# Speak to me only in Science Fiction **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 12, 2014, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621 "2014-06-12T13:28:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/361 "2014-07-14T15:18:02Z")
A libido leveler has been mislaid near the pulse-leveling gate. If you have accidentally… ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/362 "2014-07-14T15:51:50Z")
Crisis for humankind. Fleet officials admit they underestimated the Arachnids’ defensive capability. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2014, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/363 "2014-07-14T16:09:12Z")
I’ve got a bad feeling about this. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/364 "2014-07-15T02:09:29Z")
You and your feelings. They just run you, don’t they? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/365 "2014-07-15T02:18:54Z")
OK, then. Are you out of your Vulcan mind? Are you making a logical choice, sending Kirk away? Probably. But, the right one? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/366 "2014-07-15T02:38:53Z")
Similarly, once I’d released you bonds, your could have simply fled. But I trusted you. And you trusted me. There is a logic problem known as the Prisoner’s Dilemma. It has two strategies: trust and betrayal. On balance, a trusting strategy provides better results. Trust is logical. May you and your world go in peace. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/367 "2014-07-15T12:01:31Z")
There are many on this ship who would profit by your example. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/368 "2014-07-15T12:18:11Z")
I’m in command of 18 competitively selected super-perfect physical specimens with an average age of 24.6 who have been locked up in hyperspace for 378 days. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/369 "2014-07-15T13:02:37Z")
Khaaaaaaaan! ---
**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:** [July 15, 2014, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/370 "2014-07-15T13:22:40Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Khaaaaaaaan! [I find that “Khan” scream lacking in font size, **bold** ness, caps and A letters, the judge from Romania gives it a 4.5] ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/371 "2014-07-15T13:34:50Z")
[While lacking in size and boldness, I awarded extra points for artistic interpretation; the judge from Zoolandia gives it a 7.4] ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/372 "2014-07-15T22:48:44Z")
Miles grinned. _Yeah, Mark. \* Catch me if you can. If you can._\* ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/373 "2014-07-16T22:36:37Z")
“She must be fed,” Lebeau said. “But how can we guess what her people ate?” ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/374 "2014-07-16T22:40:54Z")
They’re making our food out of people. Next thing they’ll be breeding us like cattle for food. You’ve gotta tell them. You’ve gotta tell them! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/375 "2014-07-17T03:16:30Z")
Ack! Ack! Ack! Ack! Ack! Ack! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/376 "2014-07-17T04:05:40Z")
It’s a trap! ---
**Author:** ![Jsei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Jsei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jsei)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/377 "2014-07-17T05:34:52Z")
He threw words like ‘balderdash’ at it as one might throw stones at a dog that persists in following one, and presently there was the damned thing back again. “If it _should_ chance that something of the sort was going on… .” ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/378 "2014-07-17T12:41:20Z")
Fiddlesticks squared and cubed. Pardon me, Pater, but if you had any military service you would know better. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/379 "2014-07-17T14:32:50Z")
And how am I supposed to protect you from the Peacekeepers and the Scarrans and the Tragans and the lions, tigers and bears? With this? Winona? This gun? No gun is big enough. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-science-fiction/690621/380 "2014-07-17T14:47:58Z")
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