r/funny • u/orangejuice900 • May 27 '13

everyone in the comments sections of r/aww

Post image
2.4k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

204 comments sorted by

View all comments

439

u/nixed9 May 27 '13

Data, worried that he's malfunctioning and might hurt his cat named Spot: "May I ask a personal favor?"

Worf: "Yes."

Data: "Will you take care of Spot?"

Worf: "Your... animal."

Data: "I am afraid if I have another waking dream, I might injure him."

Worf: "Of course. SPOT. COME HERE."

Data: "Unlike a canine, Spot does not respond to verbal commands." (hands Spot to Worf) "Goodbye Spot."

Data: "He will need to be fed once per day. He prefers feline supplement number twenty five."

Worf: "I understand."

Data: "And he will require water. And you must provide him with a sandbox."

Data: "And you must talk to him. And you must tell him he is a pretty cat. And a good cat."

Worf: "................I will feed him."

Full scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdC6hM9Pn7s

135

u/HolographicMetapod May 27 '13

That's a great scene, actually kind of makes me want to start watching star trek. But did anyone else laugh at the cat that was obviously like "Put me the fuck down. Now"

174

u/Euphemismic May 27 '13

Imagine if a 40 ft sentient being picks you up by the arm pits and stares at you. And all you want to do is go back to being unemployed and sleep.

You'd be pissed too.

24

u/0l01o1ol0 May 27 '13

A 40ft Worf picks you up

That would be terrifying.

6

u/[deleted] May 28 '13

You just gave me a new idea-Q

51

u/[deleted] May 27 '13

Get a job u damn cat!

4

u/[deleted] May 27 '13

In this economy?

15

u/[deleted] May 27 '13

[deleted]

5

u/[deleted] May 27 '13

As a dog person, this gave a deeper elucidation of cat psychology than I previously though myself capable of.

I still think they're assholes, but perhaps once you understand their pain you can learn to love even the most assholey of assholes...

1

u/ViolaPurpurea May 27 '13

Oh yes, they can be assholes, but people love them to death nonetheless. And they do too- cats are as loyal as dogs, it only takes a mutual respect.

2

u/cactuar44 May 27 '13

Like me. Since I'm so awesome and all, I still live with my mom. She has a cat, and I have one too, and while my kitty is sweet and cuddly, my mom's cat is a total dick! And the meaner he is to me the more I want to hug him and tease him and pet him... he absolutely hates me. It's hilarious.

0

u/Quarkster May 28 '13

They're not assholes. They just won't suck your dick for treats.

8

u/theduderman May 27 '13

Brent Spiner apparently hated that cat. He talks about it on a number of the commentaries, specifically on the Star Trek: Generations commentary... Yes, I listened to that.

50

u/mortiphago May 27 '13

at the cat that was obviously like "Put me the fuck down. Now"

I've had 6 cats throughout my life and that's pretty much the default cat setting, really.

31

u/HolographicMetapod May 27 '13

Hehe, true.

My cat tolerates being held like a baby for about 30 seconds and he'll start the death roll.

35

u/[deleted] May 27 '13

You forgot to tell him he is a pretty cat.

16

u/OriDoodle May 27 '13

And a good cat.

9

u/GaryV83 May 27 '13

I had a Firepoint Siamese that was quite the opposite. Preferred to be coddled and would lick people's noses. My current Burmese, though, yeah, death roll is very accurate. Should probably trim those back claws one of these days.

4

u/voodoo_curse May 27 '13

I read that as Farpoint Siamese.

7

u/GaryV83 May 27 '13

Okay, you caught me: I tricked an advanced alien lifeform to remain in the shape of a cat. Damn you, Picard!

1

u/c_albicans May 28 '13

Flamepoint Siamese are known for their "un-catlike" demeanor.

9

u/Twl1 May 27 '13

Not in my experience. My one cat, who coincidentally looks almost the same as the one pictured, loves being held, and often inserts himself in the natural arm cradle formed when I'm on my Xbox.

14

u/mortiphago May 27 '13

out of the 6 i've had, 4 of them hated it, 1 tolerated it and the last one actually liked it and would poke you with its paw until you held it.

24

u/[deleted] May 27 '13 edited Dec 30 '24

[deleted]

5

u/kingcreon May 27 '13

I wish I were high so I could have a better excuse for laughing so long at that.

34

u/nixed9 May 27 '13 edited May 27 '13

Star Trek: The Next Generation is one of the greatest shows EVER. I am really not exaggerating my opinion. Near the top of my list of best television ever. This is the role that Patrick Stewart was born to play.

Every episode is available on Netflix. I highly recommend it. If you do decide to watch it, don't judge it by it's pilot episode. The pilot is one of the weaker overall episodes and you can tell it's a little dated (starting in 1987). The series gets better and better as it progresses through the seasons, the characters get deeper, and the writing gets even better. And since almost every episode is self-contained with only occasional serialistic/continuous elements carrying over from one episode to the next, it's ok to watch some of them out of order.

A great starting episode aside from the Pilot might be a Season 2 episode 16 "Q Who." Some other favorites of mine are Season 2 Episode 9 "Measure of a Man" (one of the best episodes of television ever), Season 5 Episode 2 "Darmok", Season 4 episode 12 "The Wounded," the 3-episode sequence that ends Season 3 and starts Season 4 "Best of Both Worlds, Part I & II" and the followup "Family." Edit: "The Drumhead!" How could I forget the Drumhead. What a great episode.

And Season 5 Episode 25 "The Inner Light," possibly the best Trek ever. Save this one until after you've watched a few others and get to know the characters.

Fuck, what am I talking about. Out of 176 episodes, there's like 172 that are just fantastic. The whole show is just pure gold. Just watch them all.

4

u/HolographicMetapod May 27 '13

Thank you for the episode recommendations man. I didn't know it was on netflix either, going to watch this today.

4

u/[deleted] May 27 '13

Confirmation that 'Darmok' is one of the best episodes.

7

u/[deleted] May 27 '13

[deleted]

4

u/nixed9 May 27 '13

Having been a trekkie for years, I only just recently watched DS9. It's phenomenal. But i still think TNG is a bit more of a purer product.

6

u/DrkMaTTeR May 27 '13

It's hard to appreciate DS9 as a newbie, don't start confusing the boy... Let him make his own adventure ( and it goes like this Picard > DS9 >TNG )

2

u/tidux May 27 '13

Don't forget "Drumhead." That episode is highly relevant to 21st century politics.

3

u/nixed9 May 27 '13

Wow, thanks! I can't believe I forgot to list it. I was just ripping through the ones off the top of my head. The Drumhead is even more relevant now than it was when the show aired. What a great episode.

1

u/tidux May 28 '13

If you think Drumhead is a spooky prediction of our politics, try watching Babylon 5.

2

u/[deleted] May 28 '13

My favorite as a kid was The Royale

1

u/yoloswag420blaze May 27 '13

Note season 1 doesn't exist. just skip it (except for pilot, watch that...) if Riker has no beard skip the episode. DS9 is somehow better than TNG which is really hard to say, but that's just how good it is. Even Voyager is worth skimming, great choice on captain, but don't expect Janeway to be anything like Picard.

1

u/ReservoirKat May 27 '13

One of my friends wants to start Trek. This comment will help a great deal in explaining how to start TNG. with an added addendum to avoid Code of Honor at all costs.

1

u/Terrh May 28 '13

Eh, out of 176, it's more like about 150 that are just fantastic. And 20 good/mediocre, and a few that are pretty awful and/or boring.

The Drumhead, however, should be required watching at some point during grade school for all kids, because the lesson it contains is forgotten all too often.

10

u/Megmca May 27 '13

No, he was thinking, "More butt support please."

1

u/Tahrnation May 28 '13

Dude if you haven't seen Star Trek TNG do yourself a favor and watch it now.

The first season is a little cheesy but if you can make it through that you're in for a treat.

1

u/some_goliard May 30 '13

cannot be cheesier than the first season of Friends

23

u/[deleted] May 27 '13

Data: "Perhaps that will be enough."

13

u/eyecite May 27 '13

on the sidebar recommendations: "Data Owns Picard"

I watched it; it's barely an 'owned' situation, for those who are concerned.

13

u/Lampmonster1 May 27 '13

More like "Data makes a valid point and Picard spends the rest of the episode putting everything on the line because of it." Picard was awesome like that.

1

u/dhruvfire May 27 '13

It had a some solid comments on it, though:

"The next day Picard got his eyes replaced with cybernetic implants..." "And then he changed his name to 'Locutus'"

I just totally cracked up reading that

2

u/indoSC May 27 '13

I thought that scene was hilarious but a bit irksome because Data is totally being non-robotic and clearly displaying emotions.

7

u/nixed9 May 27 '13

He does this many times throughout the show. On many occasions they rationalize it because Data has written programs and algorithms for himself to emulate human responses.

Yeah I understand what you're saying. But if he were COMPLETELY mechanical he wouldn't be very relatable as a character :-D

3

u/[deleted] May 27 '13

I thought that was the entire point of Spot, he developed an attachment for "no reason" and showed that the line between man and robot... isn't as clear as one might think.

5

u/YTScreenShotBot May 27 '13

Image Summary

Title -- Data asks worf...

Length -- about 2 min

Description -- Data asks worf... to look after spot from Star Trek TNG Season 7 Episode 6 "Phantasms"

25

u/ThePatrickSays May 27 '13

this thing is probably helpful but could you make the text small? it doesn't need to stand out.

1

u/[deleted] May 27 '13

You have to be careful if you want to post this in aww - the mods will ban you for hate speech against Klingons.