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please stop it. I've seen (almost) every variety of this meme over the last month. judas said:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darmok
tl;dr version: Star Trek: the Next Generation episode about the problems of communicating with an alien race that speaks only in metaphors. The computer can translate the words, but not the implied cultural meaning behind them.
If we’re being really geeky (Let’s! Let’s!) then they communicate in allegory rather than metaphor. tl;dr version: Star Trek: the Next Generation episode about the problems of communicating with an alien race that speaks only in metaphors. The computer can translate the words, but not the implied cultural meaning behind them.
Clockwork Cupcake said:
PhilboSE said:
If we’re being really geeky (Let’s! Let’s!) then they communicate in allegory rather than metaphor.
It's like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife.Oh, wait, l think that's a simile. How ironic.
deeen said:
Clockwork Cupcake said:
It's like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife.
Oh, wait, l think that's a simile. How ironic.
I think it might be an analogy, not a simile.Oh, wait, l think that's a simile. How ironic.
https://youtu.be/nT1TVSTkAXg
He maintains it's a simile because it uses "like" to compare one thing to another. But even if he's incorrect, it's still funny.
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