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WCDT Strips 4151-4155 (9-13 December2019)
Sorflakne:
It is rather appealing, tbh. Downside is that there's a reason boats are called "a hole you throw money into".
BenRG:
You do occasionally have strips where I really think it is Jeph talking and this is one of them. Growing up vs. growing 'old' is a thing with which most people struggle. How does one become an adult without losing joy in one's life? I do like their horror when they realise that they're on the verge of becoming stereotypical lower-middle-class adult males!
Meanwhile, Millie definitely had self-image issues; I'm hoping that Faye and Bubbles find out how happy this has all made her. I'm also desperately hoping that we see her and Wilson having a stern talk during which she realises just what a great friend he is.
--- Quote from: Blackjoker on 11 Dec 2019, 22:50 ---On the notes of AI in the economy: Oh god that is a fucking can of worms that I don't even want to think about. There are a lot of arguments about bigotry etc. The main problem I can see jhappening is that since they can be copied, can function from a computer and multiple bodies, there are some not-unrealistic concerns about intelligent automation basically replacing a large number of workers from all but the most specialized jobs. It isn't fair to teh AIs and it's a fault of the capitalist model, but I can still see and sympathize with those afraid.
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It should be noted that, in man ways, the AIs are just additional members of the workforce who are more plastic than most humans are. Everything we've seen is that they can't just be installed into an appropriate chassis, loaded up with operational software and do a job because they experience boredom, have aspirations and can easily be distracted by other desires. Because of that, the only real advantage to having a synthetic employee rather than a human employee is I imagine that they can work much longer shifts without needing some kind of break (really, just recharging and their psychological need for a change). So, I imagine that they won't as radically change the economy as many futurists expected.
Near Lurker:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 11 Dec 2019, 23:08 ---You do occasionally have strips where I really think it is Jeph talking and this is one of them. Growing up vs. growing 'old' is a thing with which most people struggle. How does one become an adult without losing joy in one's life? I do like their horror when they realise that they're on the verge of becoming stereotypical lower-middle-class adult males!
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...that suddenly makes it hit me how young Marten and Steve are to be talking like this. I don't know if either of them is 25, and for Faye calling Claire "kiddo" yesterday, if Claire is 24 I'm not actually sure Faye's older.
hakko504:
--- Quote from: Near Lurker on 11 Dec 2019, 23:33 ---
--- Quote from: BenRG on 11 Dec 2019, 23:08 ---You do occasionally have strips where I really think it is Jeph talking and this is one of them. Growing up vs. growing 'old' is a thing with which most people struggle. How does one become an adult without losing joy in one's life? I do like their horror when they realise that they're on the verge of becoming stereotypical lower-middle-class adult males!
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...that suddenly makes it hit me how young Marten and Steve are to be talking like this. I don't know if either of them is 25, and for Faye calling Claire "kiddo" yesterday, if Claire is 24 I'm not actually sure Faye's older.
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Claire was 24 before the timeskip, so it's probable that she has turned 25, or will do so very shortly. IIRC Dora is canonically the oldest of the gang, and should by now be near her 30th birthday (She was 28 when she dated Jim). Can't find any references to how old Marten or Faye are right now, but IIRC they are supped to be 2-4 years younger than Dora, which would put them somewhere in the 26-28 range. I could have sworn I saw something about Marten being 26 at some point, but right now I can't find it.
Mordhaus:
I went through that crushing moment myself. I was the heavy metal kid in an area full of country listening hicks, trying to do everything I could not to blend in. Now I actually enjoy fishing and boating, it just creeps into your life.
Country still sucks though.
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