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Poor Data... (⁠ᗒ⁠ᗩ⁠ᗕ⁠)

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

The actual scene

And I would just like to say: yes, if you are offended, your feelings are valid. Whether people respect them or not is a different story. You're not entitled to respect for your feelings, but on the other hand, you're also not entitled to be a dick about people's feelings and claim you're just being rational and logical.

When you mock people for being offended and emotional, you are also being emotional: you're feeling very, very smug.

I also find it rather... interesting... that this comic reframes Dr Pulaski as the offended party, rather than Data, as it was in the original. I do sure wonder if there's anything about Dr Pulaski that a certain segment of the population would identify as emotional and irrational.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

well put on all points. Was trying to recall when Pulaski was anything but super-doc professional.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I also find it rather... interesting... that this comic reframes Dr Pulaski as the offended party, rather than Data, as it was in the original. I do sure wonder if there's anything about Dr Pulaski that a certain segment of the population would identify as emotional and irrational.

The other party in the discussion is a robot

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He is an android with a positronic network, that has displayed on numerous occasions the capacity to feel. The linked video is one example.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does OP or general audience of the meme know this?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do they need to? In the image, he just appears to be a human dressed weirdly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If you don't know any further context you'd think the other person is an unemotional robot, which works for the meme.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In the actual scene they're coming to an understanding about his name.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The great Daytah vs Daa-ta debate huh

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I just say it with the "data" pronunciation.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Hey I just got a 4 day ban from news at lemmyworld because I said the BT in LGBT meant Bluetooth. Did someone really get offended and think I thought that Bi Sexual and Trans people are actually computer hardware? It was such an obviously dumb joke that being so dumb was the joke.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

That's... I'm at a loss for words

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

That's the sort of Reddit energy I've been missing

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

How dare you upset the established norm of any group with a joke that is even a tiny bit offensive.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Moderation on .world is really something else. Not even the most rabid subreddits were that bad.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Wasn't Data the one who was offended because she mispronounced his name?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep, subtle sexism I think, reframes the offended party as the woman

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not offended. He just corrected her.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

One is his name. The other is not.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Data cannot be offended.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Data. The name is pronounced Data.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

One is his name. The other is not.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Well, data is pronounced data, and data is pronounced data. :)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I only see one Datum in the picture

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Seems like you lost an argument in the shower and are venting here about how "unconcerned" you are.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

This is slander against Dr. Pulowski

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

That's a Facebook tier meme. Beyond this it is making up an adversary and belittling them, which is not really a sign of maturity.