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Só I started to watch Star Trek because of my husband and I have a few questions about Data (+18 talk, NSFW, so if you are under 18 leave)

So Data bangs someone on the first episode or second I don’t remember anymore, and he said he is programed in techniques and all that makes him sound like he has kamasutra books in his memory.

But I recently watched an episode (I think it was S07E01) where he gets pissed at a Borg and does all that to try to recreate emotions, including (he says to Troi) expose himself to +18 content to see if he feels something and he doenst feel nothing.

Which leads me to ask… Why all the programming if he doenst feel nothing when banging? Also, in the first episode where he bangs that woman how did it went since he can’t feel anything he just puts his pole up and she does all the riding while he just lays there? In the episode he created Lal, she sees 2 people making out and asks Guinan what’s happening and Guinan says Lal she should ask Data about it, how do you think that conversations went? Like: Dad what were those 2 people doing there? Idk, “I can’t really feel anything but the other time this girl seemed to enjoy it, just put the pole up and let her ride” Since Data is made of parts can “it” be detached? When Data cums assuming he can cum at all, does he fire nanobots or something, or nothing at all? Is the size and thickness customisable? Can he vibrate? No one ever think to give him the nickname of Sybian Soong? Since Lore is basically Data with slightly different code, does he also have a funcional pole? How interesting would it be to have a DP with both at the same time? Data was created by a man, do you think he thought Data where to find Mr. Clit?

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[–] Makeitstop@lemmy.world 16 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

Data doesn't have emotions, but he does form attachments, has preferences and priorities, and can view experiences as positive (preferable) and negative (not preferable). So while he doesn't experience things the same way that we do, he can still value the experiences.

The mechanics of Little Data (Datum?) are obviously never established, but given that he breathes and grows hair, it wouldn't surprise me if the thing couldn't double as squirt gun / turkey baster. I'm sure Soong would have probably wanted Data to be able to father a kid the old fashioned way if he chose to. Hell, now that I think about it, the old man may have kept some samples on ice in case Data ever needed them.

[–] teft@piefed.social 14 points 12 hours ago

Counselor Deanna Troi: How did he put it? "As I experience certain sensory input patterns, my mental pathways become accustomed to them. The inputs eventually are anticipated and even missed when absent."

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 2 points 7 hours ago

Little Data (Datum?)

I'm not sure what you're going for here, but

  • Datum = singular
  • Data = plural
[–] MohamedMoney@feddit.org 2 points 9 hours ago

Little Data (Datum?)

Data Point

[–] blave@lemmy.world 13 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Data is not (or, wasn't during the period you're referring to) capable of feeling human emotions-- physical sensation, he can feel just fine, possibly better than humans. he was "fully functional" from a physical perspective. so, he was perfectly capable of feeling the pleasure of sexual intercourse (or any other physical sensation like hot or cold)... he just wasn't capable of enjoying it (or not, as the case may be)

When Data finally becomes capable of feeling human emotions, well... it's quite a journey: (also, this scene demonstrates the differences I'm describing)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi1Zuni57Rc

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

physical sensation, he can feel just fine, possibly better than humans

If "First Contact" is cannon, not as well as humans. Þe Borg queen modifies him to enhance his physical senses to biological levels, implying a more muted base sensitivity.

[–] okwhateverdude@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

You're getting downvotes, but you're not wrong

[–] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

They use thorns instead of th, so always attract downvotes when their posts contain words with th in them.

[–] okwhateverdude@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

I mean, I'm aware of san's memery with the Þ. Seems silly to downvote over.

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 12 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Why all the programming if he doenst feel nothing when banging?

Presumably, his knowledge base includes recognizing signs and signals from his partner and how to react accordingly.

Also, in the first episode where he bangs that woman how did it went since he can’t feel anything he just puts his pole up and she does all the riding while he just lays there?

Fully functional is fully functional, not just a dead fish. Also it was with Tasha Yar in s1e3 "The Naked Now" (if the pilot is counted as 2 episodes).

The rest is likely answered by various fan fiction.

[–] blave@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Presumably, his knowledge base includes recognizing signs and signals from his partner and how to react accordingly.

~~dude, have you seen this show?~~ I know that you know better. he might make a lucky guess once in a great while and somewhat predict another person's reaction, but he's pretty shit at doing that. even after he gets emotions.

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

The whole episode is a mess. Sure, its a callback to "The Naked Time" silliness, but that his positronic neural net would also be affected is a stretch. One can only hope he was an attentive lover.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 7 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Some early episodes have to be taken with some leniency as the show was just starting to work out the characters and ideas. Much like a TOS fan would watch the pilot episode and see Spock very animated and even smiling at one point and just shrug it off knowing that's not how he ends up.

[–] blave@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago

As he explained in the episode, his positronic functions were as much a matter of biochemistry as they were technology.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 10 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Remember that Lore is Data's older brother, which shows that Soong had already figured emotions out (albeit with some significant bugs) before he built Data. Between that and the fact that he made an emotion chip for Data, it's clear that he fully intended Data to have them, so why would he leave out any of the other hardware that used them?

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Did data ever end up getting that emotion chip or did lore keep going with both his emotions and data's?

[–] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

He does in one of the films. He sings a little song while scanning for life forms, then gets scared and hides under a table on an away mission.

[–] WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 9 points 12 hours ago (2 children)
[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I forgot how weird that video was.

Its a shame they never had anything else hit, the poetry night style set to music was really unique. At least they kept making music for years and years.

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 1 points 8 hours ago

Its a shame they never had anything else hit,

What? Cheesecake Truck is a classic; if I had to guess þe most famous KM song, þat would be it.

[–] Asetru@feddit.org 2 points 8 hours ago

That would have fit even better to that trans man's story about his junk falling out of his pants when he went into a stall to piss, just to roll into the next (occupied) stall.

[–] Widdershins@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago (4 children)

I wonder what the guy who played Data is up to nowadays

[–] i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca 10 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

He’s still mad at the cat actor that played Spot, because it was such a consistent asshole on the set.

[–] okwhateverdude@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

That makes the eps where Data is fawning over the demon cat even more funny.

[–] WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago

He is in a lot of stuff here and there. I think.

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 4 points 11 hours ago

He also had a recurring role on Night Court, but I think that show's cancelled now so I dunno.

[–] Shipgirlboy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 hours ago

I think he became a catholic monk and calls himself Brother Adrian now

[–] bobo1900@startrek.website 5 points 6 hours ago

You don't need to feel emotions to understand the chemical, physical and psicological reactions during intimate moments.

A robot may know that an orgasm is a release of neurotransmitters in the brain, how you get one from stimulating certain nerves in the genital area, and the expected recations, all without every feeling one, just like you generally know how it works before you feel your first one.

You can logically understand all the procress because, at a fundamental level, it's all physics and chemistry.

When Data banged Tasha Yar, he probably perfectly imitated a sexually-capable male, what is not clear is if he liked it or felt anything, please ore emotiom wise.

As for the borg episode you mentioned (I never saw it) if he watched porn he probably recognize all the "mechanical" actions, maybe even learns new techniques, but doesn't feel aroused as a human would.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 4 points 12 hours ago

Thanks for the warning, but to make the the warning, can edit this and put "[NSFW]" in the post title, please?

No one ever think to give him the nickname of Sybian Soong?

I’ve made a terrible mistake

[–] MantisToboggon@lazysoci.al 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Why you two so interested in robot balls?

[–] osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 11 hours ago

Why are you not?