@hydroptic@sopuli.xyz to Risa@startrek.websiteEnglish • 2 years agoMy favorite gendersopuli.xyzimagemessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1264arrow-down10
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minus-square@FMT99@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•2 years agoNeither does Data. He has no emotions. I feel like the maker of this meme projects a bit.
minus-squarecaseyweedermanlinkfedilinkEnglish13•2 years agoThis is not a new idea Warning: dated terminology ahead: Many times at conventions, kids will come up to my table when I’m signing photographs and tell me they have Asperger syndrome, and that when they were growing up, Data was the only character on TV they could relate to. That’s an incredibly moving experience. Had I known, I might have encouraged the writers to write more towards that, but it might have blown the whole thing and lost the connection.
minus-squareKogasalinkfedilinkEnglish6•2 years agoASD coded, not literally ASD. The thematic struggle with social convention counts IMO. But Data has no self loathing or whatever. He just wants to understand. We stan Data.
Neither does Data. He has no emotions. I feel like the maker of this meme projects a bit.
This is not a new idea
Warning: dated terminology ahead:
Many times at conventions, kids will come up to my table when I’m signing photographs and tell me they have Asperger syndrome, and that when they were growing up, Data was the only character on TV they could relate to. That’s an incredibly moving experience. Had I known, I might have encouraged the writers to write more towards that, but it might have blown the whole thing and lost the connection.
thank you for the link
ASD coded, not literally ASD. The thematic struggle with social convention counts IMO. But Data has no self loathing or whatever. He just wants to understand. We stan Data.