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Aug 3, 2020 7:58 AM

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5 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

It’s 2364 and O’Brian has that look of “what the hell is old leather?”

5 years ago | Likes 62 Dislikes 0

Miles got a look on his face like Tucker Carlson.

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Star Trek used to have the best writers in the industry, I can't believe what the newer shows have become...

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I think O'Brien's line from this episode is so much stronger: "It's not you I hate, Cardassian, I hate what I became because of you."

5 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Being angry all the time gives you wrinkles like old leather.

5 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

That's a poignant line. Here's another of my favorites from Picard.

5 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

5 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 8

This also applies to depression.

5 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 0

It’s what’s so insidious about it.

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

The soldier boy to the war has gone. In the ranks of death you'll find him.

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

"The minstrel lad to the war has gone" in this episode. Though I think the traditional version is "minstrel boy."

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I don't hate YOU, Cardassian, I hate what I became because of you

5 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

One of my favorite episodes. “It smells musty in here - like a bureaucrat’s office.” Good stuff.

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

If anyone is interested, this episode is titled The Wounded, in season 4.

5 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

Damn Cardies

5 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

If only the new show was anything like the old

5 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 3

I thought Discovery hit it's stride in season 2.

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 2

Goddamn Orville was closer...and it's canceled. Fucking shit man...

5 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

Now ask Picard about his feelings towards the Borg.

5 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

That's the Picard I know.

5 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

The crappy writing for Discovery and Picard must have Gene Roddenberry spinning so fast in his grave he could power a warp engine.

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Oh that hit a little toooooo close to home!

5 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

5 years ago | Likes 197 Dislikes 1

Trust Data over Lore

5 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

Always

5 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

What episode?

5 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Season 1, Episode 7

5 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

Thanks!

5 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

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That's the advice I need after watching ST: Picard.

5 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 3

That you need or that the writers of Picard need?

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Me. The writers need a kick in the groin.

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

LookWhatTheyveDoneToMyBoy.JPEG

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

As someone who has battled rage issues my whole life, this is perfect.

5 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

I like to rage against the machine and the dying of the light.

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

5 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

That photo editing is damned skillful!

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I'm surprised there isn't a Q of people waiting to take him on.

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this reminds me of the episode when Nicholas Cage guest stars as Data's brother v

5 years ago | Likes 22 Dislikes 0

5 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

Capt. Picard hit the nail on the head. Sometimes, one needs a break from being angry.

5 years ago | Likes 608 Dislikes 1

"I'm angry!" "That must be exhausting"

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Yeah, take a few moments to be pissed off instead.

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I turned anger into a zen practice. Anger gets shit done.

5 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Forgiveness is the act of releasing someone from your anger: it's not an act of meekness, it's one of self-affirmation and grace.

5 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

Picard had huge reasons to be angry. Actual reasons.

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

What he said applies to any other negative emotion too

5 years ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 0

Works for all emotions. The hardest thing to let go through therapy was the comfort not caring gave me. Fuck its so hard to care about stuff

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

It was so nice how the last time we saw him he finally joined in on the staff poker game. Wonderful bit of character development.

5 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

"Five-card stud, nothing wild... and the sky's the limit"

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

As someone who has dealt with anger issues there whole life, yes

5 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

technically it's the whriter who hit the nail on the head

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

But hooowwwwww

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Yeah but oppressed people don't get a break so it's irresponsible and fragile for their allies to take a break

5 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 6

(this is where the phrase "white fragility" comes from: white people being so privileged in the USA that the are like"oh I'm tired of

5 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 8

Voluntarily feeling this way, so I'll stop and go back to my regularly scheduled programming"

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 8

I'm rich and white and used to be like "the news is so depressing I'm not even going to read it anymore"

5 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 9

Then I realized that wasn't helping my friends for me to be ignorant of what hurts them in the world

5 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 9

You can be fully engaged in solving problems without internalizing a ton of anger over it.

5 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

This wasn't about oppressed people... it was about people carrying grudges after the war with the Cardassians was over.

5 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

I am a hardcore trek nerd, but I can't remember the context of this one. Can I get some help?

5 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

From "The Wounded." Picard is speaking of O'Brien's former Captain. Terrific episode. "The minstrel lad to the war is gone."

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I think it was related my Myles and the cardasians. Captain maxwell maybe.

5 years ago | Likes 25 Dislikes 0

Thank you for that. I had an inkling it was Kardashians.

5 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

They are a consistent source of frustration/anger

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Thank you. I suspect this applies to other states of mind also.

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

This ST nerd got there before me.

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAUIHBAxbXY "Dat is Kaffee, echt jetzt."

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

The little one at the end completes it

5 years ago | Likes 24 Dislikes 0

Like an old leather couch in summer.

5 years ago | Likes 18 Dislikes 0

Turns out it was gas, not anger

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Dammit every time I see that gif I start giggling for like 20 minutes.

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Actually me right now

5 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Why do you think I'm browsing Imgur?

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

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I like Star Wars.

5 years ago | Likes 47 Dislikes 12

Nice one! ?

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

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5 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

Might as well write "I like ice cream" in a post about sandwiches. They really aren't comparable, for good or ill.

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

*that's the joke

5 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

This is galaxy quest nerd

5 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Heathens. The lot of you!

5 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I like peanuts

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I love helmets.

5 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

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5 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 0

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5 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

You have the ring. And I see your Swartz it's as big as mine. Now, let's see how well you handle it.

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

good ole captain maxwell. poor guy. done in by his obsessions.

5 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Maxwell was right about the Cardassians preparing for war though, Picard calls out the Cardassian at the end of the episode

5 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

Maxwell did the wrong thing because he was right. I always wonder how beside himself Maxwell got when the Cardassians started another war.

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

yup. I think of those trying to fight against the creeping authorianism of certain sitting presidents and how some are sadly making it worse

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

He just went about it in the completely wrong way.

5 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

aye, he was, and look what happened in DS9. Maxwell went about it wrong though. Truly a lesson for modern times.

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

well, when your choices are being angry, or scared... which one gives you more 'control'? '

5 years ago | Likes 139 Dislikes 11

You could be smart, one way or another.

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

That's why it's a trap. Then we leave the danger behind and take the pattern of behaviour with us. Then we destroy what is good with old 1/

5 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

patterns that used to protect us but now destroy everything we love. *Source: lost family to anger.

5 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

Acceptance

5 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

That's actually a highly debatable choice still

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

Neither. Anger is a secondary emotion caused by fear. You are only choosing between fear and violent fear in your question.

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Idk I personally go with scared because it minimizes creating more problems and more conflict. Take a beat, reset... that's me anyway.

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Your choices are never 'being angry or scared'.

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Compassion

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

Not just control but anger also gives you more social prestige than fear. It’s a vicious cycle for everyone involved

5 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 1

Being educated... but that takes time, effort and humility. Angers easier in the short term.

5 years ago | Likes 21 Dislikes 5

Just enchant me already!

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

?

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

If you're not angry, you're not educated about the things that will make you angry. I think you mean 'distanced' when you say educated.

5 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 4

Education doesn't stop the fight or flight response kicking in, you still get scared or angry, it just helps you rein it in

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Arousal?

5 years ago | Likes 91 Dislikes 1

Weird sex stuff explained.

5 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 2

Oh Pennywise-sama...

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

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5 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

fool, you can’t control your arousal, your arousal controls YOU!

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Why are those your only choices?

5 years ago | Likes 43 Dislikes 4

They are almost the same chemical in our brain, so when we do have large fears, turning it into anger is natural- like, to fight off wolves

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I think they're talking only about situations where something would make someone feel scared. Instead of embracing that, opting for outrage.

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Are you saying that the cakes have any other option when they hear you coming???

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

When your life is dedicated to just staying alive those are your options

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

The scared usually don't make it as well, the angry ones fight

5 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

When your world is shit, should you choose to be happy about it? Your only responsible choice is to fix it.

5 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 1

Which doesn't require constant anger or fear.

5 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 3

You're implying emotions are logical. That's why they're emotions, bruv.

5 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 2

I'm implying that there are more emotional options than anger or fear, especially when addressing the statement of change for the better.

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Assuming you have the choice to fix it. Often that's true and people don't make that choice, but it gets more complicated sometimes.

5 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Sure, but the statement was to work towards change for the better. Prolonged anger and fear do not fuel positive change for long.

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Maladaptive learned behaviours.

5 years ago | Likes 42 Dislikes 1

Surely fear is a supremely adaptive behaviour? Undue fear is maladaptive sure, but can’t it result in better results, based on limited info?

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Assume ‘all snakes are poisonous’, for example, is adaptive fear, given that you aren’t an expert on potential toxicity of various snakes 1/

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Anyone who doesn’t hold that false belief, is leaving themselves more open to being bitten, unbeknownst to them, by a venomous snake 2/

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I didn't mean evolutionarily, but socially and individually. Boys are often thaught that anger is more appropriate than fear or sadness.

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0