flavoracle:isaacfhtagn:mindcrankismycommander:bass-borot:bass-borot:mscottwrites:shadow2
flavoracle: isaacfhtagn: mindcrankismycommander: bass-borot: bass-borot: mscottwrites: shadow27: Chewbacca… his arms open. This is some NEXT LEVEL nerd-ing and I nearly cried reading it. I don’t get it Please explain ;_; There is a star trek TNG episode where Picard encounters a race that doesn’t speak in actual structured sentences but conveys ideas through story parralels. The ones referenced here are “Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra” - cooperation, “Shaka, when the walls fell” - failure and Temba, his arms wide/open" - signifying a gift. http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Tamarian_language nice OK, but here’s what’s awesome/hilarious about this. The whole point about why communicating with the Tamarians was so frustrating was because all of their communication was contextual. The problem wasn’t that Picard couldn’t understand what words they were saying (the universal translator worked fine) the problem was that he didn’t understand what THOSE WORDS TOGETHER HAD TO DO WITH ANYTHING. Why is this hilarious/fascinating to me? Because this is essentially what people are doing today with memes. They are posting pictures and writing sentences THAT MAKE NO SENSE WITHOUT PRIOR CONTEXT. If Picard beamed down right now, and you told him that Data is a cinnamon roll… you are a Tamarian. -- source link
#star trek#tv shows#movies#constructed languages