Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[RealAlHazred]

The number of people who cannot just let people enjoy an old media property is too high.

The number of people who feel the need to justify the enjoyment they derived from an old media property is also too high.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Real talk. I love Walter Koenig. I love him as Pavel Chekov. I love him in other roles (BESTER!). But the "w" (wessel for vessel) really, really bugs me. I know that he based it on a verbal tic of his father, but .... Russian not only has a "v" sound (VODKA???) - that is one of the really common consonants, and guess what? It doesn't have a w.

In other words, before I knew stuff, I found it funny (also, different time). After I knew stuff (such as learning Russian), it was kinda annoying.

This is a long way of saying that this meme annoys me on two levels-
1. Chekov would have said, "Wenn?" Which would make it funnier.
2. It reminded me of what does annoy me.


TLDR; as usual, I am annoyed, because I am easily enervated.

 

[RealAlHazred]

The number of people who feel the need to criticize an actor for a stylistic choice made almost 40 years ago is also too high.

 

[Bedrockgames]

Real talk. I love Walter Koenig. I love him as Pavel Chekov. I love him in other roles (BESTER!). But the "w" (wessel for vessel) really, really bugs me. I know that he based it on a verbal tic of his father, but .... Russian not only has a "v" sound (VODKA???) - that is one of the really common consonants, and guess what? It doesn't have a w.

In other words, before I knew stuff, I found it funny (also, different time). After I knew stuff (such as learning Russian), it was kinda annoying.

This is a long way of saying that this meme annoys me on two levels-
1. Chekov would have said, "Wenn?" Which would make it funnier.
2. It reminded me of what does annoy me.


TLDR; as usual, I am annoyed, because I am easily enervated.

If learning Russian ruins Star Trek, I am never learning Russian

 

[Ryujin]

Real talk. I love Walter Koenig. I love him as Pavel Chekov. I love him in other roles (BESTER!). But the "w" (wessel for vessel) really, really bugs me. I know that he based it on a verbal tic of his father, but .... Russian not only has a "v" sound (VODKA???) - that is one of the really common consonants, and guess what? It doesn't have a w.

In other words, before I knew stuff, I found it funny (also, different time). After I knew stuff (such as learning Russian), it was kinda annoying.

This is a long way of saying that this meme annoys me on two levels-
1. Chekov would have said, "Wenn?" Which would make it funnier.
2. It reminded me of what does annoy me.


TLDR; as usual, I am annoyed, because I am easily enervated.

You have not seen the true Walter Koenig, until you have seen him as Oro in the Canadian SciFi series "Starlost."

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

The number of people who feel the need to criticize an actor for a stylistic choice made almost 40 years ago is also too high.

Don't get me started.

I have grievances like the Sahara has grains of sand.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

If learning Russian ruins Star Trek, I am never learning Russian

Not even.

Honestly, I love Star Trek. I really love the new stuff.

It's just unfortunate that there are so few Trekkers are also into the only type of music, aka, Mëtäl.

 

[payn]

The number of people who feel the need to criticize an actor for a stylistic choice made almost 40 years ago is also too high.

 

[trappedslider]

TLDR; as usual, I am annoyed, because I am easily enervated. I am old

Fixed that for you

The number of people who feel the need to criticize an actor for a stylistic choice made almost 40 years ago is also too high.

you know what else is too high? Not the temperature!

 

[Cadence]

Standard operating procedure in South Carolina is that state government offices and universities follow the lead of the county they are in for closing down in the case of bad weather.

Yesterday (Monday) the county we're in (the one with the state capital) announced it was shutting down at noon today (Tuesday) because of potential snow. Our county has very little snow removal and even less experience driving in it. So yesterday afternoon the University announced that classes ending after that were done today too.

And then yesterday evening the governor said not so fast. State offices and universities in this county are staying open Tuesday until I tell them.

And then just a few minutes ago (a bit after 11:30am Tuesday) the governor called it and said go home at 2:30. Which means everyone will be on the road at the same time and it will take forever to get home.

[Current forecast is 10% chance at noon, 15% at 1 and 2, 40% at 3,.... 1.4" total expected. More and earlier in the neighboring county many employees working here live in.]