# What do people see in Klingons? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 29, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-people-see-in-klingons/718839 "2015-04-29T20:24:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-people-see-in-klingons/718839/61 "2015-05-01T01:16:14Z")
**^** You know, Shakespeare kinda DOES look like…never mind! ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-people-see-in-klingons/718839/62 "2015-05-01T01:54:23Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Hu’mons? This has been done several times in the thread. ‘Hu-mon’ is how the _Ferengi_ tend to pronounce it. Klingon standard accents are no different than Federation standard accents. Klingons also don’t deny any other race has access to an afterlife (though most Federation humans being atheist makes which afterlife they would generally go to an interesting question)…they don’t even claim they can’t access Sto-vo-kor, specifically…it’s a lot easier for a Klingon to do it, since they’re far more likely to live a life that earns their way in (and, you know, WANT TO), but Jadzia is believed to be in Sto-vo-kor, for instance. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-people-see-in-klingons/718839/63 "2015-05-01T02:07:08Z")
Gee, why would anyone like the badass toughguy race? ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-people-see-in-klingons/718839/64 "2015-05-01T12:27:30Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > is gagh haram? That episode of TNG where Riker joins the Klingon crew he is in the mess hall replicating Klingon food, one of those exotic alien dishes is clearly chicken feet! ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-people-see-in-klingons/718839/65 "2015-05-01T13:41:49Z")
As I get older I can increasingly see the appeal of a race that considers prune juice a warriors drink. Throw in a dash of Romulan ale in the morning dosage and I am ready to seize the day. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-people-see-in-klingons/718839/66 "2015-05-01T16:34:35Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > This has been done several times in the thread. ‘Hu-mon’ is how the _Ferengi_ tend to pronounce it. Klingon standard accents are no different than Federation standard accents. > > Klingons also don’t deny any other race has access to an afterlife (though most Federation humans being atheist makes which afterlife they would generally go to an interesting question)…they don’t even claim they can’t access Sto-vo-kor, specifically…it’s a lot easier for a Klingon to do it, since they’re far more likely to live a life that earns their way in (and, you know, WANT TO), but Jadzia is believed to be in Sto-vo-kor, for instance. The phonetic Klingon pronunciation of human is “TeraQnAn” (ter-ahk-naan) anyway HaB SoSlI Qch! ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-people-see-in-klingons/718839/67 "2015-05-01T16:40:13Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > This has been done several times in the thread. ‘Hu-mon’ is how the _Ferengi_ tend to pronounce it. I should know better than to make a joke in a Klingon thread. Klingons have no sense of hu’mor. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-people-see-in-klingons/718839/68 "2015-05-01T16:47:11Z")
I think it was **Sattua** who got Ron Moore to admit that Klingons have a lot of similarity to the Scottish Highlanders. Honor, clan, warrior poets, all that cool stuff. Not a lot into diplomacy, either one of them. (The episode with the deaf guy who lost his interpreters, isn’t that the one where Worf said before this guy, the Klingons had no word for “diplomat?”) ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2015, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-people-see-in-klingons/718839/69 "2015-05-02T00:16:09Z")
> [@grude](#): > > That episode of TNG where Riker joins the Klingon crew he is in the mess hall replicating Klingon food, one of those exotic alien dishes is clearly chicken feet! But on Kronos/Kling/Quoanthkahtkl however you spell it the chickens have 12 feet and are two meters tall. ---
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2015, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-people-see-in-klingons/718839/70 "2015-05-02T02:15:06Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > But on Kronos/Kling/Quoanthkahtkl however you spell it the chickens have 12 feet and are two meters tall. Worf’s brother Kurn calls roast turkey “burnt dead bird meat.” ---
**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:** [May 2, 2015, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-people-see-in-klingons/718839/71 "2015-05-02T02:37:35Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Yeah, but people to whom that appeals forget that such a lifestyle often precludes living past 30. I’m pretty sure they haven’t forgotten it. That’s why they only _pretend_ to be that sort of person, instead of _actually_ being that sort of person. > [@Lemur866](#): > > Except if you actually were a Klingon, that’s exactly what you could never do. Again, something that the hard-core Trek nerds are likely already aware of. If you’re already fantasizing about being a Klingon, it’s not much of a stretch to fantasize about being the meanest, toughest Klingon in the quadrant. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2015, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-people-see-in-klingons/718839/72 "2015-05-02T13:00:22Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > But on Kronos/Kling/Quoanthkahtkl however you spell it the chickens have 12 feet and are two meters tall. Not to mention the size of the celery and carrots! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2015, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-people-see-in-klingons/718839/73 "2015-05-02T14:56:20Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **PSXer** : > > is gagh haram? I’m not sure, but it’s definitely treif. Eating something that’s still alive is the single biggest dietary no-no in Jewish law. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-people-see-in-klingons/718839/74 "2015-05-02T15:19:05Z")
But does something alive NOT from Earth count? 🙂 Those Jewish folks and their sneaky interpretations are not to underestimated. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2015, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-people-see-in-klingons/718839/75 "2015-05-02T15:51:04Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > There are no old warriors Well, unless your 1960s actor is still alive so they can do a callback of the character… That’s another bit they did away with – because obviously the baddest badasses of them all would end up outliving everyone. There’s probably a low life expectancy because almost everyone gets slain before they reach middle age, but if you make it you can live quite a bit. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2015, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-people-see-in-klingons/718839/76 "2015-05-02T15:55:27Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Well, unless your 1960s actor is still alive so they can do a callback of the character… > > That’s another bit they did away with – because obviously the baddest badasses of them all would end up outliving everyone. Kang and Kor in _Blood Oath._ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-people-see-in-klingons/718839.md?page=3)