As all the while, however, Darby was screaming in terror, it is doubtful how many of the useful sentiments actually found their mark.
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Lindsay Noseworth doesn't seem to use punishment as a deterrent but more as an opportunity to be a huge jerk. "Keep in line and follow my arbitrary rules or you'll be shaken over the side of the airship again!" Tow the line or get punished. And since Darby can't actually take in any of Lindsay's lessons in this position (although what is there really to be learned? That maybe not talking like a stiff robot with a plunger up your I/O port might lead to saying naughty words?!), Darby probably only learns resentment. Maybe one day, Darby will violently rise up against Lindsay's oppressive regime!
Poor Darby! Also, imagine Darby as a literal baby now instead of a "baby" in quotes! That makes this scene even more enraging and/or hilarious! Remember when Michael Jackson held his baby out of that hotel window and we all got angry about it when other people were around to share our anger but also laughed uproariously in the privacy of our own domiciles?! Ha ha! It's not as funny as the time Cerebus threw that baby but it's a close second! Man, that Michael Jackson was such a prankster!
Seriously though if you view Michael Jackson's life as ironic and a big in-joke, it's much more comforting than if you take him seriously. He was the Andy Kaufman of pop music.
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