They’re just pulling it up here, the pumping-into-the-air part happens somewhere else, right?

I dunno man… You forget about GT? /s

No, of course TeamFourStar doesn’t care about how they could be “damaging” to the original experience of watching the show. I think you and your friend are allowed to enjoy whatever you choose, right? You’re upset your friend is experiencing DBZ incorrectly. It feels wrong? I think I understand, but please correct me if I’m going off course.

It is easier to relate to one another with small jokes and low-investment memes. Comedy is a helpful distraction in a terrible world, even if the comedy is shallow.

Being able to open up and have a knowledgable discussion about a topic is one of the deepest and least attainable social pleasures. If you want to be able to discuss DBZ with this person you have to adapt to their growing body of knowledge on the subject.

Also, you have a unique perspective to share with your friend, once you can overcome the obstacles. Seriously, why does TeamFourStar, who allegedly loved DBZ, represent Piccolo as the only serious character? I bet it could be because they could only use the original drawings, and they have to write scripts around the fact that Piccolo does not smile often.

Ever read Miller’s Death of a Salesman? well it’s almost like that, but without any insurance.

hey friend, we are kinda coming across as too abrasive and too uncompromising here. Which can be good traits, don’t get me wrong.

The engine teardown videos are readily available to you, and your local library is a great place to learn. It is not that person’s responsibility to show you how to teach yourself. The use of the term “tribal knowledge” here is out of place and is loaded with implications about race/class. That knowledge is available to you, if you express the initiative to get it.

I think I once found a college lecture on youtube about software development, would you like me to share a link for you? I’m all for literacy, but let’s try to think about other ways to communicate when our correspondents are showing agitation through words like “hell” and “shit”

Please let me know if you would like me to explain anything further. Social interactions confuse me often.

“Be the change you want to see happen instead of trying to change everyone else.” - Arleen Lorrance

it was the only one I was qualified for

Ah jeez no I’m sorry, I was being much too severe and I had oversimplified it. Normalcy is great for all kinds of things like roads and statistics. Some of my best friends are normal!

I’ve had to explain… basically everything to him because he had never experienced/heard of these before

Oh I see what happened here. You as The Giver must enlighten this sheltered one the experiences that were entrusted to you. He might not forgive you for sharing such knowledge, but it is your duty.

The terms normal, healthy, and natural evolve depending on cultural and scientific ideas. Being gay is natural again, but some don’t like the word because they associate it with hate. Normal is a word I associate with hate and exclusivity. I have always been, and always will be, abnormal.

Did you not know that your body works with the resources you give it? That’s okay. Here is an accredited article on the subject. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9772031/ A system that has the nutrients to make an immune response is more effective than the malnourished one.

Don’t worry, we will soon have prenatal screening for your condition. /s

Yes I would like to change this, too. Who do I vote for to make this happen? Just kidding I don’t have access to $10B of “free speech.”

Woopsie. Thanks for the heads up

obviously a reputable source of information

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I struggle with these feelings too. I’m always on the lookout for someone expressing distress and I tend to attend to their needs at the expense of my own work. It is important for me to recognize when someone actually wants assistance or if I’m just “mansplaining,” which would be annoying and demeaning.

Sometimes, if I don’t understand the problem myself, I find it very interesting to learn how to solve it, and the experience is usually mutually beneficial.

😭 It was in the Operating Room too, which means it had no laugh track. I loved the versatility of this show, but the OR was dead serious. The optimism of Mulcahey against the emphatic cynicism of Hawk is a great character moment. I’m dead inside.

Yikes.

Makes too much sense, probably the victim’s fault instead /s

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