Explain It To Data

[uniderth]

Kanye West

Records from that period are fragmentary.

Fortunately.

 

[Kor]

Fortunately.

An adjective used to express relief at a positive outcome.

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Kor

 

[LadyT'Anna]

Data, there is a propensity for humans to often default to humor in many different situation. You have seen, in your observations of humans, that words, phrases and sentences will be uttered in a seemingly illogical or inappropriate way, and the reaction among humans will be one of amusement. The game that is being played now, is an example of just such a situation. Humans are offering topics of interest or event, and attempting to explain them in a way that you would understand. However, Data, there is an enjoyment and kind amusement involved for them, as they must try to craft their responses to make sense to a being like yourself, that does not understand emotion and illogic. This is challenging and fun (for some) as the humans do not normally speak with such precision and directness, and, again, to some, the sound of the language as written for you is amusing and elicits feelings of mirth and utterances of laughter, in a related way to how your Emotion Chip affects the neural nets in your positronic brain.

"However, Data, there is an enjoyment and kind amusement involved for them . . . "

(smiling gently)

 

[T'Girl]

Next topic: hippies

Adherence to the "bathing is bad" philosophy.

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[LadyT'Anna]

Hippies:

Data, the United States in the 1960s was a politically turbulent place to live. Many long-held traditions were being challenged, largely by those who called themselves hippies, who were sometimes known as flower children. They protested against the Vietnam War and other conflicts that they perceived to be occurring in defense of the status quo rather than for the betterment of humanity at large. Indeed, two catchphrases of the day were "Make love, not war" and "Give peace a chance." Hippies were distinctive in appearance, often wearing prints with vivid colors and patterns, and many hippie men had long hair in defiance of convention. Hallucinogenic drugs were part of the hippie subculture, as were novel styles of popular music that eschewed the rigidity of previous decades and even centuries. In addition, many hippies fled cities, preferring to live among themselves in locations that were often rustic. Hippies were often satirized; the data bank for "A Way to Eden" contains an example of such satire.