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WCDT strips 4086-4090 (9th-13th September 2019)
BenRG:
Today's comic is another reminder of some of Sam's subtle characterisations. Yes, she's hyperactive, has weak- to non-existent boundary awareness and can be something of a brat. However, she's genuinely sweet and cares about others. I think that her whole hesitation in this comic is her fear of hurting Chimevera in some way.
Meanwhile, I do think that Chimevera is learning what I learned when I went into hospital to have ingrown wisdom teeth removed: There is nothing more disturbing than being used as a demonstration model for the students.
How do we square the circle of Sam being worried about hurting Chimevera with the glue gun with her wanting to poke her femur? Because Chimevera now passes as human rather than an anatomical model and that's triggering her empathy instinct. I wonder if RL surgeons have the same experience of having a reaction to seeing the person rather than a close-up view of their bits?
neurocase:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 10 Sep 2019, 23:24 ---How do we square the circle of Sam being worried about hurting Chimevera with the glue gun with her wanting to poke her femur? Because Chimevera now passes as human rather than an anatomical model and that's triggering her empathy instinct. I wonder if RL surgeons have the same experience of having a reaction to seeing the person rather than a close-up view of their bits?
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Caffeine is a helluva drug to the uninitiated sometimes; so, too, is the power of suggestion, I've found. Kids Sam's age seem to be more likely to experience stronger effects from that kind of thing, more or less because they think they should. Add to that the fact that Sam is already quite high-energy and excitable, and the kind of thoughts that are making her hesitant and nervous now end up quite neatly obfuscated.
tl;dr: She was jazzed on caffeine, and not considering ramifications with 100% clarity, as seems to be the case now.
On the "power of suggestion" note, teenagers can be both incredibly smart, and incredibly dumb. I vividly remember being in the ninth grade and, on a lark, swearing with all seriousness to my friends that asthma inhalers could have "drug-like effects" if people without asthma used them. Cue them each taking a puff and proceeding to act high for the rest of the period. They felt pretty silly and embarrassed when I told them the truth, but at least it had the effect I'd hoped for, which was keeping them from taking it out of my backpack to give each other aerosol burns with it :-D
Perfectly Reasonable:
Sam, this is your chance to be creative. Do a spray in hot glue!
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote ---I wonder if RL surgeons have the same experience of having a reaction to seeing the person rather than a close-up view of their bits?
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Here is an anecdote.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks", there's a description of her autopsy.
The people conducting it were matter of factly taking out organs, recording their weight, and other objective sciencey things. Then they looked at her feet and noticed her toenails were painted. Suddenly the picture of the goblet changed into a picture of two faces, and they felt like they were slicing open a human who had tried to be pretty even while dying in agony.
DSL:
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--- Quote from: Castlerook on 10 Sep 2019, 06:02 ---I would imagine Faye is using the hot glue gun in a similar fashion to superglue was used for treating medical injuries - its a stop gap ...
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Yep, I know. But as soon as Chimevera flexes that leg and the dermal coating moves, hot glue is going to peel right off. Super glue might have been a better choice, given that the thigh dermal coating is going to have to be replaced when the butt implants go in.
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It's likely but it might interact with the dermal coating thermally or chemically allowing it to latch onto both sides of the wound closing it.
But it's probably just cosmetic and for Sam's feelings
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Also worth noting that certain AI components seem designed for easy maintenance; for example, Momo's dermal covering can be removed and placed in the dishwasher for routine cleaning (though Momo has stated preference for taking a shower instead.)
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