# Hey, Spock, YOU'RE A FUCKIN' MORON!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 8, 2010, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346 "2010-04-08T00:06:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/41 "2010-04-08T19:46:10Z")

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I think the OP needs to consider having his adrenal gland removed.

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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/42 "2010-04-08T19:50:34Z")

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I canna’ take any more! She’s gonna’ fly apart captain!!

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**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/43 "2010-04-08T19:52:51Z")

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> [@Voyager](#):
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> Spock codes in machine language anyway.

Nope, Real Vulcans code in binary.

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**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/44 "2010-04-08T20:25:34Z")

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> [@LiveOnAPlane](#):
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> Logic? We ain’t got no logic. We don’t need no logic! I don’t have to show you any stinkin’ logic!

But… logic has been, and always shall be, your friend.

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/45 "2010-04-08T20:33:40Z")

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“Among my people, we carry many such words as this…from many lands, many worlds…many are equally good – and as well-respected – but wherever we have gone, no words have said this…thing of importance, in quite this way. Look at these three words, written larger than the rest, with a…special pride never written before, or since – TALL words proudly saying, ‘We, the people’…”

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**Author:** ![Tanbarkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@Tanbarkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanbarkie)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/46 "2010-04-08T20:33:54Z")

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> [@Autolycus](#):
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> But… logic has been, and always shall be, your friend.

The thread… out of danger?

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**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/47 "2010-04-08T20:35:00Z")

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It’s a fool looks for logic in the chambers of the Vulcan heart. (it resides solely in the mind)

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**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/48 "2010-04-08T20:36:53Z")

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Plomeek soup for everyone!

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**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/49 "2010-04-08T21:32:17Z")

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The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.

Or the one.

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/50 "2010-04-08T21:47:43Z")

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At least pick a _genuine_ fuckin’ moron moment.

“One of you is Captain Kirk, while the other is the shapechanger Garth, disguising himself as Captain Kirk. I’ll just sit down and turn my back while I wait to see how this plays out…”

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**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/51 "2010-04-08T21:48:58Z")

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> [@MacSpon](#):
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> Well, it is a _little_ disturbing to find that 23rd-century computers can’t multitask at all. I guess that sometime in the future, someone will figure out why single-threaded is best.

iPods and iPads don’t multi task. It is the wave of the future.

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**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/52 "2010-04-08T21:56:40Z")

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Then there was the movie where Spock died. That was sad.

But, then it turns out, he was only **mostly** dead!

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**Author:** ![Tanbarkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@Tanbarkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanbarkie)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/53 "2010-04-08T21:59:12Z")

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> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#):
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> At least pick a _genuine_ fuckin’ moron moment.

But [how genuine is it?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lHgbbM9pu4)

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**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/54 "2010-04-08T23:00:47Z")

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> [@gazpacho](#):
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> iPods and iPads don’t multi task. It is the wave of the future.

The iPhone does [now](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/techchron/detail?entry_id=60870).

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**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/55 "2010-04-09T00:20:41Z")

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> [@MacSpon](#):
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> Well, it is a _little_ disturbing to find that 23rd-century computers can’t multitask at all. I guess that sometime in the future, someone will figure out why single-threaded is best.

It wanted to but Spock threw it the “Class A Compulsory Directive” command. It’s a wonder life support didn’t get shut off.

[Link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H20cKjz-bjw) You gotta love the adding machine sound effects.

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/56 "2010-04-09T00:32:24Z")

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> [@Nars\_Glinley](#):
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> It wanted to but Spock threw it the “Class A Compulsory Directive” command. It’s a wonder life support didn’t get shut off.

When they want to kill the process, will they need the PID of PI?

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**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/57 "2010-04-09T05:08:15Z")

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Spock, spock. If you put your cock in a Spock does it get larger than a Vok’sha.

Isamu - bringing class to the SDMB, since 2006.

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**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/58 "2010-04-09T05:14:27Z")

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> [@Isamu](#):
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> Spock, spock. If you put your cock in a Spock does it get larger than a Vok’sha.

No putting roosters in Vulcans. I’m calling PETA.

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**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/59 "2010-04-09T05:20:07Z")

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> [@Oakminster](#):
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> No putting roosters in Vulcans. I’m calling PETA.

But it was only a vulcanized chicken! 🙂

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-spock-youre-a-fuckin-moron/535346/60 "2010-04-09T05:20:27Z")

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> [@Super\_Kapowzler](#):
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> Oh, okay, smartguy, you with the “compute to the last digit Pi” and shit. That’s your best shot? How 'bout:
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> 10 PRINT _(or **?** to all you uber-speedkeying vulcans)_ “You ain’t SHIT!”  
> 20 GOTO 10
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> How’s that for your vulcan 7 year bitch? I did that to your momma, and only 'cuz she was human. Bitch.
> 
> And that shit ties up the ENTIRE PROCESSING CAPABILITY of, can I really call it a CPU??? Nice that fuckers in the UFP hadn’t thought about Pi and shit and irrationals and numbers and INFINITY and shit and stupid fucking vulcans and astronauts that drive 900 miles to Florida wearing space-diapers.

Uber-speedkeying vulcans? 7 year bitch? This is gold, people! Gold!

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