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Post by Prooobably Not Jeffely on Jul 20, 2017 23:49:57 GMT -5
The group was quiet. "It happens." One held up a hand, one finger gone. Another turned his head, revealing a hole in his beak. Oirdz nodded. "I missed the gravity." Silver's ears drooped. "That's terrible. Why aren't more efforts taken to keep you safe?" "That's all?" Rithiv asked. They glanced between them. "It's just not a safe job, that's all there is to it. Someone's gotta keep the disks aloft." Oirdz hesitated. "No. But it is the first thing I thought of."
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Post by The Scrac that Smiles Back on Jul 20, 2017 23:52:58 GMT -5
Silver's ears drooped. "That's terrible. Why aren't more efforts taken to keep you safe?" "That's all?" Rithiv asked. They glanced between them. "It's just not a safe job, that's all there is to it. Someone's gotta keep the disks aloft." Oirdz hesitated. "No. But it is the first thing I thought of." "The disks? I suppose so, but why would you choose this job and not leave it to those with replaceable parts?" Silver asked hesitantly. "Do you miss the food?" Rith jested.
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Post by Prooobably Not Jeffely on Jul 20, 2017 23:55:53 GMT -5
They glanced between them. "It's just not a safe job, that's all there is to it. Someone's gotta keep the disks aloft." Oirdz hesitated. "No. But it is the first thing I thought of." "The disks? I suppose so, but why would you choose this job and not leave it to those with replaceable parts?" Silver asked hesitantly. "Do you miss the food?" Rith jested. "Heh, ya hear that, Ienia, Choose the job. Heh." The one referred to as Ienia answered Silver. "Replaceable parts? What, you think we're gonna send, force some Tolvanites down there 'cause we're too scared, huh? Not their disk. It's not like they're robots, ya know." Oirdz gave a small laugh. "I missed easy to eat food, yes."
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Post by The Scrac that Smiles Back on Jul 21, 2017 0:05:01 GMT -5
"The disks? I suppose so, but why would you choose this job and not leave it to those with replaceable parts?" Silver asked hesitantly. "Do you miss the food?" Rith jested. "Heh, ya hear that, Ienia, Choose the job. Heh." The one referred to as Ienia answered Silver. "Replaceable parts? What, you think we're gonna send, force some Tolvanites down there 'cause we're too scared, huh? Not their disk. It's not like they're robots, ya know." Oirdz gave a small laugh. "I missed easy to eat food, yes." Silver's eyes widened in shock. "You don't have robots? What's the joke about choosing the job?... Are you slaves?" "Any one you miss?" asked Rith, continuing with her joking tone.
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Post by Prooobably Not Jeffely on Jul 21, 2017 0:09:18 GMT -5
"Heh, ya hear that, Ienia, Choose the job. Heh." The one referred to as Ienia answered Silver. "Replaceable parts? What, you think we're gonna send, force some Tolvanites down there 'cause we're too scared, huh? Not their disk. It's not like they're robots, ya know." Oirdz gave a small laugh. "I missed easy to eat food, yes." Silver's eyes widened in shock. "You don't have robots? What's the joke about choosing the job?... Are you slaves?" "Any one you miss?" asked Rith, continuing with her joking tone. "Gosh lady, you gonna trust the lives of millions of people to an AI? Ridiculous. Sure, they say robots don't make mistakes, but Robots are coded and made by us, and we can make mistakes." Another spoke up "Yeah, like... we get so much training and stuff, if something new happened you can't train a bot to figure out how to do it faaast enough!" "We're not slaves ma'am. Someone's gotta do it, you know? No one hires you and you get drafted into he most necessary force in the world." Oirdz rolled his eyes. "Maybe there's a few coworkers back at base that I don't hate. Enjoy talking with."
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Post by The Scrac that Smiles Back on Jul 21, 2017 0:22:34 GMT -5
Silver's eyes widened in shock. "You don't have robots? What's the joke about choosing the job?... Are you slaves?" "Any one you miss?" asked Rith, continuing with her joking tone. "Gosh lady, you gonna trust the lives of millions of people to an AI? Ridiculous. Sure, they say robots don't make mistakes, but Robots are coded and made by us, and we can make mistakes." Another spoke up "Yeah, like... we get so much training and stuff, if something new happened you can't train a bot to figure out how to do it faaast enough!" "We're not slaves ma'am. Someone's gotta do it, you know? No one hires you and you get drafted into he most necessary force in the world." Oirdz rolled his eyes. "Maybe there's a few coworkers back at base that I don't hate. Enjoy talking with." "The robots I know aren't like that. And you're drafted? Is that different from enslavement?" Silver asked. "Pftt," Rith responded, reaching out to lightly touch him. "Anything else?"
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Post by Prooobably Not Jeffely on Jul 21, 2017 11:21:39 GMT -5
"Gosh lady, you gonna trust the lives of millions of people to an AI? Ridiculous. Sure, they say robots don't make mistakes, but Robots are coded and made by us, and we can make mistakes." Another spoke up "Yeah, like... we get so much training and stuff, if something new happened you can't train a bot to figure out how to do it faaast enough!" "We're not slaves ma'am. Someone's gotta do it, you know? No one hires you and you get drafted into he most necessary force in the world." Oirdz rolled his eyes. "Maybe there's a few coworkers back at base that I don't hate. Enjoy talking with." "The robots I know aren't like that. And you're drafted? Is that different from enslavement?" Silver asked. "Pftt," Rith responded, reaching out to lightly touch him. "Anything else?" "Well wonderful, but that doesn't change the fact of cost I tell ya. And that someone had to make them." The thinnest among them leaned forward to Silver. "It's very different, ma'am. We're getting payed. We have jobs. Unless they're one of those cuckoos who like the job, we all would be out on the streets unemployed without this job. I don't think you can fathom how incredibly low our unemployment rate is here." Oirdz looked over at her. "Is there an else that you are trying to get me to say?"
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Post by The Scrac that Smiles Back on Jul 21, 2017 11:38:14 GMT -5
"The robots I know aren't like that. And you're drafted? Is that different from enslavement?" Silver asked. "Pftt," Rith responded, reaching out to lightly touch him. "Anything else?" "Well wonderful, but that doesn't change the fact of cost I tell ya. And that someone had to make them." The thinnest among them leaned forward to Silver. "It's very different, ma'am. We're getting paid. We have jobs. Unless they're one of those cuckoos who like the job, we all would be out on the streets unemployed without this job. I don't think you can fathom how incredibly low our unemployment rate is here." Oirdz looked over at her. "Is there an else that you are trying to get me to say?" "Oh. Ok, it is different. If your unemployment rate has anything to do with how expensive live Eoi slugs are, I think I can imagine." "I want to know what your favorite things are.. and I want to see or experience them myself." Rith said after a moment's pause.
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Post by Prooobably Not Jeffely on Jul 21, 2017 11:44:49 GMT -5
"Well wonderful, but that doesn't change the fact of cost I tell ya. And that someone had to make them." The thinnest among them leaned forward to Silver. "It's very different, ma'am. We're getting paid. We have jobs. Unless they're one of those cuckoos who like the job, we all would be out on the streets unemployed without this job. I don't think you can fathom how incredibly low our unemployment rate is here." Oirdz looked over at her. "Is there an else that you are trying to get me to say?" "Oh. Ok, it is different. If your unemployment rate has anything to do with how expensive live Eoi slugs are, I think I can imagine." "I want to know what your favorite things are.. and I want to see or experience them myself." Rith said after a moment's pause. Whatever she was trying to say didn't really seem to make sense to the mechanics. They just kinda looked at her, confused. Oirdz thought about it. "Well I'm gonna be a bit sorry to say going about to my favorite things may be either a rather short or quite boring trip."
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Post by The Scrac that Smiles Back on Jul 21, 2017 11:49:45 GMT -5
"Oh. Ok, it is different. If your unemployment rate has anything to do with how expensive live Eoi slugs are, I think I can imagine." "I want to know what your favorite things are.. and I want to see or experience them myself." Rith said after a moment's pause. Whatever she was trying to say didn't really seem to make sense to the mechanics. They just kinda looked at her, confused. Oirdz thought about it. "Well I'm gonna be a bit sorry to say going about to my favorite things may be either a rather short or quite boring trip." "Uh, bad example, since the Eoi slug I was interested in was a special diet kind of thing. We don't have that on my planet. How low is your unemployment rate? My world doesn't measure that, but if I had to guess I would say maybe 70%?" "Anything you've wanted to try then? Rith inquired. "We could try them together."
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Post by Prooobably Not Jeffely on Jul 21, 2017 11:53:03 GMT -5
Whatever she was trying to say didn't really seem to make sense to the mechanics. They just kinda looked at her, confused. Oirdz thought about it. "Well I'm gonna be a bit sorry to say going about to my favorite things may be either a rather short or quite boring trip." "Uh, bad example, since the Eoi slug I was interested in was a special diet kind of thing. We don't have that on my planet. How low is your unemployment rate? My world doesn't measure that, but if I had to guess I would say maybe 70%?" "Anything you've wanted to try then? Rith inquired. "We could try them together." "Aw heck.." One looked to the other. "Pretty low I say... gosh how destitute do you have to be to not be employed around here? Gotta be real broken up or something in the head like that if you can't even get this job, heh." He grumbled. "Not that I'd want to do in this state, frankly."
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Post by The Scrac that Smiles Back on Jul 21, 2017 12:11:32 GMT -5
"Uh, bad example, since the Eoi slug I was interested in was a special diet kind of thing. We don't have that on my planet. How low is your unemployment rate? My world doesn't measure that, but if I had to guess I would say maybe 70%?" "Anything you've wanted to try then? Rith inquired. "We could try them together." "Aw heck.." One looked to the other. "Pretty low I say... gosh how destitute do you have to be to not be employed around here? Gotta be real broken up or something in the head like that if you can't even get this job, heh." He grumbled. "Not that I'd want to do in this state, frankly." "Huh. What happens to people who are broken up or have something in the head?" Silver asked. "What about in the colonies? You can paint your feathers there, right?" Rith implored.
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Post by Prooobably Not Jeffely on Jul 21, 2017 12:47:51 GMT -5
"Aw heck.." One looked to the other. "Pretty low I say... gosh how destitute do you have to be to not be employed around here? Gotta be real broken up or something in the head like that if you can't even get this job, heh." He grumbled. "Not that I'd want to do in this state, frankly." "Huh. What happens to people who are broken up or have something in the head?" Silver asked. "What about in the colonies? You can paint your feathers there, right?" Rith implored. "They don't get hired, Ma'am. Can't do the job no one is gonna pay you to not do the job, you know." -- "I don't need to paint my feathers, Rith. It's still illegal here. I have my job for that."
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Post by The Scrac that Smiles Back on Jul 21, 2017 12:53:49 GMT -5
"Huh. What happens to people who are broken up or have something in the head?" Silver asked. "What about in the colonies? You can paint your feathers there, right?" Rith implored. "They don't get hired, Ma'am. Can't do the job no one is gonna pay you to not do the job, you know." -- "I don't need to paint my feathers, Rith. It's still illegal here. I have my job for that." "But what happens to them? On my birth planet they get eaten." -- "I said in the colonies, Oirdz. You said earlier they have different laws... is there anywhere around here we can go cliff diving?"
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Post by Prooobably Not Jeffely on Jul 21, 2017 12:58:41 GMT -5
"They don't get hired, Ma'am. Can't do the job no one is gonna pay you to not do the job, you know." -- "I don't need to paint my feathers, Rith. It's still illegal here. I have my job for that." "But what happens to them? On my birth planet they get eaten." -- "I said in the colonies, Oirdz. You said earlier they have different laws... is there anywhere around here we can go cliff diving?" The group stared at her blankly. Most looked suddenly very uneasy. "Hey, uh.. Ma'am.. why don't you... go sit back down, huh?" -- "Yes but if you come back here it's still illegal! And, pray, what would ever make you want to leap off of a cliff?"
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