Is DS9 worth binging?

[FredH]

DS9 committed the cardinal crime of being different from what came before on Trek and that ruffled feathers back in the day. Fortunately, over the years people have come to see its sheer quality and brilliance. So many people now consider it the best of all the Trek shows. Unlike TNG, it has aged exceptionally well too. It does take a little while to find its confidence and voice, but it’s a show that gets better and better and BETTER. It boasts the best cast and best overall writing of ALL the modern Treks. It was pioneering and at its best not just great Trek, but great television full stop.

For the most part, sure — at its best it was absolutely brilliant. But there were plenty of stale filler episodes and some clunkers too, which shouldn’t dissuade anybody from watching it. And yeah, there were plenty of people who drifted away early on because it was different and darker. (Which is one reason I find it actively funny when people call Discovery dystopian because the Burn had happened; DS9 went much, much darker than anything any later series ever did.)

 

[FredH]

"Binging" is like "porn," a borrowing of words from another field in an attempt to be artful and clever,

Using the word “binging” is an attempt to be artful and clever? Not a high bar then, I guess.

 

[Bad Thoughts]

Using the word “binging” is an attempt to be artful and clever? Not a high bar then, I guess.

Yet,it's a linguistic phenomena. How often do you hear something is tremendous, but the earth isn't moving or no one is shaking?

 

[FredH]

Yet,it's a linguistic phenomena. How often do you hear something is tremendous, but the earth isn't moving or no one is shaking?

Sure, but these are not the same thing. Surely there’s a difference between “That show was so bad, it literally killed me!” and “I binged that show for several hours.”

 

[Bad Thoughts]

Sure, but these are not the same thing. Surely there’s a difference between “That show was so bad, it literally killed me!” and “I binged that show for several hours.”

Take it up with a linguist.

 

[FredH]

Take it up with a linguist.

Physician, heal thyself.

 

[Richard S. Ta]

Take it up with a linguist.

Hi, English language professor here.

There’s nothing wrong with saying something is tremendous, when in fact it’s just rather good.

This is an example of human beings using language to exaggerate for effect. It’s not new.

To binge something literally means to do something to excess, often in a way that many would consider to be too much.

So, binging television. Works fine. It’s not any kind of attempt to be arty or clever*. It’s only a language phenomenon in the sense that all language mutates and develops over time. Been happening for millennia.

*Though some might say armchair kvetching with authority, when you have no solid basis to talk about the subject at hand might be an attempt to be arty and clever.

 

[Bad Thoughts]

Hi, English language professor here.

There’s nothing wrong with saying something is tremendous, when in fact it’s just rather good.

This is an example of human beings using language to exaggerate for effect. It’s not new.

To binge something literally means to do something to excess, often in a way that many would consider to be too much.

So, binging television. Works fine. It’s not any kind of attempt to be arty or clever*. It’s only a language phenomenon in the sense that all language mutates and develops over time. Been happening for millennia.

*Though some might say armchair kvetching with authority, when you have no solid basis to talk about the subject at hand might be an attempt to be arty and clever.

I'm not making a moral judgement, but the word has undergone semantic weakening, no? Would that not affect the strength of the word binging outside of therapy contexts?