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Why Am I Like This 2018-11-05
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2018 10:19 pm
by Dave
Introspection... indigestion... they can both cause an awful pain in the insides...
http://wapsisquare.com/comic/why-am-i-like-this
Re: Why Am I Like This 2018-11-05
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2018 10:23 pm
by oldmanmickey
Thats a good friend right there
Re: Why Am I Like This 2018-11-05
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2018 10:25 pm
by AnotherFairportfan
oldmanmickey wrote: ↑Sun Nov 04, 2018 10:23 pm
Thats a good friend right there
Yeah ... well ...
Re: Why Am I Like This 2018-11-05
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2018 11:03 pm
by Drakkenmensch
Shawna! Castela needs you! Make her feel better with the power of hugs!
Re: Why Am I Like This 2018-11-05
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 12:01 am
by lake_wrangler
Good thing she decided it's no longer a competition...
Re: Why Am I Like This 2018-11-05
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 12:10 am
by 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.
Re: Why Am I Like This 2018-11-05
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 1:14 am
by Dave
Shawna isn't exactly a disinterested party, is she?
Opus the Poet wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 12:10 am
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.
Re: Why Am I Like This 2018-11-05
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 5:27 am
by GlytchMeister
Gender fluid people. The bits don’t do it but the mind does.
Re: Why Am I Like This 2018-11-05
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 7:06 am
by jwhouk
Dave wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 1:14 am
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.
Re: Why Am I Like This 2018-11-05
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 7:31 am
by eee
I assume this is part of Shawna's "Who am I and what do I want" self examination, as well...
Dave wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 1:14 am
Shawna isn't exactly a disinterested party, is she?
Opus the Poet wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 12:10 am
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.
Re: Why Am I Like This 2018-11-05
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 8:02 am
by Alkarii
jwhouk wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 7:06 am
Dave wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 1:14 am
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.
Re: Why Am I Like This 2018-11-05
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 9:29 am
by Dave
Alkarii wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 8:02 am
jwhouk wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 7:06 am
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!
eee wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 7:31 am
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.
Re: Why Am I Like This 2018-11-05
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 9:38 am
by AnotherFairportfan
jwhouk wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 7:06 am
Dave wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 1:14 am
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?
Re: Why Am I Like This 2018-11-05
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 2:58 pm
by lake_wrangler
Dave wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 9:29 ameee wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 7:31 am
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]
Re: Why Am I Like This 2018-11-05
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 3:56 pm
by Atomic
I ran amok once. The paperwork was horrible, and don't get me started on the taxes...
Re: Why Am I Like This 2018-11-05
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 4:35 pm
by Bookworm
Dave wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 9:29 am
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.
Re: Why Am I Like This 2018-11-05
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 6:17 pm
by Typeminer
Atomic wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 3:56 pm
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*
Re: Why Am I Like This 2018-11-05
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 7:15 pm
by Warrl
Typeminer wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 6:17 pm
Atomic wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 3:56 pm
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!
Re: Why Am I Like This 2018-11-05
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 7:38 pm
by lake_wrangler
Re: Why Am I Like This 2018-11-05
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 7:47 pm
by Atomic
Typeminer wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 6:17 pm
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."