• Stamets@startrek.websiteOP
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    1 year ago

    The target audience doesn’t effect my point at all

    But it does. Your point was that it’s “not a defense”. My point was “they’re not trying to defend”. Your rebuttal here is “They’re still not defending.”

    At no point in that image does Troi make a defense for her own abilities. She says that people complain about her and then goes onto Vader. So yes. She’s distracting, not defending, but she was never claiming to make a defense in the first place. That does affect your point pretty significantly.

    • Steve@communick.news
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      1 year ago

      At best, it’s an implied admission, then a distraction to minimize consequences. “Sure I suck. But not as much as this guy! Amiright!?” That’s not really any better.