Shaka, when the walls fell.
best episode of tng
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[flute playing intensifies]
daily reminder that this premise makes zero sense if you think about it for a bit
>>62802644
>Being this wrong
>>62802721
I never understood how it wasn't deemed stupid, but I'm a linguistics expert and assumed my feelings were much like a neckbeard seeing a guy playing Doom on TV with sound effects from Quake playing over it, causing him to sperg out.
>>62802721
>implying communication isn't taking on a meme form
>>62803143
>implying you can build a warp drive with baneposting
>>62802721
Hitler and Eva, in the bunker.
Caesar and Brutus, final moments.
>>62803200
Jimmy Stewart with the angel.
/tv/, with the children.
Berlin when the walls fell
>>62802721
>he thinks alien biology and evolution have to be like human biology and evolution
You, when the spaghetti spilled.
>>62802721
the premise is taken to an absolute extreme (ALL of their language is metaphors and allusions) but it makes perfect sense
imagine someone who's never been on the internet coming on 4chan and hearing about the expressions "dropped my spaghetti," "he does it for free", "hothead", "ayy lmao", "remove kebab" etc. These are all basically the same form of communication as the aliens have - repeated expressions harkening back to something culturally significant and have now become just as recongisable in expressing that same idea.
>>62802721
Anon, his waist wide.
>>62803599
yes but you can't express complicated statements with those. those are all ciphers for emotions, kinds of people. like i said, you can't write a warp drive manual with that shit.
>>62803631
Anon, his virginity untouched.
>>62803714
>the premise is taken to an absolute extreme
Not the same guy. Since this is sci-fi so I can fully accept this premise in a show like TNG. This is one of the best episodes of the show, imo.
>>62803714
Not with human brain wiring you can't. But with an alien species with a totally different and unique physiology? It's plausible.
>>62802721
Of course. The point, I guess, is that all language is representational and not the thing itself; all language is a metaphor.
How do they teach their children what their metaphors mean?
How did this alien species go around space for so long without encountering a non-metaphor language race? These aliens were literally the only ones the Federation had come across with this baffling type of communication.
>>62803935
>How do they teach their children what their metaphors mean?
How do humans teach their kids to speak and know the meanings of words? Their brains are simply wired in a way that that is the simplest form of communication for them.
>How did this alien species go around space for so long without encountering a non-metaphor language race?
An unusual and unique set of circumstances allowed them to evolve a brain chemistry that communicated in metaphor. It's like the flea on the back of a dog: just because we can't necessarily comprehend something doesn't mean it's impossible.
>>62802628
HIS EYES UNCOVERED
For, you
>>62804136
>going out of your way this much to fabricate shitty headcanon to explain away bad writing
>this makes no sense
>UH ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE IN SPACE, DUE TO UHM "A UNIQUE SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES"
>>62802628
>Shaka
>>62802628
This is what you all sound like to normies when you spout your shitty memes.
Just think that there could be a society of humans that only communicate through memes in the future.
>>62802628
Marty at the office, his dick really big
>>62803200
David Carradine, his belt held tight!
>>62803200
Well done.
Hipster, his douchebag unfurled.
>>62803599
>>62803714
My problem with it is that their 'words' themselves are made out of other words which are unexplained. If everything is metaphor, then what is 'wall' defined as in 'when the walls fell'? Is there another metaphor corresponding to 'wall'? 'Temba, His Arms Wide' means 'generosity', but what means 'arm' or 'wide'?
Star Trek, when the franchise sucked.
>>62802644
wish this was a tshirt
>>62805765
it is
>>62805101
Boner, its condition hard its direction upward
>>62806565
GMILF, that feel when there was none
>>62805765
>mfw I have one
>>62806565
>mfw I have one
>>62803599
this desu senpai
>>62803599
>Pavel, when the plane fell
>>62802644
THIS IS AWSOME!
that 15 minute drum solo!!! It brought the house down!!
I mean the walls!
>>62806626
>tfw no one responded to this post with "mfw I have one"
>>62805074
This is one of the many problems I share as well.
Additionally how would they know what events are being referenced?
>>62802644
uhhhhhhh, "no."
best troi cumin thru
>>62802644
best episode of trek, family.
Gul Dukat was the best villain, I would've liked an episode of TNG where he coincidentally appeared
>>62810399
He was another Cardassian (not Dukat) in "The Wounded" tho
and he pretty much acted the same way
>>62809440
What's her name?
>>62810615
It's basically the same character, just different name because of writing credits. Same with Tom Paris/Nick Loncardo.
Goatse. His anus wide.
>>62802628
>walls fell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkZLl1CUT9s
