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  • Well I agree with most of that, and I suppose I should clarify that I’m not hostile to every decorative emoji someone uses in their text. My response is primarily towards the folks who use it instead of clear written communication, but it extends to people who overuse emoji to the point of making the text less readable.

    Adding flavor or decorations (like the one used in this post) has rarely confused me, and I have no complaints there. But I’ll still disagree with you that using emoji ever makes things more clear than using words. I have certainly never had that experience


  • Emojis are a terrible method of communication. People have different interpretations of the same faces, and use them to mean different things. On top of that, they render differently depending on which device or service you are using, potentially sending a completely different message than you intended.

    Tiny faces are ambiguous and usually don’t help clarify a message.

    Just use your words, it makes for better communication. Spell out what you mean and there’s less room for misunderstanding.




  • I would like to point out that Tuvok is not the only prominent Vulcan who has let emotions get the better of him once in a while.

    I would go further and argue that Vulcans all recognize that they are inherently emotional, and strict denialism is just part of the way they build the logical society and mindset that they desire. Tuvok is honestly the first Vulcan they showed properly dealing with that, despite his attempts to blow it off by refusing to talk about it with others.

    The other Vulcans we saw tended to leave it at the surface level, and then we didn’t get to see the internal struggles like we did with Tuvok


  • Aa!@lemmy.worldtoStar Trek@startrek.websiteTuvok with some truth
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    8 months ago

    I’m with you, the only part of this that’s based on faith is the last statement, and that’s easily attributed to Tuvok recognizing that the more emotional humans tend to respond well to faith.

    He’s served with humans for decades, and he knows strict Vulcan mentality won’t help this situation. (A lesson he continued to learn during voyager’s run, despite the decades of experience under his belt)