Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT 4171-4175 (6 to 10 Jan 2020)
shanejayell:
I'm wondering if Roko DOES see the budget folks, and finds out that Spookybot's money has hit the system, and they're literally confounded on what to DO with it....
Gyrre:
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--- Quote from: oddtail on 08 Jan 2020, 01:21 ---Point is, I'm not saying the bureaucrat in QC is not in a no-win situation. What I *am* saying is maybe he should be trying to figure out where to get some bows and arrows. And it doesn't even seem to occur to him.
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Or it might be that she's already got the bows and arrows.
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In todaycs strip (4174) he metaphorically put a loaded crossbow in her hands and metaphorically pointed it right at his own head.
--- Quote from: Dngrsone on 08 Jan 2020, 04:22 ---So... his department rarely assigns bodies. Given that, his budget is so low that he can afford only the cheapest of bodies.
Why is this actually a freaking department, then?
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Barest minimal effort so some career politician(s) can claim they addressed some public concern and keep getting re-elected.
If that's the case, I hope Roko calls them out for it publicly.
Is it cold in here?:
I am not betting against Roko here.
andrybak:
I just realized, that out of four platonic companion robots (three others being Pintsize, Winslow, and Momo) — May is probably the only one without an AI companionship contract.
BenRG:
Yeah, like I said yesterday, there's no point talking with someone who isn't mentally or emotionally present. The level of contempt the bureaucrat has for Roko is so clear from the fact that he started reading something that didn't look even slightly like a work-related document. So, yeah, he not only wasn't listening, he wasn't even interested.
One obvious question is: Why did he even agree to a meeting? When Roko thinks about this, she'll realise that his position probably isn't all that strong the minute she starts looking at the department's legal and statutory duty of care. It's just that there is no way to make them acknowledge that without a civil rights lawsuit coming their way and when they can't intimidate her to back down.
It's sort of a shame that the biggest barrier to having good public services is the people who are actually in charge of running said public services.
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