassises comes with a warranty/maintenance plan (i.e. AI health insurance)

Gus_Smedstad:

--- Quote from: Aniroc on 10 Jun 2019, 20:50 ---Also I'm just always in awe of the depth of Jeph's characters.

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Eh, it’s more like he occasionally decides to re-think them into something more interesting, and then retcons them. When Hanners was first introduced, she was a completely different person, confident and bold. Then he re-wrote her as neurotic and touch-averse with some hand waving about “being on pills” masking her new personality.

Roko Basilisk (and isn’t that a mouthful?) was originally a mentally rigid, slightly comical nonentity who existed just to harass certain strip regulars and occasionally end up stuck in trash cans. She was rather 2 dimensional until roughly the “crisis of conscience” storyline which had her quit the police force. Or maybe the Pintsize and Pumpernickle thing that revealed her odd bread fetish? That may have been earlier.

Some characters are one-note jokes and will probably remain one-note jokes indefinitely. Crushbot will always be CRUSHBOT. Melon will always be the insane and slightly stupid comic relief. Personally, I like Crushbot and his third person narratives despite this, but kinda wish Melon would wander off and bother the cast of Ctrl-Alt-Delete or something.

jwhouk:
Now, now. No one deserves to be forced to go into the world of CTRL+ALT+DELETE.

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