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WCDT 4431-4435 (4th-8th of January, 2021)
awkwardness:
It was bound to happen, but Sam's sincerity and empathy is actually something that I don't think anyone else has shown her before. Sam is trying, which is better than ignoring the past and not addressing it because you don't want to hurt May's feelings or you're apathetic to it.
Kids with no filters sometimes are the best and cheapest therapy.
awkwardness:
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--- Quote from: Castlerook on 04 Jan 2021, 20:34 ---I'm guessing that the tone of May's reaction is less "can't explain it in relatable terms to a human experience" and more "Kid, you literally have no idea what I have gone through, both in prison and out of it and its mildly insulting that you think you know what it was like".
The only parallel I can imagine for May's time in Robot Jail would be something like Locked In Syndrome, and even then you can't exactly relate the experience and expect someone to understand what its really like. Its one of those experiences that someone would have to go through to really understand, otherwise there's just a lot of smoke getting blown out of people's asses.
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I've been assuming it's something akin to solitary confinement without the ability to really move around. It may or may not come with some sort of behavioral adjustment regimen (like being subjected to nonstop Barney reruns or something overly saccharine and moralistic).
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If it's not Barney Rubble, Barney Fife, or Barney Miller then it's cruel and unusual punishment.
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: shanejayell on 04 Jan 2021, 19:40 ---I've always kinda assumed Robot Jail might not be conceivable in human terms.
"Imagine a infinite space, but you can't move, along with a immense perception of time passing."
"....."
"That is not at all what Robot Jail was like, but it's a start."
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Something akin to the white room in THX 1138?
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkQAhpLBok8
BenRG:
In Sam's defence, a 14- or 15-year-old, especially one raised in as near-boundary-free a way as she has probably has no framework from which to imagine what incarceration of any kind is. However, given how much she loves being out and enjoying adventures, being grounded probably was close in terms of its frustration and boredom.
FWIW, I've always thought that Robot Jail is a virtual realm where your ability to move and interact with others and your environment is enormously restricted and your perception of time is distorted. Oh, and there probably a nicely Orwellian rehabilitation 'educational' system' which is your only option other than staring at blank walls 23/7 (you get an hour's interaction with a randomly-selected other prisoner for one hour per day unless you're really disruptive).
snubnose:
Actually, after COVID-19, many people probably have trouble to adjust to life on the outside again. :-D
Personally, I never was "grounded", so I dont know how that is.
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