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WCDT strips 4036 - 4040 (1 - 5 July 2019)
Is it cold in here?:
Eminence Grise is speaking in mature terms in today's strip and may have consulted a social protocol database.
BenRG:
I think that this is the first time that Jeph has really emphasised how lonely SpookyBot is and how easy it would be to abuse that desperate need they have to make a connection with another mind outside of their collective. Make no mistake, physical violence at this point would be abuse of a person that is child-like in some ways and in others very vulnerable in their desperation to make those connections.
As for SpookyBot's speech about good? I would argue that, whilst outcomes matter, at least on the personal level, actually making the conscious choice to go out and do good is more valuable than a gesture about which you may not even have much conscious thought or awareness. I would argue that Roko's anger is rooted more about her own sense of inadequacy in the face of a broken society (one that has been broken for centuries, really) than anything SpookyBot did or said.
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 03 Jul 2019, 23:01 ---Eminence Grise is speaking in mature terms in today's strip and may have consulted a social protocol database.
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Or maybe their fear at the prospect of losing Roko as a friend made them drop the arrogant and detached facade for once.
Case:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 03 Jul 2019, 23:01 ---Eminence Grise is speaking in mature terms in today's strip and may have consulted a social protocol database.
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I won't deny that improvement has occurred, yet I can't help but notice that the entry "when to offer people to punch you in the face" is curiouslly absent from my social protocol database ...
Tova:
I tend to agree with Ben on that one (although they might well have consulted a social protocol database in desperation). The last panel in particular drives home just how much they want to get back into Roko's good books.
I don't think intelligence or money or power has anything to do with their lack of social skills. I think it's as simple as a lack of practice.
P.S. haha good point, Case
Dinaverg:
--- Quote from: SmilingCat on 03 Jul 2019, 21:10 ---
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 03 Jul 2019, 19:09 ---I see Roko's rant as this:
Imagine if you just went out and bought yourself a car. A nice, brand new car. You'd saved up for a down payment, got some financing for it - and managed to agree with the dealership/seller over the price. You were still trying to iron out the exact details and the delivery, and how to pay for some other stuff, when you run into your friend who you know has access to a ton of money. You mention to them what you were trying to do, and how you had all this difficulty, and you were financing it.
Your rich friend informs you that they own the bank/financing company. Instead of deciding to help you with your loan, they get on their phone and buy themselves a brand new Aston Martin - direct from the factory.
That is what has Roko so pissed.
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Then Roko needs to grow up.
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This is a conversation happening over minutes. Like most people, even most 'grown up, mature' people, it take time for people to process emotions. Her feelings of inadequacy are completely understandable, and to condemn her for immaturity at not -immediately- having the most ideal, utilitarian outlook to the situation (as oppose to us out here, who've been reading this over a few days, processed it, and are detached from the emotions involved) is rather unfair.
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