Why Am I Like This 2018-11-05

[Dave]

Introspection... indigestion... they can both cause an awful pain in the insides...

http://wapsisquare.com/comic/why-am-i-like-this

[oldmanmickey]

Thats a good friend right there

[AnotherFairportfan]

Thats a good friend right there

Yeah ... well ...

[Drakkenmensch]

Shawna! Castela needs you! Make her feel better with the power of hugs!

[lake_wrangler]

Good thing she decided it's no longer a competition...

[Opus the Poet]

I think Shawna has discovered Hiroshi is about as romantic as a slug. And that any possible romantic feelings he might have are mostly directed at the girl who protected him in the canyon.

[Dave]

Yeah ... well ...

Shawna isn't exactly a disinterested party, is she?

I think Shawna has discovered Hiroshi is about as romantic as a slug.

Considering that slugs are hermaphroditic... hmmm, I'm not sure just how one would even begin to evaluate "romantic" in that context. The closest sapient analog I can think of is the people of Gethen, from "The Left Hand of Darkness"... they certainly did have both love and romance, but the latter worked a bit differently than along more polarized species.

It's true, though, that Shawna might have learned the truth that Spock said to Stonn... that having is often less satisfying than wanting.

[GlytchMeister]

Gender fluid people. The bits don’t do it but the mind does.

[jwhouk]

It's true, though, that Shawna might have learned the truth that Spock said to Stonn... that having is often less satisfying than wanting.

Yer kinda dating yourself there, Dave. But I won't mention about you running amok.

[eee]

I assume this is part of Shawna's "Who am I and what do I want" self examination, as well...

Yeah ... well ...

Shawna isn't exactly a disinterested party, is she?

I think Shawna has discovered Hiroshi is about as romantic as a slug.

Considering that slugs are hermaphroditic... hmmm, I'm not sure just how one would even begin to evaluate "romantic" in that context. The closest sapient analog I can think of is the people of Gethen, from "The Left Hand of Darkness"... they certainly did have both love and romance, but the latter worked a bit differently than along more polarized species.

It's true, though, that Shawna might have learned the truth that Spock said to Stonn... that having is often less satisfying than wanting.

I wonder how that relationship worked out. Maybe they wound up as deliriously happy with each other as Vulcans can be.

Probably not.

[Alkarii]

It's true, though, that Shawna might have learned the truth that Spock said to Stonn... that having is often less satisfying than wanting.

Yer kinda dating yourself there, Dave. But I won't mention about you running amok.

Wow, I actually got that joke there.

[Dave]

Yer kinda dating yourself there, Dave. But I won't mention about you running amok.

Wow, I actually got that joke there.

And the prize is a tin of caviar. Sturgeon caviar, of course... the finest!

I wonder how that relationship worked out. Maybe they wound up as deliriously happy with each other as Vulcans can be.

Probably not.

That relationship got a significant mention in Diane Duane's excellent 1988 Trek novel Spock's World, which is (mostly) set some years after the events in Amok Time.

It did not end well. Sociopaths don't make the best partners.

[AnotherFairportfan]

It's true, though, that Shawna might have learned the truth that Spock said to Stonn... that having is often less satisfying than wanting.

Yer kinda dating yourself there, Dave. But I won't mention about you running amok.

Are you saying he's beside himself?

[lake_wrangler]

I wonder how that relationship worked out. Maybe they wound up as deliriously happy with each other as Vulcans can be.

Probably not.

That relationship got a significant mention in Diane Duane's excellent 1988 Trek novel Spock's World, which is (mostly) set some years after the events in Amok Time.

It did not end well. Sociopaths don't make the best partners.

I have that book (or used to, I don't know... I think it's still in one of the moving boxes...)





[spoiler warning]
Didn't it turn out that she stood to make a lot of money, should Vulcan withdraw from the Federation, and she would get to hurt Spock, as well? It's been so long, since I read it...
[/spoiler warning]

[Atomic]

I ran amok once. The paperwork was horrible, and don't get me started on the taxes...

[Bookworm]

That relationship got a significant mention in Diane Duane's excellent 1988 Trek novel Spock's World, which is (mostly) set some years after the events in Amok Time.

It did not end well. Sociopaths don't make the best partners.

I like Diane Duane's books. I have a number of the non-Star Trek ones. However, I read all the James Blish ST books as well.

[Typeminer]

I ran amok once. The paperwork was horrible, and don't get me started on the taxes...

Chico said he useta run amok duck for a da Chinese restaurant mob.

*Ducks and covers*

[Warrl]

I ran amok once. The paperwork was horrible, and don't get me started on the taxes...

Chico said he useta run amok duck for a da Chinese restaurant mob.

*Ducks and covers*

Goose!

[lake_wrangler]

I ran amok once. The paperwork was horrible, and don't get me started on the taxes...

You think that's bad? Try filling out paperwork in Spain:

[Atomic]

Chico said he useta run amok duck for a da Chinese restaurant mob.

*Ducks and covers*

Chico - "What's za difference between a barn and a stable?"

Groucho - "If you look at it, it's a barn If you smell it, it's a stable."

Chico - "Well, let's just look at it den."