• floo@retrolemmy.comEnglish
    42·
    28 days ago

    I learned how to look at these things a certain way along time ago thanks to Star Trek the next generation:

    Captain Picard was, perhaps, one of the most powerful men in the entire galaxy. He was short, bald, and a principaled dork. And he was one of the most respected people in the entire galaxy because of it.

    I don’t give a shit about the hair that I’ve lost, and I don’t give a shit about the fact that I’m 5 foot seven. My principles are unassailable, and I will defend my friends to the death, as well, I defend what is right.

    Edit: although it may take some serious effort, I am capable of admitting when I am wrong

    That’s what makes me a good person. Not what other people think of my hairline.

    • rocket_dragon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      27·
      28 days ago

      I also absolutely love how Stewart described Roddenberry standing up for him when a reported asked:

      That came up at the very first press conference. A reporter asked Gene Roddenberry, ‘This doesn’t make any sense. You have a bald actor playing this part. Surely by the 24th century, they will have found a cure for male pattern baldness.’ And Gene Roddenberry said, ‘No, by the 24th century, no one will care.

      That line goes hard.

    • Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.worldOP
      12·
      28 days ago

      That makes you and I, kin.

      You cant ignore, though, that society has associated beauty with morality. It’s not accurate but it’s a human condition.

      It’s also why you get these conventially beautiful people as trumps mouth pieces. Not that people can’t see through the lies and deceit but the more physically attractive they are the more buffer they have with the general populace.

      • floo@retrolemmy.comEnglish
        2·
        28 days ago

        Yeah, this is why I smoke and drink so much. I am already convinced. You don’t need to remind me why I waited a minute.

        It’s all true, just, seriously, I’ll do it on my own time

    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
      7·
      28 days ago

      See the fact that you have that strength of character is why you don’t have to pull the stupid shit they all do.

      I’ve been ugly, I’ve been hot. I’ve been unprincipled, I’ve been principled. I’ve been charmless, and I’ve been charming. Listen, I’m gonna keep aiming to be principled, charming, and hot in that order.

      Being ugly sucks but you can easily get past it. Being off putting sucks, but people who know you know you. Being unprincipled seems great until your reputation is terrible and you have to live with yourself

    • owsei@programming.dev
      5·
      28 days ago

      He was short, bald, and a principaled dork.

      Flashback of him getting stabed in the heart during a bar fight while in the academy