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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra

• RangerScience 5y ago
  Was just going to say, reminds me of the classic Trek HFY sequence: https://imgur.com/gallery/qSmHy https://imgur.com/gallery/qSmHy "what is the work 'fuck' for", the innocent young vulcans want to know. "surely there are more logical intensity modifiers." "yeah, you'd think so," say the weary, jaded vulcan professors, "you'd really fucking think so."
  • Izkata 5y ago
    It's not quite the same (less action for one), but if the "humans have crazy ideas" aspect is interesting, then the Starfleet Corps of Engineers (aka Star Trek: SCE) novels might be worth a look. Haven't read many of them myself, but "make things work any way you can" is basically how they function.
• Tade0 5y ago
  This quote sums up my Italian experience. The language is so full of phrases which - like everything - are regional, that Google Translate often just gives up. My favourite is "in bocca al lupo", which roughly translates to "break a leg" - note the lack of verb. Also that's the current meaning, which changed over the last century. On top of that I remember three commonly used gestures two of which look the same to the uninitiated eye on photos. Overall: his eyes red!