• @nixcamic
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    1311 months ago

    Lol for some reason in Boost this plays a video of Chinchilla butts?

  • @flyboy_146
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    11 months ago

    “affectation”? Can someone explain to a none anglophone what Geordi meant by that?

    Edit: nevermind, apparently I still remember how to use a dictionary… ‘Affectation noun behaviour or speech that is not sincere’

    • @[email protected]
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      711 months ago

      In this context, it means that a beard is a purely aesthetic choice that men cultivate for no reason but their vanity, like women who wear makeup.

          • @[email protected]
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            211 months ago

            Dr Crusher says they’re an affectation. I’m questioning that. Feeling good about oneself shouldn’t be treated as such.

            • @[email protected]
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              211 months ago

              Both are an affectation. But that’s nothing bad, we do so many things for appearances, it’s pretty normal. I have a pretty big beard myself, and for no reason except that it accentuates my face very well.

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                11 months ago

                It’s vanity, and that’s fine. But affectation supposes something fake:

                ‘Affectation noun behaviour or speech that is not sincere’

                To me that’s a (negative) value judgement. And I’m defending the point that there’s nothing inherently negative about vanity, unlike what’s being implied by our dearest Dr.

                • @[email protected]
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                  211 months ago

                  I interpreted that as her referring to the pretense that the beards of the guys is anything but vanity, who at first try to swing words like proud tradition and sign of masculinity as justification. IIRC she even says something like “there’s nothing wrong with it I just want you to admit it”.

                  But yeah I guess we are arguing semantics at this point because we both seem to agree on that a bit of vanity is completely fine and normal.

  • JoYoOP
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    411 months ago

    I feel like Dr. Crusher has the technology to grow a beard on anything. Illyrians need not be involved.

    • JoYoOP
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      011 months ago

      your app doesn’t support edits