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.
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.
This changes nothing. I could write a post and say it's "but a post". Write a book and say it's "but a book". Make a film and say "tis but a film". In fact, a meme is the perfect hiding place for any ideology. It is the carrier pigeon of thought. That is, in short, the purpose of memes.
and they've weaponized memes and 'jokes' and 'it's just a gag' to spread fascism and misogyny. so it's not just a meme or a joke, it's a subtle attempt to move the window of people accepting those shitty things. they think they're clever.
Yes, that's the context of the scene, but he doesn't come across as offended, he is merely correcting her. She comes across as incredulous that he would correct her.
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.
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irmoz@reddthat.com · 44 pts · 2y
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.
vivadanang@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 2y
well put on all points. Was trying to recall when Pulaski was anything but super-doc professional.
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 2y
The other party in the discussion is a robot
irmoz@reddthat.com · 7 pts · 2y
He is an android with a positronic network, that has displayed on numerous occasions the capacity to feel. The linked video is one example.
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 2y
Does OP or general audience of the meme know this?
irmoz@reddthat.com · 5 pts · 2y
Do they need to? In the image, he just appears to be a human dressed weirdly.
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 2y
If you don't know any further context you'd think the other person is an unemotional robot, which works for the meme.
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mind@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
irmoz@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 2y
I know.
I know! I specifically mentioned "mocking".
yamapikariya@lemmyfi.com · -13 pts · 2y
Tis but a meme.
irmoz@reddthat.com · 20 pts · 2y
This changes nothing. I could write a post and say it's "but a post". Write a book and say it's "but a book". Make a film and say "tis but a film". In fact, a meme is the perfect hiding place for any ideology. It is the carrier pigeon of thought. That is, in short, the purpose of memes.
vivadanang@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 2y
and they've weaponized memes and 'jokes' and 'it's just a gag' to spread fascism and misogyny. so it's not just a meme or a joke, it's a subtle attempt to move the window of people accepting those shitty things. they think they're clever.
irmoz@reddthat.com · 5 pts · 2y
Precisely.
Ataraxia@lemm.ee · -2 pts · 2y
The irony
irmoz@reddthat.com · 4 pts · 2y
Of?
yamapikariya@lemmyfi.com · -12 pts · 2y
The things you mentioned carry significantly more weight.
irmoz@reddthat.com · 15 pts · 2y
Honey, posts, books, and films are filled to the brim with memes. They are meme delivery vehicles. They exist only to spread memes.
h3mlocke@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 2y
Bruh literally doesn't know what a meme is
vivadanang@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 2y
tis a poorly crafted shite meme.
yamapikariya@lemmyfi.com · -2 pts · 2y
Take it up with my dealer
vivadanang@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
nah, just gonna block you so I don't see more of your shitposts.
yamapikariya@lemmyfi.com · 0 pts · 2y
Fair enough.
db2@sopuli.xyz · 40 pts · 2y
In the actual scene they're coming to an understanding about his name.
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 2y
The great Daytah vs Daa-ta debate huh
PR3CiSiON@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
I just say it with the "data" pronunciation.
eatthecake@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 2y
Wasn't Data the one who was offended because she mispronounced his name?
irmoz@reddthat.com · 11 pts · 2y
Yep, subtle sexism I think, reframes the offended party as the woman
dope@lemm.ee · -6 pts · 2y
jana@leminal.space · 11 pts · 2y
Not offended. He just corrected her.
samus12345@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
One is his name. The other is not.
Anticorp@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 2y
Data cannot be offended.
themeatbridge@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Yes, that's the context of the scene, but he doesn't come across as offended, he is merely correcting her. She comes across as incredulous that he would correct her.
https://piped.video/watch?v=nqwx2XFb1fQ&t=10
dope@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
iHUNTcriminals@lemm.ee · 24 pts · 2y
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.
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz · 14 pts · 2y
That's the sort of Reddit energy I've been missing
HerrLewakaas@feddit.de · 14 pts · 2y
That's... I'm at a loss for words
Astroturfed@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
How dare you upset the established norm of any group with a joke that is even a tiny bit offensive.
AVincentInSpace@pawb.social · 1 pts · 2y
Moderation on .world is really something else. Not even the most rabid subreddits were that bad.
moog@lemm.ee · 22 pts · 2y
owned snowflake big mad ooga booga offended woke libtard ooga booga
yamapikariya@lemmyfi.com · -6 pts · 2y
Omegalul pepe NPC musk energy
The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website · 18 pts · 2y
Stay strong, Data
lugal@sopuli.xyz · 19 pts · 2y
Data. The name is pronounced Data.
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 2y
What's the difference?
vithigar@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 2y
One is his name. The other is not.
ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 2y
Well, data is pronounced data, and data is pronounced data. :)
fsxylo@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 2y
Seems like you lost an argument in the shower and are venting here about how "unconcerned" you are.
dingleberry@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 2y
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.