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Leohan · Joined: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 677

DUDE.

My God, when did Sinfest become this... Serious?

I mean, it has touched really serious issues before, but this is kinda scary.

...Woah, couldn't have seen it coming.
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LadySunami · Joined: 04 May 2009 Posts: 148 Location: Elsewhere

Foot binding... *shudder*
At least Europeans mostly stuck to corsets and the like on the body mutilation front. Poor ladies of the past.
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Alpha Aim · Joined: 19 Nov 2012 Posts: 57

...The hell?!
Hulking freezing chunks of ice...
I'm confused.

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Leohan · Joined: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 677

blackbooks · Joined: 13 Feb 2013 Posts: 6

Damn... If Tat's gonna stay on the patriarchy front, this is the way to do it. While the message he's been conveying has been important and relevant, it's been repetitive and generally a little watered down. It's great to see him touch on some issues with some higher stakes and a little deeper insight.

Alpha Aim · Joined: 19 Nov 2012 Posts: 57

Ibian · Joined: 30 Mar 2008 Posts: 182

How about male genital mutilation. Cause we actually do that. Unlike all that other stuff.

What happened to you.

Leohan · Joined: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 677

Heretical Rants · Joined: 21 Jul 2009 Posts: 3047

*senses impending wave of heated posting, because Internet*

okay can we all just agree that we shouldn't cut kids' genitals and not have a ten page long debate about it

kthx

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LadySunami · Joined: 04 May 2009 Posts: 148 Location: Elsewhere

I do agree about the confusion thing to an extent. The robots were made sentient enough they need outside programing instead of just downloads? Dang! I suppose you can't have a robot be that sophisticated without introducing free will as a factor... Maybe they were trying to make a new line of girl dolls that wouldn't require constant input? Reminds me a bit of Chobits.
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Alpha Aim · Joined: 19 Nov 2012 Posts: 57

Heretical Rants · Joined: 21 Jul 2009 Posts: 3047

Chobits was good.
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Smooshie · Joined: 24 Jan 2013 Posts: 140 Location: NYC

Is female genital mutilation really that bad? I mean, we practice circumcision...

To be clear, I'm against both, but I get a little annoyed whenever female genital mutilation is mentioned, as if guys don't get their cocks carved up in our own culture or in other cultures...

I don't want to start some cut vs uncut debate. My point is this: we seem to be more okay with removing something we are born with when we are males, and yet are horrified by the idea of something similar happening to a woman. Still, men definitely have it better, no matter what. I mean, it is a choice, right?

...despite all of that effectively pointless drivel on my part, this was a pretty nice comic. A stark contrast to most of Sinfest up to this point, but definitely pretty cool.

However, I can't help but question the wisdom of "awakening" fembots when they aren't actually females. You'd think we'd welcome such a creation for keeping the people that would purchase and use such a thing out of the gene pool and presumably, out of our lives. Ergo, fembots are a good idea because they might very well keep guys who would normally just use women for their own personal gains (like the men in today's strip) from doing anything of the sort to real women.
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Alpha Aim · Joined: 19 Nov 2012 Posts: 57

Maybe it's the fear that the people who purchase the bots might act the same way to other people. Maybe.
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Leohan · Joined: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 677