He does have a point though, if this priceless robot is completely unsalvagable after a single punch from a standard issue robot, what other common things would completely annihilate it? Did the designers not expect it to ever trip, for example?
Well, it’s interesting you mention that because for me the fact that the advanced robot is too delicate or defenseless isn’t as troubling as the fact that the underlying problem behind the other robot’s aggression is never fixed. Its creators would rather put their resources in modifying the robot’s environment rather than change its behavior. They don’t feel they’re in the wrong: it’s the others who can’t take a simple punch.
NICE observation!
Is this… symbolic of something?
Yes.
He does have a point though, if this priceless robot is completely unsalvagable after a single punch from a standard issue robot, what other common things would completely annihilate it? Did the designers not expect it to ever trip, for example?
Well, it’s interesting you mention that because for me the fact that the advanced robot is too delicate or defenseless isn’t as troubling as the fact that the underlying problem behind the other robot’s aggression is never fixed. Its creators would rather put their resources in modifying the robot’s environment rather than change its behavior. They don’t feel they’re in the wrong: it’s the others who can’t take a simple punch.
This comic is about bullying and victim blaming.